Tournament:Double Down 2022

Double Down 2022 was a supermajor which took place on July 8th-10th, 2022 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured tournaments for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was the sequel to and was previously set to be the first Platinum tier stop on the 2020 Smash World Tour for both games on June 5th-7th, 2020 prior to its postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic; the tournament was instead a Platinum stop on the Smash World Tour 2022 for both games. It was later planned for March 25th-27th, 2022 before being postponed again due to problems that arose due to the Omicron variant. Various side events, a Rock Paper Scissors tournament, a ' minigames bracket, ' brackets, and a  16 Star speedrun contest also took place. An Ultimate Squad Strike bracket was planned before the tournament's first postponement.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(368 entrants) Top 16 Bracket Top 12 Bracket * DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(59 teams) Top 16 Bracket Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(987 entrants) Top 16 Bracket Top 12 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(171 teams) Top 24 Bracket Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stages singles

 * Matches must be played on a random stage.
 * Random Stage Select will be set to choose between the following stages - Rainbow Cruise, Kongo Jungle,, Green Greens, Corneria.
 * Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.

(64 entrants) Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee Poké Ball singles

 * Poké Balls on medium (all other items off).
 * RPS for who gets to pick the stage.
 * Stages are Pokémon Stadium and Poké Floats.
 * Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.

(64 entrants) Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random singles

 * Both players must pick random as their character.
 * Single Elimination. Every match is Best of 1 until the Final match, which will be Best of 3.
 * Standard tournament ruleset otherwise. (Striking, Stocks, etc.)

(128 entrants) Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Game and Watch Judge singles

 * 60% damage handicap.
 * Single Elimination. Best of 1 game. 3 stocks per player.
 * Play on.
 * Players will take alternating turns hitting each other with the hammer (side-B).
 * The player getting hit must stand in the middle of the stage. The attacker must not try to push the opponent to gain a tactical advantage.
 * Going first will be determined by Rock Paper Scissors.
 * SDs will count against your stock total. Hitting your opponent with any other move or when it is not your turn will result in you losing the stock.
 * Finals will be 10 stocks, Best 2 out of 3 games.

(128 entrants) Top 4 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate crews
(4 teams)

Hungrybox
Prior to playing his Top 12 match on the 3rd day of the tournament, Hungrybox tweeted that he was coughing blood but tested negative for COVID-19. Despite his condition, Hungrybox played and won his match against SFAT to make it to Top 8 before DQing himself out of the tournament for safety reasons. Hungrybox received significant negative backlash for allowing himself to compete despite being ill and for not wearing a mask, potentially exposing many attendees to his infection. The TOs also received backlash for allowing Hungrybox to compete and not penalizing him for not wearing a mask. Hungrybox later issued an apology and promised to wear a mask at all future events.

Technicals
Two years after the 2020 Super Smash Bros. sexual misconduct allegations, YouTuber joined Double Down 2022 as a spectator, with a sign and the phrase "Ban Nairo" written on it throughout the tournament. After being barred from reentry during the second day of the event, he would sneak into the venue with a disguise. After the conclusion to the grand finals of Ultimate and during ProtoBanham's celebration, Technicals would go on to pull up the sign in front of cameras and the audience in reference to the aforementioned controversy. Technicals was subsequently escorted out of the venue by tournament staff, and his actions and attendance in the tournament has led to both backlash and confusion by many in the Smash community, especially in regards to how he had been able to enter the venue despite being on the then Global Ban Database. This action was later censored in a VOD rediffusion of Double Down 2022.

On October 31, 2022, Technicals would make a video that addresses the controversy. In the video, he claims that the reason he went to the event in the first place was to protest the Global Ban Database and the fact that he is in it, but Nairo, who admits to receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old while he was 20, was not. He claims the reason for his ban after the second day was due to the "Ban Nairo" sign being considered "too political" by the TOs, and for being on the Global Ban Database. He was able to return on the third day by disguising in women's clothes. He then got into a verbal altercation with and, which he secretly recorded. During the incident, he asks why Nairo is frequently allowed to re-stream VGBC content. GimR deflects by saying they do not associate with Nairo. After some more back and forth, the recording ends with Aposl taking the sign and Technicals being escorted out by security.

Trivia

 * In reference to being held at a casino, like its predecessor, the tournament is named after a player option in the game.
 * made Top 16 in both Melee singles and doubles, yet also DQ'd from both brackets for separate reasons. For doubles, he and his teammate (Shakedrizzle) DQ'd due to a conflict with Junebug's commentary schedule, graciously giving Peanut and Dutch (the opponents that they had just beat to make it into Top 16) the win and finishing 17th on paper. The following day, Junebug voluntarily ended his own impressive run as solo at 13th by DQ'ing against  in order to attend a magic show.
 * This tournament marks:
 * The first time has defeated  in an offline Melee tournament set.
 * 's first North American Ultimate major win.
 * After being upset in pools by, went on an impressive 11-set run in Loser's bracket to ultimately finish 4th.