I dunno how people ever thought they could get away with suing LOL. Smash tournament money stuff is all 100% under-the-table, Plank didn't make (and therefore didn't break) any contracts so there was no feasibility of a lawsuit ever happening.
Whatever, lol. Good to see people step up for Armada.
Its def not under the table. Its considered a contest of skill.
While there were no prize percentages listed, you cannot determine exactly how much an specific individual was to earn....however there is enough evidence to suppose a small claims law suit.
Basically its rough justice...and very easy. Its very very reasonable for the ppl who placed to expect money back...why because we run smash tourneys all the time, its what is expected, and there was no reason to assume otherwise. Plairnk said that he was planning on paying out to top 16ppl(8teams), so thats at minimum a statement on who gets paid. There was a venue fee which can very well be argued was to cover tournament expenses...because thats the norm, and on a very large scale thats the norm.
Entry fee is prize pot. the number of entrants is known so the pot aka money owed can be determined. it would be up to the ppl to do a lil math and agreeing on the percentages. The pot thats owed is set in stone, as long as the 16 can come to an agreement on the distribution then its all good.
OP would count as a verbal contract, a u enter under these stipulations kinda thing. Just the fact that its very reasonable to suspect that you would get paid based on your performance, is enough to take it to court. I mean, how could u argue against, I expected to be paid based on how pound 1-4 were ran, and then name every smash tournament that you can think of lol.
Its EZ. any competent judge would award them something...Problem is that most places are stat max at 5K. which means a joint suits is a bad idea if u want all your money. So he would get sued more than once or they would have to hire lawyers and suit for the entire 10 K...which is a waste of money.