DreamHack Austin 2017

Some of the smaller side-tournaments held at DreamHack Austin included Pokkén Tournament, For Honor, Guilty Gear Xrd, and NBA 2K.

[5] The Immortals, led by Lincoln "fnx" Lau, defeated the team Heroic during the semifinals, taking 10 straight rounds in the first half of their second game.

[7] 80 players attended the DreamHack Austin StarCraft II tournament in order to qualify for the World Championship Series.

In contrast to his behavior at the 2017 NorCal Regionals, Punk spent much less time taunting and teabagging his opponents, Compete describing his actions as much more "polite".

[11] Multiple professional Street Fighter players switched to the character Ibuki during this tournament, including Fujimura "Yukadon" Atsushi, Goichi "GO1" Kishida, and Xian.

's low placement on tier lists, Xian's last-minute switch resulted in a much closer final round.

[11] The Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament held at DreamHack Austin 2017 featured high-level players such as Hungrybox, Mew2King, MKLeo, and ZeRo.

[4] Adam "Armada" Lindgren decided to skip the tournament because his GameCube controller was performing inadequately and he was not able to find a replacement with the proper malfunctions.

[14] However, during the last round, Hungrybox saw he was slightly ahead of his opponent and decided to run out the clock, using Jigglypuff's superior air time to consistently evade ChuDat's attacks.

ChuDat sacrificed a life in order to get his character back to full potential, but he still was not able to significantly damage his opponent.