CaliburChamp
Smash Master
It's time for a new type of tournament. I named this tournament STAGE WARS, because...
1. You won't have to choose neutral stages as your first round pick.
2. You have alot more variety in what stages you want to play on.
3. You get to ban 2 stages at most, each round, and no stage can be choosen twice in a set.
Example: The player who hosts the room gets the first choice of a stage. Player 1 chooses Corneria, Player 2 doesn't want to go there to be counterpicked, so player 2 bans the stage. Player 1 chooses Shadow Moses, player 2 also bans that stage... now at this point, you only have 2 stage bans at most for each round, so Player 1 gets to choose his third pick for his stage. I expect most of the players will be banning their opponents 1st and 2nd stages, on the 3rd choice Player 1 picks, cannot be denied. However, if the player agrees to play on the first choice or second choice stage, they can do that as long as they are in agreement.
If player 1 wins... player 2 gets to choose his stage, player 1 can ban up to 2 of his choices.
If player 1 loses... player 1 gets to choose the stage again for the second round. The same rules apply to the first round, your opponent can ban 2 stages.
If player 1 wins the second round and lost the first round, its player 2 turn, the loser of the match always gets to pick the stage. Player 1 can ban two stages of player 2's choice.
Allowed Stages:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Castle Siege
Delfino
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Pokémon Stadium 1
Brinstar
Corneria
Distant Planet
Frigate Orpheon
Green Hill Zone
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Yoshi's Island (Pipes)
Green Greens
Mario Circuit
Onett
Port Town Aero Dive
Skyworld
Bridge of Eldin
Hanenbow
Mushroomy Kingdom I
Mushroomy Kingdom II
Rumble Falls
Shadow Moses
Hyrule Temple
New Pork City
75m
Big Blue
Flat Zone 2
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Wario Ware
Random
Banned Stage:
Mario Bros.
The New Rules:
The reason why there aren't any starter stages is because some characters do very well on starter stages which gave them the advantage in the beginning stages of brawl's meta game because a starter stage always had to be picked at least once in a set. All stages are treated as counter stages giving more strategic elements to the game, preventing ledge camping for stages with no way to edgehog (Ex: Mute City), preventing projectile camping (Ex: Rumble Falls), helping characters with bad recoveries (Ex: Pirate Ship), preventing chaingrabs.(Ex: Hanenbow) and so on, for whatever tactic is a strong element in your opponents character and/or playstyle you can limit it or stop it completely from happening.
Players Stage Choice:
This new format of rules can be called "The Counter Factor Ruleset." The players have a choice to play the old fashioned way of rock, paper, scissors, and whoever wins picks their first stage they want to play on, or the players can both agree on a stage. However, the player who loses at rock, paper, scissors gets to ban 2 stages from use. Player 1 won at Rock/paper/scissors, player 2 bans 2 stages from use as player 1 picks. If player 2 banned the stages that player 1 wanted to play on, P1 has to choose his third choice for a stage. They play the third stage chosen.
If P1 wins, P2 picks next stage, so P2 can picks the 1st and 2nd stage choice, however P1 stage bans those, so they play on the third choice, thats not banned. If P2 wins the first round, P1 gets to pick a stage. Stage bans are used for the whole set and they remain banned as long as they were banned in the previous rounds.
Rules:
1. No one particular stage can be used twice in a set.
2. Your first round ban stages remains banned throughout the whole entire set. (Ex: Battlefield and pokemon stadium melee.)
3. When you lose on the round that you chose your stages, your opponent gets to ban an additional 2 more stages of your choosing, unless he decides not to.
4. Your opponent selects his third choice of a stage for the final round of round 3. Making it more fair since you eliminated his 2 best stages and he can't choose the stages he has already played you on, limiting his options even more, making it more fair game.
More Rules:
1. No Time Limit
2. Meta Knights Infinite Dimensional Cape is NOT banned because there is no time limit for sudden death to occur.
3. Chain grabs or infinites are not banned.
4. Items are NOT allowed
5. Suicidal moves are determind by the game's winner and are allowed.
6. If you refuse to listen to these rules it will result in a forfeit of your participation.
7. If your opponent asks what character you are using for the upcoming round, you must tell them what character you are using for that particular round and you have to let your opponent know when your changing characters.
Sidenote: If you do not like these stages listed, give it a try, its something new and refreshing.
1. You won't have to choose neutral stages as your first round pick.
2. You have alot more variety in what stages you want to play on.
3. You get to ban 2 stages at most, each round, and no stage can be choosen twice in a set.
Example: The player who hosts the room gets the first choice of a stage. Player 1 chooses Corneria, Player 2 doesn't want to go there to be counterpicked, so player 2 bans the stage. Player 1 chooses Shadow Moses, player 2 also bans that stage... now at this point, you only have 2 stage bans at most for each round, so Player 1 gets to choose his third pick for his stage. I expect most of the players will be banning their opponents 1st and 2nd stages, on the 3rd choice Player 1 picks, cannot be denied. However, if the player agrees to play on the first choice or second choice stage, they can do that as long as they are in agreement.
If player 1 wins... player 2 gets to choose his stage, player 1 can ban up to 2 of his choices.
If player 1 loses... player 1 gets to choose the stage again for the second round. The same rules apply to the first round, your opponent can ban 2 stages.
If player 1 wins the second round and lost the first round, its player 2 turn, the loser of the match always gets to pick the stage. Player 1 can ban two stages of player 2's choice.
Allowed Stages:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Castle Siege
Delfino
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Pokémon Stadium 1
Brinstar
Corneria
Distant Planet
Frigate Orpheon
Green Hill Zone
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Yoshi's Island (Pipes)
Green Greens
Mario Circuit
Onett
Port Town Aero Dive
Skyworld
Bridge of Eldin
Hanenbow
Mushroomy Kingdom I
Mushroomy Kingdom II
Rumble Falls
Shadow Moses
Hyrule Temple
New Pork City
75m
Big Blue
Flat Zone 2
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Wario Ware
Random
Banned Stage:
Mario Bros.
The New Rules:
The reason why there aren't any starter stages is because some characters do very well on starter stages which gave them the advantage in the beginning stages of brawl's meta game because a starter stage always had to be picked at least once in a set. All stages are treated as counter stages giving more strategic elements to the game, preventing ledge camping for stages with no way to edgehog (Ex: Mute City), preventing projectile camping (Ex: Rumble Falls), helping characters with bad recoveries (Ex: Pirate Ship), preventing chaingrabs.(Ex: Hanenbow) and so on, for whatever tactic is a strong element in your opponents character and/or playstyle you can limit it or stop it completely from happening.
Players Stage Choice:
This new format of rules can be called "The Counter Factor Ruleset." The players have a choice to play the old fashioned way of rock, paper, scissors, and whoever wins picks their first stage they want to play on, or the players can both agree on a stage. However, the player who loses at rock, paper, scissors gets to ban 2 stages from use. Player 1 won at Rock/paper/scissors, player 2 bans 2 stages from use as player 1 picks. If player 2 banned the stages that player 1 wanted to play on, P1 has to choose his third choice for a stage. They play the third stage chosen.
If P1 wins, P2 picks next stage, so P2 can picks the 1st and 2nd stage choice, however P1 stage bans those, so they play on the third choice, thats not banned. If P2 wins the first round, P1 gets to pick a stage. Stage bans are used for the whole set and they remain banned as long as they were banned in the previous rounds.
Rules:
1. No one particular stage can be used twice in a set.
2. Your first round ban stages remains banned throughout the whole entire set. (Ex: Battlefield and pokemon stadium melee.)
3. When you lose on the round that you chose your stages, your opponent gets to ban an additional 2 more stages of your choosing, unless he decides not to.
4. Your opponent selects his third choice of a stage for the final round of round 3. Making it more fair since you eliminated his 2 best stages and he can't choose the stages he has already played you on, limiting his options even more, making it more fair game.
More Rules:
1. No Time Limit
2. Meta Knights Infinite Dimensional Cape is NOT banned because there is no time limit for sudden death to occur.
3. Chain grabs or infinites are not banned.
4. Items are NOT allowed
5. Suicidal moves are determind by the game's winner and are allowed.
6. If you refuse to listen to these rules it will result in a forfeit of your participation.
7. If your opponent asks what character you are using for the upcoming round, you must tell them what character you are using for that particular round and you have to let your opponent know when your changing characters.
Sidenote: If you do not like these stages listed, give it a try, its something new and refreshing.
