Tournament:The Luminosity Invitational

The Luminosity Invitational
Dates	April 20th, 2024
Address/City	15305 S Dixie Hwy Palmetto Bay, Florida
Pot size(s)	$10,000
Results
winners	SHADIC
Staff
Organizer(s)	Luminosity Gaming

The Luminosity Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational held in Palmetto Bay, Florida on April 20th, 2024. The event was announced at the end of an April Fools' Day prank on April 1st, with invited players slowly being announced within the next few weeks, although a few player invites were leaked early. The tournament featured Round Robin Best of 3 pools, and the top four players of each pool will then compete in a final double-elimination bracket, with the 1st and 2nd placers starting on Winners' side, and the 3rd and 4th placers starting on Losers' side.

The tournament was sponsored by the grocery chain Kroger.

Tournament summary

Controversy arose following the conclusion of the round robin phase, as Pool 2 saw two ties: Light and Dabuz went 3-1 (having lost to Dabuz and MkLeo, respectively) while Tweek and MkLeo went 2-2 (with Tweek losing to Dabuz and Light and MkLeo losing to Light and Tweek). Initially, it was assumed that head-to-head would be the tie-breaker, which meant Pool B would have Dabuz first, Light second, Tweek third, and MkLeo fourth; this order was presented on-stream and was initially present in-bracket. However, it was later revealed that the actual tie-breaker was game count, and as a result the order was changed to Light first, Dabuz second, MkLeo third, and Tweek fourth. This sudden order shift not only confused many players and spectators, but it also affected the final bracket: most notably, MkLeo went from facing Maister, a player MkLeo had a dominant record over; to Riddles, one of MkLeo's bracket demons and who eventually defeated him 3-0, eliminating him at 7th. In addition, many spectators questioned the seriousness of the event, and especially pointed out how MkLeo and Tweek chose to play Byleth and Sephiroth, respectively, for most of the event instead of their current mains.

On the other hand, despite having been in a slump for the last few months, Dabuz saw the best run of his season so far, defeating Tweek, Light, Riddles, and Maister to place 3rd. In addition, SHADIC, after losing to only Sonix throughout the entire event (losing 0-2 in round robin and 0-3 in Winner's Finals) was able to double-eliminate Sonix in Grand Finals 3-2 and 3-0, winning his second major.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(10 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	SHADIC
2nd	Sonix
3rd	Dabuz
4th	Maister
5th	Light
5th	Riddles
7th	Tweek
7th	MkLeo
9th*	Marss
10th	Hungrybox

*Marss won 2-0 over Hungrybox in a tiebreaker set for 9th, and won a Kroger gift card as well.

Trivia

• Zomba was initially invited, but declined, leading to Marss fulling in for him

External links

• Announcement
• Start.gg page