Posted this in another thread already, but:
Believe it or not, this is how the Charleston, SC tournament will be - I talked to a guy at Gamestop about it Thursday night:
- They are actually skipping Round 1 and going straight to the Round 2/District round. I think they decided to do this because the number of pre-orders wasn't really high enough to warrant a different tourney at each store, so this tourney will actually be NEXT Saturday.
- Only people who reserved the game can enter, have to present receipt at registration.
- They are providing wired GCN controllers instead of going with the Remote/Nunchuk setup
- Four-player melee with no items, random stages. Five minute rounds and the one with the highest score wins. If there aren't enough entrants they said they would consider 1v1 for 2 minute rounds.
- I don't know whether or not unlocked characters will be available, I forgot to ask but was planning on using Samus anyway.
- Free food and raffle prizes
- Finalists get a prize/trophy TBA at registration
- Overall winner will qualify for the Atlanta regional.
I called and doublechecked w/ my store, and that's the way it's gonna be for the entire city.