Cort
Apple Head
-VIII.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.-
Name idea courtesy of Brookman
Saturday, October 27th 2007
CREAMSTICLE!
Saturday, October 27th 2007
CREAMSTICLE!
Hooray! The eighth ever installment of the ESTICLE series is finally announced.
Information
Will be held at Digital Mayhem, a LAN center:
892 North Colony Rd.
Wallingford, CT
It's in a plaza right next to a Burger King for reference.
1v1: $15/person
2v2: $20/team ($10/person)
DM is taking 30% of the pot to cover hosting. First gets 40%, 2nd 20% and 3rd 10%, for both singles/doubles, respectively.
Registration 11 am - ?. DOORS OPEN AT 11, so please don't bother coming earlier. Registration will end at a reasonable time after most people in the building have registered around 12-12:30, as always. Please make sure to come at a reasonable time if you want to register for doubles. Doubles will be first followed by a break followed by singles.
Rules
-> General
Double Elimination
All matches are best of 3, winners'/losers' finals best of 5, finals best out of 7
4 stock, 8 minute limit
Ties broken by lives/percentage
Items OFF
Life stealing is allowed in doubles
-> Stages
Stages limited to the 6 neutral stages for random, others open for counterpicks.
Neutral stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story,
Fountain of Dreams, Kirby 64, Pokemon Stadium
Stages banned for Singles Only: Great Bay and Mushroom Kingdom 2
Stages banned for Doubles Only: Fountain of Dreams and Mute City
Stages banned for Singles & Doubles: Yoshi's Island (Pipes), Fourside, Hyrule Temple, Flatzone, Brinstar Depths, Icicle Mountain, Big Blue, Mushroom Kingdom 1, Venom, Yoshi's Island 64, Peach's Castle, Onett, PokeFloats is gay, Green Greens
-> Other
Dave's Modified Stupid Rule: No stage may be used twice in a single set
if the player choosing already won on that stage
Random Knock-Out: Each player may choose to eliminate 1 of the random
stages to be chosen at the beginning of the set.
Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or elect to go
random, then winner may choose to change characters, then loser may
change characters
Double blind for character selection may be used if a player wants to.
-> Other Rules & Special Issues
Controller mods of ANY kind (short-hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc),
except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are
banned. If you are caught using a banned controller you will be
disqualified from the tournament.
Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned. You may use
third party controllers or pads that have these features, but if you
are suspected of using the banned features you will not be allowed to
use that controller any longer.
Glitches used to stop your opponent from controlling their character
or indefinitely freezing them (Mewtwo's Soul Stunner, the Ice Climber
freeze glitch), or any glitch or trick that freezes the match or makes
it in any way unfinishable are banned. Using them will result in the
immediate forfeit of the match.
Tactics such as Peach's Wallbombing and Jiggly's Rising Pound are
allowed as methods of recovery or to manuever around the stage. Using
them (or any similar tactics) to excessively stall a match, such as
droping below levels intentionally and stalling underneath, is banned.
Judges will be on the tournament floor can be called in at any time to
enforce this rule during a match.
You are responsible to BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER.
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So, post if you think you or your crew can make it!
It'll be a money match if you want.
