[Mar 8, 2014] Shell Shocked XIV - Revival of Shell Shocked (Melee/Brawl) (College Park, MD)

EDIT:
Results thread: http://smashboards.com/threads/shell-shocked-xiv-50-md-va-local.349840/
Video thread: http://smashboards.com/threads/shel...n-doh-wenbobular-the_doug-thumbswayup.349874/
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The Super Smash Bros Club at the University of Maryland, College Park is very proud to present:

Shell Shocked XIV - Revival of Shell Shocked

That's right folks, this is not the end! The Shell Shocked series is back at College Park, and we hope to make this a recurring event once every month or two months.

College Park is the perfect location for a local tournament. We are centrally located between Maryland and Virginia, and best of all we are completely Metro accessible via the College Park station on the green line and a free shuttle bus. See below for more information

LOCATION:
The tournament will be held in the Computer Science Instructional Center.



Computer Science Instructional Center
College Park, MD 20740

There is no exact street address for CSIC. It is located on Paint Branch Drive.

Directions on how to get to the Computer Science Instructional Center can be found here:
https://www.cs.umd.edu/location

NO ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES OF ANY KIND ARE PERMITTED INSIDE THE VENUE. IF YOU ARE FOUND TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE VENUE AND POSSIBLY REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES. This should go without saying, but we're aware of past incidents and certain smasher habits. Please don't screw this up for us.

PARKING:
Free parking is available in lot XX1 located directly next to the venue. Please consult the expertly drawn map below.



Make sure you park where you are allowed to park, as they are relentless with their ticketing. Color coded parking map:
http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_color.pdf

METRO SHUTTLE:
Take the green line to the College Park/U of MD metro station. Take the College Park Metro/104 bus to campus. Press the yellow bars to request the bus to stop after entering campus. It will stop before the large M logo on Campus Drive. Walk down campus drive back towards the entrance of the campus, then turn left onto Paint Branch Drive. The CSIC will be on your right. When returning to the metro station, you can take the bus back to the metro across the street from where you got off. Please consult the other expertly drawn map below.





Full metro map/schedule:
http://www.transportation.umd.edu/images/Shuttle/Schedules pdfs/current/104_CPM.pdf

FOOD:
There are plenty of great locations available within walking distance on RT1. There's multiple pizza places, DP Dough (awesome calzones), McDonalds, Bobby's Burger Palace, Pho, Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting. On the other end of RT1 past the campus there's Five Guys, Chipotle, and a bunch more. Also, if you're too lazy to leave the venue, just about everywhere delivers. Just pull up grubhub on your phone.

FEES:
Venue fee: NONE. That's right, we are not going to charge a venue fee. We are a student group that is enthusiastic about Super Smash Bros and we are in the fortunate position to have a venue available to us on campus for free. We are not interested in pocketing any of the cash for these tournaments or charging people for no reason.

HOWEVER, in lieu of a mandatory venue fee, we would like to ask you if it is within your means to make a donation to the Super Smash Bros Club at the University of Maryland, College Park. Donations can be monetary, or in the form of a game console, game disc, or CRT television. Any monetary donations will go directly to the treasury of the club and will be spent on the items mentioned, including possible on a larger venue if we ever get enough interest to host a much larger tournament like other universities have done before us. We will also be able to use the extra setups at our weekly smashfests and at all future tournaments.

PLEASE BRING FULL SETUPS. WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SETUPS AND WE NEED AS MANY AS WE CAN GET TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT. THANKS!

For both games:
Singles: $10/person
Doubles: $10/person ($20/team)

Payouts (subject to change based on the number of entrants):
1st Place: 60%
2nd Place: 30%
3rd Place: 10%

RULES:
Melee:
We will be using our official ruleset. It is based off of Apex 2014 and doesn't differ in any noticeable way. Same stages, same procedures, same rules regarding wobbling/stalling, etc. Please review the notes at the top, especially those regarding substance abuse and language of a homophobic/racist/violent nature.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-CYoKBuUVHsXRIZoVracBRnPLGBTe-FFVT7_ET4py-8/edit?usp=sharing

Brawl:
Normal Apex rules with 3 stock, 8 minutes. Apex stage striking and port selection apply. Stage list is modified for this tournament. Stage list is as follows:
--Starters--
Final Destination
Smashville
Battlefield
--Counterpicks--
Yoshi's Island
Lylat Cruise
Halberd
Castle Siege
Pokemon Stadium 1

SCHEDULE (subject to change):
12:00PM: Venue opens and registration begins for all events.
1:15PM: Melee Doubles signups ends
1:15PM: Brawl Doubles signups ends
1:30PM: Melee Doubles begins
1:30PM: Brawl Doubles begins
4:15PM: Melee Singles signups ends
4:15PM Brawl Singles signups ends
4:30PM: Melee Singles begins
4:30PM: Brawl Singles begins
10:00PM: Venue closes

Facebook event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/589502911133180/

If you have any questions, feel free to ask us on the event page or on our Facebook group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/umdsmash/

In keeping with Shell Shocked thread tradition, I will include the results of previous Shell Shocked tournaments:

Calendar (2007):
Rebel581 Era

Shell Shocked - 11/17
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=3305703&postcount=369

Calendar (2008):

Shell Shocked II - 4/26 (Brawl)
Results: Lost

Shell Shocked III - 12/6
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t= 209398

Calendar (2009):

La Plata Era

Shell Shocked IV - 10/10
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t= 251975

Shell Shocked V - 11/7
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t= 254821

Calendar (2010):

Shell Shocked VI - 3/6
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=268008

Shell Shocked VII - 4/3
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=9972941

Shell Shocked VIII - 5/8
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=274262

CCC Era

Shell Shocked IX: Better Venue? - 10/9
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=288629

Shell Shocked X: An Alcohol Accident - 11/6
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=290684

Calendar (2011):

Venue Hopping Era

Shell Shocked XI: False Hope in Oakland - 10/29
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=13596154

Calendar (2012):


Shell Shocked XII: MD/VA Revival - 2/11
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=318237

Shell Shocked XIII: The last?- 5/19
Results: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=14476103

I'm going. I live 31 minutes away, so horray. I can't wait.

Glad to hear it!

Also, we will now be having both Melee and Brawl. The title and thread have been updated with rules and schedule.

Do you want the links to the previous Shell Shocked results and stuff that I used to have on my page?

I may go to this since it's only an hour away.

Thinking about going to this one, if I do bringing 2-3 people.

Wait no PM?? Maryland has kinda become a PM state, just look at last weeks tournament entrants for TFP6.

10kanackers

Melee runs deep in the roots of college park. Plus one host is a brawl player and one host is a melee player. So it makes sense. Brawl and Melee haven't gotten a lot of love lately, it's good to get things going. This should also prevent conflicts of interest in dual entrants.

Meh I guess. Time to dust off the 08 ROB lol.

10kanackers

CTL17 said:

Do you want the links to the previous Shell Shocked results and stuff that I used to have on my page?

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TheTantalus said:

Melee runs deep in the roots of college park. Plus one host is a brawl player and one host is a melee player. So it makes sense. Brawl and Melee haven't gotten a lot of love lately, it's good to get things going. This should also prevent conflicts of interest in dual entrants.

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Tant is pretty much right. I'm a melee player, and our treasurer reslived is a Brawl player. Also, I've noticed that it's very difficult to do Melee and P:M singles and doubles and still run a tournament on time (I think TFP has been good evidence of that, the past two have run very late.) Since this will be the first tournament we've both hosted, we want to focus on making it the best experience possible for these two games.

There's also just the issue of venue size. We'll be split between two classrooms on the first floor, so we should definitely have enough room for Melee and Brawl but we'll see how much extra room there is for P:M in the future or if we would need a bigger venue.

Hey_Its_Nacker said:

Meh I guess. Time to dust off the 08 ROB lol.

10kanackers

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My 08 ToonLink >_>