Video Game Tournament Rules (rough draft)

Below are the first draft of the Official Rules for our June 22 Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament. If you want to play in our tournament, please sign up at the library reference desk, or call up to register at 760-753-7376. If you don't want to play, you can still come and watch your friends play, eat snacks, and sign up for our Summer Reading Club, where you get free prizes for reading books.

If you feel strongly that some of our proposed tournament rules should be changed, please write a comment to this post explaining what you think we should do differently and why.

Thanks,

Jake.

SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL TOURNAMENT
JUNE 22, 2009
ENCINITAS LIBRARY
OFFICIAL TOUNAMENT RULES

Single Elimination
Time limit matches, number of minutes to be determined by number of contestants
Ties broken by lives/percentages, NO sudden death
Each match 4 players, unless a player is missing, or if we have an odd number of players
The winner of each 4 player match will advance to the next round, the others are out of the running
Items ON, except Warp Star

Stages:
Random

Characters:
You can choose any character from the starting roster (no special unlocked characters), and must stick with that character throughout the match.

Rules & Special Issues:

-- Each player will be assigned a number, and will play when the console places that player into a match. If you are not in the room when your number is called, you will be disqualified.

-- You may bring your own controller, but the judges will decide if you will be allowed to use it in the tournament.

-- Meta Knight's Infinite Dimensional Cape Glitch is banned.

-- If time runs out, the winner is determined by stock, and then by percent.

-- Any action that prevents the game from continuing results in a forfeiture of the match for the offender.

-- No games between authorized matches. DO NOT TOUCH the game setting or System hardware or you WILL BE DISQUALIFIED from the tournament.

-- ALL DECISIONS MADE BY THE JUDGES WILL BE FINAL!!!