Tournament:Redemption Rumble
| Redemption Rumble | |
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| Dates | December 30th-31st, 2022 |
| Venue | BrookLAN |
| Address/City | 339 Troutman St Brooklyn, New York 
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| Attendance | 16 |
| Pot size(s) | TBD |
| Results | |
 winners
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Aklo |
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| Organizer(s) | YungWaff |
Redemption Rumble was a Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament held in Brooklyn, New York on December 30th-31st, 2022, hosted by YungWaff. Donated money went towards the event, as well as Smash World Tour and VGBootCamp to recoup losses from the cancellation of the Smash World Tour 2022 Championships. Pools on December 30th were four round robin pools of four players each. The final bracket ran on December 31st, with the Top 2 of each pool starting Winners' side and the Bottom 2 of each pool starting Losers' side.
Players invited/qualifiedEdit
The following players were invited by YungWaff:
The Top 3 players of Melee NA East singles at Redemption Rumble Online LCQ qualified:
The Top 3 players of Melee NA West singles at Redemption Rumble Online LCQ qualified:
ResultsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Aklo |
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| 2nd | KoDoRiN |
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| 3rd | iBDW |
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| 4th | Magi |
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| 5th | Zain |
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| 5th | Swift |
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| 7th | Fiction |
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| 7th | SFOP |
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| 9th | S2J |
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| 9th |  Zuppy |
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| 9th | Panda |
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| 9th | Spark |
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| 13th |  Joshman |
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| 13th | FatGoku |
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| 13th | bobby big ballz |
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| 13th | Zealot |
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Side eventsEdit
New York vs. New Jersey Crew BattleEdit
| New York | Character | Stocks Taken | New Jersey | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Foxy Grandpa |
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5 | 404Cray |
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2 |
| Willy P |
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3 | JJM |
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5 |
| K8A |
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3 | Mot$ |
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6 |
| Aklo |
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7 | Bbatts |
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2 |
| iBDW |
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2 | Wally |
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3 |
| Total | — | 20 | Total | — | 18 |
TriviaEdit
- A tipsy Zain sandbagged in part of his round-robin pool with Roy and Jigglypuff.
- This is the first national-level Melee tournament where Link was utilized to win the event, with Aklo notably defeating KoDoRiN in the second set of Grand Finals using only Link.
- Aklo humorously forgot to take his trophy home with him after winning the tournament.[1]