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|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|VoiD|USA}} (Glitch)<br>{{Sm|Mr E|USA}} (Glitch 2)<br>{{Sm|WaDi|USA}} (Glitch 3)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (Glitch 5)
|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|VoiD|USA}} (Glitch)<br>{{Sm|Mr E|USA}} (Glitch 2)<br>{{Sm|WaDi|USA}} (Glitch 3)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (Glitch 5)
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|ssbuwinner = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)<br>{{Sm|ESAM|USA}} (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)<br>{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}} (Infinite)<br>{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}} (Regen)
|director = {{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}, [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]]
|player(s) with most wins = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
|organizer = {{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}, [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]]
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'''Glitch''' is a tournament series hosted by {{Sm|Tantalus}} and [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]] in Laurel, Maryland. The series has hosted {{forwiiu}} tournaments the most, although they have recently made the transition to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
'''Glitch''' is a tournament series hosted by {{Sm|Tantalus}} and [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]] in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for {{forwiiu}}, but grew larger following the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and eventually became one of the largest ''Smash'' tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, [[Character customization|custom]] singles, [[8-Player Smash|triples]], ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles, ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' singles, [[amiibo]] singles, speedrun brackets, [[Squad Strike]], and [[Stage Morph|Morph]]-[[Final Smash Meter|Meter]].
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==History==
===2016-2018: ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===
 
The first {{Trn|Glitch}} tournament took place March 12th, 2016 as a {{forwiiu}} event, and not only featured many of [[MD/VA]]'s best players, including {{Sm|Pink Fresh}}, {{Sm|Seagull Joe}}, and {{Sm|Remzi}}, but also featured talent from outside the region, most notably {{Sm|VoiD}} and {{Sm|Mr.R}}, the former eventually winning the event. Subsequent Glitch events also regularly featured top-level invaders, and despite competition from in-region players, the invaders were often the event winners. The sole exception was at {{Trn|Glitch 3}}, where MD/VA's then-#1 player {{Sm|WaDi}} eliminated {{Sm|Darkshad}} and prevented {{Sm|CaptainZack}} from winning the event.
 
The first Glitch also started the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in this case being low tier singles and custom singles. Subsequent Glitch events began adding newer side events, with Glitch 2 holding ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles and a ''Smash 4'' triples bracket and Glitch 3 holding an [[amiibo]] singles event. No events had a similar lineup of side events; for example, ''Brawl'' was eventually dropped by Glitch 4 while custom singles was removed from the Glitch 3 lineup.
 
Despite regularly being at superregional-levels, the total attendance at ''Smash 4'' Glitch events in slowly decreased as the series progressed, with the first Glitch being the only event to surpass 200 entrants. This culminated in {{Trn|Glitch 5}} only featuring 122 entrants, making it the smallest event in the series. The low entrants count was attributed to declining interest in ''Smash 4'', as ''Ultimate'' was only a few months away, leading many top players to retire during these last few months.
 
===2019-2023: ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
 
With the release of ''Ultimate'', the Glitch series entirely switched its focus to that game. The attendance for {{Trn|Glitch 6}} singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: [[Squad Strike]] and Morph-Meter. In addition, Glitch 6 became the first tournament in the series to reach major status, and subsequent Glitch events up to {{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} would become majors or supermajors. Thus, Glitch became one of the biggest ''Ultimate'' tournament series on the east coast, and was one of MD/VA's premier tournament series alongside {{Trn|Super Smash Con|series}}.
 
{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}} became the first event to have a "theme", in this case being the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series. A notable controversy took place during this tournament, where {{Sm|Stroder}}'s dropout from the event demoted it from S-tier to A-tier on the [[Fall 2019 PGRU]], upsetting many players. This incident was later dubbed "GlitchGate", and despite its demotion, the event is still considered a supermajor. {{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}} followed months later, becoming the largest event in the series.
 
{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} was later announced to be part of the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2020}} as a Gold stop. However, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] led to the event's postponement, with the date being repeatedly pushed back as the pandemic worsened, eventually being held in February 2022. Instead, the next event in the series became {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}, which acted as Glitch's main event in the time period immediately following offline's return. Due to the remaining threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first event to feature an entrants cap.
 
The series' final event was {{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}, held months after Glitch - Infinite as a Gold stop on the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2022}}. However for the first time since {{Trn|Glitch 5}}, the tournament failed to reach major status despite reaching Category 4 on [[OrionRank 2022]]; the event became part of a trend in the second half of 2022 where a tournament's tier on OrionRank did not properly reflect its actual talent size.
 
An additional Glitch event, [https://www.start.gg/tournament/glitch-duel-of-fates/details Glitch: Duel of Fates], was set to take place from January 13th-15th, 2023 and was themed around ''Legend of Zelda'' and ''Fire Emblem''. However, {{Team|VGBootCamp}}'s financial future became uncertain following the [[Cancellation of Smash World Tour 2022]], and the event was cancelled. Since then, no new Glitch event has been announced, effectively ending the series for the time being.
 
==Champions==
==Champions==
==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} {{forwiiu}} Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===
==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} {{forwiiu}} Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===
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!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
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|-
|March 12th, 2016||[[Glitch]]||255||James Makekau-Tyson||{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mr. R|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|March 12th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch}}||255||James Makekau-Tyson||{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mr. R|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|September 24th-25th, 2016||[[Glitch 2]]||198||Eric Weber||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Pink Fresh|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|September 24th-25th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch 2}}||198||Eric Weber||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Pink Fresh|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|May 6th, 2017||[[Glitch 3]]||158||Chris Boston||{{Sm|WaDi|USA}}||{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||158||Chris Boston||{{Sm|WaDi|USA}}||{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|April 28th, 2018||[[Glitch 4]]||171||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Bowser Jr.|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|April 28th, 2018||{{Trn|Glitch 4}}||171||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Bowser Jr.|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|CaptainZack|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|September 29th, 2018||[[Glitch 5]]||122||Bharat Chintapall||{{Sm|Lima|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Lucina|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|September 29th, 2018||{{Trn|Glitch 5}}||122||Bharat Chintapall||{{Sm|Lima|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mr E|USA}}||{{Head|Lucina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|}
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!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
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|-
|January 19th-20th, 2019||[[Glitch 6]]||551||TBD||TBD||TBD||TBD||TBD
|January 19th-20th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 6}}||551||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 14th-15th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}}||566||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|January 18th-19th, 2020||{{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}}||729||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 24th-26th, 2021||{{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}||421||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Mii Brawler|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|February 18th-20th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}}||615||Brian Kalu||{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}}||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Zomba|USA}}||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 23rd-25th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}||422||Paris Ramirez Garcia||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Kameme|Japan}}||{{Head|Sora|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|}
 
==={{GameIcon|SSBB}} ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBB}} <small>(side event)</small>===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date!!Event!!Entrants!!Player!!Tag!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)
|-
|September 24th-25th, 2016||{{Trn|Glitch 2}}||32||Daniel Rodriguez||{{Sm|ChuDat|USA}}||{{Head|Kirby|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Seagull Joe|USA}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|-
|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||24||David Silberberg||{{Sm|Seibrik|USA}}||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|}
|}
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Glitch_Smash Twitter]


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Latest revision as of 19:53, June 11, 2024

This article is about the tournament series. For the video game term for oversights in video game programming, see Glitch.
Glitch
Info
Founded 2016
Region United States
Format Double Elimination
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners USA VoiD (Glitch)
USA Mr E (Glitch 2)
USA WaDi (Glitch 3)
USA Tweek (Glitch 4)
USA Lima (Glitch 5)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA Tweek (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
USA ESAM (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)
USA Cosmos (Infinite)
USA Light (Regen)
Most successful player(s) USA Tweek (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
Staff
Organizer(s) USA Tantalus, Xanadu Games

Glitch is a tournament series hosted by Tantalus and Xanadu Games in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, but grew larger following the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and eventually became one of the largest Smash tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, custom singles, triples, Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles, ARMS singles, amiibo singles, speedrun brackets, Squad Strike, and Morph-Meter.

HistoryEdit

2016-2018: Super Smash Bros. 4Edit

The first Glitch tournament took place March 12th, 2016 as a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event, and not only featured many of MD/VA's best players, including Pink Fresh, Seagull Joe, and Remzi, but also featured talent from outside the region, most notably VoiD and Mr.R, the former eventually winning the event. Subsequent Glitch events also regularly featured top-level invaders, and despite competition from in-region players, the invaders were often the event winners. The sole exception was at Glitch 3, where MD/VA's then-#1 player WaDi eliminated Darkshad and prevented CaptainZack from winning the event.

The first Glitch also started the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in this case being low tier singles and custom singles. Subsequent Glitch events began adding newer side events, with Glitch 2 holding Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles and a Smash 4 triples bracket and Glitch 3 holding an amiibo singles event. No events had a similar lineup of side events; for example, Brawl was eventually dropped by Glitch 4 while custom singles was removed from the Glitch 3 lineup.

Despite regularly being at superregional-levels, the total attendance at Smash 4 Glitch events in slowly decreased as the series progressed, with the first Glitch being the only event to surpass 200 entrants. This culminated in Glitch 5 only featuring 122 entrants, making it the smallest event in the series. The low entrants count was attributed to declining interest in Smash 4, as Ultimate was only a few months away, leading many top players to retire during these last few months.

2019-2023: Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

With the release of Ultimate, the Glitch series entirely switched its focus to that game. The attendance for Glitch 6 singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: Squad Strike and Morph-Meter. In addition, Glitch 6 became the first tournament in the series to reach major status, and subsequent Glitch events up to Glitch - Infinite would become majors or supermajors. Thus, Glitch became one of the biggest Ultimate tournament series on the east coast, and was one of MD/VA's premier tournament series alongside Super Smash Con.

Glitch 7 - Minus World became the first event to have a "theme", in this case being the Super Mario Bros. series. A notable controversy took place during this tournament, where Stroder's dropout from the event demoted it from S-tier to A-tier on the Fall 2019 PGRU, upsetting many players. This incident was later dubbed "GlitchGate", and despite its demotion, the event is still considered a supermajor. Glitch 8 - Missingno followed months later, becoming the largest event in the series.

Glitch - Infinite was later announced to be part of the Smash World Tour 2020 as a Gold stop. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the event's postponement, with the date being repeatedly pushed back as the pandemic worsened, eventually being held in February 2022. Instead, the next event in the series became Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code, which acted as Glitch's main event in the time period immediately following offline's return. Due to the remaining threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first event to feature an entrants cap.

The series' final event was Glitch - Regen, held months after Glitch - Infinite as a Gold stop on the Smash World Tour 2022. However for the first time since Glitch 5, the tournament failed to reach major status despite reaching Category 4 on OrionRank 2022; the event became part of a trend in the second half of 2022 where a tournament's tier on OrionRank did not properly reflect its actual talent size.

An additional Glitch event, Glitch: Duel of Fates, was set to take place from January 13th-15th, 2023 and was themed around Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem. However, VGBootCamp's financial future became uncertain following the Cancellation of Smash World Tour 2022, and the event was cancelled. Since then, no new Glitch event has been announced, effectively ending the series for the time being.

ChampionsEdit

  Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Winners  Edit

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
March 12th, 2016 Glitch 255 James Makekau-Tyson   VoiD     Mr. R  
September 24th-25th, 2016 Glitch 2 198 Eric Weber   Mr E     Pink Fresh  
May 6th, 2017 Glitch 3 158 Chris Boston   WaDi     CaptainZack   
April 28th, 2018 Glitch 4 171 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek        CaptainZack  
September 29th, 2018 Glitch 5 122 Bharat Chintapall   Lima     Mr E  

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Winners  Edit

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
January 19th-20th, 2019 Glitch 6 551 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek       Nairo   
September 14th-15th, 2019 Glitch 7 - Minus World 566 Eric Lew   ESAM     Light  
January 18th-19th, 2020 Glitch 8 - Missingno 729 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek       Dark Wizzy  
September 24th-26th, 2021 Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code 421 Eric Lew   ESAM      MkLeo   
February 18th-20th, 2022 Glitch - Infinite 615 Brian Kalu   Cosmos     Zomba     
September 23rd-25th, 2022 Glitch - Regen 422 Paris Ramirez Garcia   Light     Kameme  

  Super Smash Bros. Brawl Winners   (side event)Edit

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
September 24th-25th, 2016 Glitch 2 32 Daniel Rodriguez   ChuDat     Seagull Joe  
May 6th, 2017 Glitch 3 24 David Silberberg   Seibrik      Tantalus   

External linksEdit


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Smash 4 Glitch · Glitch 2 · Glitch 3 · Glitch 4 · Glitch 5
Ultimate Glitch 6 · Minus World · Missingno · Konami Code · Infinite · Regen

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