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Tournament:Riptide 2023

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Riptide 2023
Dates September 8th-10th, 2023
Venue Kalahari Resort
Address/City 7000 Kalahari Drive
Sandusky, Ohio USA
Attendance 1,167
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Plup 1v1
Canada aMSa & USA Axe 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA MuteAce 1v1
USA MuteAce & USA Scend 2v2

Riptide 2023 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee major and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate superregional held in Sandusky, Ohio, from September 8th-10th, 2023.

Tournament summary[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

At Riptide, both Plup and Wizzrobe were able to advance through the bracket to meet in grand finals, despite each rarely entering tournaments throughout the year (Wizzrobe was unranked on the SSBMRank Summer 2023 due to inactivity); this was repeat of the grand finals for CEO 2023 earlier that year, with Plup again emerging victorious in a ten game grand finals. lloD also made an impressive losers' run; after falling to Gahtzu in winners', he defeated Wens, Grab, Flash, Polish, KoDoRiN, aMSa, Axe, and moky, before falling to Wizzrobe 2-3 in losers' finals, placing 3rd overall.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In a similar vein to its previous iteration, Ultimate singles had a large entrants count but only a handful of top 100 players, with only four of the most recent ranking's top 50 players in attendance and only one -- MuteAce -- being in the top 20. However due to the restructuring of the LumiRank 2023's methodology, the tournament was only ranked as a national on the LumiRank's TTS. This ranking stirred up controversy on Twitter; some players believed the high entrants count was suffice to consider the tournament a major, while other players pointed out how the entrants number was misleading due to the lack of top-level talent in attendance.

Several notable upsets took place on the first day of singles, including three players seeded in the top 8: #18 seed ATATA upset #2 seed ApolloKage 3-1 (upset factor 7), #36 seed Sonido upset #4 seed Chase 3-2 (upset factor 7), and #74 seed HammerBro upset #7 seed Goblin 3-2 (upset factor 7). In addition, #20 seed Skar fell to #109 seed Lagiakai 2-1 (upset factor 5) and #212 seed ADDICT 2-0 (upset factor 7) to place 129th.

The second day of singles saw strong runs from both #16 seed Doorstop and #19 seed omega. After falling to MuteAce, Doorstop defeated Chase 3-2 (upset factor 4) and #6 seed Lima 3-2 (upset factor 3) to place 5th. Similarly, omega defeated Lima 3-1 (upset factor 3) and #10 seed 3-1 IcyMist before falling to #5 seed Aaron 1-3 and #1 seed MuteAce 0-3 to place 3rd. Conversely, ApolloKage fell to #8 seed LeoN 1-3 (upset factor 4) to place 9th.

Top 8 saw MuteAce fall to Aaron 2-3 (upset factor 4). However in Loser's bracket MuteAce won every single game he played, including 3-0ing Aaron in both sets of Grand Finals, to win the event.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(477 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Plup Sheik (SSBM)
2nd USA Wizzrobe Captain Falcon (SSBM)
3rd USA lloD Peach (SSBM)
4th Canada moky Fox (SSBM)
5th USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
5th USA Ben Sheik (SSBM)
7th Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM)
7th USA Bbatts Peach (SSBM)
9th Canada n0ne Captain Falcon (SSBM)
9th USA KoDoRiN Marth (SSBM)
9th USA Aklo Fox (SSBM)
9th Canada Zuppy Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Justus Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Magi Falco (SSBM)
13th USA Polish Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Ossify Marth (SSBM)
17th USA Ginger Falco (SSBM)
17th USA Michael Jigglypuff (SSBM)
17th USA Khryke Marth (SSBM)
17th USA Khalid Jigglypuff (SSBM)
17th USA Spark Sheik (SSBM)
17th USA essy Sheik (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
17th USA Flash Falco (SSBM)
17th USA Gahtzu Captain Falcon (SSBM)
25th USA Lowercase hero Fox (SSBM)
25th USA Panda Fox (SSBM)
25th USA Slowking Falco (SSBM)
25th USA Ober Falco (SSBM)
25th USA Chango Jigglypuff (SSBM)
25th USA shabo Fox (SSBM)
25th USA Grab2Win Ice Climbers (SSBM)
25th USA Grab Marth (SSBM)
33rd Panama JCAM Sheik (SSBM)
33rd USA Free Palestine Sheik (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
33rd USA lexor Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Peanutphobia Yoshi (SSBM)
33rd USA Freezus Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA KJH Fox (SSBM)Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA Preeminent Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Ringler Donkey Kong (SSBM)
33rd USA Sirmeris Peach (SSBM)
33rd USA TheRealThing Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA TheSWOOPER Samus (SSBM)
33rd* USA Zamu Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA OG Swaglord Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Drephen Sheik (SSBM)
33rd USA Wens Fox (SSBM)
33rd Canada Faust Jigglypuff (SSBM)

*DQ'd in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(101 teams)
Top 24 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Canada aMSa Yoshi (SSBM) USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
2nd USA Wizzrobe Captain Falcon (SSBM) USA Gahtzu Captain Falcon (SSBM)
3rd USA Chango Jigglypuff (SSBM) USA Panda Fox (SSBM)
4th USA Spark Sheik (SSBM) USA Zamu Fox (SSBM)
5th USA Free Palestine Sheik (SSBM) USA Polish Peach (SSBM)
5th USA Preeminent Fox (SSBM) USA essy Fox (SSBM)
7th USA DannyPhantom Fox (SSBM) USA Drephen Sheik (SSBM)
7th USA Sirmeris Peach (SSBM) USA Justus Fox (SSBM)
9th USA Ben Sheik (SSBM) USA Slowking Falco (SSBM)
9th USA Aklo Fox (SSBM) Canada Maher Marth (SSBM)
9th USA Wens Fox (SSBM) USA Reeve Marth (SSBM)
9th USA Negat!ve Falco (SSBM) USA Ossify Fox (SSBM)
13th Panama JCAM Sheik (SSBM) Canada Zuppy Fox (SSBM)
13th USA Joeycrzl Jigglypuff (SSBM) USA Holiday Sheik (SSBM)
13th USA Mantis Fox (SSBM) USA OG Swaglord Fox (SSBM)
13th Canada Zaza Captain Falcon (SSBM) USA Khalid Jigglypuff (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(716 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU)
2nd USA Aaron Diddy Kong (SSBU)
3rd USA omega Joker (SSBU)
4th USA IcyMist Samus (SSBU)
5th USA Zinoto Diddy Kong (SSBU)
5th USA Doorstop Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
7th USA Lima Bayonetta (SSBU)Corrin (SSBU)
7th USA LeoN Bowser (SSBU)
9th USA ApolloKage Snake (SSBU)
9th USA Scend Ness (SSBU)
9th USA ATATA Ness (SSBU)
9th USA IceKnight Greninja (SSBU)
13th USA HammerBro Ice Climbers (SSBU)
13th USA Chase Palutena (SSBU)
13th USA Peanut Little Mac (SSBU)
13th USA Kobe Young Link (SSBU)
17th USA Phirb Ice Climbers (SSBU)
17th USA Goblin Roy (SSBU)
17th USA Geist Bayonetta (SSBU)
17th USA Suspect Kazuya (SSBU)
17th USA Candle Olimar (SSBU)
17th USA Sonido Sonic (SSBU)
17th USA Atomic ROB (SSBU)
17th USA AnthonyIsntCool Cloud (SSBU)
25th USA SoGoodPop Wii Fit Trainer (SSBU)
25th USA Dawn Peach (SSBU)
25th USA Scoops Mii Brawler (SSBU)
25th USA loaf Wario (SSBU)
25th USA Yoda Cage Bowser Jr. (SSBU)
25th USA JeJaJeJa Kirby (SSBU)
25th USA Zie Palutena (SSBU)
25th USA LOE1 Wario (SSBU)
33rd USA sammm Inkling (SSBU)
33rd USA CrowZ Mega Man (SSBU)
33rd USA Kyle Chrom (SSBU)
33rd Venezuela Styx Fox (SSBU)
33rd USA ChunkyKong Donkey Kong (SSBU)
33rd USA Frostbyte Roy (SSBU)
33rd USA Lucky Piranha Plant (SSBU)
33rd USA Sytonix Ken (SSBU)
33rd USA PsyKoD Ike (SSBU)
33rd USA Sir Dank Captain Falcon (SSBU)
33rd USA Colorondo8 Inkling (SSBU)
33rd USA HENRY LUMA ROB (SSBU)
33rd USA Amaryllis Bayonetta (SSBU)
33rd USA AndrewT Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
33rd USA ven Zelda (SSBU)
33rd USA Beast Pokemon Trainer (SSBU)
49th USA Draxsel Captain Falcon (SSBU)
49th USA Zeed Min Min (SSBU)
49th USA Resident Fraud Cloud (SSBU)
49th USA Infiknight Ike (SSBU)
49th USA Pneuma PyraMythra (SSBU)
49th USA Sweshi Bowser Jr. (SSBU)
49th USA Rob. Snake (SSBU)
49th USA NOODLE Wii Fit Trainer (SSBU)
49th USA Squidplumber Richter (SSBU)
49th USA colinies Young Link (SSBU)
49th USA Crash101 Terry (SSBU)
49th USA Kurshaun Pac-Man (SSBU)
49th USA Butter Luigi (SSBU)
49th USA Joshathan Gamer R.O.B. (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
49th USA Dice Falco (SSBU)
49th USA Deathspade Sora (SSBU)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(129 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Scend USA MuteAce
2nd USA Lucky USA loaf
3rd USA Chase USA Lima
4th USA ATATA USA ApolloKage
5th USA AnthonyIsntCool USA Rob.
5th USA Suspect USA Dice
7th USA Linus USA Hawk
7th USA Skar USA WelfarePickles
9th USA Kobe USA Goblin
9th USA IcyMist USA sammm
9th USA Fortune USA Sytonix
9th USA Zefty USA Emdy
13th USA Kople USA SoGoodPop
13th USA RadiantDawn57 USA mits
13th USA IceKnight USA Sir Dank
13th USA Nad79 USA triscuit

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