| The Off-Season | |
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| Dates | October 15th-16th, 2022 |
| Venue | Esports Stadium Arlington |
| Address/City | 1200 Ballpark Way Arlington, Texas 
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| Attendance | 113 |
| Entry fees | Venue: $59 Entry: $0 |
| Pot size(s) | $25,000 |
| Results | |
 winners
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 aMSa 1v1 Stone & Wevans 2v2
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The Off-Season was a Super Smash Bros. Melee super regional tournament held on October 15th-16th, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. There were 8 players invited to the final bracket, and 8 players will qualify through an open bracket.[1] The 16 players will play in a double-elimination singles bracket. The tournament will have a combined $25,000 prize pool: a $23,000 prize pool for the top 8 of the singles bracket, and $250 and a pair of Oakley sunglasses for each of the 8 qualified players.[2][3] The winners of the singles Redemption Bracket and 3v3 crews will win free entry to one LTC event each. The winning team in doubles will win a pair of matching controllers from Top Notch Controllers. The Off-Season is a retro-themed charity fundraiser event in support of Movember that also features a Call of Duty: Black Ops II invitational, a FIFA 06 celebrity showmatch, retro game speedruns, and Pokémon card openings. The event raised $45,000 by the end of October 15th and $60,006.50 at the end of the event, reaching the charity milestones of Mute City enabled as a counterpick stage starting with the final bracket, and tequila shots before Grand Finals.[4][5] Wizzrobe counterpicked to Mute City in Winners' Semis, and Axe counterpicked to Mute City in the last game of Losers' Semis and Losers' Finals.
Players invited/qualified
The following players were invited:
The following players qualified through Winners of the open bracket:
The following players qualified through Losers of the open bracket:
Results
The singles tournament had a total of 113 entrants, with 105 players entering the open bracket coupled with the 8 players that were invited to the final bracket prior to the tournament.
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles final bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | aMSa |
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$10,000 |
| 2nd | Jmook |
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$5,000 |
| 3rd | Axe |
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$3,000 |
| 4th | S2J |
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$2,000 |
| 5th | Salt |
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$1,000 |
| 5th | Wizzrobe |
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$1,000 |
| 7th | SFAT |
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$500 |
| 7th | Lucky |
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$500 |
| 9th | SDJ |
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| 9th | bobby big ballz |
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| 9th |  Spud |
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| 9th | Ginger |
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| 13th | Steech |
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| 13th | Palpa |
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| 13th | n0ne |
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| 13th | POG Epic Gamer |
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Super Smash Bros. Melee open bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| Winners | SDJ |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Winners | bobby big ballz |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Winners | Palpa |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Winners | Salt |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Losers | POG Epic Gamer |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Losers |  Spud |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Losers | SFAT |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| Losers | Steech |
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$250 + qualified for final bracket |
| 17th | n3zModGod |
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| 17th | Wevans |
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| 17th | The Leaf |
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| 17th | Bunk |
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| 21st | aCID |
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| 21st | Hulka |
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| 21st | Jaywalker |
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| 21st | Participant |
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| 25th | Absentminded |
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| 25th | WatchingTime |
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| 25th | DMT |
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| 25th | AlyJ |
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| 25th | Stone |
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| 25th | Studebacher Hoch |
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| 25th | Snowy |
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| 25th | SadSack |
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| 33rd | JoGo |
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| 33rd | LeoNine |
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| 33rd | Boalisk |
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| 33rd | QueueSS |
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| 33rd | SquidTheCat |
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| 33rd | Average Joe |
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| 33rd | Fable |
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| 33rd | Fury |
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Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(21 teams)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Stone |
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Wevans |
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| 2nd | Palpa |
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The Leaf |
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| 3rd | Mijo! |
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SDJ |
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| 4th | YungWaff |
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Sunnyknight |
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| 5th | SadSack |
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ZeldaFool |
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| 5th | bluezaft |
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Studebacher Hoch |
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| 7th | Nich |
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Rut |
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| 7th | AlyJ |
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Jaywalker |
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Side events
Super Smash Bros. Melee Captain Falcon crew battle
| Team Toph | Character | Stocks Taken | Team Vish | Character | Stocks Taken |
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| Total | — | ' | Total | — | ' |
Super Smash Bros. Melee 3v3 crews
(9 teams)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character | Name | Character | Name | Character |
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| 1st | Stone |
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The Leaf |
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Wevans |
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| 2nd | Fable |
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WatchingTime |
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Snowy |
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| 3rd | sicko |
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Hulka |
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n3zModGod |
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| 4th | Mijo! |
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Bunk |
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the fire |
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Trivia
- Call of Duty commentators Miles Ross and Chance commentated Axe vs. S2J in Losers' Semis, leading to praise from the Melee community.[6]
- In reverse fashion, Melee commentators Toph and Vish did commentary for Call of Duty: Black Ops II.[7]