I want to hold a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament sometime around the second week of July. It should be around 15-maybe 35(an estimate after taking a survey). $5 to play and the winner gets 75% of all the money that comes in. This is not a pro tournament but a tourny between friends, friends of friends, siblings, and classmates. What are the do's and don'ts of Smash tournaments? What are some other helpful tips about hosting such an event seeing this is my first time.
What is the best way to hold a Smash Bros. Tournament? (between classmates and friends)?
First off decide the rules.
Will this be a teams AND singles tournament or just singles? (1v1s)
Usually tourneys are double elimination and sets are best 2 out of 3 matches.
No items is pretty much a must.
4 stock, 8 minute time limit is standard.
Do NOT use the in-game tournament mode. It is really really bad.
What stages are available to play on? What are banned? You need to have some neutral stages that are on random pick. Loser will pick a stage for the next round of play out of the neutrals and also counterpick stages.
Pot distribution is usually:
1st 60
2nd 30
3rd 10
But there all alternatives (70/20/10, 65/25/10, etc.)
Match rules usually look something like this::::::
Order of play
Game 1--
Each player chooses a controller slot.
Each player has 30 seconds to select a character or to call "Double Blind" selection.
You may not change characters once it is declared.
If a character is not selected after 30 sec., "Double Blind" selection is mandatory.
Stage knock-outs are declared.
All players must agree to the first stage, otherwise it is "Random" (see Random Select Stages listed above)
If the time limit runs out, winner is the player with the most stock.
In the event of tied stock, winner is the player with the least damage.
In the event of tied damage, Sudden Death is played out.
Game 2--
Loser of Game 1 declares stage to be played in Game 2.
Winner of Game 1 declares character to be played in Game 2.
Loser declares character to be played in Game 2 and begins the game.
Game 3--
If each player wins a Game, a third game is played to determine "Best of Three"
Loser of Game 2 declares any non-banned stage to be played next.
Winner of Game 2 declares character to be played in Game 3.
Loser declares character to be played in Game 3 and begins the game.
Good neutral stages are these 6:
* Final Destination - Special Stages
* Battlefield - Special Stages
* Yoshi's Story - Yoshi's Island (**the one with the cloud**)
* Fountain of Dreams - Dream Land
* Dreamland - Past Stages
* Pokemon Stadium - Kanto
Counterpick stages vary, but some good ones are:
# Rainbow Cruise - Mushroom Kingdom
# Donkey Kong 64 - Past Stages
# Green Greens - Dream Land
# Brinstar - Planet Zebes
# Mute City, F-Zero Grand Prix
# Poke Floats - Kanto Skies
Most other stages are usually banned for exploits/randomness.
Do's: Explain to entrants that in order for the tourney to flow smoothly friendlies must be kept to a minimum while tourney matches need to be played (especially if you have limited stations to play at). Friendlies can be played before/after the tournament.
Make rules clear and keep the tournament organized. Use something like TIO ( http://www.lbpolymusic.com/tio/download.... ) to organize matches and make the brackets for you (saves you a LOT of trouble, trust me).
Have fun.
If you have any questions for me my AIM is: kittieslolz
Reply:The best suggestion I can come up with is to use SSBM's Tournament mode %26amp; set it the number of players that register (up to 64 players).
You will need to declare what type (Stock or Time) before you start registration. Stock is consider a slower pace as each match can go for a few hours. Timed matches are probably better in your case as it gives you a timeline that you can manage... I would suggest placing a time limit of 2-5 minutes per match.
You'll also want to tell your participants that it's a one-on-one, single elimination tournament. So if they lose, they're out of the tournament %26amp; there's no rematches permitted. That you can claim that it's the how the game is set up.
Just make sure that everybody in the tournament places their initials (as the naming system only allows 4 letters) in the game %26amp; select the character they want... assuming their desired character is available (NOTE: Unlock ALL Characters prior to the tournament for minimal complaints).
After that, let the game handle the rest! It'll announce which two players are up (using the naming system with Initials will help) %26amp; may the better player win!
As for hosting, you'll probably want to use a fairly public spot that can handle the crowd you're considering. Also, make sure you have a fair number of spare controllers as it's the tournament director's responsibility to provide working controllers... as well as the TV %26amp; Game System if the spot you've selected doesn't have it.
Besides that... GOOD LUCK!
Reply:Well if your planning to invite classmates, try to host it at school (if its still open) post fliers, and do something like "if you bring game, gamecube, and television you don't need to pay." that way it would be easy to get a lot of player and equipment.
I would go if you were close.
Reply:If i were you, i would lower the entry fee to $3, $5 seems a little bit of a serious pro entry fee. Then, find a big place were all those people can be comfortable and find some side-fun, for those who are not playing at the momment. You could also use the tournament feature in the game, identify with your name your character with your name, in case anyone else choses the same character. DONT LET ITEMS BE USED. let everyone show how they play with no handicaps. an the last match could be a first one too win two times, out of a three match final rule, to make thing interesting. Every match should be from 1-3 lives, to make things short. Thats about it... OH AND THE SECOND AND 3RD PLACE SHOULD BE REWARDED AS WELL. but thats up to you... hope i helped
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