Tournament:Ludwig Smash Invitational

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Ludwig Smash Invitational
Dates	October 21st-23rd, 2022
Venue	HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas
Address/City	Luxor Hotel & Casino, Luxor Dr Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	168
Entry fees	Last Chance Qualifier: $40
Pot size(s)	$30,002 (Melee) $30,002 (Ultimate)
Results
winners	TBD
winners	TBD

Ludwig Smash Invitational is an ongoing Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament that will be held on October 21st-23rd, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by commentator and YouTube streamer Ludwig. There are 24 players directly invited and 8 players qualified through a Last Chance Qualifier for each game, for a total of 32 players for each main singles event. The tournament has a $30,002 prize pool for each game, the ninth largest for a Melee tournament and the seventh largest for an Ultimate tournament.

Format

There are Swiss system pools and a final double-elimination bracket for each game. 24 directly invited players and 8 players qualifying through the Last Chance Qualifier make up 32 players for each game. The 32 players were be divided into two pools of 16 players each, with the Top 8 placing players of each pool advancing to the final bracket. In the Swiss pools, each player plays until they have won 3 sets, where they qualify for the final bracket, or until they lose 3 sets, where they are eliminated from the tournament. The 4 players that go 3-0 in sets in Swiss pools will be able to draft pick their Winners' Round 1 opponent out of the 6 players that went 3-2 in sets (except for any players they already played in pools). The Top 16 will play in the final bracket in a double-elimination format, with everyone starting Winners' side. All sets at the event will be best of 5, in both Last Chance Qualifier and main singles.

The Last Chance Qualifiers on October 21st were double-elimination brackets capped at 64 players for each game, with the Top 8 players of each qualifying for the main singles event. The Last Chance Qualifiers were played up until Top 8, and did not play out the Top 8 bracket. The players that qualified through the Last Chance Qualifier received full reimbursement for their flight and accommodations, and were provided food on Saturday and Sunday. Group A and B Swiss pools and Top 16 Winners' Round 1 are being played on October 22nd. The rest of the final bracket will be played to completion on October 23rd, starting with Winners' Quarters and Losers' Top 16, with separated Ultimate Top 8 then Melee Top 8 being played.

Players invited/qualified

Melee

The following players were invited for Melee singles:

Aklo	aMSa	Axe	Fiction	Ginger	Hungrybox	iBDW	Jmook
KoDoRiN	Krudo	Leffen	lloD	Lucky	Magi	Mango	moky
n0ne	Pipsqueak	S2J	SFAT	SluG	Spark	Wizzrobe	Zain

The Top 8 players at the Last Chance Qualifier qualified:

Shroomed

Spud

Franz

Lunar Dusk

Soonsay

null

Joshman

Salt

Ultimate

The following players were invited for Ultimate singles:

acola	Asimo	Chag	Cosmos	Dabuz	Glutonny	KEN	Kola
Light	Maister	Marss	MkLeo	MuteAce	Myran	Onin	Riddles
Shuton	Sisqui	Sonix	Sparg0	Tea	Tweek	Zackray	Zomba

The Top 8 players at the Last Chance Qualifier qualified:

Kurama

MFA

Jakal

Goblin

Scend

Big D

Quandale Dinglelingleton

Lima

Declined players

Yoshidora was initially invited for Ultimate but declined. Plup was initially invited for Melee but was unable to make the event, so Spark was changed from being in the Last Chance Qualifier to being invited to the main singles event. Joshman for Melee and ProtoBanham for Ultimate were initially invited to the main singles event but dropped out, so Lucky and Myran respectively were changed from being in the Last Chance Qualifier to being invited to the main singles event. Joshman then registered for the Melee Last Chance Qualifier since his injured arm was recovering well, then qualified for the main singles event from Losers' side.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(32 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
5th
7th
7th
9th
9th
9th
9th
13th
13th
13th
13th
17th	moky
17th	lloD
17th	SFAT
17th	Soonsay
17th	Fiction
17th	Lucky
23rd	Spark
23rd	null
23rd	n0ne
23rd	Krudo
23rd	Salt
23rd	Ginger
29th	Franz
29th	Spud
29th	Lunar Dusk
29th	Shroomed

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(32 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
5th
7th
7th
9th
9th
9th
9th
13th
13th
13th
13th
17th	Cosmos
17th	Tea
17th	Quandale Dinglelingleton
17th	Jakal
17th	Sisqui
17th	Maister
23rd	Scend
23rd	Chag
23rd	Zackray
23rd	KEN
23rd	Myran
23rd	MFA
29th	Marss
29th	Goblin
29th	MuteAce
29th	Lima

Trivia

• Hungrybox is the only player in the tournament entering both Melee and Ultimate. He was invited to Melee main singles and also entered the Ultimate Last Chance Qualifier.
  • VoiD originally entered both Melee and Ultimate's Last Chance Qualifier, but later unregistered for Melee.
• On the day before the tournament, water started leaking from the ceiling of the venue, then the main sponsor for the tournament backed out at the last minute. MrBeast, one of the most subscribed YouTubers, then sponsored the tournament.
• During Melee singles, Pipsqueak became the first Swedish player outside Armada and Leffen to defeat Mango in bracket.
• Both Melee and Ultimate singles featured an Ice Climbers player in Top 16 (SluG and Big D, respectively).
• After Franz and Shroomed (the current and former best Dr. Mario players) qualified through the Last Chance Qualifier, both players planned to money match in the ditto for the title of best Dr. Mario. However, they were stopped right before they could begin due to the start of Melee singles bracket.

External links

• start.gg page
• Teaser
• Announcement 1, Announcement 2