Tournament:GENESIS 4

GENESIS 4
Dates	January 20th-22nd, 2017
Venue	San Jose Convention Center
Address/City	150 W San Carlos St San Jose, California 95113
Attendance	3,575
Entry fees	Venue: $50 (first 1,000 entrants) $70 (until November 28th) $80 (until December 26th) $100 (until January 2nd) Singles: $10 Doubles: $20 per team
Pot size(s)	SSB64 singles: $1,850 SSB64 doubles: $860 Melee singles: $18,440 Melee doubles: $7,620 Smash 4 singles: $10,320 Smash 4 doubles: $4,720
Results
winners	Alvin 1v1  SuPeRbOoMfAn &  JaimeHR 2v2
winners	Armada 1v1  Armada &  Android 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Ally &  MkLeo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Boback, Dr. Z, The GERM, Bear

GENESIS 4 was the fourth edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in San Jose, California, from January 20th to 22nd, 2017. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, as well as side events for Street Fighter V, Catherine, Rivals of Aether, and TowerFall Ascension.

It is currently the fourth-largest Melee tournament of all time and the ninth-largest Smash 4 tournament to date.

Official game lineup

Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles	185	$1,850
Super Smash Bros. doubles	43 teams	$860
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles	1,704	$18,440
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles	381 teams	$7,620
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles	1,012	$10,320
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles	236 teams	$4,720
Street Fighter V	107	$1,300
Catherine	31	$340
Rivals of Aether	108	$11,160
TowerFall Ascension	36

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(185 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Alvin		$925.00
2nd	SuPeRbOoMfAn		$370.00
3rd	kysk		$185.00
4th	Dext3r		$129.50
5th	Wizzrobe		$74.00
5th	KeroKeroppi		$74.00
7th	tacos		$46.25
7th	Mariguas		$46.25
9th	Taimai
9th	JaimeHR
9th	The Z
9th	Yu-Kun
13th	Stranded
13th	BarkSanchez
13th	DTan
13th	Isai
17th	HandsomeTom
17th	Kyle Tree
17th	Shears
17th	cobr
17th	Zero
17th	NaCl
17th	Freean
17th	Kimimaru
25th	Nintendude
25th	Janitor
25th	Logic
25th	CTG
25th	Darkhorse
25th	Eggmode
25th	Han Solo
25th	The Protagonist

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(43 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	SuPeRbOoMfAn		JaimeHR		$430.00 ($215.00 each)
2nd	The Z		tacos		$215.00 ($107.50 each)
3rd	Mariguas		Dext3r		$129.00 ($64.50 each)
4th	Taimai		kysk		$86.00 ($43.00 each)
5th	Alvin		Bard
5th	Zero		Stranded
7th	Bark Sanchez		Darkhorse
7th	Nintendude		Joshi
9th	cobr		HandsomeTom
9th	LETSGO		Shihman
9th	CTG		NaCl
9th	DTan		Madrush21
13th	Wookiee		SotoH
13th	Shears		Moonshoe
13th	Collin		The Protagonist
13th	hydra		Kimimaru

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,704 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		$8,520.00
2nd	Mango		$3,408.00
3rd	Mew2King		$1,704.00
4th	Hungrybox		$1,022.40
5th	Leffen		$511.20
5th	Plup		$511.20
7th	Axe		$340.80
7th	Westballz		$340.80
9th	S2J		$170.40
9th	SFAT		$170.40
9th	ChuDat		$170.40
9th	Lucky		$170.40
13th	dizzkidboogie		$100.00
13th	Wizzrobe		$100.00
13th	KJH		$100.00
13th	Swedish Delight		$100.00
17th	Druggedfox		$75.00
17th	SmashG0D		$75.00
17th	PewPewU		$75.00
17th	Duck		$75.00
17th	Crush		$75.00
17th	ARMY		$75.00
17th	Shroomed		$75.00
17th	HugS		$75.00
25th	Santiago*		$50.00
25th	Abate		$50.00
25th	Mafia		$50.00
25th	MacD		$50.00
25th	Ice		$50.00
25th	Professor Pro		$50.00
25th	MikeHaze		$50.00
25th	Kels		$50.00
33rd	Medz
33rd	Syrox
33rd	Zhu
33rd	n0ne
33rd	s0ft
33rd	Colbol
33rd	Nintendude
33rd	Reno
33rd	Tai
33rd	Adam
33rd	KirbyKaze
33rd	Gahtzu
33rd	Slox
33rd	Chillin
33rd	Kalamazhu
33rd	Zain
49th	Fat Goku
49th	CIZ
49th	R2DLiu
49th	Darrell
49th	Bladewise
49th	Zgetto
49th	Vro
49th	Captain Faceroll
49th	Frootloop
49th	Iceman
49th	Eddy Mexico
49th	Eikelmann
49th	RK
49th	Amsah
49th	SilentSpectre
49th	Fiction

*Santiago entered under the tag "El Fuego".

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(381 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Armada		Android		$3,810 ($1,905 each)
2nd	Ice		Leffen		$1,524 ($762 each)
3rd	SFAT		PewPewU		$762 ($381 each)
4th	Plup		Axe		$533.40 ($266.70 each)
5th	Hungrybox		Mew2King		$304.80 ($152.40 each)
5th	Shroomed		Alan		$304.80 ($152.40 each)
7th	Ken		Santiago		$190.50 ($95.25 each)
7th	MacD		Druggedfox		$190.50 ($95.25 each)
9th	Reno		Lucky
9th	Gahtzu		Colbol
9th	Wavebringer		Ralph
9th	Bladewise		Syrox
13th	Chillin		ChuDat
13th	Rustin		Fat Goku
13th	Mafia		Slox
13th	CDK		Captain Faceroll
17th	Silent Wolf		Professor Pro
17th	Kira		PsychoMidget
17th	Tafokints		R2DLiu
17th	Eddy Mexico		Abate
17th	Zhu		Cactuar
17th	Redd		Zain
17th	Blea Gelo		n0ne
17th	The Moon		DJ Nintendo
25th	Ryan Ford		G$
25th	Darkatma		Frootloop
25th	HomeMadeWaffles		Darrell
25th	NMW		L
25th	Adam		Zgetto
25th	Westballz		Prince Abu
25th	Rocky		Spark
25th	Beach		KJH
33rd	Ryobeat		Captain Smuckers
33rd	Nintendude		SmashG0D
33rd	Bobby Frizz		Shinobi
33rd	Darkrain		KirbyKaze
33rd	Vortex		Equal
33rd	pheX		Usleon
33rd	FA0		Daydee
33rd	Tope		Cyrain
33rd	satdaddy (DQ)		Crush (DQ)
33rd	JKJ		Subtle
33rd	Jace		J666
33rd	Andymosity		Q
33rd	Iceman		Chip
33rd	Logos		Ka-master
33rd	C!Z		Vish
33rd	Wenbo		HAT

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(1,012 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$5,060
2nd	Ally		$2,024
3rd	ZeRo		$1,012
4th	CaptainZack		$607.20
5th	Mr.R		$303.60
5th	Abadango		$303.60
7th	komorikiri		$202.40
7th	Dabuz		$202.40
9th	VoiD		$101.20
9th	Ranai		$101.20
9th	Tweek		$101.20
9th	ANTi		$101.20
13th	Larry Lurr		$50.00
13th	9B		$50.00
13th	ESAM		$50.00
13th	Elegant		$50.00
17th	Marss
17th	Fatality
17th	Nairo
17th	NAKAT
17th	Chag
17th	Child
17th	Rich Brown
17th	MVD
25th	Earth
25th	Brood
25th	Salem
25th	K9sbruce
25th	Javi
25th	Kameme
25th	Locus
25th	AeroLink
33rd	Xzax
33rd	You3
33rd	James
33rd	Nietono
33rd	Tyrant
33rd	Zinoto
33rd	Manny
33rd	Raffi-X
33rd	SS
33rd	6WX
33rd	Shaky
33rd	DSS
33rd	Ito
33rd	Dath
33rd	Sinji
33rd	JK
49th	Legit
49th	Ling Ling
49th	Charliedaking
49th	Snoop
49th	Mr.E
49th	Viviff the Great
49th	Remzi
49th	Raito
49th	FOW
49th	Cacogen
49th	Darkshad
49th	Ryo
49th	Jan
49th	Nyanko
49th	dyr
49th	Samsora

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles

(236 teams)
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ally		MkLeo		$2,360.00 ($1,180.00 each)
2nd	Ranai		komorikiri		$944.00 ($472.00 each)
3rd	ANTi		Salem		$472.00 ($236.00 each)
4th	ZeRo		Nairo		$330.40 ($165.20 each)
5th	Abadango		Kameme		$188.80 ($94.40 each)
5th	Elegant		Aarvark		$188.80 ($94.40 each)
7th	ESAM		MVD		$118.00 ($59.00 each)
7th	Pink Fresh		CaptainZack		$118.00 ($59.00 each)
9th	Mr.R		S1
9th	Nietono		Nyanko
9th	Tweek		False
9th	Marss		Pugwest
13th	RAIN		Kuro
13th	Weegee		Shadow_FoxXD
13th	Dabuz		Samsora
13th	Mew2King		Mr.E
17th	Captain L		Locus
17th	VoiD		NAKAT
17th	Shaky		Tyrant
17th	Tearbear		Mr. ConCon
17th	NickRiddle		Dath
17th	Jtails		Zenyou
17th	Rich Brown		Larry Lurr
17th	Soulimar		Teb
25th	Ito		falln
25th	Fatality		dyr
25th	Zinoto		Ned
25th	Javi		Chag
25th	Diablo		BestNess
25th	Solid		Ollie
25th	The Wall		Raptor
25th	6WX		Rango
33rd	Earth		Umeki
33rd	Firefly		Big D
33rd	Trevonte		Soronie
33rd	You3		Kei
33rd	Hackoru		Koolaid
33rd	IC		Regi
33rd	FedVsRafa		Braixen
33rd	SilentDoom		Afro Smash
33rd	9B		FILIP
33rd	Remzi		Raffi-X
33rd	K9sbruce		SS
33rd	Manny		Day
33rd	James		SchwApple
33rd	Legit		Virus
33rd	JK		Lycan
33rd	Xzax		Rice

Side events

Super Smash Bros. combo contest

(12 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk		$500.00
2nd	Mariguas		$250.00
3rd	Tacos		$150.00
4th	Janitor		$100.00
5th	Dext3r
6th	Taimai
7th	JaimeHR
8th	Alvin
9th	Shears
10th	Dankpank
11th	Moonshoes
12th	Wookiee

Super Smash Bros. Melee Smash Draft crew battle

(8 crews, single elimination bracket)
Bracket
Names in bold indicate crew captains.

Place	Crew	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Characters(s)	Earnings
1st	Team Silentwolf	Silent Wolf		Bladewise		Mango		The Moon		HugS		$1,500.00 ($300.00 each)
2nd	Team Hungrybox	Hungrybox		Axe		Wizzrobe		Abate		Colbol
3rd	Team Nintendude	Nintendude		Plup		MikeHaze		Professor Pro		S2J
3rd	Team SFAT	SFAT		PewPewU		Shroomed		CDK*		Syrox
5th	Team Duck	Duck		Prince Abu		KJH		Kalamazhu*		Westballz
5th	Team Zhu	Zhu		Mew2King		Druggedfox		MacD		Santiago
5th	Team ChuDat	ChuDat		Slox*		Lucky		Laudandus		Gahtzu*
5th	Team Chillindude	Chillin		Ryan Ford*		n0ne		KirbyKaze		Rudolph

*CDK, Kalamazhu, Slox, Gahtzu, and Ryan Ford respectively replaced Azusa, Ice, Armada, Cactuar, and Leffen who chose not to participate.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U World Crews

(3 crews)
Rules
Round Robin
Three crews participated in the World Crews event: Team USA, Team Japan and Team MexiCanEU (a crew of top players from Mexico, Canada, and Europe). Names in bold indicate crew captains, and names in italics indicate substitutes.

Place	Crew	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Team USA	ZeRo		Nairo		Larry Lurr		Dabuz
		VoiD		ANTi		Salem		Samsora
		Tweek		Mr.E		Marss		Ito
2nd	Team Japan	Abadango		Ranai		komorikiri		Kameme
		Earth		Nietono		9B		Umeki
		Ri-ma		You3		RAIN		OCEAN
3rd	Team MexiCanEU	Ally		MkLeo*		Mr.R		Locus
		Javi		Regi		Chag		Captain L
		Bedgar		S1		IC		Big D

*MkLeo did not play.

USA vs Japan World Finals

USA Player	Character	Stocks Taken	Japan Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Tweek		1	Umeki		6
Ito		1	Kameme		1
ZeRo		6	Ranai		2
Salem		3	Abadango		4
Mr.E		2	Earth		3
VoiD		4	Nietono		2
ANTi		5	OCEAN		2
Larry Lurr		6	RAIN		1
Samsora		4	Ri-ma		2
Dabuz		2	9B		2
Nairo		2	You3		2
Marss		—	komorikiri		4
Total	—	36	Total	—	31

Controversy

The event has received criticism for its numerous complications. Before the start of the Melee event, Hungrybox was reseeded from 2nd to 5th due to a finger injury sustained prior to the event, resulting in the three best players at the event - him, Armada, and Mango - being placed on the same side of the bracket, leading to heavy controversy. In addition, the start of the Melee Smash Draft was delayed for several hours, while many players such as Armada, Ice, and Leffen decided to drop out of the side event, lowering its overall level of competition. At one point, power was cut off for the area of the venue designated for Smash 4, while Melee players continued playing. The venue suffered from a frequent loss of Wi-Fi greatly affecting the stream and the other two days of the tournament had their own delayed schedules as well. Unlike many supermajors of 2016, GENESIS 4 was criticized for lacking a side stream for both games, leaving many losers' bracket sets unrecorded.

Another controversy was in regard to the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U round 2 singles pools, in which the tournament organizers made mistakes concerning some matches, such as ESAM being pitted against Ito instead of DSS and Earth against 6WX instead of SS.

Perhaps most notably, it was discovered that the losers' eighths set between komorikiri and CaptainZack, as well as the set between ZeRo and Dabuz, were both played with a launch rate of 0.9. While it remains unclear how the launch rate was changed, many players argue that the competitive integrity of the event has been ruined due to the unusual circumstances of the matches. The tournament organizers have faced criticism for failing to check the setups earlier to ensure the proper ruleset, and for forcing komorikiri and CaptainZack to only replay the final game of the set, instead of replaying the entirety of both sets. Furthermore, disgruntled viewers of the tournament would later go on to express their anger about the incident by referring to the tournament as "GENESIS 3.9", and making numerous attacks towards the TOs. In addition to this, viewers also aimed their attacks towards VGBootCamp's upload of the match between komorikiri and CaptainZack, resulting in a comment response from GimR, in which he requested that users "not spam dislike the video", as it negatively affected their channel. Dr. Z justified that by stating that, by starting a game, the player accepted the result of the previous one. The TOs also claimed that the set between Dabuz and ZeRo was played with the correct settings, but it was later proven that it was not the case. Dabuz later made a TwitLonger asking for the reimbursement of his and komorikiri's travel fees. This request was satisfied as the TOs promised to allow Dabuz and komorikiri to attend a future major tournament of their choice with all expenses covered.

Trivia

• This was the last time the Melee Grand Finals of a GENESIS tournament pit Armada, coming from winner's bracket, against Mango, coming from loser's, which had happened in all previous entries.
• All of the Smash 64, Melee, and Smash 4 medals were misprinted to read "Super Mario Bros. 64", "Super Mario Bros. Melee" and "Super Mario Bros. WiiU Singles", respectively.
• Despite winning numerous major tournaments before primarily using Peach, this was actually the first time Armada (and any player for that matter,) won a major tournament with solo Peach.

External links

• start.gg page
• Facebook event
• GENESIS series Twitter account
• Official Trailer 1
• Smash Wii U Trailer