October 22nd, Brighton, Arcade (not) Disco featuring Melee

[FL Behemoth]

October 22nd
Green Door Store
Brighton
10am - 5pm
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Reserve your place by signing up​

http://www.fightlab.co.uk/
Facebook Event​

We are proud to say that Super Smash Bros Melee will be featured in the line up of tournament games at Arcade (not) Disco. Both Koroviev and Myself feel that this game has huge potential as a competitive fighter.

Arcade (not) Disco is a celebration of games culture, with tournaments, documentaries, art and all kinds of games related activity going on throughout the day. Come along and experience the atmosphere of a new type of games event.

The Melee tournament exhibits a new format that integrates different styles to create the most competitive and dynamic tournament experience.

Venue

Green Door Store is easily accessible and is less than a minute walk from the station. The open bar at the event means that you will need to be over 18 to attend. Bring I.D.

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Travel
Advanced train tickets from London to Brighton start at £2.45 when booked from Southern Rail.

Schedule
10:00 - Registration Opens
11:00 - Registration Closes
11:00 - Swiss Round Begins
13:30 - Lunch Break
14:30 - Top 16 Bracket Begins
16:00 - Top 8 Begins

Timings will be made very clear, and will be strictly enforced. If players do not adhere to these timings then they WILL be disqualified.
If there are any disputes, the TO's opinion is final

Tournament style

The tournament begins with a 3 round Swiss style tournament to determine seeding.

Swiss means your first game will be selectively randomised (e.g Professor Pro vs Fuzzyness cannot happen R1 of the Swiss) after which you will be playing someone with a similar win/loss ratio to yourself - exact matches to be decided on point scores.

All games in the Swiss will be Bo3
Points for the Swiss will be as follows:
1 point for winning a game, -1 point for losing a game, 1 point for a win.
e.g. a 2-0 win = 3 points, a 1-2 loss = -1 point

The top 16 will progress through to a 16 man double elimination bracket, with seedings determined by their point score in the Swiss (There may be some Bo1 play-offs to decide final seedings)
Games will be Bo3 until Losers Semi-Final. This match and all subsequent matches will be Bo5.


General Rules

Time limit - 8 mins
Items off

Neutral stages:
Dreamland
Final Destination
Battlefield
Yoshi's Story
Fountain of Dreams

Counterpicks:
Pokemon Stadium

Stage selection:
First stage will be chosen by stage striking
Each player is allowed 1 stage ban in the set but NOT before stage striking occurs
Advanced slob picking (Loser chooses next stage, winner choses character, loser chooses character)
Daves Stupid Rule (No picking the last stage you won on)

More updates to come, sit tight​

http://www.fightlab.co.uk/​

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[Global Gaming]

Interesting, but considering you have less than a month to promote this, you should pretty much get the info out ASAP such as rules, fees, venue etc. so that people can actually consider coming to this.

I'm actually quite down for coming to Brighton though

- Willz

 

[Koroviev]

Deets

http://youtu.be/-MO5MPn9O6c

 

[Jolteon]

Any prizes? Rules?

 

[J03]

These are what most melee players have come to expect.

Pools, double elim bracket, counterpicking/stage-striking

Prize pool split 1st 60%, 2nd, 30%, 3rd 10%.

Stages: Yoshis story, Battlefield, Final D, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64.

Basically you are, at current, not offering enough information for any established smasher to consider this a viable event

 

[jjlinyard]

get us some real info please

 

[Professor Pro]

These are what most melee players have come to expect.

Pools, double elim bracket, counterpicking/stage-striking

Prize pool split 1st 60%, 2nd, 30%, 3rd 10%.

Stages: Yoshis story, Battlefield, Final D, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64.

Basically you are, at current, not offering enough information for any established smasher to consider this a viable event

This.

And don't forget Pokemon Stadium as a counterpick.

I am interested in this but definitely need a lot more information about what's going on.

 

[Koroviev]

Right now all I can is that I have a contact, a good friend of mine, who is part of your community. He's from London and will be coming down to run this part of the event. He's very reliable and well organised, you'll be in good hands and he's up to date with rules and formats.

 

[jjlinyard]

Right now all I can is that I have a contact, a good friend of mine, who is part of your community. He's from London and will be coming down to run this part of the event. He's very reliable and well organised, you'll be in good hands and he's up to date with rules and formats.

Who is he? And shouldn't he be posting on here then?

 

[Koroviev]

Sorry that I am unable to divulge all the information you need at this moment. The event is still being planned and side events being put into place. The information is coming soon, fear not!

check out fightlab.co.uk to see more info on the organisers, you might be able to figure out who will be running smash from there.

 

[Yeniths]

It's obvious Robby and Sam lol.

If its not I will honestly be surprised.

 

[Jolteon]

Behemoth has Sam's afro looool

 

[Brado]

I think robby or sam posted it on fb

I'll come if I got the money

 

[Cpt.Zeppo]

interested, and cool vids

 

[Fuzzyness]

I'm going to this

 

[AmcD]

I would go to this but travelling all the way from Liverpool to Brighton I don't think I would get there in time and Ben is suppose to be holding a fest the same weekend. I suppose if he was to go to this and have the fest then it is feasible.

 

[jjlinyard]

do the sign ups really begin today, I would love to see like the list of players actually going/thinking about going....

 

[FL Behemoth]

Massive details updates in op.

Sign ups now open www.fightlab.co.uk

 

[Global Gaming]

I wanna gooo
Gonna have to get some money for this cuz going to Brighton aint gonna be cheap

Owait nvm you have to 18 to attend... Lol nvm then

Ageist *******s

 

[Koroviev]

I wanna gooo
Gonna have to get some money for this cuz going to Brighton aint gonna be cheap

Owait nvm you have to 18 to attend... Lol nvm then

Ageist *******s

There will be future events without the alcohol and age restriction. Very much hope you come down at some point.

 

[Fuzzyness]

signed up! :D

 

[Jolteon]

I'll sign up as soon as I get money.

 

[Koroviev]

The event is being advertised on Capcom's Europe blog. Hopefully you guys are prepared to show support in the form attendance. We want Melee to be recognised for what it is!

Plus I know there are a lot of sneaky bedroom smashers here in Brighton, show them what they've got to aim for!

 

[Professor Pro]

I would sign up but I don't have the money on a bank card, if someone is willing to pay for me I will pay them back.

Also if 24 people don't end up going, does that mean that there will be no melee and the money gets returned?

 

[J0RDY]

There'll probably be 3 of us going, see you guys there!

 

[Koroviev]

I would sign up but I don't have the money on a bank card, if someone is willing to pay for me I will pay them back.

Also if 24 people don't end up going, does that mean that there will be no melee and the money gets returned?

Refunds will be given in the instance of event cancellation.

I don't believe this will be necessary though as we should get enough people to run some kind of smash bros event.

 

[X1-12]

The website is down atm

Also do you have to register beforehand or can you just turn up?

 

[Jolteon]

btw, I'm winning this.

 

[FL Behemoth]

The website is down atm

Also do you have to register beforehand or can you just turn up?

The website should be back up now.

You may turn up on the day but you get discount for booking online.

 

[Fuzzyness]

looking forward to this =)

 

[Fuzzyness]

more people need to book for this asap

 

[J0RDY]

The system doesn't seem to accept any of my mates' cards, is everyone else having the same problem?

 

[Koroviev]

I will be looking into the issue this evening.

 

[Professor Pro]

If 24 people don't come, is the prize pot still up for grabs out of curiousity...as I want to come and win it and pay for my journey

 

[X1-12]

I've got some bank issues that need sorting out but once that's done I'll be booking

 

[Koroviev]

I very much hope that we will get 24 people. I think it's quite likely considering the area. I know of a lot of sneaky bedroom smashers in Brighton, or people that only play with their friends. Behemoth and I have put a lot of effort into advertising it as well so we can only hope!

Short answer: yes, prize pot is something we have committed to put out regardless of attendance.

 

[Professor Pro]

That's good news

Is there a pot split as well, since 1st, 2nd and 3rd usually wins something.

 

[Fuzzyness]

extremely hyped for this

 

[Jolteon]

Charles, can you bring your capture card?

:king:

 

[Fuzzyness]

can do, but robby has recording equipment :s