Top Brawler Tournament July 8th [Register Now]!

Welcome to Gaming Unwrapped's first Super Smash Bros. Brawl tourney. Brawl may be a 4 year old game now, but it means a lot to many of us, and I'm sure it'd be great to kick back into this gear after such a long time.

The tournament will be a double elimination ladder holding as many contestants as we get. To register for placement in the tournament, you must reply to this thread with your desired name and friend code.

Ex: MeLoN
0946 - 3192 - 0441

We will be using All is Brawl's standard ruleset to govern the tournament. If two players agree on some other ruleset during their match, I will allow it as long as it's not ridiculous. Semifinal and final rounds WILL however be utilizing this ruleset.

1. General:
   • Three (3) stock.
   • Eight (8) minute time limit.
   • All items off.
   • If time runs out during a match, Sudden Death will neverbe played. Use the following rules instead:
     • If one player has more stock remaining than the other, the victor will be the player with the most stock.
     • If the stock count is tied, then the player with the lowest damage percent wins the round.
     • If Sudden Death is forced by one player using a "suicide" move (Kirby/Dedede Swallow, Ganondorf Flame Choke, Bowser Bomb, Wario Bite, etc.), then whoever initiated the suicide move wins the game.
     • If both the percent and stock are tied at the end of a match, a one (1) stock, two (2) minute match will be played. This match must be played on the same level as the game prior and with the same characters. Whoever wins this 1-stock playoff wins the game.
   • Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
   • Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
   • Stalling is banned. Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Any infinite chain grabs must end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive stalling. No player must grab the ledge more than 40 times in a game, with the exception of a player using the Ice Climbers, for whom the limit is raised to 60 ledge grabs. If, and only if, the timer runs out and either player has exceeded the total ledge grabs, they lose the game, regardless of stocks and percents. If both players exceed the ledge-grab limit, then the usual time-out rules will apply.
2. The first match of a game mustbe played on a Neutral Stage:
   • Battlefield
   • Final Destination
   • Lylat Cruise
   • Smashville
   • Yoshi's Island
3. Stage striking will be used to select the first stage. The lower ranked player will strike first, choosing a stage from the neutrals list to remove from consideration for the first round. The higher ranked player chooses two stages to remove from consideration for the first round. The lower ranked player then eliminates one of the two remaining stages from consideration, and the first round is played on the last remaining stage.
4. The loser of the first game will then ask the winner to ban a stage. They must do so, or their counterpick is invalidated.The loser may then choose a stage for the second round. This process is repeated for game 3, if necessary.
5. When choosing a stage, you may pick any Neutral stage, or any of the counter pick stages listed:
   • Battleship Halberd
   • Castle Siege
   • Delfino Plaza
   • Frigate Orpheon
   • Pokémon Stadium (Melee)
6. Any map may be played as long as BOTH players agree to it.
7. You may NOT pick a stage that you have already won on for your counter-pick unless your opponent agrees.
   • If the winning player fails to announce their change in character exit out of that game immediately.
   • The game will still be played on the same stage.
   • The winner from the previous is now locked into their character.
   • The loser from the previous match may now reselect their character.
   • King Dedede must dash before re-grabbing an opponent after a down-throw, unless the situation would allow King Dedede to regrab his opponent because of a facet of the stage, as in the case of a wall infinite.
   • Infinite grabs (aside from the earlier mentioned situation with King Dedede), jab locks, laser locks, suicides, wall infinites, etc. are not banned. Do not dispute a match that you lost to the above tactics.

Times

8:00pm EST

7:00pm CST

6:00pm MST

5:00pm PST

The tournament will take place next Sunday July 8th 2012. Please do not sign up for the tournament unless you're fairly certain you will be attending. This is to make sure that there aren't holes in the brackets. Speaking of brackets, I will be using Tio Tournament Organizer to arrange players in a random fashion. When a round begins, I will post the current brackets for people to view. Registration ends one hour before the tournament begins (7pm EST).

Please report to our chatbox located here http://gamingunwrapped.com/forums/index.php?pages/cbox/ at the time of the event. The chat we will be using has a Brawl background, so you can't miss it. It will be helpful if you show up at least 10 minutes early so I can begin to assemble the brackets. If you are not in the chat by 8:00pm EST you will be DQ'd.

Prizes

Winning 1st place in the tournament will net you a $20 PSN Card, 1600 MS Points OR anything at a $20 value or less that I can ship to you through Amazon.com ONLY. Winning 2nd place will earn you a free Gaming Unwrapped T-shirt when our store eventually opens up. 1st place will also get a unique forum medal displaying their victory for all to see.

I hope this tournament goes well. As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Contestants

1.) Raf (1547 - 4864 - 7746)

2.) MeLoN (0946 - 3192 - 0441)

3.) P~man (2237-1506-0165)

4.) BenT (0518-3761-4909)

5.) Grp. (1161-2666-8695)

6.) Helpn (0774 - 4288 - 8897)

7.) Genma316 (4039 - 6634 - 2102)

8.) SilverAlloy (1849 - 8494 - 5881)

9.) BloodyBloom0 (1935 - 5997 - 8191)

10.) EK (2790 - 7533 - 3181)

11.) Zteven (2665 - 2807 - 7854)

12.) Ralph Cecil (4383 - 3121 - 6053)

13.) Tutan (3009 - 3020 - 6115)

14.) Black Star (5415-5963-8624)

15.) Boo (4728-0941-4867)

16.) El Dude (3995 9356 1392)

17.) FF Nano (0303 4520 6228)

18.) DJ (0560-4422-7526)

19.) Ignre (0173-1006-9763)

20.) Ix-Chel (4554~3872~0844)

21.) Zenifushilizardon

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Count me in.

Raf
FC-

1547 4864 7746

I'm in of course.

MeLoN
0946 - 3192 - 0441

Also i think you should avoid using the site chat since the text moves rather quickly in such a limited space. Also there is no PM system on the chat which can make talking directly to opponents difficult at times when it comes to stage striking and bans.

I wish I owned this game

I think you mean, I'll kill you. Are you gonna get Ryan to attend?