KF2 Rules

Kirby Fighters 2 Tournament Ruleset

GAME SETTINGS
*Players play with hazards, items, and ghosts off.
*Both players play on normal handicap.


SET STRUCTURE
*Each set is a first to 3 (best of 5), until later rounds, to be decided at the TO's discretion based on entrant count, which will be first to 5 (best of 9).

*Each game, characters are selected before the stage selection process. Players have the option to facilitate a double-blind character pick for game 1 by telling a third party their character selections.

*For game 1, after character selection, players will use a 1-2-1 stage striking system picking from the 5 available stages, meaning one player will strike one stage, the other will strike two, and the first player will choose the stage to play on. If there's a dispute between who strikes first, rock-paper-scissors will be done to determine who strikes first (or second if they want).  Players will decide who gets to strike first (or second, whichever is their choice) with this website: https://www.rpsgame.org/

*For all games following game 1, the winner chooses their character, then the loser chooses theirs. The winner bans 1 stage from the list of available stages once these selections are made. Then, the loser picks a stage to play the next game on. Post-game bans by winners do not persist between games and only apply to the game immediately about to be played.

*If a player takes longer than one minute to choose their character or to ban stages, they will forfeit the current game on the first offense of the tournament, and be disqualified from the set on any further offenses.

*If a player is not present when their match is called, an 8-minute timer will start. If it hits zero before the player has returned to play, they will be disqualified from their current set.

*If the player from loser's bracket wins the first set of grand finals, a five-minute intermission can be called by either player with no penalty.

STAGELIST

*Green Gardens
*Butter Building
*Bubbly Clouds
*Factory Tour
*Jambastion Entrance


STREAM RULES

*For sets played on stream, the spectator will select Bomb with Very Hard Handicap. The spectators will get the Bomb spectator down to 10 or less HP, and then wait for the Bomb player to self KO themselves by holding a bomb to explode. Both players can begin moving and attacking when the Bomb spectator is KO'd

*Players may request to not do the Bomb count down, to just KO the spectator and start with a neutral start, and begin fighting after 2 or 3 crouches at the neutral spawn position.

*Players may opt to play a set off stream if the lag is deemed too bad to play a legitimate match, to reduce the spectator/third player lag.


STALLLING RULES

Violating any of these rules results in the opponent winning the game in which the violation took place on the first offense of the tournament, and disqualification from the set on any further offenses.

Air Time: Within 15 seconds of being airborne, a player must either touch the ground, be hit by an opponent, or hit an opponent (including hitting a shielding opponent). Performing any of these actions resets the air timer to 0 for an additional 15 seconds.

Meta Knight: Meta Knight can only perform up to 3 Shuttle Loops before touching the ground. This includes Shuttle Loops initially performed while grounded; in this case, players may use Shuttle Loop only twice more in the air.

Gooey: Gooey cannot stay in Stone form for more than 5 seconds at a time.

Type "Banana" once in any public Discord channel related to the tournament anytime before it begins if you've read these rules, and if asked, don't tell anyone why you did it.

Character and Stage Selection: Players may not take more than one minute to choose their character, ban a stage or stages, or choose a stage to play on.