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Double Down 2022
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Dates July 8th-10th, 2022
Venue The Expo North Hall at World Market Center Las Vegas
Address/City 435 S Grand Central Pkwy
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 1,336
Entry fees TBD
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA iBDW 1v1
Canada moky & USA Prince Abu 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Japan ProtoBanham 1v1
USA Lui$ & USA Scend 2v2

Double Down 2022 was a supermajor which took place on July 8th-10th, 2022 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured tournaments for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was the sequel to Royal Flush and was previously set to be the first Platinum tier stop on the 2020 Smash World Tour for both games on June 5th-7th, 2020 prior to its postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic; the tournament was instead a Platinum stop on the Smash World Tour 2022 for both games. It was later planned for March 25th-27th, 2022 before being postponed again due to problems that arose due to the Omicron variant.[1] Various side events, a Rock Paper Scissors tournament, a Mario Party Superstars minigames bracket, Rivals of Aether brackets, and a Super Mario 64 16 Star speedrun contest also took place. An Ultimate Squad Strike bracket was planned before the tournament's first postponement.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(368 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 12 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   iBDW  
2nd   aMSa  
3rd   Fiction  
4th   SluG  
5th   S2J  
5th   Zain  
7th   Magi  
7th*   Hungrybox  
9th   Smashdaddy  
9th   Lucky  
9th   SFAT  
9th   Jflex  
13th   Umarth  
13th*   Junebug  
13th   KoDoRiN  
13th   Salt  
17th   OkayP.  
17th   alex  
17th   Mot$  
17th   moky  
17th   Aura  
17th   Skerzo  
17th   Professor Pro  
17th   Frenzy  
25th   Far!  
25th   Chape  
25th   nut  
25th   Eggy  
25th   Azel  
25th   Casper  
25th   Zealot  
25th   KJH  
33rd   n3zModGod  
33rd   rom  
33rd   Nickemwit  
33rd   max  
33rd   Preeminent  
33rd   Khalid  
33rd   Soltrain  
33rd   Fizzwiggle  
33rd   Greenbean  
33rd   Justus  
33rd   maxi  
33rd   Joey Donuts  
33rd   dansdaman  
33rd   Reesch  
33rd   NoFluxes  
33rd   Ego Check  
49th   NOOT  
49th   Logos  
49th   FoxCap  
49th   Pancakes  
49th   Chango  
49th   Maybe  
49th   Jmar  
49th   aCID  
49th   Tank  
49th   Easy  
49th   TheSWOOPER  
49th   NyxTheShield  
49th   Third Strongest  
49th   Mr. N  
49th   Jorge  
49th   Ben  

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(59 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   moky     Prince Abu  
2nd   Aura     nut  
3rd   Professor Pro     Frenzy  
4th   Salt     Justus  
5th   DSJ     Fizzwiggle  
5th   Zealot     Jflex  
7th   John Wick     Tank  
7th   n0ne     S2J  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(987 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 12 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ProtoBanham   
2nd   MkLeo     
3rd   Tea   
4th   Dabuz    
5th   KEN   
5th   Kola   
7th   Jakal  
7th   Jake  
9th   ApolloKage  
9th   Sonix  
9th   Gackt  
9th   Shuton   
13th   Shogun   
13th   Cosmos  
13th   Kurama  
13th   Bloom4Eva  
17th   MVD  
17th   Rocke  
17th   T3 DOM  
17th   Aaron  
17th   Ned   
17th   Kome  
17th   BassMage  
17th   Jahzz0  
25th   Lui$  
25th   Scend  
25th   Ling  
25th   Riddles  
25th   Chag  
25th   Axel~  
25th   frawg  
25th   NaetorU  
33rd   Tarik   
33rd   Skyjay  
33rd   Shoe  
33rd   Goblin  
33rd   yonni  
33rd   Zomba  
33rd   Niko  
33rd   Marss  
33rd   H4DS  
33rd   DDog  
33rd   Smirk  
33rd   varun  
33rd   Mugen  
33rd   0mart  
33rd   Justice  
33rd   jaredisking1  
49th   RyuKai  
49th   enhancedpv  
49th   Nitox  
49th   Neeroz  
49th   BigBoss  
49th   Zinoto  
49th   thirty4  
49th   Marvelous_Marco  
49th   Lea  
49th   VoiD  
49th   SHADIC  
49th   Colorondo8  
49th   loaf  
49th   AC  
49th   Cesar  
49th   Cyro  
65th   Fatality  
65th   Nito  
65th   Raflow  
65th   TriM  
65th   Kazma  
65th   Stroder Ame     
65th   Quinn  
65th   MPg  
65th   Ikan  
65th   OursOuzbek  
65th   Comet  
65th   Linky  
65th   Peckham  
65th   Andrik  
65th   Sticccy   
65th   Cleytito  
65th   Yoda Cage  
65th   Shangrai  
65th   SpeedyBlueDude[2]   
65th   Capsize   
65th   pokepen  
65th   Midnight  
65th   umanz  
65th   VaLoR  
65th   Yrneh  
65th   Ignaize  
65th   IllusioN  
65th   spot  
65th   Teaser  
65th   Oryon  
65th   Burst  
65th   MoDzai  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(171 teams)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Lui$     Scend  
2nd   MkLeo      BigBoss  
3rd   Stroder Ame      Chase  
4th   BassMage     Skyjay  
5th   varun     Kurama  
5th   Jakal     Zomba  
7th   Goblin     Jake  
7th   Ludo     JDV  
9th   KEN      Kome  
9th   naitosharp      Zinoto  
9th   Seesaw     Capsize  
9th   MPg     Ling  
13th   Ez     Houston  
13th   Saltlord     H.3.K  
13th   Luma     FrostKqt  
13th   Cosmos     Riddles  
17th   Ignaize     Dragneel  
17th   Tea     Shuton  
17th   Quinn     frawg  
17th   Aexw     Tohru  
17th   Dakpo     ven  
17th   AciD     Dren  
17th   Gackt     Lea  
17th   MVD     8BitMan  
25th   twerkmastr     AC  
25th   ShiNe     Cyro  
25th   DDog     BacoN  
25th   Vash     Z  
25th   Double D     MFA  
25th   Cesar     Glug  
25th   Zombe     Swlly  
25th   Kyros     Marvelous_Marco  

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stages singles

(64 entrants)
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   aMSa  
2nd   Marrgasm  
3rd   MasterShake  
3rd   Preeminent  
5th   Underscore
5th   Pinkie Toe
5th   CoiledOver
5th   Zealot

Super Smash Bros. Melee Poké Ball singles

  • Poké Balls on medium (all other items off).
  • RPS for who gets to pick the stage.
  • Stages are Pokémon Stadium and Poké Floats.
  • Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.

(64 entrants)
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   aMSa  
2nd   salami  
3rd   Underscore  
3rd   Preeminent  
5th   Decepticawn
5th   Marrgasm
5th   Umarth
5th   Hungrybox

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random singles

  • Both players must pick random as their character.
  • Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.
  • Standard tournament ruleset otherwise. (Striking, Stocks, etc.)

(128 entrants)
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Lui$    
2nd   Colorondo8    
3rd   Tea   
3rd   Glug  
5th   FrostKqt
5th   Chase
5th   Zomba  
5th   Shoe
9th   Shuton
9th   Fatality  
9th   BassMage  
9th   Cade  
9th   Chag
9th   Skitz
9th   Lea
9th   Riddles  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Game and Watch Judge singles

  • 60% damage handicap.
  • Single Elimination. Best of 1 game. 3 stocks per player.
  • Play on Final Destination.
  • Players will take alternating turns hitting each other with the hammer (side-B).
  • The player getting hit must stand in the middle of the stage. The attacker must not try to push the opponent to gain a tactical advantage.
  • Going first will be determined by Rock Paper Scissors.
  • SDs will count against your stock total. Hitting your opponent with any other move or when it is not your turn will result in you losing the stock.
  • Finals will be 10 stocks, Best 2 out of 3 games.

(128 entrants)
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   mysugah  
2nd   Jett the Jenga God  
3rd   LilBulb  
3rd   L4st  
5th   _SEBA_  
5th   AriZona  
5th   Monte  
5th   T_K_3  
9th   Bud_Naphus  
9th   H4DS  
9th   C.Kaleb  
9th   MFA  
9th   Superberry  
9th   RandumMNK  
9th   Zerick  
9th   JeJaJeJa  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate crews

(4 teams)

Place Team Players Earnings
1st US & Canada   Dabuz      Riddles     Kola     Zomba     VoiD     Cosmos     Marss     Lui$   $5,000 ($625 each)
2nd Japan   ProtoBanham      Kome     KEN      Gackt     Lea     Shogun     Shuton     Tea  
3rd Mexico & Caribbean   MkLeo     Andrik     0mart     BigBoss     Chag     Capitancito     Sonix     Skyjay  
3rd Europe   Raflow     Oryon     Tarik     Peli     NaetorU     Bloom4Eva     Nitox     Flow  

Controversies

Hungrybox

Prior to playing his Top 12 match on the 3rd day of the tournament, Hungrybox tweeted that he was coughing blood but tested negative for COVID-19. Despite his condition, Hungrybox played and won his match against SFAT to make it to Top 8 before DQing himself out of the tournament for safety reasons. Hungrybox received significant negative backlash for allowing himself to compete despite being ill and for not wearing a mask, potentially exposing many attendees to his infection. The TOs also received backlash for allowing Hungrybox to compete and not penalizing him for not wearing a mask. Hungrybox later issued an apology and promised to wear a mask at all future events.[3]

Technicals

Two years after the 2020 Super Smash Bros. sexual misconduct allegations, YouTuber Technicals joined Double Down 2022 as a spectator, with a sign and the phrase "Ban Nairo" written on it throughout the tournament. After the conclusion to the grand finals of Ultimate and during ProtoBanham's celebration, Technicals would go on to pull up the sign in front of cameras and the audience in reference to the aforementioned controversy.[4] Technicals was subsequently escorted out of the venue by tournament staff, [5] and his actions and attendance in the tournament has led to both backlash and confusion by many in the Smash community, especially in regards to how he had been able to enter the venue despite being banned from all tournaments. This action was later censored in a VOD rediffusion of Double Down 2022.[6]

Trivia

  • In reference to being held at a casino, like its predecessor, the tournament is named after a player option in the game Blackjack.
  • Junebug made Top 16 in both Melee singles and doubles, yet also DQ'd from both brackets for separate reasons. For doubles, he and his teammate (Shakedrizzle) DQ'd due to a conflict with Junebug's commentary schedule, graciously giving Peanut and Dutch (the opponents that they had just beat to make it into Top 16) the win and finishing 17th on paper.[7] The following day, Junebug voluntarily ended his own impressive run as solo Dr. Mario at 13th by DQ'ing against SFAT in order to attend a magic show.[8]
  • This tournament marks the first time S2J has defeated Hungrybox in an offline Melee tournament set.
  • This tournament marks the highest placement of a Yoshi player at a major Melee tournament, with aMSa reaching Grand Finals and placing 2nd for the first time in his career.
  • This tournament marks ProtoBanham's first North American Ultimate major win.
  • This marks Marss's lowest Ultimate placement tied with his 33rd at Riptide.
  • After being upset in pools by frawg, Dabuz went on an impressive 11-set run in Loser's bracket to ultimately finish 4th.

References

  1. ^ Double Down update.
  2. ^ Entered as "[0.0]n11ChaN^.^ -A- wOw"
  3. ^ Hungrybox's apology.
  4. ^ Abe w Kingdom Hearts 1 on Twitter.
  5. ^ Technicals_ on Twitter.
  6. ^ Jared Emerson on Twitter.
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/arJunebug/status/1545511619077189632
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/arJunebug/status/1545982900776013824

External links

Smash World Tour 2022
Melee Gold Battle Arena Melbourne 12 · Battle of BC 4 · Battle GateWay 35 · Uprising 2022 · TRETA 2022 · Zenkoku Taikai · Lost Tech City 2022 · DreamHack Rotterdam 2022 · Viva la Smash · Saving Mr. Lombardi 3 · HFLAN 2022: Golden Melee Edition · Apex 2022
Melee Platinum Ultra Hard · Pound 2022 · Get On My Level 2022 · Double Down 2022 · Phantom 2022 · Fête 2 · Smash Factor 9 · Super Smash Con 2022 · First Attack 2022 · Battle GateWay 37
Ultimate Gold Virtuocity Smash Open 2022 · Battle Arena Melbourne 12 · Ultimate Tropical Arena · MomoCon 2022 · Battle of BC 4 · Maesuma TOP 8 · COLOSSEL 2022 · Rise 'N Grind · Uprising 2022 · TRETA 2022 · Zenkoku Taikai · Glitch - Regen · Lost Tech City 2022 · DreamHack Rotterdam 2022 · Viva la Smash · Let's Make Moves Miami · KOWLOON 3 · Blink Respawn 2022 · Port Priority 7 · Apex 2022
Ultimate Platinum Ultra Hard · Pound 2022 · Kagaribi 7 · Get On My Level 2022 · Double Down 2022 · Phantom 2022 · Smash Factor 9 · Super Smash Con 2022 · Ultimate WANTED 4 · VCA 2022 · First Attack 2022 · Maesuma TOP 10
Finals Smash World Tour 2022 Last Chance Qualifier · Smash World Tour 2022 Championships

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