Tournament:GENESIS

GENESIS
Dates	July 10th-12th, 2009
Venue	Contra Costa County Fairgrounds
Address/City	1201 West 10th Street Antioch, California
Attendance	350+
Entry fees	Melee singles: $20 Melee doubles: $15 per person Brawl singles: $20 Brawl doubles: $15 per person Venue: $20 Spectator: $5
Pot size(s)	Melee singles: $5,700 Melee doubles: $3,043 Brawl singles: $5,841 Brawl doubles: $3,118
Results
winners	Mango 1v1  Mew2King &  Jman 2v2
winners	Ally 1v1  Mew2King &  Fiction 2v2
Staff
Director(s)	DBR
Housing	Ramada Inn

GENESIS was an international tournament held by DBR in July 2009, for Melee and Brawl. It is the fifth largest Brawl tournament of all time with 292 entrants (behind Apex 2012, Apex 2014, Apex 2013, and AxisGaming), and it was also the largest Melee tournament ever at the time, with 290 entrants, although its record was later surpassed by Pound 4.

Stagelist

Melee

• Starters: Battlefield, Final Destination, Dream Land, Yoshi's Story, Pokémon Stadium, Fountain of Dreams*, Kongo Jungle 64**
• Counterpicks: Rainbow Cruise, Poké Floats, Corneria, Brinstar, Mute City*

*Fountain of Dreams and Mute City were banned in doubles only.
**Kongo Jungle 64 was treated as a neutral stage only during singles bracket. It was a counterpick during pools and doubles bracket.

During pools, the starter stage was selected by both sides striking one stage followed by random select.

During bracket, the starter stage was selected by both sides alternately striking stages (i.e. P1-P2-P1-P2-P1-P2 order for singles and P1-P2-P1-P2 order for doubles) until one stage remained. (The rule behind Kongo Jungle 64 was specifically to ensure an odd number of starters for both singles and doubles.)

During both pools and bracket, for games 2+ of a set, the winner was allowed to ban one stage before the loser chose among the remaining starter and counterpick stages.

Brawl

• Starters: Battlefield, Final Destination, Smashville, Yoshi's Island*, Pokémon Stadium*
• Counterpicks: Lylat Cruise, Delfino Plaza, Castle Siege, Frigate Orpheon, Halberd, Rainbow Cruise, Brinstar

*Yoshi's Island and Pokémon Stadium were treated as neutral stages only during bracket. They were counterpicks during pools.

During pools, the starter stage was chosen by random select only.

During bracket, the starter stage was selected by both sides alternately striking stages (i.e. P1-P2-P1-P2 order) until one stage remained.

During both pools and bracket, for games 2+ of a set, the winner was allowed to ban one stage before the loser chose among the remaining starter and counterpick stages.

Results

Melee singles

(290 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango		$2,280
2nd	Armada		$1,425
3rd	Hungrybox		$855
4th	Zhu		$570
5th	Mew2King		$228
6th	Scar		$171
7th	Darkrain		$114
8th	Hax		$57
9th	Pink Shinobi
9th	Raistlin
9th	Lambchops
9th	DaShizWiz
13th	Vwins
13th	Tope
13th	Jman
13th	Darc
17th	Lucky
17th	Falcomist
17th	Linguini
17th	Kage
17th	Blunted_Object10
17th	Bob$
17th	Cactuar
17th	Phil
25th	UberIce
25th	SOS
25th	Fly Amanita
25th	Kira
25th	Lovage
25th	SilentSpectre
25th	The GERM
25th	LunInSpectra
33rd	PikaChad
33rd	G$
33rd	The King
33rd	RockCrock
33rd	Axe
33rd	Eddy Mexico
33rd	FalseFalco
33rd	Taj
33rd	Jin
33rd	Azn Lep
33rd	Romeo
33rd	DEHF
33rd	iori
33rd	Dark Mike
33rd	ihavespaceballs
33rd	Xelic

Melee doubles

(103 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		Jman		$1,370 ($685 each)
2nd	Scar		Darc		$761 ($380.50 each)
3rd	Mango		Lucky		$456 ($228 each)
4th	Darkrain		Cactuar		$304 ($152 each)
5th	Xelic		Linguini		$152 ($76 each)
6th	Shroomed		Julian
7th	Armada		Aniolas
7th	DaShizWiz		RockCrock
9th	Alukard		G$
9th	PKMVodka		Vwins
9th	Zhu		MacD
9th	PsychoMidget		Kira
13th	Taj		DoH
13th	Cyrain		Tope
13th	The GERM		The King
13th	Hax		Hungrybox

Brawl singles

(292 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ally		$2,336
2nd	Mew2King		$1,460
3rd	Tyrant		$876
4th	Dojo		$584
5th	ADHD		$233
6th	DEHF		$175
7th	Fiction		$118
8th	SK92		$59
9th	Judge
9th	lain
9th	UltimateRazer
9th	UTDZac
13th	Bardull
13th	Havok
13th	Zex
13th	Chip
17th	Armada
17th	mikeHAZE
17th	Z
17th	CO18
17th	Rich Brown
17th	edrees
17th	Atomsk
17th	DieSuperFly
25th	Dao
25th	BoA
25th	Light
25th	JonT
25th	Hylian
25th	Kismet2
25th	C@nip
25th	f0cus
33rd	Malcolm
33rd	t0mmy
33rd	WarpStatus
33rd	FOW
33rd	Valdens
33rd	Excel_Zero
33rd	Futile
33rd	Sean
33rd	Dphat
33rd	Leepuff
33rd	sleeh28
33rd	Weruop
33rd	Vex Kasrani
33rd	A D
33rd	Creepy Fingers
33rd	TC1

Brawl doubles

(108 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		Fiction		$1,444 ($722 each)
2nd	Ally		Sean		$802 ($401 each)
3rd	Dojo		UTDZac		$481 ($240.50 each)
4th	Havok		mikeHAZE		$231 ($115.50 each)
5th	Inui		Atomsk		$160 ($80 each)
6th	Ling Ling		Excel_Zero
7th	BoA		Teba
7th	Ajax		Futile
9th	Z		FOW
9th	CPU		Okinawa
9th	SK92		ADHD
9th	JonT		Valdens
13th	DEHF		Champ
13th	Tyrant		Leepuff
13th	Half Demon		C@nip
13th	DMG		Dphat

Exhibition

Melee East Coast vs. West Coast crew battle

EC Player	Character	Stocks Taken	WC Player	Character	Stocks Taken
G$		4	Falcomist		3
Pakman		2	SilentSpectre		8
Hax		3	Axe		3
Tope		6	LunInSpectra		3
Scar		2	Pink Shinobi		4
Mew2King		7	Mango		2
Darc		4	Zhu		4
DJ Nintendo		2	Lucky		7
Cactuar		6	HomeMadeWaffles		1
Jman		4	Taj		3

East Coast wins by 2 stocks.

Melee West vs. Midwest crew battle

WC Player	Character	Stocks Taken	Midwest Player	Character	Stocks Taken
SilentSpectre		6	Ray Chun		2
Lucky		11	Phatgamer		2
Taj		3	Fluxwolf		1
The GERM		5	Aarosmashguy		2
Zhu		7	Dmac		4
Unknown	-	-	BigD		4
Unknown	-	-	XYT		2
Unknown	-	-	Rezo		2

Trivia

• This was the first^{[citation needed]} Melee national tournament to implement stage striking instead of random select for starter stages, and to implement per-game counterpick bans.

External links

• SmashBoards thread
• Results thread