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96-459: The inaugural 2020 edition of the tournament was announced on March 1, 2020; however the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of all offline Super Smash Bros. tournaments, and therefore the premature end of the tournament mid-March. It returned the following year, successfully completing, and returned once again in 2022. The 2021 Championship's prize pool of a combined $ 150,000 remains one of

192-625: A healthy diet are also recommended. Supportive care in severe cases includes treatment to relieve symptoms , fluid therapy , oxygen support and prone positioning , and medications or devices to support other affected vital organs. More severe cases may need treatment in hospital. In those with low oxygen levels, use of the glucocorticoid dexamethasone is recommended to reduce mortality. Noninvasive ventilation and, ultimately, admission to an intensive care unit for mechanical ventilation may be required to support breathing. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used to address

288-627: A variant of concern (VoC) or a variant of interest (VoI). Many of these variants have shared the more infectious D614G . As of May 2023, the WHO had downgraded all variants of concern to previously circulating as these were no longer detected in new infections. Sub-lineages of the Omicron variant (BA.1 – BA.5) were considered separate VoCs by the WHO until they were downgraded in March 2023 as no longer widely circulating. As of 24 September 2024 ,

384-494: A Silver event, with the organizers accepting or denying their application; all the Platinum and Gold events were decided in advance. Although it did not take place, the 2022 Smash World Championships would have followed a format similar to 2021's. Each game would have had a prize pool of $ 125,000 split between all participants, from $ 40,000 to the winners to $ 500 for the eight players tied for last place (25th). The confirmation of

480-522: A boycott of Panda events. On the same day as the SWT statement, VGBootCamp, one of the main organizations behind the Smash World Tour, announced that "based on our recent communications with Nintendo, we would be putting ourselves at further risk if we continued forward with our current plans", that they were unsure of the future of their company due to these communications, and were forced to cancel

576-493: A comprehensive international study. Such deaths include deaths due to healthcare capacity constraints and priorities, as well as reluctance to seek care (to avoid possible infection). Further research may help distinguish the proportions directly caused by COVID-19 from those caused by indirect consequences of the pandemic. In May 2022, the WHO estimated the number of excess deaths by the end of 2021 to be 14.9 million compared to 5.4 million reported COVID-19 deaths, with

672-616: A counter-event to the Panda Cup Finale and a spiritual successor to the Smash World Tour (with "Scuffed World Tour" also making the initials "SWT"), scheduled to overlap with the Grand Finals of the Panda Cup Finale. For both games, invites were extended to 8 players with the most points in the Smash World Tour 2022, and all money raised by the event was pledged to VGBootCamp; several Panda Cup Finale-qualified players expressed interest in attending Ludwig's event instead, and with

768-595: A large number of people". During the COVID-19 pandemic, as with other pandemics, the meaning of this term has been challenged. The end of a pandemic or other epidemic only rarely involves the total disappearance of a disease, and historically, much less attention has been given to defining the ends of epidemics than their beginnings. The ends of particular epidemics have been defined in a variety of ways, differing according to academic field, and differently based on location and social group. An epidemic's end can be considered

864-451: A median range of 0.24% to 1.49%. IFRs rise as a function of age (from 0.002% at age 10 and 0.01% at age 25, to 0.4% at age 55, 1.4% at age 65, 4.6% at age 75, and 15% at age 85). These rates vary by a factor of ≈10,000 across the age groups. For comparison, the IFR for middle-aged adults is two orders of magnitude higher than the annualised risk of a fatal automobile accident and much higher than

960-501: A player's points are limited to their three best in Platinum results, their three best Gold results, their best single Super Silver result, and the six Silver results which earned them the most points. As the tour was fully focused on traditional singles competition, results for doubles tournaments or other forms of Super Smash Bros. competition featured at events part of the Smash World Tour had no impact on points, and only open tournaments were eligible, ruling out invitationals. For both

1056-637: A point system applicable to many tournaments part of the tour and working with the Smash World Tour, but unlike tournaments part of the 2021 tour, not organized directly by them. The organizers once again partnered with Twitch, with new partner online coaching platform Metafy. The prize pool for the Smash World Championship at the end of the tour was $ 250,000, beating the previous year's $ 150,000 record for biggest event prize pool in Super Smash Bros. history. Platinum and Gold events,

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1152-501: A producer for Super Smash Con . After announcement, Calvin said that the Smash World Tour was "the next step to push Smash toward a tier one esport", and making the game more profitable for tournament organizers (TOs) and competitors. While the tour was partnered with Twitch and the fighting game website start.gg , it had not waited to partner with Nintendo , which The Washington Post deemed to have "mired past attempts" at creating prominent Super Smash Bros. circuits; however,

1248-546: A public announcement in order for commercial events to be operated featuring Nintendo's intellectual property , and that the Smash World Tour had failed both health and safety guidelines and "internal partner guidelines", meaning Nintendo would be unable to grant a license for any upcoming Smash World Tour activity. In a second statement to IGN on December 2, Nintendo said that they "let [the Smash World Tour] know verbally that [Nintendo was] not requiring they cancel

1344-405: A qualification, with the territories being North America, Central America, Europe, Japan, Oceania, South America, and the "Wild Card Region"; the latter was a spot given to the player with the most points from outside any of the six previous territories. The 23 other players with the most points regardless of territory, and two last players would have been decided via a Last Chance Qualifier, rounding

1440-824: A random sample have consistently found that total infections considerably exceed the reported case counts. Many countries, early on, had official policies to not test those with only mild symptoms. The strongest risk factors for severe illness are obesity, complications of diabetes , anxiety disorders, and the total number of conditions. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic it was not clear whether young people were less likely to be infected, or less likely to develop symptoms and be tested. A retrospective cohort study in China found that children and adults were just as likely to be infected. Among more thorough studies, preliminary results from 9 April 2020 found that in Gangelt ,

1536-461: A social phenomenon, not just a biological one. Time reported in March 2024 that expert opinions differ on whether or not COVID-19 is considered endemic or pandemic, and that the WHO continued to call the disease a pandemic on its website. During the initial outbreak in Wuhan , the virus and disease were commonly referred to as "coronavirus", "Wuhan coronavirus", "the coronavirus outbreak" and

1632-451: A test. Conversely, deaths of people who died from underlying conditions following a positive test may be included. Countries such as Belgium include deaths from suspected cases, including those without a test, thereby increasing counts. Official death counts have been claimed to underreport the actual death toll, because excess mortality (the number of deaths in a period compared to a long-term average) data show an increase in deaths that

1728-484: A wave of resignations from Panda employees and many top players deciding to boycott the upcoming Panda Cup Finale, Panda announced the resignation of Bunney as CEO (but not owner) and the postponement of the Panda Cup Finale. The Smash World Tour was created by siblings Calvin "GimR" Lofton and Matthew "Aposl" Lofton, founders of the longstanding Super Smash Bros. tournament organization VGBootCamp, and Justin Wykowski,

1824-505: Is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando , Florida . McGrath is considered to be one of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top 10 Melee players every year since 2015. McGrath initially rose to prominence in 2015 after placing highly in several major tournaments. Among his best placings are first at GENESIS 5 , second at The Big House 7 and Smash Summit 9, and third at EVO 2016 and EVO 2018 . McGrath

1920-518: Is associated with COVID-19 and is reported in as many as 88% of cases. The disease is mainly transmitted via the respiratory route when people inhale droplets and small airborne particles (that form an aerosol ) that infected people exhale as they breathe, talk, cough, sneeze, or sing. Infected people are more likely to transmit COVID-19 when they are physically close to other non-infected individuals. However, infection can occur over longer distances, particularly indoors. SARS‑CoV‑2 belongs to

2016-611: Is discouraged altogether by the World Health Organization (WHO), due to limited evidence of its efficacy. The severity of COVID-19 varies. It may take a mild course with few or no symptoms, resembling other common upper respiratory diseases such as the common cold . In 3–4% of cases (7.4% for those over age 65) symptoms are severe enough to cause hospitalisation. Mild cases typically recover within two weeks, while those with severe or critical diseases may take three to six weeks to recover. Among those who have died,

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2112-439: Is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ). Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). This knowledge accelerated

2208-490: Is not explained by COVID-19 deaths alone. Using such data, estimates of the true number of deaths from COVID-19 worldwide have included a range from 18.2 to 33.5 million (≈27.4 million) by 18 November 2023 by The Economist , as well as over 18.5 million by 1 April 2023 by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and ≈18.2 million (earlier) deaths between 1 January 2020, and 31 December 2021, by

2304-452: Is the ratio of deaths to diagnoses. This metric can be misleading because of the delay between symptom onset and death and because testing focuses on symptomatic individuals. Based on Johns Hopkins University statistics, the global CFR was 1.02 percent (6,881,955 deaths for 676,609,955 cases) as of 10 March 2023. The number varies by region and has generally declined over time. Several variants have been named by WHO and labelled as

2400-406: Is the seventh known coronavirus to infect people, after 229E , NL63 , OC43 , HKU1 , MERS-CoV , and the original SARS-CoV . The standard method of testing for presence of SARS-CoV-2 is a nucleic acid test , which detects the presence of viral RNA fragments. As these tests detect RNA but not infectious virus, its "ability to determine duration of infectivity of patients is limited." The test

2496-614: Is typically done on respiratory samples obtained by a nasopharyngeal swab ; however, a nasal swab or sputum sample may also be used. The WHO has published several testing protocols for the disease. Preventive measures to reduce the chances of infection include getting vaccinated, staying at home or spending more time outdoors, avoiding crowded places, keeping distance from others, wearing a mask in public, ventilating indoor spaces, managing potential exposure durations, washing hands with soap and water often and for at least twenty seconds, practising good respiratory hygiene, and avoiding touching

2592-722: The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic ), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan , China, in December 2019. It spread to other areas of Asia, and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared

2688-514: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market there, but it is possible that human-to-human transmission began earlier. Molecular clock analysis suggests that the first cases were likely to have been between October and November 2019. The scientific consensus is that the virus is most likely of a zoonotic origin, from bats or another closely related mammal. While other explanations such as speculations that SARS-CoV-2

2784-407: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimating the true number of cases as of early 2022 to be in the billions. One measure that public health officials and policymakers have used to monitor the pandemic and guide decision-making is the test positivity rate ("percent positive"). According to Johns Hopkins in 2020, one benchmark for a "too high" per cent positive is 5%, which was used by

2880-469: The Melee and Ultimate tournaments of the ultimately cancelled 2020 Championships, the 31 players with the most points would have qualified, plus one final player who would have qualified via a Last Chance Qualifier tournament taking place on the first day of the event. The 2022 version followed a similar yet different system, also based on points: the highest-scoring player for each of seven territories earned

2976-602: The basic reproduction number (R 0 ) for COVID-19 in January 2020 were between 1.4 and 2.5, but a subsequent analysis claimed that it may be about 5.7 (with a 95 per cent confidence interval of 3.8 to 8.9). In December 2021, the number of cases continued to climb due to several factors, including new COVID-19 variants. As of that 28   December, 282,790,822 individuals worldwide had been confirmed as infected. As of 14 April 2022 , over 500 million cases were confirmed globally. Most cases are unconfirmed, with

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3072-474: The variants of interest as specified by the World Health Organization are BA.2.86 and JN.1, and the variants under monitoring are JN.1.7, KP.2, KP.3, KP.3.1.1, JN.1.18, LB.1, and XEC. Symptoms of COVID-19 are variable, ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Common symptoms include headache, loss of smell and taste , nasal congestion and runny nose , cough, muscle pain , sore throat , fever, diarrhoea , and breathing difficulties . People with

3168-429: The "Wuhan coronavirus outbreak", with the disease sometimes called "Wuhan pneumonia ". In January 2020, the WHO recommended 2019-nCoV and 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease as interim names for the virus and disease per 2015 international guidelines against using geographical locations (e.g. Wuhan, China), animal species, or groups of people in disease and virus names in part to prevent social stigma . WHO finalised

3264-559: The 2022 Smash World Tour included over 6,400 offline tournaments, and featured over 325,000 players. The completion of the gold-tier tournament Apex 2022 on November 20, 2022, the final event of the tour before the Last Chance Qualifiers and Championships, marked the end of the points ranking competition, and the confirmation of the 30 qualified players for each game (not counting two future final two Last Chance Qualifier qualified players); American player Hungrybox topped

3360-480: The 2022 finals event", as well as reaffirming their commitment to Panda as a partner. Smash World Tour stated that the timeline of Nintendo's actions were illogical if they intended to allow the Championships proceed. The same day, Panda published a statement denying their involvement in the cancellation of the Championships. They also denyed most of the accusations against Bunney, though they acknowledged that

3456-511: The Championships, players would have to place high in the Regional Finals, 16-players offline tournaments; each region had a different number of players that would qualify for the Championships at each Regional Finals. To avoid large concentrations of players during the pandemic, Ultimate players had to qualify for the Regional Finals via Qualifiers, large open tournaments held online, while notable Melee players were directly invited to

3552-416: The Championships, the final event of the tour, to determine the world champion. The tiers were, from highest to lowest, Platinum, Gold, Super Silver (only in 2022), and Silver; each tier gave the same amount of points per tournament result, except for Silver-tier tournaments which received a sub-ranking in 2002 going from Silver 4, the highest, to Silver 1, the lowest. The points do not accumulate without limit:

3648-488: The Last Chance Qualifier, the 2021 Smash World Championship was divided in two parts. In the first two days, a round-robin phase saw all 40 entrants divided in eight groups of five players who would all face each other, with a double-elimination bracket phrase taking place on the third and final day. For each group of the round-robin phase, the player ranked first started the bracket phase in winners' side,

3744-531: The Panda Cup, a competing circuit organized by Panda which, unlike the SWT, was officially licensed by Nintendo. The announcement caused a major controversy in the competitive Super Smash Bros. community, and resulted in near-universal condemnation against both Nintendo, which denied some of the accusations and did not address the others, and Panda, which denied all accusations safe from one occurrence of misconduct from Bunney. Following further backslash, which saw

3840-499: The Qualifier tournaments for Ultimate . The final two events were the Last Chance Qualifier event to determine the final entrants of the Smash World Championship, the circuit's final event. The switch from the original system making independent tournaments part of the tour via a point system to a series of events dedicated solely to the circuit where offline tournaments would have a limited number of players, took place in order to make

3936-583: The Regional Finals. Each tournament had eight final entrants joining via the Last Chance Qualifier, making the total number of participants in the Championship 40, instead of 32 like the other years. The regions for both games are North America East, North America West (for Canada and the United States), Central America (including Mexico, although it is not considered part of Central America), South America, Europe, East Asia, and Oceania. Not counting

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4032-486: The Smash World Championships on December 17–19, 2021, featuring 40 players in both the Melee and Ultimate tournaments. American player Plup became the inaugural Melee world champion, and Mexican player MkLeo becoming the inaugural Ultimate world champion. The 2022 edition of the Smash World Tour was announced on March 9, 2022. It marked the return of the original planned 2022 format, using

4128-442: The Smash World Tour, and that Nintendo appeared supportive, though a license had not been granted before the 2022 circuit had begun. They claimed that on November 23, Nintendo had informed them that a license would not be granted for either the 2022 Championships or the 2023 circuit, and that Nintendo had told them that the lack of a license meant the events were not allowed to operate. Smash World Tour accused Alan Bunney, then- CEO of

4224-640: The WHO in the past. As of 10 March 2023, more than 6.88   million deaths had been attributed to COVID-19. The first confirmed death was in Wuhan on 9 January 2020. These numbers vary by region and over time, influenced by testing volume, healthcare system quality, treatment options, government response, time since the initial outbreak, and population characteristics, such as age, sex, and overall health. Multiple measures are used to quantify mortality. Official death counts typically include people who died after testing positive. Such counts exclude deaths without

4320-419: The WHO, US, European Union, and Australia. On 12 November 2022, the WHO released its Global Vaccine Market Report. The report indicated that "inequitable distribution is not unique to COVID-19 vaccines"; countries that are not economically strong struggle to obtain vaccines. On 14 November 2022, the first inhalable vaccine was introduced, developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics , in

4416-450: The abrupt cancellation of both the 2022 Championships and the 2023 Smash World Tour, claiming to have been forced to shut down both by Super Smash Bros. publisher Nintendo . As part of their statement, they also accused Alan Bunney, the CEO and owner of Panda, another esports organization, of severe misconduct against the community, including efforts to sabotage the Smash World Tour in favor of

4512-448: The broad family of viruses known as coronaviruses . It is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) virus, with a single linear RNA segment. Coronaviruses infect humans, other mammals, including livestock and companion animals, and avian species. Human coronaviruses are capable of causing illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS, fatality rate ≈34%). SARS-CoV-2

4608-648: The centre of a major infection cluster in Germany, 15 per cent of a population sample tested positive for antibodies . Screening for COVID-19 in pregnant women in New York City , and blood donors in the Netherlands, found rates of positive antibody tests that indicated more infections than reported. Seroprevalence -based estimates are conservative as some studies show that persons with mild symptoms do not have detectable antibodies. Initial estimates of

4704-760: The city of Shanghai, China. For the first two years of the pandemic, no specific and effective treatment or cure was available. In 2021, the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) approved the oral antiviral protease inhibitor , Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir plus the HIV antiviral ritonavir ), to treat adult patients. FDA later gave it an EUA. Most cases of COVID-19 are mild. In these, supportive care includes medication such as paracetamol or NSAIDs to relieve symptoms (fever, body aches, cough), adequate intake of oral fluids and rest. Good personal hygiene and

4800-484: The cumulative number of infected individuals (including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections and excluding vaccinated infected individuals). It is expressed in percentage points. Other studies refer to this metric as the infection fatality risk . In November 2020, a review article in Nature reported estimates of population-weighted IFRs for various countries, excluding deaths in elderly care facilities, and found

4896-441: The development of various vaccine platforms during early 2020. The initial focus of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines was on preventing symptomatic and severe illness. The COVID-19 vaccines are widely credited for their role in reducing the severity and death caused by COVID-19. As of March 2023, more than 5.5 billion people had received one or more doses (11.8 billion in total) in over 197 countries. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

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4992-518: The dispute between him and Beyond the Summit did occur, and that he "spoke in a manner that did not reflect either guidance from Nintendo or our own standards". After a wave of internal resignations and a growing number of players boycotting the Panda Cup Finale, Panda announced on December 5 that Bunney was no longer CEO, and that the Finale had been postponed "due to security concerns". Bunney claimed on

5088-470: The esports organization Panda , of encouraging tournament organizers to join the Panda Cup—an officially licensed circuit run by Panda—rather than the Smash World Tour, and using his partnership with Nintendo to threaten others with a cease and desist order should they not comply. Smash World Tour further stated that Bunney attempted to seize broadcasting rights from the organization Beyond the Summit, which

5184-421: The event as a result of SWT's allegations. Esports organization AITX eSports claimed they would not support Panda or their events in the future, stating "This community is the lifeblood of the game and we're are deeply saddened to see the efforts of @SmashWorldTour wasted." Player and tournament organizer Aiden "Calvin" McCaig claimed that he would not attend any future event licensed by either Nintendo or Panda in

5280-479: The event possible in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the organizers hoped to resume using the 2020 format the following year. The pandemic still caused a number of issues: both Oceania Regional Finals were cancelled, with Australian players Sora and Jdizzle selected as Oceania representatives for Melee and Ultimate respectively due to being ranked #1 in Australia for their respective games. Due to

5376-415: The event, mainly for players who had participated in the Last Chance Qualifier but failed to qualify: doubles tournaments for both games, a "low tier" tournament (for characters considered lesser on the competitive scene) for Melee , and a Squad Strike tournament for Ultimate . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Smash World Tour 2022" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under

5472-418: The eventual postponing of the Panda Cup Finale, the event is no longer planned to take place concurrently with The Scuffed World Tour. The 2020 and 2022 editions of the circuit followed a point-based format. Tournaments part of the tour would receive a tier, with each giving a number of points to its highest-placing players; when all other tournaments would conclude, the highest-placing players would qualify for

5568-513: The eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands. Those diagnosed with COVID-19 or who believe they may be infected are advised by healthcare authorities to stay home except to get medical care, call ahead before visiting a healthcare provider, wear a face mask before entering the healthcare provider's office and when in any room or vehicle with another person, cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, regularly wash hands with soap and water and avoid sharing personal household items. A COVID-19 vaccine

5664-403: The future, accusing Nintendo of using Panda as "a means to the end of controlling the scene, choking our last drops of independence from us as a community." Public response to Panda's December 2 statement was negative, and more players announced their intention to boycott the Panda Cup Finale. Bunney's claim in December 5 that he would come forward with evidence of wrongdoing from both SWT and BTS

5760-474: The general public beginning in December 2020, made available through government and international programs such as COVAX , aiming to provide vaccine equity . Treatments include novel antiviral drugs and symptom control. Common mitigation measures during the public health emergency included travel restrictions , lockdowns , business restrictions and closures, workplace hazard controls , mask mandates , quarantines, testing systems, and contact tracing of

5856-437: The highest prize pools for any event in Super Smash Bros. history, and the 2022 Championship's prize pool of $ 250,000 was set to be the highest in history. In total, the 2022 Smash World Tour included over 6,400 offline tournaments and featured over 325,000 players, making it the largest tour in the history of esports . On November 29, 2022, less than two weeks before the 2022 Smash World Championships, SWT organizers announced

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5952-501: The highest tier ratings for the tour, took place in countries whose Super Smash Bros. scenes usually receive little attention internationally, such as Brazil, Cuba, Qatar, and South Korea. The tour officially started with Virtuocity Smash Open 2022, a Gold-tier tournament taking place on March 17–19, 2022 in Doha , Qatar , although several tournaments dating as early as March 12 were retroactively recognized as Silver-tier events. In total,

6048-665: The infected. The pandemic caused severe social and economic disruption around the world, including the largest global recession since the Great Depression . Widespread supply shortages , including food shortages , were caused by supply chain disruptions and panic buying . Reduced human activity led to an unprecedented temporary decrease in pollution . Educational institutions and public areas were partially or fully closed in many jurisdictions, and many events were cancelled or postponed during 2020 and 2021. Telework became much more common for white-collar workers as

6144-487: The issue of respiratory failure. Existing drugs such as hydroxychloroquine , lopinavir/ritonavir , and ivermectin are not recommended by US or European health authorities, as there is no good evidence they have any useful effect. The antiviral remdesivir is available in the US, Canada, Australia, and several other countries, with varying restrictions; however, it is not recommended for use with mechanical ventilation, and

6240-576: The majority of the unreported 9.5 million deaths believed to be direct deaths due the virus, rather than indirect deaths. Some deaths were because people with other conditions could not access medical services . A December 2022 WHO study estimated excess deaths from the pandemic during 2020 and 2021, again concluding ≈14.8 million excess early deaths occurred, reaffirming and detailing their prior calculations from May as well as updating them, addressing criticisms. These numbers do not include measures like years of potential life lost and may make

6336-647: The money prizes for qualification tournaments prior to the Championship), the highest prize pool in Super Smash Bros. history; the prize pool for the Championships alone was $ 150,000, making it the largest prize pool for a single event in Super Smash Bros. history: the prize pool was $ 75,000 for each game. As part of the 2021 tour, 19 events specifically created for the tour took place, including 11 "Qualifiers", Ultimate -exclusive online open tournaments, six "Regional Finals", 16-players invitational featuring selected players for Melee , and players who qualified via

6432-464: The next day that he had resigned "to protect the safety and wellbeing of the [Panda] team", and that he would release a statement in the future with evidence that Smash World Tour's statement was untruthful and Beyond the Summit's leadership "put the [ Smash Bros. ] community in jeopardy". SWT's original announcement led to strong backlash and condemnation from both Super Smash Bros. players and fans towards both Bunney and Nintendo, with many calling for

6528-527: The number of players qualified for the Championships to 32 again. In 2022 tour, the Wild Card Region point leader for Melee was Sala, an American player eligible for the region due to residing and mainly competing in South Korea, while Ultimate ' s was eMass, a player from Saudi Arabia. For the 2022 tour, any offline tournament in the world could try to apply for the Smash World Tour as

6624-495: The official names COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 on 11 February 2020. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained: CO   for corona , VI   for virus , D   for disease and 19 for when the outbreak was first identified (31 December 2019). WHO additionally uses "the COVID-19 virus" and "the virus responsible for COVID-19" in public communications. WHO named variants of concern and variants of interest using Greek letters . The initial practice of naming them according to where

6720-473: The organizers were having active discussions with Nintendo—Wykowski said that the team's "goal was to go ahead and create something that then [can be presented] to Nintendo as an opportunity to be able to work with the Smash community directly". However, the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Smash World Tour to cancel all of its major events for March and April 2020 mid-March, and eventually all events for

6816-534: The outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat , nocturnal cough , and fatigue. Transmission of the virus is often through airborne particles . Mutations have produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence . COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deployed to

6912-407: The pandemic 2021's leading cause of death . The time between symptom onset and death ranges from   6 to 41 days, typically about 14 days. Mortality rates increase as a function of age. People at the greatest mortality risk are the elderly and those with underlying conditions. The infection fatality ratio (IFR) is the cumulative number of deaths attributed to the disease divided by

7008-495: The pandemic evolved. Misinformation circulated through social media and mass media , and political tensions intensified . The pandemic raised issues of racial and geographic discrimination , health equity , and the balance between public health imperatives and individual rights . The WHO ended the PHEIC for COVID-19 on 5 May 2023. The disease has continued to circulate, but as of 2024, experts were uncertain as to whether it

7104-407: The players qualified for the Smash World Championships in late November 2022 led to some controversy, as, unlike they had claimed in their original ruleset, the organizers counted points for tournaments players had entered but DQ'd from without actually participating; when the discrepancy was pointed out, the organizers added a clause to the rules stating the they could count DQs at their discretion. If

7200-474: The players ranked 2nd and 3rd would start in losers' side, and the players ranked 4th and 5th would be directly eliminated. The $ 75,000 prize pool for each game would have been divided between all 40 qualified players, from $ 20,000 going to the winner to $ 500 going to the players ranked below top 24. In addition to the World Championship and Last Chance Qualifier, a few side-events took place during

7296-424: The players who were already planning to participate". Smash World Tour disputed this, saying that Nintendo had confirmed that the 2022 Championships and 2023 circuit were not to proceed, and that Nintendo acknowledged all potential impacts of the cancellation, including "some positive, some negative, and some really negative". According to Smash World Tour, Nintendo claimed that a license be granted "well in advance" of

7392-478: The population's age structure and the age-specific pattern of infections. There have also been reviews that have compared the fatality rate of this pandemic with prior pandemics, such as MERS-CoV. For comparison the infection mortality rate of seasonal flu in the United States is 0.1%, which is 13 times lower than COVID-19. Another metric in assessing death rate is the case fatality ratio (CFR), which

7488-581: The qualified East Asia South players (all from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, or South Korea) were able to travel to Japan for it. As such, Hong Kong player XIFL, who had taken first place in the East Asia South Qualifiers, directly qualified for the Championship, and the number of qualifying Championship spots for the now all-Japanese East Asia Regional Finals was reduced from 6 to 5. The 2021 Smash World Tour culminated with

7584-508: The ranks for Melee , while MkLeo topped the ranks for Ultimate . On November 29, 2022, less than two weeks before the Championships were scheduled to begin, the organizers of the Smash World Tour announced that both the Melee and Ultimate Championships had been cancelled, prematurely ending the Smash World Tour 2022, as well as announcing that the circuit would not return in 2023. In their statement, they claimed to have had multiple conversations with Nintendo regarding an official license for

7680-408: The rest of the year; only two relatively small tournaments took place before the cancellation, the 86-entrants Don't Stomp On Me and the 39-entrants SoCal The Hype, both on March 14, 2020. The 2021 edition of the tour was announced on February 20, 2021. Once again, the circuit partnered with Twitch, but not with Nintendo. The originally planned prize pool for both games combined was $ 210,000 (including

7776-462: The risk of dying from seasonal influenza . In December 2020, a systematic review and meta-analysis estimated that population-weighted IFR was 0.5% to 1% in some countries (France, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Portugal), 1% to 2% in other countries (Australia, England, Lithuania, and Spain), and about 2.5% in Italy. This study reported that most of the differences reflected corresponding differences in

7872-539: The rule had been upheld, Japanese player kept and Chilean player Sekai Doggo would both have qualified for the Ultimate Championship, but instead came up short points-wise. The 2021 edition used a completely different format due to the COVID-19 pandemic making holding large, open offline tournaments impossible; instead of having pre-existing events be part of the tour, the Smash World Tour organized its own events dedicated to qualification. To qualify for

7968-496: The same infection may have different symptoms, and their symptoms may change over time. Three common clusters of symptoms have been identified: one respiratory symptom cluster with cough, sputum , shortness of breath, and fever; a musculoskeletal symptom cluster with muscle and joint pain, headache, and fatigue; a cluster of digestive symptoms with abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea. In people without prior ear, nose, and throat disorders, loss of taste combined with loss of smell

8064-525: The spread of the virus within the community, and mitigation strategies (commonly known as " flattening the curve ") that attempt to lessen the effects of the virus on society, but which still tolerate some level of transmission within the community. These initial strategies can be pursued sequentially or simultaneously during the acquired immunity phase through natural and vaccine-induced immunity . Plup Justin McGrath , better known as Plup ,

8160-729: The state of the pandemic in South America, the Ultimate Regional Finals in the region where held online, while Melee ' s were cancelled entirely, with a panel directly selecting Chilean players Chape and HP to represent the region at the Championship. The East Asia Regional Finals, which took place in Japan and were meant to feature players who had qualified via either the Japan Qualifier and East Asia South Qualifier, encountered significant issues as none of

8256-531: The tenth-greatest Melee player of all time. When McGrath was seven years old, he received a Super NES from his father. McGrath began his Super Smash Bros. career in 2010. He entered the CEO 2010 tournament as a Samus player and finished in 13th place out of a total of 62 players. In 2014, he finished in 13th place out of over 600 players at Apex 2014 . In 2016, McGrath finished in third place at CEO 2016 Prologue, CEO 2016 , and EVO 2016 . After finishing in

8352-411: The time from symptom onset to death has ranged from two to eight weeks. Prolonged prothrombin time and elevated C-reactive protein levels on admission to the hospital are associated with severe course of COVID-19 and with a transfer to intensive care units (ICU). Between 5% and 50% of COVID-19 patients experience long COVID , a condition characterised by long-term consequences persisting after

8448-694: The typical convalescence period of the disease. The most commonly reported clinical presentations are fatigue and memory problems, as well as malaise , headaches, shortness of breath , loss of smell, muscle weakness , low fever and cognitive dysfunction . Many countries attempted to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19 by recommending, mandating or prohibiting behaviour changes, while others relied primarily on providing information. Measures ranged from public advisories to stringent lockdowns. Outbreak control strategies are divided into elimination and mitigation. Experts differentiate between elimination strategies (known as " zero-COVID ") that aim to completely stop

8544-422: The upcoming major tournaments Glitch: Duel of Fates and Double Down 2023, leading to further backlash against Nintendo. Following SWT's statement, players and fans near-universally decided to boycott the Panda Cup Finale, the event acting as the culmination of the Panda Cup circuit. Many top players qualified for the event, both on the Melee and Ultimate sides, publicly announced that they would not be attending

8640-543: The variants were identified (e.g. Delta began as the " Indian variant") is no longer common. A more systematic naming scheme reflects the variant's PANGO lineage (e.g., Omicron 's lineage is B.1.1.529) and is used for other variants. SARS-CoV-2 is a virus closely related to bat coronaviruses , pangolin coronaviruses, and SARS-CoV . The first known outbreak (the 2019–2020 COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China ) started in Wuhan , Hubei, China, in December 2019. Many early cases were linked to people who had visited

8736-443: Was accidentally released from a laboratory have been proposed, as of 2021 these were not supported by evidence. Official "case" counts refer to the number of people who have been tested for COVID-19 and whose test has been confirmed positive according to official protocols whether or not they experienced symptomatic disease. Due to the effect of sampling bias , studies which obtain a more accurate number by extrapolating from

8832-403: Was corroborated by David "LD" Gorman, the organization's co-founder. After a request for comment from Kotaku , Nintendo responded, saying they "were unable to come to an agreement" with the Smash World Tour for a license in 2023, though Nintendo "did not request any changes to or cancellation of remaining events in 2022, including the 2022 Championships event, considering the negative impact on

8928-510: Was initially the best Samus player in the world but later switched to primarily playing Sheik . In addition to playing Samus and Sheik, McGrath uses Fox as a secondary. McGrath has also competed professionally in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , playing primarily with Mega Man and Ridley , and Project M playing primarily with Samus. McGrath was formerly sponsored by Panda Global. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked McGrath as

9024-518: Was largely mocked by the community. Reactions from players and talent employed by Panda was negative, and many Panda employees resigned from the company in the days following the December 2 response. Those departures included top Super Smash Bros. players iBDW, Plup and WaDi, and prominent commentators Coney, TKBreezy and VikkiKitty . On December 2, popular streamer and tournament organizer Ludwig announced The Scuffed World Tour, an invitational tournament for both Melee and Ultimate conceived as

9120-457: Was still a pandemic. Pandemics and their ends are not well-defined, and whether or not one has ended differs according to the definition used. As of 24 November 2024, COVID-19 has caused 7,075,455 confirmed deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the fifth- deadliest pandemic or epidemic in history . In epidemiology , a pandemic is defined as "an epidemic occurring over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries, and usually affecting

9216-509: Was the most widely used. According to a June 2022 study, COVID-19 vaccines prevented an additional 14.4 million to 19.8 million deaths in 185 countries and territories from 8 December 2020 to 8 December 2021. On 8 November 2022, the first recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine (Novavax's booster Nuvaxovid ) was authorised for use in adults in the United Kingdom. It has subsequently received endorsement/authorisation from

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