Tournament:The Gimvitational
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| Dates | June 16th-19th, 2022 |
| Venue | Xanadu Games |
| Address/City | 198 Laurel Race Track Road Laurel, Maryland  |
| Attendance | 16 |
| Pot size(s) | TBD |
| Results | |
 winners |  acola |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | GimR,VGBootCamp |
The Gimvitational was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate major invitational held in Laurel, Maryland, from June 16th-19th, 2022. The tournament was announced followingGimR's presentation on theslingshot technique and featured aSummit-esque voting style, where 20% of all donations and shop profits were be added to a "Player Fund," a fund that returned a percentage of money to those who made it into the nomination phase. The tournament also experimented with a mixed hazards on and hazard off stagelist.
Players invited/qualified[edit]
The following players were invited:
The top 2 players ofKagaribi 7 were also invited:
Players voted in[edit]
*ReplacedVoiD.
Declined players[edit]
VoiD was originally invited, but was unable to attend due to health issues. He was replaced by loaf, who had the highest amount of votes out of the players eliminated on the final day of voting.[1]
Players eliminated[edit]
These players were eliminated in voting:
JeJaJeJa, Dany, Mugen,
ShinyMark (June 1st)- ApolloKage, Jakal,
Echofire,
One O'Seven (June 3rd) 
Sonix & Xerzal (June 4th)
MazeBeans &
Sekai Doggo (June 5th)
Skyjay (June 7th)
Skyjay was invited as a VIP.
These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:
| Axiom XL |  BigBoss | Caius |  Capitancito | DDog |
| enhancedpv | Floppeh | Frawg | Jake | Javi |
| Jonhy | Marvelous_Marco | Monte | Peanut | Peckham |
| Pink Fresh |  Quaylectra |  Rm8 | Rockman | Shoe |
| Skitz | SlushieV2 | spot | T3 DOM | Toxex |
| WaDi |
Eligible players[edit]
Players were eligible if they met the following requirements:
- Placed top 64 atGENESIS 8 andKagaribi 6
- Placed top 32 atLet's Make Big Moves 2022,Glitch - Infinite,LVL UP EXPO 2022,Collision 2022,WANTED S4 C4 - Free Agent Edition,Pound 2022,Low Tide City 2022,Maesuma TOP 7, andKagaribi 7
- Placed top 16 atBack in Blood 3,Glory 2.0,WANTED S4 C3 - Saint Valentin Edition,LEVELUP Arena 4,CT Gamercon 5,RCADIA SMASH 2,Ultra Hard,Tijuana At War 2022,Invasion: April 2022,Battle Arena Melbourne 12, andVirtuocity Smash Open 2022
- Placed top 6 at anySmash World Tour Silver 4 event
- Placed top 3 at any Smash World Tour Silver 3 event
- Won any Smash World Tour Silver 2 event
Ruleset[edit]
Singles[edit]
- Best of 5 all tournament
- Phase 1 - Research and Development: 4 round robin groups of 4 players, 1st in each group advances to Phase 3 bracket Winners' side, 2nd-4th advance to Phase 2
- Phase 2 - Clinical Trials: Gauntlet stage of 8 sets across 4 groups of 3 players
- Phase 3 - Final Review: Double-elimination bracket stage with 8 players starting Winners’ side and 8 players starting Losers’ side
Singles stage list[edit]
- Winner of the previous game gets 3 bans in counterpick stages
- Banning one stage in a row on the table bans both stages
*Hazards on
Draft quads[edit]
- 4 teams playing 4v4s in8-Player Smash
- Team captains picked by viewers:Jin,Gackt,Kola,Light, teams drafted live
- Standard team rules withFinal Smash Meter on
- Stage list, all with hazards on:Hyrule Castle,Jungle Japes,Temple,WarioWare, Inc.,Mario Bros.
- Sudden Death is played out
- Game 1's stage is selected at random, losing team of the previous game counterpicks stages
- No bans, no stage can be repeated in the same set
- Each team gets two character bans, all characters on screen must be unique, players take turns choosing characters
Random singles[edit]
- Best of 3, 1 stock, single elimination
Boomers vs. Zoomers[edit]
- 8v8 crew battle; originally 9v9 includingSkyjay andloaf, butVoiD dropped out, so loaf did not participate
- Players born before the year 2000 are on the Boomers team
- Players born in or after the year 2000 are on the Zoomers team
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(16 entrants)
Final Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | acola |  | |
| 2nd | Light |  | |
| 3rd | Riddles |   | |
| 4th | Kola |   | |
| 5th | yonni | | |
| 5th | Asimo |  | |
| 7th | Cosmos |  | |
| 7th | Sparg0 | | |
| 9th | Marss |  | |
| 9th | Larry Lurr |   | |
| 9th | Tweek |  | |
| 9th |  Ferps | | |
| 13th | Gackt |  | |
| 13th | Jin | | |
| 13th | Chase |  | |
| 13th | loaf |  |
Side events[edit]
Draft quads[edit]
(4 teams)
| Place | Crew | Captain Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Team Light | Light |  | Chase |   | Sparg0 | | Asimo | | |
| 2nd | Team Acola | acola |  | Kola | | Riddles | | yonni |   | |
| 3rd | Team Jin | Jin |   | Tweek |    | Larry Lurr | | loaf |   | |
| 3rd | Team Gackt | Gackt | | Marss |  | Cosmos |   | Ferps |  |
Random singles[edit]
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | loaf |         | |
| 2nd | acola |       | |
| 3rd | Riddles |     | |
| 3rd | Light |       | |
| 5th | Larry Lurr |   | |
| 5th | Jin |  | |
| 5th | Kola | | |
| 5th | Asimo |  | |
| 9th | yonni |  | |
| 9th | Gackt | | |
| 9th | Sparg0 |   | |
| 9th | Cosmos |  | |
| 9th | Ferps |  | |
| 9th | Chase | | |
| 9th | Tweek |  | |
| 9th | Marss |  |
Boomers vs. Zoomers[edit]
| Boomers | Character | Stocks Taken | Zoomers | Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marss |  | 3 | Chase | | 2 |
| Larry Lurr | | 3 | yonni | | 3 |
| Light | | 1 | Ferps | | 5 |
| Tweek | | 4 | Sparg0 | | 3 |
| Jin | | 3 | Asimo | | 3 |
| Skyjay | | 2 | acola | | 5 |
| Cosmos | | 1 | Kola | | 3 |
| Gackt | | 2 | Riddles | — | — |
| Total | — | 19 | Total | — | 24 |
Chaos Tournament[edit]
(16 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Riddles |   | |
| 2nd | Kola | | |
| 3rd | Chase | | |
| 3rd | Asimo | | |
| 5th | Larry Lurr | | |
| 5th | acola |  | |
| 5th | Sparg0 |  | |
| 5th | yonni | | |
| 9th | Jin |  | |
| 9th | Tweek | | |
| 9th | Gackt | | |
| 9th | Cosmos | | |
| 9th | Marss | | |
| 9th | Light | | |
| 9th | Ferps | | |
| 9th | loaf | |
Commentator crew battle[edit]
| Team Hazboxx | Character | Stocks Taken | Team Lojax | Character | Stocks Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NickDistrict14 | | 6 | Skabs | | 1 |
| Mokou | | 5 | Aposl | | 1 |
| File |  | 4 | Dill | | 2 |
| Max Ketchum | — | — | Charles Thoren | | 2 |
| Hungrybox | — | — | Logic | | 2 |
| Total | — | 15 | Total | — | 8 |
Trivia[edit]
- Cosmos,Light,Marss,Tweek, andLarry Lurr participated in both The Gimvitational andSmash 4 Boot Camp in December 2017, which were both 16-player invitationals held byVGBootCamp.
- VoiD, who was in The Gimvitational but dropped out due to health issues, was a player at Smash 4 Boot Camp too. Coincidentally, he was sick for part of that event.
- This marked the first offline singles tournament sinceSWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals where Sparg0 did not place in the top three, instead placing 7th.
