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Event Rules

Starter stages: Battlefield, Final Destination, Pokémon Stadium 2, Smashville, Small Battlefield. Counterpicks: Town & City, Kalos Pokémon League, Lylat Cruise, Yoshi's Story. Winner of the previous game gets 2 bans. Players are NOT allowed to counterpick to the most recent stage they won on.

Match Rules

Starter stages: Battlefield, Final Destination, Pokémon Stadium 2, Smashville, Small Battlefield. Counterpicks: Town & City, Kalos Pokémon League, Lylat Cruise, Yoshi's Story. Winner of the previous game gets 2 bans. Players are NOT allowed to counterpick to the most recent stage they won on.

Tournament Rules

Participants must be in the Panda discord (https://discord.gg/pandaglobal) to participate. Events are open to players in Canada, the United States, and Mexico only.

TOs have the final say on any discrepancies.

How to play:

Go into "Bracket" and select your set when it is called. Click "Check In" and then select "Chat" and discuss details with your opponent to set up your match. You will have 10 mins to check in during the first two rounds of Winners and 5 mins to check in thereafter.

IF YOU DO NOT CHECK IN YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND YOUR SET WILL NOT BE RESET, SO PLEASE CHECK IN!!!

If you need immediate assistance, please use the "Request a Moderator" button or tag the TO (usually Chez) in the #battle-talk channel of the Panda Discord.

Lag test procedure: if you experience significant lag during a game, finish the current game and then request a mod in chat. The mod may ask you to demonstrate that you are connected via LAN (either through a photograph of your Switch home screen or through a shared screenshot), to take a speed test to test the strength of your LAN connection, and/or create a separate arena for you and your opponent to join to test the fidelity of your connection. If any player is found to be using falsified or otherwise faulty proof of LAN connection, they will be banned from all future Panda Bamboo Battle events.

Bracket will be ran with the SWT ruleset.

SWT Ruleset

Starter Stages

Battlefield Final Destination Pokémon Stadium 2 Smashville Town & City

Counterpick Stages

Kalos Pokémon League Lylat Cruise Yoshi's Story Small Battlefield

Winner of the previous game will ban 2 stages Players may not counterpick to the most recent stage they won in the current set

Bonus Rules:

Lag test limits:

  • If you get lag tested 3 times you get an auto-DQ if both you and 3 of your opponents "pass" the lag test.
  • 1 lag test per set

Stream Time limits

You have 3 mins to report to your set when called otherwise you lose a game. You have 3 mins to report back to your set when the TO is doing a lag check. You have 5 mins to report back to your set under any circumstance otherwise you forfeit the set

Rules can be implemented via TO's discretion