<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This weekend, a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament was taking place, known as Pound 2020. Situations involving COVID-19 is forcing tournament organizers to hold events online in order to hold tournaments.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For instance, this year, Pound 2020 (normally a local major in Maryland or Virginia), is being held online due to COVID-19. Initially, it was canceled due to the coronavirus, but was later reannounced as an online event.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That sounds great and all, given that the show can go on, but some games’ online play is not so great. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one such case. Its online is kind of bad at times.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament is the stage of a controversy involving the event. During the event, a player named Grayson was leading 2-0 in a Top 32 set against Cosmos. Sounds normal. right?</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Controversy</h3>
<p>The incident started as a mostly normal set. Grayson hosted game 1 and won it. Then, a report came in that players were experiencing lag during the match. Cagt, one of the organizers, requested that both players provide information about their network environments.</p>
<p>Cosmos reported a ping of 2, a download speed of 93.53 Mbps, and an upload speed of 60.48 Mbps (shown below).</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-157537 size-full" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27154619/26_lag01.jpg" alt="Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros." /></p>
<p>Meanwhile, Grayson had a ping of 26, a download speed of 34.76, and an upload speed of 10.82 Mbps (shown below).</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-157538 size-full" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27154756/26_lag02.jpg" alt="Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros." /></p>
<p>To further this, Cagt hosted a separate lobby, where Grayson and Cosmos each performed a button check for lag. Both were deemed fine at the time, and Grayson and Cosmos played game 2. Grayson won again, and Cosmos reported lag again.</p>
<p>In a collection of various tweets, Cagt sums up the remainder of the scenario, shown below.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-157540 size-full" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27155031/26_lag03.jpg" alt="Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros." /></p>
<p>Grayson was unfortunately disqualified from both his winners&#8217; bracket slot and a theoretical losers bracket position. For context, almost all fighting game tournaments run double elimination brackets (if you lose a match, you&#8217;re sent to the losers/lower bracket, and if you lose there, your tournament run is done).</p>
<p>However, Cagt, after the event, contacted Grayson, and they agreed that Cagt would give him a <a href="https://twitter.com/Cagt3000/status/1254518121085403143?s=20">fully compensated trip</a> to any event of Grayson&#8217;s choosing after the pandemic ends.</p>
<p><strong>What did you think about the Pound 2020 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate situation? Do you agree with Grayson&#8217;s disqualification? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If you like content about gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic, be sure to read our article on why Sweden thinks gaming is a safe haven <a href="https://bagogames.com/despite-coronavirus-outbreak-gaming-industrys-a-safe-haven/">here</a>.</strong></p>

Pound 2020: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Player Double DQ’d
Player disqualified due to lag in a $5,000 tournament
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