Settings-

• Items: Off
• Stage Hazards: Off*
• Stage Morph: Off*
• Spirts: Off
• Handicap: Off
• Game Mode: Stock Battle
• Stocks: 3
• Time: 6 Minutes

STEVE IS BANNED FROM THIS TOURNAMENT SERIES

*= Subject to Gentleman
(Gentleman (noun./verb.)- The act of both players agreeing to circumvent one or more aspects of the established rules.)

Legal Stages-

Starters:

Battlefield/Dreamland/Fountain of Dreams/Battlefield-form* ; Pokémon Stadium 1/Pokémon Stadium 2* ; Smashville ; Town & City ; Lylat Cruise

Counterpicks:

Northern Cave/Kalos Pokémon League* ; Small Battlefield ; Final Destination/Omega-form* ; Hollow Bastian ; Yoshi's Story

*= Stages are interchangeable with each other.

Procedures-

• DSR (Dave's Stupid Rule: If a player has won on a stage that same player may not choose to go back to said stage)
• 4 Stage Bans
• 2-1-1 Strike

Match Start:

1.) Players will initiate the match by playing Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS); the loser must reveal which fighter they will play for game 1; the winner of the RPS will reveal their intended fighter after the RPS loser reveals their fighter; if 1 or both of the players would prefer to blind pick a third party must be told by both players in private which fighters they intend to choose; the third party will then relay back to both players which fighter both players had relayed to the third party earlier in this procedure.
2.) Both players will agree on 1 of the starter stages to play their match on. If a stage cannot be agreed on both players must strike to decide the starting stage; the loser of the RPS from step 1 will initiate the striking process by striking 2 of the 5 starters that will not be played on; the winner of the RPS from step 1 will strike second by striking 2 of the remaining 3 stages starting stages that the initial striker did not strike; the player who struck first will now decide which of the remaining 2 stages will be played on from game 1 by striking the final stage.
3.) Both players will choose the fighters that were communicated in step 1.
4.) Commence game 1.
5.) The winner of Game 1 will announce if they intend to switch fighters or not (this player does not have to reveal exactly which fighter they intend on playing) followed by the loser of Game 1 revealing their character switch intentions; once both players have aired their intentions the loser of Game 1 will choose one of the remaining 8 stages to play Game 2 on.
6.) The winner of Game 1 will choose their fighter first; the winner of Game 1 may not switch fighters once the loser of Game 1 picks their fighter.
7.) Commence game 2.
8.) Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the set has concluded abiding by Dave's Stupid Rule.

The Fille Chlause- In the event that two or more of the tournament finalists request a splitting of their guaranteed payout in lieu of playing the final set(s) of the bracket, all contestants requesting the split who are above the age of 17 must do an online search (on a non-anonymous browser/setting) for (male) homosexual pornography on their personal mobile device and proceed to watch at least one video from the resulting search for at least 60 seconds with at least one of the tournament organizers bearing witness. The tournament organizer witnessing this event will be in control of the timer, either by their own count or tool-assisted. In the event that one of the contestants requesting the split is not in possession of a mobile device they will be made to share with the other requesting contestant(s). Upon completion of the 60 seconds of watch-time or when the witnessing tournament organizer is satisfied the the split payout will be accepted.