"GENESIX" redirects here. For the pre-tournament, seePre-Genesix. For theProject M tournament, seeNeon Genesix Evangelion.

GENESIS 6
Dates	February 1st-3rd, 2019
Venue	Oakland Convention Center Paramount TheatreTop 8
Address/City	550 10th St Oakland, California
Attendance	2,775
Entry fees	Venue: $60 (first 500 entrants) $70 (until December 21st) $85 (until January 11th) $100 (until January 15th) Singles: $10 Doubles: $20 per team
Results
winners	kysk1v1  kysk & Prince2v2  kysk & Prince2v2 (ZPK)
winners	Hungrybox1v1  PewPewU & SFAT2v2
winners	MkLeo1v1  Dark Wizzy & Salem2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Boback,Dr. Z,Bear,Vayseth

GENESIS 6 was asupermajor tournament and the 6th edition of theGENESIS tournament series. It took place in Oakland, California, from February 1st to the 3rd, 2019. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments forSuper Smash Bros.,Super Smash Bros. Melee, andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event forRivals of Aether andSplatoon 2. GENESIS 6 also featured side events forSlap City,Magical Drop III,Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, andWindjammers. It was notably the first supermajor tournament forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Official game lineup[edit]

A separate unaffiliated tournament forProject M players attending GENESIS 6, titledNeon Genesix Evangelion, was held on February 1st at a nearby venue.

Ruleset[edit]

Super Smash Bros. 64 Doubles[edit]

The rules forSuper Smash Bros. 64 doubles differed from the usual doubles rules. There were two doubles tournaments, one in which Kirby and Pikachu were banned (ZPK) and one in which all characters were legal.

Game settings[edit]

• Stocks: 3
• Timer: 8:00
• Team Attack: On

Stages[edit]

• Dream Land
• Final Destination
• Duel Zone
• Kongo Jungle (only ZPK doubles)
• Hyrule Castle (only ZPK doubles)
• Peach's Castle (only ZPK doubles)
• SYoshi (cloudless Yoshi's Island, only ZPK doubles)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Ruleset on Google Doc

GENESIS 6 used the patch that was currently live on January 18th, 2019, which is1.2.1.Piranha Plant, who was updated into the game in the week prior to the tournament, is not available in the tournament.

Game settings[edit]

• Stocks: 3
• Timer: 8:00
• Team Attack: On
• Stage Hazards: Off
• FS Meter: Off
• All Miis, including move combinations, are legal

Stages[edit]

• AllΩ forms andBattlefield forms of all stages are allowed, with the following exceptions:
  • Dream Land GB
  • Duck Hunt
  • Flat Zone X
  • Fountain of Dreams
  • Gamer
  • Hanenbow
  • Mario Maker
  • Mute City SNES
  • Pac-Land
  • Windy Hill Zone

Tournament summary[edit]

Super Smash Bros.[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

By far the most notable performance of the event was #8 seedAxe's lengthy Losers run. After being upset by #9 seedS2J, Axe went on a seven-set Losers run, eliminating players such asZain,aMSa, andPlup, before losing toHungrybox in Grand Finals to place 2nd. Not only did he greatly outplace his seed, but this was Axe's best major performance of his career up to that point, and marked the beginning of what eventually became the best season of his career. Alongside Axe, #4 seedMang0 also had a lengthy Losers run. After being upset by #61 seedMagi 1-2 (upset factor 8), Mang0 tore through the Losers bracket, which includes defeatingiBDW 3-1,SFAT 3-0,Trif 3-1, and S2J 3-1 before losing toaMSa 0-3 to place 5th, falling just one place short of his seed.

Conversely, many other high seeds who were upset early were not as fortunate as the two. Most notably, #5 seedMew2King was also upset relatively early by #28 seed Trif 2-3 (upset factor 6); however, Mew2King was eliminated immediately after by #16 seedBananas 2-3 (upset factor 3) to place 33rd, marking the worst placement of his entireMelee career (ignoring forfeits). Several other notable underperformances include #24 seedShroomed losing to #233 seedJBash 0-2 (upset factor 7) and #56 seedhtwa (upset factor 3) 0-2 for 97th, and #15 seedARMY losing to #242 seedViolence 1-2 (upset factor 8) and #146 seedmvlvchi 0-2 (upset factor 7) for 129th. These results were also the worst placements for both players at a major event.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

As the first supermajor of the game's competitive play, the singles event featured over 2,000 entrants, becoming thelargestUltimate tournament up to that point, shattering the previous record holder,Umebura SP, by over 1,300 entrants. This record would hold for half a year untilEVO 2019 would shatter it as well. Alongside the event's large entrants count, many strong players from around the world were in attendance. Most notable among these international players wasZackray, a prodigy who was a contender for the best player in the world and whose international debut was at this event. Finally, manyMelee players also competed in theUltimate event, including all of theFive Gods aside fromPPMD. MostMelee players failed to place higher than 97th, thoughLeffen had a notable run to 17th, defeatingWaDi along the way.

The biggest upsets of the event on a top-levelSmash 4 player were on #45 seedElegant, who lost to #557 seedGeez 1-2 (upset factor 8) and #1,268 seedGidy 0-2 (upset factor) to place 193rd, marking his worst performance in anySmash game. Other notableSmash 4 players upset fairly early include #14 seedtamim, formerly known as Mistake, who lost to #142 seedKofi 1-2 (upset factor 7) and #78 seedSeagull Joe 1-2 (upset factor 5) to place 97th; and #31 seedMaister, who lost 1-2 to both #98NovaPixl and #127 seedShoe (both upset factor 4) to place 129th, marking the worst placement of hisSmash career. Finally, the top 2 seeds both failed to make top 8, with #1 seedTweek losing to #17 seedESAM 2-3 (upset factor 8) and #6 seedDabuz 0-3 (upset factor 4) to place 9th, and #2 seedNairo losing to #18 seedCosmos 2-1 (upset factor 7) and #32 seedCaptainZack 1-3 (upset factor 8) to place 17th.

The tournament was ultimately won by the #3 seedMkLeo. After he lost toSamsora 2-3 in Winners Semi-Finals, he was able to claw his way through the Losers bracket, defeatingLight 3-2,Dabuz 3-1, and Samsora in the runback 3-2, before double-eliminatingVoiD 3-1 in both sets to win the event. He used a mix ofIke andLucina throughout his run, and as such this marked the first major wins for both characters, as well as the only major won by an Ike player.

Seeding Controversy[edit]

A week before the tournament, many people complained about the perceived-low seeding of many players, especially European players such asGlutonny andcyve. Even after GENESIS 6 announced bracket feedback, many still complained that the seeding remained inaccurate. In response to these complaints,Leffen messaged GENESIS 6's seeders, telling them to change the seeds. The insuing discussion resulted in several statements which Leffen found rude or offensive and posted toTwitter. One particular statement from seeder ALT, who said that "if 500 penguins entered a tournament in antarctica and i won it should i be a top 10 seed?",^[1] resulted in massive backlash on Twitter, with many complaining to GENESIS 6 to fire their seeders. In response to all this backlash,Bear has stated that he was working on adjusting the seeding, and apologized for the rude behavior some seeders have shown.^[2] The seeding was subsequently redone by a new seeding team and ALT was removed from the seeding team in the PGStats discord, though the rest of the original seeding team went on to seed majors such asCEO 2019,EVO 2019,Super Smash Con 2019,The Big House 9, andGENESIS 7 without controversy.

As a result of the drama, the penguins comment became a running joke at the event, with Smashers such as Leffen and Bear changing their profile picture into penguins, and Bear promising to wear a penguin onesie at GENESIS 6.^[3] EvenNintendo joined in, with the Nintendo UK VS Twitter account tweeting "Best of luck to all the European Super #SmashBrosUltimate players at @Genesis_Smash this weekend!" with a picture of fourKing Dededes onBattlefield formSummit.^[4]

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. singles[edit]

(98 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk
2nd	Josh Brody
3rd	Prince
4th	CTG
5th	Darkhorse
5th	Shihman
7th	Shalaka
7th	Dogs_Johnson
9th	Freean
9th	LETSGO
9th	blondekid
9th	Sonjo
13th	The Protagonist
13th	Madrush
13th	Onski
13th	Paco

Super Smash Bros. doubles[edit]

(25 teams)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk		Prince
2nd	Josh Brody		Darkhorse
3rd	JimmyJoe		Shalaka
4th	Shihman		LETSGO
5th	Onski		CTG
5th	YoLeo		M-Angry
7th	Madrush		Shredgar
7th	Dankey Kang		ReefyBeefy
9th	Moustasher		Mando
9th	Freean		Duncs
9th	blondekid		Paco
9th	Collin		The Protagonist

Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles[edit]

(13 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	kysk		Prince
2nd	LETSGO		Shihman
3rd	Freean		Nintendude
4th	Darkhorse		Josh Brody
5th	ReefyBeefy		JSunny
5th	The Protagonist		Collin
7th	Shalaka		(Level 9 CPU)
7th	Mando		M-Angry

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(1,113 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox		$4,452.00
2nd	Axe		$2,226.00
3rd	Plup		$1,669.50
4th	aMSa		$1,113.00
5th	PewPewU		$556.50
5th	Mango		$556.50
7th	S2J		$278.25
7th	Ginger		$278.25
9th	Trif
9th	FatGoku
9th	Zain
9th	Duck
13th	HugS
13th	Rishi
13th	Bladewise
13th	2saint
17th	Eddy Mexico
17th	SFAT
17th	Hax$
17th	Fiction
17th	ChuDat
17th	Westballz
17th	Darkatma
17th	Kalamazhu
25th	moky
25th	Lucky
25th	iBDW
25th	Sharkz
25th	Bananas
25th	Nintendude
25th	La Luna
25th	Zeo
33rd	Bimbo
33rd	Magi
33rd	Azel
33rd	Mew2King
33rd	Laudandus
33rd	vortex
33rd	HTwa
33rd	Spark
33rd	Gahtzu
33rd	Schythed
33rd	Kalvar
33rd	Legend
33rd	Kels
33rd	KJH
33rd	AbsentPage (DQ)
33rd	Joyboy
49th	Levingy
49th	Sora
49th	Luigi Ka-Master
49th	Mojo
49th	Cactuar
49th	MikeHaze
49th	TheRealThing
49th	Squid
49th	Birdman
49th	Boyd
49th	Snowy
49th	Captain Faceroll
49th	Swedish Delight*
49th	Kurv
49th	ycz6
49th	SFOP

*Swedish Delight forfeited in Losers.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Melee Singles

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(220 teams)
Top 6 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	PewPewU		SFAT
2nd	Hungrybox		ChuDat
3rd	Plup		Mew2King
4th	S2J		Shroomed
5th	Armada		Android
5th	Darktooth		Prince Abu
7th	iBDW		Swedish Delight
7th	Mojo		SFOP
9th	Cactuar		Reno
9th	Rocky		Azel
9th	AbsentPage		Fiction
9th	Ralph		Wavebringer
13th	bonfire10		Boyd
13th	FatGoku		Bladewise
13th	Westballz		Moky
13th	Webwipe		Schythed
17th	DJ Nintendo		La Luna
17th	Kalamazhu		R2DLiu
17th	Trif		Overtriforce
17th	Nintendude		Kevbot
17th	Zealous5000		Bambi
17th	Vinodh		Espi
17th	TheSWOOPER		BIGKID
17th	vortex		Icy

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(2,105 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$8,420.00
2nd	VoiD		$4,210.00
3rd	Samsora		$3,157.50
4th	Dabuz		$2,105.00
5th*	Zackray		$1,052.50
5th	Light		$1,052.50
7th	Cosmos		$526.25
7th	ESAM		$526.25
9th	CaptainZack
9th	yeti
9th	Tweek
9th	Myran
13th	Salem
13th	MVD
13th	Shuton
13th	Prodigy
17th	Glutonny
17th	Leffen
17th	Nairo
17th	Larry Lurr
17th	SDX
17th	8BitMan
17th	K9sbruce
17th	Dark Wizzy
25th	Ally
25th	Magister
25th	Sonix
25th	Abadango
25th	Marss
25th	Sinji
25th	WaDi
25th	FOW
33rd	Lui$
33rd	BestNess
33rd	Umeki
33rd	Stroder
33rd	Regi Shikimi
33rd	Zenyou
33rd	Mr E
33rd	ZD
33rd	Klaatu
33rd	NAKAT
33rd	Kobe
33rd	Captain L
33rd	Big D
33rd	Lima
33rd	Shaky
33rd	ImHip
49th	Ez
49th	Shogun
49th	Nietono
49th	La Luna
49th	MuteAce
49th	Eldin
49th	TLTC
49th	Pandarian
49th	Plup
49th	Z
49th	Sparg0
49th	Eon
49th	Legit
49th	False
49th	Seagull Joe
49th	RAIN
65th	Makibaz
65th	zael
65th	Virus
65th	Shadow_PR
65th	Mudomo
65th	dyr
65th	Rich Brown
65th	Atomsk
65th	aperture
65th	Radda Radda
65th	MattyG
65th	Wizzrobe
65th	NovaPixl
65th	Armando
65th	Charliedaking
65th	Slither2Hunter
65th	Mikee
65th	Diablo
65th	PiXL
65th	SlayerZ
65th	Fatality
65th	6WX
65th	saj
65th	twerkmastr
65th	Trevonte
65th	SilentRain
65th	Nicko
65th	Tyrant
65th	Sonido
65th	Javi
65th	Kofi
65th	Mr. ConCon

*Zackray won 3-1 over Light in a tiebreaker set for Smash Ultimate Summit's auto qualifier.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Ultimate Singles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(392 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dark Wizzy		Salem
2nd	Light		Marss
3rd	ESAM		MVD
4th	MkLeo		Javi
5th	SlayerZ		Samsora
5th	CaptainZack		Ally
7th	yeti		8BitMan
7th	Mikee		Lui$
9th	WaDi		ANTi
9th	VoiD		NAKAT
9th	Nairo		Umeki
9th	Tweek		Cosmos
13th	Nietono		zackray
13th	Teb		Klaatu
13th	MuteAce		Ned
13th	BestNess		Stroder
17th	Sonido		NovaPixl
17th	Kasei		Makibaz
17th	Mr E		Dabuz
17th	MattyG		tamim
17th	Rose		Virus
17th	Epic_Gabriel		Akashic
17th	Jtails		Sinji
17th	Eon		Larry Lurr
25th	Hitaku		Athena
25th	Soronie		Trevonte
25th	Firefly		Big D
25th	Seagull Joe		ZD
25th	Rain		Shogun
25th	Pelca		Riz
25th	Zex		Tyrant
25th	KidG		Myran
33rd	Sharpyzard		MrConCon
33rd	Shuton		Abadango
33rd	Eldin		Starlord
33rd	Legit		Shaky
33rd	Zace		Diablo
33rd	SnaggleTooth		Isma
33rd	Gossamer		Jabe
33rd	Mew2King		Glutonny
33rd	Machu		Len
33rd	Dakpo		Karna
33rd	Rags		Armando
33rd	ShiNe		Muffin from Mars
33rd	Lavi		Regi Shikimi
33rd	TLTC		Nicko
33rd	Shadow_PR		DOOM!
33rd	Enki		PaoZ

Side events[edit]

Super Smash Bros. J version Best-of-1 YOLO[edit]

(48 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Prince
2nd	Cobr
3rd	Josh Brody
3rd	capos

Trivia[edit]

• All 3 singles grand finals (Smash 64,Melee,Ultimate) featured one of the Electric Mouse Pokémon (Pichu and Pikachu).

External links[edit]

• start.gg page
• Genesis Gaming
• Facebook event
• GENESIS series Twitter account
• Teaser Trailer
• Teaser Trailer #2

References[edit]

• 2019 tournaments
• Supermajor tournaments (SSB)
• Supermajor tournaments (SSBM)
• Supermajor tournaments (SSBU)
• Northern California tournaments