==REGARDING GC CONTROLLER ADAPTERS==
Only Nintendo/Wii U brand, Mayflash, & PG adapters are allowed at Ignition. Other 3rd Party adapters are BANNED at future Ignitions.
If you adapter says "NYKO" or is brandless, we will not use it.
We’ll not let more controllers get damaged
THIS WEDNESDAY'S IGNITION IS CANCELLED.
The weather in Chicago is going to be potentially life-threateningly cold. We have no intention to run an event in this severity of weather, so we will not be hosting Ignition this week. Please be careful over the next few days.
We did it! Just 12 days before
#SmashUltimate
’s release, the Frostbite 2017 North America vs Japan crew battle video has reached 1 Million views! We can’t say enough how much this means to us, and we hope you’ll all
#ComeToFrostbite
in 2019 for the sequel.
Congratulations to
@ApolloKage
for winning
#SmashBros
at Ignition 225! It was a heated 200+ person event with top players from Chicagoland, St Louis, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
Ignition is back, baby!
Ignition 221 is over, and
@Panda_Bair
takes it for his 2nd win, with an explosive Grand Finals victory! We hope everyone had a great tourney, and we look forward to having you out here next week!
VODs:
Congratulations to
@Maister_SSB
for winning Ignition 183, using all Game & Watch! Taking it over 111 other entrants, he continues to be the 2nd most frequent winner at Ultimate Ignition!
And
@PANDA_BAIR
wins his FIRST IGNITION EVER (and the first Ignition win of 2019) over Tyroy, using purely Villager in Grands! What an intense last game last hit Grand Finals! You better believe we got a legendary Panda Popoff®!
All VODs are here:
This Wednesday, we WILL NOT be live-streaming Ignition to stand in solidarity with
#ADayOffTwitch
We WILL record matches as if they are being streamed & VODs will upload to YouTube. If you want to experience Ignition live, consider coming out!
#SmashBros
Hello Ignition supporters,
We will be postponing events for the next 2 weeks in the interest of public safety. Possible Omicron spikes during the holidays are a risk for our players at this time.
The current plan is to return on 1/19.
Thanks for your understanding, & be safe!
IGNITION RETURNS JULY 7TH!
We are moving to a new home, two blocks from the Chicago city limits, at Ignite’s Skokie venue!
There are reasons for the move, so read this thread to see how we've worked to bring back Chicago’s largest event bigger & better than ever before! (1/6)
our champ for Ignition 188 is
@FrostyBelmont
! Another new unique winner for Ignition, only using Richter the entire tourney! This was the last Ignition of the current PR season, see you next season, starting July 1
Bracket:
VODs:
Congratulations to
@SoulComet
for winning Ignition 189, successfully invading Chicago and defeating everyone on the way, including another invader!
Everyone have a great 4th of July!
Bracket:
VODs:
Congrats to
@Ravenking_SSB
for winning Ignition
#212
with a dominant performance!
We had an incredibly variant Top 8, with all 8 players playing different characters throughout the bracket.
Thanks for coming, see you next week!
@bartsdiaz7
We have had multiple controllers’ plugs get stuck in the adapters, which has made us have to destroy the adapter to try to rescue the controller. This happened again last night, and the controller’s plug was not salvageable.
Congratulations to
@ArmadaGG
's
@SSB_Ned
for winning the 200th Ignition! Our largest weekly to date with 280 entrants & is one of the largest in Ultimates history thus far! We're thankful for everyone that supported us these last 4 years! See you next week!
Ignition 205 is over, and
@SSB_Ned
is our winner! Running mainly Pokemon Trainer, Ned came from Losers Finals & ran it back with an explosive double 3-0 victory. Thank you to all of the out-of-state invaders who showed up!
We'll see everyone next week!
Congratulations to our Ignition
#217
winner:
@big_mak321
! Using only Sheik, he pulled through in a Game 10 Grand Finals from losers side! We hope everyone enjoyed the show, and hope everyone signs up for Confluence!
VODs:
Ignition 200 is NEXT WEEK! We’ll have a $200 pot bonus!
We’ll be renting out extra space for the event, as we’re expecting a very large turnout & want to have as many setups as possible! Please bring your setups, as well as any monitors if you have them, they’ll be appreciated!
Ignition has been running for almost 4 years. The 1st tournament was on October 14, 2015! To celebrate the upcoming 200th Ignition this Wednesday we made a chart showing off the entrant count of every Ignition since the start. Thanks for a great 4 years, here’s to another 4 more!