Tournament:Scuffed World Tour
| Scuffed World Tour | |
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| Dates | December 18th, 2022 |
| Venue | Golden Guardians Facility |
| Address/City | unknown Los Angeles, California 
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| Attendance | 32 |
| Pot size(s) | Melee Singles: $25,000 Ultimate Singles: $25,000 |
| Results | |
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 aMSa
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 Sparg0
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| Organizer(s) | Ludwig, Calvin, Anna Molly |
Scuffed World Tour was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament intended to serve as a replacement for the cancelled Smash World Tour 2022 Championships. It was hosted by Ludwig on December 18th, 2022. The 8 players with the most points on the Smash World Tour 2022 standings for both games were invited. Ludwig also added "8 more players that we handpick for each game"[1] for a total of 16 players per game.[2] The 1 player with the highest amount of points in a Smash World Tour 2022 region in the overall Top 30 of the leaderboards was invited if not already qualified.[3] Any replacements for players who couldn't attend were handpicked.[4] The tournament was a double-elimination bracket, with both games running simultaneously. There was a pot prize of $50,000 ($25,000 for each game). The tournament raised $27,589.39 for VGBootCamp, who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the cancellation of the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships,[5] and had to cancel major tournaments Glitch: Duel of Fates and Double Down 2023 in the process.[6]
Players invited/qualifiedEdit
MeleeEdit
The following players qualified by being the 8 highest players on the Smash World Tour 2022 standings for Melee:
| Name | Points |
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| Hungrybox |
3,300 |
| aMSa |
2,970 |
| Zain* |
2,600 |
| iBDW |
2,130 |
| Mang0 |
2,095 |
| Fiction |
1,690 |
| S2J |
1,605 |
 Professor Pro |
1,490 |
*Zain dropped out due to a family emergency.[7]
The following players were invited for being a regional point leader in the Top 30 on the Smash World Tour 2022 standings for Melee:
| Name | Points |
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 Raikin |
1,211 |
 Joshman |
890 |
The following players were invited by Ludwig for Melee:
UltimateEdit
The following players qualified by being the 8 highest players on the Smash World Tour 2022 standings for Ultimate:
| Name | Points |
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| MkLeo |
3,750 |
 Sonix |
2,835 |
 acola |
2,770 |
| Onin |
2,510 |
 Glutonny |
2,390 |
| Light |
2,270 |
| Riddles |
2,195 |
| Dabuz |
2,170 |
The following players were invited for being a regional point leader in the Top 30 on the Smash World Tour 2022 standings for Ultimate:
| Name | Points |
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| Jdizzle |
1,505 |
 Ferps |
1,191 |
The following players were invited by Ludwig for Ultimate:
Declined playersEdit
Zain was qualified for Melee, but dropped out due to a family emergency.[7] SluG, a Top 15 player in Melee, could not make it to Scuffed World Tour or Redemption Rumble.[18]
Tea, a Top 10 Ultimate player from Japan that qualified for the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships in Ultimate, declined to take some time off.[19] Yoshidora, another top player in Japan that qualified for the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships in Ultimate, could not make it to any more overseas tournaments in 2022.[20] He had not attended an overseas tournament at the time due to having work and being married, and used his paid time off days for the planned days for the cancelled Smash World Tour 2022 Championships.
ResultsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | aMSa |
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| 2nd | Hungrybox |
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| 3rd | Mango |
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| 4th | Axe |
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| 5th |  Leffen |
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| 5th | Jmook |
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| 7th | lloD |
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| 7th | iBDW |
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| 9th | S2J |
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| 9th | Fiction |
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| 9th | Plup |
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| 9th | KoDoRiN |
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| 13th | Professor Pro |
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| 13th | Inngenn |
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| 13th | Joshman |
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| 13th | Raikin |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Sparg0 |
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| 2nd | Tweek |
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| 3rd | Shuton |
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| 4th | acola |
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| 5th | MkLeo |
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| 5th | Light |
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| 7th | Glutonny |
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| 7th | Onin |
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| 9th | Miya |
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| 9th | Dabuz |
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| 9th | Sonix |
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| 9th | Riddles |
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| 13th | Jdizzle |
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| 13th |  Sisqui |
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| 13th | Maister |
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| 13th | Ferps |
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TriviaEdit
- The YouTuber Jacksepticeye's Top of the Mornin Coffee sponsored the tournament.[21][22]
- The tournament was going to overlap with the final day of the Panda Cup Finale before it was postponed.
- The Top 2 players of Ultimate, Sparg0 and Tweek, were the only two players who did not originally qualify for the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships.
- They also made Grand Finals at Mainstage 2022, two weeks prior.
- This tournament was the first time MkLeo and Shuton faced in Ultimate outside of a weekly. Shuton maintained his perfect record against MkLeo by defeating him 3-0 in Losers Quarterfinals, making their overall record 3-0 Shuton's favor in sets and 9-0 in games.
- On November 22, 2023, Alan Bunney would claim on the podcast Lights Out that the Scuffed World Tour was the "final nail in the coffin" that canceled the Panda Cup and forced Panda to shut down. This tournament happening on the same day Panda Cup was supposed to happen put Panda in a position where they could not compete with it or any future tournament in the state they were in, forcing them to refund the reportedly millions of dollars worth of sponsorship money for not upholding their end of contracts. Bunney would emphasize that he does not blame Ludwig or the organizers for causing this situation, as they could not have known what was happening to Panda behind the scenes.[23]
- The tournament was the first with all of the Four Horsemen of Ultimate in attendance (acola, Miya, Sonix, and Sparg0). They would be the Top 4 of the LumiRank 2023 season, which started the day after the tournament.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Big Update with the Smash Drama.
- ^ "16 people per game now".
- ^ Scuffed World Tour invites.
- ^ DQ replacements will be handpicked.
- ^ Smash World Tour first statement.
- ^ VGBootCamp's statement on the future.
- ^ a b Zain drops out of Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Plup invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Jmook invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Leffen invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ KoDoRiN invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ lloD invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Axe invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Sisqui invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Maister invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Shuton invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ Sparg0 invited to Scuffed World Tour.
- ^ SluG declines.
- ^ Tea declines.
- ^ Yoshidora declines (translation).
- ^ "If you need a sponsor, let me know! 👀".
- ^ Top of the Mornin Coffee sponsor.
- ^ Dr Alan Reveals EVERYTHING That Happened w/ Panda! | Lights Out Episode 36