Tournament:LVL UP EXPO 2023
| LVL UP EXPO 2023 | |
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| Dates | February 17th-19th, 2023 |
| Venue | The Las Vegas Convention Center |
| Address/City | 3150 S Paradise Road Las Vegas, Nevada 
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| Attendance | 485 |
| Results | |
 winners
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 aMSa 1v1 Nut & Kürv 2v2
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 winners
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Light 1v1 Cosmos & Light 2v2
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LVL UP EXPO 2023 was a video game convention held in Las Vegas from February 17th-19th, 2023, that held Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments. VGBootCamp had planned to hold Double Down 2023 at LVL UP EXPO at the event before they cancelled due to their communications with Nintendo surrounding the Smash World Tour 2022.[1]
ResultsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit
(87 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | aMSa |
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$2,000 |
| 2nd | KoDoRiN |
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$1,000 |
| 3rd | Hungrybox |
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$700 |
| 4th | Hax$ |
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$500 |
| 5th | prof |
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$250 |
| 5th | Logos |
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$250 |
| 7th | Kürv |
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$150 |
| 7th | Casper |
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$150 |
| 9th | Omar |
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| 9th | nut |
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| 9th | Arban |
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| 9th | Vorporal |
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| 13th | Tato |
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| 13th | Ryan |
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| 13th | Noshi |
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| 13th | Greenbean |
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| 17th | Wacco |
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| 17th | Butterscotch |
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| 17th | Slump |
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| 17th | Mr. Moose |
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| 17th | Peeric |
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| 17th | Dante |
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| 17th | CJ |
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| 17th | Kola |
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Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit
(11 teams)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Nut |
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Kürv |
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$154 ($77 per person) |
| 2nd | Ryan |
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Butterscotch |
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$66 ($33 per person) |
| 3rd | Vorporal |
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Noshi |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit
(389 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Light |
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$4,000 |
| 2nd | Tweek |
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$2,000 |
| 3rd |  Sonix |
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$1,400 |
| 4th | Cosmos |
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$1,000 |
| 5th | Mr. E |
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$500 |
| 5th | Kola |
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$500 |
| 7th | Marss |
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$300 |
| 7th | Zomba |
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$300 |
| 9th | MVD |
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| 9th | Capitancito |
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| 9th | ven |
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| 9th | Nito |
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| 13th | Wrath |
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| 13th | Kreeg |
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| 13th | frawg |
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| 13th | Goblin |
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| 17th | Capsize |
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| 17th | Lui$ |
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| 17th | Chase |
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| 17th | Chronos |
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| 17th | Quandale Dinglelingleton |
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| 17th | Armo |
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| 17th | VoiD |
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| 17th |  Andrik |
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| 25th | Grandmaster |
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| 25th | Cless |
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| 25th | Sticccy |
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| 25th | L-Vis |
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| 25th | Jakal |
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| 25th | Nexus |
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| 25th | Abe |
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| 25th | Juice |
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| 33rd | Midnight |
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| 33rd | Kyros |
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| 33rd | Demon |
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| 33rd | Dakpo |
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| 33rd | Tux |
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| 33rd | Atlas |
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| 33rd | RuneRavenFP |
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| 33rd | RetroPix |
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| 33rd | G0ldenPSI |
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| 33rd |  Peppa |
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| 33rd | IllusioN |
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| 33rd | RiskTKR |
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| 33rd | Marvelous_Marco |
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| 33rd | Seesaw |
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| 33rd | Zurg |
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| 33rd | Justice |
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| 49th | Seto |
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| 49th | Kasai |
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| 49th | Gibbles |
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| 49th | Kermit |
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| 49th | JunE |
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| 49th | BOAT |
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| 49th | Dr. Iggy |
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| 49th | Quinn |
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| 49th | Theedium |
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| 49th | Koiko |
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| 49th | BBW |
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| 49th | Hungrybox |
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| 49th | Fancy |
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| 49th | Guti |
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| 49th | Tornado92 |
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| 49th | Jank |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit
(54 teams)
Top 4 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Cosmos |
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Light |
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$540 ($270 per person) |
| 2nd | Tweek |
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Marss |
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$324 ($162 per person) |
| 3rd | Wrath |
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Sonix |
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$216 ($108 per person) |
| 4th | Dakpo |
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ven |
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| 5th | Chase |
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Lui$ |
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| 5th | Jank |
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JayFlyT |
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| 7th | Sticccy |
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RiskTKR |
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| 7th | Synergy |
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grandmaster |
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| 9th | Kyros |
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Marvelous_Marco |
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| 9th | teigo |
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frawg |
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| 9th | Quinn |
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Midnight |
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| 9th | MVD |
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RuneRavenFP |
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| 13th | Nexus |
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Mr. E |
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| 13th |  ShiNe |
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Zyro |
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| 13th | Caius |
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Z |
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| 13th | Mishunz |
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Gibbles |
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Side eventsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stages singlesEdit
- Matches must be played on a random stage.
- Random Stage Select will be set to choose between the following stages - Rainbow Cruise, Kongo Jungle, Mute City, Green Greens, Corneria.
- Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 3.
(10 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Arban |
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| 2nd | bluezaft |
Super Smash Bros. Melee Poké Ball singlesEdit
- Poké Balls on medium (all other items off).
- RPS for who gets to pick the stage.
- Stages are Pokémon Stadium and Poké Floats.
- Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 3 until the Final match, which will be Best of 5.
(8 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Omar |
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| 2nd | Vorporal |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random singlesEdit
- Both players must pick random as their character.
- Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.
- Standard tournament ruleset otherwise. (Striking, Stocks, etc.)
(64 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Chase |
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| 2nd | Lui$ |
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| 3rd | Theedium |
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| 3rd | ShiNe |
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| 5th | Synergy |
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| 5th | ToP Lu Bu |
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| 5th | Ryan |
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| 5th | Midnight |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Game and Watch Judge singlesEdit
- 60% damage handicap.
- Single Elimination. Best of 1 game. 3 stocks per player.
- Play on Final Destination.
- Players will take alternating turns hitting each other with the hammer (side-B).
- The player getting hit must stand in the middle of the stage. The attacker must not try to push the opponent to gain a tactical advantage.
- Going first will be determined by Rock Paper Scissors.
- SDs will count against your stock total. Hitting your opponent with any other move or when it is not your turn will result in you losing the stock.
- Finals will be 10 stocks, Best 2 out of 3 games.
(32 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Kermit |
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| 2nd | Katnip |
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| 3rd | bobby |
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| 3rd | GeorgeGamer |
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| 5th | IzzyFlo |
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| 5th | Armo |
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| 5th | Watermelön |
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| 5th | Lognobu |
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TriviaEdit
- ven's Zelda and Capitancito's Mii Gunner both placed 9th in Ultimate, the highest placement at a major tournament for both characters out of any Smash game.
- Yn tied ven's placement two weeks later at Maesuma TOP 11.
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
| LVL UP EXPO | |
|---|---|
| LVL UP EXPO 2016 · LVL UP EXPO 2018 · LVL Up Expo 2019 · LVL UP EXPO 2020 · LVL UP EXPO 2022 · LVL UP EXPO 2023 · LVL UP EXPO 2024 |