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Tournament:SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals

SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals
Dates July 31st, 2021 (Played)
August 1st, 2021 (Streamed)
Attendance 16
Pot size(s) $5,000
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Ecuador Br1 AV
Staff
Organizer(s) VGBootCamp

SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals was the first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate final for Phase Two of the Smash World Tour 2021. Due to the severe status of the COVID-19 pandemic in South America, the tournament was held online.[1] The sixteen players who qualified through the SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier were invited to this tournament. The winner qualifed for the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships. This was the only Smash World Tour 2021 regional final without pools, only a double-elimination bracket was played.

A Melee event was also planned, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the aforementioned situation. Instead, Chape and HP were chosen as the South American Melee finalists.

Players qualifiedEdit

The top 12 finishers at SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier qualified:

The top 4 finishers at SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifiers qualified:

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Br1 AV    $1,600
2nd   Frido   $800
3rd   jjcat00   $600
4th   Anality    $400
5th   Keen   $200
5th   Ghoul979   $200
7th   Ran   $150
7th   LinkEa   $150
9th   Toon   $125
9th   Wise   $125
9th   OZN~Tales   $125
9th   Poyo   $125
13th   ZanT   $100
13th   Player 7   $100
13th   Luffyranha   $100
13th   Lukitu   $100

Pre-recorded sets controversyEdit

As VGBootCamp was streaming the tournament, a Twitter account leaked an image that showed all the tournament sets pre-recorded on Shared Content.[2]. Minutes later, Smasher Belipe accused VGBootCamp for holding the tournament a day prior but broadcasting it the next day, using this image as proof.[3] Following the posts, an image of the completed bracket was also leaked.[4] Additionally, players on the livestream only showed fighter names instead of nametags, which are indicative of replays.

VGBootCamp's owner GimR later responded to the accusations. He admitted that the tournament did take place the day prior, but stated that it was to ensure that having a third person spectate the match would not cause additional lag, a problem that caused controversy during South America's SWT qualifier. He additionally apologized for not handling the re-broadcast that well and stated that the team wanted to keep the spotlight on South America without giving away the results of the matches.[5]

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