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Tournament:MAJOR UPSET

MAJOR UPSET
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Dates April 1st-2nd, 2023
Venue Exhibit Hall - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Portland
Address/City 1000 NE Multnomah Street
Portland, Oregon USA
Attendance 883
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $4,500
Melee doubles: $1,000
Ultimate singles: $7,500
Ultimate doubles: $1,500
GANON GAUNTLET: $1000
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Cody Schwab 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Plup 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico Sparg0 1v1
Mexico MkLeo & Mexico MKBigBoss 2v2

MAJOR UPSET was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Portland, Oregon, from April 1st-2nd, 2023. It was the sixth and largest tournament in the Back in Blood series and the first to feature Melee. The tournament also features Rivals of Aether brackets.

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(384 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Cody Schwab  
2nd   Plup   
3rd   aMSa  
4th   Hungrybox  
5th   Soonsay  
5th   lloD  
7th   Axe  
7th   KoDoRiN  
9th   S2J  
9th   SFAT  
9th   Spark  
9th   Magi  
13th   Polish   
13th   SpacePigeon  
13th   Salt  
13th   Skerzo  
17th   Umarth  
17th   null  
17th   Silvi  
17th   Aura  
17th   FatGoku  
17th   Stiv  
17th   nut  
17th   Chango  
25th   Omar  
25th   Iceman  
25th   Typhoon  
25th   Connect4Bairs  
25th   Kevbot  
25th   Khalid  
25th   mikey  
25th   Alberto  
33rd   Rrob  
33rd   Nox  
33rd   Burlap  
33rd   YeehawDaniels  
33rd   Fizzwiggle  
33rd   decoste  
33rd*   Nickemwit  
33rd   YokaiNels  
33rd   FreeHops  
33rd   FireflyHI  
33rd   Knox  
33rd   Chevy  
33rd   techno  
33rd   God's Only Son  
33rd   GWAWB  
33rd   Fishbait  

*DQ'd in losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(57 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox     Plup  
2nd   Axe     aMSa  
3rd   Umarth     SFAT  
4th   Polish     Spark  
5th   S2J     Salt  
5th   Magi     FatGoku  
7th   nut     Aura  
7th   Fizzwiggle     Phazon  
9th   Megaman     Iceman  
9th   Vinodh     Chango  
9th   PapaNoJohns     Khalid  
9th   Zvara     wonnor  
13th   Burlap     naxman  
13th   brown_dogs_are_cool_42     Big Moist  
13th   Silvi     weed lesbian  
13th   Rrob     Janke  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(512 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket 1
Top 64 Bracket 2
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Sparg0   
2nd   MkLeo   
3rd   Riddles  
4th   Big D  
5th   Jakal  
5th   Kurama  
7th   Chase    
7th   BassMage  
9th   Ouch!?  
9th   MFA  
9th   Ludo   
9th   Zomba  
13th   Aaron  
13th   embo_z  
13th   Fizzmint  
13th   skittles  
17th   JoJoDaHoBo  
17th   Rocke  
17th   MKBigBoss  
17th   Kreeg  
17th   Lui$  
17th   Konga  
17th   Quinn  
17th   Dark Wizzy  
25th   Bombastic  
25th   VaLoR  
25th   jaredisking1  
25th   luisito  
25th   Solo  
25th   Adam  
25th   JDV  
25th   loaf  
33rd   Sho  
33rd   Irod  
33rd   SPARKLE  
33rd   Viola  
33rd   Spair  
33rd   Domnique  
33rd   Opsine  
33rd   Mio!  
33rd   Chronos  
33rd   Biggymouth  
33rd   Vidrocker  
33rd   Peace!2  
33rd   Capsize  
33rd   moxi  
33rd   JeJaJeJa  
33rd   ESAM  
49th   Psionic  
49th   Active  
49th   Mr. E  
49th   Hungrybox  
49th   pacstreet  
49th   Brooks!  
49th   Saint  
49th   Slushee  
49th   KiSU  
49th   LightningQuiz7  
49th   Double D  
49th   Jaeden  
49th   Remi  
49th   X'avier  
49th   Cattail  
49th   Kasane  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit

(87 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MKBigBoss     MkLeo   
2nd   Dark Wizzy      Kurama  
3rd   Lui$     Aaron  
4th   loaf     Chase  
5th   JeJaJeJa     JDV  
5th   Justice     Lemmon  
7th   FireThePyro[1]     ESAM  
7th   MFA     Double D  
9th   Active     Fizz Khalifa  
9th   JoJoDaHoBo     Ludo  
9th   CJFrozen     Dre  
9th   Major     SPARKLE  
13th   VaLoR     Mint  
13th   Remi     Ouch!?  
13th   Quinn     Chronos  
13th   Riddles     jaredisking1  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate GANON GAUNTLETEdit

(82 entrants)
Top 6 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Major   $400
2nd   Fizz Khalifa  
3rd   Opsine  
4th   Sawstep   $120
5th   SuperKernel  
5th   JoJoDaHoBo  

TriviaEdit

  • During the registration period, MAJOR UPSET reached the supermajor tier for Ultimate on the UltRank 2023 methodology, leading to jokes that the tournament should be renamed to "SUPERMAJOR UPSET."[2] Unfortunately, due to several top player dropouts, the tournament's tier was dropped down.
  • Major placed first in the Ganon Gauntlet singles bracket for Ultimate.
    • The tournament was not named after the player in actuality, despite him living in the same region.
  • Cody Schwab's first place finish in Melee singles marks Counter Logic Gaming's first major Melee tournament win.
    • The organization was announced to be sold off the day afterwards, and Cody Schwab was dropped three days after the win.
  • This tournament marked FatGoku's final event as a competitor, as he had previously stated his plans to retire from competition in Melee singles afterwards.
  • This tournament marks:
    • the first time that MkLeo has lost an Ultimate major after starting Grand Finals in winner's side.
    • the first time that MkLeo has lost an Ultimate event after starting Grand Finals in winner's since EGS Cup.
    • the first time that MkLeo lost any Smash major from Grand Finals in winner's side since DreamHack Austin 2017.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Replaced MVD
  2. ^ SUPERMAJOR UPSET.

External linksEdit