I have more information regarding the Gamestop tournament I mentioned earlier. Details are as follows:
-The tournament will be co-sponsored by Nintendo and Gamestop. The prizes are unknown at this point, but since it's being sponsored by Nintendo, expect some good stuff.
-I assume it will be for Brawl, but the manager wasn't sure when I asked. Rumors of this tournament originally came attached with the claim that there would be Brawl demos coming soon...
-The tournament will be held on March 8. If there's a Gamestop near you, ask to see if they're holding one.
-Every store that is having a Midnight Release is REQUIRED to have a Smash tournament. However, most malls WILL NOT HAVE ONE, unless they have permission from the mall or from the higher ups in Gamestop's corporation.
-Rule set is unknown at this point. Let's hope it's not crappy...
-Winners of the the store tournaments will be invited to the district tournament that will be held in Missouri City. This tournament will be held the following weekend. Winners of the district tournament will then go on to the regional championships held in downtown Houston.
This means you will be competing against people from Louisiana and (I believe) Arizona (or maybe it was Oklahoma...) and the rest of Texas in regional.
-The top eight regional champions will be flown to California for the Grand Championships in LA which will take place in April.
I highly suggest that most of Houston spread out as much as possible so that everyone can take a different store championship without any problems. If not, then...try finding a store that is isolated so you can have guaranteed victory.
I'll update as I have more info to come...