Smash Summit
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Dates November 5th-8th, 2015
Venue Summit Gaming House
Address/City unknown
Los Angeles, California USA
Attendance 16
Entry fees N/A
Pot size(s) Singles: $32,929+
Doubles: $3,000
Side events: $5,000+
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada 1v1
USA PewPewU & USA SFAT 2v2

Smash Summit was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Los Angeles, California from November 5th-8th, 2015 by Beyond the Summit, an eSports company known for their Dota 2 coverage. Singles, doubles and side events for Melee were hosted. It was an invitational tournament, where 10 of the world's top players were invited to participate, along with 6 players who were selected from a player donation poll organized by Smash.gg. The tournament was held at the Summit gaming house, a private residence, and so was not open to the general public.

Players

The following players were invited to the Smash Summit by the BtS team:

The following players were invited to the Smash Summit through player voting donations:


Player voting

From a selection of roughly 40 players, 20 of them were voted in by fans to engage in an elimination round where, by a certain date, if a player did not receive enough votes, they were eliminated and thus did not receive an invitation from Smash Summit. In later rounds, the players who received the most votes were invited in addition to the eliminations. The following players were among the 20 that were eliminated or invited by round:

Other Nominees for Voting


Round 1 (10/14/15)

Eliminated:


Round 2 (10/15/15)

Eliminated:


Round 3 (10/16/15)

Eliminated:


Round 4 (10/19/15)

Invited:

Eliminated:


Round 5 (10/21/15)

Invited:

Eliminated:


Final Round (10/22/15)

Invited:

Eliminated:

Declined Players

Some players, though either invited to the Summit directly or nominated for the Player Voting rounds, declined their offers due to unavailability. Players like Professor Pro, aMSa, and Abate declined nominations for the voting round. Hungrybox was the only player who declined direct invitation due to work conflict pre-voting. After the voting, it was revealed that Leffen could not attend due to the same Visa issues that prevented him from attending The Big House 5. As a result, the Summit Staff replaced him with who they deemed the next best player in the world, Shroomed, who was eliminated in Round 5 of the voting round.

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada    $11,525.15
2nd   Mango   $5,927.22
3rd   Mew2King    $4,116.13
4th   Plup   $2,469.68
5th   Shroomed   $1,481.81
5th   PPMD    $1,481.81
7th   Axe    $987.87
7th   Lucky   $987.87
9th   PewPewU   $658.58
9th   S2J   $658.58
9th   SFAT   $658.58
9th   Westballz   $658.58
13th   Alex19   $329.29
13th   Swedish Delight   $329.29
13th   Kage    $329.29
13th   Zhu   $329.29

Doubles

(8 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PewPewU     SFAT   $1,500.00 ($750.00 each)
2nd   Armada      Mew2King    $1,050.00 ($525.00 each)
3rd   Mango     Lucky   $450.00 ($225.00 each)
4th   Shroomed     S2J  
5th   Axe     Kage  
5th   Plup     PPMD  
7th   Alex19     Swedish Delight  
7th   Westballz     Zhu  

Side events

Iron Man challenge

(4 entrants, single elimination bracket)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada      
2nd   Mew2King    
3rd   S2J      
3rd   Mango      
  • Note: PPMD was originally invited to participate in the Iron Man Challenge, but he declined on Day 2. He was then replaced by S2J.

Mew2King vs. S2J Iron Man

Character Stocks Taken Character Stocks Taken
  5   3
  8   1
  7   3
  2
  1
Total 20 Total 10

Mango vs. Armada Iron Man

Character Stocks Taken Character Stocks Taken
  2   6
  3   5
  5   2
  4   5
  4   2
Total 18 Total 20

Challenge round

(16 entrants)

Day 1 Full Results

Day 2 Full Results

In the two day Challenge Round (November 5th-6th), each player was given $250. Per each day, players were given one challenge each where they could challenge any other player to a Duel match, a Low-Tier match, a Mine match, or a Bro-Up match. After the two days, the total amount of money remaining for each player would consist of each player's winnings.

  • A Duel match would simply consist of a classic Best of Three singles match under the SBR ruleset. Both players put down $50 and the winner takes all.
  • A Bro-Up match would consist of a classic Best of Three doubles match under the SBR ruleset. After all redirects are complete, both the challenger and the challengee can choose any partner of his choice (partners can decline to participate). The challenger puts down $75 while the challengee puts down $50 (partners are not forced to put anything down). The winning challenger/challengee receives $100 while his partner receives $25.
  • A Mine match can only be initiated by players who have $0. The challenger can only choose the four players who have the most money. While the challenge is a Best of Three singles match, the challengee can choose any stage for their games, including banned stages. If the challenger wins, he receives $50. If the challengee wins, he does not receive any money.

If a player was challenged, he can redirect the challenge to another player up to two times per day, where the redirected player is not allowed to redirect and is forced to play. A player can only be challenged up to three times per day (redirects count as challenges).

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mango   $475
2nd   S2J   $450
3rd   Mew2King   $350
4th   SFAT   $325
5th   Zhu   $300
6th   Armada   $275
7th   Axe    $250
8th   Alex19   $200
8th   PewPewU   $200
10th   Westballz    $100
10th   Plup    $100
12th   Swedish Delight   $75
12th   Kage   $75
12th   Lucky   $75
15th   PPMD    $50
16th   Shroomed   $25

Draft crew battle

(4 crews, single elimination bracket)

Place Crew Name Character Name Character Name Character Name Character Earnings
1st Team Kage   Kage     Armada     SFAT     Shroomed   $1,200.00 ($300.00 each)
2nd Team Alex19   Alex19     Mango     Lucky     S2J  
3rd Team Swedish Delight   Swedish Delight     Plup     PPMD     Westballz  
3rd Team Zhu   Zhu     Mew2King     Axe     PewPewU  

Alex19 vs. Swedish Delight Crew Battle

Alex19's Players Character Stocks Taken Swedish Delight's Players Character Stocks Taken
S2J   5 Westballz   3
Alex19   1 Swedish Delight   6
Lucky   4 PPMD   3
Mango   5 Plup   3
Total 16 Total 15

Zhu vs. Kage Crew Battle

Zhu's Players Character Stocks Taken Kage's Players Character Stocks Taken
Zhu   4 Shroomed   3
Axe   3 SFAT   5
PewPewU   4 Kage   4
Mew2King   4 Armada   4
Total 15 Total 16

Alex19 vs. Kage Crew Battle Grand Finals

Alex19's Players Character Stocks Taken Kage's Players Character Stocks Taken
Alex19   1 Kage   6
S2J   5 Shroomed   2
Lucky   4 SFAT   4
Mango   5 Armada   4
Total 15 Total 16

Trivia

  • Smash Summit's singles prize pool of $32,929 is the largest combined prize pool in Melee's history, and the 1st place payout of $11,525.15 is the largest single paycheck in Melee's history.

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