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Tournament:Collision 2019

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Collision 2019
Collision2019.jpg
Dates March 16th-17th, 2019
Venue Palisadium U.S.A
Address/City 700 Palisadium Dr,
Fort Lee, New Jersey USA
Attendance 410
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA Marss 1v1
USA Nairo & USA Cosmos 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Nairo, House of 3000, Master Hand Gaming

Collision 2019 was a major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Fort Lee, New Jersey from March 16th-17th, 2019. It was the sixteenth entry into the Collision tournament series, the first Collision event to be a major, and the first Collision event to feature Ultimate.

Tournament summary[edit]

This event is the most notable case for how flawed the Spring 2019 PGRU's methodology was, specifically how the tiers were solely determined by the entrants count. Despite the event featuring enough top-level talent to be considered a major, the event only had 391 entrants, over 200 entrants short of the A-tier cutoff. Ultimately despite clearly not being a regional, the event was only ranked as a C-tier, as it was a mere 9 entrants short of the B-tier cutoff. OrionRank and retroactive tiering efforts have since acknowledged the event's major status.

This event is best known for Frozen's cinderella run. As the 28th seed, she surprised audiences by having the biggest upsets of the event, including defeating #11 seed Cosmos 2-1 (upset factor 5), #4 seed Light 3-1 (upset factor 6), and, most notably, #1 seed Tweek 3-2 (upset factor 8). She ultimately placed 3rd, marking her best Ultimate tournament run and largely contributing to her 46th-place finish on the Spring 2019 PGRU. In addition, the event is also known for Nairo's incredible loser's run after falling to Marss in top 16, defeating Light 3-2 and Tweek 3-1, as well as shutting down Frozen's run at 3rd. Nairo's set against Light was especially infamous, as after going down 0-2, Nairo pulled out Ganondorf and was able to reverse-sweep the set. This remains the best win from a player playing Ganondorf, while Collision remains the only major tournament where Ganondorf was used to win a set. Finally, Tweek himself ultimately placed 5th playing Ridley and Young Link instead of his usual main. This remains the only time a Ridley player placed top 8 at a major, and as such is the best placement from a Ridley player at a major despite Tweek dropping Ridley almost immediately afterwards.

In grand finals, Nairo faced off against Marss once again, and was able to reverse 3-0 Marss in the first set of grand finals. However, Marss ultimately came out on top by winning the reset 3-1, marking the first major win of his career. This win was especially noteworthy for Zero Suit Samus: although players were beginning to realize Zero Suit Samus' nerfs were not as drastic as initially believed, she was still widely regarded as vastly inferior to her Smash 4 incarnation. This event began a drastic shift in Zero Suit Samus's perception, and additional success from Marss and other Zero Suit Samus players eventually led many to believe she was still a top tier, a belief that remained for the rest of the early metagame.

Coaching controversy[edit]

The set between Marss and Wishes proved to be very controversial. During Game 5, Marss got out of his chair to consult a tournament organizer while his character was still on the revival platform and Wishes ended up taking his last stock.[1] Marss was complaining how Wishes was allegedly receiving coaching from Pazda, who was in the crowd,[2] and a decision was made to replay Game 5 from when Marss got out of his chair. Marss won the replay and advanced on in bracket while Wishes was sent to losers. This set led to discussion in the Smash community about what constitutes coaching and how to handle it when it occurs.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(391 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Marss Zero Suit Samus (SSBU) $1,935
2nd USA Nairo Palutena (SSBU)Ganondorf (SSBU)Lucina (SSBU) $774
3rd USA Frozen Palutena (SSBU) $503.10
4th USA Light Fox (SSBU) $270.90
5th USA Dabuz Olimar (SSBU) $116.10
5th USA Tweek Ridley (SSBU)Young Link (SSBU) $116.10
7th USA Sinji Pac-Man (SSBU) $77.40
7th USA Cosmos Inkling (SSBU) $77.40
9th USA Suarez Yoshi (SSBU)
9th Netherlands Mr.R Roy (SSBU)Snake (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
9th USA Raptor Yoshi (SSBU)
9th USA Wishes Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
13th Canada Smokk Wolf (SSBU)Ganondorf (SSBU)
13th USA UtopianRay Palutena (SSBU)
13th USA KingArc Mega Man (SSBU)
13th USA Pelca Snake (SSBU)
17th USA LingLing Peach (SSBU)
17th USA Odyssey Fox (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU)
17th USA Mr E Lucina (SSBU)
17th USA Juice Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
17th USA Daybreak Wolf (SSBU)
17th USA Nicko Shulk (SSBU)
17th USA colinies Young Link (SSBU)
17th USA Jack Captain Falcon (SSBU)
25th USA Biddy Young Link (SSBU)
25th USA SoulArts Shulk (SSBU)
25th USA LeoN Bowser (SSBU)
25th USA BOW Wolf (SSBU)
25th Canada Fwed Fox (SSBU)
25th USA Bryce King Dedede (SSBU)
25th USA The Great Gonzales Palutena (SSBU)
25th USA Uno Inkling (SSBU)
33rd USA Dark Wizzy Mario (SSBU)
33rd USA Elu Greninja (SSBU)
33rd USA Angello ROB (SSBU)
33rd USA BlazingPasta Peach (SSBU)
33rd USA Jakal Wolf (SSBU)
33rd USA Unknown Wolf (SSBU)
33rd USA Wraith Snake (SSBU)
33rd USA DarkMATTer Ness (SSBU)
33rd USA Gen Palutena (SSBU)
33rd Canada Z Diddy Kong (SSBU)
33rd Canada Jayy Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)Meta Knight (SSBU)
33rd USA Hackoru Wolf (SSBU)
33rd USA Shoyo James Chrom (SSBU)
33rd USA Luck Luigi (SSBU)
33rd USA Kofi Falco (SSBU)
33rd USA Arch Palutena (SSBU)
49th USA Beast Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
49th USA Muted
49th USA cookieslayer Young Link (SSBU)
49th USA Redeemer Z ROB (SSBU)
49th USA Noe3 Mega Man (SSBU)
49th USA EO Bowser (SSBU)
49th Canada SuperGirlKels Sonic (SSBU)
49th USA Arhungry Zelda (SSBU)
49th USA Waves Samus (SSBU)
49th USA Haven Wario (SSBU)
49th USA Dill ROB (SSBU)
49th USA Zoan
49th USA Rishi Link (SSBU)
49th* USA Sync

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(64 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Nairo Lucina (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU) USA Cosmos Inkling (SSBU)
2nd USA Marss Ike (SSBU)Zero Suit Samus (SSBU) USA Light Fox (SSBU)
3rd USA Dabuz Olimar (SSBU) USA Mr E Lucina (SSBU)
4th USA Hackoru Lucina (SSBU) USA Odyssey Fox (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU)
5th USA cookieslayer Young Link (SSBU) USA Nicko Shulk (SSBU)
5th USA Tweek Wolf (SSBU) Netherlands Mr.R Roy (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
7th USA ADHD Inkling (SSBU) USA Atomsk King Dedede (SSBU)
7th USA Pelca Snake (SSBU) USA Waves
9th USA DarkMATTer Ness (SSBU) USA Blue Ridley (SSBU)
9th USA SteR ThA KiiD Ness (SSBU) USA WontonWarrior Link (SSBU)
9th Canada Fwed Fox (SSBU) Canada Z Palutena (SSBU)Ganondorf (SSBU)
9th USA 6WX Sonic (SSBU) USA Uno Inkling (SSBU)

Squad Strike[edit]

(54 entrants)
"Top Whatever" Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA The Great Gonzales Palutena (SSBU)Ness (SSBU)Lucina (SSBU)Simon (SSBU)
2nd USA 6WX Sonic (SSBU)Incineroar (SSBU)Wolf (SSBU)Greninja (SSBU)
3rd USA UtopianRay Palutena (SSBU)Olimar (SSBU)Rosalina & Luma (SSBU)
4th Canada SuperGirlKels Sonic (SSBU)Kirby (SSBU)Isabelle (SSBU)
5th USA BlazingPasta Peach (SSBU)Ness (SSBU)link=Pac-Man (SSBU)
5th USA Juice Falco (SSBU)Marth (SSBU)Corrin (SSBU)
7th USA Jet Donkey Kong (SSBU)Incineroar (SSBU)Ike (SSBU)
7th USA Martial

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