Press Start Gaming Tournament Montage

[Master WGS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKif930uEn4

Now, before you go nuts, here were the rules for this wacky fun tournament...

Every character had his/her name put in a hat. Characters in lower tiers had their name in more times (Bottom tier characters had their name in five times), while the top tier characters only had their name in once. Players drew their characters, fought with them in round one, switched for round two, and fought with their mades if they made it into a round three. The stage was picked at random at the very beginning and kept throughout the entire set. Oh, and all stages were on, Icicle Mountain included.

I understand, very odd and strange rules. BUT! There's a reason. This place has held quite a few tournaments in the past few years, most of which with the usual MLG rules. The owners of the store came to us and asked if they should switch it up and make things a bit more interesting. We agreed, and this is what we came up with. I know, it's a crime that we went away from the typical ruleset and all, but this was actually really fun and interesting. Finals will be up soon.

 

[InfiniteGXT]

BLASPHEMY! How dare you forsake the sacred MLG ruleset!

Actually thats seems kinda funny. Over time you can become good with characters you dont even play with for some reason. About a month ago I decided to pick mario in a match and ended up owning with moves I didnt even know I could use. Funny how that works. Seeing people play with characters other than their main is a good determination of their overall skill.

 

[mkmelee]

Interesting... A little too much luck involved but looks fun for a change.

 

[rysaN]

that ruleset actually sounds pretty fun. i'd love to play in a tourney like that. i don't like the random stages though, i hate ALL banned stages. =P

 

[MuseLives]

i've actually played in a bracket like this once, my crew decided to mix up smashfest by throwing something similar to this in. It was really funny to see people play with characters they'd never even look at on the character list and try to pull through with a victory. I want to see how those finals turned out.

wacky rules ftw

 

[TJK1997]

Where is this held?Rules are awsome.

 

[Master WGS]

Press Start Gaming is a small video game store in Ohio that holds frequent torunaments. Anyone who lives in the Central Ohio area is invited to hang out and Smash whenever, cuz they usually have set ups there for people to play on. Also, we locals hang out there quite often.

Anyways, first two rounds of the finals are up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FYZg7GDtQ0

 

[Truegamer#1]

a tournament at a video game store...
sweet:bigthumbu

 

[phish-it]

I love crazy rule sets like these. I wish people still played this game for the fun factor instead complete competition.

 

[Master WGS]

Yeah, we were all getting sorta bored with the old-school ruleset, so we made it our own. People seemed to like it, and it's not like we'll never hold MLG-rule tournaments ever again. We enjoy competition, but we like a relax-ish tournament like this one every once in a while...

 

[Master WGS]

Sorry to double post, but the rest of the finals are up and running. If I do a gag reel of the tourney (as in shots of funny stuff that went on around the matches), would you guys be interested in getting an update on that, too?

Finals vid 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toGttbqoIKM