Tournament:The Gimvitational
| The Gimvitational | |
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| Dates | June 16th-19th, 2022 |
| Venue | Xanadu Games |
| Address/City | 198 Laurel Race Track Road Laurel, Maryland 
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| Attendance | 16 |
| Pot size(s) | TBD |
| Results | |
 winners
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 acola
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| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | GimR, VGBootCamp |
The Gimvitational was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major invitational held in Laurel, Maryland, from June 16th-19th, 2022. The tournament was announced following GimR's presentation on the slingshot technique and featured a Summit-esque voting style, where 20% of all donations and shop profits were be added to a "Player Fund," a fund that returned a percentage of money to those who made it into the nomination phase. The tournament also experimented with a mixed hazards on and hazard off stagelist.
Players invited/qualifiedEdit
The following players were invited:
The top 2 players of Kagaribi 7 were also invited:
Players voted inEdit
*Replaced VoiD.
Declined playersEdit
VoiD was originally invited, but was unable to attend due to health issues. He was replaced by loaf, who had the highest amount of votes out of the players eliminated on the final day of voting.[1]
Players eliminatedEdit
These players were eliminated in voting:
JeJaJeJa, Dany, Mugen, 
ShinyMark (June 1st)- ApolloKage, Jakal,
Echofire, 
One O'Seven (June 3rd) 
Sonix & Xerzal (June 4th)
MazeBeans & 
Sekai Doggo (June 5th)
Skyjay (June 7th)
Skyjay was invited as a VIP.
These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:
| Axiom XL |
 BigBoss |
Caius |
 Capitancito |
DDog
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| enhancedpv |
Floppeh |
Frawg |
Jake |
Javi
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| Jonhy |
Marvelous_Marco |
Monte |
Peanut |
Peckham
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| Pink Fresh |
 Quaylectra |
 Rm8 |
Rockman |
Shoe
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| Skitz |
SlushieV2 |
spot |
T3 DOM |
Toxex
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| WaDi
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Eligible playersEdit
Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:
- Placed top 64 at GENESIS 8 and Kagaribi 6
- Placed top 32 at Let's Make Big Moves 2022, Glitch - Infinite, LVL UP EXPO 2022, Collision 2022, WANTED S4 C4 - Free Agent Edition, Pound 2022, Low Tide City 2022, Maesuma TOP 7, and Kagaribi 7
- Placed top 16 at Back in Blood 3, Glory 2.0, WANTED S4 C3 - Saint Valentin Edition, LEVELUP Arena 4, CT Gamercon 5, RCADIA SMASH 2, Ultra Hard, Tijuana At War 2022, Invasion: April 2022, Battle Arena Melbourne 12, and Virtuocity Smash Open 2022
- Placed top 6 at any Smash World Tour Silver 4 event
- Placed top 3 at any Smash World Tour Silver 3 event
- Won any Smash World Tour Silver 2 event
RulesetEdit
SinglesEdit
- Best of 5 all tournament
- Phase 1 - Research and Development: 4 round robin groups of 4 players, 1st in each group advances to Phase 3 bracket Winners' side, 2nd-4th advance to Phase 2
- Phase 2 - Clinical Trials: Gauntlet stage of 8 sets across 4 groups of 3 players
- Phase 3 - Final Review: Double-elimination bracket stage with 8 players starting Winners’ side and 8 players starting Losers’ side
Singles stage listEdit
- Winner of the previous game gets 3 bans in counterpick stages
- Banning one stage in a row on the table bans both stages
*Hazards on
Draft quadsEdit
- 4 teams playing 4v4s in 8-Player Smash
- Team captains picked by viewers: Jin, Gackt, Kola, Light, teams drafted live
- Standard team rules with Final Smash Meter on
- Stage list, all with hazards on: Hyrule Castle, Jungle Japes, Temple, WarioWare, Inc., Mario Bros.
- Sudden Death is played out
- Game 1's stage is selected at random, losing team of the previous game counterpicks stages
- No bans, no stage can be repeated in the same set
- Each team gets two character bans, all characters on screen must be unique, players take turns choosing characters
Random singlesEdit
- Best of 3, 1 stock, single elimination
Boomers vs. ZoomersEdit
ResultsEdit
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | acola |
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| 2nd | Light |
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| 3rd | Riddles |
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| 4th | Kola |
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| 5th | yonni |
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| 5th | Asimo |
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| 7th | Cosmos |
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| 7th | Sparg0 |
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| 9th | Marss |
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| 9th | Larry Lurr |
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| 9th | Tweek |
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| 9th |  Ferps |
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| 13th | Gackt |
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| 13th | Jin |
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| 13th | Chase |
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| 13th | loaf |
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Side eventsEdit
Draft quadsEdit
(4 teams)
| Place | Crew | Captain Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Team Light | Light |
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Chase |
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Sparg0 |
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Asimo |
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| 2nd | Team Acola | acola |
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Kola |
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Riddles |
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yonni |
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| 3rd | Team Jin | Jin |
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Tweek |
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Larry Lurr |
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loaf |
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| 3rd | Team Gackt | Gackt |
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Marss |
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Cosmos |
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Ferps |
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Random singlesEdit
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | loaf |
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| 2nd | acola |
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| 3rd | Riddles |
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| 3rd | Light |
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| 5th | Larry Lurr |
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| 5th | Jin |
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| 5th | Kola |
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| 5th | Asimo |
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| 9th | yonni |
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| 9th | Gackt |
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| 9th | Sparg0 |
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| 9th | Cosmos |
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| 9th | Ferps |
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| 9th | Chase |
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| 9th | Tweek |
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| 9th | Marss |
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Boomers vs. ZoomersEdit
| Boomers | Character | Stocks Taken | Zoomers | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Marss |
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3 | Chase |
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2 |
| Larry Lurr |
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3 | yonni |
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3 |
| Light |
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1 | Ferps |
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5 |
| Tweek |
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4 | Sparg0 |
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3 |
| Jin |
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3 | Asimo |
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3 |
| Skyjay |
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2 | acola |
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5 |
| Cosmos |
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1 | Kola |
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3 |
| Gackt |
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2 | Riddles |
— | — |
| Total | — | 19 | Total | — | 24 |
Chaos TournamentEdit
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Riddles |
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| 2nd | Kola |
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| 3rd | Chase |
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| 3rd | Asimo |
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| 5th | Larry Lurr |
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| 5th | acola |
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| 5th | Sparg0 |
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| 5th | yonni |
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| 9th | Jin |
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| 9th | Tweek |
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| 9th | Gackt |
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| 9th | Cosmos |
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| 9th | Marss |
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| 9th | Light |
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| 9th | Ferps |
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| 9th | loaf |
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Commentator crew battleEdit
| Team Hazboxx | Character | Stocks Taken | Team Lojax | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| NickDistrict14 |
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6 | Skabs |
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1 |
| Mokou |
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5 | Aposl |
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1 |
| File |
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4 | Dill |
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2 |
| Max Ketchum |
— | — | Charles Thoren |
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2 |
| Hungrybox |
— | — | Logic |
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2 |
| Total | — | 15 | Total | — | 8 |
TriviaEdit
- Cosmos, Light, Marss, Tweek, and Larry Lurr participated in both The Gimvitational and Smash 4 Boot Camp in December 2017, which were both 16-player invitationals held by VGBootCamp.
- VoiD, who was in The Gimvitational but dropped out due to health issues, was a player at Smash 4 Boot Camp too. Coincidentally, he was sick for part of that event.
- This marked the first offline singles tournament since SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals where Sparg0 did not place in the top three, instead placing 7th.