Tournament:GENESIS 4: Difference between revisions

'''GENESIS 4''' was the fourth edition of the [[GENESIS (tournament series)|GENESIS]] tournament series. It took place in San Jose, California, from January 20th to 22nd, 2017. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', and {{forwiiu}}, as well as side events for ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter V}}'', ''{{iw|wikipedia|Catherine|video game}}'', ''{{s|wikipedia|Rivals of Aether}}'', and ''{{s|wikipedia|TowerFall Ascension}}''.

*Santiago entered under the tag "El Fuego".

*MkLeo did not play.

Perhaps most notably, it was discovered that the losers' eighths set between {{Sm|komorikiri}} and {{Sm|CaptainZack}}, as well as the set between {{Sm|ZeRo}} and {{Sm|Dabuz}}, were both played with a [[launch rate]] of 0.9. While it remains unclear how the launch rate was changed, many players argue that the competitive integrity of the event has been ruined due to the unusual circumstances of the matches. The [[tournament organizer]]s have faced criticism for failing to check the setups earlier to ensure the proper ruleset, and for forcing komorikiri and CaptainZack to only replay the final game of the set, instead of replaying the entirety of both sets. Furthermore, disgruntled viewers of the tournament would later go on to express their anger about the incident by referring to the tournament as "GENESIS 3.9", and making numerous attacks towards the TOs. In addition to this, viewers also aimed their attacks towards [[VGBootCamp]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr32FdDZq_M upload] of the match between komorikiri and CaptainZack, resulting in a comment response from [[GimR]], in which he requested that users "not spam dislike the video", as it negatively affected their channel. {{Sm|Dr. Z}} justified that by stating that, by starting a game, the player accepted the result of the previous one<ref>https://twitter.com/sheridactyls/status/823296620573790208</ref>. The TOs also claimed that the set between Dabuz and ZeRo was played with the correct settings<ref>https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/823295513885687808</ref>, but it was later proven that it was not the case <ref>https://twitter.com/Ruben_dal/status/823301824237228034</ref>. Dabuz later made a TwitLonger asking for the reimbursement of his and komorikiri's travel fees<ref>https://twitter.com/DabuzSenpai/status/823309769020674048</ref>. This request was satisfied as the TOs promised to allow Dabuz and komorikiri to attend a future major tournament of their choice with all expenses covered<ref>https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/823969890675687424</ref>.

*This was the last time the ''[[Melee]]'' Grand Finals of a [[GENESIS (tournament series)|GENESIS]] tournament pit {{Sm|Armada}}, coming from winner's bracket, against {{Sm|Mango}}, coming from loser's, which had happened in all previous entries.