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Event Rules
Individual tournaments will be run with a Double Elimination OR a Pools format, depending on the number of entrants.
Tournaments will default to Double Elimination, with regular matches being Best of 3, and all Semifinals and Finals being Best of 5.
Smash Bros. Melee Ruleset
Ruleset is identical to the ruleset used at EVO 2018.
- Game version: US Nintendo GameCube
- Game Settings: 4 Stock, 8 Minute Time Limit, No Items, Pause Disabled
- Starter stages: Yoshi’s Story, Fountain of Dreams, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land.
- Counterpick stages: Pokemon Stadium.
- Wobbling is NOT legal. Freezing and infinite stalling are not legal.
- First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
- Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
- Following stages decided by winner banning one stage from all stages and then loser choosing.
- Any matches that are best of five, there are no stage bans.
- You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.
Tournament Rules
Individual tournaments will be run with a Double Elimination OR a Pools format, depending on the number of entrants.
Tournaments will default to Double Elimination, with regular matches being Best of 3, and all Semifinals and Finals being Best of 5.
Smash Bros. Melee Ruleset
Ruleset is identical to the ruleset used at EVO 2018.
- Game version: US Nintendo GameCube
- Game Settings: 4 Stock, 8 Minute Time Limit, No Items, Pause Disabled
- Starter stages: Yoshi’s Story, Fountain of Dreams, Final Destination, Battlefield, Dream Land.
- Counterpick stages: Pokemon Stadium.
- Wobbling is NOT legal. Freezing and infinite stalling are not legal.
- First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
- Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
- Following stages decided by winner banning one stage from all stages and then loser choosing.
- Any matches that are best of five, there are no stage bans.
- You may not choose a stage you have already won on unless mutually agreed to.