The Big House (tournament)

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The Big House
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.

History

2011–2014

The first Big House tournament was held on October 22, 2011, on the

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

Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman.[2]

The Big House 4 was held from October 4–5, 2014, in

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

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)

The sixth Big House was held on October 7–9, 2016.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b "The Big House 3". UM Smash. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Lee, Daniel (October 5, 2016). "The Big House 6 preview". ESPN. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Barker, Ian J. "Big House 4 shows why watching esports is better in person". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Barker, Ian J. "Zero and Armada talk Smash 4 at Big House 4". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  5. ^ Barker, Ian J. "High and low with Hungrybox at Big House 4". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. ^ Barker, Ian J. "Midwestern underdogs shine in Big House 4 bracket". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  7. ^ Barker, Ian J. "Big House 4 heads into championship rounds". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  8. TheScore eSports
    .
  9. ^ Womack, Barrett (October 6, 2015). "The Big House 5: A Retrospective". Red Bull. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "The Big House 5: Super Smash Bros. Melee & For Wii U Results". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022.
  11. ^ Harn, Robin. "The Big House returns October 7-9, 2016". Melee It On Me. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  12. ^ Rosen, Daniel. "Mang0 wins The Big House 6". TheScore eSports. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  13. ^ Rosen, Daniel. "ZeRo wins The Big House 6". TheScore eSports. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  14. ^ "The Big House [October 6-8, 2017]". UM Smash. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "The Big House 7 - 'This is the first tournament of the new era'". ESPN.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  16. ^ "The Big House [October 5-7, 2018]". UM Smash. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  17. ^ a b Lee, Alexander (October 8, 2018). "Hungrybox bounces back at The Big House 8". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "Mango wins Melee at The Big House 9 | Esportz Network". 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  19. ^ "The Big House [October 4-6th, 2019]". UM Smash. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  20. Dot Esports
    . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  21. ^ Good, Owen S. (November 19, 2020). "Smash Bros. tournament The Big House 10 canceled over netcode". Polygon. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  22. ^ Donaldson, Alex (November 24, 2020). "As Nintendo shuts down a tournament, Smash fans unite under the #FreeMelee hashtag in futility". VG247. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  23. ^ "The Big House 10". start.gg. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  24. ^ "Super Smash Bros. Melee Player Pulls Off Massive Upset With Yoshi at The Big House 10". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  25. ^ Taylor, Nicholas 'MajinTenshinhan' (2022-10-07). "The Big House 10 results". EventHubs. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  26. ^ "Panda Cup ft Super Smash Bros.™". pandacup.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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