The second installment of the Michigan Arcadian saw an incredible 206 singles entrants come out to represent the best unranked talent in the state, as well as ranked players Duck Kalamazhu KJH and others who attended to spectate and support the scene! Avenging his Grand Finals loss from last year, Butch G took the tourney with a grueling two-set victory, while Skigh landed in 2nd place after defeating several spacies in winners. Elsewhere in bracket, Mules had a breakout performance on his way to 3rd place; JU4N rebounded from his last-stock SD in winners bracket to take 4th place; and The Oak, zbet, Parzival, and Zinoto rounded out the Top 8.

Northwest Majors provided for an exciting and wild tournament experience for an expansive list of FGC events. 167 Melee entrants from all across the United States and Canada competed in the singles event – the largest in the Pacific Northwest to date. Competitors included PewPewU, MIOM | SFAT, MacD, Liquid Chillin, GC | Silent Wolf, [62-bit] Bladewise, and many more.
To the delight of his hometown crowd, GC | Silent Wolf prevailed against the tough competition – defeating Chillin, MacD, and PewPewU along the way to emerge the 1st place champion of Melee at NWM7. Congratulations to GC | Silent Wolf!

The University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana closed out this school year’s House of Paign tournament series with End The Paign: an MVG qualifier as well as a charity event for the It’s On Us Campaign. Venue fees went towards ending sexual assault.
The tournament garnered plenty of attention, including attention from the white house as Vice President Joe Biden visited to speak in support of the tournament and other programs the school has held to raise awareness of sexual assault. Many people made the drive from around the region, but it was Missouri that proved most formidable as Darkatma edged out Dart in grand finals 3-2, and Shinobi defeated Orly in Loser’s Semi’s. The locals struggled, but one player by the name of Moxxy showed more flashes of brilliance as he defeated PRZ and 7ent. Special thanks to Red Bull for the cases they donated that fueled the entrants and drivers as they left. Join us in the fall for SMYM 16 and the continuation of the House of Paign tournament series.
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