Tournament:GENESIS 2

GENESIS 2
Dates	July 15th-17th, 2011
Venue	Contra Costa County Fairgrounds
Address/City	1201 West 10th Street Antioch, California
Attendance	300+
Entry fees	Venue Fee: $20 Spectator Fee: $10 Smash 64 singles: $15 Melee singles: $25 Melee doubles: $20 per person Brawl singles: $25 Brawl doubles: $20 per person Project M singles: $5
Pot size(s)	Smash 64 singles: $330 Melee singles: $7,425 Melee doubles: $3,900 Brawl singles: $6,875 Brawl doubles: $3,540 Project M singles: $225
Results
winners	SuPeRbOoMfAn 1v1
winners	Armada 1v1  Lucky &  Mango 2v2
winners	Mew2King 1v1  Mew2King &  Ally 2v2
winners	Kage 1v1
Staff
Organizer(s)	Sidefx, The GERM, King
Housing	Ramada Inn

GENESIS 2 was a tournament held by Sidefx and the crew DBR in July 2011, featuring Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles and doubles as main events, as well as smaller Super Smash Bros. and Project M singles side events. It was the successor of the first GENESIS and one of the first Project M tournaments. Held in Antioch, California and sponsored by Red Bull and SABERGAMING, the tournament had one of the most entrants and prize money ever seen at a tourney, with over 300 attendants and $22,000 in prize money.

Summary of events

In Melee, GENESIS 2 was Armada's first major victory in North America, after multiple finishes just outside of first place in the previous two years. It was also the first major that Mang0 competed in without sandbagging since Pound 4 a year prior. The two faced off in grand finals, in a repeat of the previous GENESIS grand finals, with Mang0 playing Fox instead of Jigglypuff, but Armada came out on top this time around, winning the set 3-2.

Taj made an impressive run to 3rd place, upsetting Mang0 in winners' semis, although he later lost their rematch in losers' finals (in which he forfeited the set while down 0-2, after getting four-stocked in game 2). Shroomed also placed 6th using Dr. Mario, upsetting Dr. Peepee in losers' top eight, marking one of the best mid-tier tournament runs of the era.

Crew battles for both Melee and Brawl were extended to West Coast vs East Coast, due to the lack of crews from region specific areas. West Coast ended up winning both crew battles, with Gnes KO'ing Atomsk in the Brawl match and Mang0 taking out Dr. PeePee in the Melee match.

A notorious incident of theft occurred at this tournament, committed by renowned smasher and DBR crew member Zelgadis. After most of the crew members had left the hotel room for the day on Sunday, July 17th, Zelgadis returned to the room with his friend Clayton to search for a jacket he had left behind, and then stole an envelope accidentally left on a bed (containing $6,000 in pot bonuses from Sabergaming), returning to Clayton's home to store the money there. After the rest of the crew accused Zelgadis of stealing the envelope when they found it was missing, Zelgadis reportedly lied to them, repeatedly saying that he had not stolen the envelope. After police involvement and almost four hours of investigation, Zelgadis admitted that he had stolen the envelope, and all of the cash was returned. The incident severely damaged Zelgadis's reputation, leading to him being expelled from the crew and his lack of involvement in competitive Smash after this tournament.

Mew2King also received a red card under the Unity Ruleset Infraction System at this tournament, for "intentional under-performance", when he lost a Brawl pool match against Sade while using Falco and Ganondorf, neither of which being characters he was ever known to seriously use competitively prior to or after this tournament.

Ruleset

GENESIS 2 featured two rulesets for Melee and Brawl. Modifications involving turning on team attack and combining percents and stocks to determine ties were made for doubles.

Melee ruleset

• 4 stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Pause is set to “Off”.
• Items are set to “Off” and “None”
• Wobbling / Blizzobbling is legal.
• Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., Ice Climbers' freeze glitch or Mewtwo's Soul Stunner., etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action.
• Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: No player can counterpick the stage he or she last won on unless agreed upon by both players.
• The act of stalling is banned.
• Controller mods of any kind (short hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc), except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are banned. Those caught with a modded controller are disqualified without a refund.
• Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned.
• In the event of a match going to Sudden Death, the winner will be determined by percentage. If the above is tied, a rematch will be held.

Brawl ruleset

GENESIS 2 used the Unity Ruleset for Brawl.

• 3 Stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Items are set to “Off” and “None”
• All infinite’s and chain grabs are legal.
• Meta Knight's Infinite Cape glitch and Extended Cape glitch are banned.
• There is a ledge grab limit of 35 for Meta Knight and 50 for all other characters. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the ledge grab limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their ledge grab limit, then this rule is ignored.
• The act of stalling is banned.
• If time runs out, the winner of the match will be the one called out by the game. If it goes to Sudden Death, then it is determined by percentage. If the percentage and/or both players die at the same time as a result of a suicide move, a one stock 3 minute tie break match is held. Ledge grab limits are reduced to 13 for Meta Knight and 18 for all other characters.

Infraction system

GENESIS 2 followed the Unity infraction system. Mew2King received a red card for intentional underperformance in his pools set against Sade, following his yellow card for bracket manipulation at KTAR 5.

Results

Smash 64 singles

(22 entrants)
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Total prizes: $330

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	SuPeRbOoMfAn		$198
2nd	Isai		$99
3rd	JaimeHR		$33
4th	Kefit
5th	Tigerbombz
5th	B-Rex
7th	Bladewise
7th	dookdigity

Melee singles

(228 entrants, 11 free entries)
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Total prizes: $5,425
Additional pot bonuses from Sabergaming: $2,000

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$3,396.25
2nd	Mango		$1,698.13
3rd	Taj		$915.63
4th	Hungrybox		$526
5th	Mew2King		$316.25
6th	Shroomed		$209.75
7th	Dr. PeePee		$158.13
8th	S2J		$104.88
9th	SFAT		$25
9th	MacD		$25
9th	Hax		$25
9th	Wobbles		$25
13th	Darkatma
13th	SilentSpectre
13th	Fly Amanita
13th	Lovage
17th	Lucien
17th	Silent Wolf
17th	Kage
17th	Leffen
17th	Eddy Mexico
17th	Fuzzyness
17th	DEHF
17th	Axe
25th	Bizzarro Flame
25th	Shoyo
25th	Dart!
25th	DoH
25th	PewPewU
25th	HomeMadeWaffles
25th	Lucky
25th	HugS

Melee doubles

(74 teams, 3 free entries)
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Total prizes: $2,900
Additional pot bonuses from Sabergaming: $1,000

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lucky		Mango		$1,830 ($915 each)
2nd	Mew2King		Dr. PeePee		$732 ($366 each)
2nd	Hax		Hungrybox		$732 ($366 each)
4th	Armada		Aniolas		$366 ($183 each)
5th	Lovage		Silent Wolf		$80 ($40 each)
5th	Axe		Taj		$80 ($40 each)
7th	MacD		G$		$40 ($20 each)
7th	Baka4moe		Westballz		$40 ($20 each)
9th	Tope		Cyrain
9th	DoH		Wobbles
9th	Alan		Shroomed
9th	SFAT		PewPewU
13th	AJP		Leffen
13th	Phil		HomeMadeWaffles
13th	Tang		SilentSpectre
13th	Isai		S2J
17th	Dark Sheik		Light
17th	Inui		Silly Kyle
17th	Joeplicate		Embracethe12
17th	Kounotori		Shoyo
17th	Falcomist		Connor
17th	HyugaRicdeau		Darrell
17th	Scar		Gishnak
17th	Lucien		Zoap
25th	Darkatma		GenoBlast
25th	C!Z		Eggz
25th	ThePrime		Dusl
25th	VTS		Arby
25th	Bladewise		Juce
25th	Stab		Hyprid
25th	J666		Eddy Mexico
25th	Tai		Jackie Tran
33rd	The GERM		The King
33rd	MattDotZeb		Tirno
33rd	Itakio		Yardo
33rd	Fuzzyness		Kage
33rd	Eikelmann		VirtualVoid
33rd	Jake13		Mojo
33rd	Nizro		Jack
33rd	BobbySiege		Mafia
33rd	Bacon		.jpg
33rd	Bizzarro Flame		Little England
33rd	Dart!		ORLY
33rd	Fribjits		vantage
33rd	BigC		Vicko
33rd	Sung		HugS
33rd	Tahsis		Meta
33rd	Strong Bad		V3ctorman

Brawl singles

(197 entrants, 2 free entries)
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Total prizes: $4,875
Additional pot bonuses from Sabergaming: $2,000

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		$3,148.75
2nd	Ally		$1,574.38
3rd	ADHD		$846.88
4th	Gnes		$482
5th	Tyrant		$288.75
6th	Zex		$193.25
7th	Tearbear		$144.38
8th	Rich Brown		$96.63
9th	UltimateRazer		$25
9th	ESAM		$25
9th	DEHF		$25
9th	Atomsk		$25
13th	Krystedez
13th	SK92
13th	Trela
13th	Havok
17th	FOW
17th	RAIN
17th	Earth
17th	Inui
17th	Logic
17th	Trevonte
17th	Seibrik
17th	HRnut
25th	Shaky
25th	GimR
25th	KiraFlax
25th	MVD
25th	Anuar
25th	Denti
25th	mikeHAZE
25th	Choice
33rd	Adrostos
33rd	Nick Riddle
33rd	FishBait73
33rd	Jeepy Sol
33rd	Sky
33rd	The Nanerz
33rd	Filip
33rd	Poltergust
33rd	Zekey
33rd	Big Lou
33rd	X
33rd	Weruop
33rd	t0mmy
33rd	Nerd
33rd	Kismet
33rd	Falln

Brawl doubles

(64 teams, 1 free entry)
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Total prizes: $2,540
Additional pot bonuses from Sabergaming: $1,000

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		Ally		$1,650 ($825 each)
2nd	Gnes		UltimateRazer		$825 ($412.50 each)
3rd	ADHD		Seibrik		$495 ($247.50 each)
4th	ESAM		MVD		$330 ($165 each)
5th	Trela		Zori		$80 ($40 each)
5th	Havok		Tearbear		$80 ($40 each)
7th	Itakio		Valdens		$40 ($20 each)
7th	Zex		Z		$40 ($20 each)
9th	Anti		Dekar173
9th	mikeHAZE		Tyrant
9th	Poltergust		GDX
9th	FOW		SK92
13th	Nick Riddle		Shaky
13th	GimR		Mekos
13th	KillLock		SuPeRbOoMfAn
13th	Inui		Rich Brown
17th	Sean		Jeepy Sol
17th	Atomsk		DEHF
17th	DLA		Arty
17th	Big Lou		Kismet
17th	Denti		Infinity
17th	Dakpo		Silly Kyle
17th	Lada		X
17th	Krystedez		Weruop
25th	Earth		RAIN
25th	Choice		Trevonte
25th	Falln		Cheese
25th	Asadelta		Swift Kai
25th	Toobusytocare		Zekey
25th	FishBait73		Sade
25th	t0mmy		Izumi
25th	Lycan		Zombe

Project M singles

(52 entrants)
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Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kage		$132
2nd	JCaesar		$66
3rd	Leffen		$22
4th	Trahh		$5
5th	rubyiris
7th	Gunblade
7th	CrYos
7th	iShyGuy
9th	Strong Bad
9th	Genoblast
9th	GKInfinity
9th*	RapeMaster550
13th	Bacon
13th	Krystedez
13th	Nawgui
13th	KiraFlax

*DQ'd from Losers

Side events

Brawl West Coast vs. East Coast Crew Battle

West Coast Player	Character	Stocks Taken	East Coast Player	Character	Stocks Taken
DEHF		2	Mew2King		4
Tyrant		3	Nick Riddle		3
Havok		3	Poltergust		2
Rich Brown		3	Anti		3
mikeHAZE		5	ADHD		2
X		2	Seibrik		2
UltimateRazer		2	Ally		5
Tearbear		4	MVD		2
Trela		4	ESAM		3
Gnes		2	Atomsk		3
Total		30	Total		29

Melee West Coast vs. East Coast Crew Battle

West Coast Player	Character	Stocks Taken	East Coast Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Wobbles		9	G$		1
HugS		3	ihavespaceballs		2
Lucky		1	Cyrain		4
Shroomed		3	Hungrybox		8
Axe		3	Hax		7
Lucien		2	Mew2King		3
Fly Amanita		7	DoH		2
Silent Wolf		2	Tope		7
Lovage		4	Dart!		2
Mango		6	Dr. PeePee		2
Total		40	Total		38

External links

• GENESIS 2 website
• SmashBoards thread
• Results thread
• Project M results thread
• Nintendo Dojo page