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Smash Journeyman
Introducing the Summer Ladder
The way it works is players are awarded1 to 10 points based on their placing in brackets each week. The Top 8 with the most points at the end of the Summer will compete for the Prize Pot
CURRENT LADDER RANKINGS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gorxA8lZs2PyvJ4FfCcmApt1mB8cnYBQtMWxEwyDrwk/pubhtml
Finer details
Points
25th place = 1 point
17th place = 2 points
13th place = 3 points
9th place = 4 points
7th place = 5 points
5th place = 6 points
4th place = 7 points
3rd place = 8 points
2nd place = 9 points
1st place = 10 points
Schedule & Fees
$5 Venue Fee
$5 event fee ($3 to double elim. pot, $2 to ladder final prize)
WDW alternates between 2 schedules each week
Current Schedule: Schedule 1
Schedule 1
5:00pm – Venue Opens
7:00pm – Melee Bracket Begins
8:30pm – PM Bracket Begins
1:00am – Venue Closes
Schedule 2
5:00pm – Venue Opens
7:00pm – PM Bracket Begins
8:30pm – Melee Bracket Begins
1:00am – Venue Closes
Weekly Double Elim Bracket
PM RULESET
*SEEDED BASED ON AVERAGE OF LADDER POINTS AT THE TIME
* 4 stock, 8:00 minute timer
* Items OFF and set to NONE
* Buffer OFF
* Double elim. Best of 3 except Winners’ Finals, Losers’ Finals and Grand Finals matches which will be best of 5 format.
* Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
* If a match ends with both players dying at the same time resulting in Sudden Death, a 1-stock rematch will be played out on the same stage.
* If each player has one stock remaining and the match ends due to a suicide move (Ganon's side-B, DDD's swallow, holding someone in a grab on a platform as it moves out of the boundaries, etc.), the player who initiated the move wins.
* Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the 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.
* Starter stages (Singles): Battlefield, Dream Land 64, Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams, Pokemon Stadium 2, Smashville, Yoshi's Story (Melee)
* Counter-pick Stages (Singles): Yoshi’s Island (Brawl), Lylat Cruise, Wario Ware, Green Hill Zone, Skyworld
* First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1-P1-P2 order.
* Following stages decided by winner banning 2 stages and then loser choosing.
* Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
* You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.
* In the event that the game crashes or the TV/Wii loses power in the middle of a match, that match will be restarted from the beginning with the same characters and stage. If a player uses a known glitch to intentionally crash the game or otherwise make it unfinishable, that player may be forced to forfeit the match or be DQed at the TO’s discretion.
* No excessive stalling (this includes abusing Jiggs’ Rising Pound and Mario’s Up-B Walljump)
Melee Ruleset
*SEEDED BASED ON AVERAGE OF LADDER POINTS AT THE TIME
* Player's Choice Clause: You may play by a rule outside of this ruleset if your opponent agrees to it as long as it does not deliberately delay the tournament process.
*4 stock, 8:00 minute timer
* Items OFF
* Double elim. Best of 3 except Winners’ Finals, Losers’ Finals and Grand Finals matches which will be best of 5 format.
* Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
* If a match ends with both players dying at the same time resulting in Sudden Death, a 1-stock rematch will be played out on the same stage.
* Master Hand is banned.
* Wobbling is legal. Wobbling past 250% will be considered stalling and is not allowed. Freezing and infinite stalling are NOT legal.
* Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the 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.
* Starter stages (Singles): Yoshi’s Story, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land, Fountain of Dreams
* Counter-pick Stages (Singles): Pokémon Stadium
* Starter stages (Doubles): Yoshi’s Story, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land, Pokemon Stadium
* Counter-pick Stages (Doubles): DK 64
* First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
* Following stages decided by winner banning one stage and then loser choosing.
* Any matches that are best of five, there are no stage bans.
* Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
* You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.
Weekly Payout (Note: the weekly pot is $3 per person NOT $5!)
if <10 then 70/30
if <20 then 60/30/10
if <30 then 50/30/15/5
if <45 then 45/20/15/10/5,5
if ≥45 then 40/20/15/10/5,5/2.5,2.5
*THE INFO BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Final Tournament
Final tournament will be held at EXP Gaming on SATURDAY September 6th (SAVE THE DATE!!!!)
Round Robin between the top 8
ALL SETS ARE BEST OF 5
The payout of the ladder prize pot will be 40/20/15/10/6/4/3/2 to the Top 8 highest ranking players
If a Top 8 player cannot attend the final tournament for any reason they can choose to:
1. Keep their spot, forfeit their matches, and receive 8th place and thus payout for 8th place.
OR
2. Forfeit their spot to the next highest ranking player outside of the Top 8 who would be able to attend.
The way it works is players are awarded1 to 10 points based on their placing in brackets each week. The Top 8 with the most points at the end of the Summer will compete for the Prize Pot
- Summer Ladder duration is June 25th – Sept. 3rd
- Brackets are SEEDED BASED ON AVERAGE OF LADDER POINTS AT THE TIME
- Standard double elim rules in bracket
- Players receive points by getting 25th place or higher
- Points accumulate each week. This encourages and rewards attendance.
- The goal is to be among the top 8 highest ranked players at the end of the Summer
CURRENT LADDER RANKINGS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gorxA8lZs2PyvJ4FfCcmApt1mB8cnYBQtMWxEwyDrwk/pubhtml
Finer details
Points
25th place = 1 point
17th place = 2 points
13th place = 3 points
9th place = 4 points
7th place = 5 points
5th place = 6 points
4th place = 7 points
3rd place = 8 points
2nd place = 9 points
1st place = 10 points
Schedule & Fees
$5 Venue Fee
$5 event fee ($3 to double elim. pot, $2 to ladder final prize)
WDW alternates between 2 schedules each week
Current Schedule: Schedule 1
Schedule 1
5:00pm – Venue Opens
7:00pm – Melee Bracket Begins
8:30pm – PM Bracket Begins
1:00am – Venue Closes
Schedule 2
5:00pm – Venue Opens
7:00pm – PM Bracket Begins
8:30pm – Melee Bracket Begins
1:00am – Venue Closes
Weekly Double Elim Bracket
PM RULESET
*SEEDED BASED ON AVERAGE OF LADDER POINTS AT THE TIME
* 4 stock, 8:00 minute timer
* Items OFF and set to NONE
* Buffer OFF
* Double elim. Best of 3 except Winners’ Finals, Losers’ Finals and Grand Finals matches which will be best of 5 format.
* Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
* If a match ends with both players dying at the same time resulting in Sudden Death, a 1-stock rematch will be played out on the same stage.
* If each player has one stock remaining and the match ends due to a suicide move (Ganon's side-B, DDD's swallow, holding someone in a grab on a platform as it moves out of the boundaries, etc.), the player who initiated the move wins.
* Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the 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.
* Starter stages (Singles): Battlefield, Dream Land 64, Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams, Pokemon Stadium 2, Smashville, Yoshi's Story (Melee)
* Counter-pick Stages (Singles): Yoshi’s Island (Brawl), Lylat Cruise, Wario Ware, Green Hill Zone, Skyworld
* First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1-P1-P2 order.
* Following stages decided by winner banning 2 stages and then loser choosing.
* Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
* You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.
* In the event that the game crashes or the TV/Wii loses power in the middle of a match, that match will be restarted from the beginning with the same characters and stage. If a player uses a known glitch to intentionally crash the game or otherwise make it unfinishable, that player may be forced to forfeit the match or be DQed at the TO’s discretion.
* No excessive stalling (this includes abusing Jiggs’ Rising Pound and Mario’s Up-B Walljump)
Melee Ruleset
*SEEDED BASED ON AVERAGE OF LADDER POINTS AT THE TIME
* Player's Choice Clause: You may play by a rule outside of this ruleset if your opponent agrees to it as long as it does not deliberately delay the tournament process.
*4 stock, 8:00 minute timer
* Items OFF
* Double elim. Best of 3 except Winners’ Finals, Losers’ Finals and Grand Finals matches which will be best of 5 format.
* Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
* If a match ends with both players dying at the same time resulting in Sudden Death, a 1-stock rematch will be played out on the same stage.
* Master Hand is banned.
* Wobbling is legal. Wobbling past 250% will be considered stalling and is not allowed. Freezing and infinite stalling are NOT legal.
* Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the 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.
* Starter stages (Singles): Yoshi’s Story, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land, Fountain of Dreams
* Counter-pick Stages (Singles): Pokémon Stadium
* Starter stages (Doubles): Yoshi’s Story, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land, Pokemon Stadium
* Counter-pick Stages (Doubles): DK 64
* First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
* Following stages decided by winner banning one stage and then loser choosing.
* Any matches that are best of five, there are no stage bans.
* Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
* You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.
Weekly Payout (Note: the weekly pot is $3 per person NOT $5!)
if <10 then 70/30
if <20 then 60/30/10
if <30 then 50/30/15/5
if <45 then 45/20/15/10/5,5
if ≥45 then 40/20/15/10/5,5/2.5,2.5
*THE INFO BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Final Tournament
Final tournament will be held at EXP Gaming on SATURDAY September 6th (SAVE THE DATE!!!!)
Round Robin between the top 8
ALL SETS ARE BEST OF 5
The payout of the ladder prize pot will be 40/20/15/10/6/4/3/2 to the Top 8 highest ranking players
If a Top 8 player cannot attend the final tournament for any reason they can choose to:
1. Keep their spot, forfeit their matches, and receive 8th place and thus payout for 8th place.
OR
2. Forfeit their spot to the next highest ranking player outside of the Top 8 who would be able to attend.
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