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• Double Elimination random pools tournament.
• Best of 3 except for Loser's Finals, Winner's Finals. The Finals are best of 5. *(subject to change)
  
• Bringing a controller to the tournament is encouraged. Controllers made by Nintendo are permitted but otherwise, the Tournament Organizers will need to examine them.
• If the Tournament Organizers call a player's name and they are not present within 30 seconds of the call; the player is disqualified.
• Bad sportsmanship will cause a player to be disqualified.
• Doing anything that is considered banned in the Game Rules below will cause that player to be disqualified.

• 3 Stock
• 8 Minute Time Limit
• Items are set to "off" and "none"
• In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
• If the timer runs out, the victor is determined first by stock and then by percentage.
• Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
• If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
• You are responsible for your own controller and name tag. Any malfunctions or errors that occur are your responsibility, so bring an extra controller if possible and always check to make sure you're using the correct settings BEFORE a match is played. If a match is to be restarted due to controller functions, it must be agreed upon by both parties.
• Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, 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 must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
• Stalling is banned.

• First stage is agreed upon by the two competitors and they must choose a neutral stage (see below). The random stages are the neutral stages in the stage list. The Tournament Organizers will set up the game that way before the tournament.
  
• Second and Third stages are chosen by the players that lost the round before. They choose from neutral and counterpick stages.

• Neutral
• Battlefield
  Final Destination
  Smashville
  Yoshi's Island
  Castle Siege
  Halberd
  Lylat Cruise
  Pokémon Stadium 1
  
• Counterpick
  
• Brinstar
  Delfino (moved from S/C)
  Frigate Orpheon
  Jungle Japes
  Pictochat
  Pirate Ship
  Pokémon Stadium 2
  Rainbow Cruise
• Banned
• Distant Planet
  Green Greens
  Luigi's Mansion
  Port Town Aero Dive
  Yoshi's Island (Pipes)
  Norfair
  75m
  Big Blue
  Bridge of Eldin
  Corneria
  Flat Zone 2
  Green Hill Zone
  Hanenbow
  Hyrule Temple
  Mario Bros.
  Mario Circuit
  Mushroomy Kingdom I
  Mushroomy Kingdom II
  New Pork City
  Onett
  Rumble Falls
  Shadow Moses
  Skyworld
  Spear Pillar
  The Summit
  Wario Ware