Tournament:S.A.M.E 2021

S.A.M.E 2021
Info
Founded	2021
Region	Europe, Online
Format	Double Elimination
Most successful player(s)	Pipsqueak (Valhalla, Smash Sauna, SAME Finale)  Trif (Phoenix Blue, Super Bou, Teaghlach)  Frenzy (Regen, Fête, Bagarre)
Website(s)	Start.gg page

S.A.M.E 2021, or Still. Arranging. Melee. Events 2021, was an online European Super Smash Bros. Melee circuit directed by SmashEurope and sponsored by Beyond the Summit and Poilon Software. A total of ten tournaments, one per month, were held and each featured singles, doubles, and a crew battle. The finale was held in November 2021, with the winner qualifying for Smash Summit 13. All of the tournaments used Project Slippi.

On April 19th, 2021, it was announced that the points leader after Fête Online would be invited to Smash Summit 11. On May 25th, 2021, it was announced that a change in CDC quarantine requirements meant that Fête Online's date was too close to Smash Summit 11. The qualification parameter was then updated so that the points leader after Smash Sauna Online, that being Pipsqueak, would qualify for Smash Summit 11. Frenzy, the only other player within qualifying distance before the qualification change, was offered flight and entry to an upcoming European offline tournament as compensation.

List of tournaments

The circuit was initially planned to run to the end of December, however with the return of offline competitive play, Heir Online and Somnio were cancelled while the dates for Teaghlach Online and Bagarre were shifted. A special tournament specifically for the remaining crew battles was announced for October, but never took place.

Event	Date	Attendance
Valhalla Online	January 30th-31st	312
The Upset	February 27th-28th	269
Phoenix Blue Online	March 26th-28th	299
Regen Online	April 24th-25th	200
Smash Sauna Online	May 22nd-23rd	189
Fête Online	June 26th-27th	138
Super Bou Online	July 31st-August 1st	107
Teaghlach Online	August 21st-22nd	74
Bagarre	September 25th-26th	123
SAME Finale 2021	November 5th-7th	79

Winners

Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Tag	Character(s)
Valhalla Online	Linus Nordin	Pipsqueak		William Hjelte	Leffen
The Upset	William Hjelte	Leffen		Álvaro García	Trif
Phoenix Blue Online	Álvaro García	Trif		Linus Nordin	Pipsqueak
Regen Online	Elliot Grossman	Frenzy		unknown	Solobattle
Smash Sauna Online	Linus Nordin	Pipsqueak		Mustafa Akcakaya	Ice
Fête Online	Elliot Grossman	Frenzy		Mustafa Akcakaya	Ice
Super Bou Online	Álvaro García	Trif		Elliot Grossman	Frenzy
Teaghlach Online	Álvaro García	Trif		Elliot Grossman	Frenzy
Bagarre	Elliot Grossman	Frenzy		Álvaro García	Trif
SAME Finale 2021	Linus Nordin	Pipsqueak		Aaron Thomas	Professor Pro

Point system

Place	Points
1st	100
2nd	80
3rd	65
4th	50
5th-6th	40
7th-8th	30
9th-12th	20
13th-16th	15
17th-24th	10
25th-32nd	5

Circuit rankings

Rank	Player	Points
1st	Frenzy	660
2nd	Trif	490
3rd	Pipsqueak	400
4th	Ice	370
5th	Kins0	275
6th	Levingy	205
7th	Leffen	180
7th	Meady	180
9th	Professor Pro	170
10th	Jah Ridin'	165
10th	MINT	165
10th	skullbro	165
13th	Mahie	160
13th	Nicki	160
13th	Solobattle	160
16th*	Rikzz	135

• Rikzz and  Sharp had the same amount of points; as a result, a tiebreaker set was played which Rikzz won 3-1.

Crews

In each tournament, the crews in each pool faced off against each other in a round robin format. The top 4 crews of each pool competed in the November finale. Pool placements were determined by total crew battle wins, the difference of total stocks taken minus stock lost, then the head-to-head result.

Pool A

Place	Team	Score	Captain	Crewmembers
1st	France	7-1	Raoul	Baxon, Charlon, Cyr, Enn, Mahie, Makenshi, Poilon, Psylo, Raoul, Tekk
2nd	Germany	5-0	Nicki	4tilt, Charon, Kaese, Kins0, Kobobi, Meruem, Nicki, Rikzz, Sixx, Vivi
3rd	Netherlands	5-2	Jim Morrison	Amsah, FoutNL, Happymealz, Jeapie, Jim Morrison, Nuckels, Renzo, Ser, Skullbro, Styn
4th	Spain	3-4	Majoras	Axarth, Bazoo, Danieru, Joumeni, K-12, Ksta, Malmortis, Marah, Liax, Trif
5th	Scotland	3-3	Phade	Fuzzyness, Glaikit, Graeme, Jude, Modentor, Phade, Ryzon, ShiftingShadows, TimeMuffinPhD, TTS
6th	Switzerland	1-2	Jah Ridin'	Alain, Bakedgoods, BlackH4ze, Coni Zh, Jah Ridin', Joyboy, MadeInShineA, Néro, Ravio, Saul
7th	Belgium	1-3	Razor Ramon	Dia, Feradit, Guacamolio, Jelly, Ladder, LunarySSF2, Poro7, Razor Ramon, Triz, Tweaks
8th	Wales	1-5	EuO	BANG!, Beau, Coral, EuO, Galapagos, Henley, Liberz, Matt Smith, Medli, Rogue
9th	Greece	0-6	Lavos	Asteris, Banzike, Deer, Freezi, Kouveskiv, Lamampis, Lavos, Netherdarkness, Nomickok, Pakos

Pool B

Place	Team	Score	Captain	Crewmembers
1st	England	7-0	Frenzy	Alpha Dash, Kingu, Fat Tino, Frenzy, Isdsar, Laurster, Max, Modest Major, Professor Pro, R23
2nd	Sweden	6-1	Pipsqueak	Abbson, Daydee, Eekim, Gr4pe, Humpe, JohnnyFight, Meady, Pipsqueak, Poppmaister, Red
3rd	Austria	5-2	Yoghurt	Clemens, Danny, Fox128, Kiw1, Leander, Owen, Parad01x, Steff$, Timi, Yoghurt
4th	Norway	4-1	Gabe	Gabe, JohsyJam, MisfireMartin, Niklas2912, NinjagoFan72, Oldiz, Rich, Sverre, Widl, Zaf
5th	Ireland	2-4	MINT	Aldo, Balor, Conall, Dara, Haunter, Leck, Luan, MaXy, MINT, Verdant
6th	Finland	2-5	Mayhem092	Acke, Faptori, Hups, Levingy, Mayhem092, Paju, Pakkanen, Tinker, Salevits, Solobattle
7th	Denmark	1-3	Moe	Chansey, Eagle, Flippy_o, King Funk, Madsvh, Moe, Stelzig, Tomber, Venictus, VooDoo
8th	Italy	1-5	Overlord	Kenshu, Lele, LowP, Manegaa, Mirko, Nikstrat, Overlord, Poro, Seretur, Smarted
9th	Portugal	0-7	Roryx	Apollo Bon, ASB, Boga, Coffesauros, Kr1sto, LuigiWC, Pudding, Raiden, Roryx, Xandy

External links

• Announcement trailer
• Twitter announcement