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Event Rules

Game Settings:

  • Tournament Mode is Enabled
    • Default Settings: 3 Stocks, 8:00 Timer

Character Selection:

  • If requested, characters for the first game may be chosen double-blind (both players picking their character at the same time, with neither knowing the others selection beforehand).
  • For all games after the first game in a set, the winner of the previous game chooses their character first, and then the loser chooses their character. Characters are chosen before the stage is selected.
  • If a player wishes to choose a random character, that character may remain unknown to both players until the game starts only if the random character pool includes ALL characters.

Starters:

  • Aetherian Forest
  • Julesvale
  • Merchant Port
  • Godai Delta
  • Hodojo

Counterpicks:

  • Hyperborean Harbor
  • Rock Wall
  • Air Armada
  • Tempest Peak
  • Fire Capital

Starter Striking:

  • Both players play rock-paper-scissors to determine the order of striking, which is then carried out as follows:
    • The winner of RPS strikes one starter stage.
    • The loser of RPS strikes two starter stages.
    • The winner of RPS selects a stage for Game 1 from the remaining starter stages.

Counterpick Procedures:

  • For all games in a set after Game 1, the winner of the previous game will strike 2 stages from the full set of Starter and Counterpick stages, after which the loser will select from the remaining available stages.
  • When choosing stages, a player cannot select any stage they have previously won on at an earlier point in the set without the consent of their opponent (modified Dave’s Stupid Rule).
    • Playing a match on a stage where this rule applies without immediately stopping and notifying your opponent that you wish to invoke this rule implies that you have agreed to play on it.

Other:

  • TBA
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Tournament Rules

General

  • Participants are required to provide their own controller to play.
  • AZ Rivals is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged property.
  • AZ Rivals reserves the right to remove individuals displaying inappropriate behavior.
  • All rules and mandates listed in the details section above will apply for all events.

Rivals of Aether 1 & 2

Singles:
  • Pools will be Double Elimination format that feed into a final Double Elimination bracket for those who advance out.
  • Players who lose in certain rounds of pools (determined by total event entrants and size of pools) will be sorted into a redemption tournament that may consist of Round Robin pools (placements decided by set wins > head-to-head > game wins) or a special format decided as the event nears leading into a final Double Elimination bracket.
Doubles:
Workshop
  • Character list determined in conjunction with community members.

Tekken 8

  • Bracket will use the Tekken World Tour format.
  • Bracket will start and end on Saturday the 15th.
  • 10v10 crew battle will be Sunday the 16th.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

  • Standard community ruleset will be used, details TBA.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

  • Standard community ruleset will be used, details TBA.

Lethal League Blaze

  • We are using the Official ruleset found here.

Runback

  • Ruleset TBA
  • Free entry
  • 32 Player cap

Fraymakers

  • Standard community ruleset will be used, details TBA.