THE CURRENT BRACKET AND SEEDING SHOWN ARE PLACEHOLDERS AND SHOULD BE IGNORED. After the qualifiers are finished, this page will be remade with the official format and seeding.

If you would like to contribute to the prize pool, please donate here with the comment “Super Metroid Any%”: https://matcherino.com/t/sglive21

Event Rules:

• Please join the Speedrun Live discord: https://discord.gg/RUsQmNPu7x
• Updates will be posted in the #sm_any channel
• Racetime.gg will be used for each of the qualifiers to create lobbies and record times. Racers must make an account and link it to their Twitch * stream.
• Racers are NOT allowed to watch their opponent’s stream during the race. If there is a restream, racers are not allowed to watch the restream * until their race is concluded.
  • This rule is currently put up to a vote on the Speedrun Live! Discord on channel #sm_any. Please vote on this rule (voting closes Oct 8th, 11:59pm EDT)
• If a match is being re-streamed, racers should provide clean audio (no Streamlabs alerts, no mic, only game sounds).
• Prize money breakdown: 1st place 50%, 2nd place, 30%, 3rd place, 20%.
  • This may be subject to change if the prize pool increases

Tournament Rules:

Sign ups for the qualifiers are open until October 9, 2021, 1:00 pm EDT. Seeding will be determined by each racer’s lowest time in the qualifiers. Racers do NOT need to participate in the qualifiers but will otherwise be randomly seeded at the bottom.

• There will be four qualifying races. Participants can race in as many as they like.
• Qualifier 1 and 2: Saturday, October 9th at 2:00 pm EDT, 10pm EDT
• Qualifier 3 and 4: Sunday, October 10th at 2:00 pm EDT, 10pm EDT
• The bracket will be double elimination and each match will be Bo1.

Once the qualifiers have concluded, pairings will be provided by the next day to allow participants to schedule matches. Please try to schedule matches within a 1 week period to ensure the bracket moves smoothly in time for the conclusion of SGLive (Nov 6-14).

Players will use Racetime to time and record their races. The final time listed on RT will be the official time for the match. Races will use standard Racetime rules as well as the following:

• All players are required to stream their matches.
• Players must have racetime accounts that are connected to their twitch accounts.
• All files should start at 0:00 with the intro sequence completed so play begins on Ceres station.
• Players may use cartridge, flashcart, Super NT, SNES Classic console or an emulator (except SNES9x 1.43 or below and ZSNES, which are * banned).
• Players must use the official North American/Japanese (JU) version of the game (not PAL). No modifications may be made. This includes (but is * not limited to) max ammo counts being available, sprite changes, palette changes and use of MSU1 for audio.
• Players must have clean audio. Mic’s and alerts should be turned off.
• Major glitches are banned. This includes (but is not limited to) anything that takes the player OOB along with the spacetime beam, GT Code and * underflowing ammo. If you are unsure whether a specific glitch is considered a major glitch please ask a tournament organizer.
• Added Oct 14, 2021 If the racers cannot finish within 2 hours, the win will be awarded to the higher seed.
• Added Oct 14, 2021 In the event of a forfeit, the win will be awarded to the opposing player. Accidental forfeits may be reviewed on a case by case basis.
• Added Oct 14, 2021 If the racetime results are within 3 seconds and the winner is unclear, racers may request a frame count to determine the winner of the race.

1. Must agree to and follow our code of conduct https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pAFvM9lp0WcpRgXJkuNAny6-Csuh5x7Z/view
2. Must be available during the SGLive Event to play matches, no tournaments will be extended
3. Must stream matches to twitch, create a racetime.gg account, and join this discord.

Each tournament has their own individual rules about webcams, voice calls, gameplay and conduct. Please check each tournament page for complete rules.