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The first tournament in the recently announced European Smash Circuit, HFLAN Melee Edition is looking like it will be the biggest, chillest, and most exciting tournament this weekend coming out of France! Taking place from May 9th to May 10th, the tournament not only features free drinks and couches to play on for those attending, but will boast impressive talent spanning eleven countries and three continents as well. Some of the best from each region include:
The USA will be represented as well thanks to an eight hundred Euro donation drive on smash.gg to bring Poor | Zhu to the tournament! Project M and Wii U singles will also be available at the event with names like Gluttony and Leon. The event is set to be streamed by SaltyPlayground with a schedule being released soon. For more information on the tournament check out its Smashboards thread.
Press Start 2015
Press Start 2015 is a massive LAN event taking place from May 9th through 10th at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. A massive Melee tournament will be taking place alongside League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike: GO, Titanfal, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and osu! The real kicker? The Melee tournament has a massive $10,000 prize pool! This fantastic prize pool has already tempted names like Mang0, Mew2King, Leffen, Hungrybox, and many major threats in California to attend. The stream will be provided by Showdown Smash and the tentative schedule in included below. For more information about the event visit its Smashboards post.
Day 1:
Venue Opens: 10am
Wave 1 Pools Begin: 12pm
Wave 2 Pools Begin: 2pm
Team Pools Begin: 4pm
Wave 3 Pools Begin: 6pm
Wave 4 Pools Begin: 8pm
Day 2:
Teams up to Top 8: 11am
Singles up to Top 8: 1pm
Teams Top 8: 3:30pm
Analyst Desk: 6pm
Singles Top 8: 6:30pm
Venue Opens: 10am
Wave 1 Pools Begin: 12pm
Wave 2 Pools Begin: 2pm
Team Pools Begin: 4pm
Wave 3 Pools Begin: 6pm
Wave 4 Pools Begin: 8pm
Day 2:
Teams up to Top 8: 11am
Singles up to Top 8: 1pm
Teams Top 8: 3:30pm
Analyst Desk: 6pm
Singles Top 8: 6:30pm
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Shell Shocked XVIII
Another fantastic event being hosted by UMD Smash, Shell Shocked XVIII will feature Project M as well as Melee and includes names like DruggedFox, s0ft, TheMoon, Swedish Delight, and DJ Nintendo in attendance. The tournament will take place on May 9th and will be streamed by UMDSmash. A tentative schedule is included below. For more information about the event check its Smashboards post.
Schedule:
10:00AM: Venue opens and signups begins for all events.
12:00PM: Project M doubles begins
1:30PM: Melee doubles begins
3:00PM: Project M singles begins
5:30PM: Melee singles begins
12:00AM: Venue closes
10:00AM: Venue opens and signups begins for all events.
12:00PM: Project M doubles begins
1:30PM: Melee doubles begins
3:00PM: Project M singles begins
5:30PM: Melee singles begins
12:00AM: Venue closes
Bottom Tier Battle 2
A unique tournament coming out of Toronto, Bottom Tier Battle 2 will feature Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, Project M, and Smash for Wii U. The catch? As its name implies all of the tournaments will only allow low tier characters. So take a chance to watch something unique over the weekend by tuning into pidgezero_one's stream on May 9th. For more information about the event check out its Smashboards post.
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