| Apex 2015 | |
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| Dates | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 |
| Venue | Garden State Convention Center |
| Address/City | 50 Atrium Drive Somerset, New Jersey 
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| Attendance | 1,600+ |
| Entry fees | Smash 64 singles: $10 Smash 64 doubles: $10 per person Melee singles: $15 Melee doubles: $10 per person Brawl singles: $10 Brawl doubles: $10 per person Smash Wii U singles: $15 Smash Wii U doubles: $10 per person |
| Pot size(s) | SSB64 singles: $2,129 Melee singles: $18,070 Brawl singles: $1,960 Smash Wii U singles: $15,055 |
| Results | |
 winners
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 SuPeRbOoMfAn 1v1 JaimeHR & SuPeRbOoMfAn 2v2
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 winners
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PPMD 1v1 Hungrybox & Mew2King 2v2
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 winners
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Ally 1v1 Nairo & Ally 2v2
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 winners
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 ZeRo 1v1 Mew2King & ZeRo 2v2
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Apex 2015 was the sixth tournament in the Apex series of tournaments, directed by Team Apex, and held from January 30th-February 1st, 2015, at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, New Jersey. Like previous tournaments of the series, Apex 2015 hosted a variety of fighting games, including singles and doubles events for Super Smash Bros., Melee, Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The tournament was the largest Melee tournament of all time, with over 1024 unique entrants (breaking the previous record of 970 entrants set by EVO 2014), and the largest Smash 4 tournament of all time, with over 800 unique entrants.
Apex 2015 was officially sponsored by Nintendo of America[1]. Among the results of this sponsorship were a lounge where attendees could play a demo version of Splatoon;[2] additionally, Nintendo and ScrewAttack provided a second livestream for the last day of the tournament designed to be clearer for newcomers to competitive Smash.[3] An apparent side effect of the partnership was the absence of Project M from the tournament's game lineup.
The tournament was originally slated to take place at the Clarion Hotel Empire Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. As the tournament was set to begin, a fire alarm was set off. While the alarm was false, the responding police and fire marshals realized that the venue was unsafe and lacked permits, and subsequently shut down and evacuated the event. After several hours, an alternative venue was found. As players and equipment had to be transported to the new venue, the tournament lost all of Friday and events began on Saturday.
List of games
2014-2015 Apex World Circuit
The 2014-2015 Apex World Circuit is an ongoing series of fourteen qualifiers for the Melee singles tournament at Apex 2015. Each qualifier features a $1,000 prize bonus and complimentary flight and hotel for each of the winners, provided by sponsorship from Twitch.
The Apex World Circuit's qualifiers are as follows:
- Tipped Off 10 - September 20th-21st, 2014 in Doraville, Georgia
- Justice 4 - October 11th, 2014 in Scarsdale, New York
- Do You Fox Wit It? - November 15th-16th, 2014 in Oakland, California
- KTAR XI - November 22nd, 2014 in Somerset, New Jersey
- BUST - November 22nd, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts
- The Come Up - December 6th-7th, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Super Smash Sundays 29 - December 7th, 2014 in Walnut, California
- Battle Gate Way 6 - December 13th-14th, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
- Pacific Northwest Regional - December 20th-21st, 2014 in Des Moines, Washington
- Forte 2 - December 20th-21st, 2014 in Austin, Texas
- Super Smash Sundays 30 - December 21st, 2014 in Walnut, California
- SWEET Prologue - January 3rd-4th, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- B.E.A.S.T 5 - January 9th-11th, 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Paragon 2015 - January 17th-18th, 2015 in Orlando, Florida
Results
Smash 64 singles
(190 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SuPeRbOoMfAn |
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$852 |
| 2nd | tacos |
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$426 |
| 3rd | Wizzrobe |
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$319 |
| 4th | Mariguas |
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$212 |
| 5th | KeroKeroppi |
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$107 |
| 5th | Blue Suit |
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$107 |
| 7th | Fireblaster |
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$53 |
| 7th | Dext3r |
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$53 |
| 9th |  Banze |
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| 9th | Cabelo |
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| 9th | Star King |
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| 9th | The Z |
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| 13th | clubbadubba |
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| 13th | Killer |
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| 13th | Revan |
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| 13th | Stranded |
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Smash 64 doubles
(42 teams)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | JaimeHR |
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SuPeRbOoMfAn |
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| 2nd | The Z |
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tacos |
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| 3rd | Star King |
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Killer |
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| 4th | Dext3r |
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Wizzrobe |
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| 5th | Banze |
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Cabelo |
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| 5th | Firo |
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Nintendude |
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| 7th | Jimmy Joe |
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clubbadubba |
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| 7th | Shalaka |
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Mariguas |
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Melee singles
(1024 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PPMD |
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$7,228 |
| 2nd |  Armada |
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$3,614 |
| 3rd | Leffen |
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$2,711 |
| 4th | Mango |
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$1,807 |
| 5th | Hungrybox |
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$903 |
| 5th |  aMSa |
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$903 |
| 7th | KirbyKaze |
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$452 |
| 7th | Shroomed |
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$452 |
| 9th | Nintendude |
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| 9th | PewPewU |
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| 9th | SFAT |
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| 9th | Mew2King |
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| 13th |  Ice |
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| 13th | Lucky |
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| 13th | Axe |
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| 13th | The Moon |
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| 17th | Swedish Delight |
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| 17th | Cactuar |
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| 17th | Colbol |
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| 17th | Fly Amanita |
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| 17th | Silent Wolf |
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| 17th | MacD |
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| 17th | S2J |
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| 17th | Zhu |
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| 25th | Bladewise |
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| 25th | ChuDat |
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| 25th | DJ Nintendo |
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| 25th | HugS |
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| 25th | Kalamazhu |
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| 25th | DEHF |
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| 25th | Slox |
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| 25th | Eddy Mexico |
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| 33rd | C!Z |
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| 33rd | Wizzrobe |
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| 33rd | Drephen |
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| 33rd | Duck |
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| 33rd | Fiction |
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| 33rd | Wobbles |
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| 33rd | KJH |
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| 33rd | Chillin |
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| 33rd | KoreanDJ |
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| 33rd | Redd |
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| 33rd | SwiftBass |
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| 33rd | Tafokints |
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| 33rd | th0rn |
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| 33rd | Hax (DQ) |
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| 33rd | Blea Gelo |
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| 33rd | Westballz |
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Melee doubles
(260 teams)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mew2King |
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Hungrybox |
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| 2nd | Armada |
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Android |
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| 3rd | Ice |
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Leffen |
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| 4th | Chillin |
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ChuDat |
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| 5th | Mango |
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Lucky |
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| 5th | PewPewU |
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SFAT |
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| 7th | Alan |
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HomeMadeWaffles |
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| 7th | MacD |
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Fiction |
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| 9th |  Professor Pro |
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Fuzzyness |
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| 9th | Shroomed (DQ) |
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S2J (DQ) |
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| 9th | s0ft |
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Flow |
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| 9th | Vish |
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Bladewise |
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| 13th | Colbol |
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Plup |
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| 13th | Gahtzu |
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Wizzrobe |
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| 13th | Kuja |
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Dev |
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| 13th | ZoSo |
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Th0rn |
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Brawl singles
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ally |
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$784 |
| 2nd | Nairo |
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$392 |
| 3rd | MVD |
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$294 |
| 4th | Salem |
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$196 |
| 5th | V115 |
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$98 |
| 5th | Vinnie |
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$98 |
| 7th | Cyve |
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$49 |
| 7th | Shimitake |
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$49 |
| 9th | Chrim Foish |
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| 9th | LOE1 |
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| 9th |  Mr. R |
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| 9th | Player-1 |
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| 13th | Alphicans |
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| 13th | Eddy |
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| 13th | K9 |
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| 13th | Toronto Joe |
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Brawl doubles
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Nairo |
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Ally |
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| 2nd | Salem |
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Mew2King |
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| 3rd | Seibrik |
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MVD |
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| 4th | MJG |
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FOW |
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| 5th | ChuDat |
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Chibo |
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| 5th | Shaky |
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V115 |
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | ZeRo |
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$6,022 |
| 2nd | Dabuz |
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$3,011 |
| 3rd | Mr. R |
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$2,258 |
| 4th | 6WX |
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$1,506 |
| 5th | Nietono |
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$753 |
| 5th | Mew2King |
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$753 |
| 7th | Abadango |
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$376 |
| 7th | MVD |
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$376 |
| 9th | AeroLink |
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| 9th | Nakat |
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| 9th | Nairo |
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| 9th | aMSa |
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| 13th | Ally |
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| 13th | Jtails |
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| 13th | False |
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| 13th | NinjaLink |
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mew2King |
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ZeRo |
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| 2nd | MJG |
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FOW |
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| 3rd | Mr. R |
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Cyve |
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| 4th | Nietono |
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Choco |
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| 5th | Ally |
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Boss |
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| 5th | Nakat |
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False |
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| 7th | Tyrant |
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Nairo |
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| 7th | Dabuz |
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Denti |
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Salty Suite
The Salty Suite was run by VGBootCamp during the after hours of Saturday, and featured various money matches and other exhibition sets.
| Winner | Character(s) | Loser | Character(s) | Score | Amount |
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| Bizzarro Flame |
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Eikelmann |
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3-0 | |
| Westballz |
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Colbol |
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3-0 | |
| Axe |
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Silent Wolf |
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3-1 | |
| PC Chris |
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Ken |
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3-2 | |
| Leffen |
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Chillin |
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5-0 | $100 + rights to Fox's default costume |
References
External links
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