Weekly Recap 11/18/25
by Mario Macchiarulo (supermario)
Welcome to the first edition of Long Island Smash Network’s Weekly Recap! Here, we provide a wrap-up of all the highlights and headlines from the week of tournaments around Long Island. This one was a huge one! 4 tournaments took place, with 2 of them being Long Island Summit Qualifiers! Let’s get into it!
Starting with Ultimate Rare #46 Fellas in Paras that took place on November 12th, there was a ton going on. Gaius was making their debut at Ultimate Rare fresh off a Fusion Aracadian win, SoulArts returned, and Cloud player Deedha returned from a small break. A ton of close sets took place- Ajred edging out Aminayski 3-2 in WR1, Gaius edging out Deedha 3-2 in WR1, among others in the early losers rounds. Gaius won it all in style- beating Louis Dio, KeMonito, player 4, and SoulArts twice (after first losing in Winners Final), to top off an impressive victory. Deedha also topped off a strong losers run with 4th place- defeating Verbatim, Aminayski, and KeMonito along the way. Nice to see an interesting mix of players face off this week. See below for the top 8 graphic and bracket link!
https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-rare-46-fellas-in-paras/events
Moving to Gotham City Thursday on November 13th, a loaded bracket was in order. Amaryllis, layla, PkChris, Wheezer, and Stratas were all in attendance. A main thing to note is Christian’s huge Winners Round 2 upset over Wheezer. Bracket was tough- with a lot of solid players having to face off early in losers, but that’s the beauty of smash! PkChris topped off a solid bracket win beating layla x2 and Amaryllis. See below for the top 8 graphic and bracket link!
https://www.start.gg/tournament/gotham-city-smash-ultimate-thursday-11-13-15/events
Now, to the two hottest events of the week. Firstly, Ultimate Rare Friday 12 Edition- the first of two LI Summit Qualifiers. Tons of hot sets- vanchy taking the set 3-2 against player 4 in Winners Quarters, Yufine closing it out 3-2 against KeMonito in Winners Quarters, and Yufine getting another close upset against DTP in Winners Semis. Vanchy did excellently to get to winners side grands, beating Yufine, but was stopped by a sharp DTP losers run. DTP secured the summit spot in game 5 of true finals. Awesome stuff! See below for the top 8 graphic and bracket link!
https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-rare-friday-12-li-summit-lc-qualifier/events
And finally, the final spot for LI Summit was decided at Shield Breaker #28- with a loaded 24 player bracket in action. Some of Long Island’s best turned up for the big event- with players like Raptor, MintyFlesh, pango, Finn, SirDunk, and Yufine, all vying to get the coveted last spot. SirDunk got off to a great start with a tense game 5 win against Mintyflesh. Yufine went on an utter tear- logging PR wins on Hikarizard and Amaryllis before getting sent to losers by SoulArts. Meanwhile, Raptor, after losing to Stratas 3-1 in Winners Round 2, won 4 sets in a row, including against Finn, KeMonito, and Hikarizard, to get to Losers Quarters. With MintyFlesh bowing out to layla in Losers Quarters, the final summit spot was all to come down between Yufine and Raptor’s set. With some solid play, Yufine scored a 3-1 victory against Raptor and secured the final LI Summit Spot. All the while, PkChris defeated layla in a game 10 true finals to secure his 2nd local win of the week. Top 8 Graphic and bracket link below!
https://www.start.gg/tournament/shield-breaker-28-valhallan-esports-louie-summit-qualifier/details
A great week for Long Island’s locals, with tons of high stakes sets and excellent gameplay. Looking forward to this next week of locals as the road to summit begins! See some photos of the LI Summit Qualifying Spot Winners!
