GENESIS 9
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Dates January 20th-22nd, 2023
Venue San Jose McEnery Convention Center
Address/City 150 W San Carlos St
San Jose, California USA
Attendance 2,407
Entry fees Venue: $99 (until September 19th)
$109 (until December 12th)
$119 (until December 31st)
$140 (until January 3rd)
Singles: $10 (Strive, RoA, SSB64)
$15 (Melee, Ultimate)
Doubles: $20 per team
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners USA Dankey Kang 1v1
USA OJ & USA Dr. Grin 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Jmook 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Plup 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1
Mexico Sparg0 & Mexico Chag 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Boback, Dr. Z, Contra, Jayde, RPSville

GENESIS 9 was a supermajor tournament for Melee and Ultimate and regional for Smash 64 and the 9th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in San Jose, California, from January 20th-22nd, 2023. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event for Rivals of Aether, Guilty Gear Strive, and Rushdown Revolt. GENESIS 9 also featured side events for Capcom vs. SNK 2, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix, Magical Drop III, Pump It Up XX, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and Windjammers 2.

The highest-placing non-qualified Ultimate player, MuteAce, qualified for Smash Ultimate Summit 6, and the two highest-placing non-qualified Melee players, Plup and moky, qualified for Smash Summit 15. However, Smash Summit 15 was cancelled after Beyond the Summit decided to shut down following Smash Ultimate Summit 6.[1]

Official game lineupEdit

Game Entrants Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. singles 46 TBD
Super Smash Bros. doubles 6 teams TBD
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles 1,253 $18,795
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles 235 teams $4,700
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles 1,215 $18,225
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles 225 teams $4,500
Rivals of Aether singles 171 TBD
Rivals of Aether doubles 26 teams TBD
Rivals of Aether workshop 35 TBD
Guilty Gear Strive 185 TBD
Rushdown Revolt 135 TBD
Capcom vs. SNK 2 35 TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 76 TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix 64 TBD
Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix freestyle 6 TBD
Magical Drop III 19 TBD
Pump It Up XX speed 24 TBD
Pump It Up XX freestyle 7 TBD
Super Street Fighter II Turbo 30 TBD
Windjammers 2 16 TBD

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. singlesEdit

(46 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Dankey Kang  
2nd   OJ   
3rd   ReefyBeefy  
4th   Traydozer  
5th   Lalo  
5th   slatts  
7th   Matt  
7th   Hunter  
9th   DSJ  
9th   Kung Fu Kenny  
9th   Monkey  
9th   Cagt  
13th   Donatello  
13th   Wof  
13th   Mr baninawi  
13th   Travy  

Super Smash Bros. doublesEdit

(6 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   OJ     Dr. Grin  
2nd   Dankey Kang     ReefyBeefy  

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(1,253 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Jmook   $7,518
2nd   Cody Schwab   $4,698.75
3rd   moky   $2,349.38
4th   Plup    $1,221.68
5th   Hungrybox   $563.85
5th   Zain   $563.85
7th   Leffen    $375.90
7th   2saint   $375.90
9th   aMSa   $187.95
9th   KoDoRiN   $187.95
9th   Fiction   $187.95
9th   n0ne   $187.95
13th   Axe   $93.98
13th   Magi   $93.98
13th   Ginger   $93.98
13th   Spark   $93.98
17th   S2J  
17th   Soonsay  
17th   Polish  
17th   SFOP  
17th   Salt  
17th   Jflex  
17th   Umarth  
17th   Khalid  
25th   Aklo  
25th   Pipsqueak  
25th   Skerzo  
25th   Aura  
25th   JOJI  
25th   SDJ  
25th   Panda  
25th   JJM  
33rd   Taj  
33rd   Krudo  
33rd   SFAT  
33rd   bobby big ballz  
33rd   Franz  
33rd   TheSWOOPER  
33rd   Eddy Mexico  
33rd   Shroomed  
33rd   Cactuar   
33rd   Ben  
33rd   Squid  
33rd   bonfire10  
33rd   Mot$  
33rd   essy   
33rd   Palpa  
33rd   TheRealThing  
49th   R2DLiu  
49th   Zuppy  
49th   ckyulmiqnudaetr  
49th   Lucky  
49th   Nintendude   
49th   OkayP.  
49th   Frenzy  
49th   Preeminent  
49th   Kürv  
49th   Reeve  
49th   Gahtzu  
49th   rom  
49th   Grab  
49th   Typhoon  
49th   Sirmeris  
49th   Matteo  
65th   Lowercase hero  
65th   Epoodle  
65th   Noire  
65th   Stiv  
65th   Snap   
65th   Darrell  
65th   Kata  
65th   Equilateral  
65th   ycz6  
65th   null  
65th   Frostbyte  
65th   Faust  
65th   Medz   
65th   Muscoman  
65th   Reesch  
65th   Asashi  
65th   salami  
65th   Ralph   
65th   404Cray  
65th   Logos  
65th   Casper  
65th   KJH  
65th   JoJo  
65th   Bimbo  
65th   Dawson  
65th   JSalt  
65th   Panko  
65th   Kalvar  
65th   Abbe  
65th   Wevans  
65th   Marrchata  
65th   Silvi  

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(235 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox     Plup   $1,880 ($940 each)
2nd   Jmook     Cody Schwab   $1,175 ($587.50 each)
3rd   Mang0       aMSa   $587.50 ($293.75 each)
4th   Krudo     Panda   $352.50 ($176.25 each)
5th   S2J     Shroomed   $211.50 ($105.75 each)
5th   SFAT     Gahtzu   $211.50 ($105.75 each)
7th   nut     Aura   $141 ($70.50 each)
7th   bobby big ballz     SFOP   $141 ($70.50 each)
9th   FatGoku     Ginger  
9th   Ralph     Darkatma  
9th   Eddy Mexico     Bimbo  
9th   SDJ     Kürv  
13th   Spark     Azel  
13th   Eggy     Mekk  
13th   Justus     Salt  
13th   Chango     Medz   
17th   Light     Buttlet  
17th   Phazon     Fizzwiggle  
17th   Figment     TheRealThing  
17th   Franz     Breakfast  
17th   DSJ     Conman  
17th   Stone     Palpa  
17th   DannyPhantom     JOJI  
17th   Matteo     Starlord
25th   Wevans     Crim  
25th   n0ne     Nix  
25th   Excel Zero     Kata  
25th   Khalid     Babaganoush
25th   Preeminent     Slowking  
25th   Russell     Paz  
25th   ckyulmiqnudaetr     Grab  
25th   SilentSpectre     Tang  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(1,215 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MkLeo     $7,290
2nd   MuteAce   $4,556.25
3rd   Light   $2,278.13
4th   Sonix   $1,184.63
5th   Sparg0    $546.75
5th   Glutonny   $546.75
7th   acola   $364.50
7th   Tweek    $364.50
9th   Marss   $182.25
9th   Ouch!?   $182.25
9th   Tea    $182.25
9th   Cosmos   $182.25
13th   Nao   $91.13
13th   Dabuz    $91.13
13th   Zomba   $91.13
13th   Kola[2]   $91.13
17th   Vendetta   
17th   SHADIC  
17th   Soar    
17th   Sisqui  
17th   Kameme  
17th   Big D  
17th   Chase  
17th   Kurama  
25th   AndresFn    
25th   Quandale Dinglelingleton  
25th   Jdizzle  
25th   Sigma  
25th   Jakal  
25th   Justice  
25th   Leon   
25th   Maister  
33rd   Goblin  
33rd   NaetorU  
33rd   Zinoto  
33rd   Oryon  
33rd   jaredisking1  
33rd   Nito  
33rd   Dark Wizzy  
33rd   MKBigBoss  
33rd   BassMage  
33rd   Scend  
33rd   moxi  
33rd   JDV  
33rd   NoTag  
33rd   VaLoR  
33rd   Riddles   
33rd   Gackt  
49th   Kreeg  
49th   YOC  
49th   AC  
49th   omega  
49th   Monte  
49th   Ling  
49th   Ikan  
49th   Gen  
49th   Peckham  
49th   Peanut  
49th   Kyros  
49th   Rocke  
49th   Teaser  
49th   Shogun  
49th   VoiD   
49th   naitosharp   
65th   Wasabi  
65th   Ignaize  
65th   Marvelous_Marco  
65th   MoDzai  
65th   spot  
65th   Jahzz0  
65th   Superberry  
65th   JoJoDaHoBo  
65th   Suarez  
65th   Shrutik  
65th   Tyranks  
65th   MFA  
65th   SPARKLE  
65th   FireThePyro  
65th   pacstreet  
65th   Legit  
65th   ApolloKage   
65th   Lui$   
65th   Sticccy  
65th   MVD  
65th   ESAM  
65th   Zenyou  
65th   Chag  
65th   Sonido  
65th   T3 DOM  
65th   Stroder Ame     
65th   Colorondo8  
65th   Major  
65th   Andrik  
65th   H4  
65th   Suinoko  
65th   Reed  
97th   JustOmega   
97th   TheZek  
97th   RiskTKR  
97th   B-Rice  
97th   Skeletal  
97th   Enki  
97th   Spade  
97th   Vermillion[3]  
97th   Yeast  
97th   Skyjay  
97th   MechaKoopa  
97th   X'avier  
97th   Spanky  
97th   Cless  
97th   TimPrater   
97th   Purply  
97th   Shangrai  
97th   Ludo  
97th   Adam  
97th   Cesar   
97th   Chronos  
97th   Nexus  
97th   Machu  
97th   Shoe  
97th   Rich Brown  
97th   Sho  
97th   3xA  
97th   Portix  
97th   varun  
97th   Big MiKe  
97th   Ryan  
97th   Tsuna  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit

(225 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Sparg0     Chag   $1,800 ($900 each)
2nd   MuteAce     Scend   $1,125 ($562.50 each)
3rd   Marss     Light   $562.50 ($281.25 each)
4th   Oryon     Glutonny   $337.50 ($168.75 each)
5th   AndresFn     Sisqui   $202.50 ($101.25 each)
5th   Skyjay     Maister   $202.50 ($101.25 each)
7th   Zomba     Goblin[4]   $135 ($67.50 each)
7th   MVD     ESAM   $135 ($67.50 each)
9th   Tyranks     Monte  
9th   Kameme     Repo  
9th   Kurama     Stroder Ame   
9th   Quinn     Chase  
13th   Soar      ApolloKage   
13th   Nanoash     Justice  
13th   Sonix     Sonido  
13th   Suinoko     YOC  
17th   Nao     FILIP  
17th   Big D     Samuel  
17th   Machu     Ouch!?  
17th   Yrneh     Ignaize  
17th   Mikee     Lui$  
17th   VoiD     Cosmos  
17th   H4     Remi  
17th   MFA     Chronos  
25th   Bonren     Lix  
25th   Kreeg     SpeedyBlueDude  
25th   Seesaw     pacstreet  
25th   Rocke     Zen  
25th   RiskTKR     Sticccy  
25th   JDV     Ludo  
25th   moxi     Avenue  
25th   Shoe     Robber  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Japan vs Mexico crew battleEdit

Japan Character Stocks Taken Mexico Character Stocks Taken
  Gackt   2   Sparg0   3
  Sigma   3   Skyjay   4
  Kameme   1   Maister   3
  acola   7   BigBoss   1
  Tea   2   MkLeo   3
Total 15 Total 14

Sportsmanship controversyEdit

Going into the tournament, Mango decided to sandbag in pools with Dr. Mario, citing a lack of motivation and displeasure of being ranked 3rd on the SSBMRank 2022, which released its top 10 ranking on the first day of the tournament.[5] He ultimately placed 97th at the tournament, losing to Taj and Matteo, marking the worst placement of his Melee singles career. His decision to sandbag sparked backlash from some members of the community for perceived lack of sportsmanship. Most notably, moky alluded to the controversy by making a Tweet calling top players in the community "bitchmade".[6]

Following the tournament, Mango released a TwitLonger clearing up his decision. He reaffirmed that he wasn't feeling motivated when going to GENESIS and wanted to focus on watching the Eagles game that weekend, but decided to use his SSBMRank placement as a scapegoat, conceding that his placement made sense. He apologized for acting like he was "bigger than Melee" and stated how he had cleared things up with moky. He also noted his declining motivation for the game, having went to the last three majors mainly for the community, and stated that he had to see a sports therapist the previous year and had hid his struggles in order to provide a positive experience on his stream. Ultimately, Mango announced he was taking a hiatus from the game for a few months in order to get his head on straight and focus on other games.[7]

TriviaEdit

  • Jmook's 1st place finish in Melee singles marks the first time a solo Sheik player has won a Melee supermajor, and the first time a solo Sheik has won a North American major since Captain Jack's victory at MLG San Francisco 2004 18 years prior.
  • MkLeo's 1st place finish in Ultimate singles marks the first time:
    • a player has won five iterations of a Smash supermajor series.
    • a player has won the majority of a Smash supermajor-tier series in existence since Armada's streak of Smash Summit victories in Melee singles (having won the first four iterations of the series, with the distinction lasting until the introduction of Smash Summit 8).
    • a player has won five iterations of a Smash tournament series since Hungrybox's victory in Melee singles at CEO 2018 (which marked his fifth CEO tournament series win).
  • Guildhouse held Pre-Genesis 9 the day before the event, as well as DeGenesis (Genesis 9) after the first and second days of the event.
  • This is the first GENESIS tournament where the Melee singles entrants outnumbered the Ultimate singles entrants.
  • This marks the first overseas tournament appearance for Armada since 2019, who attended the tournament as a commentator.
  • This is the second time Taj has upset Mango at a GENESIS tournament, previously doing so at GENESIS 2.
  • This tournament marks the first time since Apex 2014 where two Jigglypuff players (Hungrybox and 2saint) made it to Top 8 of a Melee major.
  • This tournament stands as ESAM's worst placement at an Ultimate tournament, tying Frostbite 2019 with a 65th place finish.
  • Taj's final placement of 33rd marks the highest placement of a solo Mewtwo player at a post-Project Slippi era major/supermajor Melee tournament.
  • This tournament marks the third year in a row (and fourth overall) that Plup has won Melee doubles at GENESIS.
  • The 3rd place finishers for both Ultimate and Melee singles (Light and moky, respectively) were Fox players sponsored by Moist Esports.
  • This tournament marks the first time a Peach player, MuteAce, has made it to Grand Finals at a supermajor since Samsora in 2019.
    • MuteAce's run was marked by him defeating the #1 player in each of the "big 4" Smash regions: MkLeo (Mexico), Glutonny (France), acola (Japan), and Light (USA).
  • This tournament marks the first time Marss had defeated Dabuz since 2019.
  • This tournament marks Tweek's first GENESIS Top 8, after having been known to historically underperform at the tournament series.
  • In honor of Onin, acola competed in Ultimate singles using Onin's Alex skin and "Catway" nickname throughout the tournament.
  • Dabuz, Spark, Axe, and Zomba were selected as winners of a 13th generation Intel i5 processor for placing 13th in Ultimate/Melee singles.[8]

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