Tournament:Redemption Rumble
| Redemption Rumble | |
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| Dates | December 30th-31st, 2022 |
| Venue | BrookLAN |
| Address/City | 339 Troutman St Brooklyn, New York 
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| Attendance | 16 |
| Pot size(s) | TBD |
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 winners
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Aklo |
Redemption Rumble was a Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Brooklyn, New York on December 30th-31st, 2022, hosted by YungWaff. Donated money went towards the event, as well as Smash World Tour and VGBootCamp to recoup losses from the cancellation of the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships. Pools on December 30th were four round robin pools of four players each. The final bracket ran on December 31st, with the Top 2 of each pool starting Winners' side and the Bottom 2 of each pool starting Losers' side.
Players invited/qualified
The following players were invited by YungWaff:
The Top 3 players of Melee NA East singles at Redemption Rumble Online LCQ qualified:
The Top 3 players of Melee NA West singles at Redemption Rumble Online LCQ qualified:
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Aklo |
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| 2nd | KoDoRiN |
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| 3rd | iBDW |
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| 4th | Magi |
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| 5th | Zain |
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| 5th | Swift |
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| 7th | Fiction |
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| 7th | SFOP |
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| 9th | S2J |
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| 9th |  Zuppy |
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| 9th | Panda |
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| 9th | Spark |
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| 13th |  Joshman |
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| 13th | FatGoku |
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| 13th | bobby big ballz |
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| 13th | Zealot |
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Side events
New York vs. New Jersey Crew Battle
| New York | Character | Stocks Taken | New Jersey | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Foxy Grandpa |
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5 | 404Cray |
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2 |
| Willy P |
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3 | JJM |
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5 |
| K8A |
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3 | Mot$ |
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6 |
| Aklo |
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7 | Bbatts |
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2 |
| iBDW |
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2 | Wally |
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3 |
| Total | — | 20 | Total | — | 18 |
Trivia
- A tipsy Zain sandbagged in part of his round-robin pool with Roy and Jigglypuff.
- This is the first national-level Melee tournament where Link was utilized to win the event, with Aklo notably defeating KoDoRiN in the second set of Grand Finals using only Link.
- As this tournament was the first event to count for 2023 rankings, Aklo's victory spawned numerous (truthful) jokes about how Link won Grand Finals of a modern Melee tournament before Sheik did.
- This is also the not the first time Aklo defended NYC from KoDoRiN in Grand Finals using Link, as Aklo had previously done so at The Nightclub VIP as well.
