Tournament:IVGF NorthWest Regionals
| IVGF Northwest Regionals | |
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| Dates | March 1st, 2003 |
| Venue | Meydenbauer Center |
| Address/City | 11100 NE 6th St Bellevue, Washington 98004 
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| Entry fees | $50 |
| Pot size(s) | $12,500.00 |
| Results | |
 winners
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Recipherus |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | International Video Game Federation, GameClucks |
International Video Gaming Federation Northwest Regional Festival and Tournament, shortened as IVGF Northwest or IVGF Seattle, was a Super Smash Bros. Melee superregional tournament run by the International Video Game Federation on March 1st, 2003 alongside Tekken 4, Halo: Combat Evolved, and Unreal Tournament 2003: Death Match. The ruleset for the tournament seems to have been "1v1, best of 1, double elim, items on low[citation needed] or medium, almost all stages on random". Recipherus was the winner, while Matt Deezie and Adam rounded out the top three. There have been claims of the tournament having had 151 entrants, which would have made it the largest Smash tournament of all-time until MELEE-FC3 got 186 entrants over two years later. However, no documentation has been found to prove this number's veracity, and the possibility of such an anomalously large entrant count for the time in a remotely located region has been met with skepticism. Across every game there were competitors from eight US states, Canada, and Japan, however it's possible that the sole Japanese player was Kei, who was living in Washington at the time.
As implied by the event's name, this was the first event of a planned 10-city 2003 circuit. However, judging by the lack of results online, it seems as if the entire operation collapsed after only the first tournament. The other planned locations were: Northern California (San Francisco/ San Jose), Southern California (Los Angeles/ Orange County), Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO), SouthWest Region (Dallas, TX), Mid-America Region (Chicago, IL) New England (Boston, MA), Greater New York (New York City/ Meadowlands), Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA), SouthEast Region (Atlanta, GA).
Results
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Recipherus |
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$8,000 |
| 2nd | Matt Deezie |
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$3,000 |
| 3rd | Adam |
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$1,500 |
| 4th | CauthonLuck |
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| 5th | Jem |
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| 5th | Duff0 |
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External links
- Seattle Times article
- Archived website snapshot from June 3, 2003
- Reddit thread in which fftrade claims the tournament had 151 entrants, but did not provide evidence when disputed
- Tournament thread from themachine.com
- (archive) Another indirect source about the ruleset, as well as another claim of the tournament having 151 entrants, albeit still without evidence (Ctrl+F for "IVGF")
