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Event Rules
You can find the entire The Box ruleset here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YV8wGL7kVgweEKCdmMQ0GpqjRPINko5rR83XToCc5Eo/edit#heading=h.nuaq5n5mtykh.
Game Settings
- 3 Stock
- 7 Minutes
- Pausing: Off
- Final Smash Meter: Off
- Spirits: Off
- Damage Handicap: Off
- Stage Selection: Anyone
- Items: Off and None
- First to: 1 Win
- Stage Morph: Off
- Stage Hazards: Off
- Team Attack: On
- Launch Rate: 1.0x
- Underdog Boost: Off
- Score Display: Off
- % Show Damage: Yes
- Custom Balance: Off
- Mii Fighters: All moveset combinations are legal
Stages
- Battlefield and Omega variations of the stages are allowed when a player counterpicks either Battlefield or Final Destination respectively. The Battlefield and Omega forms may only be selected from the legal stages below.
Starters
- Battlefield
- Final Destination
- Pokemon Stadium 2
- Smashville
- Town and City
Counterpicks
- Kalos Pokemon League
- Yoshi's Story
Stage Selection
- Winner of the previous game will ban 2 stages
- Players are not allowed to counterpick to the stage that they most recently won on (also known as mDSR or Modified DSR/Dave's Stupid Rule)
Connection
While this tourney highly recommends a USB LAN adapter, it is not a requirement. However, anyone that is seriously lagging will be DQ'd. If you are playing someone where this is the case, please call a mod in your smash.gg match and call for a lag test.
Brackets and DQ
- The tourney will be Best of 3, until Top 8 where it will be Best of 5.
- The auto DQ timer is 5 minutes in both Winners and Losers.
- If both players check-in, but a match has not been started within 10 minutes, we will DQ whoever is holding up the bracket.
- No multitourneying, alting/smurfing, stalling, or other violations of player integrity
Self Destructs, Stalling and Sudden Death
- If a game ends with a self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner.
- Exessive stalling in a match will result in a match forfeit at a Tournament Organizer's discretion.
- Sudden Death with tied percentage/stock will result in a 1 stock/3 minute playoff match.
Match Rules
Game Settings
- 3 Stock
- 7 Minutes
- Pausing: Off
- Final Smash Meter: Off
- Spirits: Off
- Damage Handicap: Off
- Stage Selection: Anyone
- Items: Off and None
- First to: 1 Win
- Stage Morph: Off
- Stage Hazards: Off
- Team Attack: On
- Launch Rate: 1.0x
- Underdog Boost: Off
- Score Display: Off
- % Show Damage: Yes
- Custom Balance: Off
- Mii Fighters: All moveset combinations are legal
Stages
- Battlefield and Omega variations of the stages are allowed when a player counterpicks either Battlefield or Final Destination respectively. The Battlefield and Omega forms may only be selected from the legal stages below.
Starters
- Battlefield
- Final Destination
- Pokemon Stadium 2
- Smashville
- Town and City
Counterpicks
- Kalos Pokemon League
- Yoshi's Story
Stage Selection
- Winner of the previous game will ban 2 stages
- Players are not allowed to counterpick to the stage that they most recently won on (also known as mDSR or Modified DSR/Dave's Stupid Rule)
Tournament Rules
You can find the entire The Box ruleset here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YV8wGL7kVgweEKCdmMQ0GpqjRPINko5rR83XToCc5Eo/edit#heading=h.nuaq5n5mtykh.
Game Settings
- 3 Stock
- 7 Minutes
- Pausing: Off
- Final Smash Meter: Off
- Spirits: Off
- Damage Handicap: Off
- Stage Selection: Anyone
- Items: Off and None
- First to: 1 Win
- Stage Morph: Off
- Stage Hazards: Off
- Team Attack: On
- Launch Rate: 1.0x
- Underdog Boost: Off
- Score Display: Off
- % Show Damage: Yes
- Custom Balance: Off
- Mii Fighters: All moveset combinations are legal
Stages
- Battlefield and Omega variations of the stages are allowed when a player counterpicks either Battlefield or Final Destination respectively. The Battlefield and Omega forms may only be selected from the legal stages below.
Starters
- Battlefield
- Final Destination
- Pokemon Stadium 2
- Smashville
- Town and City
Counterpicks
- Kalos Pokemon League
- Yoshi's Story
Stage Selection
- Winner of the previous game will ban 2 stages
- Players are not allowed to counterpick to the stage that they most recently won on (also known as mDSR or Modified DSR/Dave's Stupid Rule)
Connection
While this tourney highly recommends a USB LAN adapter, it is not a requirement. However, anyone that is seriously lagging will be DQ'd. If you are playing someone where this is the case, please call a mod in your smash.gg match and call for a lag test.
Brackets and DQ
- The tourney will be Best of 3, until Top 8 where it will be Best of 5.
- The auto DQ timer is 5 minutes in both Winners and Losers.
- If both players check-in, but a match has not been started within 10 minutes, we will DQ whoever is holding up the bracket.
- No multitourneying, alting/smurfing, stalling, or other violations of player integrity
Self Destructs, Stalling and Sudden Death
- If a game ends with a self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner.
- Exessive stalling in a match will result in a match forfeit at a Tournament Organizer's discretion.
- Sudden Death with tied percentage/stock will result in a 1 stock/3 minute playoff match.