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Press Start: Melee - $10,000 Pot - Ft Leffen, Hungrybox, Hax, Shroomed, SFAT - May 9-10
Official Event: Press Start: Irvine 2015
Official Page: Press Start Lan
Smashboards Page: http://smashboards.com/threads/may-9-2015-press-start-melee-10-000-pot-ft-leffen-hax-shroomed-sfat-irvine.400580/#post-19071708
Press Start 2015 is a massive 36-hour LAN event happening at the UCI Bren Events Center on May 9-10. The Falcon Punch: out of a $30,000 total prize pool, $10,000 is for Super Smash Bros. Melee!
★ Registration Form:
http://www.startlan.com/tournaments
(Sign-ups for Singles and Doubles of Press Start will be open until midnight on Sunday May 3rd) (You also pay here, there will be NO WALK IN SIGN UPS because we need time to make pools).
▶ $10 Venue Fee
▶ $10 Singles Fee
▶ $10 Double Fee
*Venue cost waived for bringing your own console & CRT
*Refunds will be handled on the first day of the event
Confirmed Sign Ups:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QKYPIN5XinqVqXBh_QNA6T_WyZI0ctD7vJAPUpGi59I/edit?usp=sharing
Payment will be via Paypal after you have filled out the form. The main stage of the tournament will be in the Main Arena of the Events Center, and the rest of the tournament will take place in the nearby Koll Room (photos below).
★ Parking: Mesa Court Parking Structure, Lot 5, or Student Center Parking Structure. $2 an hour or $10 for the whole day.
★ Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/showdownsmash
We are proud to have "Showdown Smash" as our official Press Start 2015 stream!
★ Schedule:
(All times are tentative, and subject to change)
Day 1:
Venue Opens: 10am
Wave 1 Pools Begin: 12pm
Wave 2 Pools Begin: 2pm
Team Pools Begin: 4pm
Wave 3 Pools Begin: 6pm
Wave 4 Pools Begin: 8pm
Day 2:
Teams up to Top 8: 11am
Singles up to Top 8: 1pm
Teams Top 8: 3:30pm
Analyst Desk: 6pm
Singles Top 8: 6:30pm
★ Rules:
(At the discretion of the tournament organizer)
APEX Competitive Ruleset: http://bit.ly/APEXRules
*Modifications - Kongo Jungle 64 is banned in teams
Game Format:
▶ 1v1, 4-stock, 8-minute time limit matches
▶ OFF: Items, Pause, Handicap
▶ ON: Friendly Fire
Tournament Format:
▶ “Pools” into double-elimination bracket
▶ Best-of-three (BO3) sets from Pools until Top 8
▶ Best-of-five (BO5) sets from Top 8 until finals.
★ Prizing:
(All prizes are static and will not change based on number of players in the tournament. Venue and buy-in costs will not affect the prize pools)
★ Singles:
▶ $2,500 awarded to the 1st place player.
▶ $1,000 awarded to the 2nd place player.
▶ $750 awarded to the 3rd place player.
▶ $500 awarded to the 4th place player.
*5th-8th place will be awarded $250 each, regardless of placing.
★ Doubles:
▶$2,500 awarded to the 1st place team.
▶$1,000 awarded to the 2nd place team.
▶$500 awarded to the 3rd place team.
▶$250 awarded to the 4th place team.
★ All rules are subject to change at the discretion of the tournament administrator.
★ All teams are expected to abide by any decisions made by the tournament administrator.
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United States10328 Posts
absurdly huge pot bonus boys
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Confirmed salty that I will be working.
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So is the stream down, or what?
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Hong Kong9154 Posts
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Hugs beating Leffen is pretty crazy. Means m2k and leffen have to play in round 2 now LOL
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Does that mean one of them won't make it to bracket?
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10387 Posts
anyone have the link for the R2 pools/results? They seemed to be pretty crazy
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On May 10 2015 16:28 Just_a_Moth wrote:
Does that mean one of them won't make it to bracket?
They're both already in top 32 bracket. Whoever loses will likely just plow through a few rounds of losers until they meet another top player. The way they do the seeding is pretty hilarious though since simply by getting first seed in Leffen's pool Hugs is now third seed overall
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Ah okay. That's still pretty funny though.
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leffen looks better today
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Leffen over m2k fml. now he plays Fiction in losers
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Baa?21243 Posts
Hax S2J and Mango sent to losers for showing up 1 hour late.
So we have Hax S2j Mango and M2K in loser's RIP hype.
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LOL. Will be some tense matches in losers though, I guess.
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Mango, s2j and Hax all dq'd to losers because they were late. Losers is going to be crazy.
If Mango brings it back through losers this could be one of the craziest losers runs ever lol. To even make top 8 his bracket would look something like Jace, Axe, Hax, Sfat.
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Baa?21243 Posts
It's pretty dumb, all this "top player privilege" thing is stupid, when all the hype generating matches are played in like round 2 losers no one's gonna give a shit about the tournament zz.
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Leffen is in winners, M2k is in losers...
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On May 11 2015 05:30 Yorkie wrote:
Leffen is in winners, M2k is in losers...
Typoed.
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On May 11 2015 05:30 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
It's pretty dumb, all this "top player privilege" thing is stupid, when all the hype generating matches are played in like round 2 losers no one's gonna give a shit about the tournament zz.
Hopefully they'll just show up on time next time, I guess.
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I'm actually really sad that Hugs beat Leffen now lmao it really messed with the bracket
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On May 11 2015 05:39 Yorkie wrote:
I'm actually really sad that Hugs beat Leffen now lmao it really messed with the bracket
I mean the point of pools is to seed, so that's perfectly fine. Sending top players to losers is a really stupid decision and is the result of a pedantic adherence to the rules in an attempt to appear professional while failing to realize a lack of top players in the later rounds is super bad for viewership.
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On May 11 2015 05:40 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 05:39 Yorkie wrote:
I'm actually really sad that Hugs beat Leffen now lmao it really messed with the bracket I mean the point of pools is to seed, so that's perfectly fine. Sending top players to losers is a really stupid decision and is the result of a pedantic adherence to the rules in an attempt to appear professional while failing to realize a lack of top players in the later rounds is super bad for viewership.
Yeah not saying it's not legit I'm just sad because I like m2k
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mango vs westballz round 2 losers D:
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United States23455 Posts
yeah the DQ's/Pool results have made the brackets nuts lmao
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10387 Posts
losers bracket looks absolutely nuts lmao. Also Cheep, the tournament is already crazy stacked as is, top 8 is gonna be full of hype despite those three being DQ'd
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So, this losers bracket... lol
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Baa?21243 Posts
Leffen what the fuck LOL
RIP this tournament's loser bracket.
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Baa?21243 Posts
This has not been a good week for TSM.
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This is how I feel whenever I play Starcraft. It's weird to see it from a top player though
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Baa?21243 Posts
OMFG Hbox in loser's too LOL
Every single god in LB gg.
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Leffen vs Mango for top 8. M2k vs the loser of Hugs and Axe and will play Hbox in losers top 8 if he wins. These winners semis are weird af haha
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I can't imagine having so little self control that I'd break a controller in rage
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i cant seem to find the brackets, can someone link it please?
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Baa?21243 Posts
Welp. That's that. RIP Leffen.
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LOL holy moly that set was depressing. I'd honestly put money on Mango coming back through losers and winning it all. 12-1 so far running through some of the best players here
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Fly, SFAT, Lucky, Axe, Mango, Shroomed, M2k, Hbox top 8. Still a dope lineup
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Rofl, it's what you get when you run your mouth that hard I guess.
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feels like " god " means less and less every tournament
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On May 11 2015 07:40 Dodgin wrote:
feels like " god " means less and less every tournament
Why do you say that?
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On May 11 2015 07:49 Headshot wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 07:40 Dodgin wrote:
feels like " god " means less and less every tournament Why do you say that?
Armada is the only one that seems invincible, the skill gap from 2-6 and 6-15 is barely there anymore.
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On May 11 2015 08:02 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 07:49 Headshot wrote:On May 11 2015 07:40 Dodgin wrote:
feels like " god " means less and less every tournament Why do you say that? Armada is the only one that seems invincible, the skill gap from 2-6 and 6-15 is barely there anymore.
Mango still looks pretty unbeatable when he's on. I guess the two sets at Sandstorm kinda hurt him though
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On May 11 2015 08:02 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 07:49 Headshot wrote:On May 11 2015 07:40 Dodgin wrote:
feels like " god " means less and less every tournament Why do you say that? Armada is the only one that seems invincible, the skill gap from 2-6 and 6-15 is barely there anymore.
The nice (and sometimes not so nice) thing about Armada is that he has both Peach and Fox to choose. Peach as a character that is not prone to volatility like a spacie is, so he'll rarely get upset that way. At the same thing his Peach simply can't reach high enough heights to carry him through a supermajor anymore, so he needs Fox for certain MUs.
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On May 11 2015 08:07 Yorkie wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 08:02 Dodgin wrote:On May 11 2015 07:49 Headshot wrote:On May 11 2015 07:40 Dodgin wrote:
feels like " god " means less and less every tournament Why do you say that? Armada is the only one that seems invincible, the skill gap from 2-6 and 6-15 is barely there anymore. Mango still looks pretty unbeatable when he's on. I guess the two sets at Sandstorm kinda hurt him though
Mango is unbeatable when he chooses to be, but he's not winning everything like Armada is with complete consistency
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2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Just saw the bracket. Holy crap what a weird tournament.
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SFAT STOOD UP TOO!
And then he SD.
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holy fuck hbox went godmode
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OOOOHHH MYYYY GODDDDD HBOXXXXXXX
Holy shit my heart is racing so fast
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Meh Hungrybox is so not TL. I really don't like how Hbox acts... rolls his eyes and shakes his head ever time SFAT kills him, like he isn't a good player.
I respect SFAT so much more for standing up against Hbox's lame ass hype stuff he does. It barely didn't work out, but he made a new fan out of me haha.
Hope Mang0 clowns this guy in Loser's Semis
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What if Mango loses to Lucky? 0_o
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On May 11 2015 12:13 darthfoley wrote:
Meh Hungrybox is so not TL. I really don't like how Hbox acts... rolls his eyes and shakes his head ever time SFAT kills him, like he isn't a good player.
I respect SFAT so much more for standing up against Hbox's lame ass hype stuff he does. It barely didn't work out, but he made a new fan out of me haha.
Hope Mang0 clowns this guy in Loser's Semis
ppmd and hbox really should switch teams to match their sc2 personalities haha
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On May 11 2015 12:13 darthfoley wrote:
Meh Hungrybox is so not TL. I really don't like how Hbox acts... rolls his eyes and shakes his head ever time SFAT kills him, like he isn't a good player.
I respect SFAT so much more for standing up against Hbox's lame ass hype stuff he does. It barely didn't work out, but he made a new fan out of me haha.
Hope Mang0 clowns this guy in Loser's Semis
I'd roll my eyes a lot if I played jiggly vs fox, fucking stupid match up to play for jiggly
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On May 11 2015 12:28 bo1b wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 12:13 darthfoley wrote:
Meh Hungrybox is so not TL. I really don't like how Hbox acts... rolls his eyes and shakes his head ever time SFAT kills him, like he isn't a good player.
I respect SFAT so much more for standing up against Hbox's lame ass hype stuff he does. It barely didn't work out, but he made a new fan out of me haha.
Hope Mang0 clowns this guy in Loser's Semis I'd roll my eyes a lot if I played jiggly vs fox, fucking stupid match up to play for jiggly
You can say that for any character. One upthrow missed DI rest = lost stock as a spacie against jiggs. I'm just saying, every MU has its cheese
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Give Fly your energy roflllllll
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United States23455 Posts
Lmao this tournament too krey
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Axe suicide bombing in wf
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One of these players is about to make Grand Finals without facing a god lol that's insane
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IC in grand finals
from winners
lmao
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On May 11 2015 13:04 Dodgin wrote:
IC in grand finals
from winners
lmao
Woulda got sent to losers round 2 if Mango decided to show up LOL
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Why do people get hype for Axe on FD. He legit chain grabs into guaranteed upsmash into almost guaranteed thunder. People are just like OMG MID TIER HYPE
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On May 11 2015 13:11 Yorkie wrote:
Why do people get hype for Axe on FD. He legit chain grabs into guaranteed upsmash into almost guaranteed thunder. People are just like OMG MID TIER HYPE
No one else on earth does it
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mango is just like sorry it has to be like this fly
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Havent seen such dead hype since Roro vs Symbol.
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On May 11 2015 13:35 stuchiu wrote:
Havent seen such dead hype since Roro vs Symbol.
reminds me of nestea vs losira
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Baa?21243 Posts
Mango makes a loser's bracket run into a IC stomp in GFs.
It's like Evo 2013, except bad.
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Tuned in just in time for finals. Wasn't the best set but I believe this is Fly Amanita's best finish ever? At least in terms of prize money.
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On May 11 2015 13:40 Footler wrote:
Tuned in just in time for finals. Wasn't the best set but I believe this is Fly Amanita's best finish ever? At least in terms of prize money.
Definitely, but he also definitely fluked into it lol.
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Mango would have done that to Fly in round 2 of winners if he showed up on time lol. What a difference that would have made
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On May 11 2015 13:40 Footler wrote:
Tuned in just in time for finals. Wasn't the best set but I believe this is Fly Amanita's best finish ever? At least in terms of prize money.
Imo his Evo top 8 last year was more impressive but yeah this is for sure the most money he's gotten
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BibleThump BULLY BibleThump seems appropriate for that grandfinals.
User was warned for this post
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On May 11 2015 13:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2015 13:40 Footler wrote:
Tuned in just in time for finals. Wasn't the best set but I believe this is Fly Amanita's best finish ever? At least in terms of prize money. Definitely, but he also definitely fluked into it lol.
Ya. that's pretty true. I didn't see the the earlier matches but looks like the bracket played out quite wonky.
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United States10328 Posts
interesting tournament, to say the least
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Damn, Mango really is the GOAT.
I still feel super bad for Hax who flew out there for the tournament and S2J.
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how can i get top 4 with a couple weeks of serious training. possible?
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Top 4 of your household maybe.
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EPT
