A $50 minimum prize, one day, single elim, bo1 tournament for the MSSB community. Join the discord here. https://discordapp.com/invite/yKZQr7v

If you're interested in donating to increase the prizepool via Venmo or Paypal, feel free to contact me (Pokebunny) on Discord. Exact prize distribution will be announced the day of the tournament, but if it reaches $100 or above, it will be split among at least the top 2 (or more) players.

I will play in this tournament, but I will also stream at https://twitch.tv/pokebunny . If I get eliminated before the end (highly likely) I will stream the remaining matches, but matches will not be delayed for the stream due to the short-form nature of the tournament. Still, it's recommended to check in discord if someone is interested in streaming your game in the later rounds before you start. At least one semifinal and the finals will be guaranteed to be streamed.

Below rules taken mostly from standard NPSS ruleset - matches will be standard stars-off ranked and will also be submitted for ranked results. 

Rules

• Superstar Characters are OFF
• Mercy rule is ON
• Nolan Draft¹ format for drafting teams
• Stadium list: Any stadium is legal if both players agree to it. If the players do not agree on a stadium, Mario Stadium will be used.
• All other settings are left on default. Drop spot may be turned off.
• Please note that any unsportsmanlike behavior will be eligible for disqualification at the discretion of tournament organizers and reputable community members. Such behaviors will not be listed here, but please use your best judgment and feel free to ask if you're uncertain.
• As this is a one day tournament, please keep games moving, and if you just played a long game please be aware that other players are likely waiting on you.

1. Nolan Draft Rules:

• Follows snake draft rules using a 1-2-2-2... format, but you don't have to pick a captain first and you choose your captain after drafting your team
• Non-captain Bowser is banned, so if you draft Bowser he MUST be your captain
• Players can agree on who gets choice. If there is no agreement, the coin flip discord bot. Whoever wins choice can choose between first/second pick OR home/away team. The other player gets choice on the other option (ex. Player A wins choice and chooses to be the home team, so player B will choose between picking first/second)
• One player will get choice to pick first/second, and the other player will get choice of batting first/second.
  

The following game modifications are to be used:

• ! Required: Project Rio Codes !
• !! Online: Netplay Event Code 3.7 !!

*note: these mods are automatically enabled with Project Rio, so no mod download is necessary

Statement on lag

• A wired connection is highly recommended. If another player claims to have issues with lag during your games, you may be asked to take an internet latency test. Expectation is <120 ms latency to all US servers and max 15ms jitter.