Road To Glory General Ruleset And Stage List

Ruleset: Stocks: 3 Stock Time Limit: 8 minutes All items are set to off. Stage Hazards set to off.

Tournament Set Length: All tournament sets will be a best-of-3 until Top 8 which will then be best-of-5. This tournament is set to double elimination.

Set Procedure:

1. Both players stage strike or gentleman to determine the first stage.
2. Players select their characters.
3. The players play the first game of the set.
4. Winning player of the preceding game strikes 2 stages. The losing player of the preceding game picks a stage for the next game.
5. The winning player of the preceding game may choose to change characters or stay with their character; this must be done by the winning player first.
6. The losing player of the preceding game may choose to change characters.
7. The next game is played.
8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for all subsequent games until the set is complete.

Gentleman’s Clause: Players may select any LEGAL stage if they both agree on it (you may not select a non-legal stage, e.g., Temple, because matches on illegal stages may extend tournament run time, both players are subject to possible disqualification for violating this clause)

Stage Striking: Players will play a best-of-1 Rock-Paper-Scissors, the winner will then ban 1 stage from the starter list, the loser will then ban 2 stages from the starter list and then the winner will choose the starting stage from the 2 remaining options.

Stage List:

Starters: Small Battlefield, Battlefield, Final Destination, Smashville, Pokemon Stadium 2

Counterpicks: Kalos Pokemon League, Northern Cave, Town and City