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Tournament:The Luminosity Invitational

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The Luminosity Invitational
Dates April 20th, 2024
Address/City 15305 S Dixie Hwy
Palmetto Bay, Florida USA
Pot size(s) $10,000
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA SHADIC
Staff
Organizer(s) Luminosity Gaming

The Luminosity Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational held in Palmetto Bay, Florida on April 20th, 2024. The event was announced at the end of an April Fools' Day prank on April 1st, with invited players slowly being announced within the next few weeks, although a few player invites were leaked early. The tournament featured Round Robin Best of 3 pools, and the top four players of each pool will then compete in a final double-elimination bracket, with the 1st and 2nd placers starting on Winners' side, and the 3rd and 4th placers starting on Losers' side.

The tournament was sponsored by the grocery chain Kroger.

Tournament summary

Controversy arose following the conclusion of the round robin phase, as Pool 2 saw two ties: Light and Dabuz went 3-1 (having lost to Dabuz and MkLeo, respectively) while Tweek and MkLeo went 2-2 (with Tweek losing to Dabuz and Light and MkLeo losing to Light and Tweek). Initially, it was assumed that head-to-head would be the tie-breaker, which meant Pool B would have Dabuz first, Light second, Tweek third, and MkLeo fourth; this order was presented on-stream and was initially present in-bracket. However, it was later revealed that the actual tie-breaker was game count, and as a result the order was changed to Light first, Dabuz second, MkLeo third, and Tweek fourth. This sudden order shift not only confused many players and spectators, but it also affected the final bracket: most notably, MkLeo went from facing Maister, a player MkLeo had a dominant record over; to Riddles, one of MkLeo's bracket demons and who eventually defeated MkLeo 3-0, eliminating him at 7th. In addition, many spectators questioned the seriousness of the event, and especially pointed out how MkLeo and Tweek chose to play Byleth and Sephiroth, respectively, for most of the event instead of their current mains.

In spite of the issues, this tournament saw a strong run from SHADIC, who after losing to Sonix in round robins 2-0 and Winner's Finals 3-0 was able to double-eliminate him in Grand Finals 3-2 and 3-0, claiming his second major victory.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(10 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA SHADIC Corrin (SSBU)
2nd Dominican Republic Sonix Sonic (SSBU)
3rd USA Dabuz Rosalina (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)
4th Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
5th USA Light Fox (SSBU)
5th Canada Riddles Kazuya (SSBU)
7th USA Tweek Sephiroth (SSBU)Diddy Kong (SSBU)
7th Mexico MkLeo Byleth (SSBU)
9th* USA Marss Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)Donkey Kong (SSBU)
10th USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBU)

*Marss won 2-0 over Hungrybox in a tiebreaker set for 9th, and won a Kroger gift card as well.

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