| The Off-Season 2 | |
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| Dates | September 23rd-24th, 2023 |
| Venue | Esports Stadium Arlington |
| Address/City | 1200 Ballpark Way Arlington, Texas 
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| Attendance | 299 |
| Entry fees | Competitor Pass: $60 VIP Spectator Pass: $99 Weekend GA Spectator Pass: $60 Melee singles: $10 Melee doubles: $20 Smash 64 singles: $10 |
| Pot size(s) | $25,000 (Melee singles) $5,000 (Smash 64 singles) |
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 Nax
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 aMSa 1v1 Jmook & Cody Schwab 2v2
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| Organizer(s) | Saykin, MastaStef, Braul, dunN, pogdee |
The Off-Season 2 (stylized as The 𐤈FF-SeA2ON) was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. tournament held on September 23rd-24th, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. There were 8 players invited to the Melee singles final bracket, and 8 players qualified to the final bracket through an open bracket. The 16 players then played in a double-elimination bracket. The tournament had a $25,000 prize pool for Melee singles and a $5,000 prize pool for Smash 64 singles, which was the second largest prize pool for Smash 64 singles. Charity incentives included Brinstar counterpick enabled for Melee doubles, Saffron City and Hyrule Castle enabled for Smash 64 singles, Corneria and Mute City enabled for Melee singles, 5 stocks in Melee Grand Finals, and a caster swap between Melee and Black Ops II. All of which became enabled, with $215.637.69 raised by the end of the event.[1] The event was a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also featured a Call of Duty: Black Ops II invitational, a Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock singles open, showmatches, and speedruns.
Tournament summary
Super Smash Bros. Melee
After talks with several entrants and staff members, it was decided only the open bracket counted for the rankings,[2] due to the ruleset using banned stages and the less serious environment of the charity tournament.
aMSa won Melee singles bracket for the second year in a row, in his last tournament before moving back to Japan.
Super Smash Bros.
Players invited/qualified
The following players were invited:
*Axe was unable to attend due to complications with COVID-19 and was replaced with n0ne.[3]
The following players qualified through Winners of the open bracket:
The following players qualified through Losers of the open bracket:
Results
The Melee singles tournament had a total of 263 entrants, with 255 players entering the open bracket coupled with the 8 players that were invited to the final bracket prior to the tournament.
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles final bracket
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| 2nd | Cody Schwab |
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| 4th | Zain |
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| 5th | Magi |
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| 5th | Mang0 |
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| 7th | Salt |
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| 7th | Jmook |
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| 9th | Hax$ |
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| 9th | SFOP |
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| 9th | n0ne |
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| 9th | Hungrybox |
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| 13th | SDJ |
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| 13th | Fiction |
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| 13th | Spark |
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| 13th | Kürv[4] |
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| 1st | Nax |
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| 2nd | Wizzrobe |
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| 3rd | Zero |
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| 4th | Dogs_Johnson |
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| 5th | CTG |
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| 5th | mrsir |
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| 7th | Andross |
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| 7th | Bo |
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| 9th | emptyW |
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| 9th | Pokehero |
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| 9th | DSJ |
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| 13th | Duff man |
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| 13th | Nich |
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| 13th | minymidge |
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Side events
Super Smash Bros. Melee All Star Crew Battle
Several top players sandbagged with secondary characters. The loser had to perform a Rock Band song.
| Team Toph | Character | Stocks Taken | Team Vish | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Total | — | 22 | Total | — | 28 |