Tournament:GENESIS 3
| GENESIS 3 | |
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| Genesis 3 official logo.png | |
| Dates | January 15th-18th, 2016 |
| Venue | San Jose Convention Center |
| Address/City | 150 W San Carlos St San Jose, California 95113 
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| Results | |
GENESIS 3 (sometimes stylized as GEN3SIS) is the 3rd edition of the Genesis tournament series, an upcoming national tournament scheduled to take place in San Jose, California, on January 15th to 17th, 2016.[1][2] The event will host both singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in addition to an eight man Super Smash Bros. Brawl invitational tournament and a "Smash Draft Melee Crew Battle", as part of a community Compendium.[3][4] Genesis 3 currently stands as one of the largest Smash tournaments to date, with more than 1,000 entrants for both Melee and Smash 4, as well as the largest Smash 64 tournament, with over 200 entrants.[5]
On December 28th, 2015, it was announced by the Genesis 3 staff that a seeding system would be implemented for both Melee and Smash 4 singles tournaments, which would allow 64 seeded players from Melee, and 32 from Smash 4 to bypass the first round of pools, by floating these players further in the bracket.[6][7] The announcement was followed by imediate backlash from the community and many known tournament organizers, which expressed concerns regarding tournament integrity and the criteria for seeding those players.[8][9][10][11] On December 29th, the Genesis 3 staff made a formal announcement on Facebook detailing the reasoning behind the decision to seed players from both tournaments, while also announcing that it would no longer seed players for Smash 4, but keep the decision to seed players for Melee.[12][13][14][15] On January 6, 2016, it was confirmed that top 64 for Melee and top 32 for SSB4 are 3/5.[16]
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External links
References
- ^ Genesis 3 Announced. Smashboards. Retrieved on 2015-25-12.
- ^ Genesis 3 - Date and Venue Announced. Smashboards. Retrieved on 2015-25-12.
- ^ SSB64 Joins GENESIS 3 Lineup; Isai Returns!. Smashboards. Retrieved on 2015-25-12.
- ^ Genesis 3 details. Smash.gg. Retrieved on 2015-25-12.
- ^ Genesis 3 numbers update. Bear (Genesis TO). Retrieved on 2015-25-12.
- ^ Facebook post informing the decision to seed players for both games. Facebook. Retrieved on 2015-31-12.
- ^ Post on r/Smashbros informing the decision to seed players. Reddit. Retrieved on 2015-31-12.
- ^ Genesis 3 Will Float Top Super Smash Bros. Melee Players Through First Round of Competition. Shoryuken.com. Retrieved on 2015-31-12.
- ^ Jeabiley, CEO's Tournament Organizer
- ^ Mr Wizard, EVO's Tournament Organizar (part 1/2)
- ^ Mr Wizard, EVO's Tournament Organizar (part 2/2)
- ^ Formal Announcement on the Genesis 3 Facebook Event page
- ^ Reddit version of the Formal Annoucement made by the Genesis 3 staff
- ^ Genesis 3 backtracks on controversial seeding plan after online backlash. The Daily Dot. Retrieved on 2015-31-12.
- ^ Genesis 3 Cancels Smash 4 Seeding Plans. Gamer Assault Weekly. Retrieved on 2015-31-12.
- ^ Genesis confirms cutoff set count for Melee and SSB4. Twitter. Retrieved on 2016-01-06.
