For information on the series overall, see GENESIS (tournament series).
GENESIS
Dates July 10th-12th, 2009
Venue Contra Costa County Fairgrounds
Address/City 1201 West 10th Street
Antioch, California USA
Attendance 350+
Entry fees Melee singles: $20
Melee doubles: $15 per person
Brawl singles: $20
Brawl doubles: $15 per person
Venue: $20
Spectator: $5
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $5,700
Melee doubles: $3,043
Brawl singles: $5,841
Brawl doubles: $3,118
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mango 1v1
USA Mew2King & USA Jman 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners Canada Ally 1v1
USA Mew2King & USA Fiction 2v2
Staff
Housing Ramada Inn

GENESIS was an international tournament held by DBR in July 2009, for Melee and Brawl. It is the fifth largest Brawl tournament of all time with 292 entrants (behind Apex 2012, Apex 2014, Apex 2013, and AxisGaming), and it was also the largest Melee tournament ever at the time, with 290 entrants, although its record was later surpassed by Pound 4.

Stagelist

Melee

*Fountain of Dreams and Mute City were banned in doubles only.
**Kongo Jungle 64 was treated as a neutral stage only during singles bracket. It was a counterpick during pools and doubles bracket.

During pools, the starter stage was selected by both sides striking one stage followed by random select.

During bracket, the starter stage was selected by both sides alternately striking stages (i.e. P1-P2-P1-P2-P1-P2 order for singles and P1-P2-P1-P2 order for doubles) until one stage remained. (The rule behind Kongo Jungle 64 was specifically to ensure an odd number of starters for both singles and doubles.)

During both pools and bracket, for games 2+ of a set, the winner was allowed to ban one stage before the loser chose among the remaining starter and counterpick stages.

Brawl

*Yoshi's Island and Pokémon Stadium were treated as neutral stages only during bracket. They were counterpicks during pools.

During pools, the starter stage was chosen by random select only.

During bracket, the starter stage was selected by both sides alternately striking stages (i.e. P1-P2-P1-P2 order) until one stage remained.

During both pools and bracket, for games 2+ of a set, the winner was allowed to ban one stage before the loser chose among the remaining starter and counterpick stages.

Results

Melee singles

(290 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mango    $2,280
2nd   Armada   $1,425
3rd   Hungrybox   $855
4th   Zhu    $570
5th   Mew2King    $228
6th   Scar   $171
7th   Darkrain   $114
8th   Hax   $57
9th   Pink Shinobi  
9th   Raistlin  
9th   Lambchops  
9th   DaShizWiz   
13th   Vwins  
13th   Tope  
13th   Jman  
13th   Darc  
17th   Lucky  
17th   Falcomist  
17th   Linguini  
17th   Kage  
17th   Blunted_Object10  
17th   Bob$   
17th   Cactuar   
17th   Phil   
25th   UberIce  
25th   SOS  
25th   Fly Amanita  
25th   Kira  
25th   Lovage  
25th   SilentSpectre  
25th   The GERM  
25th   LunInSpectra  
33rd   PikaChad  
33rd   G$  
33rd   The King  
33rd   RockCrock  
33rd   Axe  
33rd   Eddy Mexico  
33rd   FalseFalco  
33rd   Taj  
33rd   Jin  
33rd   Azn Lep  
33rd   Romeo  
33rd   DEHF  
33rd   iori  
33rd   Dark Mike  
33rd   ihavespaceballs  
33rd   Xelic  

Melee doubles

(103 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King      Jman   $1,370 ($685 each)
2nd   Scar     Darc    $761 ($380.50 each)
3rd   Mango       Lucky   $456 ($228 each)
4th   Darkrain     Cactuar   $304 ($152 each)
5th   Xelic     Linguini   $152 ($76 each)
6th   Shroomed     Julian  
7th   Armada      Aniolas  
7th   DaShizWiz     RockCrock  
9th   Alukard     G$  
9th   PKMVodka     Vwins  
9th   Zhu     MacD  
9th   PsychoMidget     Kira  
13th   Taj      DoH  
13th   Cyrain     Tope  
13th   The GERM     The King  
13th   Hax     Hungrybox  

Brawl singles

(292 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Ally   $2,336
2nd   Mew2King   $1,460
3rd   Tyrant   $876
4th   Dojo   $584
5th   ADHD   $233
6th   DEHF   $175
7th   Fiction   $118
8th   SK92   $59
9th   Judge  
9th   lain   
9th   UltimateRazer  
9th   UTDZac  
13th   Bardull  
13th   Havok   
13th   Zex   
13th   Chip  
17th   Armada  
17th   mikeHAZE  
17th   Z  
17th   CO18  
17th   Rich Brown  
17th   edrees  
17th   Atomsk  
17th   DieSuperFly   
25th   Dao  
25th   BoA  
25th   Light   
25th   JonT  
25th   Hylian  
25th   Kismet2  
25th   C@nip   
25th   f0cus  
33rd   Malcolm  
33rd   t0mmy  
33rd   WarpStatus  
33rd   FOW  
33rd   Valdens  
33rd   Excel_Zero  
33rd   Futile  
33rd   Sean  
33rd   Dphat  
33rd   Leepuff  
33rd   sleeh28  
33rd   Weruop  
33rd   Vex Kasrani   
33rd   A D  
33rd   Creepy Fingers   
33rd   TC1  

Brawl doubles

(108 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     Fiction   $1,444 ($722 each)
2nd   Ally     Sean   $802 ($401 each)
3rd   Dojo     UTDZac   $481 ($240.50 each)
4th   Havok      mikeHAZE   $231 ($115.50 each)
5th   Inui     Atomsk   $160 ($80 each)
6th   Ling Ling     Excel_Zero  
7th   BoA     Teba  
7th   Ajax     Futile  
9th   Z     FOW  
9th   CPU   Oki  
9th   SK92     ADHD  
9th   JonT     Valdens  
13th   DEHF     Champ
13th   Tyrant     Leepuff  
13th   Half Demon     C@nip  
13th   DMG     Dphat  

Exhibition

Melee East Coast vs. West Coast crew battle

EC Player Character Stocks Taken WC Player Character Stocks Taken
G$   4 Falcomist   3
Pakman   2 SilentSpectre   8
Hax   3 Axe   3
Tope   6 LunInSpectra   3
Scar   2 Pink Shinobi   4
Mew2King    7 Mango   2
Darc   4 Zhu    4
DJ Nintendo   2 Lucky   7
Cactuar   6 HomeMadeWaffles   1
Jman   4 Taj   3

East Coast wins by 2 stocks.

Melee West vs. Midwest crew battle

WC Player Character Stocks Taken Midwest Player Character Stocks Taken
SilentSpectre   6 Ray Chun   2
Lucky   11 Phatgamer   2
Taj   3 Fluxwolf   1
The GERM   5 Aarosmashguy   2
Zhu   7 Dmac    4
Unknown - - BigD   4
Unknown - - XYT   2
Unknown - - Rezo   2

Trivia

  • This was the first[citation needed] Melee national tournament to implement stage striking instead of random select for starter stages, and to implement per-game counterpick bans.

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