Details about video game tournaments are listed below. Please check the forums for up to the minute updates and to make suggestions.

Registration

International Room B (lower level)
Friday 6pm -8pm
Saturday 8am-noon

General Tournament Rules

- There will be warm up periods for contestants.
- Depending on the number of participants tournaments will be round robin or double elimination best of 3.
- All Semi and Finals matches are best of 5.
- Tournaments that contestants can expect to span multiple days: Pokemon Black/White, Super Smash Brothers Brawl
- Brackets will be generated from TIO
- Don't act like a damned fool
- No gambling, knives, guns, or physical fighting
- BYOC (Bring your own controller)
- No Wireless Controllers but since no one listens to this rule, this is what happens. DESYNC YOUR CONTROLLER WHEN YOU ARE DONE. If you fail to un-sync your controller you will be eliminated from the tournament no money back, NO EXCEPTIONS, NO WARNINGS
- Show up on time to the tournament. I will be LOCKING brackets the minute the official time starts. I don't care who you are, you will not be able to enter. If you can't make it on that minute, get a friend to hold a spot for you, or send me a message that youll be there!
- All tournaments are $10 (cash) to enter
- Winnings are split 70/20/10

Tournament Schedule (Really Important Stuff!)

Pokemon Black/White will be held in International Room A
Rock Band 3 will be held in International Room C
ALL OTHER TOURNAMENTS are in International Room B

Friday
8pm-11pm Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Saturday
Noon- 6pm: Pokemon Black/White
Rock Band 3: 2pm - 5pm
Noon- 2 pm: BlazBlue Contiuum Shift Extend
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Super Smash Brother Brawl Prelilms
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Soul Calibur V
9:00 pm - Midnight: Catherine Head to Head

Sunday
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Brawl Finals
10:00 am- 2:00 pm: Pokemon Black/White Finals

Rock Band 3
- PS3 Version
- 4 player bands only
- DLC Library will be provided before hand
- Must have at least 1 singer and drummer
- Perform off one song
- Depending on the number of Total Bands will depend on how many bands will advance until the Finals in a head to head match. Flip of a coin will determine who chooses to go first in Finals.
- Warm up period will be available once International Room C is setup. You have all the time to go over the DLC library.

Judging Criteria
- 55% Performance
- 45% Completion Percentage
- Judges are looking for a balance of completion % and performance. Perfect the song but stoic performance won't win it, acting like a jackass with a crap score will not win it either.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
-PS3 Version
-Galactus Mode is banned from tournament play
-No game breaking glitches allowed
-Winner keeps same starting character, but can switch order of assists
-You may not use the same character twice on the same team
-Random stage selection unless both players agree on a stage
-All characters are tournament legal, including Jill and Shuma Gorath

Pokemon Black/White
Rules Summary
- Doubles Format
- Pokemon above Level 50 will be brought down to 50 for the match while those below 50 will stay as-is
- Players choose 4 of their 6 registered Pokemon after team preview
- Species Clause and Items Clause are in effect
- Pokemon ineligible for Battle Subway are banned (see below for the full list)
- Dark Void and Sky Drop moves are banned
- Must USE SAME TEAM THROUGHOUT TOURNAMENT.

Standard Format Style
Double Battle

In Double Battles, each player selects four Pokémon from his or her party of six to battle with. At the start of the battle, players send out the first two Pokémon in their party, making a total of four Pokémon on the battlefield. Game play continues until a player knocks out all four of his or her opponent’s Pokémon.

Team Construction Rules
- A player’s team cannot contain two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number
- Each Pokémon on a player’s team can hold an item, though no two Pokémon may hold the same item
- A player’s team cannot contain two Pokémon with the same nickname
- A player’s team cannot contain a Pokémon nicknamed with the name of another Pokémon (for example, an Unfezant named “Pidove”)
- Pokémon may only use moves that have been learned through one of the following methods:
- By leveling up
- By TM or HM
- As an Egg move, through breeding
- From a character in the game
- A move already known by a Pokémon received at an official Pokémon event or promotion

Pokemon Ban List
Pokedex #1 through #493 (all Pokemon before Black & White)
Reshiram
Zekrom
Kyurem
Keldeo
Meloetta
Genesect
Victini

- Pokémon must be placed in the Battle Box.
- Pokémon above level 50 are permitted, but they are auto‐leveled down to 50 for the duration of battle.
- Players may use Pokémon with Hidden Abilities that have been officially released via Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version, the Pokémon Global Link, or an official event or promotion.
- The Wonder Launcher cannot be used during battle.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl
-3 Stocks
-8 Minute Time Limit
I-tems set to “Off” and “None”
-Pause set to “Off”
-Meta Knight’s infinite dimensional cape tactic is banned.--
-All infinites and chain grabs are legal.
-There is a 50 Ledge Grab Limit for all characters, except Meta Knight which is 35. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the Ledge Grab Limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their Ledge Grab Limit, then this rule is ignored.
-The act of stalling is banned: stalling is intentionally making the game unplayable: Such as becoming invisible, continuing infinites, chain grabs, or uninterruptible moves past 300%, and reaching a position that your opponent can never reach you.
-Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
-If the Ledge Grab Limit does not declare one player the winner, the winner will be declared by what the game says in all situations, except for when players are presented with sudden death:
In the event of a match going to time, the winner will be determined by who has less percent (stock difference still takes priority but will be shown in the results screen).
-If the match ends with both players dying at the same time (either coincidentally or via suicide move) or if time ran out with both players at equal percent, a one stock three minute rematch will be played on the same stage. For a tie-breaker match, a Ledge Grab Limit of 18 is used for all characters, except Meta Knight with 13. The only other exception to this is the game ending from a Bowser or Ganon Suicide tactic, where the initiator of the move wins.

Stage List

Starters
Battlefield
Final Destination
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Yoshi’s Island (Brawl)

Counterpicks
Battleship Halberd
Pokemon Stadium 1
Castle Siege
Delfino Plaza
Frigate Orpheon

Blazblue Contiuum Shift EXTEND
- PS3 Version
-Winner keeps same character between games
-Random stage selection unless both players agree on a stage
-Unlimited versions of characters are banned

Catherine
- XBox 360 Version
- VS Mode Head to Head

Soul Calibur V
- TBA