| GENESIS 7
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| Info
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| Dates
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January 24th-26th, 2020
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| Venue
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Oakland Convention Center
Paramount Theatre Top 8
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| Address/City
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550 10th St
Oakland, California 
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| Attendance
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2,639
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| Entry fees
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Venue: $67 (until August 12th)
$77 (until December 13th)
$87 (until January 3rd)
$107 (until January 7th)
Singles: $10
Doubles: $20 per team
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| Results
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 winners
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Shihman 1v1
Shihman & LETSGO 2v2
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 winners
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Zain 1v1
Plup & Mew2King 2v2
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 winners
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Marss 1v1
Marss & Light 2v2
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| Staff
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| Director(s)
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Boback, Dr. Z, Bear, paperfairy
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GENESIS 7 was a national tournament and the 7th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in Oakland, California, from January 24th-26th, 2020. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and featured a major event for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2. GENESIS 7 also featured side events for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Magical Drop III, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, Windjammers, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Official game lineup
Results
(64 entrants)
Bracket
(15 teams)
Bracket
(1,110 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
(238 teams)
Top 6 Bracket
(1,699 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
(309 teams)
Top 6 Bracket
Trivia
- This tournament marks Zain's first ever supermajor tournament win.
- Both Axe and Plup performed uncharacteristically low in Melee Singles (excluding sandbagging), placing 33rd and 25th respectively. This was also their lowest placings (excluding sandbagging) since The Big House 6 in 2016, where Axe placed 65th, and HTC Throwdown in 2015, where Plup also placed 25th.
- These two additionally met in the loser's bracket, where Plup eliminated Axe 3-1.
- During his losers match against Fiction, n0ne used "KOBE" as his in-game tag to honor NBA legend Kobe Bryant who, along with his daughter Gigi, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas a few hours before Melee's Top 8.
- Mango also honored him during his losers final set with Hungrybox by making his tag "8", the same number he had on his jersey while playing for the Lakers.
- Mango threw his 3rd place medal into the crowd during the awards ceremony.
- PPMD was in attendance at this tournament, marking the first time he went to an event since Bad Moon Rising 2 in 2017. He additionally commentated a segment of the Melee Singles bracket.
- This was the first Genesis event that Armada did not attend, as he was unable to locate his passport before the event began.
- This tournament marks the lowest placements of Pandarian, Ogey, and NAKAT, at 65th, 97th, and 129th respectively.
- Marss's win in Ultimate singles ends MkLeo's three year winning streak at the event.
- Marss became the third person in Ultimate to 3-0 Leo at a PGR event, with the first being Tweek at Frostbite 2019 and the second being Glutonny at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019 Grand Final set 1 when Leo used Marth. He is the first to 3-0 Leo's Joker at a PGR event.
- This is Marss's first ever supermajor win; he became the 8th player to win an S-tier in Ultimate.
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