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What: Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament
When: Saturday, January 15th starting at 12:00PM
Doubles tournament starts right at 12:00, show up for registration at around 11:40.
Singles starts at 2:00.
Where: University Center Connan Room
Welcome back to Carnegie Mellon for another semester of fun, excitement, and extremely difficult classwork! I'm sure getting back into the swing of things is something of a pain, so OGS is here to help everyone to get back into shape with one of our staple events: a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament. As usual, we'll be having both doubles and singles in double-elimination format.
If you're planning to attend, go ahead and post in the thread saying you're coming. It'll help us figure out how many people to expect and allow us to set up some part of the bracket in advance. If you can bring a Wii or GameCube along with a copy of the game, please also say that in your post, as we'll need a couple more setups.
For anyone who hasn't been to one of our Melee events before, you're in for a treat. Everyone's there to relax and have a good time, so if you've ever held a GameCube controller, stop on by! If you haven't, stop on by anyway! It's the first weekend of the semester, come play video games and enjoy it.
Here's the rules for those who aren't familiar. It may sound daunting but don't worry. If there's any confusion, we'll be glad to help out.
RULES
Based on the Smashboards.com recommended rule set for Melee.
The bracket will be double-elimination, with all sets except the finals being best of three. Winner's finals, loser's finals, and grand finals will be best of five. For those unfamiliar with the double-elimination format, it is a tournament bracket set up so that you must lose two sets in order to be eliminated from the tournament. Those who have not lost once are in the "winner's bracket" and will only play against those who have not yet lost. Those who have lost once are in the "loser's bracket" and will play only against others who have lost once, thus losing a match in loser's bracket means elimination from the tournament. The player who wins the loser's bracket then plays the winner of the winner's bracket in a grand final. The grand final may consist of two sets; if the person from loser's bracket wins the first set, he must win another to win the tournament, as the person coming from winner's bracket will have only lost once.
Doubles
Neutral stages:
-Battlefield
-Dream Land 64
-Final Destination
-Pokémon Stadium
-Yoshi's Story
Counterpick stages:
-Brinstar
-Kongo Jungle 64
-Rainbow Cruise
Friendly fire will be set to ON.
Life stealing IS LEGAL. As a general courtesy, however, you may want to ask your teammate if he or she would allow it personally.
Singles
Neutral stages:
-Battlefield
-Dream Land 64
-Final Destination
-Fountain of Dreams
-Yoshi's Story
Counterpick stages:
-Brinstar
-Pokémon Stadium
-Rainbow Cruise
-Kongo Jungle 64
General rules for both doubles and singles
Items are set to off.
Stock and Time are set to 4 stock and 8 minutes respectively.
Regular sets are best of 3 matches.
The Tournament Host is the arbiter of all disputes.
Blind Picks: Upon request, a player may choose to have character selection for the first match of the set be a "blind pick". This means both players will tell their character selection to a trusted third party, who will then reveal both players' characters.
Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: No player can counter pick a stage he or she has previously won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players.
Gentleman's clause: any stage may be played on so long as both players agree to it, including banned stages. This can be used in tandem with the Modified Dave's Stupid Rule (MDSR).
Timed out matches will be determined by the remaining number of lives, then percentage of the current stock. In the event of a percentage tie, replay that match. Any Sudden Death match is strictly not to be played.
Format of a set
1. When your match is called, find your opponent and move to the assigned TV (you may just be told to find any TV to play on).
2. If there are any disputes about who gets what controller port, resolve these using rock-paper-scissors or a similar method.
3. Perform character selection. If a player wishes to invoke a blind pick, then carry out the procedure for doing so mentioned above.
4. Perform "stage striking." Both players select stages from the five neutrals on which they would not like to play the first match until only one stage remains. The player with the lower controller port number goes first, and picks one stage to strike. The other player then strikes two stages, and the first player strikes the final stage, leaving one stage left.
5. The match is played on the stage selected.
6. If that match was a player's first loss in the set, he or she selects any legal stage to "ban". The loser picks the next stage from any other legal stage, including counterpick stages and with respect to Dave's Stupid Rule. The loser may also opt to simply have the game randomly select any of the five neutral stages with the random stage option on the stage select screen, though if the game randoms to the stage the winner banned, exit out and repeat until it doesn't.
7. The winner selects his character, then the loser selects his character.
8. Repeat from step five until one player has won enough matches to win the set.
After a set is complete, the winner must report it to the tournament host. For this tournament, it should be fine to just report to one of the OGS officers.
Miscellaneous
Game-breaking glitch abuse to win a match is strictly forbidden. "Game-breaking" refers to such things as the Ice Climbers freeze glitch, and does not include such things as Mewtwo's Confusion trick on the Battlefield ledge. Use your common sense and there should be no issues.
Failing to report to a match for which you have been called in a reasonable time frame will result in disqualification. What is a "reasonable time frame" is up to the tournament organizer and may change depending on how pressed for time the tournament is, so your best bet is to just pay attention and go to your match as soon as you hear it called. If you need to use the bathroom or something, just let someone know. We're reasonable, and aren't going to DQ you just because you stepped out for a minute to get a drink or something; we just need to know where you are so that we don't think you abandoned the tournament.
Stalling to the point where an opponent cannot advance the match is forbidden. This includes things like wall jumping under Battlefield or using Jigglypuff's Pound to permanently stay out of range of attack up in a corner somewhere. Stalling as a form of attack baiting is perfectly acceptable, however, such as with Sheik's vanish stalls on the ledge. Additionally, use of "stalling techniques" for recovery, such as Puff's Rising Pound or Peach's Wall Bomber is legal. Again, use your common sense; that's the biggest thing with this rule.
If possible, try to avoid using a Wavebird or other wireless controller. Interference and battery life issues make them far too unreliable to use properly. We will have some controllers available for general use if you do not have one available to you.
If there is a rule dispute or some odd situation such as the power to a console or TV suddenly going out mid-game, the general response will be to replay the match that was in progress at the time of the oddity occurring. If the two players cannot agree on what to do, contact one of the tournament organizers and we will deal with it.
In general, the winner of a match is whichever character appears as the winner as stated by the game after the match is over. Thus, if you lose your last stock while your opponent is becoming a star, you still lose the match. To speed things along, a player may voluntarily quit out of the game via the pause screen if he or she wishes to forfeit the current game and move on to the next one.
The decisions of tournament organizers are final.
When: Saturday, January 15th starting at 12:00PM
Doubles tournament starts right at 12:00, show up for registration at around 11:40.
Singles starts at 2:00.
Where: University Center Connan Room
Welcome back to Carnegie Mellon for another semester of fun, excitement, and extremely difficult classwork! I'm sure getting back into the swing of things is something of a pain, so OGS is here to help everyone to get back into shape with one of our staple events: a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament. As usual, we'll be having both doubles and singles in double-elimination format.
If you're planning to attend, go ahead and post in the thread saying you're coming. It'll help us figure out how many people to expect and allow us to set up some part of the bracket in advance. If you can bring a Wii or GameCube along with a copy of the game, please also say that in your post, as we'll need a couple more setups.
For anyone who hasn't been to one of our Melee events before, you're in for a treat. Everyone's there to relax and have a good time, so if you've ever held a GameCube controller, stop on by! If you haven't, stop on by anyway! It's the first weekend of the semester, come play video games and enjoy it.
Here's the rules for those who aren't familiar. It may sound daunting but don't worry. If there's any confusion, we'll be glad to help out.
RULES
Based on the Smashboards.com recommended rule set for Melee.
The bracket will be double-elimination, with all sets except the finals being best of three. Winner's finals, loser's finals, and grand finals will be best of five. For those unfamiliar with the double-elimination format, it is a tournament bracket set up so that you must lose two sets in order to be eliminated from the tournament. Those who have not lost once are in the "winner's bracket" and will only play against those who have not yet lost. Those who have lost once are in the "loser's bracket" and will play only against others who have lost once, thus losing a match in loser's bracket means elimination from the tournament. The player who wins the loser's bracket then plays the winner of the winner's bracket in a grand final. The grand final may consist of two sets; if the person from loser's bracket wins the first set, he must win another to win the tournament, as the person coming from winner's bracket will have only lost once.
Doubles
Neutral stages:
-Battlefield
-Dream Land 64
-Final Destination
-Pokémon Stadium
-Yoshi's Story
Counterpick stages:
-Brinstar
-Kongo Jungle 64
-Rainbow Cruise
Friendly fire will be set to ON.
Life stealing IS LEGAL. As a general courtesy, however, you may want to ask your teammate if he or she would allow it personally.
Singles
Neutral stages:
-Battlefield
-Dream Land 64
-Final Destination
-Fountain of Dreams
-Yoshi's Story
Counterpick stages:
-Brinstar
-Pokémon Stadium
-Rainbow Cruise
-Kongo Jungle 64
General rules for both doubles and singles
Items are set to off.
Stock and Time are set to 4 stock and 8 minutes respectively.
Regular sets are best of 3 matches.
The Tournament Host is the arbiter of all disputes.
Blind Picks: Upon request, a player may choose to have character selection for the first match of the set be a "blind pick". This means both players will tell their character selection to a trusted third party, who will then reveal both players' characters.
Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: No player can counter pick a stage he or she has previously won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players.
Gentleman's clause: any stage may be played on so long as both players agree to it, including banned stages. This can be used in tandem with the Modified Dave's Stupid Rule (MDSR).
Timed out matches will be determined by the remaining number of lives, then percentage of the current stock. In the event of a percentage tie, replay that match. Any Sudden Death match is strictly not to be played.
Format of a set
1. When your match is called, find your opponent and move to the assigned TV (you may just be told to find any TV to play on).
2. If there are any disputes about who gets what controller port, resolve these using rock-paper-scissors or a similar method.
3. Perform character selection. If a player wishes to invoke a blind pick, then carry out the procedure for doing so mentioned above.
4. Perform "stage striking." Both players select stages from the five neutrals on which they would not like to play the first match until only one stage remains. The player with the lower controller port number goes first, and picks one stage to strike. The other player then strikes two stages, and the first player strikes the final stage, leaving one stage left.
5. The match is played on the stage selected.
6. If that match was a player's first loss in the set, he or she selects any legal stage to "ban". The loser picks the next stage from any other legal stage, including counterpick stages and with respect to Dave's Stupid Rule. The loser may also opt to simply have the game randomly select any of the five neutral stages with the random stage option on the stage select screen, though if the game randoms to the stage the winner banned, exit out and repeat until it doesn't.
7. The winner selects his character, then the loser selects his character.
8. Repeat from step five until one player has won enough matches to win the set.
After a set is complete, the winner must report it to the tournament host. For this tournament, it should be fine to just report to one of the OGS officers.
Miscellaneous
Game-breaking glitch abuse to win a match is strictly forbidden. "Game-breaking" refers to such things as the Ice Climbers freeze glitch, and does not include such things as Mewtwo's Confusion trick on the Battlefield ledge. Use your common sense and there should be no issues.
Failing to report to a match for which you have been called in a reasonable time frame will result in disqualification. What is a "reasonable time frame" is up to the tournament organizer and may change depending on how pressed for time the tournament is, so your best bet is to just pay attention and go to your match as soon as you hear it called. If you need to use the bathroom or something, just let someone know. We're reasonable, and aren't going to DQ you just because you stepped out for a minute to get a drink or something; we just need to know where you are so that we don't think you abandoned the tournament.
Stalling to the point where an opponent cannot advance the match is forbidden. This includes things like wall jumping under Battlefield or using Jigglypuff's Pound to permanently stay out of range of attack up in a corner somewhere. Stalling as a form of attack baiting is perfectly acceptable, however, such as with Sheik's vanish stalls on the ledge. Additionally, use of "stalling techniques" for recovery, such as Puff's Rising Pound or Peach's Wall Bomber is legal. Again, use your common sense; that's the biggest thing with this rule.
If possible, try to avoid using a Wavebird or other wireless controller. Interference and battery life issues make them far too unreliable to use properly. We will have some controllers available for general use if you do not have one available to you.
If there is a rule dispute or some odd situation such as the power to a console or TV suddenly going out mid-game, the general response will be to replay the match that was in progress at the time of the oddity occurring. If the two players cannot agree on what to do, contact one of the tournament organizers and we will deal with it.
In general, the winner of a match is whichever character appears as the winner as stated by the game after the match is over. Thus, if you lose your last stock while your opponent is becoming a star, you still lose the match. To speed things along, a player may voluntarily quit out of the game via the pause screen if he or she wishes to forfeit the current game and move on to the next one.
The decisions of tournament organizers are final.
