Alex Strife
Smash Hero
Date : JANUARY 7th - 9th, 2012
Price : $5
You may be wondering why that date was chosen. Well, I can answer that easily...PRICE. The pricing of the plane tickets are DRASTICALLY cheaper, versus, summer flights. Imagine being able to visit NYC for less than $700 ( I know that, for Pound 4, some of the Europeans had tickets for $450 ).
So a cheap price is one thing but what else can I offer you ? What is it about Apex that will make you , the player, want to come. Well here are a few things you can take a look at.
Rules :
Competition Rules
Competition format is Double Elimination.
If possible, brackets are to be generated with a Random Number Generator (RNG). It is recommended Tournament Organisers have a consensus from players before any seeding/byes are placed in-bracket.
All sets with the exception of the below are best-of-3.
Winners Semis, Losers Quarters and Losers Semis are best-of-5.
Winners Finals, Losers Finals and Grand Finals are best-of-7.
Online matches are best-of-5, with Winners Finals, Losers Finals and Grand Finals best-of-7.
Set size is ultimately up to the Tournament Organiser, but these are general guidelines.
Game Settings
Mode: STOCK
Stocks: 5
Handicap: OFF
Team Attack: ON
Stage Select: ON
Damage: 100%
Item Switch: NONE
All Characters Available
Stages
The Starter Stage List consists of Congo Jungle, Hyrule Castle and Dream Land.
The Counterpick Stage List consists of Peach's Castle.
First match of all sets is selected by a 3-stage striking system with the Starter Stage List. An impartial observer/tournament organiser flips a coin to decide who strikes first. Rock-paper-scissors is alright too, but it's technically a skill irrelevant to smash. If this is impossible (online), whoever strikes first will be pre-decided by an RNG.
The 64 Recommended Ruleset uses the stage striking system. In this system, players take turns striking stages from the Starter Stage List until only one remains; these stages are not banned and can be counterpicked later in the set.
Characters
All characters are legal.
Black DK (Right-C), Dark Samus (Down-C) and Dark Falcon (Right-C) are discouraged if Congo Jungle is the stage for visibility reasons. The opposing player may reset the match without penalty if they wish for a colour change. Taking or dealing any damage nullifies this right.
Low Tiers are all characters in B tier and below: Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Jigglypuff, Ness, Luigi, Samus and Link.
Set Procedure
Housing
Our housing at Apex was Top Tier. We had many OOC players housed for free before and after Apex. This was not just housing with randoms this was housing with great people like myself and others. I never heard a single person complain about it. That offer will be given to anyone who comes to Apex from OOC.
The NYC Tour
Last tour we took everyone to Coney Island as part of the NYC Tour. With it being in January, we need some new places to go. NYC is the greatest place to go to in the winter. We have
ROCKAFELLA CENTER ( ICE SKATING! )
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ( GREAT VIEW )
CENTRAL PARK ( ICE SKATING PLUS RANDOM STUFF )
CLUBS
COMEDY CLUBS
All this stuff that NYC has and has in abundance.
The tournament itself
What makes Apex so great? It is the best run tournament PERIOD. There is always time for side events. Yes we have SIDE EVENTS. Imagine going to a tournament in the United State where you can play
Brawl
Melee
Brawl +
Brawl -
Smash64 ( 25 people last time! )
Project : M
ANDDDDDDD you get to enjoy it with everyone!.
Bottom line is that the decision is up to yours. But think about it. Would you want to go to an event or a tournament. Apex is an EVENT. It is the single greatest event out there and you can really benefit from coming. Trust me you will have a great time.
If you want references to the results from last year :
64 Singles
BRACKET IMAGE
1: Sensei (¤66.00)
2: Nintendude (¤33.00)
3: Megavolt (¤11.00)
4: Jerry
5: Jband
5: Hamburglar
7: PC Chris
7: Vudugin
9: Scorpion Master
9: Wenbo
9: gunblade
9: Sharky
13: Mister E
13: Silver
13: ChuDat
13: Lefty
17: M@V
17: Jtails
17: Xivk
17: Fino
17: Sanuzi
17: smelly cat
Price : $5
You may be wondering why that date was chosen. Well, I can answer that easily...PRICE. The pricing of the plane tickets are DRASTICALLY cheaper, versus, summer flights. Imagine being able to visit NYC for less than $700 ( I know that, for Pound 4, some of the Europeans had tickets for $450 ).
So a cheap price is one thing but what else can I offer you ? What is it about Apex that will make you , the player, want to come. Well here are a few things you can take a look at.
Rules :
Competition Rules
Competition format is Double Elimination.
If possible, brackets are to be generated with a Random Number Generator (RNG). It is recommended Tournament Organisers have a consensus from players before any seeding/byes are placed in-bracket.
All sets with the exception of the below are best-of-3.
Winners Semis, Losers Quarters and Losers Semis are best-of-5.
Winners Finals, Losers Finals and Grand Finals are best-of-7.
Online matches are best-of-5, with Winners Finals, Losers Finals and Grand Finals best-of-7.
Set size is ultimately up to the Tournament Organiser, but these are general guidelines.
Game Settings
Mode: STOCK
Stocks: 5
Handicap: OFF
Team Attack: ON
Stage Select: ON
Damage: 100%
Item Switch: NONE
All Characters Available
Stages
The Starter Stage List consists of Congo Jungle, Hyrule Castle and Dream Land.
The Counterpick Stage List consists of Peach's Castle.
First match of all sets is selected by a 3-stage striking system with the Starter Stage List. An impartial observer/tournament organiser flips a coin to decide who strikes first. Rock-paper-scissors is alright too, but it's technically a skill irrelevant to smash. If this is impossible (online), whoever strikes first will be pre-decided by an RNG.
The 64 Recommended Ruleset uses the stage striking system. In this system, players take turns striking stages from the Starter Stage List until only one remains; these stages are not banned and can be counterpicked later in the set.
Characters
All characters are legal.
Black DK (Right-C), Dark Samus (Down-C) and Dark Falcon (Right-C) are discouraged if Congo Jungle is the stage for visibility reasons. The opposing player may reset the match without penalty if they wish for a colour change. Taking or dealing any damage nullifies this right.
Low Tiers are all characters in B tier and below: Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Jigglypuff, Ness, Luigi, Samus and Link.
Set Procedure
- Players select characters for first match. Double Blind Picks may be called.
- Players strike stages.
- The first match is played.
- The loser of the previous match selects the next match's stage from the Starter Stage and Counterpick Stage Lists.
- The winner of the previous match selects their character.
- The loser of the previous match selects their character.
- The next match is played.
- Above four steps are repeated if necessary.
- Console is strongly recommended over using a Wii (frame skipping) or laptop, though laptops and Wiis aren't discouraged, particularly if there are special requests. A lagless laptop in particular is usable, as it has no frame skipping or input delay, but console is still strongly recommended.
- The (U) version (NTSC) of Super Smash Brothers is recommended over (E) (PAL), (A) (PAL) and (J) NTSC.
- If there are requests to play using Gamecube controllers, a Wii with the Virtual Console version of Super Smash Bros. can be used. Alternatively, suitable PC adapters may be used.
- If there are requests to play using a keyboard/non-Nintendo/third-party controllers, a laptop set-up is recommended. Each controller user is responsible for bringing relevant adapters and drivers (on a USB stick), and to calibrate their own controllers.
- Tournament organisers should discuss and organise these arrangements beforehand.
- It is recommended a 8/10 minute time limit is put in place for all matches, especially Hyrule. This may be difficult to enforce.
- Draws are decided first by stock, then by percentage.
- Disrupting your opponent physically or intending to disrupt their play will result in a warning. Repeated action will result in disqualification from the tournament. Observers who physically disrupt players are to be dealt with as the Tournament Organiser sees fit. Disqualification is recommended if possible.
- Pausing is discouraged, and should only be done at the end of a stock, if at all. At other times, the pauser loses their current stock. If the pause causes the opponent to lose their stock, the pauser loses two stocks.
- Extreme stalling is disallowed. Any reported case of such will result in a warning, followed by automatic forfeit of the match. If this is reported again, automatic forfeit is enforced without a warning. If there is no movement from either player, the player with fewer stocks/loser percentage is considered to be stalling.
- Pausing and resetting (A+B+Z+R) should not be done unless both players have given consent prior. It is strongly recommended all tournament matches are left to finish, without any resets, even for the sake of saving time. This clearly shows who would have (and did) win a match. If resets do occur and there is a valid dispute, the person who reset forfeits.
- Mages DQ is enforced. When a match is called, both players must promptly arrive. If a player is 2 minutes late, they receive a warning. At 4 minutes late, they lose the first game of the set and forfeit counterpick rights. At 6 minutes late, they forfeit the entire set.
- Pool play should preceded brackets play if the number of participants is suitably large. This is left to the Tournament Organiser's discretion, given 64 has low dedicated attendance rates.
- It is recommended that drugs*, including alcohol, are prohibited at tournaments for the sake of both the venue and the participants. Legal issues are possible, and use of drugs in the vicinity of the venue by participants should be heavily discouraged or prohibited completely. Relevant Federal and State regulations on drugs obviously apply.
Housing
Our housing at Apex was Top Tier. We had many OOC players housed for free before and after Apex. This was not just housing with randoms this was housing with great people like myself and others. I never heard a single person complain about it. That offer will be given to anyone who comes to Apex from OOC.
The NYC Tour
Last tour we took everyone to Coney Island as part of the NYC Tour. With it being in January, we need some new places to go. NYC is the greatest place to go to in the winter. We have
ROCKAFELLA CENTER ( ICE SKATING! )
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ( GREAT VIEW )
CENTRAL PARK ( ICE SKATING PLUS RANDOM STUFF )
CLUBS
COMEDY CLUBS
All this stuff that NYC has and has in abundance.
The tournament itself
What makes Apex so great? It is the best run tournament PERIOD. There is always time for side events. Yes we have SIDE EVENTS. Imagine going to a tournament in the United State where you can play
Brawl
Melee
Brawl +
Brawl -
Smash64 ( 25 people last time! )
Project : M
ANDDDDDDD you get to enjoy it with everyone!.
Bottom line is that the decision is up to yours. But think about it. Would you want to go to an event or a tournament. Apex is an EVENT. It is the single greatest event out there and you can really benefit from coming. Trust me you will have a great time.
If you want references to the results from last year :
64 Singles
BRACKET IMAGE
1: Sensei (¤66.00)
2: Nintendude (¤33.00)
3: Megavolt (¤11.00)
4: Jerry
5: Jband
5: Hamburglar
7: PC Chris
7: Vudugin
9: Scorpion Master
9: Wenbo
9: gunblade
9: Sharky
13: Mister E
13: Silver
13: ChuDat
13: Lefty
17: M@V
17: Jtails
17: Xivk
17: Fino
17: Sanuzi
17: smelly cat