LightsOutAce
Smash Ace
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Location: Carson’s Carryout second floor, 1515 Tripp Circle Madison, Wisconsin
Type "1515 Tripp Circle, Madison, WI" into Google Maps and it will be location “A.”
This is on the UW-Madison campus. Go in the front door and up the stairs to your left.
If you switch to satellite view, you can see just to the East a huge, free parking lot literally 20 yards from the venue! It’s labeled “Lot 34.”
Prices: $5 venue fee (waived with setup)
$10.00 Melee singles
$20.00 Melee doubles ($10 per person)
Payout: 60/30/10 doubles
55/25/15/5 singles
Schedule:
You will be able to register for an event up right up until it starts. Doubles and singles will both have pools. Singles pools will start a half hour after doubles ends, so tentatively 4:00.
11:00 AM - Venue opens
12:00 PM - Melee doubles
4:00 PM - Melee singles
11:00 PM - Venue closes
Melee Rules:
- Items off.
- 4 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on., life stealing allowed.
- Ties are broken by lives then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned.
- Stalling is banned. This includes any excessive use of tactics like rising pound and wall-bombing in order to deliberately delay the match.
- Glitches like the Ice Climbers' freeze glitch and Mewtwo's Soul Stunner are also banned.
- Wobbling is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
Neutrals 1v1:
Final Destination
Dream Land
Fountain of Dreams
Battlefield
Yoshi's Story
Counterpicks 1v1:
Pokemon Stadium
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Kongo Jungle 64
Neutrals 2v2:
Final Destination
Dream Land
Battlefield
Yoshi's Story
Pokemon Stadium
Counterpicks 2v2:
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Kongo Jungle 64
Set format:
1. Both players select characters. Double blind can be called if necessary.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-1 order.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
Location: Carson’s Carryout second floor, 1515 Tripp Circle Madison, Wisconsin
Type "1515 Tripp Circle, Madison, WI" into Google Maps and it will be location “A.”
This is on the UW-Madison campus. Go in the front door and up the stairs to your left.
If you switch to satellite view, you can see just to the East a huge, free parking lot literally 20 yards from the venue! It’s labeled “Lot 34.”
Prices: $5 venue fee (waived with setup)
$10.00 Melee singles
$20.00 Melee doubles ($10 per person)
Payout: 60/30/10 doubles
55/25/15/5 singles
Schedule:
You will be able to register for an event up right up until it starts. Doubles and singles will both have pools. Singles pools will start a half hour after doubles ends, so tentatively 4:00.
11:00 AM - Venue opens
12:00 PM - Melee doubles
4:00 PM - Melee singles
11:00 PM - Venue closes
Melee Rules:
- Items off.
- 4 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on., life stealing allowed.
- Ties are broken by lives then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned.
- Stalling is banned. This includes any excessive use of tactics like rising pound and wall-bombing in order to deliberately delay the match.
- Glitches like the Ice Climbers' freeze glitch and Mewtwo's Soul Stunner are also banned.
- Wobbling is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
Neutrals 1v1:
Final Destination
Dream Land
Fountain of Dreams
Battlefield
Yoshi's Story
Counterpicks 1v1:
Pokemon Stadium
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Kongo Jungle 64
Neutrals 2v2:
Final Destination
Dream Land
Battlefield
Yoshi's Story
Pokemon Stadium
Counterpicks 2v2:
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Kongo Jungle 64
Set format:
1. Both players select characters. Double blind can be called if necessary.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-1 order.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
