Super Smash Bros. Melee

General Ruleset

• Double Elimination
• Sets are Best of 3 until Top 8 where they are Best of 5.
• 4 stocks, 8 minutes, Items are turned off.
• DSR is in effect, meaning counterpicking players cannot return to the stage they won on previously.
• Most current UCF version is used.
• Wobbling is banned. This refers to a technique used during a grab by the player-controlled Ice Climber, the opponent is hit by more than 4 attacks by the secondary climber without breaking the grab. In this case, blizzard is counted as 1 attack to avoid confusion.
• Game-breaking glitches are banned, including: The Freeze Glitch, Name Entry Glitch, and Yo-yo Glitch.
• Techniques such as repeated rising Pound, Repeated Peach Bomber on a wall, and Luigi Ladder are banned if explicitly used to stall the match.

Stagelist

All other stages are banned, unless a Gentleman's agreement is in place.

Starters:

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• DreamLand 64
• Yoshis Story
• Fountain of Dreams

Counter Picks:

• Pokemon Stadium

Match Procedures

Game 1:

• Both players do RPS
• Winner of RPS Bans 1 Starter stage
• Loser of RPS allows 2 Remaining Starters
• Winner of RPS picks between those 2 stages
• Character picks are made, if double-blind is preferred players can ask a TO or other unbiased third-party.

Every game afterwards:

• Winner of the Previous game bans a stage (only in Bo3).
• Loser of the Previous game picks any non-banned stage EXCEPT for a stage they won on.
• Winner of the previous game picks their character
• Loser of the Previous game picks their Character (The loser of the previous game always gets the final choice in character swaps).

Match Disruptions

• Pausing a tournament match can cost you a stock.
• If a match pauses during gameplay, get your bracket runner or TO. The player whose controller paused the game will receive a stock loss. Any further pauses on that player's part forfeits a game.
• In the event that the game pause is due to a legitimate hardware malfunction you may be allowed to get another controller and restart that game.