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Tournament:Apex 2015

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Apex 2015
Apex 2015 logo.png
Dates January 30th-February 1st, 2015
Venue Garden State Convention Center
Address/City 50 Atrium Drive
Somerset, New Jersey USA
Attendance 1,600+
Entry fees Smash 64 singles: $10
Smash 64 doubles: $10 per person
Melee singles: $15
Melee doubles: $10 per person
Brawl singles: $10
Brawl doubles: $10 per person
Smash Wii U singles: $15
Smash Wii U doubles: $10 per person
Pot size(s) SSB64 singles: $2,129.00
Melee singles: $18,070.00
Brawl singles: $1,960.00
Smash Wii U singles: $15,055.00
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn 1v1
Mexico JaimeHR & Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA PPMD 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Mew2King 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners Canada Ally 1v1
USA Nairo & Canada Ally 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo 1v1
USA Mew2King & Chile ZeRo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Team Apex, Alex Strife (stepped down)

Apex 2015 was the sixth edition of the Apex tournament series, a fighting game tournament held annually in New Jersey, which took place on January 30th-February 1st, 2015, at the Garden State Convention Center. Like previous tournaments of the series, Apex 2015 hosted a variety of fighting games, including singles and doubles events for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. It currently stands as one of the largest Smash Bros. tournaments to date, with 1,037 entrants for Melee and 837 for Smash 4, previously holding the record for both until EVO 2015.

Apex 2015 was officially sponsored by Nintendo of America[1]. Among the results of this sponsorship were a lounge where attendees could play a demo version of Splatoon;[2] additionally, Nintendo and ScrewAttack provided a second livestream for the last day of the tournament designed to be clearer for newcomers to competitive Smash.[3] An apparent side effect of the partnership was the absence of Project M from the tournament's lineup of games after its debut at Apex 2014.

Tournament summaryEdit

Despite being nearly cancelled entirely at the last minute, Apex 2015 has become well known for its multitude of storylines, particularly in Melee, where it is viewed as one of the most important tournaments in the game's history.[4] This was also the first major tournament to hold a bracket for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

In Melee, PPMD, despite being relatively inactive in the Melee tournament scene over the previous months, was able to defeat Leffen in winners' finals and Armada in grand finals to take the Melee tournament for the second year in a row. Leffen also became the first player to defeat all of the Five Gods after beating Mew2King 2-1 in winners' quarters. aMSa managed to place 5th in the tournament using Yoshi, defeating Fly Amanita, Zhu, Lucky, SFAT, and KirbyKaze, before being eliminated by Mang0 in losers' quarters in a 2-3 set. Hax was notably disqualified from Melee singles after not showing at the venue due to a combination of hand pain and insomnia.

The tournament is also known for its Salty Suite, widely regarded as one of the most entertaining side events in competitive Smash history. During the Salty Suite, Leffen defeated Chillin 5-0 (with the loser being prohibited from using Fox's default color costume in tournament matches), the set was the source many popular Internet memes, including "My B." Afterwards, Mang0 challenged Leffen to a $1,000 match if they faced each other in bracket; the two eventually fought in winners' semis, which Leffen won 3-1.

Relocation of the venueEdit

While the Apex series already had a reputation of hosting subpar tournaments, this year was particularly disastrous. Chaos surrounding the event began in late January 2015, as head TO Alex Strife became surrounded in controversy following numerous allegations of abuse and harassment[5][6][7][8], and evidence of extremely unprofessional behavior in business with CLASH Tournaments and other members of Team Apex. Alex Strife stepped down as the TO of Apex, which proceeded without him.

When the setup crew first entered the original venue, the Clarion Hotel Empire Meadowlands Hotel, they immediately noticed the entire ballroom and hotel was run down to a hazardous degree. Said hazards include dilapidated floors and walls, whole sections draped off with debris around the area, and an intense aroma of mold and mildew. Many on the site were already anticipating that the tournament would be canceled.

The day before the tournament was set to start, the nearby parking garage collapsed. Now without a dedicated place to park, attendees were forced to spread out all across the city for a place to park. This caused complaints by locals of the attendees disrupting daily affairs and parking in illegal spots out of necessity.

On the first day of the tournament at 8:50 a.m, the fire alarm was triggered. Witnesses have claimed a person in the hotel supposedly hung a towel on their sprinkler system and caused the sprinklers to go off, which was later backed up by the discovery of the room where the incident occurred being flooded. When the local fire martial arrived, he declared the premises unsafe and ordered everyone to vacate immediately. Now without a venue and a potential cancellation on the horizon, every organizer and staff member spent the next several hours trying to come up with a solution. They managed to get into contact with the Garden State Convention Center, a venue roughly forty miles south-west of the original venue that was willing to take them on such short notice. Twitch would also help this transition by paying the convention center a majority of their bill. Attendees and bystanding volunteers all helped carry the equipment to the new venue, and the tournament officially began the next day with no major issues.[9]

Official game lineupEdit

Game Entrants Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. Singles 188 $2,129.00
Super Smash Bros. Doubles 41 $410.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles 1,037 $18,070.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles 264 $2,640.00
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Singles 176 $1,960.00
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Doubles 41 $410.00
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Singles 837 $15,055.00
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Doubles 179 $1,790.00
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 98 -
Ultra Street Fighter IV 139 $3,520.00
Guilty Gear Xrd 58 $2,000.00
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 51 $1,390.00
Killer Instinct 27 $500.00

RulesetEdit

Smash 64Edit

Game settingsEdit

  • Mode: STOCK
  • Stocks: 5
  • Team Attack: ON
  • Stage Select: ON

StagesEdit

Starter Counterpick
Congo Jungle (doubles only) Congo Jungle (singles only)
Hyrule Castle (doubles only) Peach's Castle
Dream Land

2014-2015 Apex World CircuitEdit

The 2014-2015 Apex World Circuit was a series of fourteen qualifiers for the Melee singles tournament at Apex 2015. Each qualifier featured a $1,000 prize bonus and complimentary flight and hotel for each of the winners, provided by sponsorship from Twitch.

The Apex World Circuit's qualifiers are as follows:

The following players qualified for the final Top 48 Melee bracket by earning enough qualifier points through strong placings in the qualifying tournaments.

Player Score Qualifier placings
  Mew2King 2280 Tipped Off 10: 2nd
Do You Fox Wit It?: 13th
KTAR XI: 1st
The Come Up: 1st
Pacific Northwest Regional: 1st
Paragon Orlando 2015: 2nd
  Hungrybox 1500 Tipped Off 10: 1st
Forte 2: 1st
Paragon Orlando 2015: 1st
  Hax 1200 Justice 4: 2nd
Do You Fox Wit It?: 1st
KTAR XI: 2nd
  Lucky 1160 Do You Fox Wit It?: 4th
Super Smash Sundays 29: 2nd
Super Smash Sundays 30: 1st
Paragon Orlando 2015: 9th
  Westballz 1120 Do You Fox Wit It?: 17th
Super Smash Sundays 29: 1st
Super Smash Sundays 30: 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 4th
  Armada 1010 Justice 4: 1st
B.E.A.S.T 5: 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 5th
  KirbyKaze 850 The Come Up: 2nd
SWEET Prologue: 1st
  Leffen 760 B.E.A.S.T 5: 1st
Paragon Orlando 2015: 3rd
  HugS 750 Do You Fox Wit It?: 17th
Super Smash Sundays 29: 7th
Super Smash Sundays 30: 7th
SWEET Prologue: 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 13th
  SFAT 710 Do You Fox Wit It?: 3rd
Pacific Northwest Regional: 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 9th
  DJ Nintendo 660 Justice 4: 5th
BUST: 1st
  Axe 640 Tipped Off 10: 5th
Forte 2: 2nd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 7th
  Silent Wolf 560 Do You Fox Wit It?: 2nd
Pacific Northwest Regional: 4th
  Wizzrobe 550 Tipped Off 10: 4th
KTAR XI: 3rd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 13th
  Duck 520 The Come Up: 3rd
SWEET Prologue: 3rd
  Shroomed 520 Do You Fox Wit It?: 7th
Pacific Northwest Regional: 3rd
Paragon Orlando 2015: 7th

ResultsEdit

Note that all of the first round winners matches listed in the final brackets for every event are placeholders.

Super Smash Bros. singlesEdit

(188 entrants*)
Top 16 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   SuPeRbOoMfAn    $852.00
2nd   tacos      $426.00
3rd   Wizzrobe   $319.00
4th   Mariguas     $212.00
5th   LD   $107.00
5th   KeroKeroppi    $107.00
7th   Dext3r   $53.00
7th   Fireblaster    $53.00
9th   Star King   
9th   The Z    
9th   Banze  
9th   Cabelo   
13th   clubbadubba   
13th   Killer  
13th   Revan  
13th   Stranded  
17th   Cobr  
17th   Firo  
17th   Hero Pie  
17th   JaimeHR    
17th   Jam  
17th   Lord Narwhal    
17th   Spikytorn  
17th   YBOMBB  
25th   Komotonoto  
25th   Mandino  
25th   Greginator   
25th   Kabal  
25th   Near   
25th   Shears  
25th   Snorlax  
25th   Czar   
33rd   KnitePhox  
33rd   Bloodpeach  
33rd   Herbert Von Karajan   
33rd   Hipstur  
33rd   Kyle Tree  
33rd   Amida  
33rd   Combo Blaze   
33rd   Horbie  
33rd   Bark Sanchez  
33rd   JimmyJoe   
33rd   Maliki  
33rd   Shalaka  
33rd   Skyfire  
33rd   Smash Jesus  
33rd   SotoH  
33rd   MrMarbles  

*[with 68 DQs, so 120 person bracket]

Super Smash Bros. doublesEdit

(41 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   JaimeHR       SuPeRbOoMfAn      $164.00 ($82.00 each)
2nd   tacos        The Z      $102.00 ($51.00 each)
3rd   Killer     Star King    $61.00 ($30.50 each)
4th   Dext3r     Wizzrobe   $41.00 ($20.50 each)
5th   Banze      Cabelo    $21.00 ($10.50 each)
5th   Firo     Nintendude   $21.00 ($10.50 each)
7th   JimmyJoe      clubbadubba  
7th   Shalaka     Mariguas   
9th   Hipstur     LD  
9th   Near     Hero Pie  
9th   Smash Jesus     Shears  
9th   YBOMBB      I LOVE SMASH  

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(1,037 entrants*)
Top 48 Bracket
Grand Finals (part 1)
Grand Finals (part 2)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   PPMD    $7,228.00
2nd   Armada    $3,614.00
3rd   Leffen   $2,711.00
4th   Mango    $1,807.00
5th   Hungrybox   $903.00
5th   aMSa   $903.00
7th   KirbyKaze   $452.00
7th   Shroomed   $452.00
9th   Nintendude  
9th   PewPewU  
9th   SFAT  
9th   Mew2King  
13th   Ice   
13th   Lucky  
13th   Axe  
13th   The Moon  
17th   Swedish Delight  
17th   Cactuar  
17th   Colbol  
17th   Fly Amanita  
17th   Silent Wolf  
17th   MacD  
17th   S2J  
17th   Zhu  
25th   Bladewise  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   DJ Nintendo  
25th   HugS  
25th   Kalamazhu  
25th   Larry Lurr  
25th   Slox  
25th   Eddy Mexico  
33rd   C!Z  
33rd   Wizzrobe  
33rd   Drephen  
33rd   Duck  
33rd   Fiction  
33rd   Wobbles  
33rd   KJH  
33rd   Chillin  
33rd   KoreanDJ  
33rd   Redd  
33rd   SwiftBass  
33rd   Tafokints  
33rd   th0rn  
33rd   Hax (DQ) n/a
33rd   Blea Gelo  
33rd   Westballz  
49th   Zanguzen  
49th   PC Chris  
49th   HomeMadeWaffles  
49th   MattDotZeb  
49th   Twitch  
49th   Android  
49th   Reno  
49th   Laudandus  
49th   Plup   
49th   G$  
49th   A Rookie  
49th   Kels  
49th   Bizzarro Flame  
49th   Lord HDL  
49th   Sung666  
49th   Mayhem  

*While 1,037 players had registered for the tournament, as many as 200 players were estimated to have not shown up at their matches due to the sudden venue and schedule change the Apex staff were forced to make due to condemnation of the previous venue.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(264 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     Hungrybox   $1,056.00 ($528.00 each)
2nd   Armada      Android   $528.00 ($264.00 each)
3rd   Ice     Leffen   $396.00 ($198.00 each)
4th   Chillin     ChuDat   $264.00 ($132.00 each)
5th   Mango      Lucky   $132.00 ($66.00 each)
5th   PewPewU     SFAT   $132.00 ($66.00 each)
7th   Alan     HomeMadeWaffles   $66.00 ($33.00 each)
7th   MacD     Fiction   $66.00 ($33.00 each)
9th   Professor Pro     Fuzzyness  
9th   Shroomed (DQ)     S2J (DQ)  
9th   s0ft     Flow  
9th   Vish     Bladewise  
13th   Colbol     Plup  
13th   Gahtzu     Wizzrobe  
13th   Kuja     Dev  
13th   ZoSo     th0rn  
17th   Codi     Animal  
17th   Duck     Darkatma  
17th   Axe     Tagless Kyle  
17th   Taj     Wobbles  
17th   Tope     Cyrain  
17th   Westballz     Larry Lurr  
17th   Calle W     Random-ness  
17th   Redd     Tafokints  
25th   Sung666     MikeHAZE  
25th   Zero Omega     Fiya  
25th   Ken     KoreanDJ   
25th   Porkchops     Harriettheguy  
25th   DJ Nintendo     The Moon  
25th   Green Ranger     Bizzarro Flame  
25th   Reno     Aniolas  
25th   Tian     SwiftBass  

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singlesEdit

(176 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Ally   $784.00
2nd   Nairo   $392.00
3rd   MVD   $294.00
4th   Salem   $196.00
5th   V115   $98.00
5th   Vinnie   $98.00
7th   cyve   $49.00
7th   Shimitake   $49.00
9th   Chrim Foish  
9th   LOE1  
9th   Mr. R  
9th   Player-1  
13th   Alphicans  
13th   Eddy  
13th   K9  
13th   Toronto Joe  
17th   Darkflame  
17th   Seibrik  
17th   Berserker Swordsman  
17th   8BitMan  
17th   Stridez  
17th   Firefly  
17th   Gadiel_VaStar  
17th   Seagull Joe  
25th   Greward  
25th   Ralph Cecil  
25th   Pane  
25th   Kero  
25th   Shaky  
25th   Astro  
25th   Death Arcana  
25th   Bill  

Super Smash Bros. Brawl doublesEdit

(41 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Nairo     Ally   $164.00 ($82.00 each)
2nd   Salem     Mew2King   $102.00 ($51.00 each)
3rd   Seibrik     MVD   $61.00 ($30.50 each)
4th   MJG     FOW   $41.00 ($20.50 each)
5th   ChuDat     Chibo   $21.00 ($10.50 each)
5th   Shaky     V115   $21.00 ($10.50 each)
7th   Player-1     DRN  
7th   Zinoto     LOE1  
9th   Firefly     Alphicans  
9th   Ralph Cecil     Mister Eric  
9th   ScaryLB59     GDX  
9th   Xaltis     8BitMan  
13th   Loota     Gardex  
13th   JAKAT     Chrim Foish  
13th   Tane     Rockmix  
13th   Marz     Death Arcana  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singlesEdit

(837 entrants*)
Top 16 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ZeRo   $6,022.00
2nd   Dabuz    $3,011.00
3rd   Mr. R   $2,258.00
4th   6WX   $1,506.00
5th   Nietono   $753.00
5th   Mew2King   $753.00
7th   Abadango   $376.00
7th   MVD    $376.00
9th   AeroLink  
9th   NAKAT   
9th   Nairo     
9th   aMSa  
13th   Ally  
13th   Jtails  
13th   False   
13th   NinjaLink  
17th   Player-1  
17th   Shaky  
17th   Choco  
17th   Fliphop  
17th   Xzax    
17th   J.Miller  
17th   Vinnie   
17th   FOW  
25th   K9  
25th   falln  
25th   Tyrant  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   Phuzix  
25th   Rich Brown  
25th   Zinoto  
25th   Denti  
33rd   Shimitake  
33rd   BengalsRZ  
33rd   Akiro  
33rd   8BitMan  
33rd   Fatality  
33rd   Angel Cortes  
33rd   Plup  
33rd   gsmVoiD  
33rd   Ribs  
33rd   Will   
33rd   Larry Lurr  
33rd   cyve  
33rd   StaticManny  
33rd   Nick Riddle  
33rd   Dao  
33rd   Myran  
49th   Zucco  
49th   Tweek  
49th   True Blue  
49th   Chrim Foish  
49th   SuperGirlKels  
49th   Pink Fresh  
49th   Master Raven  
49th   Bladewise  
49th   Angbad  
49th   Strong Bad  
49th   Koolaid  
49th   MikeKirby  
49th   Tenuhe  
49th   Akashic  
49th   Sky  
49th   Seagull Joe  

*[with 103 DQs, so 734 person bracket]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doublesEdit

(179 teams)
Top 32 Bracket
Grand Finals

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     ZeRo   $716.00 ($358.00 each)
2nd   MJG     FOW   $358.00 ($179.00 each)
3rd   Mr. R     cyve   $269.00 ($134.50 each)
4th   Nietono     Choco   $179.00 ($89.50 each)
5th   Ally      Boss   $89.00 ($44.50 each)
5th   Nakat      False    $89.00 ($44.50 each)
7th   Tyrant     Nairo   $45 ($22.50 each)
7th   Dabuz     Denti   $45 ($22.50 each)
9th   ScaryLB59     6WX  
9th   PB&J     Dark Wizzy  
9th   StaticManny     Phuzix  
9th   Zucco     Koolaid  
13th   Wizzrobe     Plup  
13th   Zinoto     Xatic  
13th   Mr. ConCon     Acid  
13th   aMSa     Abadango  
17th   Sai     Day?!  
17th   SuperGirlKels     CrazyLittleJay  
17th   Sync     Asa  
17th   Tearbear     Xzax  
17th   Nick Riddle     Shaky  
17th   Widl     Gardex  
17th   Punishment Divine     KirinBlaze   
17th   Vinnie     Will  
25th   Junebug     Seagull Joe  
25th   ChuDat     Larry Lurr  
25th   Shugo     Nicole  
25th   Ken     KDJ  
25th   Meekspeedy     Audio  
25th   Vex Kasrani     Thunderst0rm  
25th   Chibo     MVD  
25th   True Blue     Kipa  

Side eventsEdit

Salty SuiteEdit

The Salty Suite was run by VGBootCamp during the after hours of Saturday, and featured various money matches and other exhibition sets.

Winner Character(s) Loser Character(s) Score Amount
  Bizzarro Flame     Eikelmann*   3-0 $100
  Westballz     Colbol   3-0
  Axe     Silent Wolf   3-1
  PC Chris      Ken   3-2
  Leffen     Chillin   5-0 $100 + rights to Fox's default costume

*Eikelmann was a replacement for Kage, who had become very ill prior to the tournament.


ReferencesEdit

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