March 27-28 UM-Flint VGC Brawl Tourney

[Flint VGC]

*SBR Certified Ruleset v2.0*

The University of Michigan-Flint Video Gamers' Club is hosting its second annual Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament on the weekend of March 27-28. There will be singles and doubles competitions. Online pre-registration is now open, so secure your spot now! At-the-door entries may be subject to a $5 late registration fee.

Event website: http://tourneys.flintvgc.org


LOCATION
1st Floor University Center building
University of Michigan - Flint
303 E. Kearsley St.
Flint, MI 48502
click here for directions


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Day 1, March 27: Singles

• 10:00 am: Welcome, Sign-in, Warm-up
• 12:00 pm: 1v1 Tourney Begins
• 4:00 pm: Intermission/food break
• 7:00 pm: Winners announced/Prizes awarded

Day 2, March 28: Doubles

• 10:00 am: Welcome, Sign-in, Warm-up
• 12:00 pm: 2v2 Tourney Begins
• 4:00 pm: Intermission/food break
• 7:00 pm: Winners announced/Prizes awarded

*NOTE* - This is a TENTATIVE schedule;
actual times may vary.


REGISTRATION
Pre-registration and payment is available on our website at tourneys.flintvgc.org and will be open until Thursday, March 25. Registrations at the door may be subject to an additional $5 late entry fee.


ENTRY FEES
Players can enter 1v1 event, 2v2 event, or both.
There is a $5 venue fee* PLUS

• $10 per 1v1 entry
• $20 per 2v2 team ($10/player)
• Registrations made after March 25 may be subject to a $5 late entry fee

*Venue fee will be refunded for anyone who brings a TV and/or Wii with Brawl and all characters/stages unlocked

Free food and parking will be provided.


TOURNAMENT FORMAT

• Round Robin or Pool Play, depending on turnout
• Players randomly seeded
• Each match will be best of 3 rounds, finals best of 5

Settings

• Stock: 3
• Time limit: 8 minutes
• All items off
• Team attack (in 2v2) is ON
• If time runs out, winner is determined by
  remaining stock, then percent damage

Set Format (In Order)

1. Players pick characters*
2. First stage selected through elimination by taking turns striking stages from starter list
3. Each player may ban one counter-pick stage from future games
4. The first game is played on the stage selected from step 2
5. The loser of the previous match announces next match's stage from Starter Stages list or Counter-Pick Stages list
6. The winner of the previous match chooses their character
7. The loser of the previous match chooses their character
8. Repeat steps 5-7 for all proceeding matches

*Double blind character selection may be called for first match


STAGES
*Stages are categorized as "starter," "counter-pick," or "banned." The first round uses starter stages only, while stages for successive rounds can be selected from starter or counter-pick.

STARTER
Battlefield
Castle Siege
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island

COUNTER-PICK
Brinstar (Melee)
Delfino Plaza
Distant Planet
Frigate Orpheon
Halberd
Jungle Japes (Melee)
Luigi's Mansion
Lylat Cruise
Norfair
PictoChat
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium (Melee)
Pokemon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise (Melee)
Yoshi's Island (Melee)

All stages not mentioned above are banned


CHEATING

• Meta Knight's Inf. Dimens. Cape glitch is banned
• Stalling is banned
  *Stalling is defined as any action that
  deliberately avoids conflict and makes the
  game unplayable
• Cheating or performing any action that
  prevents the game from continuing results
  in the offender's forfeiture of the match

ADDITIONAL RULES

• In case of dispute, controller ports can
  be determined by rock-paper-scissors
• All players are required to bring their own
  controllers to the tournament
• All players are responsible for their
  own control scheme and must make sure
  it is properly set prior to match start
• If a game ends with Bowser's Flying Slam
  and game enters Sudden Death, Bowser
  is declared winner (SD is ignored)

PAYOUT/PRIZES
ALL money collected from entries will go to into the prize pot.

1V1 TOURNAMENT
1st Place: 70% of pot
2nd Place: 20% of pot
3rd Place: 10% of pot

2V2 TOURNAMENT
1st Place: 75% of pot
2nd Place: 25% of pot


For more details or to pre-register, visit our site at http://tourneys.flintvgc.org

 

[AllyKnight]

i think you should make it one day to be honest and post in the Midwest threads (Regional Zones - Midwest)

 

[Flint VGC]

I posted in the Midwest threads as well, but thought I'd post here for those that don't know to look in the regional zones.