Apex 2012
| Apex 2012 | |
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| Date | January 6-8, 2011 |
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| Venue | Rutgers University Student Center |
| Address | 126 College Avenue |
| City | New Brunswick, New Jersey File:USAflag.gif |
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| Results | |
| Winner (1v1) | |
| Winners (2v2) | |
| Staff | |
| Director(s) | Alex Strife |
| Housing | Hyatt Regency New Brunswick |
Ruleset
Road to Apex
Beginning in July of 2011 and continuing until December, select tournaments for Brawl and Melee were listed as Apex qualifiers in the United States and internationally. Each "Road to Apex" qualifier tournament would award the highest placing players a certain number of points, which would then be used to help with seeding the Apex bracket. The points are broken down from 1st place to 7th place below.
- 1st place – 64pts
- 2nd place – 32pts
- 3rd place – 16pts
- 4th place – 8pts
- 5th place – 4pts
- 5th place – 4pts
- 7th place – 2pts
- 7th place – 2pts
Additionally, the top placing regional player of each singles event will be awarded a $100 stipend upon arrival at the Apex venue to help cover travel costs.
Here is the list of Apex qualifying events.
Melee
- B.E.A.S.T. II (August 11-14, Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
- Ticket to APEX Tournament (September 17, Monterrey, Mexico)
- TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
- The Big House (October 22, Ann Arbor, MI)
- Revival of Melee 4 (November 19-20, Nanuet, NY)
- Tipped Off 7 (December 3-4, Duluth, GA)
Brawl
- Showdown II (July 23rd, Santiago, Chile)
- Brawl in Berlin 2 (July 29, Berlin, Germany)
- KTAR 6 (August 13, South River, NJ)
- Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
- HOBO 33 (September 10, Houston, TX)
- TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
- School Is In Session 6 (September 24-25, Cincinnati, OH)