Tournament:Battle of BC 5

Battle of BC 5
Dates	May 19th-21st, 2023
Venue	Vancouver Convention Centre
Address/City	999 Canada Place Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance	1,014
Results
winners	Cody Schwab 1v1  Jmook &  Cody Schwab 2v2
winners	Captain L
winners	Sparg0 1v1  MKBigBoss &  MkLeo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Dhir, Cube, Samuel

Battle of BC 5 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from May 19th-21st, 2023. The tournament is currently the largest tournament in Canada in terms of top-level talent, with 8 of the SSBMRank 2022's top 10 players and 17 out of OrionRank 2022's top 20 players in attendance. The tournament was the international debut of Yoshidora, Neo, Yaura, Ryuoh, and Luugi, as well as Inngenn's first open bracket tournament in North America. The event also ran side events for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Tournament summary

Ultimate

The tournament was the first Canadian tournament to reach the "Premier" tier on the UltRank 2023 - the highest tournament tier on the ranking - as well as the third tournament to reach it that season. However, the tournament's tier was threatened following the dropouts of several high-profile players, most notably Sonix - who could not obtain a Canadian visa in time. - and Cosmos - who did not realize his pool started on Friday; the dropouts initially dropped the tournament under the Premier tier threshold. The tournament's "Premier" status was ultimately saved thanks to #58 seed Armadillo's performance, as he upset #10 seed Shuton 3-0 (upset factor 5) en route to a 9th-place finish. This placement initially gave Armadillo a player point value of 50 on UltRank 2023, which bumped the tournament's score over the Premier tier threshold.

Aside from Armadillo, other notable runs include ones from #20 seed Zomba and #15 seed Kameme. In regards to the former, although he struggled against the Aegis throughout 2022, Zomba upset #4 seed MkLeo's Aegis 3-1 (upset factor 5); the subsequent confrontation on Twitter sparked beef between the two players that would carry over to their next supermajor appearance. Zomba also defeated #3 seed Tweek (upset factor 6) prior to Top 8, marking Zomba's first victory over Tweek outside of weeklies and eliminating Tweek at 9th. Ultimately, Zomba placed 7th, his first Top 8 finish at a North American supermajor in 2023 after falling just short of it at his previous few. In regards to the latter, kameme was initially sent to the Loser's bracket by MuteAce, but then went on a long Loser's run, eliminating many players along his way, including MkLeo at 13th, which marked the first time MkLeo placed in the double digits at a North American major; and #5 seed Miya at 5th (upset factor 4). Kameme ultimately finished 4th, tying his run at Umebura SP 9 as his best performance at a supermajor since his character swap.

Finally, this tournament further widened the gap between the season's top 2 players - acola and Sparg0 - and the rest of the season's top 5, as both players ultimately met each other in both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals. However, acola continued to struggle against Sparg0, choosing to use the Aegis and Donkey Kong in both sets instead of his main Steve. Sparg0 ultimately defeated acola 3-1 in Winner's Finals and 3-0 in Grand Finals, securing his second premier victory of the UltRank 2023 season and tightening the race for the #1 position for the first half of the year.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(409 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cody Schwab		$2,454
2nd	aMSa		$1,227
3rd	Zain		$920.25
4th	Jmook		$613.50
5th	Leffen		$306.75
5th	S2J		$306.75
7th	Trif		$153.38
7th	Hungrybox		$153.38
9th	Soonsay
9th	Aklo
9th	moky
9th	Mang0
13th	KoDoRiN
13th	Joshman
13th	Polo
13th	Axe
17th	max
17th	Shroomed
17th	JWick
17th	salami
17th	Fiction
17th	Spark
17th	Lowercase hero
17th	Zuppy
25th	Beezy
25th	Younger
25th	Unruly
25th	Faust
25th	Stiv
25th	prof
25th	Liquid
25th	Elliot
33rd	Chango
33rd	Hagabooga
33rd	Fauxhebro
33rd	Amrak
33rd	nut
33rd	God's Only Son
33rd	Slump
33rd	BluePiñata
33rd	n0ne
33rd	Wacco
33rd	Crogunk
33rd	Maher
33rd	Shon
33rd	bonfire10
33rd	Forest
33rd	Inngenn
49th	chaka
49th	Tammy
49th	Fahey
49th	Jiffy
49th	PoppinFresh
49th	Crackers
49th	Tank
49th	Midnight Blue
49th	Nox
49th	Weenie Hut Sr.
49th	Peanutphobia
49th	Pasta
49th	Pato
49th	Symbol
49th	Marko
49th	Puffmommy

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(81 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cody Schwab		Jmook
2nd	aMSa		Axe
3rd	S2J		Shroomed
4th	Megaman		Chango
5th	JV		Webwipe
5th	Maher		Faust
7th	salami		nut
7th	Pasta		Veto
9th	Strikeyguy		Beezy
9th	Joshman		sundowns
9th	bonfire10		Younger
9th	Jerami		Joshuwasha
13th	Unruly		Amrak
13th	Wacco		Slump
13th	Fahey		Midnight Blue
13th	Shon		BOR

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(652 entrants)
Top 128 Bracket 1
Top 128 Bracket 2
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sparg0
2nd	acola
3rd	Shuton
4th	Kameme
5th	Miya
5th	Maister
7th	Yoshidora
7th	Zomba
9th	Glutonny
9th	Armadillo
9th	Tweek
9th	Sisqui
13th	Dabuz
13th	MkLeo
13th	MuteAce
13th	Light
17th	Tarik
17th	BassMage
17th	Yaura
17th	Skyjay
17th	JDV
17th	Onin
17th	Kola
17th	Riddles
25th	Chag
25th	Dark Wizzy
25th	Goblin
25th	KEN
25th	AndresFn
25th	Luugi
25th	Chronos
25th	Mr. E
33rd	Yoda Cage
33rd	Ryuoh
33rd	quiK
33rd	Dmitrii
33rd	ApolloKage
33rd	Jahzz0
33rd	SPARKLE
33rd	Ouch!?
33rd	Peru
33rd	Soar
33rd	Big D
33rd	Marvelous_Marco
33rd	Neo
33rd	Felix
33rd	moxi
33rd	Slime
49th	Gidy
49th	Lemmon
49th	JW
49th	JoJoDaHoBo
49th	Smokk
49th	Adam
49th	Sho
49th	pacstreet
49th	Justice
49th	ShinyMark
49th	Nessboy12
49th	Blacktwins13
49th	Z
49th	Liam
49th	Larry Lurr
49th	Capitancito
65th	Quinn
65th	Jason
65th	Ludo
65th	Jehovis42
65th	archer
65th	Morris
65th	Mr.R
65th	CaKe
65th	NadiA
65th	Machu
65th	@pinkbombo91
65th	Lam
65th	Opsine
65th	Nanoash
65th	sno
65th	Grape
65th	Silver
65th	DKbill
65th	Artemis
65th	Nexus
65th	Light
65th	Jukain
65th	luisito
65th	Spikefire
65th	Captain L
65th	embo_z
65th	Babino
65th	quillie
65th	Tickle
65th	MKBigBoss
65th	Nemu
65th	Roar
97th	Saltlord
97th	Zain
97th	Seesaw
97th	Solo
97th	huh
97th	Hungrybox
97th	Jovann
97th	Niko4
97th	Yayayuili
97th	SquidNinja
97th	Shoghi
97th	FragToast
97th	StirFryTy
97th	Locus
97th	LynZle
97th	Spence
97th	SolidTips
97th	Flowz
97th	Smear
97th	albi
97th	Exodia
97th	Lalo
97th	King Succy
97th	Maphoo
97th	X'avier
97th	Samuel
97th	HERO
97th	Invictus
97th	Snickeldorf
97th	RiskTKR
97th	koro
97th	2Scary

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(124 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MKBigBoss		MkLeo
2nd	Maister		Skyjay
3rd	Ouch!?		BassMage
4th	acola		Miya
5th	Onin		Luugi
5th	Yaura		Yoshidora
7th	Chag		Sparg0
7th	Shuton		Kameme
9th	Tarik		Neo
9th	ApolloKage		Dark Wizzy
9th	AndresFn		Sisqui
9th	Terra		Grape
13th	JDV		Ludo
13th	MuteAce		Glutonny
13th	Jehovis42		Toasted
13th	Lalo		Animus

Side events

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(46 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Captain L
2nd	sno
3rd	Sonic
4th	legit247
5th	Silver
5th	Artemis
7th	Johm
7th	ALT

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate NA vs The World crew battle

Bolded players denote the team captain.

Team NA	Character	Stocks Taken	Team World	Character	Stocks Taken
Tweek		2	Glutonny		4
Riddles		4	Ferps		1
Big D		1	Miya		5
Maister		6	Tarik		0
Light		3	KEN		3
Ouch!?		3	Shuton		4
MkLeo		4	Neo		2
MuteAce		1	Yoshidora		4
Sparg0		4	acola		3
Onin		2	Mr.R		3
Total	—	30	Total	—	29

Exhibition matches

Winner	Character(s)	Set Score	Loser	Character(s)	Earnings
Zomba		5-1	MKBigBoss		$1000
max		3-1	Silvi

Trivia

• Jmook became the first person to win a doubles event at BOBC more than once, winning Melee doubles with Cody Schwab after winning the same event with Aura at Battle of BC 4.
• After losing to Jmook in a top 8 qualifier match, Mango sandbagged with Marth against S2J to ultimately finish 9th, his lowest placement in over a year (excluding his GENESIS 9 run with Dr. Mario).
• Similar to the previous iteration, where there was a name ditto between Zain and Zain in Melee pools, there was a name ditto between Light and Light in Ultimate bracket (which was also brought to attention on social media).
• Maister was the only player in top 8 of the Ultimate singles bracket that did not attend Kagaribi 10 two weeks prior.
• S2J wore a jersey which misspelled his tag as "2SJ", which has led players and commentators to joke that "2SJ" was a completely different player.
• Cody Schwab became the first player without a permanent sponsor (under the Eggdog Esports banner) to win a Melee major since Zain at GENESIS 7 (under the Mogul Moves banner) three years prior.

External links

• Start.gg page
• Side events Challonge page
• Twitter account
• Launch Trailer