Apex 2009
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Dates May 9th-10th, 2009
Venue Palmer Inn
Address/City 3499 US Highway 1
Princeton, New Jersey USA
Attendance 200+
Entry fees Venue: $10
Singles: $10 (+$5 if attending Brawl+'s singles)
Doubles: $20 per team
Crews: $20 per Crew ( 4-5 people crews only )
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $470
Melee doubles: $350
Brawl singles: $2,250
Brawl doubles: $1,500
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Jman 1v1
USA Mew2King & USA Jman 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners Canada Ally 1v1
Canada Ally & USA Mew2King 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Alex Strife

Apex 2009 was a tournament hosted by Alex Strife. It was the inaugural tournament of the Apex series. It is also the tournament that replaced Apex 2008, which was a planned Brawl tournament for the New York Smash scene that was delayed.

Schedule

Time Event
10AM-12PM Registration
12PM Super Smash Bros. Brawl doubles
2PM Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
6PM Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
8PM Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles pool
12AM Wrap-up, Melee/Brawl Regional Crews, Brawl + registration & singles
Time Event
10AM-11AM Warm-up
11AM-7PM Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles
8PM-10:30PM Brawl Regional Crews

Ruleset

Procedures for stage-striking, life-stealing, double blind picks, and third-party/modified controllers were incorporated into all rulesets.

SSBM

General rules

Stages

Singles stage list

Starter Counterpick
Yoshi's Story Corneria
Fountain of Dreams Rainbow Cruise
Battlefield Jungle Japes
Final Destination Green Greens
Dream Land Mute City
Pokémon Stadium Brinstar
Congo Jungle
Poké Floats

Doubles stage list

Starter Counterpick
Yoshi's Story Corneria
Pokémon Stadium Rainbow Cruise
Battlefield Jungle Japes
Final Destination Green Greens
Dream Land Brinstar
Congo Jungle
  • Dave's Stupid Rule: A player or team may not counterpick to the stage they last won on.
  • No stage can be played twice in a row.

SSBB

General rules (singles & doubles)

  • 3 stocks
  • 8 minute time limit
  • Items are set to "Off" and "None"
  • Stalling is banned.
  • Infinite chain grabs must end at 300%.
  • The initiator of an SD wins in case of tie.
  • Controls must be set before the match begins.

Stage list (singles & doubles)

Starter Counterpick
Smashville Battleship Halberd
Battlefield Pokémon Stadium 1
Final Destination Castle Siege
Lylat Cruise Delfino Plaza
Yoshi's Island Frigate Orpheon
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar

Brawl+

General ruleset

  • 4 stocks
  • 8 minutes
  • Items are set to "Off" and "None"
  • Stalling is banned.
  • Infinite chain grabs must end at 300%.
  • The initiator of a suicide wins in case of tie.
  • Controls must be set before the match begins.

Stage list

Starter Counterpick
Smashville Battleship Halberd
Battlefield Pokémon Stadium 1
Final Destination Castle Siege
Pokémon Stadium 2 Delfino Plaza
Yoshi's Island Frigate Orpheon
WarioWare, Inc. Rainbow Cruise
Luigi's Mansion Brinstar
Lylat Cruise
Jungle Japes
Norfair
Pictochat

Results

Brawl singles

(210 entrants)

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Ally   $990
2nd   Mew2King   $525
3rd   lain   $315
4th   Anti    $210
5th   Atomsk   $84
5th   Ksizzle   $84
7th   ADHD   $21
7th   Anther   $21
9th   Seibrik   
9th   Candy  
9th   NinjaLink    
9th   Blackwaltz  
13th   Afro Thundah  
13th   Dojo  
13th   UltimateRazer  
13th   HolyNightmare  
17th   Y.b.M.  
17th   UTDZac  
17th   Slikvik    
17th   Dazwa  
17th   NEO  
17th   Boss   
17th   Plank  
17th   Light    
25th   Hylian  
25th   Meep   
25th   PhantomX  
25th   Korn  
25th   ESOJ  
25th   Jash  
25th   Dapuffster  
25th   Xzax  
33rd   Vinnie  
33rd   Seph  
33rd   CaptAwesum  
33rd   Judge   
33rd   Steel2nd  
33rd   HAT  
33rd   ChuDat  
33rd   Eazy  
33rd   Vex Kasrani    
33rd   Kadaj  
33rd   PikaPika!  
33rd   Inui  
33rd   Fatal  
33rd   BadNewsBear  
33rd   Yes!   
33rd   EE  
49th   Rhyme  
49th   SK92  
49th   Xiivi  
49th   OmegaBlackMage  
49th   Xisin  
49th   KirinBlaze  
49th   Omniiswell   
49th   Dphat   
49th   TUSMMMMM  
49th   Ophelia   
49th   JJWolf  
49th   D1   
49th   Darc  
49th   Keitaro  
49th   Kai   
49th   IcyLight  
65th   JAY-SMASH
65th   Okin  
65th   Clai  
65th   Smurf  
65th   God-is-my-rock  
65th   Beta Zealot  
65th   Dark.Pch  
65th   Buuman  
65th   Ninja Edd  
65th   DIZMY
65th   Jilla
65th   Kage
65th   Blackanese   
65th   .com  
65th   Sky  
65th   Gunblade  
65th   Lobos  
65th   WTP
65th   Izumi  
65th   Epic Proportions
65th   The Hulk  
65th   VaNz
65th   Yoshididdy  
65th   Doom  
65th   Pride  
65th   DJ Nintendo  
65th   Turbo Ether  
65th   Will  
65th   Arrancar 18  
65th   GDX  
65th   Malcolm  
65th   Pyronic~Star  

Brawl doubles

(77 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     Ally   $750 ($375 each)
2nd   UltimateRazer     UTDZac   $375 ($187.50 each)
3rd   Inui     Atomsk   $225 ($112.50 each)
4th   Anti     Judge   $150 ($75 each)
5th   ADHD     Fatal  
5th   Anther     SamuraiPanda  
7th   Snakeee     DMBrandon  
7th   NinjaLink     Boss   
9th   Dphat     KOS-MOS  
9th   Blackanese     Doom  
9th   Malcolm     Shadow  
9th   Seibrik     Afro Thundah  
13th   HAT     NEO  
13th   Dojo     Hylian  
13th   ChuDat     Plank  
13th   Vex Kasrani     Yes!  
17th   Darc     Dazwa  
17th   BadNewsBear     Light   
17th   PhantomX     Slikvik  
17th   Ithrowthings     Epic  
17th   IcyLight     Bizkit  
17th   Keitaro     Xzax  
17th   Candy     Kadaj  
17th   Blackwaltz     Ksizzle  

Brawl crews

(5 crews)
Bracket
1: MD/VA
2: NY/NJ EC
3: SOUTH/FL
3: MIDWEST/CANADA
5: PA

Melee singles

(52 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
  Jman   $329
  Mew2King     $94
  ChuDat   $47
4th   Hax  
5th   Kage  
5th   Cactuar  
7th   Scar  
7th   Hazz  
9th   Anther  
9th   Eggm  
9th   VaNz  
9th   Plank  
13th   Hylian  
13th   DJ Nintendo   
13th   Darc  
13th   G$  
17th   KOS-MOS  
17th   ClownYoter  
17th   Rei  
17th   Thumbswayup  
17th   HAT  
17th   Shinku  
17th   thekremlin
17th   Magus  
  • Jman, Mew2King, and ChuDat split in Top 3 without playing the matches out.

Melee doubles

(19 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King      Jman   $210 ($105 each)
2nd   Kage     Darc   $105 ($52.50 each)
3rd   Eggm     Hazz   $35 ($17.50 each)
4th   Plank     ChuDat  
5th   Teczero     VaNz  
5th   Alukard     G$  
7th   DJ Nintendo     WarriorKnight  
7th   Scar     Cactuar  
9th   Magus     Inui  
9th   Rei     Crismas  
9th   Shinku     Thumbswayup  
9th   KOS-MOS     Hylian  

Brawl+ singles

(36 entrants)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ChuDat     
2nd   Yes!   
3rd   NinjaLink    
4th   Hylian   
5th   Boss   
5th   Slikvik   
7th   Meep   
7th   Silven  
9th   DJ Nintendo  
9th   Blackanese   
9th   Crismas  
9th   Okin  

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