Tournament:HTC Throwdown
| HTC Throwdown | |
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| Dates | September 19th, 2015 |
| Venue | Folsom Street Foundry |
| Address/City | 1425 Folsom Street San Francisco, California 
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| Attendance | 514 |
| Entry fees | Early-Bird Venue Fee: $15 (until 9/1) Normal Venue Fee: $20 (until 9/8) Late Venue Fee: $25 (until 9/15) Singles: $10 Doubles: $5 per person |
| Pot size(s) | Singles: $3,860 + $10,000 pot bonus Doubles: $1,130 + $2,000 pot bonus |
| Results | |
 winners
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 Leffen 1v1 Mew2King & Hungrybox 2v2
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| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Showdown Smash, HTC eSports |
HTC Throwdown, was a major Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament that was held in San Francisco, California on September 19th, 2015, at the Folsom Street Foundry, the same venue used for the Get Smashed at the Foundry series of weekly tournaments. It held the record for being the largest one-day Smash tournament for singles, before being surpassed by 2GGT: Mexico Saga. It is hosted by Showdown Smash and HTC eSports, and livestreamed on their respective channels on Twitch. HTC provided over $12,000 in pot bonuses, with $10,000 going to singles and $2,000 to doubles. The tournament was notable for being Mango's lowest performance in 5 years, placing 17th after losing to DruggedFox and MacD, since he got 25th at Apex 2010 while sandbagging with Mario as his Scorpion Master alter ego.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]
(386 entrants)
Brackets
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Leffen |
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$5,544.00 |
| 2nd | Hungrybox |
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$2,772.00 |
| 3rd | Silent Wolf |
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$2,079.00 |
| 4th | DruggedFox |
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$1,386.00 |
| 5th | Colbol |
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$693.00 |
| 5th | Mew2King |
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$693.00 |
| 7th | Shroomed |
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$346.50 |
| 7th | SFAT |
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$346.50 |
| 9th | Cactuar |
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| 9th | Frootloop |
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| 9th | Axe |
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| 9th | Lucky |
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| 13th | Wizzrobe |
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| 13th | MacD |
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| 13th | PewPewU |
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| 13th | HugS |
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| 17th | HomeMadeWaffles |
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| 17th | S2J |
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| 17th | Ken |
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| 17th | Mango |
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| 17th | Tai |
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| 17th | Mike Haze |
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| 17th | Tang |
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| 17th | Zhu |
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| 25th |  Rudolph |
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| 25th | Ralph |
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| 25th | Berto |
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| 25th | Plup |
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| 25th | Alan |
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| 25th | gaR |
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| 25th | SilentSpectre |
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| 25th | Alex19 |
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| 33rd | L |
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| 33rd | Phil |
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| 33rd | NMW |
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| 33rd | Mooninite |
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| 33rd | Cereal Rabbit |
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| 33rd | ycz6 |
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| 33rd | Bizzarro Flame |
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| 33rd | Hyprid |
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| 33rd | Reno |
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| 33rd | Coolkid |
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| 33rd | Chillin |
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| 33rd | Azusa |
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| 33rd | Moose |
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| 33rd | Laudandus |
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| 33rd | Scar |
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| 33rd | BlueFoxXT |
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Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]
(100 teams)
Brackets
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mew2King |
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Hungrybox |
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$1,878.00 ($939.00 each) |
| 2nd | MacD |
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Leffen |
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$939.00 ($469.50 each) |
| 3rd | PewPewU |
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SFAT |
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$313.00 ($156.50 each) |
| 4th | Mango |
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Lucky |
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| 5th | Colbol |
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DruggedFox |
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| 5th | Axe |
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Ken |
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| 7th | Wizzrobe |
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Plup |
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| 7th | SilentSpectre |
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Tang |
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Trivia[edit]
- HTC eSports produced HTC One M9s with Team Liquid, Team SoloMid, and Cloud 9 logos emblazoned on the back of the phone. Ken, Leffen, and Mango each received a complimentary phone with their respective team logo.
