Riptide
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Dates September 10th-12th, 2021
Venue Kalahari Resort & Convention Center
Address/City 7000 Kalahari Dr.
Sandusky, Ohio USA
Attendance 2,861
Entry fees Competitor Phase 1 (6/2 - 6/30): $60
Competitor Phase 2 (7/1 - 7/31): $70
Competitor Phase 3 (8/1 - 8/31): $80
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA iBDW 1v1
USA Hungrybox & USA Plup 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo 1v1
USA Lui$ & USA Scend 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Jaaahsh, Swanner, Unsure, Aaron,

Riptide was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor and Super Smash Bros. Melee major that was held in Sandusky, Ohio from September 10th-12th, 2021. In addition to Super Smash Bros., the event also ran tournaments for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2.

The event was originally intended to be held from September 11th-13th, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed to the current date.[1] A Project+ event was also planned, but was removed after the team receiving a cease and desist from Nintendo.[2] A separate Project+ event was held in its place.

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(738 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 24 Bracket 1
Top 24 Bracket 2

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   iBDW  
2nd   Plup   
3rd   Hungrybox  
4th   SFAT  
5th   Wizzrobe  
5th   Axe  
7th   KoDoRiN  
7th   Logan  
9th   Gahtzu  
9th   Flash  
9th   Krudo  
9th   Ben   
13th   Ginger  
13th   lloD  
13th   bobby big ballz  
13th   Wally  
17th   SFOP  
17th   Drephen  
17th   Juicebox  
17th   Chem  
17th   Android 0  
17th   Panda  
17th   Jflex  
17th   Zamu  
25th   TheSWOOPER  
25th   Mot$  
25th   Slowking  
25th   Zealot  
25th   Reeve  
25th   Free Balloon Day[3]  
25th   Tyler Swift  
25th   Eggy  
33rd   Voo  
33rd   OkayP.  
33rd   BIG PIKA  
33rd   The Leaf  
33rd   Travioli   
33rd   Gooms  
33rd   Holiday  
33rd   Free Palestine  
33rd   Secrets  
33rd   Fluid  
33rd   Casper  
33rd   Salt   
33rd   Amida  
33rd   Den  
33rd   SDJ  
33rd   null  
49th   Ringler  
49th   Rabbit  
49th   Reesch  
49th   Blue  
49th   MoG  
49th   Justus  
49th   MOF  
49th   Preeminent  
49th   Kuyashi  
49th   Kürv  
49th   NoFluxes  
49th   bonfire10  
49th   Boyd   
49th   Vintage  
49th   FireflyHI  
49th   BZimm  

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(104 teams)
Top 24 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Hungrybox     Plup  
2nd   Wizzrobe     Gahtzu  
3rd   iBDW     SFAT  
4th   Tempo     xRunRiot  
5th   Travioli     Slowking  
5th   Krudo     Panda  
7th   Secrets     Justus  
7th   Warmmer      eve  
9th   Twisty     Silver   
9th   Fable     TheSWOOPER  
9th   Wally     Mot$  
9th   DannyPhantom     ORLY  
13th   vortex      Icy  
13th   Tanooki     The Leaf  
13th   Rik      IMDRR  
13th   Kürv     Gooms  
17th   null     KoDoRiN  
17th   Majersk     Sp1nda  
17th   Free Palestine     Calvin  
17th   Eggy     NoFluxes  
17th   DD     BIG PIKA  
17th   Yashichi     3HUNA  
17th   BY15     KeyboardMarth  
17th   yuk     mattmog  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(1,024 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 24 Bracket 1
Top 24 bracket 2

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   MkLeo   
2nd   Tweek  
3rd   Sparg0   
4th   Elegant  
5th   Maister  
5th   Goblin  
7th   Lui$   
7th   Dabuz   
9th   LingLing  
9th   WaDi   
9th   naitosharp   
9th   yonni  
13th   Kobe  
13th   Myles  
13th   loaf  
13th   Epic_Gabriel  
17th   Fatality  
17th   LeoN  
17th   Anathema  
17th   TonyZTank  
17th   Tilde  
17th   Yoomoo   
17th   MuteAce   
17th   Kurama  
25th   Jake  
25th   BigBoss  
25th   Pandarian   
25th   Ned  
25th   Zinoto  
25th   Stroder Ame   
25th   Ronnichu  
25th   ZD   
33rd   T3 DOM  
33rd   MVD  
33rd   Darkshad   
33rd   SKITTLES!!  
33rd   Wisdom  
33rd   Marss  
33rd   Ismon   
33rd   Zomba  
33rd   Stocktaker69   
33rd   Myran  
33rd   ATATA  
33rd   Rickles  
33rd   Kofi  
33rd   Pellonian  
33rd   DRO  
33rd   Toast  
49th   Yoda Cage  
49th   Onin  
49th   Niko  
49th   Chag  
49th   Juanpi  
49th   Geist  
49th   ApolloKage  
49th   varun  
49th   Quark  
49th   SHADIC  
49th   Cosmos  
49th   IcyMist  
49th   Eden  
49th   Sogoodpop  
49th   Grayson  
49th   BassMage  
65th   Seth  
65th   Zie  
65th   Jakal  
65th   Sytonix  
65th   Phuzix  
65th   Shadow_PR   
65th   Atomsk  
65th   BlazingPasta  
65th   Beast  
65th   Syrup  
65th   Luma   
65th   Dew2  
65th   sebayee  
65th   Meden  
65th   Aaron  
65th   A Coward  
65th   Dragneel  
65th   Uncivil ninja  
65th   Vivi  
65th   Colorondo8  
65th   Clique   
65th   Puppeh  
65th   Skilly  
65th   SP Tatsu  
65th   Mj  
65th   Rivers  
65th   Skitz  
65th   Ravenking  
65th   Doorstop   
65th   Dietsoda  
65th   Kyros  
65th   Kola  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit

(121 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Lui$      Scend    
2nd   Epic_Gabriel     Sparg0   
3rd   Maister     Elegant  
4th   naitosharp        MkLeo   
5th   Fatality     Sonido  
5th   Goblin     Stroder Ame   
7th   Hawk      Linus   
7th   Skar     SKITTLES!!  
9th   varun     Chag  
9th   KGP     Sensei  
9th   ZD     Puppeh  
9th   A Coward     Revolver  
13th   Myran     Uncivil ninja  
13th   Oath     CRB  
13th   Atomsk     Yoda Cage  
13th   Lucky     Bankai  
17th   Mav     IcyMist  
17th   BassMage     Ravenking  
17th   Emma     Doorstop  
17th   WonderBread     Geez  
17th   Purp     Nhan  
17th   WhiteFang     Braediac  
17th   isohel     twig  
17th   CrowZ     ishtaria  

Side eventsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee Aiden's Stage Rule SinglesEdit

A singles bracket, but with a ruleset proposed by Aiden "Calvin" McCaig. Players who lost on a counterpick are no longer allowed to return to the same counterpick in the next match.[4]
(109 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   SFAT  
2nd   Free Palestine  
3rd   Zamu  
4th   Eggy  
5th   Preeminent  
5th   Mot$  
7th   Travioli  
7th   lexor  
9th   Calvin  
9th   yuk  
9th   Joey Donuts  
9th   Peanutphobia  
13th   Cilan$  
13th   BIG PIKA
13th   DD  
13th   Will Pickles  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad StrikeEdit

(376 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Tweek    
2nd   Marss      
3rd   Tilde     
4th   Burst       
5th   naitosharp        
5th   Puppeh    
7th   WaDi    
7th   MkLeo      
9th   IcyMist     
9th   Kwaz    
9th   Lui$      
9th*   Rivers     
13th   ZD     
13th   Syrup    
13th   Ravenking    
13th   Kola    
17th   Wisdom    
17th   Doorstop    
17th   Tidal     
17th*   Goblin
17th*   Sparg0    
17th   AoS    
17th*   Fatality
17th   8BitMan
25th   Amaryills    
25th   Sonido    
25th   JoJoDaHoBo
25th   BassMage    
25th   Haarsnow    
25th   Keydrain
25th   Dylster    
25th   NWA Danbi

*DQ'd in Losers

ControversyEdit

 

Following the second day of the tournament, players in the fifth pool noticed that one of the setups was set to .9x knockback, which allegedly affected players such as Scend, ZD, Vintendo, and MRW.[5]

TriviaEdit

  • Less than 4 hours after the tournament's announcement, the tournament reached its entrants cap,[6] locking out several notable players including HugS[7], varun[8], and Switch.[9] The speed at which the entrants cap was reached has since spawned a few jokes in the community. The registration from Riptide reopened on June 4th, 2021, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate entrant cap increasing to 768, Super Smash Bros. Melee increasing to 512, and Project+ increasing to 256 entrants.[10]
    • MkLeo would have missed registration for the event if not for Hungrybox contacting him prior to it filling its cap.[11][12]
  • This tournament is the first offline tournament to have 1,000 entrants in a singles event since Frostbite 2020.
  • At 65th, this tournament marks the worst placement for Kola at major Ultimate tournament.
  • This tournament marks the first time a Ganondorf and Jigglypuff player placed in top 64 in a supermajor, with Rickles placing 33rd and BassMage placing 49th, respectively.
  • This tournament marks iBDW's first Melee major tournament win.
  • This is the first offline open bracket major since Viva La Smashtaclysm in 2007 to not have any of the Five Gods in Grand Finals.
  • The top 3 players in Ultimate singles (MkLeo, Tweek, and Sparg0) were the same as Smash Ultimate Summit 3 two weeks prior.
  • Due to Marss's 33rd placement, his result graphics became a meme due to the contrast between his pose and placement compared to his usual performance. [13]

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