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Tournament:The Big House 5

The Big House 5
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Dates October 2nd-4th, 2015
Venue Adoba Dearborn Hotel
Address/City 600 Dearborn Drive
Dearborn, Michigan USA
Attendance 2,040
Pot size(s) Melee singles: $18,170.00
Melee doubles: $6,480.00
Smash 4 singles: $6,120.00
Smash 4 doubles: $2,300.00
Melee regional crew battle: $5,000.00
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada 1v1
Sweden Armada & Sweden Android 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo 1v1
USA Nairo & Chile ZeRo 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Juggleguy

The Big House 5 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U national tournament held in Dearborn, Michigan from October 2nd-4th, 2015. It was hosted by veteran TO Juggleguy and the rest of the Michigan Smash community. The Big House 5 was sponsored by Nintendo of America, who also tweeted out about the event, and livestreamed by VGBootCamp (primary Melee, Smash Wii U top 8 stream), Tourney Locator (Smash Wii U stream up to top 8) and Showdown Smash (secondary, non-eSports Melee stream).

The tournament was partially funded through a donation drive compendium which ran from September 3 - September 26, 2015 and resulted in pot size and event cap increases for both games, regional crew battle size to 8 regions, as well as other perks such as flying in notable players including Vinnie, Abadango, JAVI, and Ice, featuring an overnight ballroom, and so on. The Big House 5 currently stands as the tenth largest Melee tournament of all time with 1,317 entrants.

ResultsEdit

Melee singlesEdit

(1,317 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada    $7,268.00
2nd   Hungrybox   $3,634.00
3rd   Mew2King    $2,180.40
4th   Mango    $1,453.60
5th   Westballz   $908.50
5th   Shroomed   $908.50
7th   SFAT   $545.10
7th   Abate   $545.10
9th   Ice    $181.70
9th   Duck   $181.70
9th   S2J   $181.70
9th   Lucky   $181.70
13th   Plup   
13th   Swedish Delight  
13th   Nintendude  
13th   MacD  
17th   Axe  
17th   DruggedFox  
17th   Zhu    
17th   JAVI   
17th   Chillin  
17th   KJH  
17th   Darkatma    
17th   Cactuar   
25th   Prince Abu  
25th   HomeMadeWaffles   
25th   ESAM  
25th   Mike Haze  
25th   Alex19  
25th   DJ Nintendo   
25th   Kage  
25th   Android  
33rd   Ryan Ford  
33rd   theWaz  
33rd   Bladewise  
33rd   Slayer   
33rd   Rula  
33rd   Darkrain  
33rd   Colbol   
33rd   Fork  
33rd   HugS  
33rd   Reno  
33rd   SwiftBass  
33rd   Fly Amanita  
33rd   The Moon  
33rd   Blea Gelo  
33rd   KirbyKaze  
33rd   Professor Pro  
49th   DoH  
49th   Scar  
49th   Wizzrobe  
49th   Mafia  
49th   Ryan K  
49th   Toph  
49th   Slox   
49th   MattDotZeb  
49th   Phil  
49th   I.B  
49th   Rudolph    
49th   Ginger  
49th   Drephen  
49th   ZoSo  
49th   Mittens  
49th   Laudandus  

Melee doublesEdit

(224 teams)
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Armada      Android   $2,916.00 ($1,458.00 each)
2nd   Hungrybox     Mew2King   $1,296.00 ($648.00 each)
3rd   Shroomed     Alan   $972.00 ($486.00 each)
4th   Bladewise     JAVI   $648.00 ($324.00 each)
5th   Lucky     Reno   $324.00 ($162.00 each)
5th   DJ Nintendo      The Moon   $324.00 ($162.00 each)
7th   Wizzrobe     MacD  
7th   Plup     DruggedFox  
9th   Cactuar     Zhu  
9th   $mike     Mafia  
9th   Swedish Delight     Nintendude  
9th   Westballz     Axe  
13th   Fearless     Gahtzu  
13th   Milkman     DoH  
13th   dizzkidboogie     Colbol  
13th   Drephen     SwiftBass  
17th   Sauc3     Coffeeblack  
17th   KirbyKaze     Kage  
17th   4%     Hazygoose  
17th   Darkatma     Shinobi  
17th   Laudandus     Matt  
17th   Ambix     Silent Swag  
17th   L     NMW  
17th   Slayer     Triple R  
25th   G$     Toph  
25th   gurglehusk     Rudolph  
25th   Phil     HomeMadeWaffles  
25th   I.B     Ryan Ford  
25th   Moose     KJH  
25th   S2J     Darkrain  
25th   Ehat     HPO  
25th   Tirno     SloX  

Smash Wii U singlesEdit

(512 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ZeRo    $2,448.00
2nd   Nairo   $1,224.00
3rd   Dabuz   $918.00
4th   ANTi     $612.00
5th   Rayquaza07    $306.00
5th   Vinnie   $306.00
7th   Zenyou    $153.00
7th   Abadango     $153.00
9th   ESAM  
9th   Seagull Joe  
9th   Trela  
9th   6WX   
13th   Ally  
13th   Fatality  
13th   Karna  
13th   MegaFox  
17th   Wizzrobe  
17th   Ryo  
17th   Ksev  
17th   Shel   
17th   Demitus  
17th   Ryuga  
17th   Zinoto  
17th   San  
25th   StaticManny  
25th   S2H  
25th   Pink Fresh   
25th   LOE1  
25th   Poke  
25th   Dicks  
25th   Average Joe  
25th   XeroXen  
33rd   Chrim Foish  
33rd   Triple R  
33rd   Smile_Norman  
33rd   Viev  
33rd   NiTe  
33rd   SS  
33rd   MVD  
33rd   Raziek  
33rd   Mister Eric  
33rd   Day  
33rd   Tohfoo  
33rd   Shugo  
33rd   Remzi  
33rd   JJROCKETS  
33rd   smasher1001  
33rd   SkaterJayy  

Smash Wii U doublesEdit

(113 teams)
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Nairo     ZeRo    $1,035.00 ($517.50 each)
2nd   Abadango     Anti   $460.00 ($230.00 each)
3rd   Rayquaza07     Ryuga   $345.00 ($172.50 each)
4th   ESAM     MVD   $230.00 ($115.00 each)
5th   Ksev     Dicks   $115.00 ($57.50 each)
5th   StaticManny     Ryo   $115.00 ($57.50 each)
7th   Trela     Dabuz  
7th   Wizzrobe     Mr.E   
9th   Ally     Zinoto  
9th   MJG     SS  
9th   Fatality     VaBengal  
9th   Mew2King     Vinnie  
13th   Coco     Technology  
13th   Viev     Regralht  
13th   Day?     Sai  
13th   Chris Fisch     Poke  

Melee regional crew battleEdit

(8 crews, single elimination bracket)
Bracket

Place Crew Name Character Name Character Name Character Name Character Name Character Earnings
1st SoCal Mango    Westballz   Lucky   MacD   HugS   $2,000 ($400 each)
2nd Europe Armada   Ice   Professor Pro   Android   Widl   $1,000 ($200 each)
3rd Florida Hungrybox   Colbol   Plup   Wizzrobe   Gahtzu   $500 ($100 each)
3rd Canada KirbyKaze   Kage   Ryan Ford   n0ne   Mittens   $500 ($100 each)
5th New England ZoSo   Slox   Mafia   SwiftBass   MattDotZeb   $250 ($50 each)
5th Tristate Zhu   The Moon   DJ Nintendo   Cactuar   Swedish Delight   $250 ($50 each)
5th Midwest Abate   Duck   Darkrain   Darkatma   KJH   $250 ($50 each)
5th NorCal SFAT   Shroomed   HomeMadeWaffles   Laudandus   dizzkidboogie   $250 ($50 each)

Side eventsEdit

Smash Wii U Midwest vs. MD/VA crew battleEdit

Midwest Player Character Stocks Taken MD/VA Player Character Stocks Taken
JJROCKETS   6 Pink Fresh   1
Rayquaza07   5 Average Joe   1
MJG   3 Feel Tension   2
Ryuga   1 VaBengal   3
Zinoto   Seagull Joe   2
Total 15 Total 9

Smash Wii U Midwest vs. Florida crew battleEdit

Midwest Player Character Stocks Taken Florida Player Character Stocks Taken
Ryuga   2 MVD   3
LOE1   2 Ryo   4
Zinoto   3 StaticManny   4
MJG   3 Day   2
Rayquaza07   5 ESAM   1
Total 15 Total 14

ExhibitionsEdit

Winner Character(s) Loser Character(s) Score Amount
  S2J     Darkrain   3-1
  n0ne     S2J   3-2
  Kira     L   3-2 $200
  Gahtzu     Alex19   3-2 $20
  JAVI     HomeMadeWaffles   3-0
  Ice     DruggedFox   3-1
  Vish     Eikelmann    3-1

TriviaEdit

  • The Big House 5 is notable for having one of Smash Wii U's greatest upsets with Seagull Joe defeating ZeRo 2-0 in Round 2 pools.
    • This is also the only time that ZeRo was sent to losers before Grand Finals in 2015.
      • However, this caused ZeRo to go on one of the greatest losers bracket runs in Smash 4 history, defeating several notable players such as Ally, ESAM, Zenyou, ANTi, Dabuz and finally Nairo twice in grand finals to take the tournament.
  • Leffen was slated to enter The Big House 5 but was forced to drop out due to him being denied entry to the United States. This was because his sponsorship by TSM made it required of him to obtain a workers visa.
  • Due to the 1.1.1 patch for Super Smash Bros. For Wii U being released on the Wednesday before the tournament, the game was run on 1.1.0 for the entire event.
  • This is the first national since Zenith 2013 to feature a Luigi main in top 8 in Melee.
  • A notable case of the invisible ceiling glitch occured at this tournament. In Game 5 on the last stock, S2J's Captain Falcon hit a down aerial on Abate's Luigi but sent him nowhere, and Abate survived long enough to win the game and send S2J to the Losers' bracket.

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