Super Smash Con 2023

Super Smash Con 2023 was the seventh annual fan convention of the Super Smash Con series held from August 10–13, 2023 in Chantilly, Virginia. This was the first Super Smash Con convention to be attended by McLeodGaming since the 2019 event.

McLeodGaming at Super Smash Con 2023
On July 23, 2023, Team Fray revealed on Twitter that the team would be attending both Super Smash Con 2023 and PAX West 2023, with there being a booth dedicated to Fraymakers at each event. The booth would be available for friendly matches of a developmental build of Fraymakers, and it was also confirmed that, who had been revealed on the previous day to be the next upcoming playable character, would be available at the booth before being publicly released. The booth was operated by Max Silverman and Jake Siegers.

Notably, this was the first Super Smash Con event with McLeodGaming to not feature Super Smash Flash 2, as it was confirmed through Discord on July 22, 2023 that SSF2 Team would not attend the event. However, on August 12, 2023, the development team released a status update discussing the state of the then-upcoming Beta 1.3.2, which was accompanied by a YouTube video showcasing various previously revealed additions and changes, as well as several new ones.

Mystery Platform Fighter Tournament
The Mystery Platform Fighter Tournament was a side event hosted by  commentator and content creator Coney on August 12, 2023. It was a single-elimination tournament in which each round would consist of a different platform fighting game unknown to the players or audience. The tournament had 128 entrants and a prize pot of $1,000, and it featured games such as ', ', ', ', ', and '.

For semi-finals, Coney brought Max Silverman on-stage to reveal Fraymakers as the game to be played that round, with only custom characters and Assists available through Steam Workshop allowed to be used. According to Coney, the suggestion to only use custom content was made by Team Fray after Coney had reached out to them. The round was played using a special development build of the game in which all base characters and Assists cannot be accessed, restricting players to a preset selection of 32 custom characters and 28 custom Assists, though custom stages were not allowed. Two sets were played, with Lonesome and Jut winning their respective sets and Jut later taking first place in the tournament.