Tournament:Collision (series)

Collision
Info
Founded	2012
Region	Tristate
Format	Double Elimination
winners	Mew2King (V, VI, VII, 9)  Hax$ (8, XIII)  Nintendude (XI)  Swedish Delight (XII)  DJ Nintendo (XIV)  Jmook (2023)
winners	Dabuz (I)  Vinnie (II, IV)  Mew2King (III, VII)  ADHD (V)  Anti (VI)  Nairo (8)  ZeRo (9)
winners	Jbandrew (III)  Salem (8)  Mew2King (9)
winners	NAKAT (X)  ANTi (XI)  Nairo (XII, XIII, XV)  Salem (XIV)
winners	Marss (2019)  Tweek (Online)  Sparg0 (Online 2021, 2022, 2024)  Riddles (2023)
Most successful player(s)	Mew2King (7 wins)
Staff
Organizer(s)	RJ

Collision is a Tristate tournament series organized by RJ. The series started in 2012 as a New York regional event for Brawl before later adding Melee to its lineup by the fifth iteration. Although earlier tournaments had small entrants numbers, the series regularly attracted top players from all around the Tristate area, as well as a few players from outside the region on occasion. Following the transition to Smash 4, the series slowly began growing in size as it became an annual series, before becoming a major event with their first Ultimate event, Collision 2019. Since then, Collision has been one of the premier Tristate Smash events alongside Luminosity Makes Moves, regularly hosting major-level events for Melee and supermajor-level events for Ultimate.

The tournament began in New York but had its first New Jersey event with Collision VII. Its location then fluctuated between the two states before finally settling in New Jersey from Collision XIII onward.

List of tournaments

Main series	Date	Attendance	Games
Collision	January 28th, 2012	26
Collision II	March 17th, 2012	23
Collision III	May 12th, 2012	27
Collision IV	July 8th, 2012	31
Collision V	September 1st, 2012	43
Collision VI	January 5th, 2013	38
Collision VII	November 30th, 2013	58+
Collision 8	January 11th, 2014	50+
Collision 9	March 15th, 2014	40+
Collision X	November 29th, 2014	45+
Collision XI	January 3rd, 2015	110+
Collision XII	June 6th, 2015	110+
Collision XIII	April 16th, 2016	110+
Collision XIV	September 3rd, 2016	193
Collision XV	March 31st, 2018	273
Collision 2019	March 16th-17th, 2019	410
Collision 2022	March 12th-13th, 2022	757
Collision 2023	March 10th-12th, 2023	1,075
Collision 2024	March 15th-17th, 2024	1,182

Online series	Date	Attendance	Games
Collision Online	May 23rd, 2020	2,048
Collision Online 2021	April 24th, 2021	549

Side events	Date	Attendance	Games
Super Galaxy Gambit x Collision	April 3rd, 2021	642
Momentous	June 12th, 2021	16

Champions

Melee Winners

Event	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision V	18	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Eggm
Collision VI	7	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Eggm
Collision VII	33	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		StriCNYN3
Collision 8	34	Aziz Al-Yami	Hax$		DJ Nintendo
Collision 9	37	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Reno
Collision XI	48	Michael Brancato	Nintendude		Swedish Delight
Collision XII	58	James Liu	Swedish Delight		The Moon
Collision XIII	38	Aziz Al-Yami	Hax$		The Moon
Collision XIV	43	Hendrick William Pilar	DJ Nintendo		The Moon
Collision 2023	494	Jake DiRado	Jmook		Zain
Collision 2024	494	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Brawl Winners

Event	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision	26	Samuel Robert Buzby	Dabuz		ADHD
Collision II	23	Vincent Cannino	Vinnie		Bloodcross
Collision III	25	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Vinnie
Collision IV	28	Vincent Cannino	Vinnie		Mew2King
Collision V	26	Wyatt Beekman	ADHD		Mew2King
Collision VI	32	Jason Bates	Anti		Nairo
Collision VII	25	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Bloodcross
Collision 8	25	Nairoby Quezada	Nairo		ADHD
Collision 9	22	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Nairo

Smash 4 Winners

Event	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision X	45	Tyrell Coleman	NAKAT		Nairo
Collision XI	73	Jason Bates	ANTi		Dabuz
Collision XII	60	Nairoby Quezada	Nairo		Dabuz
Collision XIII	88	Nairoby Quezada	Nairo		DKwill
Collision XIV	147	Saleem Akiel Young	Salem		Tweek
Collision XV	256	Nairoby Quezada	Nairo		Light

Ultimate Winners

Main events	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision 2019	391	Tyler Martins	Marss		Nairo
Collision 2022	749	Edgar Valdez	Sparg0		Tweek
Collision 2023	619	Michael Kim	Riddles		Skyjay
Collision 2024	714	Edgar Valdez	Sparg0		SHADIC

Online events	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision Online	2,048	Gavin Dempsey	Tweek		Epic_Gabriel
Collision Online 2021	549	Edgar Valdez	Sparg0		Maister

Side events	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Super Galaxy Gambit x Collision	642	Spencer Garner	BestNess		Sonix
Momentous	16	Gavin Dempsey	Tweek		LeoN

Project M Winners

Event	Attendance	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
Collision III	9	Jesus Benitez	Jbandrew		Gunblade
Collision 8	20	Saleem Akiel Young	Salem		DJ Nintendo
Collision 9	39	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Darky