How to join To find a tournament, first go to Play , and then click on the tournaments button:. This will take you to our tournament's page where you can find and join the tournament of your choice:. The Current tab shows a list of all ongoing and upcoming tournaments , the type of tournament, the duration , start time , and number of players. You can click 'Join' to the right of the tournament to join right away!
Note: You can only join a tournament at most one hour before the tournament starts. If the tournament starts later than that, you will have to wait until there is 1 hour or less until the tournament starts, then you can join.
Even if the tournament has already started, often you will still be able to join though you will have a disadvantage if some games have already been played! For example, even though the Bullet Arena in the image above only has 17 minutes left, you can still join and get some games in. Who knows, you could win ten quick ones in a row and even place!
Click on the Schedule tab to see a more graphical representation of the ongoing and upcoming tournaments:. Click on any of the bars here to be taken to the tournament , where you can join if possible, or just watch and chat! The Observe tab will show only tournaments that have already started , though you will still be able to join some of them if they are Arena tournaments, for example.
The Daily Tournaments tab will take you to a separate page for Daily tournaments. Daily tournaments are done in a different format and take much longer to play out, so they are not shown on this same schedule. You can read more about Daily tournaments here. Most tournaments at all levels provide ranking points, although the basis of these can differ wildly. They are most critical at the professional level, where they determine admission to later events.
Nonetheless, the basic structure is fairly consistent, allowing amateur players to play in events that resemble those played by their heroes. I got a chance to play junior and professional tournaments across the world, and in I began playing as the 1 player for Pepperdine University, a great division 1 school. Oh, and I had lunch with Brad Gilbert once. There are many different types of tennis coaches. Some specialize in teaching beginners and young children, while others work almost exclusively with adult club players.
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In this Skip to content. Continue Reading. Due to the way Smashdown works, only a maximum of eight players can be in a single tourney, and they all have to play every game.
The player that takes the most KOs during the tourney is declared the winner. The tourney can also end early if the mercy rule is on. Some tournaments have either official or side events in other games outside of the Smash series. Usually such tournaments would play fighting games such as Street Fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom or occasionally Smash Bros. Smash tournaments are increasingly becoming fixtures at "traditional" fighting game events including prominent ones like EVO or CEO. Some events that are primarily focused on "esports" games like League of Legends or Counter-Strike may include Smash tournaments.
This article is about the competitive tournament scene. For the in-game mode, see Tourney disambiguation. For the team attack option known as "Friendly Fire", see Team Attack. Categories : Tournaments Competitive play. Navigation Main page Smash Bros.
Ultimate Smash Bros. Brawl Smash Bros. Melee Smash Bros. Contents 1 Locations and sizes 2 Prices and fees 3 Legal issues involving the exchange of money 4 Tournament formats 4. For a list of national tournaments, see List of national tournaments. They include: Smashfest : A smaller event, often without an entry fee, and more friendly than competitive in nature. Smashfests often feature several different games and allow players to compete with each other in a more casual manner.
STD : "Smash 'Til Dawn", An overnight tournament or smashfest where the goal is to keep playing until the sun rises or later.
Smash the Record is a very large example of this. Usually feature the same group of players each iteration. Depending on size as well as player strength, certain monthly events can also be classified as Regional Tournaments if not larger such as Mayhem in California and the monthly Smash 4 events at Xanadu Circuit event : Part of a regional circuit of tournaments, such as the Midwest Circuit. Winners are usually given points based on their placings, and an overall points winner at the end of the season is given some sort of prize.
Regional tournament : A large tournament that draws significant attendance from neighboring regions. Only top professional players can usually expect to win a regional tournament. Major tournament or national tournament : A larger tournament that draws an extraordinary amount of attendance from the broader region as a whole. In North America, these tournaments attract players from across the United States and Canada, while European majors feature smashers from across the continent.
Majors can draw attendance from different continents; for example, European and Japanese players often fly in to large American tournaments. PGR B-tier tournaments are often considered majors, though not as prestigious as A-tiers. Supermajor : The most prestigious tournaments in the Smash scene, featuring a huge amount of the best players from around the world. Supermajors are considered to be the most important gatherings for players in the scene, and attract the most viewership and publicity, not only from within the Smash community, but also from the larger fighting game and esports communities.
Apex and Pound have previously been recognized as supermajor series. Tournaments can also be labeled as supermajors based on the extreme level of player talent; for example, in Melee , Get On My Level , as well as Smash Summits and other invitationals, are often considered "supermajors" due to the fact that so many top 20 players attended, despite having fewer entrants than the other tournament series listed.
The PGR lists supermajors as S-tier. Prices and fees [ edit ] Most tournaments require an entry fee from participants to play. Legal issues involving the exchange of money [ edit ] Some public venues like schools and places of worship consider gaming tournaments a form of gambling and ban it as such.
Tournament formats [ edit ] There are four bracket formats commonly used by modern Smash tournaments today: Double elimination , Round Robin , Pools , and Single Elimination. Double elimination bracket [ edit ] The winners' bracket portion of a double elimination event. The losers' bracket, where a player is placed after losing in winners' bracket. There are three sets in a double-elimination bracket that are of special importance to participants: Winners' Bracket Finals : occurs between two players who advance to the last set in W bracket without losing.
The winner of this set is guaranteed at least a second place finish, while the loser will at worst finish third. The set in W bracket marked "C" is the winners finals set in the first image at right.
Losers' Bracket Finals : the loser of the winners' bracket finals plays against the one player to advance through all the L bracket rounds. The loser of this set is awarded third place overall. The set labeled "C" in the second image at right is the losers' bracket finals.
Championship Set aka Grand Finals : the end-all set of the event. The winner of this set gets first place, the loser second. The wrinkle in this is that the player from the losers' bracket must win two consecutive sets to win the championship as opposed to the winners' bracket player only requiring one — this is due to the "players are eliminated upon losing two sets" philosophy and has the side effect of discouraging players from intentionally dropping a tough set to fall into the presumed-easier losers' bracket.
Placements guide [ edit ] The following is the list of placements and which stage and round the player was eliminated. Place Eliminated in Round of 1st. Also, this tournament type often uses available areas inefficiently. For example, if the tournament consists of nine entries and four locations are available, the double-elimination tournament takes seven rounds to complete.
This is as many rounds as in a round robin double split discussed later but without the advantages a round robin tournament offers. The double elimination is a good option when the number of locations is limited, time is at a premium, final standings are important, and all entries are to be awarded a minimum of two games. For more on double eliminations, see chapter 4. The multilevel tournament is similar to a single-elimination tournament; in fact, at the top level they are the same.
However, in a multilevel tournament, a player is not eliminated following a loss but simply moves down one or more levels of play into the consolation rounds. This downward movement continues until no other challengers remain. One result of this approach is that all entries play about the same number of games.
Another benefit is that in each round the players are more likely to encounter other players of their caliber. In the final rounds of play in single- and double-elimination tournaments, only one or two locations are in use.
This is not the case in the multilevel tournament. As a result, when sufficient locations are available, the multilevel tournament takes the same amount of time to complete as a single-elimination tournament and half the time of a double-elimination tournament.
For example, if six locations are available, and the tournament contains 13 entries, it takes four rounds to complete the tournament using either the single elimination or the multilevel and eight rounds to complete a double elimination. The multilevel tournament is an excellent choice when equality in number of games played and closely contested matches are important, when time is limited, and when knowledge of third and subsequent final placements is not crucial.
This tournament is perhaps most useful in physical education classes or intramural or recreational settings where eliminating players is undesirable and final standings are of little significance.
Because this tournament type offers many advantages in these situations, and because it may be new to the reader, we advise a review of chapter 3. The round robin tournament and league schedules consist of all individuals or teams playing each entry an equal number of times.
The round robin and round robin split tournaments all use fixed schedules; all entries know exactly who they play and what time they play them, which offers advantage to entries in preparing for the tournament and upcoming games. Seeding does not affect the outcome because the cumulative results of all games played determine final standings.
When the number of entries is small and games are played quickly as in table tennis, badminton, or volleyball , this type of format is effective for a one-day tournament. When there are more entries and the games take longer to complete as in hockey, football, or basketball , then a round robin schedule is best suited for league play. In this case, one time through a round robin provides the league schedule, and, if time permits, you could provide a home and away schedule simply by going through the round robin schedule twice.
The round robin format is not suitable for all situations. Because all entries play each other, a round robin format is problematic when the number of entries is high. For example, a tournament with 32 entries would take games to complete using a round robin.
This compares with 62 games in a double elimination and 31 in single elimination. Also, when there is considerable discrepancy in the caliber of play, many games or matches will prove unsatisfactory to all involved in these noncontests.
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