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Ludwig Smash Invitational
Ludwig Smash Invitational logo.png
Dates October 21st-23rd, 2022
Venue HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas
Address/City Luxor Hotel & Casino, Luxor Dr
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 168
Entry fees Last Chance Qualifier: $40
Pot size(s) $34,002 (Melee)
$34,002 (Ultimate)
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Zain 1v1
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1

Ludwig Smash Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament that was held on October 21st-23rd, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by commentator and YouTube streamer Ludwig. There were 24 players directly invited and 8 players qualified through a Last Chance Qualifier for each game, for a total of 32 players for each main singles event. The tournament had a $34,002 prize pool for each game, the seventh largest for a Melee tournament and the sixth largest for an Ultimate tournament. The tournament's side streams featured a quad-view layout displaying four sets at once, so five sets per game could be streamed at the same time.

Format

There were Swiss system pools and a final double-elimination bracket for each game. 24 directly invited players and 8 players qualifying through the Last Chance Qualifier made up 32 players for each game. The 32 players were divided into two pools of 16 players each, with the Top 8 placing players of each pool advancing to the final bracket. In the Swiss pools, each player played until they had won 3 sets, where they qualified for the final bracket, or until they lost 3 sets, where they were eliminated from the tournament. The 4 players that went 3-0 in sets in Swiss pools were able to draft pick their Winners' Round 1 opponent out of the 6 players that went 3-2 in sets (except for any players they already played in pools). The Top 16 played in the final bracket in a double-elimination format, with everyone starting Winners' side. All sets at the event were best of 5, in both Last Chance Qualifier and main singles.

The Last Chance Qualifiers on October 21st were double-elimination brackets capped at 64 players for each game, with the Top 8 players of each qualifying for the main singles event. The Last Chance Qualifiers were played up until Top 8, and did not play out the Top 8 bracket.[1] The players that qualified through the Last Chance Qualifier received full reimbursement for their flight and accommodations, and were provided food on Saturday and Sunday. Group A and B Swiss pools and Top 16 Winners' Round 1 were played on October 22nd. The rest of the final bracket was played to completion on October 23rd, starting with Winners' Quarters and Losers' Top 16, with separated Ultimate Top 8 then Melee Top 8 being played.

Players invited/qualified

Melee

The following players were invited for Melee singles:

USA Aklo Canada aMSa USA Axe USA Fiction USA Ginger USA Hungrybox USA iBDW USA Jmook
USA KoDoRiN USA Krudo Sweden Leffen USA lloD USA Lucky USA Magi USA Mango Canada moky
Canada n0ne Sweden Pipsqueak USA S2J USA SFAT USA SluG USA Spark USA Wizzrobe USA Zain

The Top 8 players at the Last Chance Qualifier qualified:

USA Shroomed Australia Spud USA Franz Canada Lunar Dusk Canada Soonsay USA null Australia Joshman USA Salt

Ultimate

The following players were invited for Ultimate singles:

Japan acola Japan Asimo Mexico Chag USA Cosmos USA Dabuz France Glutonny Japan KEN USA Kola
USA Light Mexico Maister USA Marss Mexico MkLeo USA MuteAce USA Myran USA Onin Canada Riddles
Japan Shuton Spain Sisqui Dominican Republic Sonix Mexico Sparg0 Japan Tea USA Tweek Japan Zackray USA Zomba

The Top 8 players at the Last Chance Qualifier qualified:

USA Kurama USA MFA USA Jakal USA Goblin[2] USA Scend Canada Big D USA Quandale Dinglelingleton USA Lima

Declined players

Yoshidora was initially invited for Ultimate but declined.[3] Plup was initially invited for Melee but was unable to make the event, so Spark was changed from being in the Last Chance Qualifier to being invited to the main singles event.[4] Joshman for Melee and ProtoBanham for Ultimate were initially invited to the main singles event but dropped out, so Lucky and Myran respectively were changed from being in the Last Chance Qualifier to being invited to the main singles event.[5] Joshman then registered for the Melee Last Chance Qualifier since his injured arm was recovering well,[6] then qualified for the main singles event from Losers' side.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(32 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Zain Marth (SSBM)
2nd USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
3rd Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM)Sheik (SSBM)
4th USA SluG Ice Climbers (SSBM)
5th USA Jmook Sheik (SSBM)
5th USA Wizzrobe Captain Falcon (SSBM)
7th USA Mango Falco (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
7th Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM)
9th USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
9th Australia Joshman Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Aklo Fox (SSBM)
9th USA iBDW Fox (SSBM)
13th USA KoDoRiN Marth (SSBM)
13th Sweden Pipsqueak Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Magi Falco (SSBM)
13th USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM)
17th Canada moky Fox (SSBM)
17th USA lloD Peach (SSBM)
17th USA SFAT Fox (SSBM)
17th Canada Soonsay Fox (SSBM)
17th USA Fiction Falco (SSBM)
17th USA Lucky Fox (SSBM)
23rd USA Spark Sheik (SSBM)
23rd USA null Fox (SSBM)
23rd Canada n0ne Captain Falcon (SSBM)
23rd USA Krudo Sheik (SSBM)
23rd USA Salt Captain Falcon (SSBM)
23rd USA Ginger Falco (SSBM)
29th USA Franz Dr. Mario (SSBM)
29th Australia Spud Marth (SSBM)
29th Canada Lunar Dusk Ice Climbers (SSBM)
29th USA Shroomed Sheik (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(32 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Mexico MkLeo Byleth (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
2nd Japan acola Steve (SSBU)
3rd USA Kurama Mario (SSBU)
4th Mexico Sparg0 Cloud (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
5th Japan Shuton PyraMythra (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)
5th USA Onin Steve (SSBU)
7th Dominican Republic Sonix Sonic (SSBU)
7th USA Kola Roy (SSBU)
9th France Glutonny Wario (SSBU)
9th Canada Riddles Kazuya (SSBU)Terry (SSBU)
9th USA Zomba R.O.B. (SSBU)
9th Canada Big D Ice Climbers (SSBU)
13th USA Tweek Diddy Kong (SSBU)Sephiroth (SSBU)
13th USA Dabuz Min Min (SSBU)Rosalina (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)
13th USA Light Fox (SSBU)
13th Japan Asimo Ryu (SSBU)
17th USA Cosmos PyraMythra (SSBU)
17th Japan Tea Pac-Man (SSBU)
17th USA Quandale Dinglelingleton Steve (SSBU)
17th USA Jakal Wolf (SSBU)
17th Spain Sisqui Dark Samus (SSBU)
17th Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
23rd USA Scend Ness (SSBU)
23rd Mexico Chag Palutena (SSBU)
23rd Japan Zackray Joker (SSBU)
23rd Japan KEN Sonic (SSBU)
23rd USA Myran Olimar (SSBU)
23rd USA MFA Olimar (SSBU)
29th USA Marss Joker (SSBU)Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
29th USA Goblin[2] Roy (SSBU)
29th USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU)
29th USA Lima Bayonetta (SSBU)

Trivia

  • Hungrybox is the only player in the tournament who entered both Melee and Ultimate singles. He was invited to Melee main singles, and also entered the Ultimate Last Chance Qualifier separately.
    • VoiD originally entered both Melee and Ultimate's Last Chance Qualifier, but later unregistered for Melee.
  • On the day before the tournament, water started leaking from the ceiling of the venue,[7] then the main sponsor for the tournament backed out at the last minute.[8] MrBeast, one of the most subscribed YouTubers, then sponsored the tournament.[9]
  • During Melee singles, Pipsqueak became the first Swedish player outside Armada and Leffen to defeat Mango in bracket.
  • Both Melee and Ultimate singles featured an Ice Climbers player in Top 16 (SluG and Big D, respectively).
  • After Franz and Shroomed (the current and former best Dr. Mario players) qualified through the Last Chance Qualifier, both players planned to money match in the ditto for the title of best Dr. Mario. However, they were stopped right before they could begin due to the start of Melee singles bracket.[10]
  • Before the end of the final game between Hungrybox and SluG on Dream Land in Winners Quarters on the main stream, Ludwig humorously had production switch over to Joshman and Magi's Loser's Round 1 set (which was already on the sidestream) instead.
  • This tournament marks the first time MkLeo and acola have met in bracket, after a long period of anticipation where acola was considered a contender for Leo's status as best player in the world. MkLeo would ultimately win 3-0 against acola in both Winners Semis and Grand Finals.
    • This tournament also marks the first time acola and Onin have played each other in bracket, with the two being considered the top 2 Steve players in the world. acola would win their set with a 3-0.
  • Out of all players who qualified for the main event (whether for Melee and Ultimate singles) through the Last Chance Qualifier, Kurama was the only player to make Top 8 (let alone Top 3) in either bracket (doing so in Ultimate singles).
  • MkLeo, the winner of the Ultimate singles bracket, lost only one game (to Kurama) throughout the entire tournament.
  • After losing his Losers Finals set against Hungrybox, Leffen went up to commentary to argue at length that the rules did not do enough against stalling and claimed that Hungrybox had largely won by abusing the ruleset.[11] This was largely met with disapproval from both the commentators and social media, as Leffen's complaints were brought forth immediately after losing to Hungrybox for the first time offline since Smash 'N' Splash 5, after a final game where both players played rather defensively. Leffen apologized for his comments afterwards on Twitter.

References

  1. ^ "the tournament doesn't play out".
  2. ^ a b Entered as "goblin deez"
  3. ^ Calvin's comment on Yoshidora.
  4. ^ Calvin's comment on Plup.
  5. ^ Joshman and ProtoBanham dropping out.
  6. ^ Joshman health update.
  7. ^ Water leak.
  8. ^ Sponsor backed out.
  9. ^ "I got the boyz".
  10. ^ Franz's tweet.
  11. ^ "Leffen's ruleset complaints immediately after Losers Finals".

External links

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