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Tournament:Ludwig Smash Invitational

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Ludwig Smash Invitational
Ludwig Smash Invitational logo.png
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) $34,002 (Melee)
$34,002 (Ultimate)
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Zain 1v1
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1

Ludwig Smash Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament that was held on October 21st-23rd, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by commentator and YouTube streamer Ludwig. There were 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 had a $34,002 prize pool for each game, the seventh largest for a Melee tournament and the sixth largest for an Ultimate tournament. The tournament's side streams featured a quad-view layout displaying four sets at once, so five sets per game could be streamed at the same time.

Format

There were 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 made 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 played in the final bracket in a double-elimination format, with everyone starting Winners' side. All sets at the event were 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 was 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   Zain   $15,752
2nd   Hungrybox   $10,500
3rd   Leffen    $5,250
4th   SluG   $4,200
5th   Jmook   $3,150
5th   Wizzrobe   $3,150
7th   Mango    $2,100
7th   aMSa   $2,100
9th   Axe   $1,050
9th   Joshman   $1,050
9th   Aklo   $1,050
9th   iBDW   $1,050
13th   KoDoRiN   $525
13th   Pipsqueak   $525
13th   Magi   $525
13th   S2J   $525
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     $15,752
2nd   acola   $10,500
3rd   Kurama   $5,250
4th   Sparg0    $4,200
5th   Shuton    $3,150
5th   Onin   $3,150
7th   Sonix   $2,100
7th   Kola   $2,100
9th   Glutonny   $1,050
9th   Riddles    $1,050
9th   Zomba   $1,050
9th   Big D   $1,050
13th   Tweek    $525
13th   Dabuz     $525
13th   Light   $525
13th   Asimo   $525
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 who entered both Melee and Ultimate singles. He was invited to Melee main singles, and also entered the Ultimate Last Chance Qualifier separately.
    • 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 on Dream Land in Winners 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 3-0 against acola in both Winners Semis and Grand Finals.
    • This tournament also marks the first time acola and Onin have played each other in bracket, with the two being 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).
  • MkLeo, the winner of the Ultimate singles bracket, lost only one game (to Kurama) throughout the entire tournament.
  • After losing his Losers Finals set against Hungrybox, Leffen went up to commentary to argue at length that the rules did not do enough against stalling and claimed that Hungrybox had largely won by abusing the ruleset.[11] This was largely met with disapproval from both the commentators and social media, as Leffen's complaints were brought forth immediately after losing to Hungrybox for the first time offline since Smash 'N' Splash 5, after a final game where both players played rather defensively. Leffen apologized for his comments afterwards on Twitter.

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