Item King Tourney

* 15 stock.
* Damage ratio turned to 2.0
* 8 minutes.
* Items are turned to on.
* All non-finals and semi-finals matches are best of three.
All Finals and semi-finals are best of five.
* If the Timer runs out, the winner of the Game will be determined by the following criteria in this order: Stock and Percentage. If Stock is used to determine a winner, the highest number will win. If Percentage is used to determine a winner, the lowest number will win. If both Stock and Percentage are tied, Sudden Death won’t be used and a Tiebreaker Round will be played instead. Multiple Tiebreaker Rounds may be used if necessary. In a Tiebreaker Round, Stock will be set to 1, the Timer will be set to 4 Minutes, and the same Stage and Characters must be used.
* All persons are responsible for their own control scheme and must make sure it is set before the match begins.
* Any action that prevents the game from continuing results in a forfeiture of the match for the offender.

Gameplay Rules


* If a game ends with Ganondorf/Bowser using Ganoncide/Bowsercide and it ends in sudden death or a lose for Ganondorf/Bowser, the sudden death or lose game will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Ganondorf/Bowser.
* Stalling is banned.
o Stalling is defined as any action that deliberately avoids all conflict as to make the game unplayable. Running from an opponent to get to a better position is not considered stalling, but using chain grabs infinitely against a wall (excessively beyond around 300%) or using Sonic's Neutral B repeatedly underneath the stage is.
*Any sign of cheating may result in a Forfeit of the Game, disqualification from the Event
*No player must grab the ledge more than 40 times in a game. If, and only if, the timer runs out and either player has exceeded the total ledge grabs, they lose the game, regardless of stocks and percents. If both players exceed the ledge-grab limit, then the usual time-out rules will apply.

Set Format

1. Both players choose their characters for the first game. A double blind pick may be requested by either player.
2. The first stage of a match is selected either randomly or by a stage striking procedure from the neutral stages.
3. Both players may choose one counter-pick stage to be banned for the match.
4. The loser of the first game announces the stage that s/he will counter-pick.
5. The winner of the previous match chooses his/her character.
6. The loser of the previous match chooses his/her character.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 for successive matches.

Stages

Stages are divided up into neutral, counter-pick, and banned. Neutral stages are the only stages that are used in the first game of a match. After that, the loser may pick any stage, neutral or counter-pick, that is not banned. Additionally, each player may announce a single stage each match that s/he wants banned from the counter-pick list. The stages that are in the "Neutral/Counter-Pick" or "Counter-Pick/Banned" category are left to the tournament organizers to determine their actual placement in any specific tournament.

Neutral

* Battlefield (BF)
* Final Destination (FD)
* Smashville (SV)
* Yoshi's Island (YI)
* Pokémon Stadium 1 (PS1)

Counter-pick

* Battleship Halberd (Halberd)
* Brinstar
* Pirate Ship (PS)
* Frigate Orpheon (FO)
* Jungle Japes (Melee) (JJ)
* Lylat Cruise (LC)
* Norfair
* Pokémon Stadium 2 (PS2)
* Pictochat
* Rainbow Cruise (RC)



*Both players may choose a single "personal ban" stage to be removed from play for the entire set.

* Personal bans must be announced in the chat or PM prior to the first game being played.
* Players may opt not to use their personal ban.


*Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, batteries off, 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.

*(Optional) Stage striking will be used to select the first stage. The lower ranked player will strike first, choosing a stage from the neutrals list to remove from consideration for the first round. The higher ranked player chooses two stages to remove from consideration for the first round. The lower ranked player then eliminates one of the two remaining stages from consideration, and the first round is played on the last remaining stage.