How does stage striking work?

[NintendoPSX]

I can never understand how stage striking works. Like how do you determine order for it and can anyone give easy to understand examples?

 

[Pazx]

Rock paper scissors to determine who strikes first. Your tournament will typically have 5 starter stages, and the order will be listed as 1-2-1 or something similar. This means p1 strikes 1 stage, p2 strikes 2 stages, p1 strikes 1 stage.

If the starters are Lylat, Battlefield, Final Destination, Smashville and Town and City, the conversation might go like this:

"I strike Lylat"
"I strike Battlefield and Smashville"
"Alright, let's go to T&C, I strike FD"

 

[Raijinken]

Some tournaments also use either controller port number or tournament seed to determine who strikes first. Just like any drafting/banning phase order, though, different systems will favor different players in the picking order.

 

[Budget Player Cadet_]

Rock paper scissors to determine who strikes first. Your tournament will typically have 5 starter stages,

You misspelled 13. And 1-2-2-2-2-2-1.

 

[warriorman222]

You misspelled 13. And 1-2-2-2-2-2-1.

FLSS may be optimal but it isn't the typical thing to expect. it's still emerging and showing how 5 stage strike works can be more useful.