MKLeo's win at Genesis 9 makes the beginning of Smash Ultimate mirror the beginning of Smash Ultimate · Smash Ultimate in very early. GENESIS 9 was a tournament held on Januaryin San Jose, California. With nearly 5, attendees yearly and over k sqft of space, Genesis is the largest and most competitive grassroots Smash event every year! 24hr. Genesis 9 smash 9 was a supermajor tournament for Melee and Ultimate and regional for Smash 64 and the 9th edition of the GENESIS tournament series.
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Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson beat both Plup and aMSa in the loser's bracket and made it to Grand Finals, the first time he, or any Pikachu main, had done so at a premiere-level tournament. Hungrybox beat him after a close set, earning his first Genesis title. Genesis 6 was the first premiere-level tournament for Ultimate, and the top two seeded players, Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey and Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada , were upset in the top 64 bracket and failed to qualify for the top eight.
K y s k won Smash 64 singles over Josh Brody in a five-game set. K y s k would also go on to win the doubles event with his partner Prince. Marth player Zain Naghmi , who was sponsored by Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren to wear his Mogul Moves line of clothing while competing at the event, [16] won Melee singles without dropping a single set.
Zain defeated top-seeded Hungrybox in Grand Finals. Jmook's run included upset wins over several notable players, including Plup, lloD, and n0ne. Glutonny's run was also notable, coming out over the second seed Sparg0 in Losers Finals. Jmook won the Melee singles bracket over Cody Schwab in the finals, representing his first ever major victory.
He notably did not drop a set during the tournament, winning through the winners bracket. MkLeo won the Ultimate singles bracket over MuteAce. Other notable performances included 2saint's 7th place finish, which included upsets over 1st seed aMSa, Canadian player Soonsay, and rank 12 player Kodorin. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.
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