Tournament:Smash Summit 11: Difference between revisions

|image = Smash_summit_11_updated_logo.png

|venue = Summit Gaming House

|pot = $155,669

|director= {{Team|Beyond the Summit}}

'''Smash Summit 11''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' invitational [[List of national tournaments|supermajor]] tournament. It was the eleventh installment of the [[Tournament:Smash Summit (series)|Smash Summit series]] for ''Melee'', and was held on July 15th-18th, 2021. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.

The tournament was notable as the first offline major for ''Melee'' in over a year, due to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic. It set the record for the largest prize pool of any event in Smash history, at $155,669. {{Sm|Leffen}} and {{Sm|aMSa}} were both automatically invited to the event as international competitors who had been unable to compete in North American online events; however, Leffen was unable to attend due to visa issues. {{Sm|Pipsqueak}} had also qualified for the event, but had to withdraw the day before the start of competition due to travel difficulties; he was then given an automatic invite to {{Trn|Smash Summit 12}}.  

{{Sm|Mango}} took first place at the event, defeating {{Sm|moky}}, {{Sm|n0ne}}, {{Sm|iBDW}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, and {{Sm|Zain}} twice en route to his first Summit championship. The two-set, ten-game grand finals was immediately considered an all-time classic, as Mango clawed back from an 0-2 deficit in the first set and defeated Zain's Marth using Fox in back-to-back games on {{SSBM|Final Destination}}, a matchup widely considered to be unfavorable for Fox. {{Sm|Hungrybox}} also had an impressive showing at the event; although his online placements had been lackluster, he defeated aMSa and iBDW to reach winners' finals before losing to Mango and finishing the event in 3rd place.

The top 3 non-invited players at {{Trn|Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE}} qualified:

*{{Sm|Yingling|USA}} & {{Sm|n0ne|Canada}} (July 5th)

{{Sm|Pipsqueak}} had qualified as the player with the most points in the {{Trn|S.A.M.E 2021}} circuit after {{Trn|Smash Sauna Online}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SmashEurope/status/1397318167140212744?s=19 SmashEurope confirming Pipsqueak's qualification following Smash Sauna Online]</ref> However, due to a myriad of issues pertaining to travel and COVID-19, he too was unable to attend. He was automatically invited to [[Smash Summit 12]], and BTS announced that the player who placed third at {{Trn|Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE}}, {{Sm|KoDoRiN}}, would be replacing him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BTSsmash/status/1415390093343281153|title=BTS announces KoDoRiN replaces Pipsqueak}}</ref>

===Singles===

[https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-summit-11/event/melee-singles/brackets/967540/1534195 Final Bracket]

|1st||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$46,700.70

|2nd||{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$23,350.35

|3rd||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$18,680.28

|4th||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$15,566.90

|5th||{{Sm|Wizzrobe|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$9,340.14

|5th||{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$9,340.14

|7th||{{Sm|n0ne|Canada}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$4,670.07

|7th||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$4,670.07

|9th||{{Sm|KoDoRiN|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$3,113.38

|9th||{{Sm|moky|Canada}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$3,113.38

|9th||{{Sm|aMSa|Japan}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$3,113.38

|9th||{{Sm|SFAT|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$3,113.38

|13th||{{Sm|Aklo|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$2,179.37

|13th||{{Sm|2saint|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$2,179.37

|13th||{{Sm|LSD|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$2,179.37

|13th||{{Sm|yingling|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$2,179.37

(22 entrants)<br>[https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-summit-11/event/vip-melee-singles/brackets/967927/1534739 Bracket]

*This tournament had the largest singles pot in all of ''Smash'' history at $155,669 and was the first to exceed $100,000, beating the previous record from {{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}'s around $80,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/practicaltas/status/1411394011986808836?s=21|title=The largest prize pool}}</ref> It was the 14th largest prize pool out of any fighting game.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/oee0oi/smash_summit_11s_prize_pool_has_reached_140000_as/h46pfrr/ Largest fighting game prize pools]</ref> {{Sm|Mango}} won the largest payout at a ''Smash'' tournament at $46,700.70.

*This was the first in-person Smash Summit since the original [[Smash Summit]] where {{Sm|Mango}} was in Grand Finals, as well as more notably serving as Mango's first Smash Summit win.

**This is the first Summit where the majority of players voted in were [[sponsor]]ed ({{Sm|Aklo}} and {{Sm|Yingling}} being the exceptions at the time of the voting process).

**{{Sm|Hungrybox}} received the most votes for any first round Summit vote-in player in Summit history (around 120,000 votes).

**{{Sm|Wizzrobe}} received the most votes for any player that would ultimately be eliminated from the voting phase (around 138,000 votes).

**{{Sm|Yingling}} received the most votes for any vote-in player in Summit history (around 175,000 votes).

***Yingling's campaign garnered attention due to his underdog status and his lead throughout most of the voting phase. A few notable players, including {{Sm|HugS}} and {{Sm|LSD}}, voiced their support for Yingling,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5waXcsBU8|title=HugS' video on Yingling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LSDSSBM/status/1411805271886864385|title=LSD's Tweet}}</ref> and many other players changed their Twitter profile picture to that of a fish from ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and their Twitter name to "I am Nicholas Yingling."

*[https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-summit-11/details Smash.gg page]

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