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Tournament:Smash Masters League

Smash Masters League
Info
Founded 2018
Region Worldwide
Format Double elimination
Most successful player(s) USA Hungrybox (Melee Full Bloom 4, Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition, and Get On My Level 2018)
Staff
Organizer(s) ESA Smash, eSports Arena
Website(s) https://start.gg/league/smash-masters-league

Smash Masters League, or SML, was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U circuit of tournaments held throughout the world in 2018. It was a partnership between ESA Smash and eSports Arena in an effort to make the first Super Smash Bros. global circuit. It was announced on February 11th, 2018[1], and is the spiritual successor to the 2GGC series of tournaments.

On October 4th, 2018, ESA Smash announced that they were halting Smash Masters League due to "unforseeable circumstances."[2] Although they announced a special event for those who had qualified, the event never came to fruition.

FormatEdit

Smash Masters League hosted tournaments for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U around the world. Players competed for points to qualify for the finale, Smash Worlds, where the top 32 players in each game played for a $50,000 prize pool for each game; Smash 4 was subject to change to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. ESA Smash-partnered local events also earned points towards the leaderboard.

Four categories of tournaments were in Smash Masters League: eSports Arena events, national tournaments, regional tournaments, and local tournaments. Playing at ESA events, national tournaments, and regional tournaments had opportunities to earn leaderboard points. ESA events offer the most points, and the winners of them auto-qualify for Smash Worlds. Local communities made Top 8 rankings, though they did not count for points. Instead, a double-elimination final between the top 8 players near the end of the year would qualify for regional tournament-level points.

List of tournamentsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

Event Date Tier Attendance
Full Bloom 4 March 24th, 2018 ESA 354
Respawn 6 March 31st, 2018 National 95
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition April 7th, 2018 ESA 182
Flatiron 3 April 21st, 2018 Regional 316
Super Smash Sundays 64 April 29th, 2018 Regional 133
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th, 2018 ESA 449
Battle Arena Melbourne 10 May 18th, 2018 National 182
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st, 2018 ESA 924
Smash Factor 7 July 20th, 2018 National 114
Cascade 2 July 28th, 2018 National 122
REV Major 2018 September 15th, 2018 National 10

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singlesEdit

Event Date Tier Attendance
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas March 24th, 2018 ESA 154
Respawn 6 March 31st, 2018 National 105
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition April 7th, 2018 ESA 154
Flatiron 3 April 21st, 2018 Regional 91
Port Priority 3 May 5th, 2018 Regional 208
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th, 2018 ESA 446
Battle Arena Melbourne 10 May 18th, 2018 National 187
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st, 2018 ESA 527
Smash Factor 7 July 20th, 2018 National 308
Cascade 2 July 28th, 2018 National 72
REV Major 2018 September 15th, 2018 National 29

ChampionsEdit

  Melee Winners  Edit

Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Tag Character(s)
Full Bloom 4 Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox   Joseph Marquez   Mango  
Respawn 6 Daniel Rodriguez   ChuDat   Mustafa Akcakaya   Ice  
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox   Justin McGrath   Plup   
Flatiron 3 William Hjelte   Leffen   Jeffrey Williamson   Axe  
Super Smash Sundays 64 Weston Dennis   Westballz   Joey Aldama   Lucky  
Get On My Level 2018 Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox   Justin McGrath   Plup   
Smash 'N' Splash 4 Adam Lindgren   Armada    Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox  
Smash Factor 7 Adam Lindgren   Armada   Edgard Sheleby   n0ne  
Cascade 2 Zaid Ali   Spark   Kyle Zhu   Kalamazhu  
REV Major 2018 Andres Rojas   Xardov     yat  

  Smash 4 Winners  Edit

Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Tag Character(s)
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas Nairoby Quezada   Nairo   Leonardo Perez   MkLeo   
Respawn 6 William Belaid   Glutonny    Ufuk Fidan   cyve  
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition Leonardo Perez   MkLeo    Jason Bates   ANTi    
Flatiron 3 Eric Lew   ESAM   Jestise Negron   MVD  
Port Priority 3 Samuel Buzby   Dabuz   Jason Bates   ANTi    
Get On My Level 2018 Leonardo Perez   MkLeo     Nairoby Quezada   Nairo      
Smash 'N' Splash 4 James Makekau-Tyson   VoiD   Saleem Young   Salem  
Smash Factor 7 Jason Bates   ANTi     Edgard Sheleby   Larry Lurr  
Cascade 2 Calib Byers   Konga   Kenton-Orion Sink   KOSSismoss  
REV Major 2018 Kendrick Cheah   PSI Force   Luke Garcia   Regerets  

Point standingsEdit

Point systemEdit

Global leaderboardEdit

Placement ESA Events Nationals Regionals
1st 200* 100 50
2nd 120 60 30
3rd 80 40 20
4th 60 30 15
5th 40 20 10
7th 30 15 7
9th 20 10 4
13th 15 7 2
17th 10 4
25th 7 2
33rd 4
49th 2
  • *Winning ESA events auto-qualifies for Smash Worlds. However, 2nd place at ESA events does not qualify for Smash Worlds if the winner is already auto-qualified.

Local leaderboardsEdit

Placement Locals
1st 25
2nd 15
3rd 10
4th 7
5th 4
7th 2
  • Local leaderboards are unique to individual regions.
  • Each local has its own local leaderboard, where points cannot transfer to the global leaderboard or other local leaderboards.
  • Near the end of the year, the top 8 players on the local leaderboard will play in a final. This is an invitational where points will be added to the global leaderboard at a regional level. If any of the top 8 cannot attend, the next available players will take their place.
  • Tiebreakers are up to ESA's discretion.

Super Smash Bros. Melee standingsEdit

Rank Player Points
1st   Hungrybox* 720
2nd   Armada* 400
3rd   Plup 240
4th   Leffen 210
5th   ChuDat 167
6th   Mango 150
6th   Westballz 150
8th   Wizzrobe 140
9th   SFAT 137
10th   n0ne 125
11th   Mew2King 120
12th   Spark 119
13th   Axe 117
14th   Zain 107
15th   Kalamazhu 92
16th   S2J 90
17th   Shroomed 80
18th   Lucky 76
19th   Ice 75
20th   aMSa 70
21st   PewPewU 65
22nd   Duck 60
22nd   Swedish Delight 60
24th   HugS 59
25th   La Luna 52
26th   Crush 45
27th   Ka-Master 42
28th   lloD 41
28th   MikeHaze 41
30th   Overtriforce 40
30th   Spud 40
30th   Nintendude 40
  • *Auto-qualifying from winning an ESA event
  • Only the Top 32 will play in Smash Worlds.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U standingsEdit

Rank Player Points
1st   MkLeo* 600
2nd   Nairo* 320
3rd   ANTi 270
4th   VoiD* 220
5th   Konga 174
6th   Mistake 170
7th   Salem 140
8th   Dabuz 130
9th   Larry Lurr 120
10th   Glutonny 115
11th   falln 110
12th   Fatality 107
13th   Extra 100
14th   Captain L 94
15th   komorikiri 80
16th   Tweek 70
17th   ESAM 65
18th   Cosmos 60
18th   cyve 60
18th   Ghost 60
18th   Light 60
18th   KOSSismoss 60
23rd   Elegant 55
24th   Xzax 50
25th   Schligger 40
25th   DSS 40
25th   Legit 40
25th   MVD 40
25th   Tru4 40
25th   Lima 40
25th   Jon Awesome 40
32nd   Ally 37
32nd   CaptainZack 37
32nd   LetsTickle 37
  • *Auto-qualifying from winning an ESA event
  • Only the Top 32 will play in Smash Worlds.

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