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Saw the Supernova reveal but still want to learn more?

Check out the article of the top 10 players of SSBMRank Summer 2025 to read up on the best players the year has to offer: start.gg/SSBMRank

SSBMRank Summer 2025 The fifty best Melee players of the first half of 2025, brought to you by Melee Stats

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We're nearing the end of SSBMRank Summer 2025!

Today's feature highlights 11-20, a diverse group of tournament threats from all over the globe

Click the link below and don't forget to tune in at 8:30 pm ET tonight for the reveal of the Top 10, live at Supernova!

SSBMRank Summer 2025 continues!

Today we look at 31-40, a group featuring some lightning fast spacies from all over America.

Follow along at start.gg/SSBMRank

SSBMRank Summer 2025 kicks off today!

Join us as we count down the 50 best Melee players of the year so far, starting with 41-50

Check it out at start.gg/SSBMRank

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Nowhere else we'd rather be

Apologies again for yesterday's downtime, and thanks for everyone's patience.

Our services are set to dynamically scale to load, but hit unexpected bottlenecks under all the Evo traffic. We've addressed these issues now and are continuing to closely monitor throughout the weekend.

Announcing SSBMRank Summer 2025!

The countdown of the 50 best players of the year so far is almost here. Join us Monday, August 5th as we begin the countdown, ending with a live Top 10 reveal on Thursday night at Supernova 2025!

- Battled off spam bots
- Improved game search
- Improved new user sign-ups
- Fixed browser notifications and verification images
- New seasons from existing rankings no longer need approval
- New API abilities like stream and station assigning, VOD URLs, and set progression info

📱New mobile navigation bar with Your Events and Notifications sections

🏠Updated homepage with game selection and events near you

▶️Find match content with new VOD indicators and improved stream name display

💻Lots of UI tweaks to be more mobile-friendly and visually consistent

Balance Patch: July 2025 In our last update, we promised more UI improvements, bug fixes, and some sparkly new features in between — and that’s exactly what we’ve…

It's time for a new Start.gg Balance Patch!
Check out all the latest updates including improvements to mobile design, streams, VODs, and much more!
blog.start.gg/balance-patc...

Today is your last chance to sign up as a competitor for #Evo2025!

Late Registration closes at 11:59PM PT. Get your passes at evo.gg.

An incredible weekend at #CEO2025 has shaken up the leaderboard and the Rivals 2 Championship Series points race is heating up! 🔥

Check out the live standings and upcoming events at start.gg/R2CS

This has now been resolved. Thanks for your patience!

We're aware of a service issue causing page errors right now. We'll update again here as soon as it's fixed!

Another new stream feature!

Now you can assign a short name to streams on the bracket, and you can also hover over to see the full name!

We're taking big steps towards a more mobile-friendly design.

The new mobile bar shows Your Events and Notifications in one easy to find place (also in the sidebar on desktop!)

Go back to the homepage or search from anywhere on the site.
And this is just the start of much more to come!

There's never been a better time to be in the FGC.

Watching matches on start.gg just got a big upgrade! Now sets with VODs linked show a YouTube or Twitch icon, and VOD URLs can be automatically assigned via our API!

Apologies for the brief site outages! We've been experiencing periodic DDOS attempts which temporarily block access to the site.
These attempts haven't disrupted our underlying infrastructure, but we'll continue working to mitigate them to prevent further downtime.

This update also comes with a sitewide upgrade to game searching. Keep an eye out for more homepage and search improvements still to come!

Our homepage has gotten an upgrade - Now you can select a game and browse all its upcoming events, including tournaments near you!

Still need more? Our improved quick search can get you there right away.

- Nintendo Switch 2 and upcoming games added
- "Join Now" changed back to "Register Now"
- Sold out or expired venue passes auto-remove from registration
- Discord invites accept both discord gg and discord com
- Team discriminators in exports
- And much more in the article!

🔎New quick search that is way faster and smarter than before

👤Updated user profiles with a much cleaner and clutter-free design

💶All previously-announced PayPal features and payment options

🖥️Updated sidebar, homepage, and create page, with more homepage updates on the way!

Balance Patch: April 2025 It’s time for our first full Balance Patch as a new company! In case you missed it, we announced in January that start.gg is once again an…

We've been hard at work cooking up some updates on start.gg!
Check out our new Balance Patch article for all the details, and stay tuned for even more updates coming soon!
blog.start.gg/balance-patch-april-2025-bebde9c199d2

Search on start.gg has gotten an upgrade!

Search is now faster, cleaner, and more accurate than ever before. Check it out and search for your favorite tournaments!

Attention trainers! Our deck uploading feature is now available for Pokémon TCG Pocket!

Organizers can require deck screenshots after registration and remove players who haven't uploaded theirs. Currently, all decks are visible to all players.

This issue is now resolved! Users who declined cookies were not being shown PayPal buttons, which has now been fixed.

Thank you for your patience!

We're aware of and working on a fix for payment options not showing up for some users in registration. This only affects PayPal payments and usually resolves itself after refreshing the page.

We'll update again when a fix a live!

Our support system has been updated! You can find the new support button on the left sidebar or email us at support@start.gg

You can also find our updated help center at startgg.tawk.help