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"This must be the craziest tournament I've ever seen," the Samus main blurted in disbelief.

Indeed, no bookmaker could have projected the bracket of yesterday's invitational event. The greatest surprise of all was an outcome last seen more than a decade ago: a supermajor victory for veteran player Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman.

After dropping a set to Justin "Plup" McGrath in pools, Mew2King went on a tear in the event's top-16 bracket, defeating elite Swedes Adam "Armada" Lindgren and William "Leffen" Hjelte to find himself in Winner's Finals. There, he dispatched the up-and-comer Zain "Zain" Naghmi before overcoming a resurgent Armada 3-1 in Grand Finals, capturing the tournament without falling into loser's bracket.

As Armada's Fox careered towards the blast zone, Mew2King stared around the venue with widened eyes and a slack jaw, incapable of processing the weight of his accomplishment. Though Mew2King had won a smattering of majors over the last few years, Smash Summit 6 was the first tournament that he had ever topped with all of Melee's active "gods" in attendance.

Though he was unable to win the whole shebang, Zain's performance at Smash Summit 6 deserves great praise. Recently signed by fighting game organization Panda Global, the Marth main and current Virginia Tech senior entered Smash Summit 6 as the event's 11th seed.

When asked before the tournament which player he'd most like to get his shot at at Smash Summit 6, Zain made his desires clear.

"It would have to be Mang0," he said. "I think it would make for a really exciting set."

In Winner's quarterfinals of the invitational, Zain got his chance. He capitalized, sending Joseph "Mang0" Marquez to loser's bracket in a five-game thriller. Immediately afterward, he silenced any remaining doubters by defeating Plup in Winner's semifinals. Zain's 3rd-place finish was by far the best of any player ever voted into a Smash Summit event.

Despite his loss to Zain, Mang0 gave his fans plenty to be excited about last weekend. After trying time and again to defeat Armada and Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma with Fox, Mang0 pulled out his Falco at Smash Summit 6 to defeat both of his demons in pools.

Only time will tell if Mang0's peers will adapt to this drastic change in strategy-or if Mang0's newfound Falco prowess will give him the juice necessary for a major victory of his own.

As for Hungrybox, the SSBMRank No. 1 took an unexpected step back from the action during last night's finals. In pools, he found himself on the losing end of one of the biggest upsets of the year, falling 3-2 to Japanese competitor Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto. Smash Summit 6 was a landmark event for the Yoshi main, who also managed to take a game off of Armada on his way to a 7th-place finish.

Thanks to his pools losses, Hungrybox began his top-16 bracket in loser's side. In a relentless loser's run, he defeated Mang0 and Leffen, then brought Armada all the way to game five of their Loser's Semi-Finals set.

While the Jigglypuff main spent much of the weekend licking his wounds, the threat of his victory hung over the venue until the moment it became impossible.

"Armada was maybe the only thing in your way," admitted commentator Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman to Hungrybox near the tournament's end.

The world of Smash was turned on its head last night, but Melee remains a game dominated by a select group of players; all of the "gods" in attendance at Smash Summit 6 made their way into top-8. However, the unexpected successes of Zain's Marth, aMSa's Yoshi, and Mang0's Falco are proof that a brave new world is on the horizon-one in which Mew2King stands inside the winner's circle.