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Smash Hero
This will be St. Louis's 5th tournament in the series Toasted Ravs! A fun, casual tournament for locals and traveling smashers to gather.
Schedule:
10:00 AM – Doors Open, Registration Begins
11:00 AM - Registration for PM Singles/Melee Doubles closes
11:30 AM – PM pool play begins
12:30 – Melee Doubles begins
12:30 - Registration for Melee Singles/PM Doubles closes
1:30 - Begin Melee Pools (Doubles will still continue, but those who are finished will begin their pool matches)
2:30 - PM Single bracket starts
5:00 - Dinner Break (you can leave for dinner as soon as you're done with pools, but be back by 6 for bracket. You will know if you're in bracket before you leave for dinner)
6:00 - Melee Singles Bracket starts.
6:30 - Estimated PM Singles Finals
7:00 - PM Doubles Bracket starts.
9:00 - Estimated melee finals matches.
10:00 - Estimated PM Doubles finals matches.
11:00 – Clean up time
12:00 - Go home or to Uncle Bill's pancakes.
Fees:
Venue Fee = $5
Stream Fee = $2
Melee Doubles = $20/team ($10/person)
Melee Singles = $10
PM Doubles = $20/team ($10/person)
PM Singles = $10
Payouts:
<10 entrants (teams) {1st = 70% 2nd = 30%}
<35 entrants {1st = 60%; 2nd = 30%; 3rd = 10%}
35-59 entrants {1st = 50%; 2nd = 25%; 3rd = 15%; 4th = 10%}
60-100 entrants {1st =40%; 2nd = 25%; 3rd = 15%; 4rd = 10%; both 5ths = 5%}
A couple things to highlight:
- Venue fee is waived for bringing a full setup.
- TV's will be labeled by Game (PM or Melee), then by number. Most likely, your setup will be used for your preferred game.
- We may set a streaming fee ($2 max). We need to have a person paid to sit there to manage the streaming set up. It will be much higher quality this time, so it will be worth your money. All GF's will be streamed.
Double Elimination Style
- All sets are best of 3 matches except Winner's/Loser's Finals, Semis, and Grand Final sets which are best of 5.
- 4 stock, 8:00-minute timer
- Items OFF
- Friendly Fire ON for doubles
- Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
- Wobbling is legal.
- Stalling with Jigglypuff's infinite sleep or Peach's Wall Bomber are NOT banned.
- Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the match for the player that initiated the action.
- Dave's Modified Rule: You cannot counterpick a stage you already won on in a set unless agreed upon by the opponent.
- Player's Choice Clause: You may play by a rule outside of this ruleset if your opponent agrees to it as long as it does not deliberately delay the tournament process. In the event of a disagreement, house rules stand.
- Choosing a character: In the event neither contestant wants to pick their character first, do a double-blind pick using either a neutral 3rd party or a piece of paper.
Stage strike: from the neutral (non-counterpick) stages for the first match of the set in "1221" fashion:
- RPS for first stage ban.
- First player strikes one stage.
- Second player strikes the next two stages.
- First player strikes one stage/picks remaining stage.
Stagelist for Singles:
Final Destination
Yoshi's Story
Dream Land
Battlefield
Fountain of Dreams
Counterpick:
Pokemon Stadium
Stagelist for Doubles:
Final Destination
Yoshi's Story
Dream Land
Battlefield
Pokemon Stadium
After each match:
- Winner announces stage ban (no bans in BO5's)
- Loser chooses counterpick stage
- Winner chooses their character
- Loser chooses their character
General Gameplay Rules:
- BYOC (Bring your own controller): Players are expected to bring their own controller and be prepared for every tournament set.
- Pause can be requested off and that request cannot be denied. If one pauses mid-match, the person who initiated the pause loses their current stock. If the pause causes the opponent to lose their stock (Such as interfering with recovery), the person who initiated the pause loses two stocks.
- Coaching is allowed only between games, not during.
- DQ Rule: Arriving too late for a match will result in a DQ. Player(s) will have 5 minutes to show up after their match is called 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.
- Players may request that any texture, stage, or other hacks be disabled during a tournament set. If this is unable to be done, they may switch to a different setup if available.
- Absolutely no game hacks that affect the actual gameplay. You may use them for friendly setups, but please revert it to normal melee for tournament matches.
General Info and Venue Rules:
The office space you are looking for specifically is the "Tupperware" one. It's hard to miss, and very pink. Please don't walk into the Russian/Israeli Combat studio by mistake. It will be the worst mistake of your life.
Please park in the gravel lot on the south side (Northrup Ave side) of the building. DO NOT park in the Russian/Israeli Combat spots...
Please bring your own food if you plan on eating in the venue. Don't eat the food or ice cream in the fridge. But you may buy soda or the Keurig coffees that are available in the kitchen. 50 cents for soda, $1 per coffee. Honor system.
There are plenty of good restaurants around. If you're tired of the craziness, take a break and have a nice candlelit Italian dinner at Favazza's with your gamer bro or something. Lots of good food in the area. If you're not local to STL, check out "The Hill" online if you're interested.
Please respect this space and the commercial lot that it is on. Most of the other businesses that work within the lot don't come in on weekends, but avoid doing illegal activities in plain view or in closets, bathrooms, etc... The place is owned by a landlord who frequents the location, so let's avoid trouble so we can continue using this space.
We will be streaming this time, and the internet is newly installed, and much faster! Anyone else is also welcome to bring their recording setup in addition.
Please RSVP!! And bring set ups and CRT TV's! Venue fee is waived if you bring a full setup. And bring friends! Plenty of space here. Thanks.
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