Super Smash Bros. Ultimate August Cup

RULES SUMMARY

• All players must be students or alumni.
• If players are more than 20 minutes late they will forfeit the match.
• Check in deadline is 1:30pm. Players who don't check in will not get games for that evening.
• Offensive player names are not allowed.
• Verbal abuse is not allowed. In particular any use of racist, sexist, homophobic or any other discriminatory language will lead to a minimum 3 week suspension.
• If a match ends with the successful use of a character’s self-destruct move, the results screen will determine the winner.

Stage List

• Starting Stages
  • Battlefield 
  • Pokémon Stadium 2
  • Small Battlefield
  • Smashville
  • Town & City
• Counterpick stages
  • Final Destination
  • Kalos Pokémon League
  • Yoshi's Story

Players may not pick a stage they have already won.

Game settings

• 3 Stock
• 8 minutes
• Final Smash Meter: Off
• Spirits: Off
• Damage Handicap: Off
• Stage Selection: Anyone
• Items: Off and None
• First to 1 Win
• Stage Morph: Off
• Stage Hazards: Off
• Team Attack: On
• Launch Rate: 1.0x
• Underdog Boost: Off
• Pausing: Off
• Score Display: Off
• Show Damage: Yes
• Radar: Normal
• Echo Fighters: Separate
• Teammate Highlight: On
• Language: English
• Mii Fighters: Any move combination
  
  • Other player must be made aware of the move setup before the game starts. This can be done via a discord message.
    
    

Match Procedure

Player A refers to the player on the left hand side of the match. Eg. in match Hench vs Kenny. Hench is player A. Kenny is Player B

1. Player A bans a starter stage
2. Player B bans two starter stages
3. Player A picks the stage to play game 1 from the remaining starter stages
4. Each player then blind picks character for first stage
5. The players play the first game of the set.
6.  Winning player of the first game bans two stages*.
7.  The losing player of the preceding game picks a stage for the next game. 
8. The winning player of the first game chooses character for next game (this may be the same character)
9. The losing player of the first game  chooses character for next game (this may be the same character)
10. The second game is played.
11. If game 3 is required winner of game 2 bans two stages*
12. Losing player of game 2 picks a stage (they may not pick a stage played in game 1)
13. The winning player of the second game chooses character for next game (this may be the same character)
14. The losing player of the second game  chooses character for next game (this may be the same character)
15. The third game is played.