Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate Tournaments

Marshall Smashers are running Smash Bros. Tournaments for both Melee and Ultimate at the convention.

The tournaments will start at 1pm. Finals are expected to be at 9pm.

Registration for each tournament is $5. Online registration through StartGG is encouraged and will be given priority over on site registrants. On-site registration will begin at 11am.

The prize pool will be split between 1st (60%), 2nd (30%), and 3rd (10%) places. If there are less than 8 entrants the prize pool be changed to a winner takes all prize pot.

Rules for the tournaments are as followed:

ULTIMATE RULESET

Ultimate Game Settings

• 3 Stocks
• 7 Minutes
• Items Off
• Stage Hazards Off

Ultimate Stagelist

Starters

• Final Destination
• Battlefield
• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Hollow Bastion
• Town and City

Counterpicks

• Small Battlefield
• Yoshi’s Story (Melee)
• Kalos Pokemon League

Ultimate Details

Modified Dave’s Stupid Rule (MDSR) is in effect.

For game one, a Best of 1 Rock, Paper, Scissors determine who bans first (winner may choose to ban first or ban second, or may select port priority) Both players must announce their characters before stage selection. Double-Blind selection may be requested by either player. Player 1 bans 1 stage from the starter list Player 2 bans 2 of the remaining starter stages Player 1 then picks from the 2 remaining stages for game 1.

Game 2+, the winner of the previous game bans 2 stages from the Starter Stages and Counterpick Stages combined The loser of the previous game then picks a stage from the remaining stages but cannot pick the stage they most recently won on within that set. After stage selection, the winner selects their character first and the loser chooses second. Matches will be Best of 3 until Top 8.

MELEE RULESET

Melee Game Settings

• 4 Stocks
• 8 Minutes
• Items Off

Melee Stagelist

Neutral

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Yoshi’s Story
• Dream Land
• Fountain of Dreams

Counterpick

• Pokémon Stadium

Melee Details

Striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral stagelist until there is one stage remaining. The first player strikes the first stage. Then the next player strikes two stages. Then the first player strikes one more stage and the remaining stage is used for the first game of the set.

Stage Bans: After each game of the set, before counterpicking, the player who won the previous game may ban one stage from the stagelist. This rule is not in effect for best-of-5 sets. Stage bans affect each player individually.

Stage Clause: A player may not counterpick any stage they previously won on during the set, unless agreed upon by the opponent.

Wobbling is banned. This event’s definition of wobbling is a series of moves (4+ pummel effects) by Ice Climbers from a standing grab position that infinitely lock the opponent in hitstun.