Tournament:SEAT
SEAT (South Eastern Australia Tournament) was the first in a series of tournaments, post @M that attempted to solidify the Melbourne Smash Community, at a time the community and culture was highly enthusiastic and spirited. The first installment of the SEAT series was held on the 22nd of September, 2005 and broke the previous attendance record set by @M. It was held at the Kingston Arts Centre in Moorabbin, south of Melbourne, Australia. Kupo easily won the tournament, unchallenged by runner up CATS.
Interesting facts
- A banner with a picture of Kupo was pinned on the wall with the slogan "To violence against n00bs, Australia says no." This was a mock of the advertising campaign that aired at the time: "violence against women."
- A highlight of the SEAT series included smasher Yvette defeating well known players with Sheik's chain. Anfology was the first victim.
- SEAT was the first Australian tournament to make a genuine effort to deviate from traditional double elimination tournaments. It incorporated a unique manual randomization of several qualifying rounds, with the highest scorers advancing to a final.
Results
SINGLES FINALS (35 Entrants):
1 Kupo
2 CATS
3 JM
4 SabreAnt
5 Freddo
5 Sloth
7 Anfology
7 CAOTIC
9 Jaz
9 Julz
9 Reon
9 Erick
13 Mikul
13 King Kong
13 Divine Crono
13 Syrick
17 Joe
17 Yvette
17 Jeremy
28 Julian
28 Chris
28 Myst Walker
28 Plasia
28 Billy
28 Sebastian
28 Snes101
28 Markarse
28 James
28 Khang McCloud
28 RANDOM
30 George
30 Hex
32 ThunderMistress
32 Nick
N/A Shaz (forfeited Finals set)
N/A Duffman (early leave)
