bl smash tournament rules

All participants must be part of the Blockland Smash Bros steam group. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/blsmash. If you are not you will be disqualified without warning. The tournament will be coordinated in the steam group chat.

DISCLAIMER: The bracket will be shuffled right before the tournament begins.

Settings

● Stock and time are set to 2 stock and 6 minutes.
● Handicap: Off
● Damage Ratio: 100%
● Items: Off
● All Characters Available

● Custom moves are allowed
● All sets are best of 3 except for the Grand Finals

● Grand Finals is best of 5



Set Procedure
1. Players select their characters
2. Use Stage Striking to determine the first stage
3. The players play the first match of the set
4. Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage/stages
5. The losing player of the preceding match picks a stage for the next
match*
6. Both players may change characters
7. The next match is played.
8. Repeat Steps 4 through 8 for all subsequent matches until the set is
complete.


Additional Rules
● Stage Selection Clause: Any stage may be played on if both players agree to it.
Players may NOT agree to change the number of matches to be played.
● Port Priority: If an agreement cannot be made as to who gets what port, the
players may enact a best of 1 game of Rock Paper Scissors or Game & Watch
Judgment (the player who gets the higher number
● Time Outs / Ties: The winner of a match that goes to time (time out) will be
determined by stocks and percentage. When the timer hits 0:00 player with the
higher stock count is the winner. If both players are tied in stocks the player with
the lower percentage is the winner. In the event of a percentage tie, or a match in
which both players lost their last stock simultaneously, a 1 stock tiebreaker will
be played with time limit equal to the regular time limit divided by the regular
number of stocks, rounded up. Sudden Death is not to be played at all, and will
not count.
● If both players claim to have won a match and neither has saved a replay of the match results, the match will be redone with a neutral third party as a spectator. If a replay or other form of evidence was saved and presented, the player who lost the questioned match is disqualified from the tournament.

● If a game is accidentally started with the wrong settings and one player loses a stock before the error is noticed the game will count as official unless both players agree to remake it.

● If a player does not show up to a match within 10 minutes of the scheduled time with no excuse the player loses the match.

● If a player does not show up to their first match within 10 minutes of the scheduled time with no excuse the player is disqualified.

● If asked, players must disclose character and custom move choices. A player can request that both players tell a neutral source what character they will pick before disclosing information.



Stage List
Starter Stages
● Battlefield
● Final Destination
● Smashville
Counterpick Stages
● Castle Siege
● Delfino Plaza
● Duck Hunt
● Halberd
● Lylat Cruise
● Town & City
● Omega Stages*

● Miiverse**

* Treated as Final Destination in banning phase. If Final Destination is banned,
Omega Stages are banned and vice versa.

** Treated as Battlefield in banning phase. If Battlefield is banned, Miiverse is banned and vice versa.


Additional Stage Selection Rules
● Stage Striking: The player with port priority strikes one stage from the
Starter Stage list. Then the other player strikes one stage and the
remaining stage is used for the first match.
● Stage Clause: A player/team may not pick any stage they previously won
on during the set.
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● Stage Bans: During the stage ban phase, the player who won the
previous game may ban 2 stages from either the Starter or Counterpick
lists.