Rise 'N Grind 2023
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Dates October 13th-15th, 2023
Venue Waco Convention Center
Address/City 100 Washington Ave
Waco, Texas USA
Attendance 712
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Salt 1v1
USA Mekk & USA Sozin 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Japan Miya1v1
Mexico MkLeo & Mexico MKBigBoss 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Cagt

Rise 'N Grind 2023 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee superregional and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Waco, Texas, USA from October 13th-15th, 2023. This Tournament is the first Major Ultimate Tournament to feature Steve banned from both singles and doubles, which stemmed from several discussions regarding the character's legality.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The first day saw the biggest upset of the tournament, with #61 seed Skinny the Pooh upsetting #4 seed MkLeo 3-0 (upset factor 8). MkLeo ultimately fell to #7 seed Riddles -- who was also upset early by #23 seed BassMage 3-2 -- to place 17th, once again achieving a worst placement at an Ultimate major since Umebura Japan Major 2019.

Ultimately, only three top 8 seeds made it to top 8: #1 seed Miya, who had signed up for the event mere days before it began; #2 seed Glutonny; and #5 seed MuteAce. #3 seed Tweek disqualified from the event; #6 seed Dabuz was upset by #19 seed Lima 3-1 and #9 seed Anathema 3-2 to place 9th; and #8 seed Kurama lost to Miya before being upset by #22 seed SHADIC 3-1. On the other hand, this tournament saw two Bayonetta players enter top 8 (Lima and Geist), leading several players to joke how the tournament was reminiscent of Smash 4. In addition, the tournament featured three Texas players defending their home turf (MuteAce, Lima, and SHADIC) as well as two Europeans (Glutonny and Tarik, with this being Tarik's first-ever top 8 at an international event, as well as his birthday).

In top 8, Lima upset Glutonny 3-0 (upset factor 7) but fell to Miya in game 5. He ultimately lost the runback to Glutonny 3-0, placing 3rd, his best major performance to date. In Grand Finals, Miya defeated Glutonny 3-1, winning the runback from Scuffed World Tour and taking his first American major victory.

This tournament saw Tarik and Peanut tie the record for the highest placement for Greninja and Little Mac, respectively, at a major, with Tarik tying Lea's 5th place runs at Umebura SP 3 and Umebura SP 6 and Peanut tying Tarakotori's 13th place run at Umebura SP 4.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(80 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Salt  
2nd   Trif  
3rd   KoDoRiN  
4th   Bbatts  
5th   Mekk  
5th   SDJ  
7th   Ben  
7th   Nickemwit  
9th   Preeminent  
9th*   Stone  
9th   Fable  
9th   Peachy Keen  
13th*   Palpa  
13th   The Leaf  
13th   Oswald  
13th   Sozin  

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(9 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mekk   Sozin
2nd   Stone   Palpa
3rd   KoDoRiN   Preeminent

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(443 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Miya  
2nd   Glutonny  
3rd   Lima  
4th   MuteAce  
5th   Tarik  
5th   Anathema  
7th   SHADIC  
7th   Geist  
9th   BassMage  
9th   Dabuz   
9th   Kurama  
9th   Jahzz0  
13th   Goblin  
13th   Pharaoh  
13th   Peanut  
13th   Riddles   
17th   Lui$   
17th   MKBigBoss  
17th   ChunkyKong  
17th   Ludo   
17th   Ned   
17th   Shoe  
17th   MkLeo  
17th   Marvelous_Marco  
25th   Wrath  
25th   LightningCam  
25th   Jakal  
25th   Sonido  
25th   MFA   
25th   Skinny the Pooh  
25th   Niko   
25th   Beastly   
33rd   Davy  
33rd   Lancelot   
33rd   EBK  
33rd   Vube  
33rd   Vaeyguh  
33rd   Justyce  
33rd   Ray  
33rd   Spritzy   
33rd   Chef  
33rd   Chase   
33rd   Grayson  
33rd   Skitz  
33rd   Zie  
33rd   Brr  
33rd   Skeleton  
33rd   Double D  
49th   paTAS  
49th   Scend  
49th   Tenni  
49th   Buandon  
49th   YellowRello  
49th   SPARKLE  
49th   zael  
49th   CJFrozen  
49th   CaptainCRUP!!!  
49th   Atomic  
49th   JoJoDaHoBo  
49th   campagne    
49th   Stroder Ame       
49th   Mr.Ping  
49th   AZ  
49th   Renegade  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(75 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MkLeo   MKBigBoss
2nd   Glutonny Lui$
3rd   Scend   MuteAce
4th   Lima   Chase
5th   Stroder Ame   CaptainCRUP!!!
5th   Beastly   BassMage
7th   ArmyOli   Kurry
7th   Kurama   Dark Wizzy

Trivia

  • Stroder Ame played the entire tournament using a randomizer wheel to choose their character for each game.

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