tournaments by doq extra rules

• Players who are DQ'd are out of the event. You have one chance. There is no "drop to losers". Self-DQs are the same, and if a player drops themselves to losers then they are out of the event as well. You have been warned.
• The following is the minimum internet speed requirement to play in this event. A speed test is required to be sent by every participant before being able to play.
  • Download speed: 25 Mbit/s or higher
  • Upload speed: 8 Mbit/s or higher
  • Ping: 35 ms or lower
  • Ethernet LAN and Cable or DSL internet service is required
    • Specifically, Wi-Fi and Cellular-based internet service is not allowed.

Basic rules

• 4 stocks
• 8 minutes
• Items and Stage Hazards set to Off/None
• Sets are best of 3 games, except for best of 5 in top 8, and best of 7 in Grand Finals

Stage list

All stages are available in all games of a set.

• The Spire
• Backyard
• Merchant Port
• Stratostar
• Pepperpain

No player can pick any stage they've previously won on in the set. If all available stages are exhausted, all stages become available again.

Stage striking can be forgone entirely, and legal stages may be chosen directly if agreed to.

Set Procedure

• Before game 1, players strike stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 form.
• The higher-seeded player is considered player 1.
• For game 1, characters and assists are picked double-blind.
• Following game 1, the winning player will ban 2 stages (1 stage in Best of 5, and no stages in Grands), and the losing player will pick from the remaining stages to play on.
• The winner will then declare their character selection, followed by the loser. Then the winner will declare their assist selection, followed by the loser.

Players have 10 minutes to show up for their first set for the tournament; if they do not show up, they are disqualified from the bracket.

After the first set, if a player does not show up within 5 minutes to their set, they lose the set automatically. If their next opponent is ready to play, after 5 more minutes, they are disqualified.