Tournament:The Big House 5
| The Big House 5 | |
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| Dates | October 2nd-4th, 2015 |
| Venue | Adoba Dearborn Hotel |
| Address/City | 600 Dearborn Drive Dearborn, Michigan |
| Attendance | 2,040 |
| Pot size(s) | Melee singles: $18,170.00 Melee doubles: $6,480.00 Smash 4 singles: $6,120.00 Smash 4 doubles: $2,300.00 Melee regional crew battle: $5,000.00 |
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| Organizer(s) | Juggleguy |
The Big House 5 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U national tournament held in Dearborn, Michigan from October 2nd-4th, 2015. It was hosted by veteran TO Juggleguy and the rest of the Michigan Smash community. The Big House 5 was sponsored by Nintendo of America, who also tweeted out about the event, and livestreamed by VGBootCamp (primary Melee, Smash Wii U top 8 stream), Tourney Locator (Smash Wii U stream up to top 8) and Showdown Smash (secondary, non-eSports Melee stream).
The tournament was partially funded through a donation drive compendium which ran from September 3 - September 26, 2015 and resulted in pot size and event cap increases for both games, regional crew battle size to 8 regions, as well as other perks such as flying in notable players including Vinnie, Abadango, JAVI, and Ice, featuring an overnight ballroom, and so on. The Big House 5 currently stands as the tenth largest Melee tournament of all time with 1,317 entrants.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]
(1,317 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | $7,268.00 | ||
| 2nd | $3,634.00 | ||
| 3rd | $2,180.40 | ||
| 4th | $1,453.60 | ||
| 5th | $908.50 | ||
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| 7th | $545.10 | ||
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| 9th | $181.70 | ||
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Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]
(224 teams)
Top 8 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | $2,916.00 ($1,458.00 each) | ||||
| 2nd | $1,296.00 ($648.00 each) | ||||
| 3rd | $972.00 ($486.00 each) | ||||
| 4th | $648.00 ($324.00 each) | ||||
| 5th | $324.00 ($162.00 each) | ||||
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles[edit]
(512 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | $2,448.00 | ||
| 2nd | $1,224.00 | ||
| 3rd | $918.00 | ||
| 4th | $612.00 | ||
| 5th | $306.00 | ||
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles[edit]
(113 teams)
Top 8 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | $1,035.00 ($517.50 each) | ||||
| 2nd | $460.00 ($230.00 each) | ||||
| 3rd | $345.00 ($172.50 each) | ||||
| 4th | $230.00 ($115.00 each) | ||||
| 5th | $115.00 ($57.50 each) | ||||
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Melee regional crew battle[edit]
(8 crews, single elimination bracket)
Bracket
| Place | Crew | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character | Earnings |
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| 1st | SoCal | Mango | Westballz | Lucky | MacD | HugS | $2,000 ($400 each) | |||||
| 2nd | Europe | Armada | Ice | Professor Pro | Android | Widl | $1,000 ($200 each) | |||||
| 3rd | Florida | Hungrybox | Colbol | Plup | Wizzrobe | Gahtzu | $500 ($100 each) | |||||
| 3rd | Canada | KirbyKaze | Kage | Ryan Ford | n0ne | Mittens | $500 ($100 each) | |||||
| 5th | New England | ZoSo | Slox | Mafia | SwiftBass | MattDotZeb | $250 ($50 each) | |||||
| 5th | Tristate | Zhu | The Moon | DJ Nintendo | Cactuar | Swedish Delight | $250 ($50 each) | |||||
| 5th | Midwest | Abate | Duck | Darkrain | Darkatma | KJH | $250 ($50 each) | |||||
| 5th | NorCal | SFAT | Shroomed | HomeMadeWaffles | Laudandus | dizzkidboogie | $250 ($50 each) |
Side events[edit]
Smash Wii U Midwest vs. MD/VA crew battle[edit]
| Midwest Player | Character | Stocks Taken | MD/VA Player | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| JJROCKETS | 6 | Pink Fresh | 1 | ||
| Rayquaza07 | 5 | Average Joe | 1 | ||
| MJG | 3 | Feel Tension | 2 | ||
| Ryuga | 1 | VaBengal | 3 | ||
| Zinoto | — | Seagull Joe | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | Total | 9 |
Smash Wii U Midwest vs. Florida crew battle[edit]
| Midwest Player | Character | Stocks Taken | Florida Player | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Ryuga | 2 | MVD | 3 | ||
| LOE1 | 2 | Ryo | 4 | ||
| Zinoto | 3 | StaticManny | 4 | ||
| MJG | 3 | Day | 2 | ||
| Rayquaza07 | 5 | ESAM | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | Total | 14 |
Exhibitions[edit]
| Winner | Character(s) | Loser | Character(s) | Score | Amount |
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| 3-2 | $200 | ||||
| 3-2 | $20 | ||||
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Trivia[edit]
- The Big House 5 is notable for having one of Smash Wii U's greatest upsets with Seagull Joe defeating ZeRo 2-0 in Round 2 pools.
- This is also the only time that ZeRo was sent to losers before Grand Finals in 2015.
- Leffen was slated to enter The Big House 5 but was forced to drop out due to him being denied entry to the United States. This was because his sponsorship by TSM made it required of him to obtain a workers visa.
- Due to the 1.1.1 patch for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U being released on the Wednesday before the tournament, the game was run on 1.1.0 for the entire event.
- This is the first national since Zenith 2013 to feature a Luigi main in top 8 in Melee.
- A notable case of the invisible ceiling glitch occured at this tournament. In Game 5 on the last stock, S2J's Captain Falcon hit a down aerial on Abate's Luigi but sent him nowhere, and Abate survived long enough to win the game and send S2J to the Losers' bracket.
External links[edit]
- The Big House 5 Announced
- Announcement on Melee It On Me
- Juggleblog: The Big House 5 Game Lineup
- Juggleblog: The Big House 5 Venue
- The Big House 5 Teaser Trailer
- Start.gg page
- Official website
- Facebook event
- Smashboards thread
- Results thread
- Event photography