Smash for Safehouse

UPDATE 3/26: Originally I posted this thread with the working title of 'Oversalt' because I didn't know what our main sponsor (UM SAPAC) wanted to call it, but since then they've gotten back to me with their official event name, Smash for Safehouse. So that's the tourney title. Sorry for any confusion!

Here, we're doing a charity event, but there will still be big prizes for the winners that UM SAPAC has been generous enough to provide to us! See the Entry Info section for more details. Basically, same rules at a familiar venue, just a different take on the prizes.

UM SAPAC is advertising across campus to bring in a ton of locals. They brought me on board to ensure the tourney is run with the standard Melee ruleset and because we can provide full setups, so I hope people can bring those. The decision was made to run Melee Singles only, with a pro bracket and amateur bracket to maximize playing time for everyone.


= Schedule =

* Registration will end at 12:30pm sharp in order to provide the TOs time to create pools. That means you have to get here by 12:30pm if you want to enter!


= Venue =

Mason Hall
Room 1427
419 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Maps and Driving Directions:

= Entry Info =

Entrance Fee:
$8 if you register at the door
$5 if you pre-register online

Click Here for Pre-Registration

Just a one-time entrance fee for anyone who participates. As usual, $5 will be refunded to anyone who brings a full setup (CRT TV + GameCube + Melee disc + complete memory card).

Payout:
1st place: Amazon Kindle Touch 3G
2nd place: Cyber Acoustics Portable Docking Speakers for iPod
3rd place: $25 GameStop gift card


= Ruleset =

We're using a slight modification to the Apex 2012 Melee ruleset:


Stage Strike for the first match of the set in "1221" fashion:
1. First person strikes one stage.
2. Second person strikes the next two stages.
3. First person strikes one stage.

After each match:
1. Winner announces stage ban
2. Loser chooses counterpick stage
3. Winner chooses their character
4. Loser chooses their character

Doubles-Specific Rules:
* Life stealing is allowed
* Friendly Fire is turned ON
* Pause is turned OFF


= Miscellanous =

* Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, pausing, game reset, etc.) will result in forfeiture of the current stock 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.
* Failure to report to your match within 10 minutes will result in forfeiture of the first game of your set, then forfeiture of the whole set after another 10 minutes has passed.

Get here on time! If you're late, call a tournament organizer (TO for short) and we'll try to work something out. Do not call asking for directions, it's your job to view/print the maps we provided.

Main TO: Juggleguy (Rob)
Cell Phone: 734-945-4702
Email: robharn@umich.edu


WE NEED PEOPLE TO BRING FULL SETUPS!

Staff can only provide a couple TVs to start with, so it's up to the community to bring more to make the event easier to run (and way more entertaining)!

Reminder: $5 will be refunded to anyone who brings a full setup (CRT TV + GameCube + Melee disc + complete memory card).

Confirmed Equipment:

TVs
Juggleguy
King Miles
Solo
HIV+
Mason Hall x4

Cubes + Melee discs:
Juggleguy
King Miles
Solo
HIV+
Chad
Aceplayer
?
?

Please post if you can bring equipment to the tourney.

Yeah, this should be fun. I have faith they can bring in at least 20 completely new people to the event just from local advertising. It'll be a good opportunity to have more locals exposed to the MI Melee scene.

I also remember hearing something about an online pre-registration that would cut the entrance fee to $5, but I'll have to get back to everyone on that. It's still $5 off for a full setup, so well worth the effort imo.

I think Safehouse, but not completely sure. I won't be handling any money/prizes at this tourney, that's all SAPAC. They're paying for the venue and prizes, I'm just running the tourney.

LOL

Any statement regarding Dope's attendance always has to have that jail disclaimer at the end.

I'll see if I can make this.

UPDATE 3/26: Originally I posted this thread with the working title of 'Oversalt' because I didn't know what our main sponsor (UM SAPAC) wanted to call it, but since then they've gotten back to me with their official event name, Smash for Safehouse. So that's the tourney title. Sorry for any confusion!

Also, the Facebook event has been up for awhile, I just forgot to link to it. Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/events/352159611495982/

Pre-Registration is also up and running. If you do this, you only have to pay $5 to enter: Click Here for Pre-Registration

Laipply said:

I would normally come to this. The drive isn't TERRIBLE.
But I am going to a Melee tournament in a small town next to mine. Trying to build a bigger scene here in Fort Wayne if possible.
Also, it's been a long time since I've been on the boards.... Can anyone explain how I could possibly know if tournament is going to be large enough to make it worth my drive?

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Normally we post a Facebook event and that's a decent indication of how large the tournament is going to be. This one already has 50 people confirmed, most of them UM locals, so turnout is looking pretty good. Also, a lot of people in the Smash community are too lazy to confirm themselves on Facebook, so it might be even bigger than that.

Don't worry, I'll be in charge of standardizing everything related to the Smash ruleset. I didn't make the Facebook event page, so that was probably written by someone who is mixing up Brawl with Melee.