Tournament:Smash Summit 14

Smash Summit 14
Dates	November 3rd-6th, 2022
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	$53,146
Results
winners	Mango
Staff
Director(s)	Beyond the Summit

Smash Summit 14 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee supermajor invitational tournament. It was the fourteenth installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held from November 3rd-6th, 2022 at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, which is closed to the general public.

Due to complaints that took place during Smash Ultimate Summit 5 about the lower prize pool and single-day voting eliminations, plus a low increase in total shoppers, the voting process received an overhaul again. The vote totals were visible from the time the shop opened again, and vote-ins happened across four days with one player voted in each day, instead of all vote-ins happening in one day. 2 votes per $1 spent was back, but there were no bonuses for $50 and $100 purchases. There was a $5 voting pass for 100 votes and spending $25 or more granted 200 bonus votes, at a limit of one per person each. Registering for Mainstage 2022 and any of the qualifiers for The Arcadian also granted bonus votes.

Players invited/qualified

The following players were invited by Beyond the Summit:

•  aMSa
•  Hungrybox
•  iBDW
•  Jmook
•  Leffen
•  Mango
•  Pipsqueak
•  Plup
•  Wizzrobe
•  Zain

The highest-placing non-qualified player at The Big House 10 qualified:

•  Soonsay (who finished 5th)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at DreamHack Rotterdam 2022 qualified:

•  Professor Pro (who finished 2nd)

Players voted in

•  Jflex (October 11th)
•  Axe (October 12th)
•  KoDoRiN (October 13th)
•  Ralph (October 14th)

Declined players

moky dropped out of voting upon learning there was no cap on the amount of votes someone could buy, and wasn't comfortable being a part of the voting process.

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

•  moky,  Mekk,  Connect4Master,  Beezy (October 11th)
•  essy,  Louis,  Panko,  Seal (October 12th)
•  SFAT,  Skerzo,  Ginger,  Medz (October 13th)
•  Magi,  Eddy Mexico,  Fizzwiggle,  Sharp (October 14th)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

•  Ambisinister
•  Chape
•  cliché
•  JCAM
•  Kevin Maples
•  Matteo
•  Spark
•  Younger

Eligible players

Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:

• Top 50 on MPGR Summer 2022
• Placed top 64 at GENESIS 8
• Placed top 32 at Battle of BC 4, Get On My Level 2022, Double Down 2022, Super Smash Con 2022, Shine 2022, Riptide 2022, or Pound 2022
• Placed top 16 at Phantom 2022, Fête 2, or Smash Factor 9

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango
2nd	iBDW
3rd	aMSa
4th	Hungrybox
5th	Jmook
5th	Zain
7th	Axe
7th	Leffen
9th	Plup
9th	Wizzrobe
9th	KoDoRiN
9th	Soonsay
13th	Professor Pro
13th	Ralph
13th	Pipsqueak
13th	Jflex

Side events

USA vs. The World Crew Battle

USA	Character	Stocks Taken	World	Character	Stocks Taken
KoDoRiN		2	Leffen		5
iBDW		3	Soonsay		6
Axe		3	Jflex*		3
Plup		7	Pipsqueak		2
Zain		7	Ralph*		1
Jmook		3	aMSa		6
Wizzrobe		4	Hungrybox*		4
Mang0		3	Professor Pro		2
Total	—	32	Total	—	29

• Jflex, Ralph, and Hungrybox respectively represented Peru, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Argentina.

Controller Draft Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Ralph
2nd	Jmook
3rd	Pipsqueak
3rd	Plup
5th	Hungrybox
5th	KoDoRiN
5th	Axe
5th	aMSa

VIP Doubles

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)
1st	Plup		Duck
2nd	Hungrybox		Joshman
3rd	Ralph		Darkatma
3rd	iBDW		Spark
5th	Pipsqueak		Solobattle
5th	Jflex		Skerzo
5th	Axe		V3ctorman
5th	aMSa		Toph
9th	Soonsay		PoppinFresh

Altered Gravity Smash

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Hungrybox
2nd	iBDW
3rd	Axe
3rd	Pipsqueak
5th	Jflex
5th	Ralph
5th	KoDoRiN
5th	aMSa

End Credits High Score Contest

Place	Name	Score
1st	aMSa	152
2nd	Professor Pro	146
3rd	Axe	145
4th	Ralph	134
5th	Hungrybox	126
6th	Soonsay	110
7th	Jflex	108
8th	Pipsqueak	63

Red Bull Gauntlet ft. Plup

Plup	Character	Stocks Taken	Commentators	Character	Stocks Taken
Plup		24	Phil		2
—	—	—	Vish		1
—	—	—	Toph		2
—	—	—	Webs		1
—	—	—	Lovage		3
—	—	—	HMW		2
Total	—	24	Total	—	11

VIP Bracket

(29 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	null
2nd	Spark
3rd*	Duck (DQ)
4th	Solobattle
5th	CPU0
5th	Skerzo
7th	Joey Donuts
7th	Tai
9th	Swift
9th	Gooms
9th	Greg Turbo
9th	Mova
13th	Cubs
13th	Dhir
13th	Snap
13th	PoppinFresh
17th	Dr. Z
17th	SlumlordGG
17th	Bobo
17th	YokaiNels
17th	TreyTheTrashman
17th	Bob Thunder
17th	CoiledOver
17th	Real Dingoes
25th	Selstor
25th	Aqualad
25th	Matix
25th	persephone (DQ)	—
25th	Darkatma (DQ)	—

*DQ'd in Winners

Trivia

• With the attendance of Axe and Ralph, this is the first Smash Summit to feature two Pikachu players as competitors.
  • Swift was also in attendance as a VIP, bringing the total to three high-level Pikachu players at the event (the most at any Smash Summit).
• Smash Summit 14 ties Smash Summit 5 as the Smash Summit with the most Fox mains, at 8.
• V3ctorman, regarded as the best Yoshi before aMSa, tied for 5th with the latter's team in the VIP Doubles bracket.
• This is the first Smash Summit where every competitor was ranked on at least one iteration of the MPGR since Smash Summit 10 Online.
  • This is also the first Smash Summit where every vote-in player had been previously ranked on the MPGR since Smash Summit 8.
• One of the Summit VIPs (Bob Thunder) brought a Hungrybox-themed B0XX controller (dubbed the "HBoxx") to the venue. The controller was fully functional and generated different Hbox-related sound bites when used, which garnered attention from both competitors and social media.
• This is the first Smash Summit where both players were in attendance that Hungrybox and aMSa did not play against each other.

External Links

• Start.gg page