Smash Summit 8
Smash Summit 8 Logo.jpg
Dates June 13th-16th, 2019
Venue Summit Gaming House
Address/City unknown
Los Angeles, California USA
Attendance 16
Entry fees N/A
Pot size(s) Singles: $32,004
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Axe 1v1
USA Mango & USA S2J 2v2

Smash Summit 8 was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament. It was the eighth installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held on June 13th-16th, 2019. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.

Players invited/qualified

The following 8 players were invited by Beyond The Summit:

Three wild card slots at Get On My Level 2019, Smash 'N' Splash 5, and The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0 were given to the top non-invited finisher of each tournament:

  •   Wizzrobe (who finished 4th at Get On My Level 2019)
  •   Drephen (who finished 9th at Smash 'N' Splash 5 and beat KJH and Shroomed in a round robin tiebreaker, as the highest placed non-invited finisher SFAT, who finished 7th, was unable to attend)
  •   moky (who finished 2nd at The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0)

Players voted in

The voting system received some minor changes. First, if a person votes for a player who gets eliminated, they will receive half of their votes back, and the votes can be used for other players until the voting ends. Also, the final two players who get eliminated have the choice of either taking a portion of the raised funds that they would have gotten, or be flown out to the tournament, where they can participate in activities and practice.

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

Eligible players

Smash Summit 8 Nomination
Eligible players for Smash Summit 8 must adhere to one of the following:

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Axe   $10,580.50
2nd   Wizzrobe   $5,710.00
3rd   Leffen   $3,930.00
4th   iBDW   $2,267.80
5th   Zain   $1,632.75
5th   Hungrybox   $1,632.75
7th   aMSa   $907.50
7th   Plup   $907.50
9th   Mango   $363.00
9th   Ginger   $363.00
9th   Trif   $363.00
9th   n0ne   $363.00
13th   moky   $302.30
13th   Drephen   $302.30
13th   Spud   $302.30
13th   S2J   $302.30

Smash Summit 8 Earnings - SSBM Singles

Doubles

(8 teams)
Bracket

Place Team Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Fuck DaJuan   Mango     S2J  
2nd Team Panda   Plup     Zain  
3rd Puff is Top 6   Hungrybox     iBDW  
4th Must Love Dogs   Leffen     Trif  
5th The Raptors   n0ne     moky  
5th Eggstatic   Axe     aMSa  
7th Spudrod   Spud     Wizzrobe  
7th The Gingers   Drephen     Ginger  

Side events

Draft Crew Battle

(4 teams)
Bracket

Place Crew Name Character Name Character Name Character Name Character
1st Plup Club   Plup     Hungrybox     iBDW     Zain  
2nd Wumbo Williams   Leffen     aMSa     Trif     Wizzrobe  
3rd Team Disneyland   Axe     Drephen     moky     Spud  
3rd Team Beer   Mango     S2J     n0ne     Ginger  

Reverse Main Bracket

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Axe    
2nd   Plup    
3rd   Mango     
4th   Leffen     
5th   Hungrybox   
5th   moky   
5th   aMSa   
5th   Trif   
9th   iBDW  
9th   n0ne  
9th   Zain  
9th   Ginger  
9th   Spud  
9th   Wizzrobe  
9th   S2J  
9th   Drephen  

Mango vs. Axe Thursday

(2 entrants)
VOD

Winner Character(s) Loser Character(s) Score Amount
  Mango                              Axe                          26-23 $1,000

USA vs. The World Crew Battle

(2 teams)
Bracket

USA Player Character Stocks Taken World Player Character Stocks Taken
  iBDW   3   Leffen   5
  Zain   4   Trif   3
  Ginger   5   Spud   3
  Mango   7   n0ne   3
  S2J   4   aMSa   2
  Hungrybox   1   moky   4
Total 24 Total 20

VIP Bracket

(11 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Snowy
2nd   Ringler
3rd   n3zModGod
4th   Bob Thunder
5th   Smashdaddy
5th   Tai
7th   WoogieBoogie
7th   CrazyDude
9th   feu
9th   FloppyTuesday
9th   Strobe

Trivia

  • This is Axe's first major tournament win with two or more members of the 2018 MPGR top 6 + PPMD in attendance, and this is also the first time a Pikachu main won under the same circumstances.
    • In addition, this is the first Smash Summit that was won by a non-God.
  • This is the first Smash Summit where Mew2King and SFAT did not attend, as Mew2King declined his invitation and SFAT qualified at Smash 'N' Splash 5 but declined due to a wedding[1].
    • This is also S2J's first Smash Summit where he was invited rather than voted in.
  • This is currently the Melee Smash Summit with the most international attendance, with six non-U.S. players competing, either through invitation, qualifying, or being voted in.
  • This is the first ever tournament that at least two of the Five Gods attended where none of them placed Top 4 (even including locals); the first tournament with two of the Five Gods was Zero Challenge 3 in 2007, featuring Mew2King and Mango, which was before the latter was dubbed a "god".
    • This is also the first major since Viva La Smashtaclysm to not have any of the Five Gods in Grand Finals.
  • This is the first Smash Summit to feature either of Captain Falcon and Pikachu in grand finals.
    • This is also the first Smash Summit where a Fox player did not make grand finals.
  • This is the first Smash Summit where every player that was voted in won at least one set while competing.

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