Tournament:GENESIS 9

GENESIS 9
Dates	January 20th-22nd, 2023
Venue	San Jose McEnery Convention Center
Address/City	150 W San Carlos St San Jose, California
Attendance	2,407
Entry fees	Venue: $99 (until September 19th) $109 (until December 12th) $119 (until December 31st) $140 (until January 3rd) Singles: $10 (Strive, RoA, SSB64) $15 (Melee, Ultimate) Doubles: $20 per team
Results
winners	Dankey Kang 1v1  OJ &  Dr. Grin 2v2
winners	Jmook 1v1  Hungrybox &  Plup 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Sparg0 &  Chag 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Boback, Dr. Z, Contra, Jayde, RPSville

GENESIS 9 was a supermajor tournament for Melee and Ultimate and regional for Smash 64 and the 9th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in San Jose, California, from January 20th-22nd, 2023. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event for Rivals of Aether, Guilty Gear Strive, and Rushdown Revolt. GENESIS 9 also featured side events for Capcom vs. SNK 2, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix, Magical Drop III, Pump It Up XX, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and Windjammers 2.

The highest-placing non-qualified Ultimate player, MuteAce, qualified for Smash Ultimate Summit 6, and the two highest-placing non-qualified Melee players, Plup and moky, qualified for Smash Summit 15. However, Smash Summit 15 was cancelled after Beyond the Summit decided to shut down following Smash Ultimate Summit 6.

Official game lineup

Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles	46	TBD
Super Smash Bros. doubles	6 teams	TBD
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles	1,253	$18,795
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles	235 teams	$4,700
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles	1,215	$18,225
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles	225 teams	$4,500
Rivals of Aether singles	171	TBD
Rivals of Aether doubles	26 teams	TBD
Rivals of Aether workshop	35	TBD
Guilty Gear Strive	185	TBD
Rushdown Revolt	135	TBD
Capcom vs. SNK 2	35	TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme	76	TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix	64	TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix freestyle	6	TBD
Magical Drop III	19	TBD
Pump It Up XX speed	24	TBD
Pump It Up XX freestyle	7	TBD
Super Street Fighter II Turbo	30	TBD
Windjammers 2	16	TBD

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(46 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dankey Kang
2nd	OJ
3rd	ReefyBeefy
4th	Traydozer
5th	Lalo
5th	slatts
7th	Matt
7th	Hunter
9th	DSJ
9th	Kung Fu Kenny
9th	Monkey
9th	Cagt
13th	Donatello
13th	Wof
13th	Mr baninawi
13th	Travy

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(6 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	OJ		Dr. Grin
2nd	Dankey Kang		ReefyBeefy

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(1,253 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Jmook		$7,518
2nd	Cody Schwab		$4,698.75
3rd	moky		$2,349.38
4th	Plup		$1,221.68
5th	Hungrybox		$563.85
5th	Zain		$563.85
7th	Leffen		$375.90
7th	2saint		$375.90
9th	aMSa		$187.95
9th	KoDoRiN		$187.95
9th	Fiction		$187.95
9th	n0ne		$187.95
13th	Axe		$93.98
13th	Magi		$93.98
13th	Ginger		$93.98
13th	Spark		$93.98
17th	S2J
17th	Soonsay
17th	Polish
17th	SFOP
17th	Salt
17th	Jflex
17th	Umarth
17th	Khalid
25th	Aklo
25th	Pipsqueak
25th	Skerzo
25th	Aura
25th	JOJI
25th	SDJ
25th	Panda
25th	JJM
33rd	Taj
33rd	Krudo
33rd	SFAT
33rd	bobby big ballz
33rd	Franz
33rd	TheSWOOPER
33rd	Eddy Mexico
33rd	Shroomed
33rd	Cactuar
33rd	Ben
33rd	Squid
33rd	bonfire10
33rd	Mot$
33rd	essy
33rd	Palpa
33rd	TheRealThing
49th	R2DLiu
49th	Zuppy
49th	ckyulmiqnudaetr
49th	Lucky
49th	Nintendude
49th	OkayP.
49th	Frenzy
49th	Preeminent
49th	Kürv
49th	Reeve
49th	Gahtzu
49th	rom
49th	Grab
49th	Typhoon
49th	Sirmeris
49th	Matteo
65th	Lowercase hero
65th	Epoodle
65th	Noire
65th	Stiv
65th	Snap
65th	Darrell
65th	Kata
65th	Equilateral
65th	ycz6
65th	null
65th	Frostbyte
65th	Faust
65th	Medz
65th	Muscoman
65th	Reesch
65th	Asashi
65th	salami
65th	Ralph
65th	404Cray
65th	Logos
65th	Casper
65th	KJH
65th	JoJo
65th	Bimbo
65th	Dawson
65th	JSalt
65th	Panko
65th	Kalvar
65th	Abbe
65th	Wevans
65th	Marrchata
65th	Silvi

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(235 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox		Plup		$1,880 ($940 each)
2nd	Jmook		Cody Schwab		$1,175 ($587.50 each)
3rd	Mang0		aMSa		$587.50 ($293.75 each)
4th	Krudo		Panda		$352.50 ($176.25 each)
5th	S2J		Shroomed		$211.50 ($105.75 each)
5th	SFAT		Gahtzu		$211.50 ($105.75 each)
7th	nut		Aura		$141 ($70.50 each)
7th	bobby big ballz		SFOP		$141 ($70.50 each)
9th	FatGoku		Ginger
9th	Ralph		Darkatma
9th	Eddy Mexico		Bimbo
9th	SDJ		Kürv
13th	Spark		Azel
13th	Eggy		Mekk
13th	Justus		Salt
13th	Chango		Medz
17th	Light		Buttlet
17th	Phazon		Fizzwiggle
17th	Figment		TheRealThing
17th	Franz		Breakfast
17th	DSJ		Conman
17th	Stone		Palpa
17th	DannyPhantom		JOJI
17th	Matteo		Starlord
25th	Wevans		Crim
25th	n0ne		Nix
25th	Excel Zero		Kata
25th	Khalid		Babaganoush
25th	Preeminent		Slowking
25th	Russell		Paz
25th	ckyulmiqnudaetr		Grab
25th	SilentSpectre		Tang

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,215 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$7,290
2nd	MuteAce		$4,556.25
3rd	Light		$2,278.13
4th	Sonix		$1,184.63
5th	Sparg0		$546.75
5th	Glutonny		$546.75
7th	acola		$364.50
7th	Tweek		$364.50
9th	Marss		$182.25
9th	Ouch!?		$182.25
9th	Tea		$182.25
9th	Cosmos		$182.25
13th	Nao		$91.13
13th	Dabuz		$91.13
13th	Zomba		$91.13
13th	Kola		$91.13
17th	Vendetta
17th	SHADIC
17th	Soar
17th	Sisqui
17th	Kameme
17th	Big D
17th	Chase
17th	Kurama
25th	AndresFn
25th	Quandale Dinglelingleton
25th	Jdizzle
25th	Sigma
25th	Jakal
25th	Justice
25th	Leon
25th	Maister
33rd	Goblin
33rd	NaetorU
33rd	Zinoto
33rd	Oryon
33rd	jaredisking1
33rd	Nito
33rd	Dark Wizzy
33rd	MKBigBoss
33rd	BassMage
33rd	Scend
33rd	moxi
33rd	JDV
33rd	NoTag
33rd	VaLoR
33rd	Riddles
33rd	Gackt
49th	Kreeg
49th	YOC
49th	AC
49th	omega
49th	Monte
49th	Ling
49th	Ikan
49th	Gen
49th	Peckham
49th	Peanut
49th	Kyros
49th	Rocke
49th	Teaser
49th	Shogun
49th	VoiD
49th	naitosharp
65th	Wasabi
65th	Ignaize
65th	Marvelous_Marco
65th	MoDzai
65th	spot
65th	Jahzz0
65th	Superberry
65th	JoJoDaHoBo
65th	Suarez
65th	Shrutik
65th	Tyranks
65th	MFA
65th	SPARKLE
65th	FireThePyro
65th	pacstreet
65th	Legit
65th	ApolloKage
65th	Lui$
65th	Sticccy
65th	MVD
65th	ESAM
65th	Zenyou
65th	Chag
65th	Sonido
65th	T3 DOM
65th	Stroder Ame
65th	Colorondo8
65th	Major
65th	Andrik
65th	H4
65th	Suinoko
65th	Reed
97th	JustOmega
97th	TheZek
97th	RiskTKR
97th	B-Rice
97th	Skeletal
97th	Enki
97th	Spade
97th	Vermillion
97th	Yeast
97th	Skyjay
97th	MechaKoopa
97th	X'avier
97th	Spanky
97th	Cless
97th	TimPrater
97th	Purply
97th	Shangrai
97th	Ludo
97th	Adam
97th	Cesar
97th	Chronos
97th	Nexus
97th	Machu
97th	Shoe
97th	Rich Brown
97th	Sho
97th	3xA
97th	Portix
97th	varun
97th	Big MiKe
97th	Ryan
97th	Tsuna

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(225 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Sparg0		Chag		$1,800 ($900 each)
2nd	MuteAce		Scend		$1,125 ($562.50 each)
3rd	Marss		Light		$562.50 ($281.25 each)
4th	Oryon		Glutonny		$337.50 ($168.75 each)
5th	AndresFn		Sisqui		$202.50 ($101.25 each)
5th	Skyjay		Maister		$202.50 ($101.25 each)
7th	Zomba		Goblin		$135 ($67.50 each)
7th	MVD		ESAM		$135 ($67.50 each)
9th	Tyranks		Monte
9th	Kameme		Repo
9th	Kurama		Stroder Ame
9th	Quinn		Chase
13th	Soar		ApolloKage
13th	Nanoash		Justice
13th	Sonix		Sonido
13th	Suinoko		YOC
17th	Nao		FILIP
17th	Big D		Samuel
17th	Machu		Ouch!?
17th	Yrneh		Ignaize
17th	Mikee		Lui$
17th	VoiD		Cosmos
17th	H4		Remi
17th	MFA		Chronos
25th	Bonren		Lix
25th	Kreeg		SpeedyBlueDude
25th	Seesaw		pacstreet
25th	Rocke		Zen
25th	RiskTKR		Sticccy
25th	JDV		Ludo
25th	moxi		Avenue
25th	Shoe		Robber

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Japan vs Mexico crew battle

Japan	Character	Stocks Taken	Mexico	Character	Stocks Taken
Gackt		2	Sparg0		3
Sigma		3	Skyjay		4
Kameme		1	Maister		3
acola		7	BigBoss		1
Tea		2	MkLeo		3
Total	—	15	Total	—	14

Sportsmanship controversy

Going into the tournament, Mango decided to sandbag in pools with Dr. Mario, citing a lack of motivation and displeasure of being ranked 3rd on the SSBMRank 2022, which released its top 10 ranking on the first day of the tournament. He ultimately placed 97th at the tournament, losing to Taj and Matteo, marking the worst placement of his Melee singles career. His decision to sandbag sparked backlash from some members of the community for perceived lack of sportsmanship. Most notably, moky alluded to the controversy by making a Tweet calling top players in the community "bitchmade".

Following the tournament, Mango released a TwitLonger clearing up his decision. He reaffirmed that he wasn't feeling motivated when going to GENESIS and wanted to focus on watching the Eagles game that weekend, but decided to use his SSBMRank placement as a scapegoat, conceding that his placement made sense. He apologized for acting like he was "bigger than Melee" and stated how he had cleared things up with moky. He also noted his declining motivation for the game, having went to the last three majors mainly for the community, and stated that he had to see a sports therapist the previous year and had hid his struggles in order to provide a positive experience on his stream. Ultimately, Mango announced he was taking a hiatus from the game for a few months in order to get his head on straight and focus on other games.

Trivia

• Jmook's 1st place finish in Melee singles marks the first time a solo Sheik player has won a Melee supermajor, and the first time a solo Sheik has won a North American major since Captain Jack's victory at MLG San Francisco 2004 18 years prior.
• MkLeo's 1st place finish in Ultimate singles marks the first time:
  • a player has won five iterations of a Smash supermajor series.
  • a player has won the majority of a Smash supermajor-tier series in existence since Armada's streak of Smash Summit victories in Melee singles (having won the first four iterations of the series, with the distinction lasting until the introduction of Smash Summit 8).
  • a player has won five iterations of a Smash tournament series since Hungrybox's victory in Melee singles at CEO 2018 (which marked his fifth CEO tournament series win).
• Guildhouse held Pre-Genesis 9 the day before the event, as well as DeGenesis (Genesis 9) after the first and second days of the event.
• This is the first GENESIS tournament where the Melee singles entrants outnumbered the Ultimate singles entrants.
• This marks the first overseas tournament appearance for Armada since 2019, who attended the tournament as a commentator.
• This is the second time Taj has upset Mango at a GENESIS tournament, previously doing so at GENESIS 2.
• This tournament marks the first time since Apex 2014 where two Jigglypuff players (Hungrybox and 2saint) made it to Top 8 of a Melee major.
• This tournament stands as ESAM's worst placement at an Ultimate tournament, tying Frostbite 2019 with a 65th place finish.
• Taj's final placement of 33rd marks the highest placement of a solo Mewtwo player at a post-Project Slippi era major/supermajor Melee tournament.
• This tournament marks the third year in a row (and fourth overall) that Plup has won Melee doubles at GENESIS.
• The 3rd place finishers for both Ultimate and Melee singles (Light and moky, respectively) were Fox players sponsored by Moist Esports.
• This tournament marks the first time a Peach player, MuteAce, has made it to Grand Finals at a supermajor since Samsora in 2019.
  • MuteAce's run was marked by him defeating the #1 player in each of the "big 4" Smash regions: MkLeo (Mexico), Glutonny (France), acola (Japan), and Light (USA).
• This tournament marks the first time Marss had defeated Dabuz since 2019.
• This tournament marks Tweek's first GENESIS Top 8, after having been known to historically underperform at the tournament series.
• In honor of Onin, acola competed in Ultimate singles using Onin's Alex skin and "Catway" nickname throughout the tournament.
• Dabuz, Spark, Axe, and Zomba were selected as winners of a 13th generation Intel i5 processor for placing 13th in Ultimate/Melee singles.

External links

• start.gg page
• Genesis Gaming
• GENESIS series Twitter account
• Cinematic Trailer