[Monthly] ADVENT IX presented by Next Level Lan

Saturday, May 12 2012
Next Level Lan
Orlando, FL

Location:
Next Level Lan
University Corporate Center
6947 University Blvd.
Winter Park, FL 32792
407-923-5883​

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Time:

Registration starts at 11:00 AM
Doubles begins at 12:00 PM
Singles will begin as soon as Doubles is finished

This is the original ADVENT thread and will be updated for each monthly event.


Format:

Five to Seven Rounds of Swiss:

32 players or less: 5 Rounds of Swiss
33 to 64 players: 6 Rounds of Swiss
More than 64 players: 7 Rounds of Swiss

All players are paired together randomly for the first round. They all play their matches, and report the results. Those who won their game in the first round receive 1 point and those who lost receive 0 points. Players with the same score are then paired together randomly for round 2. Repeat the process for round 3, etc. After 5 to 7 rounds of Swiss, players will be properly seeded for the following portion of the tournament.

Less than 24 players: Top 8 advance
24 - 63 players: Top 16 advance
64 or more players: Top 32 advance
Top 8/16/32 seeded players advance to double elimination bracket

If 2 players tie for last seed of 8/16/32 they will play a tiebreaker match, if 3 to 5 players tie they will play a round robin pool. If more than 5 players tie for a spot in the bracket it will be ranked by Opponents Win Percentage (OWP) this will be calculated by software. All other seeding will automatically be done by software.

All players are guaranteed at least five matches, you are only out of the regular tournament when the five rounds are completed and you do not make it into Top 8/16/32.



Entry Fees:

Singles - $10 per entrant
Doubles - $20 per team / $10 per person


Payouts

If below 70 players:
1st Place 35 % of Singles Admission
2nd Place 20%
3rd Place 10%


If above 70 players:
1st Place 60% of Singles Admission
2nd Place 15%
3rd Place 10%
4th Place 5 %
5th/6th 2.5%
5th/6th 2.5%

DISCLAIMER: there will be NO Refunds given without extreme emergency on the day of the tournament! This will run till at least 9pm, if you can't stay that late don't enter! Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part.



Amateur Bracket:

Any players who do not make it into the regular double elimination bracket are eligible to compete in a double elimination Amateur Bracket.

The AB is about pride and gaining experience with players at a similar level.
There will be a $1 buy in which will go toward the venue fees. Avoiding circumstances where skilled players abuse the AB and keeping the regular entree fees down are the primary reasons for not paying out the top 3 of AB. Winner of Amateur Bracket will get their $1 back and enter the following ADVENT for a discounted rate of $5 for singles and doubles.


Rules:

4 Stock, 8 minute time limit for both singles and doubles
Best of 3, Finals will be best of 5.
Doubles Team Attack is ON, LIFE stealing is allowed.
Bring Your Own Controller
Singles random select stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64
Doubles random select stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Dreamland 64 & Pokemon Stadium
Stages not listed on the random select list that are not banned are open for counter picks by the losing player.
Stages banned for Doubles Only: Fountain of Dreams
Stages banned for Singles & Doubles: Yoshi’s Island (Pipes), Fourside, Hyrule Temple, Flatzone, Brinstar Depths, Icicle Mountain, Big Blue, Mushroom Kingdom 1, Venom, Yoshi's Island 64, Peach’s Castle, Green Greens, Mute City, Corneria, Poke Floats, Kongo Jungle, Onett, and Great Bay.
No stage may be used twice in a Best of 3 or Best of 5 Series unless agree upon by both players.
Loser of each match may choose the stage for the next game. Winner may then choose characters but must also allow the Loser to change characters afterwards.
Stage striking is recommended.

(Banned stages may be changed before the tournament, Discuss if you disagree with current format.)



Finding the venue:
NLL is in the middle of the chain of businesses with the big "X" on the banner of the store. Just check where a bunch of cars are. Parking allowed in rear (lol).

Coming off 417 (toll road):

Get off at the exit for the University of Central Florida, University Blvd.
Go straight down university heading for Full Sail. NLL is in the plaza on the right side of the street at the intersection of University Blvd and Forsyth Trail.

Coming off 408 (toll road):

Get off at the exit for the University of Central Florida - You stay on 408 till it literally turns into Challenger Parkway. Stay on Challenger Parkway until you reach the intersection of Challenger and Alafaya Tr.

Hang a right on Alafaya Tr.

Continue on Alafaya Tr. until you reach the intersection of University and Alafaya. Turn left here and go down University until you reach the same area described in the 408 directions.

Directions: http://www.nextlevellan.com/contactus.html
See Next Level LAN website at www.NextLevelLAN.com


Food:

Snacks and Food Available for Purchase at Next Level LAN (stock permitting)
Also located near NLL Plaza is:
Burger King
Pollo Tropical
Dunkin Doughnuts
Perkins
Taco Bell
McDonald's
Orlando Alehouse
Chinese food
Steak n Shake
...and more

Yes, you are allowed to bring outside food and drink into the store. Just dispose of it!



BRING SETUPS
WE NEED MELEE DISCS, CUBES AND TVS.

The more working systems we have the more efficient we can run these events and the more friendlies you get to play.


Our goal is to have at least 20 setups at this event. Please do your part by bringing setups. If you can, please post in this thread to let us know if you can bring anything (wii, Cube, melee, TV).


Organizing this tournament is still a work in progress; more details may become available at a later date. Check in regularly and reply to posts to generate hype for this new series.

Results for previous tournaments:
ADVENT I
ADVENT II
ADVENT III
ADVENT IV
ADVENT V
ADVENT VI

ADVENT VII



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Updates
4/10/12: Updated OP for ADVENT IX

So legit. Good stuff Zoro.

Finally!!!!

ohh man!! lets do it!!!


HYYYYPPEEEEE!!!!


cant wait! finally!! we can come all together now.

Sounds like fun. Swiss pools + pro bracket + amateur bracket + teams maybe difficult to find time for; we'll see how much we can do come this day.
/I'll be here

Looking good

I'll talk to sfl about making this, looks like fun.

yeah shiz should come down to this. I want a rematch from noob 3 :F

swiss makes for a much fairer tourney

Never make assumptions.

I can and will bring 2 TV's
Ghatzu has one of mine at his place but it's only like 5min away
I personally don't have any reliable consoles atm...my wii won't read discs half the time so you kinda just clunk your way to vs' and then clunk your way back to character select...it sucks

So yea I can bring 2 TV's and no consoles, so everyone bring your consoles even if you're not sure there will be a TV for them.

If people are consistent with these, we should consider doing a little Advent only PR imo

3 said:

If people are consistent with these, we should consider doing a little Advent only PR imo

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We call those "seeding points" where I come from.

3 said:

I can and will bring 2 TV's
Ghatzu has one of mine at his place but it's only like 5min away
I personally don't have any reliable consoles atm...my wii won't read discs half the time so you kinda just clunk your way to vs' and then clunk your way back to character select...it sucks

So yea I can bring 2 TV's and no consoles, so everyone bring your consoles even if you're not sure there will be a TV for them.

If people are consistent with these, we should consider doing a little Advent only PR imo

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bladeofapollo said:

We call those "seeding points" where I come from.

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You bringing melee disc though right?

Yeah apollo is right, after every monthly i'll update the seeding points that everyone has accumulated since the first advent. Like gigs used to do
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=107602


That'll technically be the advent PRs

I do intend to get a couple of people together and make a solid FL PRs though. That'll probably happen in January after we get some good tourney data

oh, I had no clue
and I thought this was the monday night things...
**** it I'm requesting off for dis ish
& yea I can bring my melee disc

[edit] done
comment on my reqest; 'super smash bros. melee tournament'

huehuehue


Also, a reminder, there will be dedicated friendly TV's
This means that if you are on a tournament TV, and it is not a tournament match, you are expected to quit out as soon as both the players are ready
Alternatively, if you are on a friendly TV, and you have a tournament match, you are expected to quit out as soon as you are made aware that you have a match regardless of what the other player is doing

put me down for a cube and disc

I should be going to this (as of now anyway), and I can provide a Wii/Melee disc.

My brother and I are looking to possibly hitch a ride with someone who's driving up to this. We're located in Miramar/Pembroke Pines, and we'd be willing to pay for gas as well. If anyone wants some driving buddies and new friends to play some friendlies with, please let me know!

yo daniel, if you live in miramar you should check this: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=253089&page=231

south florida usually meets up at zero ping which is a lan center in hollywood. just post in that thread.

Thanks a lot man, I think I will

I can bring a melee disk and cube definitely and maybe a TV.

i got this day off, so i'll be here for sure

will be bringing at least 1 tv & 1 cube

Im in for sure, and I can bring at least one cube+melee to the party.

Yo, This looks so dope! I'm liking this! I might attend this.

gonna see about hittin this up, dayuum got that vet status, tru?

I'm coming to this fosho now.If I can't find a ride I will be bringing select individuals that I see worthy of riding in my car from sfl.....so probably 2 other peeps with me.

Myself and colin will continue our unstoppable winning streak in teams at this tourney.

that is all

i'll do what I can man, there's a lot of underground players here that don't use the boards at all.

about the next zp tournament...zp is remodeling and is getting a much needed upgrade so the next tourney there will be fire flame.

expect it to be happening in late september!

Yeah I'll certainly be here with AngryLobster and maybe a couple more from this area.

Nice, I approve. Will have to see if I can be off work for this or not.

I love you Zoro. I will try my best to be here!

Anomic_Punk said:

Nice, I approve. Will have to see if I can be off work for this or not.

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bring it!

i am confirmed for sure 100% idk about my lake mary people though, don't care to ask either.

Hmm...looks like blea is driving and it's going to be myself, jason and probably one or two others as well.

hype!