Rules

1. Prizes

a. 1^st prize: $50 gift card to Best Buy
b. 2^nd prize: 2 complementary movie tickets to any Loews theater

2. General tournament rules

a. All matches will be 3 STOCK
b. Matches will be best out of 3 except for finals which will be best of 5
c. All items will be turned OFF
d. Time limit is set at 6:00 minutes per game
e. Ties will be broken by stock left and then by percentage of health. Sudden death will only be played if both stock and percentage are tied at the end of the time limit

3. Controllers

a. You are responsible for bringing your own controller. If you do not, you are not guaranteed one.
b. Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned. You may use third party controllers that have these features, but if you are suspected of using these features you will not be allowed to use that controller any longer.

4. Stage and character select

a. Stage selection will start as RANDOM unless opposing players agree to a certain stage. Each player may ban 1 stage from random select list before starting the first round.
b. Subsequent matches follow the order of (1) the loser selecting a non-banned stage for the next match, (2) winner choosing character/s, then (3) loser choosing character/s.
c. Random select stages: Final Destination, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64, Pokemon Stadium.
d. Banned stages: Yoshi's Island, MKI, MKII, Venom, Big Blue, Flatzone, Icicle Mountain, Hyrule Temple, Fourside, Brinstar Depths, Rainbow Cruise, and Yoshi's Island 64
e. Knock-out: Each person knocks out one stage for the entire match. This stage must be selected at the beginning of the match, after initial characters have been chosen.

5. Miscellaneous

a. All singles matches will be on the 1st and 2nd controller ports. Players are set at these positions randomly
b. Players choose their character and have 30 seconds to do so. If any player does not select their character at the end of these 30 seconds or if any player calls for it, a double blind pick will be used. This is were each player tells a third party who they will be using secretly and are required to use that character for that game. Once a character has placed their coin on a character's image to select it, they may not change characters.
c. Unnecessary pausing will result in a forfeit of a single game
d. Glitches used to permanently prevent an opponent from controlling their character are banned and will result in forfeit of a game
e. Excessive stalling tactics (Peach's wallbombing, Jiggly's rising pound, Luigi's ladder) will result in forcing you to lose one stock.