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For the very first time... Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at Battle of BC has a two-time champion! Give it up for @Hurt_ssb!! 🥇 #BoBC8

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That hit was so American that @Syrup_nair sent Hurt over the Peace Arch and back to Blaine 😳 #BoBC8

STAND UP! GRAB YOUR CHAIR!! With his back to the wall, @OuchBC electrifies the audience and the casters in one last gasp! #BoBC8

When the game decides to fake you out twice 😵‍💫 @Syrup_nair moves on to the losers final! #BoBC8

🎙️ "I'm bringing the damage to your front door!" ...I don't think that's exactly what Ouch ordered from @Hurt_ssb on Skip, but it's what he got. Hurt sits in the Grand Final! #BoBC8

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Into the Vancouver night, the crowd comes alive as @OuchBC ties up the winners final with Hurt! #BoBC8

Pour on the percent! 🥞 @Syrup_nair comes back to prevent Zawg from tying up the set! #BoBC8

After dropping the first game, @OuchBC wins three straight and is on his way to the #BoBC8 winners final! He's guaranteed 3rd place, his best showing at this event since his 2022 breakout performance.

THAT KILLED AT 70%!? 😳 @lostzawg *robbed* Game 1 vs. Ouch!? #BoBC8

Settle in because we've got a good one. @Hurt_ssb jumps out to a lead against MarK! #BoBC8 📺 twitch.tv/galintgaming

This event was so bright we needed shades 🕶️ Thanks to @Zenni_Gaming for helping power #BoBC8 and making our commentators and staff look snazzy! Go to battleofbc.com/zenni and use code BOBC15 for 15% off, now through June 18.

It took a long, long last stock, but @ZainNaghmi puts paid to Hbox's run and is your #BoBC8 Melee champion! 🥇 He is the second back-to-back winner in Melee (Cody Schwab, 2023 and 2024; Zain, 2025 and 2026).

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For the ✨ FIRST TIME EVER ✨ (in five attempts), @LiquidHbox is in the grand final of a Battle of BC! #BoBC8

When @LiquidHbox wins, you expect—well, for him that's very mindful, very demure. #BoBC8 Next up: versus Moky for the right to play Zain! twitch.tv/galintgaming

HE HAS THE POWER 🗡️ @LiquidHbox wields Jigglypuff with aplomb and gets his first win on Wizzrobe this year! #BoBC8

Whoa!! @LilTrickshot is coming out blazing against Zain with lots of new tech 👨🏻‍🔬 #BoBC8

Okie @moky_dokie... We see you 👀 With his 3–0 sweep of Wizzrobe at #BoBC8, he's guaranteed to at least tie the highest placing by a Canadian-born player in Melee at Battle of BC (KirbyKaze in 2017).

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Whew that was close! 😨 @LiquidHbox dispatches Jmook in five games to stay alive at #BoBC8.

You'd be screaming at the TV, too. 😱 @LiquidHbox fails to capitalize on Jmook's error and then comes back to get the Rest anyway! #BoBC8

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Melee Top 8 has begun and so too has SALT SEASON 🧂 #BoBC8 📺 twitch.tv/galintgaming

Call the health department 'cuz this Cake is FILTHY 🔥🍰🔥 @CakeAssault takes @RivalsOfAether II at #BoBC8!

SOPHILOOOOOOOO ‼️ After a roller coaster of a set, she clutches it out in Game 5 to move onto the @RivalsofAether II Grand Final! #BoBC8

When you make your rivals your friends. #BoBC8 📸 @alonelychime

🌽🔄‼️ Corn might not grow in BC, but Corncycle is growing large! He's punched his ticket to Top 4! #BoBC8

When the mixup is a mystery to @Mystery_Sol 🤷 #BoBC8

They were scrapping off stage... until @NNG_CD scored! 🏒 His shot stopped Pikmon's recovery cold and propels him to the next round! #BoBC8

There was a lot of fighting on Saturday at #BoBC8. Here's how it all shook out.

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Get ready to be a-maize-d 🌽🔄 In his first Top 8 at a major, @CorncycleBuh moves on with a clean sweep of Maya! #BoBC8

The curtain rises on a new day in Vancouver and on our Rivals of Aether II final at #BoBC8! Winners: @CakeAssault vs. @Mystery_Sol @BeastlyDFW vs. @SophiloR2 Losers: @CorncycleBuh vs. @mayapnw @NNG_CD vs. @PeterPikmon twitch.tv/GalintGaming

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In addition to Championship Sunday at #BoBC8, join us for side events and community fighting games throughout the day! It's your last day to get Play the City stamps and prizes!

Three games. Three trophies. One unforgettable Championship Sunday on deck. 🎟️ If you're in the Vancouver area, we'd love to see you. Come on down and watch Battle of BC 8 in person! You can still get tickets to spectate.

2 down. 1 to go. Before we start Championship Sunday at #BoBC8, take a look back at Saturday with photos from @alonelychime:

It was a nail-biter through and through, but @TempoAxe joins the Top 8 lineup for tomorrow and takes out Spark! #BoBC8

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Now that's quick work! Salt eliminated this first stock in eight seconds and dispatched Aura in three games. ⏱️ @SaltSSB is the first losers-side qualifier to tomorrow's Melee Top 8! #BoBC8

After a year and a half without a win versus Hungrybox, @LilTrickshot drains the 3! Joshman joins Wizzrobe, Moky and Zain in the #BoBC8 winners bracket tomorrow afternoon.

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Sure, you hear about Jigglypuff's Rest and Sing. But don't sleep on Rollout. #BoBC8

Is @ZainNaghmi mad? We don't know, but he sure is hot. A 3–0 sweep of Jmook books him a seat at Top 8 tomorrow! #BoBC8

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Can't cook without Salt... @SaltSSB, that is. 🧂 #BoBC8 📺 twitch.tv/galintgaming

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This IC from BC wants to ensure he moves on! @BluePinataSSBM with the FILTHY combo on Stiv. #BoBC8 📺 twitch.tv/galintgaming

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On your MarK... get set... go! 🏁 @ssbmark7 takes down Lemmon in a set that went the distance! #BoBC8

Maple > Syrup Ontario's @NotBrayden_64 continues his hot play and defeats the tournament's #2 seed! #BoBC8

You've seen them all weekend all over #BoBC8. And now it's your turn to... play them? BoBC mascot Bobby Crest is a playable Workshop character in Rivals of Aether II! And you can try him out in our Bobby C. Bracket. Sign up in the Rivals area or watch the stream: www.twitch.tv/Flare2V

Who-bert? HUEBERT! Riding Ekko and Akali, @HUEBERT47 claims victory in 2XKO at #BoBC8 after a nine-game grand final thriller!

🚨 RESET ALERT IN 2XKO! 🚨 @cinotoastcrunch was down 2–1 in the Grand Final and came back to force a bracket reset on Huebert! #BoBC8

Cereal's in the house. But who brought the (bagged) milk? 🥛 @cinotoastcrunch moves on to face @HUEBERT47 in the 2XKO Grand Final at #BoBC8! 📺 twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps

It's @yozu365 in the Flowzu~ He moves on in the 2XKO bracket! #BoBC8

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