Tournament:Fête 3: By the Sea

Fête 3: By the Sea
Dates	July 14th-16th, 2023
Venue	Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park
Address/City	New Lydd Rd Rye, England
Attendance	436
Results
winners	Zain 1v1  Polish &  Pipsqueak 2v2
winners	+HOPE+ 1v1  SpookyFrog &  Gulag Manager 2v2

Fête 3: By the Sea was a Super Smash Bros. Melee major and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate regional held in Rye, England, from July 14th-16th, 2023.

In addition to the main brackets, Project+ and HDR brackets were formally run as a separate side tournament called Not Fête: International Waters in the same venue.

Format

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

In each of the 52 Round Robin pools, the Top 3 advance to Gold Pools, 4th-5th advance to Silver Pools, and 6th and below advance to Bronze Pools. Gold/Silver/Bronze Pools are Round Robin pools, where the Top 3 of each pool advances to their respective division's bracket (Gold/Silver/Bronze Bracket). Gold Pools is 156 players in 26 pools, with 1st advancing to Winners' side of the double-elimination Gold Bracket (Top 78), and 2nd-3rd advancing to Losers' side of Gold Bracket. The Top 8 of Gold Bracket advance to the traditional Top 8 bracket. Silver and Bronze Bracket start with all players in Winners' side in a double-elimination format.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

In each of the 4 double-elimination pools, the Top 4 advance to Gold Bracket (Top 16, 8 in Winners and 8 in Losers), 5th-7th advance to Silver Bracket, and 9th and below advance to Bronze Bracket.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Fête 3 was the first major Melee tournament to be held in the United Kingdom, per the SmashWiki definitions of a major tournament. Bbatts had originally intended to compete in both Melee and Ultimate singles, but had to drop out of registration due to losing his passport. This tournament marks the first time Zain has won an offline Super Smash Bros. Melee major tournament from losers, defeating Jmook twice in grand finals to reset the bracket. Jmook's controller began to malfunction during grand finals of the Melee bracket. Both players agreed to restart game 3 of the first set and game 1 of the second, but this ultimately did not impact the final game count, which was 6-0 in Zain's favor for both sets. For the first time, Hungrybox placed higher in Ultimate singles (2nd) than Melee singles (3rd) at the same event (although it is important to note that only the latter was considered a major). This tournament marks the first time aMSa has defeated Trif in Melee singles, in a matchup historically dominated by Trif.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(409 entrants)
Gold Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Zain
2nd	Jmook
3rd	Hungrybox
4th	aMSa
5th	Joshman
5th	Trif
7th	Aklo
7th	Polish
9th	Frenzy
9th	Foxy Grandpa
9th	Pipsqueak
9th	Sharp
13th	astar
13th	Kins0
13th	Professor Pro
13th	Risc
17th	Jah Ridin'
17th	Jim Morrison
17th	Rikzz
17th	Goodie
17th	Fat Tino
17th	Renzo
17th	Tony Bomboni
17th	Moe
25th	$TYN
25th	Okameed
25th	Jadde
25th	max
25th	Mahie
25th	Humpe
25th	Saftblandarn
25th	BlackH4ze
33rd	Calvin
33rd	Stranger
33rd	chaos6
33rd	RestlessWhale
33rd	R23
33rd	Liax
33rd	bab
33rd	irfan
33rd	i4
33rd	Marah
33rd	Madness
33rd	Tekk
33rd	GG
33rd	Fecfec
33rd	Kingu
33rd	Espi
49th	Nikstrat
49th	Nuckels
49th	пooп
49th	Xin
49th	Little Bear
49th	UnHaven
49th	HOBORG
49th	Emps
49th	TheLabMaster
49th	Khalas
49th	Pi
49th	ThommyN
49th	RashAttack
49th	Lil Chief
49th	duckrobin
49th	NVZ

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(128 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Polish		Pipsqueak
2nd	Rikzz		Kins0
3rd	i4		Fecfec
4th	max		Professor Pro
5th	Nuckels		Joshman
5th	Aklo		Foxy Grandpa
7th	irfan		Mahie
7th	Humpe		Dev
9th	astar		yung Ullrich
9th	Renzo		Happymealz
9th	R23		HoorayForJay
9th	Skip		Jah Ridin'
13th	Little Bear		Rich
13th	Silas		10QuidShoes
13th	GAwes		Focus
13th	ILikeTurtles		Marlo	<