San Antonio Monthlies: Winter is Coming II

[Zhea]

Melee Doubles:

1st: SOS + Skeith
2nd: JF + Sizzle
3rd: PK-T + Mexico Ping Pong Dynasty(PHO)
4th: Zhea + Xilo

Melee Singles:

1st: SOS
2nd: JF
3rd: MT
4rd: Mexico Ping Pong Dynasty(PHO)
5th: Skeith
5th: TSC
7th: Kalo
7th: Sizzle

PM Singles:

1st: TSC
2nd: SOS
3rd: Skieth
4th: Loko
5th: Kalo
5th: Southerngent
7th: Abstract Logic
7th: Zhea

Thank you all for coming down for San Antonio's Second Monthly!

Shout out to Xilo for lending his computer for registration and Loko for helping me get stuff back to my place. For the PM Community who made the long drives down, big shout out to you all for bringing so many setups.

Seeing how this ran, PM Doubles should be a guaranteed thing next tourney.

Next Tourney is looking like it's going to be the 2nd of November, Yay or Nay as you please. Also PM PEOPLE LINK ME YOUR STANDARD RULE SET.

 

[G-Rabbit]

Here is the ruleset that Sethlon is using at WHOBO. The stage listing is the most easily accessible to people unfamiliar with the game, compared to other rulesets for P:M.

Spoiler

1. 4 Stocks
2. 8 Minute Time Limit
3. Items set to “Off” and “None”
4. Buffer set to OFF
5. Modified Dave’s Stupid Rule: No player can counter pick the stage he or she last won on unless agreed upon by both players.
6. In the event of a match going to time/sudden death, the winner will be determined by:
a. Whoever has more remaining stock left.
b. If stocks of both players are the same, the winner will then be determined by whoever has less percent.
c. If the match ends with both players dying at the same time or if time ran out with both players at equal percent, an identical rematch of the previous match will be played out. Same characters and same stage.
d. In the event of going to sudden death because of suicide kill move (such as Ganon's overB or Dedede's inhale), the player initiating the move will be declared the winner.
7. Sets will be best out of 3 games. Loser's Finals, Winner's Finals, and Grand Finals will be best out of 5.
Addendum for Doubles
1. Team Attack set to “On”
2. Life stealing is allowed. (Note that lifestealing in Project: M is done by pressing A+B, rather than Melee's start)
3. In the event of a game going to time, the winner will be determined by:
a. Whichever team has more remaining stock.
b. If both teams have an equal amount of combined stocks, then whichever team has a lower combined percent is declared the winner.
Character/Stage Selection Process
1. Blind Picks character selection.
2. Stage Striking: Players eliminate stages from the Starter Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in 1 2 2 1 order.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans two stages.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat 4-8 for all consecutive matches as necessary until the set is complete.
*Dave’s Stupid Rule is in effect
Singles Stagelist:
STARTERS:
Battlefield, Dreamland, Final Destination, Pokemon Stadium 2, Smashville, Yoshi's Story (Melee), Fountain of Dreams (Singles Only), Yoshi’s Island Brawl (Doubles Only)
LEGAL STAGES:
All stages on the front page, minus SSE Jungle, Norfair, and Skyworld.
Other Rules
1. The Tournament Organizer is the arbiter of all disputes.
2. BYOC (Bring your own controller): Players are expected to bring their own controller and be prepared for every tournament set.
3. DQ Rule: Arriving too late for a match will result in a DQ. Player(s) will have 5 minutes to show up before a loss of the first match. 5 more minutes results in a loss of the set. For doubles, both players on a team need to be present in order to play.
4. MikeHaze rule: No intentionally disrupting players, whether physically or vocally. This applies to EVERYONE, players and spectators. Simply talking to the players (and Hype moments) are exempt.
5. Gentleman's Clause: Any change to the rules is permitted if agreed upon by both players, except for the 8 minute time limit.
6. Textures are Cool Clause: We're usually pretty lenient with textures/custom music. You're welcome to bring your set up to the tournament with them, but please do not have any disruptive music, hard to see textures, or dramatically altered character models. If you have a problem with the set up you're playing on, notify the TO and we'll get it resolved ASAP

 

[Xilo Pryce]

No problem on the laptop. I have no problem letting you use it again if I'm there.

 

[Darkgun]

This was an awesome little shindig! Zhea, thanks for setting up and hosting the tournament!

Now, since I'm pretty rubbish with names, some highlights of my day!

• Four hour drive from home!
• Bringing an entire setup and humonsterous TV only to forget my Wii power cable.
• Twisted Logic, my bud who's played about an hour of PM before the tournament, jumpin' in and playing when I bought him in to PM Singles! He had a heck of a fun time!
• Friendlies with TSC, and then later with Abstract Logic (good to see ya again, by the way!) and G-Rabbit (I'll just play you until I learn to quit CCing. Awesome Peach!), and then later than that with... folks who's names I didn't pick up but played with Grand, Twisted Logic and I in some friendly doubles.
• Everyone in my pool who's name I forgot... so everyone and TSC, who roflstomped my face in. You guys. Whole new level. No jokes.
• My confusion in hearing that so many people play Lucario, but he doesn't really have much tournament representation. I can't be the only one here to plays him, right?
• Twisted Logic meetin' Abstract Logic.
• Zhea's advice for Bowser play: "UpB OoS", accompanied by a bit of nonchalant arm failing (iirc).
• Zhea dealin' with my troop's "I'd totally play doubles!" early on, followed by "Oh, wait I have no money." when it is actually announced.
• Xilo riggin' up Smash 64 and letting me play a round. All the nostalgia.
• Four hour drive back home in the pouring rain!

Had a ton of fun! If it wasn't a four hour drive, I'd probably go to just about every one of these! Maybe sometime in the future I can head back that way for another one!
Good games, I'm out fer now.

 

[Sizzle]

Thanks for running the tourney and putting up the videos. It was my first time in SA, and even though the turnout was small, I had a good time playing everyone. I hope I can make it out to the next one.