Tournament:Nounsvitational 2024
| Nounsvitational 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | December 7th-8th, 2024 |
| Venue | BrookLAN |
| Address/City | 339 Troutman St. Brooklyn, New York 
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| Attendance | 16 |
| Pot size(s) | $12,258 |
| Results | |
 winners
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Jmook 1v1
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| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Ohan |
The Nounsvitational 2024 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee major invitational held in Brooklyn, New York from December 7th-8th, 2024.
Players invited/qualified
The following eight players were invited by Nouns Esports:
The highest placing player at the Matcha Cup: Last Chance Qualifier qualified:
Players voted in
The following players were invited through the voting phase:
Two players were invited on November 22nd through Nouns' voting Round:
Players eliminated
The following players were eliminated in the voting phase:
Tournament summary
In the first round robin bracket, Agent went on a notable run defeating both Aklo and aMSa 3-2, though he failed to win any other set and placed in the bottom half of his round robin. aMSa himself greatly underperformed in his round robin, defeating only Soonsay and MOF and finishing last in his round robin. This unfortunate performance included a loss to BING, giving BING his second top 10 win of the SSBMRank 2024 season, and a loss to Zain, the first time Zain beat aMSa since Shine 2023. Finally, Zain was able to win his runback against Aklo's Link 3-0, including pulling out Roy in the final game.
In the second round robin bracket, Mang0 chose not to take the event seriously as he had previously wanted to back out of the event in order to watch an Eagles game.[1] As such, he finished last in his round robin by losing every single set, including losing to Junebug, whom he had previously defeated at Supernova 2024 and Eggdog Invitational, and the 15th seed Bekvin; his sole game win was against Junebug. Mang0 ultimately disqualified out of the final bracket in Losers, becoming the only player at the event without a single set win. Junebug himself also notably defeated moky 3-2, giving moky his only loss in round robins, but disqualified from the final bracket in Losers as well due to illness.
After hitting a slump in the middle of the year, Jmook was finally able to rebound at this event. Starting the championship bracket on the winner's side, he defeated Cody Schwab 3-0, only the third time he had defeated Cody in their last ten sets, before defeating Aklo 3-0, doing better in this set than their set in round robins, where Jmook had to reverse 3-0 Aklo to win. He then was able to defeat Zain twice 3-2 and 3-1 to win the event, marking his first major win since Collision 2023. This also marked the first time since the aforementioned event where Jmook was able to defeat Zain in grand finals, as after Jmook knocked him into losers, Zain was able to double-eliminate Jmook in grand finals of Fête 3: By the Sea, Full Bloom 2024, and Get On My Level X.
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jmook |
 |
$1,961.28 |
| 2nd | Zain |
  |
$1,593.54 |
| 3rd |  moky |
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$1,225.80 |
| 4th | Aklo |
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$980.64 |
| 5th | Joshman |
|
$760 |
| 5th | Plup |
|
$760 |
| 7th | Cody Schwab |
|
$661.93 |
| 7th | Salt |
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$661.93 |
| 9th | BING |
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$524.64 |
| 9th | Agent |
|
$524.64 |
| 9th | MOF |
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$524.64 |
| 9th | Soonsay |
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$524.64 |
| 13th | Bekvin |
|
$389.80 |
| 13th |  aMSa |
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$389.80 |
| 13th* | Junebug |
|
$389.80 |
| 13th* | Mang0 |
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$389.80 |
*DQ'd in Losers in the final bracket
