History of the competitive scene

The following is a list of tournaments that have ever occurred for Shrek SuperSlam, arranged in order of occurrence. This is not necessarily a comprehensive list, though it aims to include all tournaments ever held.

## Pre-Warwick era

### Shrek SuperSlam Spring Tournament

*May 9, 2014*

This was a satire tournament hosted by the notable PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale player crashbfan, partly intended as a parody of the ongoing PSABR tournament series at the time. He advertised it on the official PlayStation All-Stars forums, though due to being off-topic, the threads have since been deleted. This was not actually a real tournament; it only consisted of crashbfan himself, and several ingame CPUs, which crashbfan pretended were real players. Some of the names in the bracket belong to real players, whereas others are names that crashbfan made up specifically for this tournament, such as "GingBroBreadMan". Though this tournament was a joke, it also used an archaic ruleset: Donkey was banned due to being overpowered, despite the current tier list listing Donkey as the worst character in the game. This tourney was won by crashbfan.

## Warwick era

On New Years' Eve of 2014, after having viewed crashbfan's Shrek SuperSlam tournament stream, Kirby, Zero Suit Salt, and George were inspired to try the game. They played for a while, finding it funny, but not much else. A few days later, at a larger gathering at Kirby's house, he decided to host, among other things, a Shrek SuperSlam tournament.

The Warwick era (intentionally or not) marked the start of the genuine competitive community. The ShrekBoards thread *A Fraud Comes Clean* provides the perspectives of a number of the key community figures at this point, such as kirby, Lord Ape and BoastingToast.

### Overstone

*January 2nd, 2015*

This was the tournament in question, and also was the first "Warwick-era" tournament. It was won by Kirby, and was his first tournament win.

### Friday Gaming 2015-01-16

*January 16th, 2015th*

A couple weeks later, after occasional jokes about Shrek SuperSlam potentially having tech, Kirby ran another Shrek SuperSlam tournament, this time at one of the weekly gaming sessions at his university. Notable because of the unusual results, particularly Kirby placing 5th. This is the first and last time until Absolutely Pissed Off 2 that Kirby would place below 2nd.

### Overstone 2

*April 3, 2015*

A few months later, without much activity in between, Kirby runs another tournament. Another small gathering at Kirby's house, and another tournament won by Kirby. Shortly after this tournament, the "techskill videos", such as the one on Crumpet Dashing, were made by Kirby. Around this time, the subreddit was also discovered by Kirby.

### Friday Gaming 2015-05-15

*May 15th, 2015*

This tournament was an impromptu tournament held at one of Warwick University's gaming LANs. Again organised by Kirby, this was also the first recorded Warwick tournament, and the most viewed competitive Shrek SuperSlam footage on YouTube. At this point, the scene was still considered to be a joke to the players. Regardless, this tournament is arguably most notable for being the first time Kirby beat Crumpet in a tournament set, and was arguably the true beginning of Kirby's status as best in the world.

### Aerial to the Thrown

*5th July, 2015*

Prior to this tournament, the "competitive scene" had begun to pick up steam, with people taking it seriously. In particular, this was roughly the time that BoastingToast became involved in the scene, the scene's first truly serious player. Either way, this tournament was just another casual gathering of friends hosted by Kirby, and was again, not a serious tournament. The name, and Facebook event page, are parodies of the UK Smash tournament Heir II the Throne. Finally, shortly after this tournament, the slammers Lalzu and Lord Ape joined the scene by creating ShrekBoards, the community's official forums.

This tournament was, again, won by Kirby.

### Heir II the Throne

*August 16, 2015*

One of the last "Warwick era" tournaments. A spontaneous, free-to-enter side event at the national UK Smash tournament Heir II the Throne. It took place on one setup, and featured most of the old Warwick University players, such as Kirby, Crumpet, and Zero Suit Salt. It also featured many new players who were curious to try the game, such as Galaxy Heart, who was playing under the tag **Azure Avenue**, who would go on to win the tournament Heir III. This is also the tournament where Dan Soup and Flick would first truly learn about the game, foreshadowing their involvement in the scene, though they did not take part in the tournament itself.

This tournament's results are perhaps most notable because Kirby was upset in winners' bracket by Zero Suit Salt, and went on to lose in grand finals to Crumpet.

### Slam in the Swamp

*August 30, 2015*

A netplay tournament hosted and commentated by Lalzu and Lord Ape, the creators of ShrekBoards, and notably the first tournament of the new era to be hosted by a player who was not a friend of Kirby. This tournament was the first Shrek SuperSlam netplay tournament, and therefore was the first time that BoastingToast played the UK players in a tournament set. Despite losing to Kirby in Winners' Semis, BoastingToast went on to beat Crumpet, EIREXE and then 6-0 Kirby in Grand Finals to be recognised as the new best Shrek SuperSlam player in the world.

This tournament is considered to be the end of the Warwick era, as no other tournaments were hosted by Kirby or his friends. Also, from this point onwards, tournaments were considered to be more serious, as players like BoastingToast, EIREXE, m0th64 and Dan Soup began to explore the game's technical potential.

## Lull in activity

For a while, there was much fewer tournaments taking place in the scene. Players were still discovering new things about the game, and discussing it, though actual tournaments, online or offline, were less common during this time.

### Northwest Slam

*October 3, 2015*

A small 4 person tournament hosted by Dan Soup in in the north west of England. Notably was Dan Soup's first tournament appearance, although a minor one. Won by Dan Soup.

### Outrageous Shrek

*February 13, 2016*

An 18 person tournament hosted by Flick in Lancaster, England. A controversial tournament, as the winner, Tunes, had very little experience playing the game before this tournament, but still easily 3-0'd Dan Soup to win the tournament. Although this result didn't directly lead to Red Riding Hood's ban, it sparked a discussion which eventually led to her ban. This is also potentially the largest Shrek SuperSlam tournament of all time, due to only one player dropping out, whereas most of the other large tournaments have a very large number of dropouts.

### Shrek it Up! Weekly #1

*February 21, 2016*

The first instalment of a weekly netplay tournament, with 4 entrants. Hosted and won by BoastingToast.

### We Shrek Those #1

*February 28, 2016*

The first offline tournament hosted by m0th64. 4 entrants, and was won by m0th's Robin Hood. m0th had hosted friendlies events prior to this, though this was the first actual tournament he hosted.

### Shrek it Up! Weekly #2

*March 13, 2016*

The second weekly in the series was delayed until March 13th. It only contained two entrants, so the tournament was officially cancelled and exhibition matches were played by BoastingToast and EIREXE. This weekly netplay series was then put on hiatus.

### We Shrek Those #2

*March 20, 2016*

The second offline tournament hosted by m0th64. This time, there was only two entrants, m0th and G1itchy. Won by m0th64.

### Kumite

*May 7, 2016*

A 14 person tournament won by BoastingToast. He played solo Fiona throughout, not dropping a game, continuing his dominance as the best Shrek SuperSlam player in the world.

### We Shrek Those #3

*June 5, 2016*

The third in the series hosted by m0th64. However, this event was cancelled due to lack of interest.

### Heir III

*August 21st, 2016*

The sequel to the side event at Heir II the Throne, the UK Smash tournament Heir III also had a Shrek SuperSlam side event. However, there was logistical problems with this tournament: no memory card meant some characters and stages were locked, and a lack of space/time led to other limitations on the tournament. There was also a very large number of dropouts/disqualifications from this tournament. Won by Galaxy Heart, who had not entered a tournament since the year previous at Heir II the Throne.

## Revival of the scene

Shortly before the tournament Absolutely Pissed Off, the community Discord and other hubs of the community began seeing much more regular activity and discussion of the game. The reason why is unknown.

### Absolutely Pissed Off

*September 7th, 2016*

This was an impromptu netplay tournament hosted by Flick. It had 10 entrants, and is notable for being ProviderOfSouls' first tournament, in which he caused a large number of upsets to place 1st, which signaled his ascension to being one of the best players in the world.

### Absolutely Pissed Off 2

*September 10th, 2016*

This was a sequel to the tournament Absolutely Pissed Off. It was intended to be a more organized sequel, planned many days in advance. It was won by ProviderOfSouls, continuing his win streak. It was also notable for strong placings by redridingshrek and Lord Ape, and the breakout performance of FreddyBacon playing under the tag Freddy "Stickyhands" Bacon.

### RååLan Slam

*September 17th, 2016*

An offline tournament in Sweden hosted by redridingshrek. ShrekBoards thread with more details here. Won by redridingshrek, and got 8 entrants, despite being the first offline tournament in his scene.

### Ogretime

*September 18th, 2016*

An impromptu for-fun low tier tournament hosted by Flick. The first low tier tournament hosted for Shrek SuperSlam, and won by ProviderOfSouls. The legal characters were as follows: Humpty Dumpty, G-nome, Huff n Puff Wolf, Quasimodo, Cyclops, Shrek and Donkey; all C tier and D tier characters as of the most recent tier list at the time of the tournament.

### Time to Get Shrekt

*September 22nd, 2016*

An impromptu netplay tournament hosted by Squeachu. It is most notable for Squeachu beating BoastingToast 3-1 in Winners' Finals. BoastingToast had to retire from the tournament due to hand problems after beating Lord Ape in Losers Finals. This signaled Squeachu's ascension to being one of the top Shrek SuperSlam players in the world, and also earned Dronkey more notoriety as one of the less liked characters in the game, similar to Jigglypuff's position in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

### We Shrek Those #4

*September 26th, 2016*

The fourth tournament in the We Shrek Those tournament series. The tournament was won by out-of-state player Sorzan, who defeated tournament organizer m0th64 3-1 in Grand Finals. Also notable for the first appearance of TheBoiWhoCriedWolf, who beat Gl1tchy and later on becoming one of the best players in the world.

### NHS Weekly #5

*September 27th, 2016*

A local offline tournament hosted by Glacey and snowblack. Notable for Komota causing an upset to beat Glacey in Grand Finals.

### Soupy Smash 3

*October 1st, 2016*

A residential tournament that took place in Dan Soup's house, a more relaxed atmosphere than the average tournament. Dan Soup won the tournament over FishEatCorn, a repeat of the results of Northwest Slam the previous year.

### Slamtober

*October 1st, 2016*

A major netplay tournament hosted by Sarger. Due to a large amount of advertisement, this tournament reached 35 signups, though most players did not attend on the day, leading to the actual attendance being roughly 16 people. It was also planned to be streamed on the ShrekBoards Twitch channel by Lalzu and Lord Ape, but due to a last minute cancellation, Jai\_ streamed and recorded it instead.

This tournament was most notable due to BoastingToast's return to glory, beating ProviderOfSouls in winners' finals, signalling the first set that Provider had ever lost. Due to Squeachu and ProviderOfSouls leaving early, however, Losers' Finals and Grand Finals were not played. Other notable occurrences in this tournament were the impressive placing of Glacey, and also the breakout performance of DroQshrex, who eliminated both RetroGamersGuru and m0th64.

### Shrek SuperSlam at LU

*October 8th, 2016*

An offline tournament hosted by Flick at his university, using a non-standard ruleset. Most notable for the return of Murtag to the scene, Flick's surprisingly low placing, and the lack of attendance of Tunes, despite his locality.

## The burst of activity

### Shrekiversary

*October 25th, 2016*

Hosted on the 11th anniversary of Shrek SuperSlam's release date, this tournament was hosted by ProviderOfSouls and it featured ProviderOfSouls and Jv5\_Guy on commentary. Won by Squeachu, and also was the first and last time to date Sorzan has taken a set from Squeachu.

### Time to Get Shrekt 2

*October 28th, 2016*

Also known as 'Time to Get Shrekt 2.875' this was a relatively unplanned tournament hosted by Squeachu that contained a large number of upsets. SonicCat, an offline-only player previously unknown to the competitive scene, won the tournament, taking sets from notable slammers such as Sorzan and Squeachu. This was also the breakout tournament of Glacey, who surprisingly upset Squeachu in winners' bracket and took Sorzan to game 5 in winners' finals.

### Absolutely Pissed Off 3

*November 4th, 2016*

An offline tournament at Warwick University hosted by Kirby and Crumpet. Despite the name, this is not a sequel to Absolutely Pissed Off 2 - the name was simply used for fun. Most notable for Crumpet winning the tournament, but also for Kirby defeating Murtag in a set after the latter's strong performance at Shrek SuperSlam at LU.

### We Shrek Those #5

*November 5th, 2016*

The fifth tournament in the We Shrek Those tournament series. The tournament was won by organiser m0th64, with runner-up Birdo!. There was also a *Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers* side event.

### Time to Get Shrekt 3

*November 6th, 2016*

Another impromptu tournament hosted by Squeachu, this one only received 2 entrants, Squeachu and Rubbermaid. Squeachu won both sets of the tournament 3-0.

### SLAM the Record

*November 11th, 2016*

This was an offline tournament hosted by BoastingToast as a side event to the Smash Bros. tournament and charity event Smash the Record 2016. It is most notable for another strong performance by BoastingToast, Sorzan taking a game from BoastingToast in grand finals, and also Aaron's disappointing 7th placing.

### RååLan Slam 2

*November 12th, 2016*

Another offline tournament hosted by redridingshrek and the sequel to RååLan Slam. Notable for the absence of DroQshrex, and won by redridingshrek.

### Shrek SuperSlam at LU 2

*November 19th, 2016*

Another local tournament hosted by Flick at his university. Arguably most notable for Ryan beating GDRR twice to make grand finals, where he took a game from Flick. Also notable for the breakout performance of DrZero11, who placed 4th with a variety of characters, including Shrek, though he was double eliminated by GDRR.

### Slam Pinnacle

*November 20th, 2016*

A very unique tournament, which followed the format of the invitational Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament series Smash Summit, featuring 10 of the most skilled players in the world, plus 6 "fan voted" players. Despite many dropouts leading to a different turnout than expected, this tournament was still one of the most high level tournaments so far. Won by ProviderOfSouls, and also notable for another strong performance from Glacey, Squeachu's consistency, and BoastingToast's forfeit of the tournament during his set with redridingshrek. This tournament is also the second time that an OoB glitch on Beanstalk has been discovered.

### Time to Get Shrekt 4

*November 26th, 2016*

The 4th in the series, this tournament is mainly notable for Glacey taking his second tournament victory over Squeachu, ultimately placing 1st in the event. Also noteworthy is the fact that Squeachu took a game from Rubbermaid with Donkey, one of the worst characters in competitive play.

### Late Night Low Tiers

*November 28th, 2016*

An unplanned low tier tournament hosted by Glacey. This tournament was created because of ProviderOfSouls' desire to play Huff n Puff Wolf in a tournament setting without having to face top tier characters. Won by ProviderOfSouls, despite Sorzan's main being legal in the ruleset of this tournament.

### E V E N M A T C H U P

*November 29th, 2016*

An impromptu tournament hosted by RetroGamersGuru due to him having a limited access to netplay-compatible internet. Similar in results to the low tier tournament the day previous; won by ProviderOfSouls, with Sorzan in 2nd.

### Team Player

*November 30th, 2016*

Team Player was a netplay doubles tournament hosted by scrubjr. It was notable for being the first netplay doubles tournament.

### Get Quabbled at a Coffee Shop

*December 4th, 2016*

This was a netplay tournament hosted by RetroGamersGuru. It was most notable for Glacey having close sets with Squeachu, but ultimately placing 2nd behind Squeachu. It was also the tournament debut of LoveExpert. The title references the fact that RetroGamersGuru is unable to play Shrek SuperSlam online unless he does it in a local coffee shop.

### Shrek SuperSlam at LU 3

*December 6th, 2016*

Another local tournament hosted by Flick, with Flick this time choosing to not enter and run the tournament. Most notable for the breakout performance of DeckThalz, who won the tournament without losing once, despite only placing 5th at the previous tournament Shrek SuperSlam at LU 2. Also notable for DrZero11's disappointing performance.

### Shrek SuperSlam at LU 4

*December 10th, 2016*

The next local tournament in the series hosted by Flick. Won by Flick, and notable for the breakout placing of Moke, where he placed 2nd with Luna. This was also notable for being the first streamed tournament in the LU series.

### Shrek SuperSlam at LU 5

*December 13th, 2016*

The fifth local tournament in the series hosted by Flick. Won by Flick, who played solo Fiona Ogre. Local slammers DeckThalz and The Great Puss also continued to achieve strong placings.

### Yet Another LU Shrek Tournament

*December 14th, 2016*

The sixth local tournament in the series hosted by Flick and the final one of the term. Won by Moke's Luna. Notable for DrZero11's win over DeckThalz, and for Flick placing badly after sandbagging with Shrek in the losers' bracket.

### Shrekmas

*December 18th, 2016*

A netplay tournament hosted by Flick. Won by ProviderOfSouls, with sirensarecalling having her breakout tournament by placing 2nd. Also notable for GDRR's high placing, and PartlyAwesome taking a set from RetroGamersGuru. This tournament also had various dropouts, with notable slammers such as Sorzan and Glacey being unable to make it, despite previously expressing interest.

### The Worst Tournament to Date in the Entire Scene

*December 22nd, 2016*

An impromptu netplay tournament hosted by scrubjr. Playing off of both scrubjr's reputation for hosting notoriously bad events, and also because of the extremely poor quality of seeding and overall hosting, this tournament was renamed from "2 grab meta" to "The Worst Tournament to Date in the Entire Scene".

### ShrektMas Eve :The rise of the Mid Tiers

*December 25th, 2016*

A mid tier tournament hosted by Jv5\_Guy. Not notable for many things, however one of those such things is the appearance of Level 10 CPU wolf.

### Shrek SuperSlam: The Battle of Gods

*December 30th, 2016*

An impromptu netplay tournament hosted by Flick. Notable for being Moke's netplay debut, though connection problems prevented him from fully competing in the tournament. Won by ProviderOfSouls, and notable for Sorzan leaving without an explanation mid-tournament, therefore forfeiting his set against PartlyAwesome.

### Outrageous Shrek 2

*January 22nd, 2017*

The sequel to the infamous tournament Outrageous Shrek. This tournament had a relatively disappointing turnout of 5 people, compared to Outrageous Shrek's previous record-breaking attendance of 18. Won by Flick over DeckThalz.

### Time to Get Shrekt Finale

*January 22nd, 2017*

A netplay tournament hosted by Squeachu. Notable for being the tournament debut of Lunoz, who placed a very respectable 3rd, with wins over slammers such as TheBoiWhoCriedWolf and LoveExpert, and going to game 5 with sirensarecalling. Won by sirensarecalling over Squeachu, with a bracket reset in Grand Finals. Although, Squeachu essentially forfeited the bracket due to the fact he had to go to bed.

### E V E N M A T C H U P 2

*February 4th, 2017*

A netplay tournament hosted by RetroGamersGuru, and the sequel to his previous tournament E V E N M A T C H U P. Won by ProviderOfSouls over Squeachu.

### Doubles is a Feature

*February 5th, 2017*

A doubles netplay tournament hosted by LoveExpert. This tournament had a disappointing turnout of only 2 teams. Won by Squeachu and Lunoz's team "Lunkey Drona" over ProviderOfSouls and LoveExpert's team "Big Black Cocks".

### We Shrek Those 6

*February 11th, 2017*

The sixth in m0th64's offline tournament series hosted in Georgia, USA. Notable for getting 10 entrants, the most of any so far in the series, and also for TheBoiWhoCriedWolf's tournament win. m0th64 chose to enter under an alias using a secondary character, as he did not feel like competing.

### Bailrigg

*February 11th, 2017*

An offline tournament co-hosted by Moke, Flick and Winter. Due to Heir III having a large number of dropouts, Bailrigg is most notable for being the largest tournament of all time, with 28 of the 31 signups paying entry into the Shrek SuperSlam bracket. Despite this, however, there was various logistical problems with the tournament, mostly related to recording and streaming the sets, and as a result, there is no recorded footage of this tournament besides low quality phone recordings. It is also notable for Moke forfeiting the tournament whilst in Winners' Semis against Flick due to wanting to focus on other aspects of the tournament.

The tournament was won by Squeachu without dropping a game, with Flick in 2nd place and DeckThalz in 3rd.

## The second decline

After a series of various major tournaments being held throughout the winter and major tournaments ceasing to be hosted, the scene began to see a dramatic decrease in tournaments and even interaction. Many blame the game's meta, stating that it has become stale and "figured out". Others blame the abundance of tournaments in late November and December (with ShrektMas Eve :The rise of the Mid Tiers even being held on Christmas day) and that this caused widespread burnout for the various players.

One thing is certain, and that is that in this period multiple top players have lost a lot of interest in the scene, including ProviderOfSouls, Squeachu, Glacey, Sorzan, BoastingToast and RetroGamersGuru to name a few. Nevertheless, tournaments in this time period were still held.

### E V E N M A T C H U P 3

*April 15th, 2017*

A netplay tournament hosted by RetroGamersGuru. Won by Squeachu with sirensarecalling coming in 2nd. Was notable for the inclusion of m0th64 and the return of Glacey.

### Boiroom Blitz

*May 23rd, 2017*

A netplay tournament hosted by TheBoiWhoCriedWolf, notable for the return of Level 10 CPU wolf and Sorzan. The battle between Sarger and Level 10 CPU wolf was epic, but caused the tournament to suffer from significant slowdown and resulted in an infamous match.

### SummerSlam

*June 11th 2017*

SummerSlam was a multi-event tournament held by scrubjr. The tournament also included a doubles tournament and a Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers tournament. The tournament was very poorly ran, with disputes among organizers, slow tournament speed, and the tournament starting late.

### Slam Pinnacle 2

*June 24th-25th, 2017*

The successor to the first Slam Pinnacle, many of the top 10 Shrek SuperSlam players are invited, including: ProviderOfSouls, sirensarecalling, Squeachu, redridingshrek, Sorzan, Glacey, TheBoiWhoCriedWolf, Lunoz, DroQshrex and EIREXE. The 6 additional players voted in included: GRsmash, DroQshrex, Jv5\_Guy, Sarger, RetroGamersGuru and Birdo! Out of these, 5 of the 10 original voted players entered and 3 of the 6 invited players entered. m0th64 entered in place of SonicCat who had decided not to compete well before the tournament began. This tournament had poor attendance compared to the last one, with many players not showing up or getting dq'd in the first round, and Sorzan well and truly quitting the game. Slam Pinnacle 2 caused controversy due to the fact that RetroGamersGuru got 1st place after rightfully upsetting Birdo! and several top players dropping their matches to RetroGamersGuru.

### Time to Get Shrekt 6

*September 2nd, 2017*

The post-finale entrant to the Time to Get Shrekt tournament series, this tournament was hosted by Squeachu and was the first tournament that TheBoiWhoCriedWolf won. Squeachu sandbagged throughout the event allowing sirensarecalling and TheBoiWhoCriedWolf to progress to grand finals. This tournament was a success for the Time to Get Shrekt tournament series.

### Button Mash Memers

*September 9th, 2017*

A mid-tier focused netplay tournament hosted by RetroGamersGuru and won by ProviderOfSouls. This tournament was notable for being an experiment with the debug stage Mega Template. The results of the tournament left the players hating the stage more and questioning whether to host any other mid-tier tournaments.

## The death of the scene, and what came next

After almost a year of inactivity, there was a long period of Shrektember advertisement from ProviderOfSouls. This tournament was hinted to perhaps be a revival of the community, but unfortunately was cancelled due to various issues. The cancellation of Shrektember resulted in a replacement tournament being run on the day it was planned to occur, but otherwise, no other netplay tournaments occurred during this time. This period of time is also notable for Shrekfest 2018, the largest offline Shrek SuperSlam tournament ever, seemingly appearing out of nowhere. However, this has no bearing on the life of the scene; it was hosted at an unrelated Shrek convention, and contained no slammers that were part of the community prior to the event itself.

### Fuck Shrek SuperSlam

*September 2nd, 2018*

A tournament hosted by scrubjr after the announced delay of Shrektember. The tournament featured the standard competitive ruleset.

### Shrekfest 2018

*September 2nd, 2018*

A tournament hosted at Shrekfest, a large community driven Shrek themed meet-up. The tournament boasted a large pool of 35 players, making it one of the largest Shrek SuperSlam tournaments to date. Ultimately won by Meerkat.

## The pre-ranking burst of activity

After much discussion, ProviderOfSouls wanted to close the ShrekBoards discord once and for all, due to nobody actively playing the game any more. Nowadays, the discord's only purpose was seemingly to endure memers that have no interest in playing the game. They would join, shitpost, and then leave. Among other people, Flick suggested creating a final top 100 ranking so that the scene could be put to rest for good. Various slammers also had the idea to run two final tournaments, to truly settle the rankings once and for all, culminating in a fittingly-titled event called The End of Shrek SuperSlam. Also notable during this time is the emergence of KevinSHREKEROgre, who begged community members such as Provider to not close the discord, as it had served as a source of entertainment and inspiration for his offline scene.

### The Disappearance of Shrek SuperSlam

*April 20th, 2019*

Ran in conjunction with The End of Shrek SuperSlam to allow both BoastingToast and Sorzan to compete in a final Shrek tournament.

### The End of Shrek SuperSlam

*April 27th, 2019*

The supposed climax of competitive Shrek SuperSlam ran by scrubjr. Planned to be the last officially recognized tournament by the scene, shortly followed by a final slam ranking. Ultimately won by ProviderOfSouls.

## SEASON 2

Due to renewed interest in the game after the supposed final two tournaments, the discord was never archived as planned. It seemed like the "Season 2" that KevinSHREKEROgre had begged for was finally going to happen. But there's been another large decline in interest, so perhaps this IS the end...

### Shrek SuperSlam Part 3: Rebellion

*May 18th, 2019*

A cancelled tournament that was going to be hosted by m0th64. Intended to be the start of Season 2, this tournament was unfortunately cancelled due to lack of interest.

### Tourney This Weekend

*June 1st, 2019*

The first actual tournament to take place during the new "Season 2". This tournament received 7 entrants, and is notable for Jv5\_Guy's strong 3rd place finish. It is also notable for Flick's return to his preferred low tier main, Cyclops, the debut of Gnomeo, a strong showing from Meerkat, and continued memery from PartlyAwesome. Also, as expected, Squeachu defeated BoastingToast to take 1st place. Again.

### Why Do People Want Tournaments

*June 9th, 2019*

PartlyAwesome asked Squeachu to run another tournament. So he did. Notable for NO top 10 players being in attendance, for the first time at a netplay tournament. Even more notable for Gnomeo double eliminating Meerkat, demonstrating mastery of several characters in the process. Also known for the debut of Flapjack Nutsack, though it is believed he experienced desyncs during both of his sets at this tournament, so he didn't really play the game at all. Sad.

### Tournament with Flick in it

*June 15th, 2019*

As the trend had been for the past couple weeks, there was yet ANOTHER tournament this weekend. Despite being named "Tournament with Flick in it", Flick did not actually enter. Even the subtitle, "with added Gnomeo", was incorrect, as Gnomeo didn't enter either. Either way, this tournament was won by scrubjr over Squeachu and meowmix, but the "Top Player Clause" was in play, which meant that all three of these players could not play any top tier characters. moe\_house also entered this tournament, but after an excruciating set with PartlyAwesome, was DQ'd due to being unable to run the game properly.

### Tourney for people with daddy issues

*June 16th, 2019*

This weekend didn't have ONE tournament, but TWO! As some players were not available on Saturday, this Sunday tourney also happened. It was on Father's Day, hence the name. Either way, it was ProviderOfSouls first Season 2 tournament, where he placed 1st above meowmix, despite playing on an Xbox 360 controller. Also PartlyAwesome beat Jv5\_guy.

### I Loveb This Game Because Onions

*June 22nd, 2019*

Yet another weekly tournament, except this one was run by Flick. This tournament included the Season 2 debut of two players -- DJAndrom3da, who had not entered a tournament since The End of Shrek SuperSlam, and Jam, a player that was completely new to the community. This tourney is perhaps best known for Gnomeo's win over meowmix.

### Party Then Punish

*June 29th, 2019*

The weekly tournaments continue, and this one was hosted by Squeachu again. This was the first "Season 2" tournament for both TheBoiWhoCriedWolf and redridingshrek. Boi had an incredible performance, placing 1st and defeating Squeachu. redridingshrek had a disappointing performance, losing to Boi and Gnomeo, though he did claim before the tournament started that he was too tired to play. Gnomeo continued to achieve strong results, placing 3rd and earning a win over redridingshrek, and DJAndrom3da earned another win over Jam. This is also the first Season 2 tournament that PartlyAwesome didn't enter, which means no player has entered every Season 2 tournament.

### Tourney This Weekend 2

*July 6th, 2019*

There's still no sign of the weekly tournaments stopping. The bracket for this one was created when PartlyAwesome asked for a tournament that weekend. Again. Either way, scrubjr won this event over Squeachu, though Squeachu was sandbagging with Huff n Puff Wolf. Perhaps the more interesting result is Jam's 3rd place, which he earned by defeating PartlyAwesome, DJAndrom3da, and Flick. DJAndrom3da also placed 4th, earning an upset over Jv5\_guy over the process. Jv5\_guy unfortunately had a very disappointing tournament, losing to Flick and DJAndrom3da. This is particularly disappointing, as Robin Hood has incredibly strong matchups against Cyclops and Puss In Boots.

### The Revenge of Jv5\_Guy

*July 13th, 2019*

This was a tournament hosted by Flick, intended to be Jv5\_Guy's chance for redemption after going 0-2 at three tournaments in a row. Unfortunately he went 0-2 again. Either way, this tournament was also notable for the season 2 debut of sirensarecalling, though unfortunately she forfeited her Losers Finals match against scrubjr. hunterstuff also made his season 2 debut at this tournament, placing 5th and beating PartlyAwesome.

### Sunday Night SuperSlam Masters

*July 14th, 2019*

This tournament was hosted by Jv5\_Guy, making it the first tournament of season 2 to be hosted by a player other than Flick or Squeachu. Either way, it is best known for ProviderOfSouls entering under the name "FOgreMaster3000" and winning the tournament whilst playing solo Fiona Ogre. Flick also played solo Robin Hood, beating Jv5\_Guy and Jam along the way and placing 3rd. And yes, Jv5\_Guy went 0-2 again.

### MegaTemplate Is A Counterpick

*July 19th, 2019*

As usual, PartlyAwesome wanted a tournament, so it happened. This tournament is best known for Jv5\_Guy ending his loss streak, finally winning a tournament set after 11 losses in a row (which includes 5 tournaments in a row where he didn't win a single set, going 0-2). This was achieved by defeating PartlyAwesome in a close 2-1 set, which was easily the most hyped set of the tournament. Besides this, this tournament is also known for Gnomeo defeating scrubjr's Pinocchio and Anthrax with his Robin Hood. scrub intentionally chose not to switch to their "rage Gingy", being satisfied that a win over their Pinocchio is a legitimate win overall. Somewhat anticlimactically, after defeating scrubjr, Gnomeo immediately got stomped by ProviderOfSouls' Gingerbread Man in Grand Finals, only managing to take a single stock across the whole set.

## Future tournaments

### Season 2 Circuit

*Date TBA (estimated late July/early August)*

Also known as *S2C*, this is a tournament that will be hosted by scrubjr, intended to be the first "big event" of Season 2. Its timing is set to coincide with the return of Mast3rOfFlavor, who unfortunately has had internet issues since his impressive performance at The End of Shrek SuperSlam.

### Slam in the Swamp 2

*Date TBA*

The sequel to arguably the most important tournament in Shrek SuperSlam's history, Slam in the Swamp. Was intended to be hosted by Lalzu and Lord Ape in late 2016, but was indefinitely delayed. Due to Lalzu and Lord Ape's long-since retirement from the scene, this tournament has now achieved meme status, and will almost certainly never happen.

### SHREKTEMBER

*Date UNKNOWN*

Tournament hosted by ProviderOfSouls with an intentionally wacky ruleset. Delayed due to technical difficulties, it is unknown if this event will ever happen.