Tournament:Smash World Tour 2021
| Smash World Tour 2021 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Info | |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Region | Online |
| Format | Double Elimination |
| Website(s) | Smash World Tour website |
The Smash World Tour 2021 is a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament circuit organized by the team behind VGBootCamp.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the circuit will run online qualifiers for both games; however, the regional qualifiers and finale will be offline. The pot prize will start at $150,000 ($75,000 for each game), with a few ways to increase it throughout the year.
Format
"Phase One" is different between each game. For Melee, a panel of players will determine 16 players to invite to each regional finale. Players will be selected based upon several factors, including their performances in both 2020 and 2021 tournaments. For Ultimate, online qualifier tournaments will be held in each region, with 8 or 16 players advancing to the regional qualifier.
"Phase Two" will be mostly offline. Each region will host a regional qualifier which will determine the players sent to the finale, with the number of finale slots depending on the region.
"Phase Three" will be the finale, where the top 32 players of each game face off.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
As the circuit was announced during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no qualifier tournaments for Melee while all Ultimate qualifiers were held online. This has led to a negative reaction from several top players such as MkLeo and Tweek, who noted how unreliable Ultimate's online netcode was.[1][2] Indeed, several matches were fought with a distance of over 2,000 kilometers between the players while several controversies related to connection problems popped up throughout the qualifiers, most notably in tournaments that spanned an entire continent such as South America and Europe.
On June 21st, 2021, the tournament dates of the second phase tournaments were moved around to accommodate the varying progress of the pandemic in each region. Due to the severe status of the pandemic in South America, the in-person tournament for the region was canceled. Instead, Chape and HP were chosen as the South American Melee finalists while the Ultimate qualifier was changed to online.[3] This announcement has since resulted in disappointment within the South American community.
Official Ruleset
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Game settings
- Stocks: 4
- Timer: 8:00
- Handicap: Off
- Damage Ratio: x1.0
- Items: Off
- Pause: Off
- Team Attack: On
Stages
| Starter | Counterpick |
|---|---|
| Yoshi's Story | Pokémon Stadium |
| Fountain of Dreams | |
| Battlefield | |
| Final Destination | |
| Dream Land |
Additional rules
- Stage Clause: A player may not pick any stage they previously won on during the set.
- Ledge Grab Limit: 60 per game
- Wobbling and the Freeze glitch are not permitted.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Game settings
- Stocks: 3
- Timer: 7:00
- Team Attack: On
- Launch Rate: x1.0
- Items: Off and None
- FS Meter: Off
- Damage Handicap: Off
- Custom Balance: Off
- Spirits: Off
- Pause: Off
- Stage Selection: Loser's Pick
- Stage Hazards: Off
- Stage Morph: Off
- Underdog Boost: Off
- Score Display: Off
- Show Damage: Yes
Options
- Radar: Small
- Echo Fighters: Separate
- Mii Fighters are permitted with any combination of specials.
Stages
| Starter | Counterpick |
|---|---|
| Battlefield | Kalos Pokémon League |
| Final Destination* | Lylat Cruise |
| Smashville | Yoshi's Story |
| Pokémon Stadium 2 | Small Battlefield |
| Town and City |
*Ω form Battlefield may be substituted for Final Destination at the request of either player.
List of tournaments
Melee
Phase Two
| Event | Date | Community Spotlight | Attendance | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWT: Europe Melee Regional Finals | August 14th-15th | HFLAN | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals | August 27th-29th | CouchWarriors | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Central America Melee Regional Finals | August 28th-29th | Smash Factor | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: East Asia Melee Regional Finals | October 2nd-3rd | Battle GateWay | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals | October 23rd-24th | Galint Gaming | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA East Melee Regional Finals | October 30th-31st | The Big House | 16 | TBD |
Ultimate
Phase One
| Event | Date | Community Spotlight | Attendance | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWT: Mexico Ultimate Online Qualifier |
March 13th-14th | Smash Factor | 348 |  Sparg0
|
| SWT: Oceania Ultimate Online Qualifier |
March 20th-21st | CouchWarriors | 155 |  Kinaji
|
| SWT: Central America South Ultimate Online Qualifier |
March 26th-28th | Sweetspot | 229 |  Capitancito
|
| SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier |
April 3rd-4th | CoVill Gaming | 519 |  Br1 AV
|
| SWT: Europe Ultimate Online Qualifier |
April 10th-11th | VCA | 1,802 |  Bloom4Eva
|
| SWT: Japan Ultimate Online Qualifier |
April 17th-18th | Tamisuma | 210 |  KEN
|
| SWT: East Asia South Ultimate Online Qualifier |
April 24th-25th | Core-A Events | 190 |  XIFL
|
| SWT: NA Southwest Ultimate Online Qualifier |
May 1st-2nd | Beyond the Summit | 1,007 |  Scend
|
| SWT: NA Northwest Ultimate Online Qualifier |
May 8th-9th | Port Priority | 380 | SKITTLES!!
|
| SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier |
May 15th-16th | MomoCon | 685 | Vendetta
|
| SWT: NA Northeast Ultimate Online Qualifier |
May 22nd-23rd | Shine | 2,161 | Tweek
|
Phase Two
| Event | Date | Community Spotlight | Attendance | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals |
August 1st | TBD | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals | August 21st-22nd | Smash Factor | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals | August 27th-29th | CouchWarriors | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Europe Ultimate Regional Finals | September 18th-19th | Colossel | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals | September 25th-26th | Umebura | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA West Ultimate Regional Finals | October 9th-10th | Tourney Locator | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals | November 6th-7th | Even Matchup Gaming | 16 | TBD |
Regional qualifier players
Melee
| Region | Invited players | Finale players | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | ||||||||||||
| Oceania | ||||||||||||
| Central America | ||||||||||||
| East Asia | ||||||||||||
| NA West | ||||||||||||
| NA East | ||||||||||||
| South America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  Chape
| |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | HP
| ||||
Ultimate
Trivia
- The Nintendo logo on Diddy Kong's cap was removed on the VGBootCamp Twitch stream layouts.[4] This could be due to the render being flipped horizontally.
References
External links
| Smash World Tour 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Mexico · Oceania · Central America South · South America · Europe · Japan · East Asia South · NA Southwest · NA Northwest · NA Southeast · NA Northeast |
| Phase 2 | South America Ultimate · Central America (Melee · Ultimate) · Europe (Melee · Ultimate) · NA West (Melee · Ultimate) · NA East (Melee · Ultimate) · East Asia (Melee · Ultimate) |
| Finale | Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier · Smash World Tour 2021 Championships |
