[Sep 4, 2014] Smash Comic Con 2014 (Salt Lake City, UT)

[BigK_201]

SMASH COMIC CON 2014
Part of Salt Lake Comic Con 2014
Hosted by Utah 3DS StreetPass and Gamer’s Abbey​

WHEN AND WHERE​

Qualifiers:

Thursday, September 4th - 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday, September 5th - 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Radisson Salt Lake City Downtown - Wasatch Ballroom
215 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101​

Finals:

Saturday, September 6th - 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Salt Palace Convention Center - Room 155
100 SW Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101​

REGISTRATION OPEN
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW​

Check the Salt Lake Comic Con website for more details
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Salt Lake Comic Con is back for its second year, and with it, comes the second annual Super Smash Bros. Tournament with a new name - Smash Comic Con! We’re trying to top last year’s tournament as well as the FanXperience tournament in April by including not only Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Melee, but also the much requested Project M!

Players need to provide their own controller for matches – any controller that works with the game may be used, including Wii Remote, Wii Remote+Nunchuck, Wii Remote+Classic Controller, or GameCube Controller. If you plan on using a Wii Remote, you are encouraged to bring a back-up controller and batteries just in case.

If you need a controller for the tournament, we will have GameCube controllers that you can rent for $5 and an ID. When you are finished with the controller, we will give you your ID and $3 back.

For this tournament, we don’t need to ask our participants to bring TV’s, Wii/GameCube Systems, or copies of the games as everything will be provided by Gamer’s Abbey.

VENUES
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For Preliminaries:

Radisson Salt Lake City Downtown - Wasatch Ballroom
215 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

For Top 4 and Finals:

Salt Palace Convention Center - Room 155
100 SW Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Parking will be limited downtown because of Salt Lake Comic Con being held, so all attendees and spectators are encouraged to take UTA public transportation. On Saturday, the finals will be at the Salt Palace Convention Center in room 155 which is the Gaming room, and all matches will be played out live on stage in that room.

Those who make it to the Top 4 in any of the tournaments will be given passes to enter the event for Saturday. All other spectators will need a pass to Salt Lake Comic Con to watch the event live. Passes that will get you into the event are a Saturday Only pass, a Multipass, a Gold Pass or a VIP Pass. To buy tickets, go to the Salt Lake Comic Con website.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
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Thursday, September 4th @ Radisson

• Registration starts at 12:00 PM.
• All Brawl participants must be registered by 2:00 PM.
• Brawl Pools will start at 3:00 PM.

Friday, September 5th @ Radisson

• Registration starts at 10:00 AM.
• All Project M participants must be registered by 12 PM with pools starting at 1 PM.
• All Melee participants must be registered by 2 PM with pools starting at 3 PM.

Saturday, September 6th @ Salt Palace (room 155)

• Matches for Brawl Top 4 will begin at 11:00 AM
• Matches for PM Top 4 will begin around 2:00 PM
• Matches for Melee Top 4 will begin around 4:00 PM

TOURNAMENT RULES AND PROCEDURE​

• Super Smash Bros. Melee - 1 v 1
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1 v 1
• Project M - 1 v 1

Rules will be based on a slightly modified version of the APEX 2014 Super Smash Bros. Melee, Brawl And Project M rule set.

• Click here for Super Smash Bros. Melee Rules
• Click here for Super Smash Bros. Brawl Rules
• Click here for Project M Rules

These rules are subject to change leading up to the event date, but we will push news updates to make any changes known. Any player may be disqualified due to unfashionable behavior (insults, verbal/physical attacks, etc.) as seen fit by the tournament hosts. Anyone disqualified due to unfashionable behavior will not be refunded venue or entrance fees.

By participating in the tournament or attending the tournament as a spectator, you agree to abide by all rules, terms and conditions of the tournament and tournament venues. It is your responsibility to be familiar with these conditions.

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE
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For each tournament there will be 8 pools with 2 stations per pool. Each player will play single matches, best 2 out of 3, with everyone in their pool until there are clearly two top placers who will move on to a 16 man double elimination bracket. Matches in the double elimination bracket with be best 2 out of 3 until the semi finals, finals, and grand finals, which will be best 3 out of 5.

Pool ties will be broken as follows:

1. Number of sets won
2. Winning percentage in games (win/loss ratio)
3. Head-to-head

In the event of an X-way tie in Singles Pools after all tiebreakers are exhausted, a best-of-1 round robin will be played out between the X players until there is a clear order of placings.

MONEY AND PRIZES
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Register on the Salt Lake Comic Con website today! In the “Special Events” section of the SLCC Ticketing page, add the $10 Tournament Pass to your cart, follow through with payment and the required form, and you’ll be registered for Smash Con 2014. You can also register on-site at the event, but the fee will be increased to $20. When you arrive at the event, you will pay $10 toward each of the tournaments that you would like to participate in regardless of whether you chose on-site or online registration.

SPECIAL DEAL: If you have any kind of pass to Salt Lake Comic Con 2014 and you pre-register for the tournament, your $10 will be put toward one of the tournaments you enter. If you don’t want to purchase a SLCC pass, then you can buy a Tournament pass which will be $10.00 per tournament during pre-registration and $20 on the day of the tournament. We will verify your SLCC pass at check-in at the tournament and apply it to your entry fee at that time.

*Pricing Breakdown:

Pre-Registration​

• • SLCC Pass Holders: $0 venue fee + $10 per tournament
  • Non-SLCC Pass Holders: $10 venue fee + $10 per tournament

On-Site Registration​

• • SLCC Pass Holders: $10 processing fee + $10 per tournament
  • Non-SLCC Pass Holders: $10 venue fee + $10 processing fee + $10 per tournament

ENTRANCE FEES PAYOUT
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Less than 100 Participants

1st place: 50%
2nd place: 25%
3rd place: 15%
4th place: 10%
TOTAL PAYOUT: 100%

100 or more Participants

1st place: 50%
2nd place: 25%
3rd place: 11%
4th place: 6%
5th place: 4%
6th place: 4%

TOTAL PAYOUT: 100%

REGISTRATION OPEN
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW​

Check the Salt Lake Comic Con website for more details
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OTHER INFORMATION
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Still have questions? Then check out the Smash Comic Con FAQ

For the preliminaries at the Radisson, outside food is permitted and so we recommend that participants pack a lunch to the event, otherwise, we are near City Creek and other restaurants nearby where you’ll be able to recharge.

If you're interested in volunteering, please send an email to chris.b@slcomiccon.com with SMASH in the subject line.

This tournament is organized by staff of Utah 3DS StreetPass and Gamer’s Abbey and is presented by Salt Lake Comic Con 2014.

Get updates when they happen through the Facebook Event page for this tournament. Mark yourself as “Going” to get notifications on updates. (Opening soon!)

LAST UPDATED: August 11, 2014

 

[Ken Neth]

Are the two days of preliminaries going to have different games or are all games going to be stretched over the two days?

 

[I See]

Ill try topping for the 3rd year in a row because this is the most important tournament of the year to me

 

[BigK_201]

Are the two days of preliminaries going to have different games or are all games going to be stretched over the two days?

Sorry for the late reply: Different games on different days: Thursday: Brawl, Friday: PM and Melee, Saturday: Top 4/ Finals for each tournament played on on stage at Salt Palace.

 

[-Mars-]

Any idea about parking at the Radisson?

 

[BigK_201]

Any idea about parking at the Radisson?

Parking will be fairly packed all of downtown because of the convention. If you can't take TRAX or UTA buses, I would recommend carpooling so you can split the cost of parking at somewhere like City Creek.

 

[BigK_201]

Today is the last day to buy our Smash Comic Con Tournament pass on the Salt Lake Comic Con website. Buy the $10 pass today so that you don't have to pay $20 at the door. Remember - this is basically your venue fee, and you'll pay the $10 for each tournament you want to participate in at the door.

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