Section 9 Tournament, April 3rd (Fargo/Moorhead)

[Section 9 Cyber Cafe]

Since a lot of our previous tournament competitors have mentioned SmashBoards in the past I figured I would post our monthly Brawl tournament in hopes of finding new people. Since we've opened we've been holding monthly tournaments for Brawl with a pretty good turnout, usually 20-30, but we feel that it would be nice to get some fresh competition.

http://section9cafe.com

Location & Time
The tournament will be held on April 3rd, 2010 at 5:00PM. Depending on how many players we have and the demand we may hold a warm-up doubles tournament prior to the main 1-vs-1 event.

14 Roberts St
Fargo, ND 58103

Above the Red Raven and next to Paradox Comics.

Phone: (701) 476-1337

Prizes

1. New game from VidCycle (can be exchanged) and 5 hours of time at Section 9
2. $20.00 Gift card to VidCycle and 3 hours of time at Section 9
3. $10.00 Gift card to VidCycle and 2 hours of time at Section 9
4. $5.00 Gift card to VidCycle
5. $5.00 Gift card to VidCycle
6. $5.00 Gift card to VidCycle

Entry Fee

• $15.00 Walk-in Fee
• $10.00 Pre-register fee
• To register simply visit the event page, press the 'Sign up' tab, and provide us with your full name and phone number (optional).
• Note that the entry fee allows you access to our Retro and PC section during the tournament for play in-between or before matches.

General Rules

• 3 Stock
• 8 Minute Time Limit
• Items are set to "off" and "none"
• All sets with the exception of winner's finals, loser's finals, and the championship are best of 3 matches, with the aforementioned Finals sets being best 3/5 games.
• In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
• No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
• If the timer runs out, the victor is determined first by stock and then by percentage
• Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
• Standing Infinites are BANNED which include (but not limited to) Dedede's small-step chain grab, Marth on Ness grab-release, etc
• Ice climber infinites are LEGAL up to 250%
• Suicide Move Rules: (all situations are when both players are at 1 stock): If a suicide move ends a match, the match will be reset with 1 stock each to both players on the same level. Time limit will be set to 3 minutes. Both players technically died at the same time, and that is why the match was a draw. Play out the one stock, and the winner wins that match.
• Players using a Wii-mote to play must take their batteries out when not playing. We can't be having wii's be interrupted because someone made a mistake. I will be enforcing this heavily, and there will be penalties if people do not obey.
• Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.

Rules for Doubles Play

• Life Stealing is allowed
• Team attack will be set to ON
• In team matches, the ports will be determined in a 1221 fashion; whoever wins the RPS will choose first, then the opposing team will get their ports, and then the teammate of the RPS winner will get the last port.
• Chibo's Color-Blind Rule: If a player on a team is playing Lucario, Sonic, or Pokemon Trainer, either team can request for them to be Blue Team and the opponents must abide. If both teams have one of the characters, they must work it out between them.

Format

• Opponents choose their characters for the first match*
• The first stage of a match is selected either randomly or by a stage striking procedure from the neutral stages. The lower-seeded person strikes first if the stage striking procedure is used.
• The first game is played, using the stage chosen during step 2
• The winner of the previous match may announce their Stage Ban selection
• The loser of the previous match announces the next match's stage from either the Random Stage List or the Counter Stage List
• The winner of the previous match chooses their character
• The loser of the previous match chooses their character
• Repeat steps 5-7 for all proceeding matches

*Double blind character selection may be called for the first match

Stage Selection
Neutral Stages:

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Smashville
• Yoshis Island
• Lylat Cruise

Counterpick Stages:

• Delfino Plaza
• Frigate Orpheon
• Battleship Halberd
• Rainbow Cruise
• Brinstar
• Pokemon Stadium

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I've also uploaded some videos from past tournament which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/user/section9cafe.