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Ludwig Smash Invitational
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Dates October 21st-23rd, 2022
Venue HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas
Address/City Luxor Hotel & Casino, Luxor Dr
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 168
Entry fees Last Chance Qualifier: $40
Pot size(s) $30,002 (Melee)
$30,002 (Ultimate)
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners TBD
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1

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 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 played until they had won 3 sets, where they qualified for the final bracket, or until they lost 3 sets, where they were eliminated from the tournament. The 4 players that went 3-0 in sets in Swiss pools were 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 are playing in the final bracket in a double-elimination format, with everyone starting Winners' side. All sets at the event are 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.[1] 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 were played on October 22nd. The rest of the final bracket is being 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[2]   Scend   Big D   Quandale Dinglelingleton   Lima

Declined players

Yoshidora was initially invited for Ultimate but declined.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Joshman then registered for the Melee Last Chance Qualifier since his injured arm was recovering well,[6] 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   Axe  
9th   Joshman  
9th   Aklo  
9th   iBDW  
13th   KoDoRiN  
13th   Pipsqueak  
13th   Magi  
13th   S2J  
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   MkLeo   
2nd   acola  
3rd   Kurama  
4th   Sparg0   
5th   Shuton   
5th   Onin  
7th   Sonix  
7th   Kola  
9th   Glutonny  
9th   Riddles   
9th   Zomba  
9th   Big D  
13th   Tweek   
13th   Dabuz    
13th   Light  
13th   Asimo  
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[2]  
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,[7] then the main sponsor for the tournament backed out at the last minute.[8] MrBeast, one of the most subscribed YouTubers, then sponsored the tournament.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • Before the end of the final game between Hungrybox and SluG in Winner's Quarters on the main stream, Ludwig humorously had production switch over to Joshman and Magi's Loser's Round 1 set (which was already on the sidestream) instead.
  • This tournament marks the first time MkLeo and acola have met in bracket, after a long period of anticipation where acola was considered a contender for Leo's status as best player in the world. MkLeo would ultimately win their set with a 3-0.
    • This tournament also marks the first time acola and Onin have played each other in bracket, notable as both players are considered the top 2 Steve players in the world. acola would win their set with a 3-0.
  • Out of all players who qualified for the main event (whether for Melee and Ultimate singles) through the Last Chance Qualifier, Kurama was the only player to make Top 8 (let alone Top 3) in either bracket (doing so in Ultimate singles).

References

  1. ^ "the tournament doesn't play out".
  2. ^ a b Entered as "goblin deez"
  3. ^ Calvin's comment on Yoshidora.
  4. ^ Calvin's comment on Plup.
  5. ^ Joshman and ProtoBanham dropping out.
  6. ^ Joshman health update.
  7. ^ Water leak.
  8. ^ Sponsor backed out.
  9. ^ "I got the boyz".
  10. ^ https://twitter.com/LasFranz/status/1583676446366580737

External links

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