Akaland SSBU

Akaland SSBU is the competitive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate circuit run in the Akaland Discord server. It is currently toward the middle of its third season, with Akaland Classic 07 having just recently occurred.

This page will provide a general overview of the circuit, including its features, history, and bullet-pointed major takeaways from each event.

### Features and Functions

#### Classic

The Akaland Classics are the main tournaments of the circuit. Three Classics are played per season, with the Classics occurring whenever Akamos and the TOs get time to organize them. They are limited to 32 players. They are played in best-of-three sets until Top 8, when sets become best-of-five. Classics are played in a double-elimination format.

#### APEX

The APEX series are Akaland's biggest Smash event. Twelve Akaland SSBU players participate by invitation in a best-of-five, double elimination singles event, with doubles, crews, Smashketball, and other events being hosted throughout the event's two-day or three-day span, depending on circumstances.

The player invitation system works as follows:

* The three Classic winners are automatically invited.
* The three highest players on the APR not already qualified by winning a Classic are invited.
* Six players are invited by vote-in. Players deemed as active by TOs are included on the ballot.

#### Crews

Crews consist of Akaland SSBU players working together to solidify themselves as a strong group of players. There have been two separate systems of crews throughout the lifetime of the circuit. Check the official Crews wiki page for more information.

#### Predictions

Before each tournament, at least 24 hours are allotted for players to predict how they think the bracket will play out. Bracket prediction winners are generally recognized in the final announcements at the closing of the tournaments, but TOs do not at this time have any other rewards to provide. As a result, predictions are generally just seen as a way to have some fun and tide community members over until the tournament.

#### APR

The APR, or Akaland Power Ranking, is considered the most accurate ranking for players in the Akaland SSBU circuit. Curated both by an algorithm and by anonymous top players in the scene, the APR sorts the top 12 players in Akaland. For more information and official listings, check the official APR wiki page.

### History

#### Creation

Akaland SSBU was created by Akamos and Tenn0n. It is run through challonge.com. In the beginning, rankings for the league were calculated manually by Tenn0n. For Akaland Classic 01, seedings were determined by TO discretion. Season 1 saw the implementation of the APEX series of invitationals as well.

#### Season 1

Season 1 saw the introduction of the circuit, solidifying the three-Classic-one-APEX format used to this day. It also saw the opening of bracket predictions and the APR.

##### Classic 01

Follow this link to the Akaland Classic 01 bracket.

* #20 Houman makes (arguably) the greatest losers run in Akaland SSBU to make top 8.
* #7 JuanR773 upsets #2 BlueMarker.
* #6 Spectro makes a deep run into Winners Finals.
* Tenn0n defeats Akamos in a Grand Finals reset to take his sole tournament win.

##### Classic 02

Follow this link to the Akaland Classic 02 bracket.

* #9 Dr Power makes his sole appearance in the circuit, placing 7th.
* #7 BlueMarker upsets #2 Tenn0n and makes a Grand Finals run.
* #1 Akamos nets his first tournament win.

##### Classic 03

Follow this link to the Akaland Classic 03 bracket.

* #8 Spectro upsets #1 BlueMarker and makes a Winners Finals run.
* #15 TPC\_Delta makes a Cinderella top 8 run.
* #6 NicoDee wins the tournament over #1 BlueMarker in the iconic "The Stone" moment.

##### APEX 1

Follow this link to the APEX 1 SINGLES bracket.

* #8 Map takes one dominant game over #5 Spectro, but still loses the set.
* #4 NicoDee double eliminates #1 Akamos to become the Season 1 Champion.