It’s the summer of smash and we have another national in Florida. All of the top 3 MLG finishers will be in attendance (C9.Mango, EMP P4K Armada, EMP P4K Mew2King) along with several other high caliber players including local town hero, Curse.Hungrybox. Pre-registration for Melee has totaled an impressive 243 players. With Alex Jebailey as the lead tournament organizer, you’re in for an exciting tournament. Here’s the logistics
Stream: VGBootCamp, CEOGaming
Player List: Google Doc
Pools/Bracket: Challonge
Schedule (All times are Eastern Standard Time)
Friday
1 PM – Finish – Melee Doubles
Saturday
10 AM – 2 PM – PM Pools
2 PM – 7 PM – Melee Pools
7 PM – Finish – PM Top 32 –> Top 8
9 PM – Finish – Melee Top 32 –> Top 8
Sunday
12 PM – Finish – PM Finals
2 PM – Top 8 –> Melee Finals
5 Questions for CEO
1. Another tournament with almost all of the Big 5. Who comes on top?
Many of the matches have gone to game 5 between Mango, Armada, Mew2King, and HBox. Who will end up on top? Mango put on an impressive display at MLG, but everyone else seems hungry. Will Mango remain dominant or will someone else be the victor?
2. How much does home-court play a role?
Mango’s been amazing at tournaments in the West Coast (Genesis 1 -1st, Genesis 2 -2nd, MLG – 1st). Will this be Hungrybox’s time to shine? How will players such as Plup, Colbol, Gahtzu, Blea Gleo, and Porkchops fare on their home turf?
3. Will aMSa bounce back?
It’s mentally draining to play the best players in best of 5 and fall short. I wonder if he has the poise to comeback with a great mindset and perform.
4. Will Mango be complacent?
One of Mango’s motivation factors comes from when no one believes in him. He just won MLG. Will he settle at this tournament and underperform?
5. Will anyone usurp the Big 5 in placings again?
Hax, Plup, Colbol and some other promising figures will be in attendance. Will they have enough in them to upset the Big 5 and even crack the top 3? My gut instinct says “no”, but who knows?
Tafo Predictions
1. EMP P4K Armada
2. EMP P4K Mew2King
3. C9.Mango
4. VGBC|Hax
5. Curse.Hungrybox
5. Plup
7. SS|Colbol
7. VGBC|aMSa
MIOM|Tafokints
suggestion: author should be at the beginning of the article, like every other site that features multiple contributors
yeah, when it says “by norcalmelee” it really means “by Tafokints”. I’ll give him that feedback.
Noted, I’ll write “by ______” towards the top as opposed to the bottom
Also, fair should be fare.
Fair enough. Thanks so much for your fix.
Well, all we can be sure of is that Armada won’t be first since Tafo predicted it.
ouch
I actually like Tafo’s top five. I think Mango will be complacent and get third like he did at the previous tournies before MLG. Also, of the five gods, Hungrybox is most susceptible to losses to other players outside of the top 5, including top foxes, e.g. hax. Therefore, I like Hax above Hungrybox as well (although, now that I think about it, there usually are two fifth places so hungrybox and hax could very well tie for fifth)
All jokes aside, I’d say this is a solid top five honestly. If Mango doesn’t perform to his potential, which he probably won’t, I’d say this is a really accurate listing. Armada will probably place first too regardless of everyone else’s placings.
sorry. i meant to say that i see hax being fourth and hungrybox being fifth!