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Another playoffs has come and gone, and I have all the results for your viewing pleasure. Let's give a round of applause to the following users!

Singles:

1st place: SlayerZ ($200)
2nd place: Ally ($100)
3rd place: Nairo ($50)
4th place: PentaSalia ($20-25)

Doubles:

1st place: Nairo and HiiiPoWeR Kyleisreal ($50 each)
2nd place: Rayquaza07 and Uno. ($25 each)

Congratulations to you all, and I'll make sure to send the results to JV so he can distribute the prizes as soon as he returns from Japan. (He can do it either via Paypal or mail, so when he sends you a notice, be sure to tell him your preference.)


On a personal note, I wanted to give a few shoutouts for the people that helped make this a good event. Keep those hands clapping!

1. Enrish and The740 (I don't care if he doesn't actually see this.)
Contrary to your words and despite this being my first time running playoffs (or any tournament for that matter,) this wasn't a living hell at all. Of course, that's probably because I followed your advice with respect to how things should be done, so thanks a lot for the pointers. Where would I be without your guidance, O Mighty Senseis?

2. Meek.
That stream of yours was a very nice touch, and brought quite a bit of hype for singles. It was a shame to see it die down as the matches became less and less, but I guess it's to be expected when a majority play ahead and leave the rest to play whenever. Regardless, I'm glad you suggested it, and I hope you'll consider doing it again in the future.

3. All of the participants.
As Enrish said time and time again, you guys are what make or break playoffs. In my opinion, things went pretty well without too many hiccups. Sure there were some disqualifications, but I'm not too concerned about that. This isn't a perfect world, so it's to be expected that the brackets may have stragglers. Anyway, thank you all for your awesome cooperation.


Now, let's talk about the next ladder season. Come August 31st, there will be two big changes  for the ladder system.

1. Double Meta Knight is banned from doubles ladder. The public has spoken, and we've decided to give it a try. So, from here on out, only one Meta Knight will be allowed per team.

2. Badges will be tied into the match requirements. Out of the three proposals previously made public, Enrish and I decided to go with only one: match requirements for badges. This is to prevent users from playing one or two matches and making it into the top 64 or 32 for a badge. That being said, we realize activity has declined over the seasons, so we won't make the limits too crazy. They are as follows: 25 matches for singles, and 10 for doubles. If users can meet those requirements, there's no reason they can't play a few extra matches to make the playoffs requirements, especially if everyone else will be fighting to meet them as well.

Another thing to note is that this season may very well be an Apex qualifier, just like last year. This requires neal, though, but since he's the only one who can change seasons, I don't see how he wouldn't be able to make it happen. Stay tuned for an official update when the fall ladder starts.


That's about all I have to say. Congratulations again to the victors, and to those who wish to compete this season, I wish you the best of luck!

P.S. To those players who still never received their prizes, JV still hasn't returned from vacation. However, he told me before he left that he sent messages about adresses or accounts to send the payments to, and never got replies. Please send him the necessary information again via AiB PM or email so that he can tend to it upon returning.

P.P.S. Here are the links to the brackets: http://oi45.tinypic.com/6pswes.jpg (singles) and http://oi45.tinypic.com/2pyqlh4.jpg (doubles)

Well folks, the moment you've all been waiting for is here: playoffs! That's right, it's that time of the season where wifi warriors to go head to head for prizes totaling $520! But this time, there are some notable changes in how things are going down, and this article will give you all the details. Let's get started.


1. Playoffs will last for exactly twelve days. (The twelve represents the ten rounds for doubles, and two extra for singles.) What does this mean for you? Well, from here on out, provided there are no interruptions, you will have ONE DAY to play your round. The reason for this is simple: in the past, when Enrish of the Hidden ZipFizz ran playoffs, he allowed you all to make up your own schedules and play your matches whenever. However, that caused quite a few issues with respect to organization, which in turn resulted in numerous disqualifications. Does this intend to eradicate disqualifications completely? No, because you will get disqualified if you don't play your matches on time. Should this make things more organized, however? Yes. That being said, it's important you all have easy access to the bracket so you know who you're supposed to play, which brings me to my next change.

2. The bracket will be streamed on the front page. Keitaro's blog raised an excellent suggestion about live brackets. When I sent a message to him asking for what exactly he wanted, he said that something similar to Challonge would do just fine. Sounds good...except that requires programming, which neal's too busy (and in some cases, lazy) to do. But then it hit me: we already have a live stream panel, and theoretically, anything can be put there so long as it's in a neat little hyperlink form. Therefore, during the weeks playoffs occur, the bracket will be up on the front page for all to see. I will also save all the links for the aftermath article at the end of the season, in case you all are interested to see how things have progressed over time.

3. Subbing, disputing, or any other kind of misconduct/cheating WILL NOT be tolerated. To those who don't know, playoffs were quite chaotic last time. Among site and wifi issues, there was a dispute and claims of subbing. This fiasco was the first time anything like it has happened (to Enrish's and my knowledge, at least,) and we certainly don't want it to happen again. If you get in a dispute with a user, you both will be disqualified and possibly never play in playoffs again (if you have a habit of disputing people on ladder.) If you have someone sub for you, and we find out, the following will happen:

• Permanent disqualification from ladder.
• Cheater badge.
• Ladder cheating infraction.
• Three permanent infraction points.

 

This isn't some match on the regular ladder. This is playoffs. Money's involved here, and I don't think JV appreciates people trying to steal some of it. I know it's wifi and a majority of you think it's terrible, but don't let your hatred for online play cause you to get greedy and disruptive.

Those are pretty much all of the changes in a nutshell. Now it's time to tell you the generic playoffs stuff:

Due to WHOBO 4 taking place this weekend, I have pushed the first round back a day to give attendees an opportunity to return home. The schedule is as follows:

August 8th: Round 1
August 9th: Round 2
August 13th: Round 3
August 14th: Round 4
August 15th: Round 5
August 16th: Round 6
August 20th: Round 7
August 21st: Round 8
August 22nd: Round 9
August 23rd: Round 10
August 27th: Losers and Grand Finals

For all of these dates, singles matches will occur from 8-9 PM EST in Tournament Chat 1. Doubles matches will occur from 9-10 PM EST in Tournament Chat 2. If you cannot play your matches during these times, you are allowed to play earlier if your partner is online. Other than that, remember that these are strict deadlines, so be sure to play on time.  Whenever a match is played, or if your opponent(s) is/are MIA, report to me so that I can make a note of it.

Here are the payouts for the event:

Singles:
1st - $200
2nd - $100
3rd - $50
4th - $20-25

Doubles:
1st - $100 ($50/player)
2nd - $50 ($25/player)

I thought I had included something about this in the first writeup, but I didn't. Also, shoutout to Enrish to ninja-ing me to the edit. You're so cool!

Back to the article. I plan to make the brackets this weekend (Sunday or Monday perhaps,) so if you do not wish to participate, please let me know. I don't want to make a thousand edits when I can easily make one or two by getting your input on the matter. Also note that if you do choose to withdraw, this decision is final. Think long and hard before you say anything to me.

Hello fellow Smashers from all over the world. Horse a.k.a Minty here to bring you the final rankings update for the 2012 Spring Seasonal Ladder, as we prepare for the most hyped time at the end of every seasonal ladder known as the play-offs. Also new and coming this week will be the "Perfect Week Doubles" event as mentioned by Enrish. This new and exciting twist to our ladder system will run from Monday, July 23rd until Sunday, July 29th. So be sure partake in this fun-filled but yet challenging new event and don't miss out. There's only 10 days left in this ladder season, so give it everything you've got and don't ever give up the fight. And as a quick reminder, I want you guys to remember that if you have any replays of your best ladder matches and you would like to share it and have it featured on the front page for future ladder updates, please feel free to send them to either Trishy, Mocha or myself via PM. Also don't forget about the match requirements to make it into the play-offs. For singles, you need to play at least a total of 30 matches and for doubles, you need to play at least a total 15 matches. As I mentioned earlier, there's still a little over a week left in this season, so that should be more than enough time to get the required number of matches in for play-offs entry. With that said, let's now take a look at this season's current placement rankings and how everyone's fairing so far.

These rankings are current as of July 22, 2012 at 1:00 am (Eastern Standard Time)

Hello AiB, hope everyone has been doing well. It was tricky getting these rankings in at first due to the site crashing on Sunday, but now it's back and I've gotten everything done. This article opens up the last month of the ladder for this season. 

I want to remind everyone that if you have any replays of your best ladder matches and you’d like to share it and have it featured on here for the ladder updates, feel free to send them to me or Trish via PMs.

Side-note: These top rankings have been taken on 10:20 am CST on Tuesday [7/3/12].  

Current Rankings

Singles:  

[01] Nairo | Score: 2349 | Win/Loss Ratio: 73 - 2 | → Meta Knight 
[02] DracoBlaze | Score: 2217 | Win/Loss Ratio: 87 - 14 | → Meta Knight / Snake
[03] PentaSalia | Score: 2120 | Win/Loss Ratio: 57 - 11 | → Mr. Game and Watch
[04] Iota | Score: 1990 | Win/Loss Ratio: 131 - 22 | → Wario / Mr. Game and Watch
[05] _Quest_ | Score: 1985 | Win/Loss Ratio: 346 - 44 | → Toon Link / Marth / Sonic 
[06] Denti | Score: 1971 | Win/Loss Ratio: 37 - 12 | → Olimar
[07] Megafox. | Score: 1948 | Win/Loss Ratio: 19 - 2 | → Fox / Snake 
[08] Keeby | Score: 1889 | Win/Loss Ratio: 133 - 90 | → Meta Knight / Kirby
[09] Salem | Score: 1889 | Win/Loss Ratio: 8 - 0 | → Zero Suit Samus
[10] ×MÁR× | Score: 1881 | Win/Loss Ratio : 38 - 36 | → Meta Knight / Diddy
[11] Raffi-X | Score: 1851 | Win/Loss Ratio: 45 - 34 | → R.O.B.
[12] MC PE | Score: 1838 | Win/Loss Ratio: 35 - 12 | → Wolf
[13] EMINEM | Score: 1836 | Win/Loss Ratio: 30 - 0 | → Meta Knight / Falco
[14] Meek | Score: 1820 | Win/Loss Ratio: 37 - 15 | → Sonic
[15] Mr.Eric | Score: 1813 | Win/Loss Ratio: 130 - 136 | → Marth / Snake
[16] Fluttershy | Score: 1809 | Win/Loss Ratio: 19 - 3 | → Pikachu
[17] toilethumour | Score: 1804 | Win/Loss Ratio: 11 - 1 | → Meta Knight
[18] dabuz the horrible | Score: 1800 | Win/Loss Ratio: 10 - 2 | → Olimar
[19] The Legend of Henry | Score: 1792 | Win/Loss Ratio: 68 - 26 | → Snake
[20] Uno. | Score: 1783 | Win/Loss Ratio: 47 - 12 | → Mr. Game and Watch
[21] lloD | Score: 1781 | Win/Loss Ratio: 27 - 5 | → Peach  
[22] Syco | Score: 1773 | Win/Loss Ratio: 67 - 20 | → Olimar
[23] YoshQ | Score: 1770 | Win/Loss Ratio: 26 - 8 | → Luigi / Snake
[24] SlayerZ | Score: 1765 | Win/Loss Ratio: 17 - 3 | → Peach
[25] Sam_The_Freshest | Score: 1750 | Win/Loss Ratio: 73 - 71 | → Meta Knight / Snake
[26] FishBait73 | Score: 1743 | Win/Loss Ratio: 43 - 22 | → Meta Knight / Lucario / Wario
[27] Richi | Score: 1742 | Win/Loss Ratio: 14 - 3 | → Lucario 
[28] -Remix- | Score: 1739 | Win/Loss Ratio: 16 - 9 | → Toon Link
[29] DOOM THE MAD SNAKE | Score: 1727 | Win/Loss Ratio: 26 - 14 | → Snake
[30] ven | Score: 1724 | Win/Loss Ratio: 120 -59 |  → Zelda  
[31] PzO | Score: 1722 | Win/Loss Ratio: 34 - 20 | → Meta Knight
[32] CutestLilLucario | Score: 1706 | Win/Loss Ratio: 126 - 74 | → Lucario

Doubles:  

[01] The Person Who Does The Ladder Updates Has Nothing Better To Do! [EMINEM / WaDiRob] | Score: 1793 | Win/Loss Ratio: 28 - 1 | → Meta Knight / Wario 
[02] For NaTeSBound [HiiiPoWeR Kyleisreal / Nairo] | Score: 1547 | Win/Loss Ratio: 12 - 4 | → Meta Knight / Snake / Donkey Kong
[03] 4 Lora (麗) [GenosSamus / BlazerKarby] | Score: 1492 | Win/Loss Ratio: 25 - 9  → Meta Knight / Kirby / Snake / Samus 
[04] Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips [Taste / Negga] | Score: 1480 | Win/Loss Ratio: 24 - 2 | → R.O.B. / Mr. Game and Watch 
[05] so like this is good **** [Goten / Jules] | Score: 1453 | Win/Loss Ratio: 12 - 6 | → Meta Knight / Meta Knight
[06] Here we go again... [Dilemma / Keebyi | Score: 1420 | Win/Loss Ratio: 9 - 1 | → Meta Knight / Meta Knight 
[07] Two Swords [Foodies /_Quest_] | Score: 1418 | Win/Loss Ratio: 37 -20 | → Marth / Toon Link
[08] 火All Fired Up火 [MiniFox / Ikeboy] | Score: 1392 | Win/Loss Ratio: 17 - 6 | → Meta Knight / Fox / Snake / Pikachu 
[09] Wario Bros. [Wafty / LOE1] | Score: 1274 | Win/Loss Ratio: 28 - 25 | → Wario / Wario  
[10] Green Team Forever❤ [Amaterasu Okami / Doogi] | Score: 1202 | Win/Loss Ratio: 8 - 3 | → Snake / Ness 
[11] **** this [The Champion Adam Gibson / Party Associate hinkage] | Score: 1193 | Win/Loss Ratio: 7 - 6 | → Snake / Meta Knight
[12] Nos Gusta [El Dude / Shrimp] | Score: 1175 | Win/Loss Ratio: 5 - 0 | → ? / ?
[13] Murderous Melody [Red Roy/ Music Box] | Score: 1106 | Win/Loss Ratio: 21 - 4 | → Ike / Zero Suit Samus 
[14] Otori + Kakera [Nostalgia./ Dark Buttercup] | Score: 1087 | Win/Loss Ratio: 6 - 1 | →  Meta Knight / Snake / Marth
[15] young black males with negative disposition [GnG Sinnyboo242 / NearZzz] | Score: 1053 | Win/Loss Ratio: 4 - 1 | → Meta Knight / Toon Link 
[16] weeee [Sam_The_Freshest / _ForsaKen_] | Score: 1011 | Win/Loss Ratio: 9 - 4 | → Meta Knight / Snake 

Notes

Singles:  

- EMINEM and Salem with a win streak and no losses so far. How long will they be able to keep their streak?  
- _Quest_ with 384 matches played so far!  
- ×MÁR× is the only Diddy Kong, Raffi-X is the only R.O.B., ven the only Zelda, and Fluttershy the only Pikachu at the moment active in top 32 singles.
- Quite a bit of Wario and Snake this season.
- At least 11 Meta Knights are currently at the top of singles ladder.   



Doubles:  

- EMINEM and WaDiRob lead doubles ladder with their Meta Knight / Wario team and only one loss so far 
- Those two aren't the only teams using Wario - Wafty and LOE1 are wafting in with their double Wario team. Hold your noses!
- Props to GenoSamus for being the only Samus in doubles ladder right now. Low tiers in dubs aren't easy to come by.
- Red Roy and Music Box with a unique Ike / Zero Suit team. 
- At least 12 Meta Knights are currently at the top of doubles ladder, and at least 3 are confirmed double Meta Knight teams. 


Remember, this season’s ladder ends on July 31. There’s still time to catch up on your score if you’re behind on decay, and to join the ladder if you haven’t already. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the ladder. Keep working hard, and have a great upcoming 4th of July everyone!

As Enrish stated in his latest ladder article, one of the changes we plan to implement is more ladder weekends. Ever since the match requirements for playoffs were introduced during the Road to Apex ladder, the brackets never met their intended quotas. My goal is to try to restore the brackets to their former glory, give you all more chances to play, and liven up those ladder chats by means of two sub-changes:

1. In addition to Doubles Weekends, there will be Singles Weekends. While not as bad as doubles, singles brackets have been a few players short...even though it should be fairly easy for everyone to meet the requirement of thirty matches. (Just look at all of the players who played at least a hundred matches in the past!) Regardless, the timespan is the same as Doubles Weekends, and shall remain like this unless stated otherwise in a blog. Here are the days and times (based on Eastern Standard Time):

-Friday: 3 pm - midnight (12 am)
-Saturday: noon (12 pm) - midnight (12 am)
-Sunday: 1 pm - 10 pm

The badges, however, are a different story. With respect to the event itself, only one is being made for playing at least two matches on Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday. For those badge connoisseurs out there (using the non-vulgar version of the badge name for the article's sake) who are curious as to why this is, keep in mind that there used to be only one badge for Doubles Nights. The only two reasons that badge is still given out in addition to the actual Doubles Weekend badge is because doubles ladder isn't usually crowded, and...well, badges can't be deleted, so no point in neglecting it. Back on topic, if there seems to be a decline in attendance as the weekend goes by, then I'll consider a second badge.

2. There will be ladder events every weekend, and they will alternate between singles and doubles. This weekend (June 8 - 10) will be Singles Weekend, next weekend (June 15 - 17) will be Doubles Weekend (SUNDAY WILL GO FROM 12 AM TO 12 AM (24 HOURS) FOR FATHER'S DAY), and all future weeks will switch in that fashion. Keep in mind that the last weekend an event will take place before the ladder ends is July 27 - 29, which will be a Doubles Weekend.

That's about all you need to know when it comes to the schedule. I'll close this article by listing all of the badges you can earn for these events:

Singles: wifi warrior, staff slayer, and singles weekend warrior.

Doubles: double dater, doubles weekend warrior, and double danger.

As always, if you qualify for any of these, let Enrish or I know. Happy laddering!

Hello, everyone! Now that the new ladder season is upon us, it's time to start the traditional ladder updates back up. The ladder's already been through a few twists and turns, and I predict many more will occur over the course of it. Without further ado, let's introduce this update's notable players and teams! (Note: these rankings taken from today's stats, at 11:45 AM, and are based on feedback, signatures (if applicable), and past experiences (for those that most likely will never change their crew). If anything needs to be corrected, let me know with a comment in this article or PM. Also, our supply of replays has been bone dry for the longest time. If any of you have anything you want to show off, send a message to lightlanayru, Mocha, Horse, or myself.)


*1. Nairo (2407, with 51-0; Character(s): Meta Knight)*
2. DracoBlaze (2174, with 20-3; Character(s): Meta Knight and Snake)
3. PentaSalia (1999, with 25-4; Character(s): Mr. Game and Watch)
4. Denti (1930, with 15-3; Character(s): Olimar)
5. TyphoonX (1911, with 23-15; Character(s): R.O.B.)
6. Iota (1833, with 29-6; Character(s): Wario)
7. _Quest_ (1813, with 80-13; Character(s): Toon Link and Marth)
8. Zénîth (1801, with 17-13; Character(s): Diddy Kong)
9. Jtails (1800, with 20-2; Character(s): Meta Knight)
10. ThunderK9 (1791, with 54-33; Character(s): Falco)
11 MC PE (1786, with 13-3; Character(s): Meta Knight)
12. EMINEM (1738, with 19-0; Character(s): Mario)
13. ven (1734, with 37-12; Character(s): Zelda)
14. Sangoten (1726, with 15-5; Characters(s): Pikachu)
15. National Champion Megaike (1723, with 51-35; Characters(s): Ike and Snake)
16. Keeby (1723, with 51-35; Characters(s): Meta Knight/Mr. Game and Watch/Kirby)
17. OG Syco (1708, with 21-4; Character(s): Olimar)
18. Sam_The_Freshest (1697, with 27-17; Character(s): Meta Knight)
19. Mr.Eric (1659, with 37-45; Character(s): Marth/Falco)
20. The Legend of Henry (1650, with 15-3; Character(s): Snake)
21. Bizkit (1634, with 15-1; Character(s): Snake)
22. Mysterion (1620, with 14-3; Character(s): Mr. Game and Watch)
23. Prof3ssor MGW (1596, with 7-0; Character(s): Olimar)
24. DOOM THE MAD SNAKE (1590, with 12-2; Character(s): Snake)
25. Alphicans (1581, with 10-2; Character(s): Mr. Game and Watch)
26. DreamKnight (1578, with 26-25; Character(s): Meta Knight and Kirby)
27. Waymas (1559, with 11-2; Character(s): Wario and Olimar)
28. Anuar (1556, with 25-9; Character(s): Olimar)
29. Meek (1550, with 13-4; Character(s): Sonic)
30. Dusk (1549, with 24-22; Character(s): Wolf)
31. khrizred (1547, with 15-6; Character(s): Snake)
32. ikemastr37 (1542, with 22-13; Character(s): Ike)

NOTES:
-Nairo certainly has an impressive streak as he's lounging in first place. Will it ever end?
-Aside from Nairo, players that have a clean streak are EMINEM and Prof3ssor MGW. Nice work!
-There are many rarely-used characters, but out of everyone in the past updates, Pikachu seems to almost never show up. Shoutout to Sangoten for representing the electric rodent!


*1. Top 16 Or Else (Players: Blazer + Iota; 1581, with 16-0; Characters: Meta Knight and Wario/Mr. Game and Watch)*
2. The Person Who Does The Ladder Updates Has Nothing Better To Do! (Players: EMINEM + WaDiRob; 1574, with 19-1; Characters: double Wario)
3. Naturally. (Players: BlazinAlex AKA Guy Cecil + DracoBlaze; 1471, with 7-0; Characters: Marth/King Dedede and Meta Knight/Snake)
4. Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips (Players: Taste + Negga; 1386, with 11-1; Characters: Ganondorf and Mr. Game and Watch/Diddy Kong)
5. Murderous Melody (Players: Roy Flare-Blade + Miz Mango; 1332, with 21-2; Characters: Ike and Samus)
6. Green Team Forever ♥ (Players: Amaterasu Okami + Doogi; 1232, with 6-1; Characters: Snake and Ness)
7. 火All Fired Up火 (Players: MiniFox + Ikeboy; 1216, with 10-2; Characters: Pikachu and Meta Knight/Snake/Donkey Kong)
8. 4 Lora (麗) (Players: GenoSamus + Karby; 1188, with 9-3; Characters: Samus and Kirby)
9. Doomsday (Players: -Randum- + -Serebii-; 1161, with 4-1; Characters: Mr. Game and Watch/Meta Knight and Meta Knight)
10. Wario Bros. (Players: Wafty + LOE1; 1094, with 12-13; Characters: Double Wario)
11. i am running out of team names...... (Players: Goten + Jules; 1072, with 4-1; Characters: Meta Knight/Snake and Olimar)
12. Two Swords (Players: Foodies + _Quest_; 1062, with 10-12; Characters: Double Marth)
13. Otori + Kakera (Players: Nostalgia. + Promises; 1033, with 5-0; Characters: Ness/Meta Knight and Meta Knight)
14. weeee (Players: Sam_The_Freshest + _ForsaKen_; 1023, with 6-2; Characters: Meta Knight and Snake)
15. Top 16 with badges (Players: Sakram3nt + kokomo; 917, with 4-5; Characters: Double Donkey Kong)
16. Somo (Players: xzx + ccst; 858, with 2-1; Characters: Wario and R.O.B.)

NOTES:
-Only two teams have a perfect record: Naturally. and Otori + Kakera.
-Seems like two teams are going all-out with double Wario. I wonder which team will come out on top by the end of this ladder?
-I'm surprised to see only six or so Meta Knights in this batch of teams. Hooray for variety!
-It's good to see a few teams have met the playoffs requirements so early. We realize that it's hard to get matches in Doubles ladder, but we'll definitely hook the rest of you up!

That's it for this ladder update. The season's still young, and it may end later depending on when neal arrives. Play your hearts out, and I'll see you next time, All is Brawl!

P.S. Shoutout to the second-place team! You guys are awesome!