Tournament:Riptide

Riptide
Dates	September 10th-12th, 2021
Venue	Kalahari Resort & Convention Center
Address/City	7000 Kalahari Dr. Sandusky, Ohio
Attendance	2,861
Entry fees	Competitor Phase 1 (6/2 - 6/30): $60 Competitor Phase 2 (7/1 - 7/31): $70 Competitor Phase 3 (8/1 - 8/31): $80
Results
winners	iBDW 1v1  Hungrybox &  Plup 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Lui$ &  Scend 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Jaaahsh, Swanner, Unsure, Aaron,

Riptide was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor and Super Smash Bros. Melee major that was held in Sandusky, Ohio from September 10th-12th, 2021. In addition to Super Smash Bros., the event also ran tournaments for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2.

The event was originally intended to be held from September 11th-13th, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed to the current date. A Project+ event was also planned, but was removed after the team receiving a cease and desist from Nintendo. A separate Project+ event was held in its place.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(738 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 24 Bracket 1
Top 24 Bracket 2

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	iBDW
2nd	Plup
3rd	Hungrybox
4th	SFAT
5th	Wizzrobe
5th	Axe
7th	KoDoRiN
7th	Logan
9th	Gahtzu
9th	Flash
9th	Krudo
9th	Ben
13th	Ginger
13th	lloD
13th	bobby big ballz
13th	Wally
17th	SFOP
17th	Drephen
17th	Juicebox
17th	Chem
17th	Android 0
17th	Panda
17th	Jflex
17th	Zamu
25th	TheSWOOPER
25th	Mot$
25th	Slowking
25th	Zealot
25th	Reeve
25th	Free Balloon Day
25th	Tyler Swift
25th	Eggy
33rd	Voo
33rd	OkayP.
33rd	BIG PIKA
33rd	The Leaf
33rd	Travioli
33rd	Gooms
33rd	Holiday
33rd	Free Palestine
33rd	Secrets
33rd	Fluid
33rd	Casper
33rd	Salt
33rd	Amida
33rd	Den
33rd	SDJ
33rd	null
49th	Ringler
49th	Rabbit
49th	Reesch
49th	Blue
49th	MoG
49th	Justus
49th	MOF
49th	Preeminent
49th	Kuyashi
49th	Kürv
49th	NoFluxes
49th	bonfire10
49th	Boyd
49th	Vintage
49th	FireflyHI
49th	BZimm

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(104 teams)
Top 24 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox		Plup
2nd	Wizzrobe		Gahtzu
3rd	iBDW		SFAT
4th	Tempo		xRunRiot
5th	Travioli		Slowking
5th	Krudo		Panda
7th	Secrets		Justus
7th	Warmmer		eve
9th	Twisty		Silver
9th	Fable		TheSWOOPER
9th	Wally		Mot$
9th	DannyPhantom		ORLY
13th	vortex		Icy
13th	Tanooki		The Leaf
13th	Rik		IMDRR
13th	Kürv		Gooms
17th	null		KoDoRiN
17th	Majersk		Sp1nda
17th	Free Palestine		Calvin
17th	Eggy		NoFluxes
17th	DD		BIG PIKA
17th	Yashichi		3HUNA
17th	BY15		KeyboardMarth
17th	yuk		mattmog

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,024 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 24 Bracket 1
Top 24 bracket 2

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo
2nd	Tweek
3rd	Sparg0
4th	Elegant
5th	Maister
5th	Goblin
7th	Lui$
7th	Dabuz
9th	LingLing
9th	WaDi
9th	naitosharp
9th	yonni
13th	Kobe
13th	Myles
13th	loaf
13th	Epic_Gabriel
17th	Fatality
17th	LeoN
17th	Anathema
17th	TonyZTank
17th	Tilde
17th	Yoomoo
17th	MuteAce
17th	Kurama
25th	Jake
25th	BigBoss
25th	Pandarian
25th	Ned
25th	Zinoto
25th	Stroder Ame
25th	Ronnichu
25th	ZD
33rd	T3 DOM
33rd	MVD
33rd	Darkshad
33rd	SKITTLES!!
33rd	Wisdom
33rd	Marss
33rd	Ismon
33rd	Zomba
33rd	Stocktaker69
33rd	Myran
33rd	ATATA
33rd	Rickles
33rd	Kofi
33rd	Pellonian
33rd	DRO
33rd	Toast
49th	Yoda Cage
49th	Onin
49th	Niko
49th	Chag
49th	Juanpi
49th	Geist
49th	ApolloKage
49th	varun
49th	Quark
49th	SHADIC
49th	Cosmos
49th	IcyMist
49th	Eden
49th	Sogoodpop
49th	Grayson
49th	BassMage
65th	Seth
65th	Zie
65th	Jakal
65th	Sytonix
65th	Phuzix
65th	Shadow_PR
65th	Atomsk
65th	BlazingPasta
65th	Beast
65th	Syrup
65th	Luma
65th	Dew2
65th	sebayee
65th	Meden
65th	Aaron
65th	A Coward
65th	Dragneel
65th	Uncivil ninja
65th	Vivi
65th	Colorondo8
65th	Clique
65th	Puppeh
65th	Skilly
65th	SP Tatsu
65th	Mj
65th	Rivers
65th	Skitz
65th	Ravenking
65th	Doorstop
65th	Dietsoda
65th	Kyros
65th	Kola

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(121 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lui$		Scend
2nd	Epic_Gabriel		Sparg0
3rd	Maister		Elegant
4th	naitosharp		MkLeo
5th	Fatality		Sonido
5th	Goblin		Stroder Ame
7th	Hawk		Linus
7th	Skar		SKITTLES!!
9th	varun		Chag
9th	KGP		Sensei
9th	ZD		Puppeh
9th	A Coward		Revolver
13th	Myran		Uncivil ninja
13th	Oath		CRB
13th	Atomsk		Yoda Cage
13th	Lucky		Bankai
17th	Mav		IcyMist
17th	BassMage		Ravenking
17th	Emma		Doorstop
17th	WonderBread		Geez
17th	Purp		Nhan
17th	WhiteFang		Braediac
17th	isohel		twig
17th	CrowZ		ishtaria

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee Aiden's Stage Rule Singles

A singles bracket, but with a ruleset proposed by Aiden "Calvin" McCaig. Players who lost on a counterpick are no longer allowed to return to the same counterpick in the next match.
(109 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	SFAT
2nd	Free Palestine
3rd	Zamu
4th	Eggy
5th	Preeminent
5th	Mot$
7th	Travioli
7th	lexor
9th	Calvin
9th	yuk
9th	Joey Donuts
9th	Peanutphobia
13th	Cilan$
13th	BIG PIKA
13th	DD
13th	Will Pickles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike

(376 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Tweek
2nd	Marss
3rd	Tilde
4th	Burst
5th	naitosharp
5th	Puppeh
7th	WaDi
7th	MkLeo
9th	IcyMist
9th	Kwaz
9th	Lui$
9th*	Rivers
13th	ZD
13th	Syrup
13th	Ravenking
13th	Kola
17th	Wisdom
17th	Doorstop
17th	Tidal
17th*	Goblin
17th*	Sparg0
17th	AoS
17th*	Fatality
17th	8BitMan
25th	Amaryills
25th	Sonido
25th	JoJoDaHoBo
25th	BassMage
25th	Haarsnow
25th	Keydrain
25th	Dylster
25th	NWA Danbi

*DQ'd in Losers

Controversy

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Following the second day of the tournament, players in the fifth pool noticed that one of the setups was set to .9x knockback, which allegedly affected players such as Scend, ZD, Vintendo, and MRW.

Trivia

• Less than 4 hours after the tournament's announcement, the tournament reached its entrants cap, locking out several notable players including HugS, varun, and Switch. The speed at which the entrants cap was reached has since spawned a few jokes in the community. The registration from Riptide reopened on June 4th, 2021, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate entrant cap increasing to 768, Super Smash Bros. Melee increasing to 512, and Project+ increasing to 256 entrants.
  • MkLeo would have missed registration for the event if not for Hungrybox contacting him prior to it filling its cap.
• This tournament is the first offline tournament to have 1,000 entrants in a singles event since Frostbite 2020.
• At 65th, this tournament marks the worst placement for Kola at major Ultimate tournament.
• This tournament marks the first time a Ganondorf and Jigglypuff player placed in top 64 in a supermajor, with Rickles placing 33rd and BassMage placing 49th, respectively.
• This tournament marks iBDW's first Melee major tournament win.
• This is the first offline open bracket major since Viva La Smashtaclysm in 2007 to not have any of the Five Gods in Grand Finals.
• The top 3 players in Ultimate singles (MkLeo, Tweek, and Sparg0) were the same as Smash Ultimate Summit 3 two weeks prior.
• Due to Marss's 33rd placement, his result graphics became a meme due to the contrast between his pose and placement compared to his usual performance.

External links

• Start.gg page
• Announcement Trailer