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 led to an outcry of disappointment within the South American community, with many South American players accusing Smash World Tour and VGBootCamp for sidelining a community that saw seldom national representation. Amidst the controversy surrounding the final, GimR posted a response clearing up the situation, specifically noting their efforts to ensure tournament matches ran as smoothly as possible and the difficulty it took for South Americans to obtain a United States visa, especially during the pandemic.[4]
On August 1st, 2021, SWT: Europe Melee Regional Finals was postponed again to October 23rd-24th.[5]
On August 21st, 2021, the schedule on SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals's stream showed SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals was postponed to November 6th-7th, 2021, SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals was postponed to November 12th-14th, 2021, and SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals was postponed to November 23rd-24th, 2021.[6]
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: Central America Melee Regional Finals | August 28th-29th | Smash Factor | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Europe Melee Regional Finals | October 23rd-24th | HFLAN | 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 |
| SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals | November 12th-14th | CouchWarriors | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: East Asia Melee Regional Finals | November 23rd-24th | Battle GateWay | 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 |
July 31st[7] | TBD | 16 | Br1 AV
|
| SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals | August 21st-22nd | Smash Factor | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Europe Ultimate Regional Finals | September 18th-19th | Colossel | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA West Ultimate Regional Finals | October 9th-10th | Tourney Locator | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: East Asia Ultimate Regional Finals | November 6th-7th | Umebura | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals | November 6th-7th | Even Matchup Gaming | 16 | TBD |
| SWT: Oceania Melee & Ultimate Regional Finals | November 12th-14th | CouchWarriors | 16 | TBD |
Regional qualifier players
Melee
| Region | Invited players | Finale player(s) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central America | Bimbo |
Far! |
Lengüitas |
Dream |
 Kata |
SuperCuak |
DASH |
Morrito |
||||
| Eddy Mexico |
PanterA |
Valdo |
Yu |
 JCAM |
Aza |
JAVI |
Rael |
|||||
| Europe | ||||||||||||
| NA West | ||||||||||||
| NA East | ||||||||||||
| Oceania | ||||||||||||
| East Asia | ||||||||||||
| South America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  Chape
| |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | HP
| ||||
Ultimate
Players denoted with an asterisk (*) qualified but did not attend the regional final.
Trivia
- The Nintendo logo on Diddy Kong's cap was removed on the VGBootCamp Twitch stream layouts.[8]
References
- ^ MkLeo's opinion on SWT 2021.
- ^ Tweek's opinion on SWT 2021.
- ^ Smash World Tour date changes.
- ^ GimR's response.
- ^ Smash World Tour date changes.
- ^ Smash World Tour date changes.
- ^ Although the tournament was held on July 31st, the tournament sets were streamed on August 1st
- ^ Nintendo logo removed from Diddy Kong's cap.
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 |
