Editing Tournament:The Luminosity Invitational

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{{Infobox Tournament
|name = The Luminosity Invitational
|image = 
|dates = April 20th, 2024
|venue = 
|address = 15305 S Dixie Hwy
|city = Palmetto Bay, [[Florida]] {{Flag|USA}}
|pot = $10,000
|attendance - 10
|ssbuwinner = {{Sm|SHADIC|USA}}
|organizer = {{Team|Luminosity Gaming}}
}}
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'''The Luminosity Invitational''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' invitational held in Palmetto Bay, [[Florida]] on April 20th, 2024. The event was announced at the end of an April Fools' Day prank on April 1st, with invited players slowly being announced within the next few weeks, although a few player invites were leaked early. The tournament featured Round Robin Best of 3 pools, and the top four players of each pool will then compete in a final double-elimination Best of 5 bracket, with the 1st and 2nd placers starting on Winners' side, and the 3rd and 4th placers starting on Losers' side. 

The tournament was sponsored by the grocery chain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroger Kroger]. The winner of the tournament, {{Sm|SHADIC}}, won a Kroger Gaming GameCube controller as an additional prize. There was also a 9th place tiebreaker for a Kroger gift card, which Marss won.

==Tournament summary==
{{Sm|Zomba}} was initially invited but declined, leading to {{Sm|Marss}} filling in for him.

The tournament was tiered an A-tier on the [[LumiRank 2024.1]]. However, due to the low entrants count even for invitational standards and the fact that the event would not have tiered as an A-tier in the subsequent season due to adjustments in invitational player points, the event is not recognized as a major on the wiki.

Controversy arose following the conclusion of the round robin phase, as Pool 2 saw two ties: {{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}} and {{Sm|Dabuz}} went 3-1 (having lost to Dabuz and MkLeo, respectively) while {{Sm|Tweek}} and {{Sm|MkLeo}} went 2-2 (with Tweek losing to Dabuz and Light and MkLeo losing to Light and Tweek). Initially, it was assumed that head-to-head would be the tie-breaker, which meant Pool B would have Dabuz first, Light second, Tweek third, and MkLeo fourth; this order was presented on-stream and was initially present in-bracket. However, it was later revealed that the actual tie-breaker was game count, and as a result the order was changed to Light first, Dabuz second, MkLeo third, and Tweek fourth. This sudden order shift not only confused many players and spectators, but it also affected the final bracket: most notably, MkLeo went from facing {{Sm|Maister}}, a player MkLeo had a dominant record over; to {{Sm|Riddles}}, one of MkLeo's bracket demons and who eventually defeated him 3-0, eliminating him at 7th. In addition, many spectators questioned the seriousness of the event, and especially pointed out how MkLeo and Tweek chose to play {{SSBU|Byleth}} and {{SSBU|Sephiroth}}, respectively, for most of the event instead of their current mains.

On the other hand, despite having been in a slump for the last few months, {{Sm|Dabuz}} saw the best run of his season so far, defeating Tweek, Light, Riddles, and Maister to place 3rd. In addition, {{Sm|SHADIC}}, after losing to only Sonix throughout the entire event (losing 0-2 in round robin and 0-3 in Winner's Finals) was able to double-eliminate Sonix in Grand Finals 3-2 and 3-0.

Following the event, Luminosity head {{Sm|Alex Gonzalez}} revealed that the tournament only had three weeks to set up and was on a limited budget. He also announced some changes for their next invitational and requested users give additional feedback.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlexGLogics/status/1782499214028599548|title=Alex Gonzalez on the invitational}}</ref>

==Results==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' singles===
(10 entrants)<br>
[https://www.start.gg/tournament/kroger-gaming-presents-the-luminosity-invitational/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/1628535/2431822 Top 8 Bracket]
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!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||{{Sm|SHADIC|USA}}||{{Head|Corrin|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|Sonix|Dominican Republic}}||{{Head|Sonic|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Dabuz|USA}}||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Olimar|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|4th||{{Sm|Maister|Mexico}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Riddles|Canada}}||{{Head|Kazuya|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|7th||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Sephiroth|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|7th||{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|9th*||{{Sm|Marss|USA}}||{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|-
|10th||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Marss won 2-0 over Hungrybox in a tiebreaker set for 9th, and won a Kroger gift card as well.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Luminosity/status/1774897046861848896 Announcement]
*[https://www.start.gg/tournament/kroger-gaming-presents-the-luminosity-invitational/details Start.gg page]

[[Category:2024 tournaments]]
[[Category:Invitationals (SSBU)]]
[[Category:Superregional tournaments (SSBU)]]
[[Category:Florida tournaments]]
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