"GENESIX" redirects here. For the pre-tournament, see Pre-Genesix. For the Project M tournament, see Neon Genesix Evangelion.
GENESIS 6
GENESIS6Logo.jpg
Dates February 1st-3rd, 2019
Venue Oakland Convention Center
Paramount Theatre Top 8
Address/City 550 10th St
Oakland, California USA
Attendance 2,775
Entry fees Venue: $60 (first 500 entrants)
$70 (until December 21st)
$85 (until January 11th)
$100 (until January 15th)
Singles: $10
Doubles: $20 per team
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Japan kysk 1v1
Japan kysk & Japan Prince 2v2
Japan kysk & Japan Prince 2v2 (ZPK)
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Hungrybox 1v1
USA PewPewU & USA SFAT 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1
USA Dark Wizzy & USA Salem 2v2

GENESIS 6 was a supermajor tournament and the 6th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in Oakland, California, from February 1st to the 3rd, 2019. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2. GENESIS 6 also featured side events for Slap City, Magical Drop III, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, and Windjammers. It was notably the first supermajor tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Official game lineup

Game Entrants Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles 98 $980.00
Super Smash Bros. doubles 25 teams $500.00
Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles 13 teams $260.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles 1,113 $11,130.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles 220 teams $4,400.00
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles 2,105 $21,050.00
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles 392 teams $7,840.00
Rivals of Aether singles 209 $2,090.00
Rivals of Aether doubles 33 teams $660.00
Splatoon 2 28 teams $?
Slap City singles 47 $?
Slap City doubles 12 teams $?
Magical Drop III 18 $?
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 41 $?
Windjammers 43 $?

A separate unaffiliated tournament for Project M players attending GENESIS 6, titled Neon Genesix Evangelion, was held on February 1st at a nearby venue.

Ruleset

Super Smash Bros. 64 Doubles

The rules for Super Smash Bros. 64 doubles differed from the usual doubles rules. There were two doubles tournaments, one in which Kirby and Pikachu were banned (ZPK) and one in which all characters were legal.

Game settings

Stages

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Ruleset on Google Doc

GENESIS 6 used the patch that was currently live on January 18th, 2019, which is 1.2.1. Piranha Plant, who was updated into the game in the week prior to the tournament, is not available in the tounament.

Game settings

Stages

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Castle Siege
Final Destination Kalos Pokémon League
Lylat Cruise Town and City
Pokémon Stadium 2 Unova Pokémon League
Smashville Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
Yoshi's Story

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(98 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   kysk    
2nd   Josh Brody  
3rd   Prince  
4th   CTG   
5th   Darkhorse   
5th   Shihman   
7th   Shalaka   
7th   Dogs_Johnson  
9th   Freean  
9th   LETSGO  
9th   blondekid  
9th   Sonjo  
13th   The Protagonist  
13th   Madrush   
13th   Onski  
13th   Paco  

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(25 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   kysk     Prince  
2nd   Josh Brody     Darkhorse   
3rd   JimmyJoe     Shalaka  
4th   Shihman      LETSGO  
5th   Onski     CTG  
5th   YoLeo     M-Angry  
7th   Madrush     Shredgar  
7th   Dankey Kang     ReefyBeefy  
9th   Moustasher     Mando  
9th   Freean     Duncs  
9th   blondekid     Paco  
9th   Collin     The Protagonist  

Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles

(13 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   kysk      Prince  
2nd   LETSGO      Shihman   
3rd   Freean     Nintendude   
4th   Darkhorse      Josh Brody   
5th   ReefyBeefy     JSunny  
5th   The Protagonist     Collin  
7th   Shalaka   (Level 9 CPU)  
7th   Mando     M-Angry  

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,113 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox   $4,452.00
2nd   Axe   $2,226.00
3rd   Plup    $1,669.50
4th   aMSa   $1,113.00
5th   PewPewU   $556.50
5th   Mango   $556.50
7th   S2J   $278.25
7th   Ginger   $278.25
9th   Trif  
9th   FatGoku  
9th   Zain  
9th   Duck  
13th   HugS  
13th   Rishi  
13th   Bladewise  
13th   2saint  
17th   Eddy Mexico  
17th   SFAT  
17th   Hax$  
17th   Fiction  
17th   ChuDat  
17th   Westballz  
17th   Darkatma   
17th   Kalamazhu  
25th   moky  
25th   Lucky  
25th   iBDW  
25th   Sharkz  
25th   Bananas  
25th   Nintendude   
25th   La Luna  
25th   Zeo  
33rd   Bimbo  
33rd   Magi  
33rd   Azel  
33rd   Mew2King    
33rd   Laudandus  
33rd   vortex  
33rd   HTwa  
33rd   Spark  
33rd   Gahtzu  
33rd   Schythed  
33rd   Kalvar  
33rd   Legend  
33rd   Kels  
33rd   KJH  
33rd   AbsentPage (DQ)  
33rd   Joyboy  
49th   Levingy  
49th   Sora  
49th   Luigi Ka-Master   
49th   Mojo  
49th   Cactuar  
49th   MikeHaze  
49th   TheRealThing  
49th   Squid  
49th   Birdman  
49th   Boyd  
49th   Snowy  
49th   Captain Faceroll  
49th   Swedish Delight*   
49th   Kurv  
49th   ycz6  
49th   SFOP  

*Swedish Delight forfeited in Losers.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Melee Singles

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(220 teams)
Top 6 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PewPewU     SFAT  
2nd   Hungrybox     ChuDat  
3rd   Plup     Mew2King  
4th   S2J     Shroomed  
5th   Armada      Android  
5th   Darktooth     Prince Abu  
7th   iBDW     Swedish Delight  
7th   Mojo     SFOP  
9th   Cactuar     Reno  
9th   Rocky     Azel  
9th   AbsentPage     Fiction  
9th   Ralph     Wavebringer  
13th   bonfire10     Boyd  
13th   FatGoku     Bladewise  
13th   Westballz     Moky  
13th   Webwipe     Schythed  
17th   DJ Nintendo     La Luna  
17th   Kalamazhu     R2DLiu  
17th   Trif     Overtriforce  
17th   Nintendude     Kevbot  
17th   Zealous5000     Bambi  
17th   Vinodh     Espi  
17th   TheSWOOPER     BIGKID  
17th   vortex     Icy  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(2,105 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MkLeo    $8,420.00
2nd   VoiD    $4,210.00
3rd   Samsora   $3,157.50
4th   Dabuz    $2,105.00
5th*   Zackray   $1,052.50
5th   Light   $1,052.50
7th   Cosmos   $526.25
7th   ESAM   $526.25
9th   CaptainZack    
9th   yeti   
9th   Tweek   
9th   Myran  
13th   Salem   
13th   MVD  
13th   Shuton  
13th   Prodigy  
17th   Glutonny  
17th   Leffen  
17th   Nairo  
17th   Larry Lurr  
17th   SDX  
17th   8BitMan   
17th   K9sbruce  
17th   Dark Wizzy  
25th   Ally  
25th   Magister  
25th   Sonix  
25th   Abadango    
25th   Marss   
25th   Sinji  
25th   WaDi  
25th   FOW  
33rd   Lui$  
33rd   BestNess  
33rd   Umeki  
33rd   Stroder   
33rd   Regi Shikimi   
33rd   Zenyou  
33rd   Mr E   
33rd   ZD  
33rd   Klaatu  
33rd   NAKAT  
33rd   Kobe  
33rd   Captain L  
33rd   Big D   
33rd   Lima  
33rd   Shaky  
33rd   ImHip  
49th   Ez  
49th   Shogun  
49th   Nietono  
49th   La Luna  
49th   MuteAce  
49th   Eldin  
49th   TLTC  
49th   Pandarian  
49th   Plup  
49th   Z  
49th   Sparg0   
49th   Eon   
49th   Legit  
49th   False  
49th   Seagull Joe  
49th   RAIN  
65th   Makibaz  
65th   zael  
65th   Virus  
65th   Shadow_PR  
65th   Mudomo  
65th   dyr  
65th   Rich Brown  
65th   Atomsk  
65th   aperture  
65th   Radda Radda  
65th   MattyG  
65th   Wizzrobe  
65th   NovaPixl  
65th   Armando  
65th   Charliedaking  
65th   Slither2Hunter  
65th   Mikee  
65th   Diablo  
65th   PiXL  
65th   SlayerZ  
65th   Fatality  
65th   6WX  
65th   saj  
65th   twerkmastr  
65th   Trevonte  
65th   SilentRain  
65th   Nicko  
65th   Tyrant  
65th   Sonido  
65th   Javi  
65th   Kofi  
65th   Mr. ConCon  

*Zackray won 3-1 over Light in a tiebreaker set for Smash Ultimate Summit's auto qualifier.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Ultimate Singles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(392 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Dark Wizzy     Salem   
2nd   Light     Marss   
3rd   ESAM      MVD  
4th   MkLeo     Javi  
5th   SlayerZ     Samsora  
5th   CaptainZack     Ally  
7th   yeti     8BitMan  
7th   Mikee     Lui$  
9th   WaDi     ANTi  
9th   VoiD     NAKAT  
9th   Nairo     Umeki  
9th   Tweek     Cosmos  
13th   Nietono     zackray  
13th   Teb     Klaatu  
13th   MuteAce     Ned  
13th   BestNess     Stroder
17th   Sonido     NovaPixl  
17th   Kasei   Makibaz
17th   Mr E     Dabuz  
17th   MattyG     tamim  
17th   Rose   Virus
17th   Epic_Gabriel     Akashic  
17th   Jtails     Sinji  
17th   Eon     Larry Lurr  
25th   Hitaku   Athena  
25th   Soronie     Trevonte  
25th   Firefly     Big D  
25th   Seagull Joe     ZD  
25th   Rain     Shogun  
25th   Pelca     Riz  
25th   Zex     Tyrant  
25th   KidG   Myran  
33rd   Sharpyzard     MrConCon  
33rd   Shuton     Abadango  
33rd   Eldin   Starlord
33rd   Legit     Shaky  
33rd   Zace     Diablo
33rd   SnaggleTooth     Isma
33rd   Gossamer     Jabe
33rd   Mew2King     Glutonny  
33rd   Machu     Len  
33rd   Dakpo     Karna  
33rd   Rags     Armando  
33rd   ShiNe     Muffin from Mars  
33rd   Lavi     Regi Shikimi  
33rd   TLTC     Nicko  
33rd   Shadow_PR     DOOM!  
33rd   Enki     PaoZ

Side events

Super Smash Bros. J version Best-of-1 YOLO

(48 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Prince  
2nd   Cobr  
3rd   Josh Brody  
3rd   capos  

Seeding Controversy

A week before the tournament, many people started to complain about the low seeding of many players, especially European players such as Glutonny and cyve. Even after GENESIS 6 announced bracket feedback, many still complained that the seeding was inaccurate and should be redone. In response to these complaints, Leffen had messaged GENESIS 6's seeders, telling them to change the seeds. The insuing discussion resulted in several statements which Leffen found rude or offensive and posted to Twitter. [1][2] Seeder ALT messaged on Discord "so if 500 penguins entered a tournament in antarctica and i won it should i be a top 10 seed?" This created massive backlash on Twitter, with people complaining to GENESIS 6 to fire their seeders. In response to all this backlash, Bear has stated that he was working on adjusting the seeding, and apologized for the rude behavior some seeders have shown. [3] The seeding was subsequently redone by a new seeding team and ALT was removed from the seeding team in the PGStats discord, though the rest of the original seeding team went on to seed majors such as CEO 2019, EVO 2019, Super Smash Con 2019, The Big House 9, and GENESIS 7 without controversy.

As a result of the drama, the penguins insult has since become an internet meme, with Smashers such as Leffen and Bear changing their profile picture into penguins, and Bear promising to wear a penguin onesie at GENESIS 6. [4] Even Nintendo joined in, with the Nintendo UK VS Twitter account tweeting "Best of luck to all the European Super #SmashBrosUltimate players at @Genesis_Smash this weekend!" with a picture of four King Dededes on Battlefield form Summit.[5]

Trivia

  • This was Mew2King's worst performance in over 13 years of Melee singles (without forfeiting), placing 33rd. This also marks the first time he has failed to make top 32 without forfeiting.
  • This was Armada's worst performance in any Smash game, discounting disqualifications. Armada placed 97th in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at this tournament.
    • This was also Armada's first time attending a GENESIS event without entering Melee singles.
  • This stands as Shroomed's worst placing at a Melee tournament, placing 97th.
  • All 3 singles grand finals (Smash 64, Melee, Ultimate) featured one of the Electric Mouse Pokémon (Pichu and Pikachu).
    • This tournament also marked the highest ever placing of a Pikachu main at a supermajor national with Axe placing 2nd, before Axe's first place finish at Smash Summit 8 four months later.
  • This tournament marks the currently best placing of aMSa at a supermajor with 4th place, also making it the highest ever supermajor placing of a Yoshi main.
  • This is the only Melee tournament in 2019 to have over 1,000 entrants.

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