Tournament:Smash Summit 8

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Smash Summit 8
Dates	June 13th-16th, 2019
Venue	Summit Gaming House
Address/City	unknown Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	N/A
Pot size(s)	Singles:
Results
winners	Axe 1v1  Mango &  S2J 2v2

Smash Summit 8 was national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament. It was the eighth installment of the Smash Summit series for Melee, and was held on June 13th-16th, 2019. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.

Players invited

The following 11 players were invited by Beyond The Summit:

•  Hungrybox
•  Leffen
•  Zain
•  Mango
•  Plup
•  aMSa
•  Axe
•  S2J
•  Wizzrobe (Won the slot by being the top non-invited finisher at Get On My Level 2019)
•  Drephen (Won the slot by being the 2nd highest top non-invited finisher at Smash 'N' Splash 5, beating KJH and Shroomed in a round robin tiebreaker, as the highest placed non-invited finisher SFAT was unable to attend)
•  moky (Won the slot by being the top non-invited finisher at The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0)

Players voted in

The voting system received some minor changes. First, if a person votes for a player who gets eliminated, they will receive half of their votes back, and the votes can be used for other players until the voting ends. Also, the final two players who get eliminated have the choice of either taking a portion of the raised funds that they would have gotten, or be flown out to the tournament, where they can participate in activities and practice.

•  Spud (May 24th)
•  Trif (May 26th)
•  iBDW (May 27th)
•  n0ne &  Ginger (May 28th)

Players eliminated

These players were eliminated in voting:

•  Greasy,  Flipsy,  ChuDat,  Stango (May 22nd)
•  Reesch,  Fiction,  Jakenshaken (May 23rd)
•  Bimbo,  Fable (May 24th)
•  Kevin Maples,  Luigi Ka-Master (May 26th)
•  Spark,  Westballz (May 27th)
•  Lucky,  Cool Lime (May 28th)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

•  Mr. F
•  DiplomaticTucan
•  Soap
•  ycz6
•  Coolkid
•  Travioli

Eligible players

Smash Summit 8 Nomination
Eligible players for Smash Summit 8 must adhere to one of the following:

• Top 100 MPGR
• Top 64 at GENESIS 6 or Pound 2019
• Top 32 at Full Bloom 5
• Top 16 at The Script 2 or Saving Mr. Lombardi
• Top 8 at The Second National Melee Arcadian, Phantom 2019, or Schism 3

Results

Singles

(16 entrants)
Final Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Axe
2nd	Wizzrobe
3rd	Leffen
4th	iBDW
5th	Zain
5th	Hungrybox
7th	aMSa
7th	Plup
9th	Mango
9th	Ginger
9th	Trif
9th	n0ne
13th	moky
13th	Drephen
13th	Spud
13th	S2J

Doubles

(8 teams)
Bracket

Place	Team	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Fuck DaJuan	Mango		S2J
2nd	Team Panda	Plup		Zain
3rd	Puff is Top 6	Hungrybox		iBDW
4th	Must Love Dogs	Leffen		Trif
5th	The Raptors	n0ne		moky
5th	Eggstatic	Axe		aMSa
7th	Spudrod	Spud		Wizzrobe
7th	The Gingers	Drephen		Ginger

Side events

Draft Crew Battle

(4 teams)
Bracket

Place	Crew	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character
1st	Plup Club	Plup		Hungrybox		iBDW		Zain
2nd	Wumbo Williams	Leffen		aMSa		Trif		Wizzrobe
3rd	Team Disneyland	Axe		Drephen		moky		Spud
3rd	Team Beer	Mango		S2J		n0ne		Ginger

Reverse Main Bracket

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Axe
2nd	Plup
3rd	Mango
4th	Leffen
5th	Hungrybox
5th	moky
5th	aMSa
5th	Trif
9th	iBDW
9th	n0ne
9th	Zain
9th	Ginger
9th	Spud
9th	Wizzrobe
9th	S2J
9th	Drephen

Mango vs. Axe Thursday

• Stocks: 2
• Timer: 2:00
• Items: ON
• Stage legality: OFF
• Pause: OFF
• Mode: Ironman

(2 entrants)
VOD

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Amount
Mango		Axe		26-23	$1,000

USA vs. The World Crew Battle

(2 teams)
Bracket

USA Player	Character	Stocks Taken	World Player	Character	Stocks Taken
iBDW		3	Leffen		5
Zain		4	Trif		3
Ginger		5	Spud		3
Mango		7	n0ne		3
S2J		4	aMSa		2
Hungrybox		1	moky		4
Total	—	24	Total	—	20

Smash Quiplash

(8 entrants)
VOD

• Round 1 Winner:  Toph
• Round 2 Winner:  TheCrimsonBlur
• Round 3 Winner:  Aiden

Trivia

• This is the first Summit won by a non-God, as well as the first won by a solo Pikachu.
• This is Axe's first major tournament win with two or more members of the MPGR top 6 + PPMD in attendance, and this is also the first time a Pikachu main won under the same circumstances.
• This is the first Smash Summit where Mew2King and SFAT did not attend, as Mew2King declined his invitation and SFAT qualified at Smash 'N' Splash 5 but declined due to a wedding.
  • This is also S2J's first Smash Summit where he was invited rather than voted in.
• This is currently the Smash Summit with the most international attendance, with six non-U.S. players competing, either through invitation, qualifying, or being voted in.
• This is the first ever tournament that at least two of the five gods have attended where none of them placed Top 4.
• This was Mango's worst melee singles tournament performance, placing 9th, (excluding sandbagging and disqualifications) since Smash Summit Spring 2017, where he also placed 9th.
  • Interestingly enough, this was also a Smash Summit event.

External Links

• Smash.gg page