The Nightclub | |
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Info | |
Founded | 2019 |
Region | Tristate |
Format | Double elimination (96 player cap for most events) |
Most successful player(s) | Aklo (21 wins) Rishi (16 wins) 2saint (15 wins) Hax$ (12 wins) |
Staff | |
Organizer(s) | Clèmbulé, DarkGenex, Ryobeat |
The Nightclub, previously known as Hax's Nightclub @ Operating System NYC or HNC/Hax's Nightclub, is the premier Super Smash Bros. Melee weekly/local in New York City, being a replacement for Nebulous since its closure. It has been run since September 2019. It is run on Wednesday nights (7:30 PM) by DarkGenex, Ryobeat and many others. The tournament is sponsored by Andbox, a "family of gamers, artists, makers and breakers" who also sponsor other competitive events/teams (NYXL) at this location as well as at . The venue has helped spark the renaissance of the NYC Melee scene, and the current Melee New York City Power Rankings are based primarily on these results. Along with the usual Tri-State players, the well-ran events have had many out-of-state players come, such as Kalamazhu and aMSa due to the high level of weekly competition. Tournament winners include Hax$, Rishi, Captain Smuckers, 2Saint, Aklo, and others. Like most other tournaments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event had mostly ran online attracting competition from around the US but has since switched.They originally ran 64 man events to reduce potential exposure but more recently the tournaments have a 96 man cap. A rare exception was the 128 pre-Apex 2022 event which aMSa won over Aklo having to win 2 sets after having been upset in winners by 2Saint.
RebrandingEdit
Due to controversies surrounding Hax$, the event was renamed to The Nightclub and now it is run by Clèmbulé, Ryobeat, DarkGenex, and others. Their first event was on July 28th, 2021 and they have continued since then. Hax$ was recently unbanned and has since won a nightclub.
Experimental rulesetEdit
The tournament is known for its experimental ruleset compared to other locals around the country. These include:
- Running on lagless widescreen HDMI monitors through an UnclePunch/Achilles (creator of 20XX) mod
- "Frozen" stages (Pokémon Stadium without transformations, Dream Land without wind, and Yoshi's Story without Shy Guys)
- A different stage list due to these changes with Battlefield, Dream Land 64, Fountain of Dreams, Pokémon Stadium, and Yoshi's Story as starters, with Final Destination as a Counterpick
- Anti-Wobbling patch, which forces pummels to let go of characters after a certain amount
- Ledge grab limit of 60
- Removing the bright white cloudy portion of the FD transformation due to blinding visuals
TournamentsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit
Tournament | Date | Entrants | Winner | Runner-up |
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Hax's Nightclub #0 | July 17th, 2019 | 48 | 2saint | Rishi |
Hax's Nightclub #0.5 | July 31st, 2019 | 30 | Rishi | 2saint |
Hax's Nightclub #0 | September 12th, 2019 | 28 | Rishi | Wassabi |
Hax's Nightclub #1 | September 18th, 2019 | 46 | Rishi | lint |
Hax's Nightclub #2 | September 25th, 2019 | 48 | Rishi | Mot$ |
Hax's Nightclub #3 | October 2nd, 2019 | 47 | Whiskers | The Moon |
Hax's Nightclub #4 | October 9th, 2019 | 48 | Captain Smuckers | Rishi |
Hax's Nightclub #5 | October 16th, 2019 | 42 | Rishi | SloX |
Hax's Nightclub #6 | October 23rd, 2019 | 47 | SloX | Foxy Grandpa |
Hax's Nightclub #7 | October 30th, 2019 | 47 | Ryobeat | TheSWOOPER |
Hax's Nightclub #8 | November 6th, 2019 | 48 | DJ Nintendo | TheSWOOPER |
Hax's Nightclub #9 | November 13th, 2019 | 43 | Whiskers | Poonslayer7 |
Hax's Nightclub #10 | November 20th, 2019 | 40 | Captain Smuckers | Leighton |
Hax's Nightclub #11 | November 27th, 2019 | 33 | Captain Smuckers | Ryobeat |
Hax's Nightclub S0E13 | December 4th, 2019 | 37 | Soonsay | Rishi |
Hax's Nightclub S0E14 | December 11th, 2019 | 32 | Ryobeat | Captain Smuckers |
Hax's Nightclub S0E15 | December 18th, 2019 | 50 | Rishi | Captain Smuckers |
Hax's Nightclub S1E1 | January 1st, 2020 | 63 | Captain Smuckers | 2saint |
Hax's Nightclub S1E2 | January 8th, 2020 | 56 | Rishi | Aklo |
Hax's Nightclub S1E3 | January 15th, 2020 | 65 | Captain Smuckers | Rishi |
Hax's Nightclub S1E4 | January 22nd, 2020 | 64 | Hax$ | Captain Smuckers |
Hax's Nightclub S1E5 | January 29th, 2020 | 72 | Rishi | Aklo |
Hax's Nightclub S1E6 | February 5th, 2020 | 68 | SloX | Whiskers |
Hax’s Nightclub S1E7 | February 12th, 2020 | 67 | Captain Smuckers | Whiskers |
Hax's Nightclub S1E8 | February 19th, 2020 | 72 | Rishi | Captain Smuckers |
Hax's Nightclub S1E9 | February 26th, 2020 | 68 | Captain Smuckers | Rishi |
Hax's Nightclub S1E10 | March 4th, 2020 | 57 | Aklo | Captain Smuckers |
Hax's Nightclub S2E1 | January 2nd, 2021 | 566 | moky | Ginger |
The Nightclub S1E1 | July 28th, 2021 | 48 | Aklo | Just Jason |
The Nightclub S1E2 | August 3rd, 2021 | 48 | Aklo | Jflex |
The Nightclub S1E3 | August 10th, 2021 | 48 | Aklo | Leighton |
The Nightclub S1E4 | August 17th, 2021 | 48 | Jflex | Aklo |
The Nightclub S1E5 | August 25th, 2021 | 65 | Tyler Swift | Jflex |
The Nightclub S1E6 | September 8th, 2021 | 48 | SloX | Mot$ |
The Nightclub S1E7 | September 15th, 2021 | 51 | Jflex | JoJo |
The Nightclub S1E8 | September 22nd, 2021 | 53 | JoJo | Wally |
The Nightclub S1E9 | September 29th, 2021 | 58 | Jflex | JoJo |
The Nightclub S1E10 | October 6th, 2021 | 36 | Warmmer | Jflex |
The Nightclub S1E11 | October 13th, 2021 | 40 | Whiskers | Just Jason |
The Nightclub S1E12 | October 20th, 2021 | 54 | Aklo | KoDoRiN |
The Nightclub S2E1 | October 27th, 2021 | 32 | Aklo | Wally |
The Nightclub S2E2 | November 3rd, 2021 | 60 | Jflex | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S2E3 | November 10th, 2021 | 49 | JoJo | Heartstrings |
The Nightclub S2E4 | November 17th, 2021 | 47 | Aklo | Jflex |
The Nightclub S2E5 | November 24th, 2021 | 61 | Aklo | Tyler Swift |
The Nightclub S2E6 | December 1st, 2021 | 41 | Whiskers | Wally |
The Nightclub S2E7 | December 8th, 2021 | 32 | FLiiNcHy | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S2E8 | December 15th, 2021 | 37 | Warmmer | Heartstrings |
The Nightclub Online: Function Flyout | December 29th, 2021 | 87 | Panda | Zuppy |
The Nightclub Online S1E2 | January 12th, 2022 | 112 | iBDW | Aklo |
The Nightclub Online S1E3 | January 26th, 2022 | 71 | moky | Aklo |
The Nightclub S2E9 | February 9th, 2022 | 59 | Aklo | Mot$ |
The Nightclub S2E10 | February 16th, 2022 | 58 | Aklo | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S2E11 | February 23rd, 2022 | 65 | SloX | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S2E12 | March 2nd, 2022 | 63 | Chem | Just Jason |
The Nightclub S2E13 | March 9th, 2022 | 50 | SloX | K8A |
The Nightclub S2E14 | March 16th, 2022 | 76 | JoJo | Guava |
The Nightclub S2E15 | March 23rd, 2022 | 47 | Aklo | SloX |
The Nightclub S2E16 | March 30th, 2022 | 53 | 404Cray | SloX |
The Nightclub VIP: iBDW | April 3rd, 2022 | 118 | Aklo | iBDW |
The Nightclub S3E1 | April 6th, 2022 | 50 | 2saint | JoJo |
The Nightclub S3E2 | April 13th, 2022 | 40 | SloX | 2saint |
The Nightclub S3E3 | April 20th, 2022 | 74 | 2saint | Heartstrings |
The Nightclub S3E4 | April 27th, 2022 | 62 | SloX | Rishi |
The Nightclub S3E5 | May 4th, 2022 | 96 | 2saint | Zuppy |
The Nightclub S3E6 | May 18th, 2022 | 66 | 2saint | Nintendude |
The Nightclub S3E7 | May 25th, 2022 | 77 | 2saint | Aklo |
The Nightclub S3E8 | June 1st, 2022 | 77 | 2saint | Just Jason |
The Nightclub S3E9 | June 8th, 2022 | 80 | Chem | Heartstrings |
The Nightclub S3E10 | June 15th, 2022 | 75 | Jflex | K8A |
The Nightclub S3E11 | June 22nd, 2022 | 81 | Jflex | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S3E12 | June 29th, 2022 | 80 | 2saint | Jflex |
The Nightclub S4E1 | July 6th, 2022 | 78 | Bbatts | Jflex |
The Nightclub S4E2 | July 20th, 2022 | 77 | TheSWOOPER | Bbatts |
The Nightclub S4E3 | July 27th, 2022 | 70 | 2saint | Jflex |
The Nightclub S4E4 | August 3rd, 2022 | 93 | Jflex | 2saint |
The Nightclub S4E5 | August 10th, 2022 | 85 | 2saint | Jflex |
The Nightclub S4E6 | August 24th, 2022 | 101 | Captain Smuckers | Jflex |
The Nightclub S4E7 | August 31st, 2022 | 69 | Rishi | Guava |
The Nightclub S4E8 | September 6th, 2022 | 46 | Aklo | JoJo |
The Nightclub S4E9 | September 14th, 2022 | 88 | Rishi | TheSWOOPER |
The Nightclub S4E10 | September 21st, 2022 | 61 | Aklo | JoJo |
The Nightclub S4E11 | September 28th, 2022 | 93 | 2saint | Rishi |
The Nightclub S5E1 | October 5th, 2022 | 64 | Rishi | 2saint |
The Nightclub S5E2 | October 12th, 2022 | 62 | Rishi | JoJo |
The Nightclub S5E3 | October 19th, 2022 | 74 | 2saint | Jflex |
The Nightclub S5E4 | October 26th, 2022 | 64 | Ryobeat | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S5E5 | November 2nd, 2022 | 70 | 2saint | JoJo |
The Nightclub S5E6 | November 9th, 2022 | 79 | Just Jason | K8A |
The Nightclub S5E7 | November 16th, 2022 | 128 | aMSa | Aklo |
The Nightclub S5E8 | November 23rd, 2022 | 60 | Jflex | Ryobeat |
The Nightclub S5E9 | November 30th, 2022 | 84 | Guava | Chopsteezy |
The Nightclub S5E10 | December 7th, 2022 | 56 | Rishi | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S5E11 | December 14th, 2022 | 75 | Rishi | 2saint |
The Nightclub S5E12 | December 21st, 2022 | 71 | 2saint | Jflex |
The Nightclub S5E13 | December 28th, 2022 | 73 | DrLobster | Ryobeat |
The Nightclub S6E1 | January 4th, 2023 | 97 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S6E2 | January 11th, 2023 | 98 | Hax$ | 2saint |
The Nightclub S6E3 | January 18th, 2023 | 98 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S6E4 | January 25th, 2023 | 87 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S6E5 | February 1st, 2023 | 98 | Hax$ | Aklo |
The Nightclub S6E6 | February 8th, 2023 | 93 | Tazio | Louis |
The Nightclub S6E7 | February 15th, 2023 | 85 | 2saint | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S6E8 | February 22nd, 2023 | 100 | Ryobeat | 2saint |
The Nightclub S6E9 | March 1st, 2023 | 84 | Hax$ | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S6E10 | March 8th, 2023 | 128 | Aklo | Trif |
The Nightclub S6E11 | March 15th, 2023 | 65 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S6E12 | March 22nd, 2023 | 88 | Hax$ | 2saint |
The Nightclub S6E13 | March 29th, 2023 | 91 | K8A | Louis |
The Nightclub S7E1 | April 5th, 2023 | 90 | Hax$ | Captain Smuckers |
The Nightclub S7E2 | April 12th, 2023 | 92 | Hax$ | 2saint |
The Nightclub S7E3 | April 19th, 2023 | 76 | Hax$ | Rishi |
The Nightclub S7E4 | April 26th, 2023 | 81 | Rishi | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S7E5 | May 3rd, 2023 | 78 | Hax$ | Freezus |
The Nightclub S7E6 | May 10th, 2023 | 85 | Louis | K8A |
The Nightclub S7E7 | May 17th, 2023 | 96 | Hax$ | Rishi |
The Nightclub S7E8 | May 24th, 2023 | 101 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S7E9 | May 31st, 2023 | 88 | Hax$ | Aklo |
The Nightclub S7E11 | June 14th, 2023 | 89 | Aklo | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S7E12 | June 21st, 2023 | 77 | Bbatts | Aklo |
The Nightclub VIP 2 | June 24th, 2023 | 161 | Chem | Hax$ |
The Nightclub S7E13 | June 28th, 2023 | 83 | Hax$ | Louis |