9th BEST Extreme Smash in Troy
September 8
This tournament is intended as an upstate NY local. If you want a bigger and better tournament, check out 10th BEST, December 1.
Important changes/notes:
Schedule: Melee will be run before Brawl (separate).
Prices: Singles are $5, and doubles are $10 per team.
Meta Knight banned: Meta Knight is banned in Brawl.
Side events: None announced but possible.
Where:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Union in Troy, NY at the intersection of Sage Ave and 15th St. Go to Google Maps and search for "Rensselaer Union, Troy, NY."
From Boston: 3.25 hours.
From NYC: 3 hours.
From Rochester: 4 hours.
From Montreal: 4 hours.
The tournament room is on the first floor, in a room called "Mother's." We'll have signs up directing people there. This room was used for 2nd through 5th BEST.
Google maps image. Most people will probably come from 7/Hoosick St.
Zoomed in plus parking. Green areas are definitely free, and parking meters do not charge on weekends.
This shows how the building appears from the intersection of Sage Ave and 15th St.
We can provide housing overnight if necessary. Contact us beforehand or post here.
Prices:
No venue fee
$5 Melee singles
$5 Brawl singles
$10 Melee teams (per team)
$10 Brawl teams (per team)
Payouts:
Singles:
1st - 55%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 10%
4th - 5%
Doubles:
1st - 60%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 10%
Schedule: (subject to change)
Registration for each event will go until the time listed, and then seeding/pool-making starts. Singles will include pools.
9:00am - Venue opens
10:30am - Melee doubles
12:30pm - Melee singles
4:00pm - Brawl doubles
6:00pm - Brawl singles
12:30am - Venue closes
Melee Rules:
- Items off.
- 4 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on.
- Ties are broken by lives then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned.
- Stalling is banned. This includes any excessive use of tactics like rising pound and wall-bombing in order to deliberately delay the match.
- Glitches like the Ice Climbers' freeze glitch are banned.
- Wobbling is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players and the TO agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
1v1 Neutrals:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dreamland
Yoshi's Story
Fountain of Dreams
1v1 Counterpicks:
Pokemon Stadium
2v2 Neutrals:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dreamland
Yoshi's Story
Pokemon Stadium
2v2 Counterpicks:
None
Set format:
1. Blind picks: Both players select characters.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-2-1 order according to controller port number.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
Brawl Rules:
- Items off and none.
- 3 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on.
- Meta Knight is banned.
- If time runs out, if either player exceeds 50 ledge grabs, that player receives a loss. Otherwise the winner is determined by stock then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- If the match ends with both players dying from a suicide kill (such as by Bowser or Ganondorf), the initiator of the move is declared the victor.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned. In addition, all people are responsible for their own control scheme/name tag and must make sure it is set before the match begins. Both players must agree to restart a match on account of a controller problem.
- Stalling is banned. Stalling is defined as any action that deliberately avoids all conflict as to make the game unplayable. Running from an opponent to get to a better position is not considered stalling, but using chain grabs infinitely against a wall beyond 300% or using Sonic's Neutral B repeatedly underneath the stage is.
- Scrooging is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players and the TO agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
Neutrals:
Smashville
Final Destination
Battlefield
Yoshi's Island
Lylat Cruise
Counterpicks:
Pokemon Stadium 1
Delfino Plaza
Halberd
Castle Siege
Frigate Orpheon
Set format:
1. Blind picks: Both players select characters.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-2-1 order according to controller port number.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
Attendance:
.
T.O. contact info:
Zaandaa/tiger10x (op)
Name: Adam
AIM: Zaandaa (preferred method of contact)
Cell: 207-649-0605
September 8
This tournament is intended as an upstate NY local. If you want a bigger and better tournament, check out 10th BEST, December 1.
Important changes/notes:
Schedule: Melee will be run before Brawl (separate).
Prices: Singles are $5, and doubles are $10 per team.
Meta Knight banned: Meta Knight is banned in Brawl.
Side events: None announced but possible.
Where:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Union in Troy, NY at the intersection of Sage Ave and 15th St. Go to Google Maps and search for "Rensselaer Union, Troy, NY."
From Boston: 3.25 hours.
From NYC: 3 hours.
From Rochester: 4 hours.
From Montreal: 4 hours.
The tournament room is on the first floor, in a room called "Mother's." We'll have signs up directing people there. This room was used for 2nd through 5th BEST.
Google maps image. Most people will probably come from 7/Hoosick St.
Zoomed in plus parking. Green areas are definitely free, and parking meters do not charge on weekends.
This shows how the building appears from the intersection of Sage Ave and 15th St.
We can provide housing overnight if necessary. Contact us beforehand or post here.
Prices:
No venue fee
$5 Melee singles
$5 Brawl singles
$10 Melee teams (per team)
$10 Brawl teams (per team)
Payouts:
Singles:
1st - 55%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 10%
4th - 5%
Doubles:
1st - 60%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 10%
Schedule: (subject to change)
Registration for each event will go until the time listed, and then seeding/pool-making starts. Singles will include pools.
9:00am - Venue opens
10:30am - Melee doubles
12:30pm - Melee singles
4:00pm - Brawl doubles
6:00pm - Brawl singles
12:30am - Venue closes
Melee Rules:
- Items off.
- 4 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on.
- Ties are broken by lives then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned.
- Stalling is banned. This includes any excessive use of tactics like rising pound and wall-bombing in order to deliberately delay the match.
- Glitches like the Ice Climbers' freeze glitch are banned.
- Wobbling is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players and the TO agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
1v1 Neutrals:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dreamland
Yoshi's Story
Fountain of Dreams
1v1 Counterpicks:
Pokemon Stadium
2v2 Neutrals:
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dreamland
Yoshi's Story
Pokemon Stadium
2v2 Counterpicks:
None
Set format:
1. Blind picks: Both players select characters.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-2-1 order according to controller port number.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
Brawl Rules:
- Items off and none.
- 3 stock, 8 minutes.
- Team attack on.
- Meta Knight is banned.
- If time runs out, if either player exceeds 50 ledge grabs, that player receives a loss. Otherwise the winner is determined by stock then percentage. Percentage ties will replay the match with one stock on the same stage.
- If the match ends with both players dying from a suicide kill (such as by Bowser or Ganondorf), the initiator of the move is declared the victor.
- Regular sets are best of 3 matches. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals sets are best of 5 matches.
- Controller mods are banned. In addition, all people are responsible for their own control scheme/name tag and must make sure it is set before the match begins. Both players must agree to restart a match on account of a controller problem.
- Stalling is banned. Stalling is defined as any action that deliberately avoids all conflict as to make the game unplayable. Running from an opponent to get to a better position is not considered stalling, but using chain grabs infinitely against a wall beyond 300% or using Sonic's Neutral B repeatedly underneath the stage is.
- Scrooging is banned.
- Modified Dave's Stupid Rule: The loser cannot pick a stage he or she has won on in the set unless agreed upon by both players. Additionally, if both players agree to play on a banned stage, that stage may be played as well.
- Gentleman's Clause: If the two players and the TO agree on a change in a rule, like choosing a banned stage, they are allowed to do so. If there is no agreement, standard rules apply.
Stages:
Neutrals:
Smashville
Final Destination
Battlefield
Yoshi's Island
Lylat Cruise
Counterpicks:
Pokemon Stadium 1
Delfino Plaza
Halberd
Castle Siege
Frigate Orpheon
Set format:
1. Blind picks: Both players select characters.
2. Stage striking: Players eliminate stages from the Neutral Stage List until only 1 remains, and the players then play the first match on that stage. Players strike stages in a 1-2-2-1 order according to controller port number.
3. The first match is played.
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage.
5. The losing player of preceding match picks stage for the next match.
6. The winning player of preceding match picks character.
7. The losing player picks character.
8. The next match is played.
9. Repeat steps 4-8 for all consecutive matches until the set is complete.
Attendance:
.
T.O. contact info:
Zaandaa/tiger10x (op)
Name: Adam
AIM: Zaandaa (preferred method of contact)
Cell: 207-649-0605
