Welcome to the first 2018 edition of When’s Melee, your weekly source for Melee tournament streams and other information.If you know of any other tournaments streams that we have missed, please reach out on Twitter (linked below) or here in the comments.
For the best multi-stream experience, try multistre.am or VGStreams.com

Valhalla (1/5-7)
Region: Denmark (UTC+1)
Stream: GeekyGoonSquad
Featuring: Armada, Leffen, Trif, Professor Pro, Overtriforce, Android, Daydee, JohnnyFight, Eagle, Zoler, Humpe, Fauster, Jadde, FA0, Sverre, NamiNami, Salevits, Pipsqueak, and a lot more good European players.
» smash.gg: Brackets, Attendees |  Facebook

Poi Poundaz (1/6)
Region: Hawaii (HST, EST+5, UTC-10)
Stream: HawaiiSSBM
Featuring: S2J, Lucky, aMSa, HugS, Bladewise, Ka-Master, Rustin, FireflyHI, Dirt, Shoyo, and most Hawaii’s power ranked players in the state’s first inter-regional event.
» smash.gg: Brackets, Attendees |  Facebook

Friday, Jan. 5

MoaL 190 (PGH, EST)
Stream: PGHSmash
» Challonge | Organizer Facebook

Aurora Smash Heroes @ WIT (Ill, CST)
Stream: AuroraSmash
» Challonge

Smash @ Arcania 14 (Tamp, CST)
Stream: SmashTampico2
» smash.gg

Friday Night Turnip #83 (SoCal, PST)
Stream: TopShelfEsports
» smash.gg (if this doesn’t work, check here) | Organizer Facebook

Saturday, Jan. 6

Spartan 3 (NorCal, PST)
Stream: AFKGGLounge
Featuring: Shroomed, dizzkidboogie, Cactuar, Kalamazhu, Rocky, homemadewaffles, Reno, Azusa, NMW, Kira, Zorc, Phil, ThuGz, Alan, L, ycz6, Frotaz, Kevbot, Umarth, Ralph, DiplomaticTucan, Mr. Brandandorf, Wavebringer, and more.
» smash.gg | Facebook

Scorpius (N.Y, EST)
Streams: AONStreams and GenGame
Featuring: Slox, Captain Smuckers, Kaeon, Legend, iBDW, vortex, Vino, 42nd, Tranimal, Vincessant, Arty, TheSWOOPER, and more good Tri-State players.
» smash.gg | Facebook

Corner Pressure VII (Mich, EST)
Stream: AllOutMelee
Featuring: Duck, KJH, Ginger, Heartstrings, Yoyo, Russell,  tm, Papyrus, i4n, IDCrisis, JCubez, Nexic, Parzival, and remember that movie Se7en? Crazy!
» smash.gg | Facebook

Cincinnati Smash Classic VII (Ohio, EST)
Stream: SSBMStoneyB
Featuring: Drephen, Cal, Reeve, Cob, Fizzle_Boy, Gemini, Thexy, and more sub-regionally ranked Ohioans.
» smash.gg

Downthrow Throwdown #4 (Kan, CDT)
Stream: KS_Smash
Featuring: Bobby Frizz, Shinobi, Doubleshine, Schythed, Unspecial, Reesch, Flux, Slowking, and more ranked corn area people.
» smash.gg | Facebook

Kumite in Tennessee 2018 (Tenn, CST)
Stream: MusicCitySmash (maybe on Smashcast)
Featuring: Iori, Dezno, Davemon, and wow I never thought I’d have SonicFox’s face on here.
» smash.gg | Schedule | Facebook

Best of the Rest 2018: UK Arcadian (UK, GMT) 
Stream: BigGoodGaming
» smash.gg | Facebook

Nebraska Melee Winter Arcadian (Neb, CST)
Stream: RooneyScoopTV
» smash.gg | Challonge | Facebook

Sunday, Jan. 7

The Construct 97 (Wis, CST)
Stream: EventHorizon
» Challonge | Facebook

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