Anniversary Armageddon

Anniversary Armageddon was a 4 day online event held from June 16th to June 19th, 2022 in celebration of the 5th anniversary of ARMS. The event as a whole was primarily organized by Dendy with further assistance from Mileve, Frosty, LOSER, Kholdstare, and Era. Each day of Anniversary Armageddon had a unique tournament including The Appetizer, Default Derby Deluxe, Customs Clash Championship, and Legends VS. A New Generation.

The event was initially teased on May 25th with an official announcement following on May 29th, 2022. The Twitter hashtag "#ARM5" was first used in these posts as a nod to it being a 5th anniversary celebration.

The Appetizer
The Appetizer was held on June 16th, 2022 and featured 8 community selected grudge matches whose winners led into a double elimination bracket. A post announcing this event and asking the community for grudge match submissions was posted on June 2nd, 2022. After a little more than a week, deliberation occurred for which sets would be chosen. Matches were picked based on popular vote, relevancy, and willingness of participants. A finalized list of grudge matches was posted on June 14th, 2022. The Appetizer was streamed by HanukkahJamboree and Nama.

Results
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Bracket:


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Default Derby Deluxe
Default Derby Deluxe was held on June 17th, 2022 and was a play on the Default Derby tournament series, requiring that entrants only use Default ARMS loadouts. This event was first announced on June 3rd alongside the news that Mileve and Kholdstare would be streaming and casting the tournament. Although the tournament shared its name with the series, Default Derby Deluxe's ruleset was closer to the standard Backroom ruleset compared to Default Derby's rules, albeit with the added restriction of Default ARMS only. Set communication for the tournament was held in the ARMS Central Discord server.

Results
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Customs Clash Championship
Customs Clash Championship was held on June 18th, 2022 and featured the standard competitive Backroom ruleset. The event was initially announced on June 8th as the main event of Anniversary Armageddon and was open to all regions around the world. The event was streamed by Mathias Wolfbrok and Layla with set communications taking place in the ARMS Central Discord server.

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Legends VS. A New Generation
Legends VS. A New Generation was held on June 19th, 2022 and was the finale to Anniversary Armageddon. Two crews were chosen, by the team who organized the event as a whole, to represent the legacy player base and the current day player base respectively. The crew battle was first announced on June 12th with the final roster of players being shown off on June 18th. Hamma and Serp streamed and casted the event.

Trivia

 * Dendy created the logos and promotional images for Anniversary Armageddon and all of the events within it. The Default Derby Deluxe logo is a modification of Default Derby's logo which he also created.
 * Ripha created top 8 graphics for the first three events of Anniversary Armageddon.
 * Sets in The Appetizer were each given a unique name to describe the match's competitors:
 * The Battle of ARMS Labs refers to ALUMOX and T3kn0path1c maining Max Brass and Dr. Coyle respectively.
 * The Battle of Ninja College refers to MrPiedPiper and Garrison both maining Ninjara.
 * The Battle of Nice Gentleman refers to N-Man and SNG's tags both incorporating the letter N and the words 'man' and 'guy' respectively.
 * The Battle of Forever Rivals refers to Mileve and Kholdstare's history of facing each other often in tournaments.
 * The Battle of St. Louis refers to the fact that Derfla and Dastardly are both from St. Louis, Missouri.
 * The Battle of Deflective Defense refers to VerticalH and Jiko maining Spring Man and Lola Pop respectively.
 * The Battle of the Grand Titans refers to Gouf and Gryffical's competitive prowess and that both of their tags begin with the letter G.
 * The Battle of the Admins refers to Dendy and Era both being admins of the Discord server ARMS Central.
 * Despite Default Derby's current owners, Frosty and LOSER, and former owner, Era, being involved with Anniversary Armageddon, Dendy ran the bracket for Default Derby Deluxe.
 * The final event of Anniversary Armageddon, Legends VS. A New Generation, gets its name from the Ultimate Muscle series.