Apex 2015
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Dates January 30th-February 1st, 2015
Venue Garden State Convention Center
Address/City 50 Atrium Drive
Somerset, New Jersey USA
Attendance 1,600+
Entry fees Smash 64 singles: $10
Smash 64 doubles: $10 per person
Melee singles: $15
Melee doubles: $10 per person
Brawl singles: $10
Brawl doubles: $10 per person
Smash Wii U singles: $15
Smash Wii U doubles: $10 per person
Pot size(s) SSB64 singles: $2,129
Melee singles: $18,070
Brawl singles: $1,960
Smash Wii U singles: $15,055
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn 1v1
Mexico JaimeHR & Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA PPMD 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Mew2King 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners Canada Ally 1v1
USA Nairo & Canada Ally 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo 1v1
USA Mew2King & Chile ZeRo 2v2

Apex 2015 was the sixth tournament in the Apex series of tournaments, directed by Team Apex, and held from January 30th-February 1st, 2015, at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, New Jersey. Like previous tournaments of the series, Apex 2015 hosted a variety of fighting games, including singles and doubles events for Super Smash Bros., Melee, Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The tournament was the largest Melee tournament of all time*, with 1,037 entrants (breaking the previous record of 970 entrants set by EVO 2014), and the largest in-person Smash 4 tournament of all time, with 837 entrants.

Apex 2015 was officially sponsored by Nintendo of America[1]. Among the results of this sponsorship were a lounge where attendees could play a demo version of Splatoon;[2] additionally, Nintendo and ScrewAttack provided a second livestream for the last day of the tournament designed to be clearer for newcomers to competitive Smash.[3] An apparent side effect of the partnership was the absence of Project M from the tournament's game lineup.

The tournament was originally slated to take place at the Clarion Hotel Empire Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. As the tournament was set to begin, a fire alarm was set off. While the alarm was false, the responding police and fire marshals realized that the venue was unsafe and lacked permits, and subsequently shut down and evacuated the event. After several hours, an alternative venue was found. As players and equipment had to be transported to the new venue, the tournament lost all of Friday and events began on Saturday.

While 1,037 players had registered for the tournament, as many as 200 players were estimated to have not shown up at their matches due to the sudden venue and schedule change the Apex staff were forced to make due to condemnation of the previous venue. Thus, it is questionable to state whether or not Apex 2015 was largest Melee tournament of all time.

PPMD, despite being relatively inactive in the Melee tournament scene over the previous months, was able to defeat Leffen in winners' finals and Armada in grand finals to take the Melee tournament for the second year in a row. After Leffen defeated Chillin 5-0 in a match during VGBootCamp's Salty Suite (with the loser being prohibited from using Fox's default color costume in tournament matches), Mango challenged Leffen to a $1,000 match if they faced each other in bracket; the two eventually fought in winners' semis, which Leffen won 3-1. aMSa managed to place 5th in the tournament using Yoshi, defeating Fly Amanita, Zhu, Lucky, SFAT, and KirbyKaze, before being eliminated by Mango in losers' quarters in a 2-3 set. Hax was notably disqualified from Melee singles after he did not show up to the venue (likely due to a hand injury), placing only 33rd.

List of games

2014-2015 Apex World Circuit

The 2014-2015 Apex World Circuit was a series of fourteen qualifiers for the Melee singles tournament at Apex 2015. Each qualifier featured a $1,000 prize bonus and complimentary flight and hotel for each of the winners, provided by sponsorship from Twitch.

The Apex World Circuit's qualifiers are as follows:

The following players qualified for the final Top 48 Melee bracket:

Results

Smash 64 singles

(188 entrants [with 68 DQs, so 120 person bracket])
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   SuPeRbOoMfAn    $852
2nd   tacos      $426
3rd   Wizzrobe   $319
4th   Mariguas    $212
5th   Fox   $107
5th   KeroKeroppi    $107
7th   Dext3r   $53
7th   Fireblaster    $53
9th   Banze  
9th   Cabelo   
9th   Star King   
9th   The Z    
13th   clubbadubba   
13th   Killer  
13th   Revan  
13th   Stranded  
17th   Cobrevolution  
17th   Firo  
17th   Hero Pie  
17th   JaimeHR   
17th   Jam  
17th   Lord Narwhal  
17th   Spikytorn
17th   YBOMBB  

Smash 64 doubles

(41 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   JaimeHR       SuPeRbOoMfAn     $164 ($82 each)
2nd   tacos        The Z      $102 ($51 each)
3rd   Killer     Star King    $61 ($30.50 each)
4th   Dext3r     Wizzrobe   $41 ($20.50 each)
5th   Banze      Cabelo    $21 ($10.50 each)
5th   Firo     Nintendude   $21 ($10.50 each)
7th   JimmyJoe      clubbadubba  
7th   Shalaka     Mariguas   
9th   Hipstur     Fox  
9th   Near     Hero Pie  
9th   Smash Jesus     Shears  
9th   YBOMBB      I LOVE SMASH  

Melee singles

(1,037 entrants*)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PPMD    $7,228
2nd   Armada    $3,614
3rd   Leffen   $2,711
4th   Mango    $1,807
5th   Hungrybox   $903
5th   aMSa   $903
7th   KirbyKaze   $452
7th   Shroomed   $452
9th   Nintendude  
9th   PewPewU  
9th   SFAT  
9th   Mew2King  
13th   Ice   
13th   Lucky  
13th   Axe  
13th   The Moon  
17th   Swedish Delight  
17th   Cactuar  
17th   Colbol  
17th   Fly Amanita  
17th   Silent Wolf  
17th   MacD  
17th   S2J  
17th   Zhu  
25th   Bladewise  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   DJ Nintendo  
25th   HugS  
25th   Kalamazhu  
25th   Larry Lurr  
25th   Slox  
25th   Eddy Mexico  
33rd   C!Z  
33rd   Wizzrobe  
33rd   Drephen  
33rd   Duck  
33rd   Fiction  
33rd   Wobbles  
33rd   KJH  
33rd   Chillin  
33rd   KoreanDJ  
33rd   Redd  
33rd   SwiftBass  
33rd   Tafokints  
33rd   th0rn  
33rd   Hax (DQ)  
33rd   Blea Gelo  
33rd   Westballz  
49th   Zanguzen  
49th   PC Chris  
49th   HomeMadeWaffles  
49th   MattDotZeb  
49th   Twitch  
49th   Android  
49th   Reno  
49th   Laudandus  
49th   Plup   
49th   G$  
49th   A Rookie  
49th   Kels  
49th   Bizzarro Flame  
49th   Lord HDL  
49th   Sung666  
49th   Mayhem  

Melee doubles

(264 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     Hungrybox   $1,056 ($528 each)
2nd   Armada      Android   $528 ($264 each)
3rd   Ice     Leffen   $396 ($198 each)
4th   Chillin     ChuDat   $264 ($132 each)
5th   Mango      Lucky   $132 ($66 each)
5th   PewPewU     SFAT   $132 ($66 each)
7th   Alan     HomeMadeWaffles   $66 ($33 each)
7th   MacD     Fiction   $66 ($33 each)
9th   Professor Pro     Fuzzyness  
9th   Shroomed (DQ)     S2J (DQ)  
9th   s0ft     Flow  
9th   Vish     Bladewise  
13th   Colbol     Plup  
13th   Gahtzu     Wizzrobe  
13th   Kuja     Dev  
13th   ZoSo     th0rn  
17th   Codi     Animal  
17th   Duck     Darkatma  
17th   Axe     Tagless Kyle  
17th   Taj     Wobbles  
17th   Tope     Cyrain  
17th   Westballz     Larry Lurr  
17th   Calle W     Random-ness  
17th   Redd     Tafokints  
25th   Sung666     MikeHAZE  
25th   Zero Omega     Fiya  
25th   Ken     KoreanDJ  
25th   Porkchops     Harriettheguy  
25th   DJ Nintendo     The Moon  
25th   Green Ranger     Bizzarro Flame  
25th   Reno     Aniolas  
25th   Tian     SwiftBass  

Brawl singles

(176 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Ally   $784
2nd   Nairo   $392
3rd   MVD   $294
4th   Salem   $196
5th   V115   $98
5th   Vinnie   $98
7th   cyve   $49
7th   Shimitake   $49
9th   Chris Fisch  
9th   LOE1  
9th   Mr. R  
9th   Player-1  
13th   Alphicans  
13th   Eddy  
13th   K9  
13th   Toronto Joe  
17th   Darkflame  
17th   Seibrik  
17th   Berserker Swordsman  
17th   8Bitman  
17th   Stridez  
17th   Firefly  
17th   Gadiel_VaStar  
17th   Seagull Joe  

Brawl doubles

(41 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Nairo     Ally   $164 ($82 each)
2nd   Salem     Mew2King   $102 ($51 each)
3rd   Seibrik     MVD   $61 ($30.50 each)
4th   MJG     FOW   $41 ($20.50 each)
5th   ChuDat     Chibo   $21 ($10.50 each)
5th   Shaky     V115   $21 ($10.50 each)
7th   Player-1     DRN  
7th   Zinoto     LOE1  
9th   Firefly     Alphicans  
9th   Ralph Cecil     Mister Eric  
9th   ScaryLB59     GDX  
9th   Xaltis     8Bitman  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(837 entrants [with 103 DQs, so 734 person bracket])
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ZeRo   $6,022
2nd   Dabuz    $3,011
3rd   Mr. R   $2,258
4th   6WX   $1,506
5th   Nietono   $753
5th   Mew2King   $753
7th   Abadango   $376
7th   MVD    $376
9th   AeroLink  
9th   Nakat   
9th   Nairo     
9th   aMSa  
13th   Ally  
13th   Jtails  
13th   False   
13th   NinjaLink  
17th   Player-1  
17th   Shaky  
17th   Choco  
17th   Fliphop  
17th   Xzax    
17th   J.Miller  
17th   Vinnie   
17th   FOW  
25th   K9  
25th   falln  
25th   Tyrant  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   Phuzix  
25th   Rich Brown  
25th   Zinoto  
25th   Denti  
33rd   Shimitake  
33rd   BengalsRZ  
33rd   Akiro  
33rd   8Bitman  
33rd   Fatality  
33rd   iKon  
33rd   Plup  
33rd   gsmVoiD  
33rd   Ribs  
33rd   Will  
33rd   Larry Lurr  
33rd   cyve  
33rd   StaticManny  
33rd   Nick Riddle  
33rd   Dao  
33rd   Myran  
49th   Zucco  
49th   Tweek  
49th   True Blue  
49th   Chris Fisch  
49th   SuperGirlKels  
49th   Pink Fresh  
49th   Master Raven  
49th   Bladewise  
49th   Angbad  
49th   Strong Bad  
49th   Koolaid  
49th   MikeKirby  
49th   Tenuhe  
49th   AkashicSword  
49th   Sky  
49th   Seagull Joe  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles

(179 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     ZeRo   $716 ($358 each)
2nd   MJG     FOW   $358 ($179 each)
3rd   Mr. R     cyve   $269 ($134.50 each)
4th   Nietono     Choco   $179 ($89.50 each)
5th   Ally      Boss   $89 ($44.50 each)
5th   Nakat      False    $89 ($44.50 each)
7th   Tyrant     Nairo   $45 ($22.50 each)
7th   Dabuz     Denti   $45 ($22.50 each)
9th   ScaryLB59     6WX  
9th   PB&J     Dark Wizzy  
9th   StaticManny     Phuzix  
9th   Zucco     Koolaid  
13th   Wizzrobe     Plup  
13th   Zinoto     Xatic  
13th   MrConCon     Acid  
13th   aMSa     Abadango  
17th   Sai     Day?!  
17th   SuperGirlKels     CrazyLittleJay  
17th   Sync     Asa  
17th   Tearbear     Xzax  
17th   Nick Riddle     Shaky  
17th   Widl     Gardex  
17th   Punishment Divine     KirinBlaze  
17th   Vinnie     Will  

Salty Suite

The Salty Suite was run by VGBootCamp during the after hours of Saturday, and featured various money matches and other exhibition sets.

Winner Character(s) Loser Character(s) Score Amount
  Bizzarro Flame     Eikelmann*   3-0
  Westballz     Colbol   3-0
  Axe     Silent Wolf   3-1
  PC Chris      Ken   3-2
  Leffen     Chillin   5-0 $100 + rights to Fox's default costume

*Eikelmann was a replacement for Kage, who had become very ill prior to the tournament.

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