The Big House (tournament)

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The Big House
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Tournament information
Game Super Smash Bros.
LocationMichigan
Established2011
Number of
tournaments
10
AdministratorRobin "Juggleguy" Harn
Current champion
Melee: Cody Schwab
Ultimate: Michael "Riddles" Kim
Smash 64: Josh Brody
Final champion
Project M : Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios (2014)
Wii U: Brian "Cosmos" Kalu (2018)

The Big House is an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament series held in Michigan since 2011. It is considered one of the largest and most prestigious Smash Bros. tournament series alongside GENESIS, Evolution Championship Series (EVO) and Super Smash Con.

Contents

History

2011–2014

The first Big House tournament was held on October 22, 2011, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 115 entrants participated in Super Smash Bros. Melee singles and the event was won by Oscar "Lovage" Nilsson. [1] [ non-primary source needed ] It was an Apex 2012 qualifier.

The second tournament was held on October 6–7, 2012 on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Melee event was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. Project M was won by Brian "metroid1117" Lin.

The Big House 3 was held from October 12–13, 2013 in Ann Arbor. [1] [ non-primary source needed ] It was won by Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman. [2]

The Big House 4 was held from October 4–5, 2014, in Romulus. It was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2015–2019

The fifth edition of The Big House was held from October 2–4, 2015, in Dearborn. Prior to the tournament, top Swedish player Leffen was denied entry into the United States at customs because of lack of a proper work visa due to his affiliation with an American company, Team SoloMid. [8] It was won by Adam "Armada" Lindgren over Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma in the grand finals. [9] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was featured for the first time, and was won by Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios, who also won all nationals he attended up to that point, including the super majors Apex 2015 and EVO 2015. [10] There were 1,317 singles entrants for Melee and 512 for Wii U. This iteration of the tournament dropped Project M as an official event.

Competitors playing Super Smash Bros. at The Big House 6 (2016) Mango and smash players - Connor Smith - TBH.jpg
Competitors playing Super Smash Bros. at The Big House 6 (2016)

The sixth Big House was held on October 7–9, 2016. [11] It was the first American tournament that William "Leffen" Hjelte attended since HTC Throwdown 2015. Melee was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez, marking it as his third win at The Big House. [12] Wii U was won by Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios and was his third consecutive title at The Big House. [13]

The seventh Big House was held on October 6–8, 2017, at the Cobo Center in Detroit. [14] [15] Melee was won by Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma over Justin "Plup" McGrath. [15] Wii U was won by Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby over Tyler "Marss" Martins.

The Big House 8 was held on October 5–7, 2018, and it was once again held at the Cobo Center in Detroit. [16] [17] Melee was won by Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma over Justin "Plup" McGrath. [17] Wii U was won by Brian "Cosmos" Kalu over Eric "ESAM" Lew. The original Super Smash Bros. was won by Daniel "SuPeRbOoMfAn" Hoyt over Josh Brody.

The Big House 9 was held on October 4–6, 2019, at the Cobo Center in Detroit. [18] [19] Melee was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez over Zain Naghmi. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was featured for the first time, and was won by Sota "Zackray" Okada over Samuel "Dabuz" Buzby. Smash 64 was won by Josh Brody over Prince. [20] There were also smaller Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Wii U side events, respectively won by Hunter "Player-1" Rogers over Will "Lain" Vetter and Brenden "ShyDude" King over "AFMbot".

2020 cancellation

The Big House cancelled its 2020 tournament in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tournament organizers later announced an online tournament for December 2020. The tournament was again cancelled after they received a cease and desist letter from Super Smash Bros. publisher Nintendo. Nintendo took concern with the tournament's plans to use an emulator that enables netplay and matchmaking for Melee but requires use of a ripped copy of the game, citing piracy concerns. [21] [22]

2022–present

The Big House returned to an offline format for its tenth iteration, held on October 7–9, 2022. at the Huntington Place in Detroit as part of the Nintendo-sponsored Panda Cup. Melee was won by Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto over Joseph "Mango" Marquez, marking the first time "aMSa" and a Yoshi player won a major tournament in the game's competitive lifespan; Cody "iBDW" Schwab, Zain Naghmi and Miles "Soonsay" Foster qualified for the Melee bracket of the Panda Cup Finale. Ultimate was won by Michael "Riddles" Kim over Paris "Light" Ramirez; Ramirez, Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey and Antony "MuteAce" Hoo qualified for the Ultimate bracket of the Panda Cup Finale. Smash 64 was won by Josh Brody over Keanu "OJ" Betancourt. [23] [24] [25] [26] As with the previous tournament, there were smaller Brawl and Wii U side events, respectively won by Christina "Chia" Korsak over "Merrick" and "Mr. Spikes" over "Arico".

Events

EventDatesVenueLocation
The Big HouseOctober 22, 2011 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Big House 2October 6-7, 2012 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Big House 3October 12-13, 2013 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Big House 4October 4-5, 2014 Sheraton DTW Hotel Romulus, Michigan
The Big House 5October 2-4, 2015 Adoba Hotel Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan
The Big House 6October 7-9, 2016 Edward Hotel & Convention Center Dearborn, Michigan
The Big House 7October 6-8, 2017 Cobo Center Detroit, Michigan
The Big House 8October 5-7, 2018 Cobo Center Detroit, Michigan
The Big House 8October 4-6, 2019 TCF Center Detroit, Michigan
The Big House 9December 4-6, 2020 (cancelled)VirtualVirtual
The Big House 10October 7-9, 2022 Huntington Place Detroit, Michigan
The Big House 11October 20-22, 2023 Huntington Place Detroit, Michigan

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