Welcome to the 2018 Super Metroid Multi-Category Tournament!

 

Runners of all skill levels are encouraged to compete!  Signups will close on February 11th, with the tournament officially starting on February  12th.  Entrants will have 7 days to complete each of their matches. To participate in the tournament it is required that you join the Discord server. (invite: https://discord.gg/Z8Z6u7q) Near the start of the tournament we will be confirming participation on Discord. Discord will be used to communicate with players and schedule races.  A submission form with corresponding spreadsheet will be made available to submit and display your scheduled times during the tournament. Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X_CABcXFRh_6mKN8bqIJaXpeTysKJOqQVbNgBiySImY/edit#gid=1017760400

 

FORMAT

The tournament will be swiss format with each match being 1 race. Match pairings for the first round will be determined by seeding which will be done according to SRL rankings on the Super Metroid leaderboard.  Seeding is determined on the day of the signup cutoff (Feb 11th), so you have until then to increase your SRL ranking and improve your seed should you wish to do so.  Runners that are not ranked on the SRL Super Metroid leaderboard will be randomized and placed at the bottom of the seeding.

 

After 5 rounds (which may change depending on the number of entrants) the top 8 will be seeded into a single elimination bracket for the finals.  More details on the format can be found here.

Top 8 Bracket: https://supermetroid.challonge.com/smmulti_t8

 

CATEGORIES

This is a multi-category tournament. The category for each match will be randomly selected from a pool of 5 categories after each player vetos one option. The category pool is: any%, 100%, GT Classic, All Miniboss RTA, and Double Anti Bingo. For the top 8 rounds 14% Ice and RBO will be added to the category pool. The process for selecting the category will occur after both racers have entered the race but before they are .ready.

   

RULES

Players will use SpeedRunsLive to time and record their race.  The time listed on SRL is the official time for the match. Races will use standard SRL rules. As well as the following:

 

    All players are required to stream.

 

    All files, unless otherwise noted should start at 0:00 with the intro sequence completed so play begins in the Ceres station.

 

    Players may use cartridge, flashcart, or emulator (except SNES9x 1.43 and ZSNES which are banned).

 

    All categories are No Major Glitches. For this tournament Major Glitches include (but are not limited to) glitches that take the  player out of bounds, and spacetime beam (even in GT Classic). If you're unsure whether a glitch is considered "Major" ask an organizer.

 

    Gold Torizo code is banned except during GT Classic category races.

 

    The time limit for each race will be 5 hours. Any racer not finished after 5 hours will be considered a forfeit.

For Low% players are encouraged to have a safety save at Red Tower with just 5 missiles collected in case they accidentally pick up 'charge missiles'. Saving and loading the backup save in this room is acceptible and will not be considered a DQ. Ending the race with 15% will be considered a DQ and wil result in a 3 hour time being given.

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SCHEDULING

Please do your best to communicate with your scheduled opponent and get your match scheduled before the deadline. If a match isn't scheduled by the end of the defined week (11:59 PM PDT on the respective Sunday) without letting an organizer know, that match will count as a forfeit with no exceptions. If both players are considered no-shows (worst case), both players will be forfeited in order of seed. Also please schedule your matches at least 24 hours ahead of time. We may not be able to restream the match with too short of notice.

 

RESTREAM INFO

Matches will be streamed to twitch.tv/speedgaming (or one of the alternate speedgaming channels) along with commentary. If you would like to be considered to commentate a match please nickflash an organizer. Organizers reserve the right to remove people from commentary should their commentary be deemed inappropriate and/or offensive.

 

Each race will get a 2 hour block scheduled for the restream (depending on scheduling constraints this may be shortened or extended).

 

HELP

For questions please contact an Organizer on the tournament discord server. (You can also PM Belthasar, Kekumanshoyu, Ponk, or Sloaters27 on challonge)