Tournament:Riptide 2024

Riptide 2024
Dates	September 6th-8th, 2024
Venue	Kalahari Resort
Address/City	7000 Kalahari Drive Sandusky, Ohio
Attendance	1,621
Results
winners	Zain 1v1  Jmook &  Cody Schwab 2v2
winners	Sparg0 1v1  Miya &  Hurt 2v2

Riptide 2024 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee major and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Sandusky, Ohio from September 6th-8th, 2024.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

After repeatedly struggling to host a major in the post-online era, including the previous two Riptide events falling short in terms of talent, the Midwest finally hosted their first Ultimate major since The Big House 10 in 2022 and their first Ultimate supermajor since the first Riptide in 2021. The tournament featured eight of the previous season's top 10, with only acola and TamaPDaifuku not present, and with over 1,000 entrants and a x2 multiplier present, this tournament was able to reach P-tier on the LumiRank 2024.2, making it one of the largest Ultimate events in the Midwest and the largest post-quarantine Midwest Ultimate event.

Unlike most supermajors of its caliber, the number of major upsets on top 64 seeds at Riptide was rather low, with only three upsets above an upset factor of 5 on the first day of singles. One of these upsets was on #2 seed Miya, who was upset by #15 seed Syrup 3-1 (upset factor 6), an upset that surprised many players, as Miya was widely considered to be one of the best players against Steve due to his frequent matches against acola. The other two upsets were also upset factor 6: #4 seed Hurt lost 2-3 to #29 seed Candle, while #16 seed Peabnut lost 1-3 to #113 seed Rob. Despite being upset, all three players entered top 24 on the loser's side.

Top 24 saw Miya lose to #13 seed Light 0-3 for 13th (upset factor 5), continuing his streak of underperformances at North American events. In addition, Snow took out Hurt at 17th, but lost his runback to Sonix to place 9th, while Asimo fell to Sparg0 0-3 and Riddles 2-3 for 9th, leaving Shuton as the only Japanese player in top 8, having upset Sonix (upset factor 5) to enter on the winner's side. Outside of Japan, #20 seed BeastModePaul upset #5 seed SHADIC 1-3 (upset factor 4), and #15 Syrup easily defeated Tweek 0-3. SHADIC was able to enter top 8 after defeating Light; however, Tweek fell to his bracket demon Zomba for 9th. Ultimately, four of the top 8 seeds were able to make it into the top 8, with Sparg0 being the only player to not drop a single game before top 8.

Top 8 also went mostly as expected. The top 4 sans Sparg0 notably were eliminated by the same player who had defeated them on the winner's side: Riddles lost 1-3 to Sonix for 4th, Sonix lost 2-3 to Shuton for 3rd, and Shuton lost 1-3 to Sparg0 for 2nd. This tournament marked Sparg0's second P-tier win in a row, putting him as the frontrunner for the #1 spot for the LumiRank 2024.2 season. In addition, this tournament was Shuton's best supermajor performance since Maesuma TOP 7 two years prior. Finally, this tournament marked the end of Sonix's 2nd-place streak and the first time he did not make Grand Finals at a major/supermajor since Super Smash Con 2023.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(601 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Zain		$3,606
2nd	Cody Schwab		$1,803
3rd	Aklo		$1,352.25
4th	Hungrybox		$901.50
5th	Spark		$450.75
5th	Plup		$450.75
7th	Wally		$225.38
7th	SDJ		$225.38
9th	Morsecode762
9th	Trif
9th	Polish
9th	ckyulmiqnudaetr
13th	Joshman
13th	Wizzrobe
13th	Medz
13th	bonfire10
17th	Holiday
17th	Fudge
17th	Jmook
17th	Soonsay
17th	Khryke
17th	n0ne
17th	Skerzo
17th	MOF
25th	Agent
25th	Ossify
25th	Louis
25th	coffee
25th	OG Kid
25th	Faust
25th	JSalt
25th	Slowking
33rd	HOBORG
33rd	Dao
33rd	Hunybear
33rd	POG Epic Gamer
33rd	DarkHero
33rd	Yamasaki
33rd	Trail
33rd	Drephen
33rd	Paladin
33rd	Ben
33rd	Sirmeris
33rd	Zuppy
33rd	Michael
33rd	Free Palestine
33rd	Preeminent
33rd	Bbatts
49th	Maher
49th	Bekvin
49th	Artan
49th	Justus
49th	Ober
49th	mgmg
49th	Goodie
49th	max
49th	Boyd
49th	LuigigoShard
49th	salami
49th	Dawson
49th	Blue
49th	InfernoJesus
49th	BushyMushy
49th	Anchor

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(117 teams)
Top 24 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Jmook		Cody Schwab		$936
2nd	Free Palestine		Polish		$468
3rd	Hungrybox		Plup		$351
4th	Zuppy		Medz		$234
5th	Wizzrobe		Axe		$117
5th	TheAsianOne		Artan		$117
7th	Drephen		Boyd		$58.50
7th	Ossify		Negat!ve		$58.50
9th	CakeAssault		MOF
9th	Preeminent		Soonsay
9th	Sirmeris		Justus
9th	Maher		Aklo
13th	Wills		salami
13th	Blandeezy		Hank
13th	SpacePigeon		rainy
13th	Justin Joe		Cantus

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,024 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sparg0		$6,144
2nd	Shuton		$3,072
3rd	Sonix		$2,304
4th	Riddles		$1,536
5th	BeastModePaul		$768
5th	Syrup		$768
7th	Zomba		$384
7th	SHADIC		$384
9th	Light
9th	Snow
9th	Asimo
9th	Tweek
13th	Miya
13th	Lui$
13th	Lima
13th	GuyGuy
17th	MuteAce
17th	Onin
17th	Candle
17th	ATATA
17th	Pharaoh
17th	Peabnut
17th	Jahzz0
17th	Hurt
25th	Pacha
25th	Chase
25th	IcyMist
25th	Geist
25th	Atomic
25th	Kola
25th	Quidd
25th	Cosmos
33rd	Doorstop
33rd	Ravenking
33rd	abezuraa
33rd	Beast
33rd	Anarchy
33rd	Aaron
33rd	omega
33rd	Skeleton
33rd	Char
33rd	Wrath
33rd	NoTag
33rd	Deathspade
33rd	PkChris
33rd	JeJaJeJa
33rd	Wildz
33rd	Rob.
49th	enhancedpv
49th	Zie
49th	Mugen
49th	Ikan
49th	Luxa
49th	Azrael
49th	IceKnight
49th	BassMage
49th	Justice
49th	loaf
49th	Ling
49th	G-XTREME
49th	Ojwaddler
49th	AndrewT
49th	Leviathan
49th	Apple Reviewer
65th	Butter
65th	Juanpi
65th	ApolloKage
65th	Sonido
65th	Zandomo
65th	Rocke
65th	pango
65th	Vidad
65th	Skitz
65th	Yoda Cage
65th	Frostbyte
65th	Zinoto
65th	Viri
65th	HENRY LUMA
65th	Osh9
65th	Emdy
65th	Pneuma
65th	DM
65th	Dany2theny
65th	Spritzy
65th	Phirb
65th	Nad79
65th	Suspect
65th	Free KayFlock
65th	Toad
65th	Towa
65th	ChunkyKong
65th	Ned
65th	Chugs
65th	Yeast
65th	Alo!
65th	Karflo
97th	Zen
97th	D-Money
97th	doug todd
97th	Symphonies
97th	Kurshaun
97th	Zefty
97th	LOE1
97th	Jin
97th	Sogoodpop
97th	malachite
97th	Thass
97th	SVP
97th	Rob Gucci
97th	Wheezer
97th	Baskin
97th	Grease All Mighty
97th	Squidplumber
97th	Amaryllis
97th	Kople
97th	Regalo
97th	Sytonix
97th	rydra
97th	Ardeo
97th	Ranger
97th	Dovidio
97th	Xurii
97th	Justin24
97th	WinterShorts
97th	Colorondo8
97th	Dice
97th	sammm
97th	Mistah Ping
129th	Mistral
129th	comet
129th	Quank
129th	Player 4
129th	StarZ
129th	Tenant
129th	PsyKoD
129th	Dylster
129th	Pneumatic
129th	Gamerdog
129th	XYK
129th	Weeblewobs
129th	Senn
129th	Blueboo
129th	Woulphy
129th	Grompy00
129th	Solarose
129th	Gomakenpi
129th	Tei Tenga
129th	NationWide
129th	Mastronarde
129th	Syphir
129th	Alternis
129th	Tractor the Thot Killer
129th	Meta-Main
129th	Dawn
129th	CrowZ
129th	Juice
129th	Roger
129th	Paras
129th	Eclipz
129th	Quack
129th	Avien
129th	IllusioN
129th	Izaiah
129th	SpaceMiner
129th	Ripcord
129th	Eclipz
129th	CamoCat
129th	Trile & Error
129th	Memphis
129th	TimPrater
129th	Kyle
129th	skittles
129th	C-
129th	Oofgo
129th	KOM
129th	TrueDingus
129th	+
129th	Beastly
129th	Echofire
129th	Cody
129th	Arctice
129th	Nanukka
129th	Arkdee
129th	Nexus
129th	BONK!
129th	boku
129th	Morly!
129th	spoop
129th	BlassTD
129th	sandbag
129th	Wizzrobe
129th	Mirai
129th	Loafer

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(145 teams)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hurt		Miya		$1,160 ($580 each)
2nd	Cosmos		Light		$580 ($290 each)
3rd	MuteAce		Chase		$435 ($217.50 each)
4th	Lui$		Zomba		$290 ($145 each)
5th	loaf		Mastronarde		$145 ($72.50 each)
5th	Peabnut		Justice		$145 ($72.50 each)
7th	Rocke		Justin24		$72.50 ($36.25 each)
7th	Shuton		Snow		$72.50 ($36.25 each)
9th	Onin		rydra
9th	Shigura		Osh9
9th	Beast		StarZ
9th	Juanpi		Lima
13th	ApolloKage		Weeblewobs
13th	Alo!		Mercury
13th	Quidd		Cody
13th	Beastly		Atomic

Side events

Squad Strike

(262 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Miya
2nd	Shuton
3rd	Hurt
4th	Chase
5th	GuyGuy
5th	Riddles
7th	Snow
7th	Beastly
9th	enhancedpv
9th	Asimo
9th	Blueboo
9th	Luxa
13th	loaf
13th	Beast
13th	NoTag
13th	Leviathan

External links

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