| Smash Summit 11 | |
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| Dates | July 15th-18th, 2021 |
| Venue | Summit Gaming House |
| Address/City | unknown Los Angeles, California 
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| Attendance | 16 |
| Entry fees | N/A |
| Pot size(s) | $154,003 |
| Results | |
 winners
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Mango 1v1
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Smash Summit 11 was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament. It was the eleventh installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held on July 15th-18th, 2021. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.
Players invited/qualified
The following player was invited by Beyond The Summit:
The top 6 players from Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 4 qualified:
The top 3 non-invited players at Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE qualified:
Players voted in
Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in voting:
Eligible players
Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:
- Placing top 16 at Smash Sauna Online, Regen Online, Phoenix Blue Online, The Upset, or Valhalla Online
- Placing top 64 at LACS 2, LACS 3, Four Loko Fight Night, Netplay for Palestine, or Galint Melee Open
- Participating in Smash Summit 10 Online or Summit Champions League Season 1 or 2
A full list of eligible players is in this post.
Declined players
Ginger dropped out from voting on June 27th due to health problems and being in the process of moving at the time.[1]
Leffen was invited alongside aMSa, but announced on July 2nd, 2021 that he could not attend due to visa issues.[2] As a result, on July 5th it was announced that Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE would have two qualifying spots instead of one.[3]
Pipsqueak had qualified as the player with the most points in the S.A.M.E 2021 circuit after Smash Sauna Online.[4] However, due to a myriad of issues pertaining to travel and COVID-19, he too was unable to attend. He was automatically invited to Smash Summit 12, and BTS announced that the player who placed third at Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE, KoDoRiN, would be replacing him.[5]
Results
Singles
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mango |
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$46,200.90 |
| 2nd | Zain |
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$23,100.45 |
| 3rd | Hungrybox |
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$18,480.36 |
| 4th | Plup |
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$15,400.30 |
| 5th | Wizzrobe |
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$9,240.18 |
| 5th | iBDW |
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$9,240.18 |
| 7th |  n0ne |
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$4,620.09 |
| 7th | Axe |
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$4,620.09 |
| 9th | KoDoRiN |
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$3,080.06 |
| 9th | moky |
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$3,080.06 |
| 9th |  aMSa |
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$3,080.06 |
| 9th | SFAT |
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$3,080.06 |
| 13th | Aklo |
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$2,156.04 |
| 13th | 2saint |
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$2,156.04 |
| 13th | LSD |
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$2,156.04 |
| 13th | yingling |
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$2,156.04 |
Side events
Olympic Doubles
In Olympic Doubles, players cannot choose the same character they have used in a set.
(8 teams)
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mang0 |
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SFAT |
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| 2nd | Plup |
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Hungrybox |
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| 3rd | aMSa |
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Axe |
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| 3rd | Zain |
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n0ne |
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| 5th | moky |
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iBDW |
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| 5th | LSD |
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Wizzrobe |
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| 5th | Aklo |
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2saint |
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| 5th | yingling |
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KoDoRiN |
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VIP Bracket
(22 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Ringler |
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| 2nd | Tai |
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| 3rd | Vish |
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| 4th | Mekk |
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| 5th | Husband |
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| 5th | n3zModGod |
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| 7th | Zhu |
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| 7th | Snap |
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Trivia
- This tournament has the largest singles pot in all of Smash history and was the first to exceed $100,000, beating the previous record from Smash Summit 5's around $80,000.[6] It currently stands as the 14th largest prize pool out of any fighting game.[7]
- 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 sponsored (Aklo and Yingling being the exceptions at the time of the voting process).
- Hungrybox received the most votes for any first round Summit vote-in player in Summit history (around 120,000 votes).
- Wizzrobe received the most votes for any player that would ultimately be eliminated from the voting phase (around 138,000 votes).
- Yingling received the most votes for any vote-in player in Summit history (around 175,000 votes).
- Yingling's campaign garnered attention due to his underdog status and his lead throughout most of the voting phase. A few notable players, including HugS and LSD, voiced their support for Yingling,[8][9] 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 is the first in-person Smash Summit to have no players from Sweden and Europe as a whole compete, as both Leffen and Pipsqueak encountered travel issues originating from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that prevented them from attending.
- This was the first in-person Smash Summit since the original Smash Summit where Mango was in Grand Finals, as well as more notably serving as Mango's first Smash Summit win.
References
- ^ Ginger's statement
- ^ Leffen's statement.
- ^ The Big One qualifier announcement.
- ^ SmashEurope confirming Pipsqueak's qualification following Smash Sauna Online
- ^ BTS announces KoDoRiN replaces Pipsqueak.
- ^ The largest prize pool.
- ^ Largest fighting game prize pools
- ^ HugS' video on Yingling.
- ^ LSD's Tweet.
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