Randall00
Propitious Plumber
Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash was a bi-weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament hosted in Calgary. These tournaments have been discontinued as of February 14th, 2008.
See The Alberta Thread for other local smash!
Click here to view matches and video highlight reels from previous bi-weeklies!
The Pro Impact Players will be hosting bi-weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee double elimination tournaments in Calgary, open to all those who want to join! If you would like to join the Pro Impact roster, all you gotta do is make an appearance in the comfort of our lovely abode at:
#1, 103 Huntington Prk Grn NW
Located in the lush green meadow of Huntington Hills, just several blocks west of Centre Street and a variety of local amenities, it sounds like an apartment, but it's actually a part of a six-piece shared housing unit that behaves more like a real house than an apartment does. Either way, it's got pretty much everything we'll need. For example:
What you need to bring:
- nothing.
You can expect a lovely new flatscreen television, a reasonable amount of couch space, four wavebirds and the option to have the matches all recorded just for kicks. I understand that many competitive players choose to bring their own controllers as well and after some wavebird-related confusion, we've resolved the issue and you are now able to easily swap out your favourite controller if you would like.
All you have to worry about is getting here. If that proves to be difficult, tell me where you're coming from and what modes of transportation are available to you and I'll attempt to direct you from there.
The structure of the smashing will be dependent on attendance, but we will most likely have enough people to at least hold a double elimination tournament and then stick around to play some friendlies to your heart's content. We do occasionally have time for a subsequent teams tournament as well.
For each bi-weekly event, we would like to have some idea of how many people will be attending before it actually happens. We don't live in a particularly large house and thankfully we don't live in a particularly large Smash community. Odds are we'll have to cap it at about 16 players so please post in this thread if you would like to attend.
If you have any general questions or questions that are not covered in the event-specific posts below, please feel free to send me an e-mail, or use one of the many convenient ways of trying to get ahold of me available on my profile. I filled out those fields for a reason, dontcha know.
Additional Information#1, 103 Huntington Prk Grn NW
Located in the lush green meadow of Huntington Hills, just several blocks west of Centre Street and a variety of local amenities, it sounds like an apartment, but it's actually a part of a six-piece shared housing unit that behaves more like a real house than an apartment does. Either way, it's got pretty much everything we'll need. For example:
What you need to bring:
- nothing.
You can expect a lovely new flatscreen television, a reasonable amount of couch space, four wavebirds and the option to have the matches all recorded just for kicks. I understand that many competitive players choose to bring their own controllers as well and after some wavebird-related confusion, we've resolved the issue and you are now able to easily swap out your favourite controller if you would like.
All you have to worry about is getting here. If that proves to be difficult, tell me where you're coming from and what modes of transportation are available to you and I'll attempt to direct you from there.
The structure of the smashing will be dependent on attendance, but we will most likely have enough people to at least hold a double elimination tournament and then stick around to play some friendlies to your heart's content. We do occasionally have time for a subsequent teams tournament as well.
For each bi-weekly event, we would like to have some idea of how many people will be attending before it actually happens. We don't live in a particularly large house and thankfully we don't live in a particularly large Smash community. Odds are we'll have to cap it at about 16 players so please post in this thread if you would like to attend.
If you have any general questions or questions that are not covered in the event-specific posts below, please feel free to send me an e-mail, or use one of the many convenient ways of trying to get ahold of me available on my profile. I filled out those fields for a reason, dontcha know.
RULES
Singles
Players will be seeded randomly into a double-elimination tournament bracket. If we have an uneven number of participants, certain players will be automatically advanced in the bracket without penalty by way of a bye.
Matches will be decided based on a best-of-3 games set, wherein the first player to win two games will advance into the winner's bracket. Players entering the losing bracket are able to lose once more before being eliminated.
The final set of the tournament will be a best-of-5, wherein the first player to win three games will be declared the victor.
Game Format
- 4 Stock
- 8:00 Time Limit
- Items OFF
- Friendly Fire ON
Random Stages:
- Battlefield
- Final Destination
- Dream Land (N64)
- Fountain of Dreams
- Yoshi's Story
- Pokémon Stadium
Banned Stages:
- Brinstar Depths
- Green Greens
- Flatzone
- Fourside
- Great Bay
- Big Blue
- Jungle Japes
- Yoshi's Island (N64)
- The stage for the opening game of any set will be selected randomly.
- The loser of the previous game reserves the option to choose what stage the next game will be played on.
- The loser of the previous game may not pick a Banned Stage, unless both players agree.
Regarding character selection...Officially, the character selection for the opening match should be done simultaneously (as per double-blind picks) so neither knows each other's character beforehand. However, this rule is largely ignored in practicum. Nevertheless, all players reserve the right to force a double-blind pick if you're really worried about it.
Speaking of rules that we like to ignore in the spirit of communal gameplay, officially, the loser of the previous game should select the stage for the upcoming match before the winner chooses his character. This arrangement is referred to as slob picks and a full 3-game set would go something like this:
- Game 1 - Double-blind character selection; random stage.
- Game 2
- Loser of Game 1 chooses stage for Game 2.
- Winner selects character.
- Loser selects character.
- Game 3
- Loser of Game 2 chooses stage for Game 3.
- Winner selects character.
- Loser selects character.
Logistically, this doesn't work out since the stage select screen follows the character select screen in the actual game, forcing the loser of the previous game to announce the stage verbally. But again, these are the formal rules that need only come up if the player chooses to enforce them and feels that doing otherwise would detrimentally affect the outcome of the tournament.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
The league standings above are cumulative statistics based on the wins and losses of each player at our bi-weekly smashfests. It's fairly straightforward: once you've played a match at one of our tournaments, your name goes up on the list. If you live in the southern half of Calgary, you will be listed in the Calgary South division and if you live in the north (or downtown), you'll be put under Calgary North.
Interprovincial Guests and International Guests are for Edmonton/Red Deer/BC, etc. guests and American/Australian/Israeli/Micronesian, etc. guests attending the tournaments respectively. The per-division rankings are based on total points; 2 points are awarded for a win, 0 for a loss and 1 for losing in Sudden Death. It should be noted that although the individual rounds in the tournaments are based on sets of 3 games, the wins, losses and sudden death losses are calculated based on the individual games played.
LAG
The television that we play on is a high-definition, flatscreen unit that is brand, spankin' new. However, recently there have been many reports about laggy response times between the Gamecube and many high-definition models. More specifically, the time it takes to render your controller's inputs from your fingers to the image on the television is delayed by approximately 15 frames (or ¼ of a second). As Smash is a very time-sensitive game, this can be detrimental for skilled players.
We've managed to circumvent most of the problem. Our television actually comes with a built-in feature called "Game Mode," designed specifically to reduce lag in hyper-sensitive games like Smash! Luckily our model was new enough that the problem had been recognized prior to its release. However, I should also mention that "Game Mode" is not perfect. Instead, it's designed to reduce lag by about 60%, or so the manual says. To further improve the response time and picture quality, we have also replaced the original Gamecube's RCA cables with a 3-way composite video cable to improve overall performance. Keep in mind that there is no way to completely 100% remove the lag in this situation, and that the best way comes with a $2,000 bill that us Pro Impact Players just haven't won enough tournaments to afford.
PRO IMPACT BI-WEEKLY ROSTER
We've tried to establish a list based on actual gamer aliases, which is not to be confused with your in-game 4-character smash tag. For example, PC Chris is known as PC Chris, but his tag in game is simply "PC."
When introducing yourself, please let us know what your preferred gamer alias is, if different from your SmashBoards name.
This is the current roster of Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash participants:
Calgary North
- MICH (Mitch)
- RJM (Randall)
- JIN (Chris)
- BackItch (Chad)
- DJT (Jeremy)
- PKT (Preston)
- DEAN (Dean)
- Koda (Kevin)
- Myth (Pat)
Calgary South
- xpiritflare (John)
- =] (Levi)
- Kithkin (Brad)
- NEAT (Riley)
- Nitrocidal (Alex)
- Seyasha ("Zane")
- Buddyvishnu (David)
- Infil (Ricky)
- M (Allan)
May or may not exist....
A short list of players who have considered coming to the bi-weeklies, but they have yet to play in a tournament or with tournament participants.
- I T I (Josh)
- Blueinfusion (Arvind)
NOTE: Everything below this line is an archive of older discussions regarding Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash. For information and discussion regarding the upcoming tournament, please refer to the last page of this thread.
The competitive smash scene in Calgary doesn't seem to have much life these days and I figure the biggest reason for this is that Calgary smashers retired from the game before branching out into the larger community. That, or they don't exist at all, which is less likely I think considering the thriving competition in other Canadian urban centres like Edmonton and Vancouver.
As such, us Pro Impact Players are looking to do something about that and will be hosting bi-weekly miniature smashfests in the comfort of our lovely abode at:
#1, 103 Huntington Prk Grn NW
Located in the lush green meadow of Huntington Hills, just several blocks west of Centre Street and a variety of local amenities, it sounds like an apartment, but it's actually a part of a six-piece shared housing unit that behaves more like a real house than an apartment does. Either way, it's got pretty much everything we'll need. For example:
What you need to bring:
- nothing.
You can expect a lovely new flatscreen television, a reasonable amount of couch space, four wavebirds and the option to have the matches all recorded just for kicks.
All you have to worry about is getting here. If that proves to be difficult, tell me where you're coming from and what modes of transportation are available to you and I'll attempt to direct you from there.
The structure of the smashing will be dependent on attendance, but we will most likely have enough people to at least hold a small double elimination tournament and then stick around to play some friendlies to your heart's content.
For each bi-weekly event, we would like to have some idea of how many peopl will be attending before it actually happens. We don't live in a particularly large house and thankfully we don't live in a particularly large Smash community. Odds are we'll have to cap it at about 16 players so please post in this thread if you would like to attend.
If you have any general questions or questions that are not covered in the event-specific posts below, please feel free to send me an e-mail, or use one of the many convenient ways of trying to get ahold of me available on my profile. I filled out those fields for a reason, dontcha know.
As such, us Pro Impact Players are looking to do something about that and will be hosting bi-weekly miniature smashfests in the comfort of our lovely abode at:
#1, 103 Huntington Prk Grn NW
Located in the lush green meadow of Huntington Hills, just several blocks west of Centre Street and a variety of local amenities, it sounds like an apartment, but it's actually a part of a six-piece shared housing unit that behaves more like a real house than an apartment does. Either way, it's got pretty much everything we'll need. For example:
What you need to bring:
- nothing.
You can expect a lovely new flatscreen television, a reasonable amount of couch space, four wavebirds and the option to have the matches all recorded just for kicks.
All you have to worry about is getting here. If that proves to be difficult, tell me where you're coming from and what modes of transportation are available to you and I'll attempt to direct you from there.
The structure of the smashing will be dependent on attendance, but we will most likely have enough people to at least hold a small double elimination tournament and then stick around to play some friendlies to your heart's content.
For each bi-weekly event, we would like to have some idea of how many peopl will be attending before it actually happens. We don't live in a particularly large house and thankfully we don't live in a particularly large Smash community. Odds are we'll have to cap it at about 16 players so please post in this thread if you would like to attend.
If you have any general questions or questions that are not covered in the event-specific posts below, please feel free to send me an e-mail, or use one of the many convenient ways of trying to get ahold of me available on my profile. I filled out those fields for a reason, dontcha know.