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Tournament:Frostbite 2020

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Frostbite 2020
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Dates February 21st-23rd, 2020
Venue Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront
Address/City 2 Washington Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan USA
Attendance 1,303
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1
USA Marss & USA Light 2v2
Armada Sponsors crew battle
USA Laid Squad Strike
USA Nairo Alpharad's Casual Invitational

Frostbite 2020 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate national tournament held in Detroit, Michigan, from February 21st-23rd, 2020.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,280 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MkLeo   
2nd   Maister  
3rd   Tweek    
4th   Tea  
5th   Dabuz   
5th   Wrath  
7th   Zackray   
7th   Toast  
9th   Nietono  
9th   Light  
9th   Nairo  
9th   Paseriman  
13th   VoiD  
13th   Elegant  
13th   MattyG   
13th   Samsora  
17th   Marss  
17th   Raffi-X  
17th   Shuton  
17th   Kola   
17th   Glutonny  
17th   Kameme   
17th   Dark Wizzy  
17th   Prodigy  
25th   Cosmos  
25th   Stroder    
25th   Mystearica  
25th   Salem  
25th   Grayson  
25th   Charliedaking  
25th   MuteAce   
25th   LeoN  
33rd   NAKAT   
33rd   Ravenking  
33rd   BestNess  
33rd   varun  
33rd   Riddles  
33rd   ven  
33rd   Kome  
33rd   king_chris  
33rd   Jw  
33rd   ScAtt  
33rd   Vinny G  
33rd   Raito  
33rd   WaDi  
33rd   Ned  
33rd   Roxas  
33rd   Fatality   
49th   ????   
49th   Comet  
49th   Sonido  
49th   Slime  
49th   Zinoto   
49th   Ksev  
49th   Puppeh  
49th   Zenkai  
49th   Pandarian  
49th   Gackt  
49th   Epic_Gabriel  
49th   LingLing  
49th   Aaron  
49th   Suinoko  
49th   Ryuga  
49th   MastaMario  
65th   RFang   
65th   Lui$   
65th   San  
65th   BANG!   
65th   EKING  
65th   Katakiri  
65th   Pelca  
65th   Goblin*  
65th   IcyMist  
65th   Kyros  
65th   Perkinips  
65th   Myran  
65th   Magister  
65th   Suarez  
65th   Gomakenpi  
65th   Blacktwins13  
65th   Ninja  
65th   White Girl 6 9  
65th   Snatcher  
65th   Rickles  
65th   kept  
65th   blanc  
65th   AceStarThe3rd  
65th   Regulating_Mofo  
65th   DM  
65th   TonyZTank  
65th   Ralphie   
65th   Plup   
65th   MVD  
65th   Panda Bair  
65th   Axiom XL  
65th   8BitMan  
  • Goblin was DQed in losers.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(251 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Marss      Light  
2nd   Maister     Zackray   
3rd   Kameme     Etsuji  
4th   Nairo     Blacktwins   
5th   MVD     Puppeh  
5th   Prodigy     varun  
7th   Samsora     Tweek  
7th   Lui$     BestNess  
9th   MuteAce      Ryuga   
9th   Mew2King      Epic_Gabriel  
9th   Uncivil_ninja     Myran  
9th   Manzoku     Tea  
13th   Dark Wizzy     MkLeo   
13th   Pelca     Jayy  
13th   Fatality     Sonido  
13th   Juice     Beast  
17th   Hawk     Linus  
17th   Raffi-X     king_chris  
17th   ben     Cannon Red  
17th   Stroder     RFang  
17th   Kwaz     WhiteFang  
17th   YellowRello     The Wall  
17th   NAKAT     VoiD  
17th   Elegant     SuperGirlKels  
25th   WaDi     MattyG  
25th   Tachyon     Vinny G  
25th   TheRed     DM  
25th   Deluxemenu     colinies  
25th   Kola     Goblin  
25th   Loaf     Lucky  
25th   8BitMan     yeti  
25th   Regulating_Mofo     Cookietic  
33rd   Bruh-Man     ChocoTaco  
33rd   LunickTMM     Mac Attk  
33rd   Strife     Bonren  
33rd   Comet     Plup  
33rd   Zie     C.Falcon  
33rd   Dojo     AvoiD  
33rd   Seth     ATATA  
33rd   Rickles     Yoomoo  
33rd   DeatUnBeat     Blaze  
33rd   Kazma     Brr  
33rd   Pig     Voltz  
33rd   Ksev     Zagoo  
33rd   Kome     Shuton  
33rd   Van Jones     Bobbles  
33rd   Paseriman     Gackt  
33rd   LightningCam     AndrewT  

Side events

Squad Strike

(128 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Laid       
2nd   Aikota    
3rd   Epic_Gabriel    
4th   Mew2King     
5th   Blade    
5th   Dark Wizzy*    
7th   PsyKoD    
7th   D-Money    
9th   Jackie Peanuts
9th   LunickTMM    
9th   8BitMan    
9th   Daybreak    
13th   Slaps    
13th   Adorable Knight  
13th   WinterShorts
13th   Regulating_Mofo  

* Dark Wizzy forfeited in Losers.

Alpharad's Casual Invitational

(8 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s)
1st   Nairo        
2nd   VoiD       
3rd   Marss     
4th   Shoe        
5th   Naga    
5th   MVD         
7th   Plup    
7th   Mew2King      

Esports Team Crew Battle

(8 Crews)
Full VOD of the event

Place Team Name Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Name Character(s)
1st Armada   BestNess     Prodigy     Elegant  
2nd Most Valuable Gaming   ScAtt      Salem       Dark Wizzy  
3rd Thunder Gaming   MVD     Raito     K9sbruce  
3rd Team Frostbite*   Zinoto     Rivers     Maister  
5th Nevermore   Dingus Joe     MastaMario     Stroder  
5th Rivals of Aether**   Windows     Lucius     CakeAssault  
5th RayRoad Gaming   kameme     Gackt     Etsuji  
5th Panda Global   Plup     Fullstream     Marss  

* Team Frostbite is a selection of free agents (at the time of the vote) voted by the players already registered. The top three players with the most votes were flown out to the event.

** Team SoloMid was initially selected to compete but were eventually unable to participate due to their lack of players. They were replaced by a team formed of Rivals of Aether pro players.

Trivia

  • Other than ESAM and Nicko, every American member of the Fall 2019 PGRU was present at this tournament.
  • This tournament marks Dark Wizzy’s worst placing in Ultimate doubles, placing 13th with MkLeo.
    • This tournament also marks the end of Dark Wizzy’s Top 8 streak in Singles, placing 17th.
  • This tournament marks the first occasion Melee God Hungrybox outplaced fellow God Mew2King in Ultimate singles at the same event.
  • Prodigy became the fourth person in Ultimate to 3-0 Leo at a PGR event. Tweek was the first at Frostbite 2019, with the second being Glutonny at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019 Grand Final set 1 when Leo used Marth, and Marss being the third at GENESIS 7 in grand finals.
    • He's also the second person to 3-0 Leo's Joker after Marss.
  • This is Glutonny's worst placement in Ultimate singles since GENESIS 6, with a tied placement of 17th.
  • This tournament marks the highest placing of a solo Mr. Game & Watch and Young Link main at a major, with Maister and Toast placing 2nd and 7th, respectively.
    • This also marks the first time a solo Sheik player placed in top 16 in a major, with VoiD placing 13th.
  • This is the first major tournament to have an all Mexican Grand Finals for singles.
  • The tournament's ruleset mentioned "The only acceptable alternative forms of Battlefield and Final Destination (chosen through the Ω/Battlefield form option on stage select) is Summit with 'Megalovania' as the selected song."
  • Both Marss and Shuton, champions of GENESIS 7 and EVO Japan 2020 which both happened the same weekend, placed 17th in singles.
    • Coincidentally, both were eliminated by players from the other's respective countries, with Marss being defeated by Paseriman and Zackray and Shuton being eliminated by Elegant and Light.
  • This tournament was the last offline event ZeRo attended, although he didn't participate in any events.
  • This tournament was the final offline event that Nairo competed in, as a result of allegations of him partaking in sexual misconduct with a minor being confirmed in July 2020 and him subsequently being banned from all future events thereafter.
  • This tournament was the last offline event D1 and Keitaro cometate, before they were banned from future events.

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