CEO 2023
Dates June 23rd-25th, 2023
Venue Daytona Beach Convention Center
Address/City 101 N Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, Florida USA
Attendance 701
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners USA derstuk
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Plup 1v1
USA Plup & USA Oaty 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA Dabuz 1v1
USA MVD & USA Seibrik 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Alex Jebailey

CEO 2023 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate superregional held in Daytona Beach, Florida, from June 23rd-25th, 2023. Smash 64 was held as an official side event.

Summary of eventsEdit

MeleeEdit

Plup, despite being relatively inactive in the tournament scene, claimed victory in his native state of Florida, defeating Wizzrobe in winners' and grand finals; Plup won back-to-back CEO titles and became the second repeat Melee champion of CEO (after Hungrybox). Wizzrobe, another relatively inactive player, finished 2nd, upsetting #1 seed Jmook in winners' semis and defeating Hungrybox in losers' finals. Panda finished an impressive 4th place, upsetting Hungrybox 3-2 in winners' quarters.

UltimateEdit

The tournament's most notable upsets were #29 seed YoseFu over #4 seed MuteAce (upset factor 6) and #32 seed TM7_ZAP over #1 seed Riddles (upset factor 9). Despite the upset, Riddles made a long run in the Loser's bracket, defeating 8 players to face fellow Team Liquid player Dabuz in Grand Finals. Riddles took the first set 3-0, however Dabuz held Riddles off in the reset 3-1, taking his first national-level victory in Ultimate. Dabuz's victory was celebrated by many, as not only was Riddles a notable bracket demon for Dabuz, but he had finished second in many national-level and major events, results which became running jokes in the community.

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(212 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Plup  
2nd   Wizzrobe  
3rd   Hungrybox  
4th   Panda  
5th   Jmook  
5th   Voo  
7th   Captain G  
7th   Wevans  
9th   MOF  
9th   Akir   
9th   Bbatts  
9th   Stone  
13th   Kuya   
13th   Equilateral  
13th   Gahtzu  
13th   prof   
17th   PeachPants  
17th   Barraca  
17th   Simmons  
17th   Sneakywill  
17th   Kero  
17th   JChu  
17th   CowCowCowCowCow  
17th   ADMJ  
25th   sinbad  
25th   Yony  
25th   Stockholm Syndrome  
25th   Ober  
25th   Franco  
25th   Lad  
25th   Oaty  
25th   Sharkz  

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(39 teams)
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Plup     Oaty  
2nd   Wevans     119j[1]  
3rd   Fearless     Gahtzu  
4th   Crunch     Hungrybox  
5th   Voo     MOF  
5th   Kuya     Panda  
7th   Kero     sinbad  
7th   Mason     Stone  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(513 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Dabuz    
2nd   Riddles   
3rd   Yaura  
4th   MVD  
5th   ApolloKage   
5th   Riku  
7th   BeastModePaul   
7th   ESAM  
9th   Grape   
9th   Jake[2]  
9th   ChunkyKong  
9th   YoseFu  
13th   MuteAce  
13th   TM7_ZAP   
13th   Regalo  
13th   Goblin  
17th   Jahzz0  
17th   Kobe  
17th   Senn  
17th   omega  
17th   Sean  
17th   Aaron  
17th   Grymlynn  
17th   Toast  
25th   Tachyon  
25th   Dominator  
25th   Jade  
25th   BallsGrab  
25th   TheMightyDialga  
25th   Karu!  
25th   Surehyper  
25th   MPg  
33rd   Hungrybox  
33rd   Raptor  
33rd   Sonido  
33rd   Gswizy  
33rd   AwDaSea  
33rd   Pillow  
33rd   Mercury   
33rd   Ave~  
33rd   SoulArts  
33rd   SlushieV2  
33rd   Psysilex  
33rd   Luma  
33rd   Donquavious  
33rd   Fatality  
33rd   Phuzix  
33rd   Goober  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit

(85 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MVD     Seibrik  
2nd   Kobe     MuteAce   
3rd   WonderBread     Tachyon  
4th   BallsGrab     jBoneX  
5th   MPg     ApolloKage  
5th   Jiggs     Regalo  
7th   Gswizy     AwDaSea  
7th   Scytheu     Neptune Shiranui  
9th   GENV     PikPocket  
9th   Kazuma     Pillow  
9th   Sean     My Dad  
9th   BlasterMaster   U
13th   Cowhunter     Donquavious  
13th   badgerz   Ventura
13th   Soto   Gatsby  
13th   Sonido     Fatality  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. singlesEdit

(15 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   derstuk
2nd   Fil
3rd   Slappypoopy

TriviaEdit

  • This tournament marks the first time Hungrybox and Crunch have teamed together in Melee doubles in five years, following Crunch's general hiatus from competition. The duo last teamed at Smash 'N' Splash 4 in June 2018.
  • Outside of Smash Bros., smashers Riddles and Jahzz0 placed 25th and 33rd respectively out of 1,082 players in Street Fighter 6.
  • L4st, who normally commentates and coaches for Ultimate, commentated a portion of Top 32 for Melee singles.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entered as "simply in love"
  2. ^ Entered as "Almighty"

External linksEdit