Location: The Gathering 2014, Vikingskipet Hamar, Norway
Tournament format: Double Elimination 
Contestants: TBA
Registration Deadline: TBA
Brackets: Registration!
Play Schedule: Click here!
Play Location: Game Arena (next to the QPad Stage)

Congratulations to the winners of Super Smash Brothers at TG14!

1st place - Adam Lindgren
2nd place - Vegard Nyeng
3rd place - Phillip Rothschild

 

Super Smash Brothers Melee is  a fighting game for the Nintendo GameCube, and is the successor to Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64. The unique mechanism plays out by damaging your opponent, then knocking him off the stage before he knocks you off. It was released in 2001, and it is the most sold game for the Nintendo GameCube due to its thorough and amazing multiplayer mode and longevity. The game still has an active community across the world. 

Super Smash Bros Ruleset

1) General

1.1      Information

1.1.1        The tournament referees are the Game Crew. The referee will have the last word in all situations. The decisions taken by the referee shall over-ride any rule found within this document.

1.2     Changes, deletions or additions to the Rulesets

1.2.1        The referee and/or the TG14 Game Crew shall have the right to change, add to or delete any rule within this document at any time without notice to the participants. We encourage you to check the rules regularly to ensure that you are following the most up to date rules.

1.3      Competition entry

1.3.1        By entering the competition, all entrants confirm that they agree to follow the rules, and that they understand that the referees shall have the final word within the competition.

2   The Tournament

2.1      Format

2.1.1        The competition will be played on GameCube which will be found in the Game Area. Participants do not need to bring any equipment with them – all equipment, including the controllers, will be provided for you, so there’s no excuse not to join the competition!

2.1.2      The entire tournament will be played in one day.

2.1.3    The tournament will be open to 128 players and will be in double elimination format.

2.1.3    There will be a short briefing before each group starts. Matches will be announced continuously using nicknames.

2.2     Concept

2.2.1        Super Smash Brothers Melee is a fighting game for the Nintendo GameCube, and it is the successor to Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64. The unique mechanism plays out by damaging your opponent, then knock him off the stage before he knocks you. It was released in 2001, and it is the most sold game for the Nintendo GameCube due to its thorough and amazing multiplayer mode and long durability. The game still has an active community across the world.

2.3      Win

2.3.1        The winner will be the participant who wins the best of three in normal play. In the semi-finals and finals, the winner will be the participant who wins the best of 5 games. The time limit for the game will be 8 minutes per match.

2.4     Stage Striking

2.4.1        In order to determine which stage to play at the start of each match, the choices will be made through the following methods:

2.5     First Game

2.5.1   A and B play Rock, Paper, Scissors. The first winner is allowed to strike one of the five allowed stages from the list. Player B may then strike two more. Player A then chooses from the remaining two stages and that game is played.

2.6    Subsequent Games

2.6.1   Advanced Slob Picks. Player A won the first game. Player B then gets to choose a stage. Player A gets to choose a character. Player B then chooses a character and the game is played.

2.7    Dave’s Stupid Rule

2.7.1   If you lose a game, you cannot choose the stage you won on last (if you won first).

2.8      Allowed Stages

2.8.1   Final Destination, Yoshi’s Story, Battlefield, Dreamland 64, Fountain of Dreams (Pokemon Stadium counter-pick only)

2.9    If Time Runs Out

2.9.1   The player with the most stocks remaining wins. If equal stocks remain, the player with the lowest % wins.

3   Glossary

3.1      Double Elimination Bracket

3.1.1        A kind of playoffs where one has to lose twice before you are eliminated.

3.2     Upper Bracket

3.2.1        The part of the bracket containing people who have not yet lost a set

3.3      Lower Bracket

3.3.1       The part of the bracket containing people who have lost a set, but who have not yet been eliminated.

3.4     Winners semi-finalist

3.4.1        A person in the upper bracket that reaches the semi-finals without losing a set.

3.5      Losers semi-finalist

3.5.1        A person in the lower bracket that reaches the semi-finals, but has lost one set.

3.6       Best of 3

3.6.1        The first one to win 2 games wins the set.

3.7      Best of 5

3.7.1        The first one to win 3 games wins the set.

3.8     Items

3.8.1        Random objects that ruin the balance of a match.

4 Warnings and Disqualification

4.1        A player may get a warning if he does any of the following:
4.1.1     Refusal to follow the instructions of any game administrator.
4.1.2     Arriving late to the game or missing a game.
4.1.3     Using foul language and/or displaying poor behaviour.
4.1.4     Behaving in an unsportsmanlike manner.

4.2       A player may be disqualified for one of the following:

4.2.1       Getting more than a warning.
4.2.2       Any act of intimidation, bullying, or violence (physical or verbal) against participants, observers or game administrators.
4.2.3      Using cheats or other unfair gaming tactics (i.e. interruption of opponent, physical blocking, exploits, cheat codes, etc.).
4.2.4      Misleading a judge.
4.2.5      Not being present when a game is due to start.
4.2.6      Exploiting any bugs that clearly alter the game's functionality.