Tournament:GENESIS 6

"GENESIX" redirects here. For the pre-tournament, see Pre-Genesix. For the Project M tournament, see Neon Genesix Evangelion.

GENESIS 6
Dates	February 1st-3rd, 2019
Venue	Oakland Convention Center Paramount Theatre Top 8
Address/City	550 10th St Oakland, California
Attendance	2,775
Entry fees	Venue: $60 (first 500 entrants) $70 (until December 21st) $85 (until January 11th) $100 (until January 15th) Singles: $10 Doubles: $20 per team
Results
winners	kysk 1v1  kysk &  Prince 2v2  kysk &  Prince 2v2 (ZPK)
winners	Hungrybox 1v1  PewPewU &  SFAT 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Dark Wizzy &  Salem 2v2

GENESIS 6 was a supermajor tournament and the 6th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in Oakland, California, from February 1st to the 3rd, 2019. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2. GENESIS 6 also featured side events for Slap City, Magical Drop III, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, and Windjammers. It was notably the first supermajor tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Official game lineup

Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles	98	$980.00
Super Smash Bros. doubles	25 teams	$500.00
Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles	13 teams	$260.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles	1,113	$11,130.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles	220 teams	$4,400.00
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles	2,105	$21,050.00
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles	392 teams	$7,840.00
Rivals of Aether singles	209	$2,090.00
Rivals of Aether doubles	33 teams	$660.00
Splatoon 2	28 teams	$?
Slap City singles	47	$?
Slap City doubles	12 teams	$?
Magical Drop III	18	$?
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme	41	$?
Windjammers	43	$?

A separate unaffiliated tournament for Project M players attending GENESIS 6, titled Neon Genesix Evangelion, was held on February 1st at a nearby venue.

Ruleset

Super Smash Bros. 64 Doubles

The rules for Super Smash Bros. 64 doubles differed from the usual doubles rules. There were two doubles tournaments, one in which Kirby and Pikachu were banned (ZPK) and one in which all characters were legal.

Game settings

• Stocks: 3
• Timer: 8:00
• Team Attack: On

Stages

• Dream Land
• Final Destination
• Battlefield
• Kongo Jungle (only ZPK doubles)
• Hyrule Castle (only ZPK doubles)
• Peach's Castle (only ZPK doubles)
• Yoshi's Island (cloudless, only ZPK doubles)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Ruleset on Google Doc

GENESIS 6 used the patch that was currently live on January 18th, 2019, which is 1.2.1. Piranha Plant, who was updated into the game in the week prior to the tournament, is not available in the tounament.

Game settings

• Stocks: 3
• Timer: 8:00
• Team Attack: On
• Stage Hazards: Off
• FS Meter: Off
• All Miis, including move combinations, are legal

Stages

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield	Castle Siege
Final Destination	Kalos Pokémon League
Lylat Cruise	Town and City
Pokémon Stadium 2	Unova Pokémon League
Smashville	Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
	Yoshi's Story

• All Omega and Battlefield forms of all stages are allowed, with the following exceptions:
  • Dream Land GB
  • Duck Hunt
  • Flat Zone X
  • Fountain of Dreams
  • Gamer
  • Hanenbow
  • Mario Maker
  • Mute City SNES
  • Pac-Land
  • Windy Hill Zone

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(98 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk
2nd	Josh Brody
3rd	Prince
4th	CTG
5th	Darkhorse
5th	Shihman
7th	Shalaka
7th	Dogs_Johnson
9th	Freean
9th	LETSGO
9th	blondekid
9th	Sonjo
13th	The Protagonist
13th	Madrush
13th	Onski
13th	Paco

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(25 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk		Prince
2nd	Josh Brody		Darkhorse
3rd	JimmyJoe		Shalaka
4th	Shihman		LETSGO
5th	Onski		CTG
5th	YoLeo		M-Angry
7th	Madrush		Shredgar
7th	Dankey Kang		ReefyBeefy
9th	Moustasher		Mando
9th	Freean		Duncs
9th	blondekid		Paco
9th	Collin		The Protagonist

Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles

(13 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk		Prince
2nd	LETSGO		Shihman
3rd	Freean		Nintendude
4th	Darkhorse		Josh Brody
5th	ReefyBeefy		JSunny
5th	The Protagonist		Collin
7th	Shalaka		(Level 9 CPU)
7th	Mando		M-Angry

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,113 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox		$4,452.00
2nd	Axe		$2,226.00
3rd	Plup		$1,669.50
4th	aMSa		$1,130.00
5th	PewPewU		$556.50
5th	Mango		$556.50
7th	S2J		$278.25
7th	Ginger		$278.25
9th	Trif
9th	FatGoku
9th	Zain
9th	Duck
13th	HugS
13th	Rishi
13th	Bladewise
13th	2saint
17th	Eddy Mexico
17th	SFAT
17th	Hax$
17th	Fiction
17th	ChuDat
17th	Westballz
17th	Darkatma
17th	Kalamazhu
25th	moky
25th	Lucky
25th	iBDW
25th	Sharkz
25th	Bananas
25th	Nintendude
25th	La Luna
25th	Zeo
33rd	Bimbo
33rd	Magi
33rd	Azel
33rd	Mew2King
33rd	Laudandus
33rd	vortex
33rd	HTwa
33rd	Spark
33rd	Gahtzu
33rd	Schythed
33rd	Kalvar
33rd	Legend
33rd	Kels
33rd	KJH
33rd	AbsentPage (DQ)
33rd	Joyboy
49th	Levingy
49th	Sora
49th	Luigi Ka-Master
49th	Mojo
49th	Cactuar
49th	MikeHaze
49th	TheRealThing
49th	Squid
49th	Birdman
49th	Boyd
49th	Snowy
49th	Captain Faceroll
49th	Swedish Delight*
49th	Kurv
49th	ycz6
49th	SFOP

• Swedish Delight forfeited in Losers.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Melee Singles

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(220 teams)
Top 6 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(2,105 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$8,420.00
2nd	VoiD		$4,210.00
3rd	Samsora		$3,157.50
4th	Dabuz		$2,105.00
5th*	Zackray		$1,052.50
5th	Light		$1,052.50
7th	Cosmos		$526.25
7th	ESAM		$526.25
9th	CaptainZack
9th	yeti
9th	Tweek
9th	Myran
13th	Salem
13th	MVD
13th	Shuton
13th	Prodigy
17th	Glutonny
17th	Leffen
17th	Nairo
17th	Larry Lurr
17th	SDX
17th	8BitMan
17th	K9sbruce
17th	Dark Wizzy
25th	Ally
25th	Magister
25th	Sonix
25th	Abadango
25th	Marss
25th	Sinji
25th	WaDi
25th	FOW
33rd	Lui$
33rd	BestNess
33rd	Umeki
33rd	Stroder
33rd	Regi Shikimi
33rd	Zenyou
33rd	Mr E
33rd	ZD
33rd	Klaatu
33rd	NAKAT
33rd	Kobe
33rd	Captain L
33rd	Big D
33rd	Lima
33rd	Shaky
33rd	ImHip
49th	Ez
49th	Shogun
49th	Nietono
49th	La Luna
49th	MuteAce
49th	Eldin
49th	TLTC
49th	Pandarian
49th	Plup
49th	Z
49th	Sparg0
49th	Eon
49th	Legit
49th	False
49th	Seagull Joe
49th	RAIN
65th	Makibaz
65th	zael
65th	Virus
65th	Shadow_PR
65th	Mudomo
65th	dyr
65th	Rich Brown
65th	Atomsk
65th	aperture
65th	Radda Radda
65th	MattyG
65th	Wizzrobe
65th	NovaPixl
65th	Armando
65th	Charliedaking
65th	Slither2Hunter
65th	Mikee
65th	Diablo
65th	PiXL
65th	SlayerZ
65th	Fatality
65th	6WX
65th	saj
65th	twerkmastr
65th	Trevonte
65th	SilentRain
65th	Nicko
65th	Tyrant
65th	Sonido
65th	Javi
65th	Kofi
65th	Mr. ConCon

• Zackray won 3-1 over Light in a tiebreaker set for Smash Ultimate Summit's auto qualifier.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Ultimate Singles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(392 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Side events

Super Smash Bros. J version Best-of-1 YOLO

(48 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Prince
2nd	Cobr
3rd	Josh Brody
3rd	capos

Seeding Controversy

A week before the tournament, many people started to complain about the terrible seeding of many players, especially European players such as Glutonny and cyve. Even after GENESIS 6 announced bracket feedback, many still complained that the seeding was inaccurate and should be redone. In response to these complaints, Leffen had messaged GENESIS 6's seeders, telling them to change the seeds. However, not only did the seeders refuse, but they also insulted the European Smash scene - infamously comparing them to penguins - and other smashers such as NAKAT. Seeder ALT messaged on Discord "so if 500 penguins entered a tournament in antarctica and i won it should i be a top 10 seed?" This has created massive backlash on Twitter, with people complaining to GENESIS 6 to fire their seeders. In response to all this backlash, Bear has stated that he was working on adjusting the seeding, and apologized for the rude behavior the seeders have shown.

As a result of the drama, the penguins insult has since become an internet meme, with Smashers such as Leffen and Bear changing their profile picture into penguins, and Bear promising to wear a penguin onesie at GENESIS 6. Even Nintendo joined in, with the Nintendo UK VS Twitter account tweeting "Best of luck to all the European Super #SmashBrosUltimate players at @Genesis_Smash this weekend!" with a picture of four King Dededes on Battlefield form Summit.

Trivia

• This was Mew2King's worst performance in over 13 years of Melee singles (without forfeiting), placing 33rd. This also marks the first time he has failed to make top 32 without forfeiting.
• This was Armada's worst performance in any Smash game, discounting disqualifications. Armada placed 97th in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at this tournament.
  • This was also Armada's first time attending a GENESIS event without entering Melee singles.
• All 3 singles grand finals (Smash 64, Melee, Ultimate) featured one of the Electric Mouse Pokémon (Pichu and Pikachu).
  • This tournament also marked the highest ever placing of a Pikachu main at a supermajor national with Axe placing 2nd, before Axe's first place finish at Smash Summit 8 four months later.
• This tournament marks the currently best placing of aMSa at a supermajor with 4th place, also making it the highest ever supermajor placing of a Yoshi main.

External links

• smash.gg page
• Genesis Gaming
• Facebook event
• GENESIS series Twitter account
• Teaser Trailer
• Teaser Trailer #2