With the news of Super Smash Bros. Melee finishing on Saturday at EVO 2017, the community was presented with two issues. First, the Melee community lost a day of bracket matches and substantial viewership for EVO weekend. Second, there would no longer be any time to run the traditional EVO Melee doubles bracket on Saturday.
On Feb. 18th, the Genesis event series' head organizer, Sheridan "Dr. Z" Zalewski, announced via Facebook that the Genesis team will be teaming up with smash.gg to create Fuse, a doubles-focused circuit. All events in the circuit will reward points to top players; the eight teams with the most points will then be invited to the circuit finals, which will take place on July 16th in Las Vegas, NV.
A list of qualifying events and important details can be seen in the image below. In addition, the circuit finals will have a $5,000 guaranteed pot bonus. Though it will take place on the same day as EVO 2017's 'Championship Sunday', the organizers aim to not have it conflict with the finals for Street Fighter V and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Author's Note: Doubles matches in the Super Smash Bros. competitive community have been an exciting and explosive event to participate in since the meta has been developed. Given how important the doubles meta have become to pro players, and the growing audience, it's good to see the Melee community attempting to make sure fans have something to watch all EVO weekend long. Stay tuned to Smashboards for all your Fuse related news.
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