VGBootCamp (fully named Video Game Boot Camp, often abbreviated as VGBC) is a premier smash live-stream/media producing company and crew founded at the end of 2009 by GimR and Aposl. VGBootCamp's mission is to grow and strengthen the fighting game community, particularly the Smash community. The group runs one of the most popular weekly Smash Bros. tournaments, Smash @ Xanadu, with TheTantalus as TO. It consists of most Smash games as well as other fighting games, like Street Fighter V and Rivals of Aether. It has become well established for presenting and broadcasting Smash tournaments of all scales quite professionally.
VGBootCamp occasionally runs an event in the after hours of tournaments named the "Salty Suite", in which many money matches and exhibition matches between notable players are featured. Tournaments that have had this event so far include Apex 2014, Kings of Cali 4, Pound 2016, and Apex 2015.
VGBootCamp was known for popularizing the Brawl mod Project M with S@X, but they eventually decided to drop streaming Project M and removed existing Project M YouTube channel videos; GimR explained that the reasoning for this was that the shaky legal status of Project M associated with Nintendo was a risk to VGBC as a business.[1]
On July 30th, 2016, almost 12 thousand videos had their name changed to SF5 Smash 4 - Serge (Lucario) Vs. Darkfall (Link) SSB4 Tournament - Smash Wii U, it was confirmed as a mistake by GimR, as they were recommended an experienced uploader by many sources, however the uploader had messed up on his first video. 1
List of members/sponsored players
- GimR (Co-Founder/President)
- Aposl (Co-Founder)
- aMSa (Pro Team)
- Logic (Stream Assistant)
- Tantalus (Tournament Organizer)
- TKBreezy (Commentator)
- Coney (Commentator)
- Pink Fresh (Pro Team)
- Pastor (Marketing Manager)
- Vince (Technical Director)
- Rishi (Pro Team)
Former members
Streamed events
Tournament | Date | Games |
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Smash @ Xanadu | Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (since early 2013) | Melee Smash 4 Smash 64 |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | Melee Brawl |
Player's Bowl 2010 | May 15th, 2010 | Brawl |
MLG Columbus 2010 | June 4th-6th, 2010 | Brawl |
Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | Melee Brawl |
MLG DC 2010 | October 15th-17th, 2010 | Brawl |
Viridian City 8 | October 23rd, 2010 | Brawl |
Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | Melee Brawl |
WHOBO 3 | March 18th-20th, 2011 | Brawl |
KTAR 5 | May 21st, 2011 | Brawl |
Clash of the Titans 5 | June 25th-26th, 2011 | Brawl |
GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | Brawl |
KTAR 6 | August 14th, 2011 | Brawl |
Revival of Salt | February 4th, 2012 | Brawl |
Project M Showdown | July 21st, 2012 | Project M |
MELEE-FC10R Legacy | August 12th-14th, 2012 | Melee Project M |
The Big House 2 | October 6th-7th, 2012 | Melee Project M |
Kings of Cali | November 10th, 2012 | Melee |
Revival of Melee 5 | November 17th-18th, 2012 | Melee |
North East Championships 13 | December 1st-2nd, 2012 | Melee |
Salvation 2 | January 26th, 2013 | Melee Brawl Project M |
Kings of Cali 2 | April 13th-14th, 2013 | Melee |
Xanadu Emerald | May 4th, 2013 | Melee Brawl Project M |
Zenith 2013 | June 1st-2nd, 2013 | Smash 64 Melee |
Salvation | June 22nd, 2013 | Melee, Brawl |
Xanadu Pearl | June 22nd, 2013 | Melee |
KTAR 7 | July 6th, 2013 | Brawl |
EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | Melee |
Golden Coast | August 17th, 2013 | Brawl |
Mass Madness CE | August 24th, 2013 | Melee |
Omegacon 2013 | September 29th, 2013 | Melee Brawl |
The Big House 3 | October 12th-13th, 2013 | Melee Project M |
Sudden Death 14 | October 19th, 2013 | Melee Project M |
Bar Wars | October 27th, 2013 | Melee Project M |
Pound V.5 | November 9th, 2013 | Melee Project M |
Revival of Melee 6 | November 16th-17th, 2013 | Melee |
Phoenix Saga 6 | December 7th, 2013 | Brawl Project M |
Kings of Cali 3 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | Melee |
McSmashter 3 | January 11th-12th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | Melee Brawl Project M |
Thanks for Playing 6 | March 1st, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | Melee |
Northeastern Smash Attack 2 | March 29th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
The Next Episode | March 22nd-23rd, 2014 | Melee |
Civil War VI | April 12th-13th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Fight Pitt IV | April 19th, 2014 | Melee |
Bar Wars: The Region Strikes Back | April 26th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Get On My Level | May 10th-11th, 2014 | Melee Brawl |
Project M Showdown 3.02 | May 17th, 2014 | Project M |
Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 10 | May 23rd-25th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | Melee |
Super SWEET | June 7th-8th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Kings of Cali 4 | July 5th-6th, 2014 | Melee |
EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | Melee |
Low Tier City 2 | August 16th-17th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Smash the Record | August 22nd-25th, 2014 | Melee |
The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | Melee Project M |
Justice 4 | October 11th, 2014 | Melee |
SmashLeague: New York | October 25th, 2014 | Melee |
Fight Pitt V | November 1st-2nd, 2014 | Melee Smash 3DS |
Xanadu Invitational | November 6th, 2014 | Smash 3DS |
KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | Smash Wii U |
B.E.A.S.T 5 | January 9th-11th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U Project M |
Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
Defend This House | June 13th, 2015 | Melee |
CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
Super Smash Con | August 6th-9th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
Smash the Record 2015 | August 23rd-26th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
PAX Prime 2015 | August 28th-30th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | Melee Project M Smash Wii U |
The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | Melee Smash Wii U |
Glitch | March 12th, 2016 | Smash Wii U |
Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | Smash Wii U Melee Smash 64 |
Fight Pitt VI | April 16th-17th, 2016 | Melee |
LVL UP EXPO 2016 | May 14th-15th, 2016 | Smash Wii U |
Combo Breaker 2016 | May 27th-29th, 2016 | Melee Smash Wii U |