draft - 46RM tourney

Signup deadline is <<XXXXX>>!

The category for this tournament is 46 Robot Masters (beat all robot masters in MM1 through MM6).  You can use the North American (U) or the Japanese (J) version of each game (but not PAL).  All glitches are allowed.  <<FILL IN ANY OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CATEGORY, GLITCHES THAT ARE BANNED, AND DIFFICULTY SETTINGS>>.  Players can switch to the next game when <<VISUAL CUE FOR THE SWITCH>>.

Players will be divided into groups of 5 or 6.  Every player will do a match against every other player in that group.  The top 2 players from each group (based on # of matches won) will advance to the 2nd stage of the tournament which is a single-elimination bracket format.

Seeding into the round-robin groups will be done according to PB (personal best), such that each group contains an even mixture of high, low, and mid-range PBs.  PB times for each player will be taken from the <<XXXXX>> leaderboards.  Seeding is determined on the day of the signup cutoff (<<XXXXX>>), so submit your PB before then.  Runners with no PB time will be randomized and placed at the bottom of the seeding.

Players may use cartridge, flashcart, or emulator.  Approved emulators are FCEUX, NEStopia, and Bizhawk.

Players will use SpeedRunsLive to time and record their race.  The time recorded on SRL will be considered the official time for the match.  All players are required to stream and to follow [SRL rules]<<http://speedrunslive.com/faq/rules>>.

Matches will be streamed to [twitch.tv/speedgaming]<<http://twitch.tv/speedgaming>> along with commentary.  A schedule of upcoming matches will be posted here once the tournament begins.  Players will have roughly 1 week per match.  Each player is responsible for contacting his/her opponent to decide a time for that week.  If a player doesn't respond to their messages, or schedules a match but fails to show up, it will be considered a forfeit.

The tournament is organized by NME (<<CONTACT INFO HERE>>) and feasel (<<CONTACT INFO HERE>>).