Tournament:Smash Summit 11

Smash Summit 11
Dates	July 15th-18th, 2021
Venue	Beyond the Summit
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	$155,372
Results
winners	Mango 1v1
Staff
Organizer(s)	Beyond the Summit

Smash Summit 11 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational supermajor tournament. It was the eleventh installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held on July 15th-18th, 2021. It was held at the Beyond the Summit's Studio 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 COVID-19 pandemic. At $155,372, it also set the record for the largest prize pool of any event in Smash history, a record that it held for a month. Leffen and 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. 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 Smash Summit 12.

Mango took first place at the event, defeating moky, n0ne, iBDW, Plup, Hungrybox, and 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 Final Destination, a matchup widely considered to be unfavorable for Fox. 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 Zain and Mango and finishing the event in 3rd place.

Players invited/qualified

The following player was invited by Beyond The Summit:

•  aMSa

The top 6 players from Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 4 qualified:

•  Zain
•  Mango
•  SFAT
•  iBDW
•  Plup
•  moky

The top 3 players at Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE qualified:

•  Wizzrobe
•  2saint
•  KoDoRiN

Players voted in

•  Hungrybox &  LSD (July 1st)
•  Aklo &  Axe (July 3rd)
•  yingling &  n0ne (July 5th)

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

•  2saint,  Ginger,  JSalt,  Reeve (June 28th)
•  DarkGenex,  Forrest,  skullbro (June 29th)
•  SquidTheCat,  Ben Snape,  bobby big ballz (July 1st)
•  Ben,  Magi (July 3rd)
•  S2J,  Wizzrobe (July 5th)

Eligible players

Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:

• Placing top 16 at Smash Sauna Online, Regen Online, Phoenix Blue Online, The Upset, or Valhalla Online
• Placing top 64 at LACS 2, LACS 3, Four Loko Fight Night, Netplay for Palestine, or Galint Melee Open
• Participating in Smash Summit 10 Online or Summit Champions League Season 1 or 2

A full list of eligible players is in this post.

Declined players

Ginger dropped out from voting on June 27th due to health problems and being in the process of moving at the time.

Leffen was invited alongside aMSa, but announced on July 2nd, 2021 that he could not attend due to visa issues. As a result, on July 5th it was announced that Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE would have two qualifying spots instead of one.

Pipsqueak had qualified as the player with the most points in the S.A.M.E 2021 circuit after Smash Sauna Online. 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 Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE, KoDoRiN, would be replacing him.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango		$46,611.60
2nd	Zain		$23,305.80
3rd	Hungrybox		$18,644.64
4th	Plup		$15,537.20
5th	Wizzrobe		$9,322.32
5th	iBDW		$9,322.32
7th	n0ne		$4,661.16
7th	Axe		$4,661.16
9th	KoDoRiN		$3,107.44
9th	moky		$3,107.44
9th	aMSa		$3,107.44
9th	SFAT		$3,107.44
13th	Aklo		$2,175.21
13th	2saint		$2,175.21
13th	LSD		$2,175.21
13th	yingling		$2,175.21

Side events

Modified Doubles

In Modified Doubles, players cannot choose the same character they have used in a set.
(8 teams)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mango		SFAT		$4,000 ($2,000 each)
2nd	Plup		Hungrybox
3rd	aMSa		Axe
3rd	Zain		n0ne
5th	moky		iBDW
5th	LSD		Wizzrobe
5th	Aklo		2saint
5th	yingling		KoDoRiN

VIP Bracket

(22 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ringler
2nd	Tai
3rd	Vish
4th	Mekk
5th	Husband
5th	n3zModGod
7th	Zhu
7th	Snap

Pfizer VS Moderna Crew Battle

Pfizer	Character	Stocks Taken	Moderna	Character	Stocks Taken
Aklo		6	KoDoRiN		2
SFAT		7	aMSa		3
Axe		4	yingling		2
Hungrybox		4	moky		3
2saint		3	n0ne		4
Plup	—	—	LSD		4
Total	—	24	Total	—	18

Commentator Crew Battle

Team Scar	Character	Stocks Taken	Team Toph	Character	Stocks Taken
The Cheat		3	HugS		6
Lovage		2	Toph		5
homemadewaffles		3	Zhu		4
Scar		5	Vish		1
Total	—	13	Total	—	16

Trivia

• This tournament has the largest singles pot in all of Melee history at $155,372 and was the first Smash tournament to exceed $100,000, beating the previous record from Smash Summit 5's around $80,000. It was the 14th largest prize pool out of any fighting game. Mango won the largest payout at a Melee tournament at $46,611.60.
• This was the first in-person Smash Summit since the original Smash Summit where Mango was in Grand Finals, as well as more notably serving as Mango's first Smash Summit win.
• This was the first odd numbered Smash Summit since Smash Summit 3 where Hungrybox didn't win, ending his streak.
• The vote-in process for Smash Summit 11 achieved a number of firsts in comparison to prior Summits:
  • This is the first Summit where the majority of players voted in were sponsored (Aklo and yingling being the exceptions at the time of the voting process).
  • Hungrybox had received the most votes for any first round Summit vote-in player in Summit history (around 120,000 votes) until being superseded by Aaron at Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
  • Wizzrobe received the most votes for any player that would ultimately be eliminated from the voting phase (around 138,000 votes) until being superseded by Peanut at Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
  • yingling had received the most votes for any vote-in player in Summit history (around 175,000 votes), though this has since been superseded by Kola at Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
    • yingling's campaign garnered attention due to his underdog status and his lead throughout most of the voting phase. A few notable players, including HugS and LSD, voiced their support for yingling, 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."
• Smash Summit 11 was the first in-person Smash Summit to have no players from Sweden and Europe as a whole compete, as both Leffen and Pipsqueak encountered travel issues originating from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that prevented them from attending.
• Mango's loser's run is tied with acola's loser's run at Smash Ultimate Summit 6 for the longest of any Smash Summit champion, winning 7 consecutive sets after losing to Plup in Winner's Quarterfinals.

External links

• Start.gg page
• Announcement Trailer
• VOD playlist