A message will pop up to review the tournament rules. Ultimate that can be selected during the Event Creation process for your tournament page. Other tournament formats include best of 1 round robin pools and bo3 all the way (Japan) and 3 stock games (Europe).

If you can't do bo3, I think a 4 stock game is a better way to judge who the better player is if you are severely time restrained than just a 2 or 3 stock bo1, and considering the level of the players is likely not extremely high he likely had a bunch of games finish very fast. A monthly Super Smash Bros. Websites such as Challonge are great easy ways of generating and managing who wins, loses, and where everyone stands. Ultimate now has official tournament rules that you can use in your in-game tournament; check out the quick guide. Welcome to Reddit's finest Smash Bros community! Brackets are normally double elimination, which means you have to lose two sets instead of one to be eliminated from the tournament. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Super Smash Bros. 2 stock, 6 minute timer, items set to "None" and "All Off".

I've been running 4 stock - 8 minute games because of time restraints, but a few of the die-hard Smash kids were disappointed with the balance of stock vs time. Specifically, it looks as … The tournament standard for 3 stock is 8 min.

Earlier: It appears that someone may have tampered with the in-game rules for Smash Conference United's Super Smash Bros. Hello, I'm a high school teacher and we've been running a Smash tournament - Wii U version. To access the Tournament, select the following, in order, within the Super Smash Bros. Thoughts? But 3 stock is uncommon and usually tournaments use 2 stock 6 min for each game. Just wondering what people would suggest for the final match?

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Bo5 usually takes around 15-20 min. check out https://www.ssbwiki.com/Tournament_rulesets_(SSB4) for a stagelist and miscellaneous rules. Ultimate game during the Tournament Period.

I'm a high school teacher and we've been running a Smash tournament - Wii U version. A ruleset on smash.gg is the set of tasks that guide players through online tournament matches.

Select "Yes" to agree. 2 stock, 6 minutes, best of 3, no items (best of 5 is used normally, but best of 3 is also acceptable if needed for time constraints, Xanadu, one of the more notable weeklies, used best of 3 for years) is considered standard. Ultimate tournament.

I'm considering 2 stock - 6 minutes - Best of 3. To enter, you must participate in the Tournament in the Super Smash Bros. It's what Melee tournaments run, he's talking about Smash 4, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. do best of 5 if you can but best of 3 is fine if you need to.

Sets are played in Best of 3, with Winners/Losers/Grand Finals usually played in Best of 5. Welcome to Hitpoint Online! What you suggested is generally what tournaments run, so I don't see anything wrong with running a format like that.

It honestly was a fairly decent strategy for a high school tournament that absolutely needs to run on time while still making it so the better player is more likely to win than just running bo1's with standard tourney rules. I've been running 4 stock - 8 minute games. The most common rule set for stock/ time is either 2 stock 6 minutes or 3 stock 8 minute. I only have about 40 minute available to get through two games, and that includes set up and tear down.

For grands/losers finals/winners finals at least, it is usually best of 5... unless you're really short on time. I've been running 4 stock - 8 minute games because of time restraints, but a few of the die-hard Smash kids were disappointed with the balance of stock vs time. These are primarily used for the purposes of automating online tournaments and are typically not enabled for in-person tournaments. 4 minute time match, all Ganon, Gamer, only explosive items and assist items, with soccer balls of course. Items are off, best 2/3 with winners losers and grand finals being best 3/5. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.ssbwiki.com/Tournament_rulesets_(SSB4). Additionally, use the recommended stage list as many of the stages that aren't considered tournament legal are banned because they are too large and thus games on them take too long. Ultimate Online Tournament! Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. smash.gg currently has a small selection of rulesets enabled for Super Smash Bros.

Tournament legal stages include: Battlefield, Final Destination, Town & City, Smashville, and Lylat Cruise, with Dreamland 64 (dlc stage) as a counterpick, which means you can't choose it for game 1, but the loser can choose to go there if they wish. Other suggestions?