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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This tournament had the largest singles pot in all of ''Smash'' history 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> | *This tournament had the largest singles pot in all of ''Smash'' history 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> | ||
*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. | |||
*The vote-in process for Smash Summit 11 achieved a number of firsts in comparison to prior Summits: | *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 [[sponsor]]ed ({{Sm|Aklo}} and {{Sm|Yingling}} being the exceptions at the time of the voting process). | **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). | ||
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***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." | ***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." | ||
*Smash Summit 11 was the first in-person Smash Summit to have no players from Sweden and Europe as a whole compete, as both {{Sm|Leffen}} and {{Sm|Pipsqueak}} encountered travel issues originating from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that prevented them from attending. | *Smash Summit 11 was the first in-person Smash Summit to have no players from Sweden and Europe as a whole compete, as both {{Sm|Leffen}} and {{Sm|Pipsqueak}} encountered travel issues originating from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that prevented them from attending. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||