Tournament:Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour

Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour
Info
Dates	April 8th, 2017
Venue	Crowne Plaza Lombard Downers Grove
Address/City	1250 Roosevelt Rd; Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Attendance	338
Results
winners	ZeRo 1v1; ZeRo & Ally 2v2
Staff
Director(s)	Events2Compete, Lord Sturm, Sage

Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour was the eighth tournament in the series. It took place near Chicago, IL on April 8th, 2017. High level players from across North America attended the event, including ZeRo.

Qualifiers

Qualifier	Qualified player	Placing
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga	Rich Brown*	5th
Nola Gaming Fest	Samsora	1st
Tijuana at War	falln*	3rd
Power UP Gaming: Journey to the Midwest	JK	1st
Korin's Tower 5	6WX	1st
TGL Monthly 14	8BitMan*	3rd
Super Smash Geek 6	Ally	1st
No Man's Lan 12	Mistake	1st
PG Key to Midwest Mayhem 8	Locus*	3rd

Larry Lurr also placed 5th at the event, but decided to give the qualification spot to Rich Brown.
Ito won the tournament but declined the flight, so the qualification spot went to falln in 3rd due to Hyuga being ineligible to compete.
Wormynugget won the tournament but declined the flight, so the qualification spot went to 8BitMan in 3rd as the runner-up MVD also declined.
Sonix won the tournament but declined the flight due to travel conflicts, so the qualification spot went to Locus in 3rd as the runner-up lapis lazuli also declined.

Results

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(296 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ZeRo
2nd	Zinoto
3rd	Ally
4th	Ned
5th	Locus
5th	JJROCKETS
7th	Samsora
7th	Rich Brown
9th	JK
9th	6WX
9th	Seth
9th	NiTe
13th	SWAG
13th	8BitMan
13th	Nom
13th	Mister Eric
17th	Mistake
17th	Darkshad
17th	falln
17th	Shel
17th	Miloni
17th	DOM
17th	Ozone
17th	Nero
25th	Panda Bair
25th	Komota
25th	JDB
25th	Fye
25th	Demitus
25th	PowPow
25th	big_mak
25th	yeti