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Tournament:BEST

Revision as of 15:30, September 13, 2012 by Omega Tyrant (talk | contribs) (→‎8th BEST: Seeing how that was the second time someone tried changing it, and considering the majority aren't going to look at the results thread links, I'll add this.)
BEST
BESTlogo.jpg
Dates 2010 - present
Venue Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Union
Address/City Troy, New York USA
Attendance Ranges from 11 to 25, peaked at 34
Entry fees Usually $5, occasionally up to $10
Results

BEST is an ongoing local Melee and Brawl tournament series in Troy, New York, hosted by Zaandaa and Calm, and later additionally hosted by Trilok. The first tournament of the series was hosted on December 12, 2010, and there has been eight more tournaments hosted under the series name since, with one more planned by the end of 2012 aiming to be regional sized.

BEST

The first iteration of BEST was hosted on December 12, 2010. Entry fees were five dollars for singles with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and 10 dollars per team for doubles with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

20 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place Name Earnings
1st Niko $55.00
2nd JesiahTEG $30.00
3rd Tuna $10.00
4th Kwan $5.00
5th Beta
5th otg
7th a nub
7th Mikael
9th Zaandaa
9th Cura
9th Erk
9th Nightro

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st* Tuna Cura $36
1st* The recently slim OTShady (Nike) (OTG) $36
3rd JesiahTEG Beta $8
4th Kwan Mikael
5th Zaandaa Ethan
5th Fighting Polygon Team (Spamus) (Nightro)
7th 13370 Frost
7th tacoreaper Joe

Brawl

Singles

21 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place Name Earnings
1st Cura $57.75
2nd/3rd* Sharky $21.00
2nd/3rd* Vibe $21.00
4th Eevee $5.25
5th CJT
5th 13370
7th Calm
7th CAC
9th Deli
9th tacoreaper
9th Twin
9th Bax

Doubles

12 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Cura Eevee $72.00
2nd Beta 13370 $36.00
3rd Vibe Alt $12.00
4th Sharky CJT
5th Bax Deli
5th Fish Jeff
7th Zaandaa Kwan
7th Calm Twin
9th Felix Harrison
9th 2Y DE
9th Frost Banjo
9th Ger Reg

2nd BEST

The second tournament in the BEST serious was hosted on February 27th, 2011. Entry fees were five dollars for singles with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and 10 dollars per team for doubles with a payout of 60/30/10. A Project M singles tournament was held as a side event, with a $2 entry fee and a payout of 75/25.

Melee

Singles

12 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Tuna File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png   $33.00
2nd Kwan File:DKHeadSSBM.png $18.00
3rd Dudutsai   $6.00
4th Cura   $3.00
5th Erk  
5th Zaandaa File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
7th Beta  
7th Questor  

Doubles

7 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Cura Tuna $42.00
2nd Twebb Dudutsai $21.00
3rd Zaandaa Kwan $7.00
4th Beta Erk
5th Pipe Ethan
5th Tacoreaper Blizzardbeam
7th Doom Machine Ben

Brawl

Singles

22 entrants (4 pools of 6/6/5/5, with bottom 2 not advancing)

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st San   $60.50
2nd Cura     $33.00
3rd TommyGreenShirt   $11.00
4th Vibe     $5.50
5th Doom Machine     File:GWHeadSSBB.png
5th Calm    
7th MetalPat    
7th Dudutsai  
9th Alt  
9th Eevee    
9th Zaandaa    
9th CAC   File:DKHeadSSBB.png
13th Sharky  
13th Tacoreaper  

Doubles

9 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Cura Eevee $54.00
2nd Alt San $27.00
3rd Calm CAC $9.00
4th TommyGreenShirt MetalPat
5th Josh Spencer
5th Vibe Sharky
7th Joe Walid
7th Cam Jamie
9th Reggie Tacoreaper

Project M singles

9 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Earnings
1st Tuna $13.50
2nd Cura $4.50
3rd Kwan
4th Pipe
5th DE
5th Beta
7th Zaandaa
7th Erk
9th Sharky

3rd BEST

The third tournament in the BEST series was hosted on April 17th, 2011. There was a $5 venue fee this time, with the all money gained from the venue going to RPI's relief effort for Japan. Singles' entry fee was also raised to $10 with a 55/30/10/5 payout, though doubles remained at $10 per team with a 60/30/10 payout.

Melee

Singles

11 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Tuna     File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png $60.50
2nd Beta   $33.00
3rd Zaandaa File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png $11.00
4th Kwan File:DKHeadSSBM.png $5.50
5th Spamus  
5th Dudutsai  
7th Britt    
7th Erk  
9th NOFX  
9th Matt    
9th Cura  

Doubles

5 entrants (Round robin)

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Cura Tuna $37.50
2nd Kwan Zaandaa $12.50
3rd Beta Dudutsai
4th Britt Erk
5th Matt NOFX

Brawl

Singles

14 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Cura   $77.00
2nd Doommachine     $42.00
3rd Sharky   $14.00
4th Vibe   $7.00
5th Calm    
5th Dudutsai  
7th Eevee    
7th Elyx  
9th Josh  
9th Joe  
9th Axiem  
9th Max  

Doubles

7 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Eevee Cura $42.00
2nd Vibe Doommachine $21.00
3rd Beta Sharky $7.00
4th Calm PandaRider
5th Elyx Josh
5th Max Axiem
7th Zach Jeff

4th BEST

The fourth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on September 25, 2011. Singles' entry fee was lowered back to $5, with a 55/30/10/5 payout, and doubles' entry fee was $10 per team with a 60/30/10 payout. Entrants were also allowed to vote on which counterpick stages should be legal, where those that garnering half the votes of the attendees being legal. However, this lead to no significantly different stagelist, with only Pokemon Stadium garnering enough votes for Melee, and only the counterpicks in Apex's ruleset garnering enough votes in Brawl.

Melee

Singles

18 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st HoneyBadger     $49.50
2nd Jovah Mormont (Beta)   $27.00
3rd Dudutsai   $9.00
4th Cura     $4.50
5th TheManaLord     File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
5th Kwan File:DKHeadSSBM.png
7th Erk  
7th Zaandaa File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
9th Daniel S
9th Mako    
9th Sharky  
9th Spamus  
13th Seiji  
13th Matt G  
13th Arcturus  
13th Kevin Z
17th Pipe  
17th Aaron S

Doubles

6 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Dudutsai Beta $36.00
2nd Mana Cura $18.00
3rd Kwan Zaandaa $6.00
4th HoneyBadger Brendan
5th Aaron S Daniel S
5th Erk Arcturus

Brawl

Singles

16 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st San   $44.00
2nd Cura   $24.00
3rd Vibe   $8.00
4th MetalPat       $4.00
5th TheMauveAvenger  
5th TommyGreenShirt  
7th Calm    
7th CAC   File:DKHeadSSBB.png
9th Alt  
9th Sharky  
9th DE      
9th Mako    
13th Joseph I  
13th Gary (Dudutsai)  
13th Hannah  
13th Chris File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png

Doubles

10 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st San Cura $60.00
2nd Calm Vibe $30.00
3rd Sharky Eevee $10.00
4th MetalPat TGS
5th Alt Mako
5th CAC Julian
7th Jake L Tyler C
7th Jon V Josh C
9th Daniel W John A
9th Seiji Frank

5th BEST

The fifth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on November 13th, 2011. Singles' entry fee was increased to $7 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, while doubles' entry fee was increased to $12 per team, with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

12 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Earnings
1st Cura $46.20
2nd Beta $25.20
3rd Zaandaa $8.40
4th Britt $4.20
5th Pipe
5th Erk
7th dai luna
7th Slap
9th Mr. Massacre
9th Mr. P
9th Jay
9th Ben

Brawl

Singles

21 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Fatal   $80.85
2nd Cura     $44.10
3rd Vibe   $14.70
4th Omega Tyrant     File:DededeHeadSSBB.png $7.35
5th CJT  
5th CAC   File:DKHeadSSBB.png
7th Calm    
7th Eevee    
9th Dai Luna      
9th Varun  
9th Iceyman  
9th Deli  
13th Starlight  
13th Nick
13th DE    
13th Tacoreaper  
17th Lone  
17th Bax File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
17th Alt  
17th Justin  
17th Adam File:PTHeadSSBB.png

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Fatal Vibe $57.60
2nd Cura Eevee $28.80
3rd Calm CAC $9.60
4th Beta Dai Luna
5th Bax Deli
5th CJT Alt
7th Billy Joe
7th Adam Lone

8th BEST

The sixth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on February 12, 2012. Singles' entry fee was reduced back to $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and doubles' entry fee was reduced back to $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10. A Brawl low tiers singles tournament was also held as a side event with a $1 entry and a payout of 60/30/10. None of the Brawl events were able to finish before the venue closed.

To date, this remains the largest BEST tournament, with Brawl singles having 34 entrants, the most amount of entrants in an single event in the BEST series.

Melee

Singles

17 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st The masterbating pineapple (Beta)   $46.75
2nd T. Webb   $25.50
3rd Erk   $8.50
4th Kwan File:DKHeadSSBM.png $4.25
5th Trademark  
5th Cura    
7th Blizzardbeam  
7th Zaandaa File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png    
9th PiePusher    
9th Mr. Massacre  
9th MCEM  
9th Pipe  
13th Dan File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
13th Kevin  
13th El Warrior  
13th Poly File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
17th Ben    

Doubles

8 teams

Bracket

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Trademark Cura $48.00
2nd Twebb Pipe $24.00
3rd Erk Beta $8.00
4th Kwan Zaandaa
5th MCEM Blizzardbeam
5th Mr. Massacre Sharky
7th Poly Dan
7th Optix Southpaw

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

34 entrants (6 pools, top 3 advanced)

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st** Cura File:DKHeadSSBB.png         $72.25
1st** Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png     $72.25
3rd Vibe   $17.00
4th James G   $8.50
5th CAC   File:DKHeadSSBB.png File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
5th Sharky  
7th CJT  
7th Calm      
9th Dai Luna    
9th L-Don    
9th Stack    
9th MetalPat    
13th No Skillz  
13th BCB  
13th Bre-z  
13th SonicNinja  
17th Phantom    
17th KA      

Doubles

13 teams

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st** Sharky   Cura  File:DKHeadSSBB.png $58.50
1st** Vibe   MetalPat   $58.50
3rd Cjt   James G   $13.00
4th No skillz   Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
5th Bcb   Ld0n  
5th Dai   stack  
7th Cac File:DKHeadSSBB.png Calm  
7th Bre-z   Elyx
9th Phantom   KA
9th Iceyman Bushy
9th Axiem Truck
12th Biff Narca
12th Nito Sonic Ninja

Low tiers singles

20 entrants

This event was not completed, due to the venue closing.

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st*** Cura   $8.50
1st*** JamesG   $8.50
3rd*** Omega Tyrant   $1.00
4th*** CAC  
4th MetalPat  
6th*** Calm  
6th*** Vibe  
7th No Skillz  
9th BCB
9th Frankie File:CFalconHeadSSBB.png
9th Truck  
9th Stack  
13th L-Don
13th Sharky  
13th Dai Luna  
13th Axiem
17th Shopkeeper
17th Elyx
17th CJT
17th DE  

7th BEST

The seventh tournament in the BEST series was hosted on March 31, 2012. Entry fee for singles was $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, while the entry fee for doubles was $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

11 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Nintendude     $30.25
2nd The Stealth Shocker (Beta)   $16.50
3rd Cura       $5.50
4th Pipe   $2.75
5th The Show Stopper (Erk)  
5th Zaandaa     File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png  
7th Trilok  
7th San  
9th Kevin  
9th Zhea File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
9th Bich  

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

14 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Fatal   $38.50
2nd San   $21.00
3rd TheMauveAvenger   $7.00
4th Cura   File:DKHeadSSBB.png   $3.50
5th Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png  
5th Nintendude  
7th Vibe  
7th No_Skillz  
9th Dai Luna  
9th MetalPat      
9th Calm  
9th Starlight  
13th DE    
13th Alt  

Doubles

6 teams

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Fatal   Cura File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png $36.00
2nd San   Nintendude File:GWHeadSSBB.png $18.00
3rd No skillz   Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png $6.00
4th Vibe   MetalPat  
5th Calm   Taco  
5th Eevee   Dai Luna  

(15/2)th BEST

The eighth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on May 5th, 2012. This tournament was more casual than the other tournaments in the series, serving mainly to get one more tournament in before RPI's semester ended. There was no doubles event, and there was a Brawl Minus singles tournament side event. There was an all access entry fee of $10 ($3 went to Melee and Brawl singles each, $2 went to Brawl Minus singles, and the remaining $2 went to food for the attendants), with the payout being 60/30/10 for all events. This tournament was also primarily hosted by Trilok, with Zaandaa taking a backseat in hosting this tournament.

Melee

Singles

14 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Kwan   $25.20
2nd Britt   $12.60
3rd Zaandaa File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png    $4.20
4th Trilok  
5th No Skillz  
5th Brandon B
7th Omega Tyrant  
7th Ben
9th Metal Pat  
9th DE
9th Cliff
9th Dan File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
13th Matthew J
13th Joseph I

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in Brawl singles.

Singles

13 entrants

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png   $23.40
2nd CAC   $11.70
3rd No Skillz   $3.90
4th Metal Pat      
5th Snake    
5th Brandon B File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png  
7th Jesus  
7th Zaandaa  
9th Cliff  
9th Matthew J
9th DE  
9th Joseph I  

Brawl Minus singles

14 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Omega Tyrant   $16.80
2nd Ben     $8.40
3rd Metal Pat   $2.80
4th Brandon B
5th Joseph I  
5th No Skillz  
7th DE
7th Zaandaa
9th Trilok  
9th Matthew J
9th Cliff
9th Kwan
13th Dan
13th Britt

9th BEST

The ninth tournament in the BEST series was hosted on September 8th, 2012. Singles' entry fee was $5 with a payout of 55/30/10/5, and doubles' entry fee was $10 per team with a payout of 60/30/10.

Melee

Singles

15 entrants

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Honeybadger     $41.00
2nd Kwan File:DKHeadSSBM.png $22.00
3rd Dudutsai   $8.00
4th Zaandaa     File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png $4.00
5th Tangerine Ben
5th Will M
7th Adam R
7th Zhea File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
9th Matt I
9th John O
9th UMAD
9th TSE
13th Bowie
13th Adam F
13th Will R

Doubles

5 teams, Round Robin

Place Name Name Earnings
1st Honeybadger Dudutsai $30
2nd Zaandaa Kwan $15.00
3rd Zhea Tangerine Ben $5.00
4th Adam R John O
5th Will R Will M

Brawl

Meta Knight was banned in both Brawl singles and doubles.

Singles

19 entrants (4 pools, top 3 advanced)

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png   $52.25
2nd No Skillz     $28.50
3rd Calm     $9.50
4th Vibe   $4.75
5th Varun  
5th Metal Pat    
7th Thomas File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png
7th CAC File:DKHeadSSBB.png  
9th Shahnt  
9th Adam S  
9th Matt J  
9th Chris R  

Doubles

6 teams, Round Robin

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st No Skillz   Omega Tyrant File:DededeHeadSSBB.png $36.00
2nd Metal Pat   Vibe   $18.00
3rd Mako   Matt J   $6.00


Additional notes

-* Indicates the players decided to split.

-** Indicates the players were forced to split due to the event not being able to be finished.

-*** Indicates the players were not eliminated when the event was no longer able to continue.

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