Tournament:2GG: Kongo Saga
| 2GG: Kongo Saga | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | December 7th-8th, 2019 |
| Venue | Holiday Inn La Mirada |
| Address/City | 14299 Firestone Blvd La Mirada, California  |
| Attendance | 1,001 |
| Entry fees | Ultimate Singles / Doubles / Squad Strike: $10 Main Venue: $30 Late Venue: $40 |
| Pot size(s) | Ultimate Doubles: $1,000 Squad Strike: $1000 |
| Results | |
 winners |  MkLeo1v1 MkLeo & Glutonny2v2 |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | 2GGaming |
2GG: Kongo Saga was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor tournament held in La Mirada, California, from December 7th-8th, 2019. The tournament celebrated the four year anniversary of 2GG Sagas and the event revolved around theDonkey Kong and theBanjo-Kazooie series. It was the last Saga event ran by2GGaming before they disbanded.
Tournament summary[edit]
With an entree count of 909 entrants, 2GG: Kongo Saga was the biggest 2GG event forUltimate and one of the biggest tournaments of the year, being the sixth and finalUltimate supermajor of theFall 2019 PGRU season. Similar to most 2GGaming events, the "2GG Curse" remained prevalent at this tournament, having the highest placed player who solo-mained aDonkey Kong orBanjo-Kazooie player being JapaneseDiddy Kong playerTwinkle who ended his tournament run at 33rd. Additionally, no players fromSoCal were able to place top 32 at this tournament with the highest placing players of the region,Nito,Eon, andNicko, all tying in a 33rd place finish.
The most notable upset came from #31 seedNed defeating #2 seedNairo 3-2 (upset factor 9) during winners top 32 qualifier. Nairo would ultimately fail to place top 8 at this tournament, being eliminated bySamsora at 9th place. The second most notable came from #114 seedRunes defeating the #15 seedKEN (upset factor 6) early in pools in a close 2-1 fashion, sending KEN into losers where his run was stopped by #34 seedquiK (upset factor 3). This placed KEN at 65th, his lowest placement at anUltimate tournament, tying with his placement atUmebura Japan Major 2019.
Outside of these instances, some of the most notable upsets of the tournament include #270 seedΩRugal defeating #27 seedKurama (upset factor 7), #216 seedLukewarm defeating #41 seed kept 2-1 (upset factor 5), #220 seedKite defeating #37 seedSonido 2-0 (upset factor 5), #24 seedStroder being eliminated bySonic players #105 seedPhoenix 2-1 (upset factor 5) and #57 seedSonix 2-0 (upset factor 3), #51 seedBig D defeating #14 seedProtoBanham 2-0 (upset factor 4), #71 seedKlaatu defeating both #23 seedRaito 3-0 (upset factor 4) and #47 seedAbadango 2-1 (upset factor 2), #52 seedGackt defeating #20 seedKome 3-2 (upset factor 3), #16 seedCosmos 3-2 (upset factor 4), and #13 seedVoiD 2-1 (upset factor 4), #86 seedDakpo defeating #43 seedKola 2-0 (upset factor 2), and #879 seedZUCC defeating #111 seedplayer 4 2-0 (upset factor 6).
The top 8 for the tournament marked a multitude of milestones for the early metagame, including the first time aLink andGreninja made top 8 at aUltimate supermajor.Lea placed 7th with Greninja after falling early tomoxi in pools and going on an extensive losers run, defeatingLumbre,Sonix,Myran,Shuton,Goblin, andDabuz, before being eliminated byLight who was in the midst of his own lengthy losers run.T placed 5th with Link, qualifying for top 8 after defeating players such asZackray,Gackt, and Dabuz, before being eliminated back-to-back byMkLeo andMaister. To this day, this tournament remains the greatest run seen by a Link player at a major/supermajor inUltimate, causing many people to compare it to T's best runas the character inSmash 4 with 3rd at2GGC: Civil War, another 2GGaming hosted event.
This tournament would be a bit of a return to form forTweek, who primarily wentWario after dedicating himself to mostlyJoker sinceReturn to Yoshi's Island and was his first top 8 sinceThe Big House 9 two months prior. He went through his winner's side going game 5 against many top players, includingGlutonny where they fought in the Warioditto match, a set that is considered one of the greatest ditto matches inUltimate history. At the same time, MkLeo was continuing his dominance of the season, only dropping 4 games in his entire bracket up until winners finals. This would be where MkLeo and Tweek would meet in bracket, who was Tweek's current bracket demon and continuing their rivalry for the season. Tweek would be up 2-1 in the set before MkLeo brought it back with game 4 and 5 to swing him the victory, continuing the infamous "Game 4 Leo" moniker that MkLeo obtained during the fall 2019 season. After Tweek won 3-1 against Maister in losers finals, the two would have a runback in grand finals where Tweek would take the first two games in a two-stock fashion before MkLeo clutched a reverse 3-0 to take the tournament, closing the chapter on major 2GGaming events inSmash history. MkLeo's victory marked his third supermajor victory of the season behindEVO 2019 andSuper Smash Con 2019. This would also mark the only tournament MkLeo won during the Fall 2019 PGRU season without being sent to losers in any sort of fashion.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(909 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]
(163 teams)
Top 24 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MkLeo |   | Glutonny | | |
| 2nd | Maister |  |  Zackray | | |
| 3rd | Larry Lurr |  | Light |  | |
| 4th | kameme | | Abadango | | |
| 5th | Prodigy |  | varun |  | |
| 5th | Tsu |    | KEN |   | |
| 7th | Lui$ | | BestNess |  | |
| 7th | Nairo |  | Cosmos |  | |
| 9th | Cyro |  | Mr E |  | |
| 9th | Pandarian |  | Stroder |  | |
| 9th | T |  | Tea |  | |
| 9th | Nietono |  | Umeki |  | |
| 13th | AC |  | SweetT | | |
| 13th | Lea | | Kuro |  | |
| 13th | Raito |  | ProtoBanham | | |
| 13th | Samsora |  | Elegant |  | |
| 17th | Ito |  | Nyjin | | |
| 17th | Fatality |  | Sonido | | |
| 17th | Dakpo |  | ven |  | |
| 17th |  0mart | | Sonix | | |
| 17th | Bobthedusclops |  | Luffs | | |
| 17th | Shuton |  | Myran | | |
| 17th | Eim | | Kome |  | |
| 17th | Kola | | Wrath | | |
| 25th | Ez | | Houston | | |
| 25th | SUGA |  | Suarez | | |
| 25th | huto | | Gackt | | |
| 25th | Klaatu | | Legit | | |
| 25th | Mega | | Chump | | |
| 25th | Enki |  | VinS | | |
| 25th | Frawg |  | GaYo |  | |
| 25th | Mr.Rodgers | | Kikkoman | |
Side events[edit]
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Squad Strike[edit]
(442 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Zackray |    | |
| 2nd | Kola |  | |
| 3rd | Shuton |   | |
| 4th | Ned | | |
| 5th | Sparg0 | ||
| 5th | Prodigy | | |
| 5th | Mr E |  | |
| 5th | huto | | |
| 9th | Light | ||
| 9th |  Machu | ||
| 9th | Dakpo |  | |
| 9th | Lui$ |   | |
| 9th | iDK | ||
| 9th | Infamous | ||
| 9th | Suarez | ||
| 9th | ThreeR3dFox |
Jungle Hijinx[edit]
(79 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shuton |  | |
| 2nd | Ito | ||
| 3rd | zackray | ||
| 3rd | Eim | | |
| 5th | KirbyKid | | |
| 5th | twerkmastr | ||
| 5th | Abadango |   | |
| 5th | Norami | | |
| 9th | Lui$ | ||
| 9th | Lea | ||
| 9th | T | ||
| 9th | Gackt | ||
| 9th | Tea | ||
| 9th | Kameme | ||
| 9th | Kuro | ||
| 9th | BionicLettuce |
Rishi's Jungle Jam[edit]
(66 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rivers | | |
| 2nd | Dynomyte | | |
| 3rd | Pastor | ||
| 3rd | 'Sway'Sway |  | |
| 5th | Sn00peR~ | ||
| 5th | Phoenix | ||
| 5th | Lord Bahamut | | |
| 5th | Flaming Hot Vegitos | ||
| 9th | big dummy | ||
| 9th | Gundy | ||
| 9th | Jay Are | ||
| 9th | AvgJoe | ||
| 9th | PistonM | ||
| 9th | Qphex | ||
| 9th | Skydra | ||
| 9th | Justn |
King of the Jungle Crew Battle[edit]
(20 crews)
Bracket
| Place | Team | Players | Earnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kremling Krew |  Ben Gold | 808 | KirbyKid | Ito | |
| 2nd | Buff Diddy | Dakpo | Player-1 | Kantrip | Rivers | |
| 3rd | Chin up, Kong | Klaatu | Vermillion | Legit | Lui$ | |
| 3rd | KBBQ | T | Kuro | Eim | Tea | |
