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Tournament:Smash Summit (series)

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Smash Summit
Info
Founded 2015
Region California, United States
Format Double elimination
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada (1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)
USA Hungrybox (5, 7, 9)
USA Mew2King (6)
USA Axe (8)
USA Zain (10 Online)
USA Mango (11, 14)
USA iBDW (12, 13)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo (1, 2)
USA Tweek (3)
Mexico Sparg0 (4)
Japan ProtoBanham (5)
Most successful player(s) Sweden Armada (Melee 1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)

The Smash Summit series, starting with Smash Summit in 2015, is a series of national-level invitationals focusing on Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Summit tournaments span several days, with singles and doubles on the final days. The first days feature various side events focusing on its main Smash game as well as other games, in addition to other activities such as Mafia, all of which is streamed on Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel.

19 Summits have taken place so far (14 for Melee and 5 for Ultimate). Smash Ultimate Summit 6 is planned for Ultimate on March 23rd-26th, 2023. Although a crossover Summit between the two games was planned for 2020, it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the idea was scrapped.[1][2] Smash Summit 15 was planned for Melee in June 2023,[3] but was cancelled after Beyond the Summit decided to shut down following Smash Ultimate Summit 6.[4]

Format and scheduling

Typically, 16 different players are selected to participate in each Smash Summit. 8 to 10 players are automatically invited based on their placement in preceding major tournaments, or based on power rankings such as SSBMRank. The other competitors qualify through either a voting phase or through qualifiers. In the former, fans can buy merchandise or donate cash, which grants them the opportunity to cast votes for certain players; the money then contributes to the event's prize payout. At the end of each voting deadline, two players are eliminated, while starting from the third voting round, two players are invited; this repeats until all vote-ins have been selected. Although the invitation process remained roughly the same, there has been irregularities such as in Smash Summit 10 Online, where the majority of players qualified through qualifiers.

Smash Summit presents itself as a unique opportunity for fans to watch the players interact with each other on a personal level. The competitors are invited to commentate other sets and give interviews after each set. Each Summit has its own theme and art design, often based around a real-life event or holiday occurring at a similar time.

Smash Summit tournaments typically run over four days, from Thursday through Sunday. The first day is often referred to as a "Media Day", as it is mostly dedicated to filming comedic skits with the invited players, which are aired throughout the event, as well as lighter side events. Pool play is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, along with doubles, side brackets, and non-Smash-related events. The final singles bracket is played out on Sunday.

Smash Summit has used multiple tournament formats, but pool play generally consists of either a swiss or round-robin format. The players are then usually seeded into winners' or losers' for the final bracket based on their performance. The final bracket is a typical double-elimination bracket, with the winner being crowned on Sunday evening.

Side brackets include doubles brackets, commentator brackets, secondary/low-tier brackets, Squad Strike, and unique rulesets (such as the "swag bracket", where fans vote for the "most entertaining" player to advance to the next round). Non-Smash events include other video games, such as Mario Party; party games, such as Mafia; and athletic competitions.

Champions

Melee singles winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Adam Lindgren   Armada      Mango  
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2017 Smash Summit 5 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Armada   
2018 Smash Summit 6 Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King      Armada   
2018 Smash Summit 7 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Leffen  
2019 Smash Summit 8 Jeffrey Williamson   Axe     Wizzrobe  
2020 Smash Summit 9 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Plup   
2020 Smash Summit 10 Online Zain Naghmi   Zain     Mango  
2021 Smash Summit 11 Joseph Manuel Marquez   Mango      Zain  
2021 Smash Summit 12 Cody Schwab   iBDW     Mango   
2022 Smash Summit 13 Cody Schwab   iBDW     Plup   
2022 Smash Summit 14 Joseph Manuel Marquez   Mango      iBDW  

Melee Doubles Winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Kevin Toy   PewPewU   Zachary Cordoni   SFAT     Armada      Mew2King   
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren   Armada    Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     Hungrybox     Plup  
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren   Armada   Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     SFAT     PewPewU   
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren   Armada    Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     Leffen     Ice  
2017 Smash Summit 5 Adam Lindgren   Armada    William Hjelte   Leffen     Mew2King     Plup  
2018 Smash Summit 6 Adam Lindgren   Armada    William Hjelte   Leffen     SFAT     Mango  
2018 Smash Summit 7 Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King   Justin McGrath   Plup     Hungrybox     Bananas  
2019 Smash Summit 8 Joseph Marquez   Mango   Johnny Kim   S2J     Plup     Zain  
2022 Smash Summit 14 Justin McGrath   Plup   James Ma   Duck     Hungrybox     Joshman  

Ultimate singles winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo       Dabuz   
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit 2 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo      Samsora   
2021 Smash Ultimate Summit 3 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek      MkLeo    
2022 Smash Ultimate Summit 4 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Light  
2022 Smash Ultimate Summit 5 Naoto Tsuji   ProtoBanham      Light  
2023 Smash Ultimate Summit 6 TBD TBD

Players with multiple appearances

Melee

Tag Appearances
  Mango 14
  Hungrybox 13
  Plup 13
  Axe 12
  Leffen 10
  SFAT 10
  Wizzrobe 9
  Zain 9
  aMSa 8
  iBDW 7
  Mew2King 7
  n0ne 7
  S2J 7
  Armada 6
  Shroomed 6
  PewPewU 5
  Westballz 5
  Ginger 4
  KoDoRiN 4
  Lucky 3
  Magi 3
  2saint 2
  Duck 2
  Hax 2
  HugS 2
  Ice 2
  Jmook 2
  Joshman 2
  moky 2
  Pipsqueak 2
  Spark 2
  Swedish Delight 2

Ultimate

Tag Appearances
  MkLeo 6
  Dabuz 5
  Tweek 5
  Light 4
  Glutonny 4
  Sparg0 4
  VoiD 4
  Cosmos 3
  Maister 3
  ProtoBanham 3
  Riddles 3
  Zackray 3
  Aaron 2
  acola 2
  Armada 2
  Kola 2
  Leffen 2
  Marss 2
  MuteAce 2
  Nairo 2
  Samsora 2
  Tea 2

Trivia

  • Mango and Plup played against each other at every Smash Summit for Melee, with the exception of Smash Summit 6, Smash Summit 12, Smash Summit 13, and Smash Summit 14.
  • Hungrybox and aMSa played at every in-person Smash Summit for Melee where both were in attendance (starting with Smash Summit 5), with the exception of Smash Summit 14.
    • Hungrybox won every time he played at odd-numbered Summits, whereas the reverse was true for aMSa at even-numbered Summits.
  • Mango and Hungrybox played against each other at every odd-numbered Smash Summit for Melee starting with Smash Summit 7.
  • Only seven players - Armada, Leffen, Mew2King, Mango, Plup, ESAM, and Hungrybox - have attended a Smash Summit for both Melee and Ultimate.
  • The winner of each offline Smash Summit were invited to the following Summit with the exception of Smash Ultimate Summit 3, where the winner Tweek qualified for Smash Ultimate Summit 4 at Mainstage 2021 before anyone was invited, and Smash Summit 14, where the winner Mango qualified for the cancelled Smash Summit 15 at Mainstage 2022 before anyone was invited.
  • Olimar was the only character with a main in every Smash Ultimate Summit until Smash Ultimate Summit 6, being played by Dabuz in the first 4 Ultimate Summits, and Myran in Smash Ultimate Summit 5.
  • Tweek is the only person to place both last and first in a given game's Smash Summit, placing 13th at Smash Ultimate Summit 2 before winning Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
  • Dabuz placed 9th from Smash Ultimate Summit 2 to Smash Ultimate Summit 5.
  • Although SluG never competed in a Smash Summit, he qualified for the cancelled Smash Summit 15 at Mainstage 2022.
  • Mango is the only player to compete in every Melee Smash Summit, and MkLeo is the only player to compete in every Ultimate Smash Summit.

References