Our biggest event last semester was, without a doubt, our twice-held Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament. Well, it’s back… and we’re keen on making the tourney our best yet with some new rules, some great prizes, and – as always – lots and lots of fun and competition to be had!

Here are the basics:

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl Singles (1v1) Tournament; semi-competitive.
• Held Saturday October 4th, 2008 in Lobo A/B; 3rd Floor of the UNM Student Union Bldg.
• Registration begins at 2:00 pm and goes through 3:00 pm, which is when match play starts.
• Entry fee is $5.00 per player. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 competitors.

As for the rules:

• 3 Stock Match Play
• 8 Minute Time Limit
• Items set to Off and None
• Double-Elimination, Best 2 out of 3 for qualifiers; Best 3 out of 5 for finals

UPDATE: As per popular request, we have changed the bracket structure to Double Elimination. Also, Rainbow Cruise removed from counterpick selection. These will be the last changes to the tournament.

More details and rules follow the link:

Match progression:

1. Players choose their characters in a double-blind fashion.
2. Each player may ban a stage for the match from the counterpick selection.
3. First game on a random, neutral stage.
4. Loser chooses their counterpick stage.
5. Winner chooses their character.
6. Loser chooses their character.
7. Next game is played.
8. If a third game is necessary, repeat steps 4-7.

Additional Rules:

• Players are responsible for their own controller/control scheme and name tag, and should confirm settings before the start of the match.
• In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be decided by Rock, Paper, Scissors.
• In the event of time expiry, the winner is chosen by by lowest percentage instead of sudden death.
• 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.
• Stalling is banned (i.e. the act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable).

Character-Specific:

• 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.

Neutral Stages:

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Yoshi’s Island
• Smashville
• Pokemon Stadium 1

Counterpick Stages

• Brinstar
• Corneria
• Distant Planet
• Frigate Orpheon
• Green Hill Zone
• Jungle Japes
• Luigi’s Mansion
• Lylat Cruise
• Norfair
• Pictochat
• Pirate Ship
• Pokemon Stadium 2
• Yoshi’s Island (Pipes)

And that’s it for the first meeting! Thanks to everyone who came – I hope you all enjoyed what we had to offer you, be it the anime or the video games. Forgive the awkward introduction and the delayed set-up… we’ll have everything up and running at squarely 2:00 next time. The awkwardness, on the other hand…

The poll for deciding our semester long shows is now up on the site. We’ll leave it up until next Thursday at Midnight, so get your opinion to us before that time rolls ’round. Also take note of the fact that you can make two choices, so take advantage and make your favored couple shows clear.

And before you leave, I encourage all new members to visit our forums and create an introduction topic. It’s a great way to get to know the people who frequent club, plus, the forums are a great place to talk anime, games, and manga! ‘Til next time!