Tournament:Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2024: Difference between revisions
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The poll saw a rather split reaction. Some players lauded how the ban was based on a community vote rather than solely the decision of the tournament organizers, which also gave clearer picture on the general playerbase's opinions on the ban, specifically how most players who attend tournaments want the character banned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MVD731/status/1696663332403446035|title={{Sm|MVD}}'s opinion}}</ref> Other players believed the ban was more so due to Steve's unpopularity in the community and/or the [[Tristate]] area, with them also arguing that other unpopular characters such as {{SSBU|Kazuya}} and {{SSBU|Sonic}} would likely see the same result if polled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1696682330440479069|title={{Sm|PracticalTAS}}'s opinion}}</ref> | The poll saw a rather split reaction. Some players lauded how the ban was based on a community vote rather than solely the decision of the tournament organizers, which also gave clearer picture on the general playerbase's opinions on the ban, specifically how most players who attend tournaments want the character banned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MVD731/status/1696663332403446035|title={{Sm|MVD}}'s opinion}}</ref> Other players believed the ban was more so due to Steve's unpopularity in the community and/or the [[Tristate]] area, with them also arguing that other unpopular characters such as {{SSBU|Kazuya}} and {{SSBU|Sonic}} would likely see the same result if polled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1696682330440479069|title={{Sm|PracticalTAS}}'s opinion}}</ref> | ||
===Ultimate Singles=== | |||
Alongside {{Trn|Umebura SP 10}}, this was the first tournament and supermajor of the 2024 season. While the attendance was lower in this tournament, a lot of the North American heavy hitters from [[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023|the previous years were in attendance]], such as {{Sm|Sparg0}}, {{Sm|Sonix}}, {{Sm|Tweek}}, {{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}}, {{Sm|MkLeo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, and {{Sm|Riddles}}. At 891 attendees in Ultimate singles, it started off 2024 strong as the one of the first two supermajors of the year. | |||
At the first day of Ultimate singles, there were a some notable upsets in pools. The biggest upset of the day (and the whole tournament) was seed #132 {{Sm|Spritzy}} defeating seed #4 {{Sm|Dabuz}} in a nailbiter game 5 set, with the upset having an UF of 11. Other notable upsets to start off the tournament were seed #233 {{Sm|yosi}} beating seed #24 {{Sm|Aaron}} 3-0 (UF 7), seed #113 {{Sm|Wildz}} beating seed #16 {{Sm|Quidd}} 3-0 (UF 6), seed #97 {{Sm|Synergy}} defeating seed #32 {{Sm|MKBigBoss}} 3-1 (UF 4), seed #171 {{Sm|Gamer}} defeating seed #43 {{Sm|Armadillo}} 3-1 (UF 4) and seed #163 {{Sm|Shady}} defeating seed #35 {{Sm|Kobe}} (UF 4). | |||
The next day saw a slew of underperformances. One of the biggest performances was Dabuz placing 49th after losing to {{Sm|Justice}} 1-3 (UF 10), resulting in tying for his worst placement at an Ultimate major alongside {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}} at 49th. Other underperformances included Aaron placing 97th, seed #17 {{Sm|Jakal}} and MKBigBoss placing 65th, seed #21 {{Sm|MVD}} placing 49th, seed #12 {{Sm|Peabnut}} and Quidd placing 33rd, and seed #14 {{Sm|Anathema}} placing 25th. | |||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
