I've already mentioned this to Minmin and Ta'an, but I think it would be a good idea to post the Rule set used by the SBR, as well as a basic sign up sheet here.

General rules:

• 3 Stock
  
  
• 8 minute timer
  
  
• Items are set to "off" and "none"
  
  
• All sets with the possible exception of winner's finals, loser's finals, and the championship are best of 3 matches (best of 5 and above is recommended for any "finals" matches)
  
  
• In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
  
  
• No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
  
  
• In team matches, the ports will be determined in a 1221 fashion; whoever wins the RPS will choose first, then the opposing team will get their ports, and then the teammate of the RPS winner will get the last port.
  
  
• If the timer runs out, the victor is determined first by stock and then by percentage.
  
  
• Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
  
  
• If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
  
  
• You are responsible for your own controller and name tag. Any malfunctions or errors that occur are your responsibility, so bring an extra controller if possible and always check to make sure you're using the correct settings BEFORE a match is played. If a match is to be restarted due to controller functions, it must be agreed upon by both parties.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Stalling is banned.
  
  
  Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Running away from an opponent to reach a better position is not stalling, while doing an infinite grab endlessly against a wall is. Any infinite chain grabs most end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive
  stalling.
  
• Resolving Ties: Any games ending in time running out should always be decided by stock, and then percents. If percents are the same or both players die simultaneously, there will be a 1 stock overttime or the sudden death will be played out. The TO needs to decide which of these will be used before the tournament. Bowser's suicide klaw is exempt from this rule.

Set format (In Order of Procedure):
1. Opponents choose their characters for the first match *
2. Opponents start the stage striking procedure
3. Each player may announce one stage to be banned for counterpicks of the set
4. The first game is played, using the stage chosen during step 2
5. The loser of the previous match announces the next match's stage from either the Starter Stage List or the Counter Stage List
6. The winner of the previous match chooses their character
7. The loser of the previous match chooses their character
8. Repeat steps 5-7 for all proceeding matches
*Double blind character selection may be called for the first match

Stage Lists

TOs must move stages from the starter/counterpick into either the starter or counterpick categories and must move stages from counterpick/banned into either the counterpick or banned categories.

Stages in the Starter/Counter and Counter/Banned list did not receive 2/3 majority, and therefore you are given the option to put those stages in either category, as we did not come to a consensus on it.

The SBR Recommended rule list uses the stage striking system. In this system, players take turns striking stages from the starter list until only one remains; these stages are not banned and can be counterpicked later in the set. There must be an odd number of starter stages.

Starter
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Pokémon Stadium 1

Starter/Counter
Castle Siege
Delfino
Halberd
Lylat Cruise

Counter
Brinstar
Corneria
Distant Planet
Frigate Orpheon
Green Hill Zone
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Yoshi's Island (Pipes)
Green Greens
Mario Circuit
Onett
Port Town Aero Dive
Skyworld

Banned
75m
Big Blue
Bridge of Eldin
Flat Zone 2
Hanenbow
Hyrule Temple
Mario Bros.
Mushroomy Kingdom I
Mushroomy Kingdom II
Rumble Falls
Shadow Moses
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Wario Ware

(Banned stages are available to debate.)

The tournament date is the 27th and submissions should be in by the 22nd, to give me some time to organise matchups. Anyway, here's the sign-up sheet for everyone interested.

Nametag:
Friend Code:
Timezone:

The list:
Nametag:Locke
Nametag: Shade
Nametag: Dark
Friend Code:4640-0601-0713
Timezone: GMT-0 (England)

Nickname: Asahi
Friend Code: 4511-0209-7659
Time Zone: GMT-8

Nickname: Rosy
Nickname: Duke
Friend Code: 2019-9334-6486
Time Zone: GMT -8

Nametag: Yue (Julian)
Nametag: Nero (Taan)
FC: 0173-1279-8556
Time Zone: GMT -8

If there's anything else that needs adding, please tell me. It's my first time as a Tournament Organiser.

Round 1 Matchups (Drawn via fabulous hat~) :

Yue vs Asahi

Rosy vs Dark

Locke vs Shade

Nero vs Duke

You're going to have to explain the stage striking thing a little more for me. I don't really get it.

Nickname: Asahi
Friend Code: 4511-0209-7659
Time Zone: GMT-8

First round out for sure. ^_^

Basically, the players agree on a stage from the starter list for the first match of the set, then that stage cannot be played again within that set.

After that, the loser of the first match chooses the next stage from anywhere other than the ban list to hopefully give themselves a slight stage advantage. For example, Ike moving from Final Destination to Delfino to take advantage of the floating platforms.

I know I MUST say this: LOCKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Seriously. We need to play again Ric. Locke vs Rosy again! And then take a picture of that and post it somewhere online so this authoress can be happy that this happened by chance. ^_^ Locke meeting Rosy by chance and fighting against her. XD We should have taken a pic of me using Zelda and you using Marth. :P That would have been perfect.

Anyways, sign me up too.

Nickname: Rosy
Friend Code: You already have it
Time Zone: GMT -8

I wish I had my wii and a tv with me.

so we're going to have to be chatting or something to decide all the stuff and do rock-paper-scissors, right?

sounds better than I hoped. Once I get home, I'll post my FC here.

I'll say who's facing who when all the applications are in, once you know who you're facing, just PM/IM each other to organise the times you can brawl and the stages you'll use.

As of now, the first round will begin on the 27th and will continue until all given match ups are complete. As for the next rounds, they will be dependant on how fast everything else gets done. =]

You still need to put in the code for the sake of the list. xD;

Otherwise I have to dig through the giant chatlog. ='[

Hahaha! xD

If we put the timer on, I think we can actually record the whole match. =P

Damn. You use Marth, too?

I use quite a lot of characters. xD

Marth, Ice Climbers, Falco, Zelda/Sheik, R.O.B, Diddy Kong, Zero Suit Samus and Ness to be specific.

Uh... huh.

As for me: Ike, Pit, Meta Knight, Marth, Link, Toon Link...

A.K.A... anyone with a sword.

Technically, Ganondorf and Kirby have swords too. =P

Actually, I've never brawled a Link player before, I've faced plenty of Toon Links, but never the normal one.

I suck with Link. Well, with anyone, for that matter.

Going by what you told me over msn, you can't be that bad. =P

I am, though. At least against human players.

It's not too difficult to adjust, with a little practice you should do fine. =]

And the fact that before today, I probably haven't pressed the guard button more than 20 times in my Brawl career.

Well that doesn't help. xD

I usually use it about two or three times a minute, sometimes more depending on how defensive I'm playing.

I've always thought it was too hard to use,, since I use only the wiimote sideways. Now that I'm trying the GC controller now, then it's easier to grab and guard. =P

GC Controller>All. =P

I guess so. Better for me.

I can't even play properly with anything other than the GC or Classic Controllers. =/

I played with only the wiimote one time as pikachu and I spazed everywhere doing ridiculous attacks and slaughtering the lv 9 cpu I was going against. it was like backwards fair, spastic dair, I was just kinda like a ball of random attacks.

I tried using Ice Climbers with the Wiimote once.

Wasn't my brightest idea ever. =/

I think you'll need someone with really quick attacks to play with the wiimote. At least I do. Anyone else and my commands cause total chaos in the useless sense. So far, pikachu is the only one I can use effectively, but even then it's hard and may or may not be effective. It's basically like I run up to the opponent and then pikachu flips out and goes all over the place.

But... that's how I play...

Agreed. :)

I'll be out of town on the 27th so...

If you play like me on a wii mote normally, ou've got some insane analog stick moving skills. Seriously, it's unbelievably spaztastic.

I never really tried the Wii controller myself... it's because I'm afraid of change and everything. That sounds amazing though. :P

I tried wiimote with toon link once and I just ended up stuck in the dair recovery animation because I used it too much. Wiimote+nunchuck is like reversed GC controller so it's hard to get used to, and I don't have a classic controller, so GC > all else by far.

FC: 0173-1279-8556
Time Zone: GMT -8

My Brother wants to enter so here:
Nametag: Yue (Julian)
Nametag: Nero (me)

Minnie, what's your friend code? Ric may have it but I don't.

For my brother, his name is Duke.

My friend code is 2019-9334-6486. :) So yeah, you guys can all add it. :P

List edited.~

I notice I put GMC instead of GMT, and you copied it like that onto the list, so both are wrong. Also, put Taan instead of (me), because that'll just be confusing since the list is yours and not mine.

~Fixed it for Ric~ >admin powers are useful<

Hey, how about some practice matches or something? I can be available in the mornings usually. I don't have much to do in the morning, I think.

I don't wake up early enough in the morning to do anything. =X

Depending on how early you mean, I'll be able to practice with you. =]

Ok, well sometimes I wake up at 5, but always before 8. that means, uh... I wake up sometime between 1pm and 4pm GMT. after 7 would be the best time, so that's at 3pm GMT. The thing I really want to see is the amount of lag, because I heard that there's less lag in the with friends mode.

There is a little less lag, yeah.

Hey it's christmas. Where are the tourney details?