Tournament:Apex 2012

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Apex 2012
Date	January 6 to January 8, 2012
Venue	Rutgers University Student Center
Address	126 College Avenue
City	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Attendance	1000+
Entry Fees	SSB Singles: $5 SSB Doubles: $5 per person Melee Singles: $15 Melee Doubles: $10 per person Brawl Singles: $15 Brawl Doubles: $10 per person Venue: $30 (for competitors) Spectator: $10 (for non-competitors)
Results
Pot Size(s)	SSB Singles: $320 SSB Doubles: $80 Melee Singles: $6756 Melee Doubles: $1960 Brawl Singles: $8000 Brawl Doubles: $1216
Winner (1v1)	SuperBoomFan (SSB) Armada (SSBM) Otori (SSBB)
Winners (2v2)	Isai & Nintendude1189 (SSB) Armada & Mew2King (SSBM) Kakera & Otori (SSBB)
Staff
Director(s)	Alex Strife, Crismas, Dmbrandon, Doom, and ChiboSempai
Assisted by	AlphaZealot, Bionic, and Keitaro
Housing	Hyatt Regency New Brunswick

Apex 2012 was a tournament held in New Jersey by Alex Strife. It featured pools for Brawl and Melee singles, brackets for SSB singles and doubles, Pokémon Black & White singles and doubles, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, and All Brawl, a free-for-all side event with items turned on. It was the largest Brawl tournament to ever take place, with 410 entrants, the largest SSB tournament, with 64 entrants, and the second-largest Melee tournament, with 330 entrants. Like its predecessor Apex 2010, Apex 2012 drew its share of international competition. Of the over 1000 attendees, about 81 of them were from countries other than the United States.

Schedule

Friday, January 6

Time	Event
9:00am-11:00am	Check in
11:00am	Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles Bracket
4:00pm	Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles Pools, Round 1
6:00pm	Pokémon Black / White Versions
6:00pm	All Brawl
6:00pm	USA vs The World Melee 8v8 Exhibition
8:00pm	Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles Pools, Round 2
9:30pm	Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles Bracket (until top 8)

Saturday, January 7

Time	Event
8:00am-10:00am	Check in
10:00am	Super Smash Bros. Brawl Doubles Bracket (until top 4)
10:00am	Super Street Fighter IV (until top 8)
10:00am	Mortal Kombat 9
11:00am	Super Smash Bros. Singles Bracket
12:00pm	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (until top 8)
3:00pm	Super Smash Bros. Brawl Singles Pools, Round 1
5:00pm	USA vs The World Brawl 8v8 Exhibition
5:00pm	Give-a-ways
6:30pm	Super Smash Bros. Brawl Singles Pools, Round 2
7:30pm	Super Smash Bros. Brawl Singles Bracket (until top 8)

Sunday, January 8

Time	Event
8:00am-12:00pm	Check in & Casual Play
12:00pm	Super Street Fighter IV top 8
12:00pm	Give-a-ways
2:00pm	Super Smash Bros. Melee top 8 singles and top 4 teams
4:00pm	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 top 8
7:00pm	Super Smash Bros. Brawl top 8 singles and top 4 teams
9:00pm	Awards & Closing Ceremonies

Ruleset

Procedures for stage-striking, life-stealing, and double blind picks were incorporated into all three rulesets.

SSB

Apex 2012 used the Smash 64 Backroom's recommended ruleset.

Format

• Competition format is double elimination.
• All sets with the exception of the below are best-of-3.
• Winners' semifinals, losers' quarterfinals and losers' semifinals are best-of-5.
• Winners' finals, losers' finals and grand finals are best-of-7.

Game settings

• Mode: STOCK
• Stocks: 5
• Handicap: OFF
• Team Attack: ON
• Stage Select: ON
• Damage: 100%
• Item Switch: NONE
• All characters are available
  • Donkey Kong's black palette swap (Right-C), Samus's dark palette swap (Down-C), and Captain Falcon's dark palette swap (Right-C) are discouraged if playing on Congo Jungle for visibility reasons. The opposing player may reset the match without penalty if they wish for a colour change. Taking or dealing any damage nullifies this right.

Stages

Starter	Counterpick
Congo Jungle	Peach's Castle
Hyrule Castle
Dream Land

The first match of all sets is selected by a 3-stage striking system with the Starter Stage List. An impartial observer/tournament organiser flips a coin to decide who strikes first. Rock-paper-scissors is acceptable as well, but it’s technically a skill irrelevant to smash.

General rules

• Game will played on console
• 8/10 minute time limit is put in place for all matches, especially Hyrule.
• Draws are decided first by stock, then by percentage.
• Disrupting your opponent physically or intending to disrupt their play will result in a warning. Repeated action will result in disqualification from the tournament. Observers who physically disrupt players are to be dealt with as the tournament organiser sees fit. Disqualification is recommended if possible.
• Pausing is discouraged, and should only be done at the end of a stock, if at all. At other times, the pauser loses their current stock. If the pause causes the opponent to lose their stock, the pauser loses two stocks.
• Extreme stalling is disallowed. Any reported case of such will result in a warning, followed by automatic forfeit of the match. If this is reported again, automatic forfeit is enforced without a warning. If there is no movement from either player, the player with fewer stocks, or if the stocks are equal, the lower percentage, is considered to be stalling.
• Mages DQ is enforced. When a match is called, both players must promptly arrive. If a player is 2 minutes late, they receive a warning. At 4 minutes late, they lose the first game of the set and forfeit counterpick rights. At 6 minutes late, they forfeit the entire set.

Melee

The ruleset was based off of the Melee Backroom's recommended ruleset, with the only significant difference being that Jungle Japes was not a valid counterpick stage in doubles.

General rules

• Items are set to off.
• 4 stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Wobbling is prohibited.
• Matches that time out will be determined by the remaining number of stocks, then percentage of the current stock if stocks are tied. In the event of a percentage tie, the match should be replayed in full. Sudden Death is not to be played, and will not count.
• If a player accidentally pauses while stealing a life in doubles, the opposing team may deem that stock forfeit. Pausing may be turned off to prevent this.

Stages

Singles stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Yoshi's Story	Pokémon Stadium
Fountain of Dreams
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dream Land

Doubles stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Yoshi's Story	Congo Jungle
Pokémon Stadium
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dream Land

• Dave's Stupid Rule: a player or team may not counterpick to the stage they last won on
• Gentleman's Clause: Any stage may be played on if both players or teams agree to it. This takes priority over Dave's Stupid Rule.

Brawl

• 3 stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Items are set to “Off” and “None”
• All infinites and chain grabs are legal.
• Meta Knight’s Infinite Cape glitch and Extended Cape glitch are banned.
• There is a ledge grab limit of 35 for Meta Knight and 50 for all other characters. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the ledge grab limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their ledge grab limit, then this rule is ignored.
• The act of stalling is banned.
• If time runs out, the winner of the match will be the one called out by the game. If it goes to Sudden Death, then it is determined by percentage. If the percentage and/or both players die at the same time as a result of a suicide move, a one stock 3 minute tie break match is held. Ledge grab limits are reduced to 13 for Meta Knight and 18 for all other characters.
• The only other exception to this is the game ending from a Bowser or Ganondorf suicide tactic, where the initiator of the move wins.

Conduct

• In the event pause is left on accidentally and is pressed, immediately call over the tournament organizer. Based upon their judgment, the situation will be resolved. If your situation is neutral [players are not in combat], the match will be resumed as if the pause had not occurred. If your situation is advantageous to one individual and the player in the disadvantageous situation paused, the disadvantaged player will be either placed in a grab or onto the ledge of the stage. If a player in a death situation [Chain grabs, Grab releases, Jab-locks to a kill move, etc] paused while in a death situation, the current stock is forfeited immediately. If you unpause before the tournament organizer reaches the station, the player that unpaused loses a stock.
• Users of the Wii Remote must take out the Wiimote's batteries. If problems persist due to the Wiimote, the owner of the Wiimote may be disqualified.
• You are responsible for your own controller and name tag. Any malfunctions or errors that occur are your responsibility (including battery issues with a Wii Remote), so bring an extra controller if possible and always check to make sure you're using the correct settings BEFORE a match is played. Both parties need to agree if a match is to be paused or restarted because of these problems.
• The tournament organizer has the right to save/record any tournament match if possible and has the right to upload said match.
• Any hacks, including (but not limited to) textures, music, and model changes are not allowed.
  • Hacks to allow replays to exceed 3 minutes in length and to allow player tags to display correctly in said replays were allowed.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Smashville	Battleship Halberd
Battlefield	Pokémon Stadium 1
Final Destination	Castle Siege
Lylat Cruise	Delfino Plaza
Yoshi's Island	Frigate Orpheon

All Brawl

Apex 2012 featured a single-elimination Brawl side event. The cap was 64 entrants.

• 4 players per set
• All stages on with stage choice set to random
• All characters are set to random
• Top 2 players advance
• All items are on and set to medium
• First player to win 2 matches advances
• 2nd person to advance is decided in the order of: match wins, lives left in last match, most kills in last match

Road to Apex

Beginning in July of 2011 and continuing until December, select tournaments for Brawl and Melee were listed as Apex qualifiers in the United States and internationally. Each "Road to Apex" qualifier tournament would award the highest placing players a certain number of points, which would then be used to help with seeding the Apex bracket. The points are broken down from 1st place to 7th place below.

• 1st place – 64pts
• 2nd place – 32pts
• 3rd place – 16pts
• 4th place – 8pts
• 5th place – 4pts
• 5th place – 4pts
• 7th place – 2pts
• 7th place – 2pts

Additionally, the top placing regional player of each singles event will be awarded a $100 stipend upon arrival at the Apex venue to help cover travel costs.

Here is the list of Apex qualifying events.

Melee

• B.E.A.S.T. II (August 11-14, Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
• Ticket to APEX Tournament (September 17, Monterrey, Mexico)
• TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
• The Big House (October 22, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Revival of Melee 4 (November 19-20, Nanuet, NY)
• Tipped Off 7 (December 3-4, Duluth, GA)

Brawl

• Showdown II (July 23rd, Santiago, Chile)
• Brawl in Berlin 2 (July 29, Berlin, Germany)
• KTAR 6 (August 13, South River, NJ)
• Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
• HOBO 33 (September 10, Houston, TX)
• TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
• School Is In Session 6 (September 24-25, Cincinnati, OH)

In addition to the events, vVv Gaming gave out stipends to the top three of the 2011 AllisBrawl fall ladder playoffs, in order to help cover the costs of attending Apex 2012.

Results

See also: Results thread on SmashBoards

Entrants were assigned into 80 pools of 5. Each entrant played a round-robin against every other player in their pool. The 2 players with the best record in their pools advanced to a second round of pools. There were 32 pools of 5 in round 2. The top 2 players in their second round pool advanced to the 64-player bracket.

Brawl Singles

Bracket
(400 entrants)
1: Otori ($3,600)
2: Nietono ($1,760)
3: Nairo ($960)
4: ESAM ($640)
5: Kakera ($320)
5: Ally ($320)
7: UltimateRazer ($200)
7: ADHD File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png ($200)
9: Gnes File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png
9: Rich Brown
9: OCEAN
9: DEHF
13: Dabuz
13: Mew2King
13: Brood
13: Rain
17: Havok
17: Fatal
17: Z
17: vVv Zero
17: mikeHAZE
17: Mr. R
17: Orion
17: Shugo
25: Coney File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
25: Jtails
25: Zex
25: Tyrant
25: TheReflexWonder
25: Seibrik File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
25: Will File:DKHeadSSBB.png
25: Atomsk
33: Leon
33: Poltergust
33: Logic
33: Mikeray
33: Trela
33: Bloodcross
33: HolyNightmare
33: Denti
33: Illmatic
33: Trevonte
33: Toronto Joe
33: Salem File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
33: NAKAT
33: DRN File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
33: FOW
33: DeLux
49: Fino
49: GDX File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png
49: Shadow
49: Dark.Pch
49: Pwii
49: 4GOD File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
49: False
49: Sky`
49: X
49: Kismet
49: san
49: NickRiddle File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
49: Vinnie File:GWHeadSSBB.png
49: Dojo
49: Bassem
49: Seagull

Brawl Doubles

Bracket
(128 teams)
1: Kakera & Otori ($576.00)
2: Anti & Mew2King ($281.60)
3: Gnes File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png & UltimateRazer ($153.60)
4: ADHD File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png & Nairo ($102.40)
5: Chu Dat & Fatal ($51.20)
5: Ally & Dojo ($51.20)
7: Sky` & Zex
7: Havok & Tearbear
9: mikeHAZE & Tyrant
9: Blackanese File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png & TeeVee File:GWHeadSSBB.png
9: Kadaj & vVv Zero
9: Vinnie File:GWHeadSSBB.png & Snakeee File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
13: Nietono & Rain
13: vVv ESAM & MVD
13: Coney File:DededeHeadSSBB.png & Logic
13: Redhalberd & Rich Brown
17: Domo & MJG
17: Fino & YoshQ
17: Jbandrewrew & NAKAT
17: Brood & Yukhoe
17: Espy & K Prime
17: vVv ChiboSempai & Leon
17: FOW & Mekos
17: Atomsk & Dabuz
25: Mr. R & Orion
25: _X_ & Lada Kevin Aguilar
25: Viviff & Swordgard
25: False & Keitaro
25: OCEAN & Karamity
25: TheReflexWonder File:PTHeadSSBB.png & Bill_
25: Riot & Mike Ray
25: Cable File:DKHeadSSBB.png & Shadow
33: Kismet & Player-1
33: Trevonte & Choice
33: NickRiddle File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png & Seibrik
33: PikaPika! & Xzax
33: Illmatic & Toronto Joe
33: Zekey & Pink Fresh
33: HolyNightmare & [YRSF] Tin Man
33: Jtails & Pwii
33: Blubo & Neath
33: Kain & Sago
33: Ryo_Guikido & True Blue
33: Denti & Seagull
33: Ripple File:DKHeadSSBB.png & San
33: Nicole & Will File:DKHeadSSBB.png
33: Bizkit & GDX
33: Hunger & Shugo
49: Hall & Oats
49: DEHF & Vex File:GWHeadSSBB.png
49: Inui & Zucco
49: Eazy & Slikvik
49: Sync & Trela
49: Y.b.M. File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png & Zeton
49: Sean & Z
49: Prawn & Duke
49: ScaryLB59 & Trump
49: Arty & Typ_Ex
49: TKbro & WarioMaster15
49: Hylian File:GWHeadSSBB.png & Zori
49: JNig & Kel
49: Boss & Kingtoon
49: Doom & Darc
49: FatboySlim & Grimace
65: Brianna & iPresea~
65: Berserker Swordsman & Robfox
65: DJ Arcatek & Xaltis
65: Gunblade & Kai
65: -dib- & Firefly
65: SomaCruz & Peachkid
65: Hero? & Kaptain
65: Vanz & Hungrybox
65: fUddO & Snow Shard
65: Glen Cocoa & Spider Jerusalem
65: HelpR & Projo
65: Tkila & MechWarrior File:DKHeadSSBB.png
65: Serynder & Wilmenz
65: Croi & Nysyarc
65: KassandraNova & Player-4
65: Jamnt0ast & Rai
65: Deathbysuarez & rockmix
65: Bassem & BPOW
65: Fujin & Jarvitz
65: aisight & Bionic
65: Almo & Mofat
65: GosuVivA & Penta
65: DLA & Vermanubis
65: Wedge & Chimpakt
65: Crifer & Ravenlord
65: Luminoth & SoraSin
65: MeekSpeedy & Salem File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
65: M. Prime & Patches
65: Dil & Deven3000
65: Dapuffster & Mink
65: BAM & Unknown Presence
65: Red Ryu & Xiivi File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
97: Dark Pch. & Steep
97: Old Man Grey & Ussi
97: Duck & THuGz
97: Kiwi & Tiger
97: DRDN & Ori Bro
97: Tech Chase & Stealth Raptor
97: FILIP & Karamity
97: RingofFire & Lunar
97: Sakram3nt & Zorai
97: Crash & HoroLightBlue
97: Leaf. & Strong Bad
97: King Funk & Korobeniki
97: M@v & melon
97: Mr.Eric & Sisqo
97: Kuro~ & Maharaba the Mystic
97: 2link121 & Blubba_Pinecone
97: Dr. Yogi & 313
97: Luigi Sama & Raptor
97: AlexoftheAura & Bris
97: Firo & Ownasaurus
97: Naugs & White File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
97: ShadowAzure & V1CE
97: Nuke File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png & Ghost
97: What's The Point & gio
97: dmbrandon & Pitzer
97: DRN & Micaelis
97: Axe & Doll666
97: Tempest & Tymer
97: Gawk & Grey
97: Walby & ButtStein
97: telu & Dueler X
97: Pidgezero_one & Bing

Melee Singles

Bracket
(318 entrants)
1: Armada ($3,046.50)
2: Hungrybox ($1,489.40)
3: Mango ($804.00)
4: Javi ($536.00)
5: Dr. Peepee ($270.80)
5: KirbyKaze ($270.80)
7: Hax File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png ($169.25)
7: Shroomed ($169.25)
9: Lovage
9: MacD
9: Wobbles the Phoenix
9: Unknown522
13: VaNz
13: SFAT
13: Zhu
13: Tope
17: PewpewU
17: KoreanDJ
17: DaShizWiz
17: Mew2King
17: Darc
17: Silent Wolf
17: chillindude829
17: Smoke2Jointz File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
25: HBK
25: Weon-x
25: Eggm
25: Jman
25: Teczero
25: Bladewise
25: IB
25: WestBallz
33: Tang
33: Ice
33: Kage The Warrior
33: Redd
33: Tai
33: Sol
33: Amsah
33: Druggedfox
33: LEFFEN
33: Axe
33: Chu Dat
33: Plup
33: darrell
33: StriCNYN3
33: th0rn
33: Reno
49: Eggz
49: MattDotZeb
49: SwiftBass
49: Vist
49: Colbol
49: Vudujin
49: PC Chris
49: Cactuar
49: Azen
49: Linguini
49: Stabbedbyanipple
49: Cyrain
49: Ambix
49: HugS
49: Ravenlord
49: ZoSo

Melee Doubles

Bracket
(98 teams)
1: Armada & Mew2King ($882.00)
2: Hungrybox & Plup ($431.20)
3: Dr. Peepee & LoZR ($235.20)
4: G$ & Mango ($156.80)
5: Chu Dat & Kage ($78.40)
5: Hax File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png & Jman ($78.40)
7: Colbol & Linguini ($49.00)
7: Alukard & DJ Nintendo ($49.00)
9: Duck & Teczero
9: PewPewU & SFAT
9: OTG & PC Chris
9: Lovage & Smoke2Jointz File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
13: Amsah & Ice
13: Axe & V3ctorman
13: Alan & Shroomed
13: Azen Zagenite & Tope
17: Bladewise & Vish
17: Cactuar & DoH
17: Hyuga & Toph
17: Eggm & DaShizWiz
17: chillindude829 & Cyrain
17: StriCNYN3 & WestBallz
17: Eggz & Silent Wolf
17: HBK & Nando
25: darrell & tang
25: C!Z & Tyga
25: KirbyKaze & VaNz
25: BEN! & PB&J
25: LEFFEN & Zoler
25: I.B & Unknown522
25: Darc & MacD
25: KevinM & ZoSo
33: Phish-it & Sol
33: arby & VTS
33: Hack & Zhu
33: Redd & Vist
33: Rocky & Wake
33: Lanceinthepants & TaFoKiNtS
33: WarriorKnight & Benteezy
33: HugS & Javi
33: Pr0jecT & SmashMac
33: Banks & th0rn
33: Doll & Milkman
33: Druggedfox & Tai
33: Nintendude1189 & SwiftBass
33: Fiya & Zero
33: Captain Jack & Kou
33: KoreanDJ & Solar
49: CopyCat & Sensei
49: Wenbopular & Winston
49: Chain-Ace & Wes
49: aisight & Juggleguy
49: J666 & Stabbedbyanipple
49: Jim/Pyrostormer & Stingers
49: Blanky & JDog
49: Inui & vVv Chibosempai
49: BigWenz & CTL
49: Codi & T.Webb
49: Ambix & ihavespaceballs
49: Velocity & Vex Kasrani
49: Abate & GSO
49: John & TianJ
49: Javi1589 & Triadprodigy
49: Idea & Riddlebox
65: tarheeljks & Violence
65: Andy & jpegImage
65: Strawhats & Zebra
65: Kas & QERB
65: Dr.Diabetes & Q
65: Crush & INSANE CARZY GUY
65: Dobs & ThePrime
65: Nakamaru & TheLake
65: GiR & Hawkeye713
65: Qpac & SUNG475
65: JU4N & Veda
65: Bl@ckChris & Sneak
65: BBQ & Tubes
65: Tommy Pickles & White Mike
65: ButtStein & Nitro
65: Xiivi & Sanuzi
65: ToastyTHT & Walby
65: Ripple & Strong Bad
65: King Funk & Ravenlord
65: Mafia & Vudujin
65: Dot_Eater & Will
65: Cave Dweller & RepublicanOfHeaven
65: Tastygoldfish & weon-x
65: jwillii & v4extreme
65: Colorfusical & Fizzi
65: The March Hare & TheSaberGuy
65: ShounenKel & Sinji
65: MinQ & SypherPhoenix
65: Firo & Ownasaurus
65: Bolt & Proskater
65: KoRoBeNiKi & mers
65: DuckPimp & Kaffei
97: Isai & VANS
97: Lemon & Sora

SSB Singles

Bracket
(64 entrants)
1: SuperBoomFan File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($160.00)
2: Isai ($80.00)
3: JaimeHR File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($32.00)
4: Kefit ($22.40)
5: Nintendude1189 ($12.80)
5: Sensei ($12.80)
7: Megavolt File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
7: King Funk File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
9: Firo File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
9: Jel
9: KnitePhox File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
9: Ownasaurus
13: Clubbadubba File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
13: valoem
13: Rocky
13: Krazy Kirby
17: KoRoBeNiKi
17: Hard B0dy
17: Espy
17: gio
17: hamburglar
17: Chain-Ace
17: Bladewise
17: Vex Kasrani
25: THuGz
25: infamous diablo
25: JohnsterMonzter
25: Vatgas
25: Jimmy Joe
25: george
25: Tony
25: P90curl
33: Seagull
33: Luigi Sama
33: KeroKeroppi
33: pwii
33: Deltacod
33: AIR
33: Ray Rocket
33: VaNz
33: Xiivi (BibleLove2007)
33: pikathunder
33: Vudujin
33: ~Tac~
33: Ripple
33: jwillii
33: Duck
33: Xaltis
49: Smoke2Jointz
49: Tedium
49: Glen Cocoa
49: pidgezero one
49: Lefty
49: Garm
49: Tearbear
49: TheSaberGuy
49: Codi
49: Dark Master
49: Marko
49: Black Cats31
49: xivk & Jokaru
49: Zaatar Manakish
49: Homeland
49: What's the Point

SSB Doubles

Bracket
(8 teams)
1: Isai & Nintendude1189 ($48.00)
2: SuperBoomFan & JaimeHR ($24.00)
3: Sensei & King Funk File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($8.00)
4: Firo & Ownasaurus
5: Clubbadubba File:CFalconHeadSSB.png & Jimmy Joe
5: Chain-Ace File:CFalconHeadSSB.png & KnitePhox
7: KeroKeroppi & Infamous Diablo
7: Black Cats 31 & AIR

All Brawl

(64 entrants)
1: Deltacod
2: Ally
3: Tearbear
4: ESAM
5: Dapuffster
5: NAKAT
5: Kiwi
5: Mr. R
9: John12346
9: Pwii
9: Xaltis
9: Jtails
9: Nairo
9: Korobeniki
9: vVv Zero
16: dmbrandon
16: Orion
16: 2Link
16: Riot
16: Jbandrew
16: Mink
16: Xzax
16: TheReflexWonder
16: Pidgezero
16: Tac
26: Tymer
26: Trump
26: Hylian
26: NiteWing
26: Xiivi
26: Berserker-Swordsman
26: Tempest
26: Gunblade
26: Blubba-Pinecone
26: FGCU-BDJoe
26: Gambit
26: M@v
26: Garm
26: FGCU SSGuy
26: Sky
26: Stingers
26: Firefly
26: Tkila
26: Blackanese
26: vVv Chibosempai
46: Bionic
46: Vatgas
46: Melon
46: Neath
46: YoshQ
46: DRDN
46: Golden-Psycho
46: Admiral-Funk
46: Pikabunz
46: steep
46: Kiraflax
46: Kuro
46: Dr.-Brawl
46: Dueler-X
46: Poltergust
46: Raptor
46: Kaptain
46: Marko
46: Player-1

Exhibition matches/other

Melee USA vs. the World Crew Battle

Like in past international smash events, a crew battle was held pitting some of the best players from the United States those eight from abroad. Their were originally supposed to be eight players for each crew, but this was modified after Mew2King defeated Leffen with 3 stocks remaining, giving USA an 11-4 stock advantage. The USA crew allowed Captain Jack to join the World crew in addition to Amsah, who otherwise would have been the last member of the World crew.

USA Player	Character	Stocks Taken	World Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Jman		5	Javi		3
Axe		6	Unknown522		3
Zhu		4	KirbyKaze		3
Mango		3	Ice		4
Hungrybox		7	Armada		4
Mew2King		6	Kage		2
Hax	File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png	2	Leffen		2
Dr. Peepee		3	Amsah		4
-	-	-	Captain Jack		3

Players are shown in the order that they played from top to bottom, characters played are shown in chronological order from left to right.

Brawl USA vs. the World Crew Battle

This crew battle was canceled due to lack of time, however, had it occurred, it would have matched eight of the best American players against eight of the best international players. Havok was the captain of the USA crew, and Ally was the captain of the World crew. Below is the roster for the World crew; the USA crew did not decide on their roster before the tournament.

1. Brood
2. Nietono
3. Ally
4. Kakera
5. vVv Zero
6. Mr. R
7. Leon/Otori
8. RAIN

Alternates: Orion, Leon/Otori
Leon and Otori were supposed to play each other, with the winner earning the spot on the roster and the loser becoming an alternate along with Orion.

Ganon Gauntlet

Ganondorf main DLA held an event which pitted the challenger against seven Ganondorf players in seven consecutive one-stock, 3 minute matches. Winning the gauntlet requires the player to defeat all seven Ganondorfs. Timeouts and Ganoncides count as a win for the Ganondorf. The challenger may choose any character for any match. Challengers are restricted to 10 ledge grabs; Ganondorfs have no ledge grab limit. Stages are chosen by each Ganondorf player from the tournament stagelist.

Players may bet $5, $10, or $20, for payouts of $10, $25, and $50, respectively.

Ganondorf roster:

• Vermanubis (Verm)
• Gunblade (GNBLD)
• Bloodynite (Blood)
• DLA (D L A)
• Inui (KAI)
• Tearbear (TUPAY)
• Vex Kasrani (COMBO)

• Substitute: Izumi (Izumi)

Of the 21 players who entered, only Seibrik, who played as King Dedede, survived.

Criticism

Apex 2012 has garnered criticism for various issues related to how the event was managed. A lack of setups caused Brawl to run over schedule, delaying pools matches and necessitating the cancellation of the USA vs. the World crew battle. Though the quality was excellent, many viewers were irked by the presence of fighting games on the livestream, as well as the lack of moderators in livestream chat where viewers criticized Smash Bros. as not a real fighting game in comparison to traditional fighters, such as Marvel vs. Capcom. The performance of a specific Brawl commentator, Pierce7d drew fire for being overly disrespectful of the players. Another issue was the fact that the Japanese players had to travel to and from the tournament in a U-Haul truck, along with their luggage.

Trivia

• Apex 2012 was the second Apex tournament to have a Japanese Olimar player finish 2nd.

Gallery

• Apex2012Predictions.png

  Keitaro's predictions of the top 4 in Brawl singles, showing Otori, Nietono, 9B (Kuroobi), and Kakera

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  Nairo defeated by Otori in Brawl singles winners' finals

• OCEANvsM2KApex2012.png

  OCEAN defeats Mew2King in Brawl singles

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  Armada, Melee singles and doubles champion

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  The trophies

External Links

• Official Apex website
• Official YouTube channel
• SWF thread
• SWF results thread
• SWF Brawl video thread
• SWF Melee video thread
• SWF SSB64 video thread