Genesis (tournament)

GENESIS

GENESIS 3 logo
Tournament information
Sport Super Smash Bros
Location San Francisco Bay Area
Established 2011
Number of tournaments Three
Current champion
Melee: Adam "Armada" Lindgren
Wii U: Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
Smash 64: "wario"
Final champion
Brawl: Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman (GENESIS 2)
Project M: Roustane "Kage" Benzeguir (GENESIS 2)

Genesis, stylized as GENESIS, is a series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States state of California. The first Genesis tournament took place in 2009 in Antioch at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds. The second incarnation occurred in 2011 in the same location. The third GENESIS occurred in 2016 and moved to San Jose. Genesis is considered one of the most prestigious Super Smash Bros. tournaments.

GENESIS

The first GENESIS tournament was held on July 10–12, 2009, in Antioch. Melee singles was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez.[1][2] Melee doubles was won by the duo of Mew2King and Jman, Brawl singles was won by Ally, and Brawl doubles was won by Mew2King and Fiction. In Melee Crew Battles of East Coast and West Coast, East Coast won.

GENESIS 2

GENESIS 2 was held two years later on July 15–17, 2011 again in Antioch and at the county fairgrounds. Melee was won by Adam "Armada" Lindgren in a rematch of Joseph "Mango" Marquez in grand finals; doubles was won by Lucky and Mango. Brawl was won by Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman over Elliot "Ally" Bastien Carroza Oyarce; doubles was won by the two Grand Finals participants. Smash 64 was won by SuPeRbOoMfAn of Canada and Project M was won by Kage. In Melee and Brawl crew battles, both were won by the West coast.

GENESIS 3

A third tournament was not announced until 2013, but that effort was eventually cancelled because of scheduling conflicts with other tournaments, particularly Apex in New Jersey. In August 2015 GENESIS 3 was again announced and eventually occurred from January 15–18, 2016 in San Jose at the San Jose Convention Center and City National Civic Amphitheater. The tournament was sponsored by Nintendo.[3] Tournament organizers initially planned to allow top ranked players to automatically advance to the top bracket, but backed off after backlash from social media and community figures.[4] This event is the second largest Smash event ever (behind EVO 2015) and the largest community run event.

It was again won by Adam "Armada" Lindgren over Joseph "Mango" Marquez, with the grand finals being a repeat of the previous two tournaments.[5][6] Wii U was won by Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios over Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby.[7] Smash 64 was won by Japanese player wario, who was able to attend the tournament from a crowd fund.

Also through a fundraiser, a $500 "Bobby Scar Award" was awarded to fifth place; it was named after the Smasher and commentator Scar, who made a run at the first GENESIS, placing 6th. It was given to SFAT after PPMD said he didn't have motivation playing more.

In crew battles, team Hungrybox won the Smash Draft crew battles and Japan beat SoCal to take the regional crew battles.

In the 4th installment of the Melee Games, UC Irvine took the title, beating Georgia Tech.

References

  1. ↑ "A Look Back at the First Genesis".
  2. ↑ Smith, Wynton (January 14, 2015). "The genesis of Smash Bros.: From basements to ballrooms". ESPN. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "‘Super Smash Bros’ Genesis 3 event to be supported by Nintendo America, game wins People’s Choice Awards 2016".
  4. ↑ "Genesis 3 backtracks on controversial seeding plan after online backlash".
  5. ↑ Jurek, Steven (January 18, 2016). "Armada takes down Mang0 in Genesis 3 Melee grand final".
  6. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/14613564/what-genesis-tells-us-smash-2016
  7. ↑ Rosen, Daniel (January 18, 2016). "ZeRo retakes his crown, wins Smash 4 at Genesis 3". TheScore eSports.
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