Smash 4 Tournament Rules Clarification?

[Leomupi]

I was looking at some rulesets for smash 4 and then I discovered the rulesets for the other games on smashboards. Some things I saw on the smashboards rulesets I didn't see specified on the smash 4 rulesets I looked at. Are they still applicable and just don't get specified or does it still apply?

This is the Melee Match procedure I saw:

1. Players select their characters. Either player may choose to Blind Pick. In this case, each player secretly tells a third player their character before picking with the third player verifying their selections.
2. Players play Rock-Paper-Scissors. Winner chooses between selecting controller port or first Stage Strike
3. Players take turns removing stages from the Neutral Stages list above based upon the results of the previous rule. The first player to strike removes one(1) stage from the list, the second player removes two(2), and the first player then chooses from the remaining two(2) stages.
4. The players play the first match of the set
   
   
5. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage from the full list of stages, both Neutral and Counter-Pick. Does not apply to Best of 5 sets.
   
   
6. The Losing player of the preceding match picks a stage for the next match. Cannot choose the stage banned in the previous step, nor a stage they've already won on during this set, unless agreed.
   
   
7. The winning player of the preceding match may choose to change characters.
   
   
8. The losing player of the preceding match may choose to change characters.
   
   
9. The losing player of the preceding match may change their controller port.
   
   
10. The next match is played
    

• Repeat Steps 5 through 10 for all subsequent matches until the set is complete.

Is step 1, 2, and 9 standard for all smash 4 tournaments also? (As for 9: Is there any advantage to ports?)

Does the "Does not apply to Best of 5 sets" part in step 5 standard for smash 4 tournaments too?

Also banned stages are banned for the whole set or just that game?

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

Can't tell you anything about the Smash 4 stuff, tournaments do it differently, just check the tournament's page. In melee, Port 1>2>3>4.