Apex 2013
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Dates January 11th-13th, 2013
Venue Rutgers University Student Center
Address/City 126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey USA
Attendance 500+
Entry fees SSB64 singles: $10
Melee singles: $15
Melee doubles: $10 per person
Brawl singles: $15
Brawl doubles: $10 per person
Pot size(s) SSB64 singles: $1,460
Melee singles: $6,540
Melee doubles: $2,189
Brawl singles: $6,570
Brawl doubles: $2,310
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Japan Kikoushi 1v1
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada 1v1
Sweden Armada & USA Mew2King 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners USA Salem 1v1
USA Nairo & USA ADHD 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Alex Strife
Housing Hyatt Regency New Brunswick

Apex 2013 was the fourth tournament in the Apex tournament series, held by Alex Strife. It was held from January 11th-13th, 2013. It was the fourth-largest Smash 64 tournament in the United States with 96 entrants, and the third-largest Brawl tournament of all time with 338 entrants. Like the preceding Apex tournaments, Apex 2013 had a fair amount of international competition.

The most notable event at this tournament was Salem coming out of nowhere to win Brawl singles using only Zero Suit Samus. Not only had he won one of the largest Brawl tournaments using a character that wasn't top tier, but Salem had not even won any of the Tristate local tournaments he had attended earlier. The results of this tournament, along with Salem's demonstration of Zero Suit Samus' techniques, caused her to rise up on the next tier list and made many players think that she belongs in the top tier. Kikoushi also won the Smash 64 singles tournament, defeating Isai in grand finals, and Armada became the first player to win Apex more than once, winning Melee singles in both Apex 2012 and Apex 2013.

List of gamesEdit

List of partnersEdit

  • Local Battles
  • CLASH Tournaments
  • Bifuteki
  • Dominion Method Games (DMG)
  • 8WAYRUN
  • Screw Attack
  • Namco

List of sponsorsEdit

  • Overclocked Remix (OCRemix)
  • Saber Gaming
  • VideoXGames (VXG)
  • Mad Catz

QualifiersEdit

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Melee

ResultsEdit

See also: Results thread on Smashboards

Smash 64 singlesEdit

(96 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Kikoushi   $730
2nd   Isai   $292
3rd   SuPeRbOoMfAn     $175.20
4th   Ruoka Dancho     $102.20
5th   JaimeHR     $69.35
6th   Sensei     $43.80
7th   Kefit   $29.20
8th   Nangoku   $18.25
9th   Firo   
9th   Nintendude  
9th   YBOMBB    
9th   SheerMadness  
13th   ballin4life   
13th   b-rex   
13th   m3gavolt  
13th   Banze  
17th   Battlecow  
17th   Rumbly  
17th   Czar  
17th   KeroKeroppi  
17th   Han Solo  
17th   Dark Link -X-  
17th   I LOVE SMASH  
17th   Oxolane  

Smash 64 doublesEdit

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Melee singlesEdit

(336 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada    $3,270
2nd   Dr. PeePee    $1,635
3rd   Mew2King    $719.40
4th   Mango    $392.40
5th   Hungrybox   $163.50
5th   Shroomed   $163.50
7th   Hax   $98.10
7th   KirbyKaze   $98.10
9th   Vwins  
9th   Axe  
9th   Overtriforce  
9th   Silent Wolf  
13th   Zhu   
13th   JAVI  
13th   Colbol  
13th   PewPewU  
17th   Bam  
17th   Wobbles  
17th   Tope  
17th   Leffen  
17th   Kage  
17th   S2J  
17th   Eggm  
17th   Plup  
25th   th0rn  
25th   Diakonos   
25th   Ice  
25th   Darkatma  
25th   Strawhat Dahean  
25th   Scar  
25th   Gucci  
25th   Darc  
33rd   SFAT  
33rd   Vish  
33rd   ARC  
33rd   ESAM  
33rd   Taj  
33rd   Cyrain  
33rd   .jpg  
33rd   Tafokints  
33rd   Westballz  
33rd   Cactuar  
33rd   Trail  
33rd   I.B  
33rd   Bladewise  
33rd   SOUL  
33rd   s0ft  
33rd   Mojo  
49th   Tai  
49th   Lovage  
49th   Europhoria  
49th   Lord HDL  
49th   G$   
49th   Abate  
49th   Kounotori  
49th   DoH  
49th   SilentSwag   
49th   Dazwa  
49th   Stratford  
49th   RockCrock  
49th   Nintendude  
49th   VaNz  
49th   Tirno  
49th   Redd  

Melee doublesEdit

(106 teams)
Bracket Archive

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada     Mew2King    $1,095 ($547.50 each)
2nd   Hungrybox     Plup   $547.50 ($273.75 each)
3rd   Shroomed     PewPewU   $240.90 ($120.45 each)
4th   DoH     Mango     $131.40 ($65.70 each)
5th   Leffen     Ice   $54.80 ($27.40 each)
5th   MacD     VaNz   $54.80 ($27.40 each)
7th   L0zR     Dr. PeePee   $32.80 ($16.40 each)
7th   Aza     JAVI   $32.80 ($16.40 each)
9th   Kage     Eggm  
9th   StriCNYN3     Colbol  
9th   Westballz     Hax  
9th   Vwins     Bam  
13th   DJ Nintendo     Alukard  
13th   Lovage     S2J  
13th   Dazwa     KevinM  
13th   Frootloop     Kels  
17th   Tirno     ARC  
17th   Redd     Bladewise  
17th   Zeldafreak     Darkatma  
17th   KirbyKaze     Alan  
17th   Taj     Wobbles  
17th   The Moon     G$   
17th   Scar     SFAT  
17th   Tope     Cyrain  
25th   MT     Vudujin  
25th   Wenbo     Vist  
25th   Toph     Tai  
25th   Strawhat Dahean      Overtriforce   
25th   Reno     Cactuar  
25th   Milkman     Tafokints  
25th   V3ctorman     Axe  
25th   Codi     Knut  

Brawl singlesEdit

(338 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Salem   $3,285
2nd   Mew2King   $1,642.50
3rd   Otori   $722.70
4th   Nairo   $394.20
5th   Anti   $164.25
5th   Mikeneko   $164.25
7th   Mr. R   $98.55
7th   Dabuz   $98.55
9th   Dojo  
9th   ZeRo  
9th   DEHF  
9th   9B  
13th   ESAM   
13th   RAIN  
13th   Ally   
13th   Vinnie  
17th   ADHD  
17th   Suinoko  
17th   Zinoto  
17th   Havok  
17th   Pwii  
17th   Kakera  
17th   Nakat   
17th   Tyrant  
25th   Seibrik   
25th   Bloodcross  
25th   Earth  
25th   Shaky  
25th   Atomsk    
25th   Denti  
25th   Leon  
25th   Nick Riddle  
33rd   Koolaid   
33rd   Waymas  
33rd   Vex Kasrani   
33rd   Abadango   
33rd   mikeHAZE  
33rd   Rich Brown  
33rd   FOW  
33rd   Tin Man  
33rd   Xzax  
33rd   UltimateRazer  
33rd   Bizkit  
33rd   Lie   
33rd   Tearbear  
33rd   MVD  
33rd   MJG  
33rd   ChuDat  
49th   Attila  
49th   Dekillsage  
49th   Luigi_player   
49th   Asa  
49th   Will  
49th   Pelca   
49th   Kairo  
49th   Shadow   
49th   Jbandrew  
49th   Jtails  
49th   Mekos  
49th   Ish  
49th   DJ Jack  
49th   Kadaj  
49th   quiKsilver  
49th   Rafa  

Brawl doublesEdit

(110 teams)
Bracket Archive

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Nairo     ADHD   $1,155 ($577.50 each)
2nd   Mew2King     Ally   $577.50 ($288.75 each)
3rd   FOW     MJG   $254.10 ($127.05 each)
4th   Rich Brown     Tyrant   $138.60 ($69.30 each)
5th   Otori     Abadango   $57.80 ($28.90 each)
5th   Atomsk      Mr. R   $57.80 ($28.90 each)
7th   RAIN     Kuroobi   $34.60 ($17.30 each)
7th   Earth     Fuwa   $34.60 ($17.30 each)
9th   Kakera     Suinoko  
9th   Dojo     UltimateRazer  
9th   Kain     Koolaid  
9th   WMS     Rafa  
13th   Nick Riddle     Shaky  
13th   mikeHAZE     Havok  
13th   quiKsilver     ZeRo  
13th   Nakat     False  
17th   MVD     ESAM  
17th   ChuDat     Anti  
17th   Leon     Bjay  
17th   Pelca     Fatal  
17th   Vinnie     Shadow   
17th   Mekos     DEHF  
17th   Z     Tearbear  
17th   Denti     Zinoto  
25th   Shugo     Luigi player  
25th   Bloodcross     TeeVee  
25th   Will     Jtails  
25th   Pwii     Pj  
25th   V115     Tin Man  
25th   Coney     Pink Fresh  
25th   Inui     Malcolm  
25th   Logic     Lie  

Project M singles (side event)Edit

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   TheReflexWonder  
2nd   Wizzrobe  
3rd   Hungrybox  
4th   Leffen  
5th   Kage  
6th   JCaesar  
7th   Vwins  
7th   VaNz   

ExhibitionEdit

Melee The Links vs The Stinks crew battleEdit

Before the main exhibition event, a team of seven Links challenged team of six well known low tier mains (joined by "The Final Boss" Kage) to a crew battle. Unfortunately, the Links were utterly outplayed, losing by nine stocks and failing to even get one Link to fight Kage. The battle was streamed by 8WAYRUN and can be viewed here on YouTube.

Link Player Character Stocks Taken Stink Player Character Stocks Taken
Internet Explorer   2 Strong Bad   7
Stro   3 Eikelmann   4
BlubbaPinecone   3 V3ctorman   7
Smurfy   3 Green Ranger   6
J666   2 Taj   4
Skler   2 The Lake  
Lord HDL   4 Kage  
Total 19 Total 28

Melee USA vs The World crew battleEdit

The main Melee exhibition event of Apex featured a rematch pitting the best available Melee players of the United States against the best available players of the rest of the world. The teams differed slightly from the previous year's crew battle, as The World added the new threats Gucci and Overtriforce. The USA ended up taking the crew battle, overwhelming The World by a large margin. This time The World did not make it to the final member of the USA crew, who remained undecided between Mango and Mew2King. Had The World made it to the end however, the final USA player would have likely been Mew2King, given Mango initially refused to play, opting to watch a soccer game before coming back mid-crew battle to coach the USA. The battle was streamed by 8WAYRUN and can be viewed here on YouTube.

USA Player Character Stocks Taken World Player Character Stocks Taken
Wobbles   5   Gucci   3
Hax   5   Leffen   2
Axe   5   JAVI   4
Westballz   6   KirbyKaze   3
Hungrybox   6   Bam   1
Shroomed   4   Armada   4
Dr. PeePee   1   Overtriforce   4
Mew2King     Ice   3
Total 32 Total 24

Brawl USA vs The World crew battleEdit

This year, crew battles were extended to Brawl as well, since the Brawl crew battle at the previous year's Apex was cancelled due to time constraints. The World managed to win the crew battle, as Kakera and Ally managed to pull a comeback from the damage done by ESAM and DEHF. Near the end of the crew battle, Vinnie was dropped out due to the USA's decision not to send him against Ally, who has held winning records against Ice Climbers players around that time; mikeHAZE was sent to fight as a substitute, but ended up losing to Ally anyway. Due to time constraints, the battle was streamed by CLASH Tournaments instead of 8WAYRUN, and can be viewed here on YouTube.

USA Player Character Stocks Taken World Player Character Stocks Taken
ANTi   2   Otori   4
ADHD   3   Mr. R   3
Mew2King   2   ZeRo   2
ESAM   6   9B   2
DEHF   4   RAIN   1
Tyrant   2   Mikeneko   3
Nairo   2   Kakera   5
mikeHAZE   1   Ally   4
Total 22 Total 24

External linksEdit