Tournament:The Nightclub: Difference between revisions

|format      = Double elimination (96 player cap for most events)

|director    = Clèmbulé, DarkGenex, Ryobeat

'''The Nightclub''', previously known as '''Hax's Nightclub @ Operating System NYC''' or ''HNC''/'''Hax's Nightclub''', is the premier ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' weekly/local in New York City, being a replacement for [[Nebulous]] since its closure. It has been run since September 2019. It is run on Wednesday nights (7:30 PM) by {{Sm|DarkGenex}}, {{Sm|Ryobeat}} and many others. The tournament is sponsored by Andbox, a "family of gamers, artists, makers and breakers" who also sponsor other competitive events/teams (NYXL) at this location as well as at . The venue has helped spark the renaissance of the NYC ''Melee'' scene, and the current ''Melee'' [[New York City Power Rankings]] are based primarily on these results. Along with the usual Tri-State players, the well-ran events have had many out-of-state players come, such as {{Sm|Kalamazhu}} and {{Sm|aMSa}} due to the high level of weekly competition. Tournament winners include {{Sm|Rishi}}, {{Sm|Captain Smuckers}}, {{Sm|2Saint}}, {{Sm|Aklo}}, and others. Like most other tournaments, due to [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|the COVID-19 pandemic]], the event had mostly ran online attracting competition from around the US but has since switched.They originally ran 64 man events to reduce potential exposure but more recently the tournaments have a 96 man cap. A rare exception was the 128 pre-[[Apex 2022]] event which aMSa won over Aklo having to win 2 sets after having been upset in winners by 2Saint.

Due to controversies surrounding Hax$, the event was renamed to The Nightclub and now it is run by Clèmbulé, Ryobeat, DarkGenex, and others. [https://twitter.com/DarkGenex/status/1418766141737082880 Their first event was on July 28th, 2021] and they have continued since then. Hax$ was recently unbanned and has since won a nightclub.