In 2008, EVO basically spat in the face of the competitive smash brothers scene by changing the rules and game format from what the community has always used. EVO's organizers directly ignored advice from the Smash World Forums' Smash Back Room and enabled items, among other ridiculous rules, in their 2008 SSB: Brawl tournament Circuit.
Well, a year later, it looks like they figured out the hard way that no one wants to play competitive smash with items on. They should have just listened to our community leaders in the first place, damn it. Still, it's nice that they are kissing the asses of the collective smash community by hiring All is Brawl to organize and do the rule set.
It sounds like 2009 is going to be a great year for Brawling!
Register here. We should all plan out a trip for this, methinks.
All is Brawl is proud to announce that we will be partnering with EVO to bring you Super Smash Brothers: Brawl at this year’s competition in Las Vegas. The event will feature both a singles and doubles competition over a two day period. ...
Many likely remember last year’s controversial Brawl event. ...many in the Smash community felt alienated. If you were among those who were less than enthused with last year’s event, fear not, this year will be different. 2009 represents a shift back to the same community rules and standards...
Why should you attend All is Brawl’s first sponsored national tournament?
1. Rules in line with the community standards
2. The tournament will be run by JV and Nealdt (with a little AlphaZealot on the side). This combination of tournament organizers is the best that Smash has to offer.
3. The partnership with EVO provides Smash with a great prime time venue the likes of which have not been witnessed since MLG’s 2006 season (unless you count other EVO events). ...
Location: The tournament will be held at the RIO Hotel and Casino in the fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.
Date: Between Friday, July 17th, and Sunday, July 19th, with the competition to take place on Saturday (the 18th) and Sunday (the 19th)....
SINGLES AND DOUBLES BRACKET RULES * 3 Stock, 8 Minute Time Limit (If time does expire, the winner will be determined by first stock, then percentage. In the event both are tied Sudden Death will be played out.)
* Best of 3 until Winners Bracket and Losers Bracket Semifinals are reached. Winners and Losers Bracket Semifinals and Finals are best of 5
* No Items
* No stalling (via ledge or otherwise). Any infinite chain grabs must be ended after 300% has been reached as to prevent excessive stalling. Avoiding a reachable position of combat to purposely run the timer is stalling.
* Standing infinites are banned only when used to stall.
* No player/team may counterpick a stage you have already won on earlier in the current set.
* In the event of a dispute, controller ports, colors, and stage strike selection order will be determined by Rock-Paper-Scissors.
* Your controller, settings, and name tag are your responsibility prior to the start of the match. Always check you are using the correct settings and everything is working BEFORE a match is played. If a match is to be restarted due to controller functions or incorrect settings, it must be agreed upon by both parties.
* Any action that can prevent an in progress game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, touching the equipment, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and will be held responsible for triggering one of these effects or any conduct preventing the match from finishing.
* Metaknight’s Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
* If a player successfully ends the match with either Bowser or Ganondorf’s over B attack by suicide, then the player who initiated the move wins. If a player ends the match by swallowing with King DeDeDe or Kirby, and it counts as a tie the player whom initiated the swallowing wins. Unless the character breaks out prior to death and is shown winning the match. In which case, that stands as the correct result.
Set Format (In Order of Procedure):
1. Players choose their characters for the first match*
2. Players start the stage striking procedure**
3. The first game is played, using the stage chosen during step 2
4. Each Player/Team may announce one stage to be banned during counterpicks
5. The losing Player/Team of the previous match announces the next match’s stage from either the Starter Stage List or the Counter Stage List
6. The winning Player/Team of the previous match chooses their character/s
7. The losing Player/Team of the previous match chooses their character/s
8. Repeat steps 5-7 until the best of 3 or best of 5 set is complete.
*Double blind character selection may be called for the first match. In which case the players will each write down their characters on a sheet of paper and exchange them.
**One Player/Team will strike 1 stage, then their opponent will strike another 2 stages, leaving 2 stages in which the first team will strike 1 leaving one to be played on.
Neutral Stages:
* Battlefield
* Final Destination
* Smashville
* Yoshi’s Island (Brawl)
* Pokemon Stadium(Melee)
Counterpick Stages:
* Delfino Plaza
* Castle Siege
* Battleship Halberd
* Frigate Orpheon
* Rainbow Cruise
* Brinstar
* Lylat Cruise
* Jungle Japes
