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Tournament:Battle of the Five Gods

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Battle of the Five Gods
BattleOfTheFiveGodsLogo.png
Dates March 17th-19h, 2016
Venue Austin Convention Center
Address/City 500 E Cesar Chavez St
Austin, Texas USA
Attendance 20
Entry fees
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $25,000
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Hungrybox

Battle of the Five Gods was an invitational Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament held in Austin, Texas from March 17th to 19th, 2016, as part of the SXSW Gaming Expo festival. The tournament currently holds the record for highest single player payout in Smash, with $13,000 awarded to Hungrybox for winning the tournament.

The name of the tournament references the five 'Gods' attending, namely Armada, Hungrybox, Mango, Mew2King and PPMD.

Format

The tournament featured a mixed format, with two qualificatory round-robin group stages and a final Top 8 double elimination bracket. The 20 players were first divided in five round-robin groups. The first placing player of each group was sent directly to the Top 8 bracket, while the second placing players were sent to another round-robin group. The top 3 players from this second group would be sent to the final three spots on the Top 8 bracket.

After the group Top 8 bracket was set, matches were played on a double elimination format till grand finals.

 

Results

Pools
Playoffs
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox   $13,000
2nd   Mango   $5,000
3rd   Armada    $3,000
4th   Wobbles   $1,500
5th   Plup    $750
5th   Westballz   $750
7th   Silent Wolf   $500
7th   Mew2King     $500
9th   MacD  
10th   PPMD   
11th   S2J  
11th   Shroomed  
11th   Axe  
11th   SFAT  
11th   PewPewU  
16th   Lucky  
16th   Ice  
16th   HugS  
16th   Nintendude  
16th   DruggedFox  

Trivia

  • This was the first tournament since Apex 2010 that Hungrybox won with all 5 gods attending.
  • This was notably PPMD's worst placing since Pound 4, where he got 9th place.

External links

smash.gg page