OFFICIAL MISSISSIPPI SMASH LEAGUE TOURNAMENT RULES AND
REGULATIONS
Project M
 General Rules
o Game Settings: 4 Stocks, 8-Minute Time Limit, Best of 3 Games. Finals are
Best of 5.
Items are disabled.
Input buffer is disabled
All chain grabs and infinites are legal
Pause option is disabled in the game menu. If left on, accidental pausing mid
match forfeits a stock.
o You may not choose the last stage you have won on during a set, unless
agreed by both players.
o If time runs outs, most stocks determine the tie, and then if still tied, by
percentage. If percentage is tied, a 1 stock, 3-minute match is played.
o Playing as Giga Bowser or Wario Man is banned
Doubles Rules
o Team Attack enabled
o Sharing stocks is allowed
Stage List
o Starter Stages
 Battlefield
 Delfino's Secret
 Pokémon Stadium 2
 Smashville
 Green Hill Zone
o Counter-Pick Stages
 Final Destination
 Dreamland (64)
 Fountain of Dreams
 Wario Land
Match Procedure
o Players select their characters. Either player may choose to Blind Pick. In this
case, each player secretly tells a third player their character before picking
with the third player verifying their selections.
o Players play Rock-Paper-Scissors. Winner chooses between selecting
controller port or first Stage Strike
o Players take turns removing stages from the Starter Stages list above based
upon the results of the previous rule. The first player to strike removes one(1)
stage from the list, the second player removes two(2), the first player then
selects from the remaining two stages to play on.
o The players play the first match of the set
Winning player of the preceding match bans two stages from the full list of
stages, both Starter and Counter-Pick.
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o The Losing player of the preceding match picks a stage for the next match.
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Cannot choose the stage banned in the previous step, nor the last stage
they've already won on during this set, unless agreed.
The winning player of the preceding match may choose to change
characters.
The losing player of the preceding match may choose to change characters.
The losing player of the preceding match may change their controller port.
Repeat Steps 5 through 10 for all subsequent matches until the set is
complete.
Melee
 General Rules
o Game Settings: 4 Stocks, 8 Minute Time Limit
o Items are disabled.
o Stalling with moves such as Jigglypuff's Rising Pound or Peach's Wall
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Bomber is banned.
o Glitches such as Ice Climbers’s Freeze Glitch and Mewtwo’s Soul Stunner
are banned.
o Pause option is disabled in the game menu. If left on, accidental pausing mid
match forfeits a stock.
o You may not choose any stage you have won on during a set, unless agreed
by both players.
o A tie is determined by most stocks taken; and, if still tied, by percentage. If
percentage is tied, the match is fully replayed.
o Playing as Master Hand is banned
Doubles Rules
o Friendly Fire enabled
o Life stealing stocks from a teammate is allowed
Stage List
o Neutral Stages
 Final Destination
 Battlefield
 Yoshi’s Story
 Dream Land
 Fountain of Dreams [Singles Only]
 Pokemon Stadium [Doubles Only]
o Counter-Pick Stages
 Pokemon Stadium [Singles Only]
 Kongo Jungle 64 [Doubles Only]
Match Procedure
o Players select their characters. Either player may choose to Blind Pick. In this
case, each player secretly tells a third player their character before picking
with the third player verifying their selections.
o Players play Rock-Paper-Scissors. Winner chooses between selecting
controller port or first Stage Strike.
o Players take turns removing stages from the Neutral Stages list above based
upon the results of the previous rule. The first player to strike removes one
(1) stage from the list, the second player removes two (2), and the first player
then chooses from the remaining two (2) stages.
o The players play the first match of the set.
o Winning player of the preceding match bans a stage from the full list of
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stages, both Neutral and Counter-Pick. Does not apply to Best of 5 sets.
The Losing player of the preceding match picks a stage for the next match.
Cannot choose the stage banned in the previous step, nor a stage they've
already won on during this set, unless agreed.
The winning player of the preceding match may choose to change
characters.
The losing player of the preceding match may choose to change characters.
The losing player of the preceding match may change their controller port.
Repeat Steps 5 through 10 for all subsequent matches until the set is
complete.
Smash for Wii U (Singles and Doubles)
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General Rules
o Double Elimination.
o Best 2 out of 3 sets, 3 out of 5 for finals.
o Singles 2 stock / Doubles 3 stock.
o Singles 6:00 minutes / Doubles 8:00 minutes.
o Pause Off.
o No Items.
o No Customs.
o Team attack on.
o All characters and stages must be unlocked.
Stage / Character Selection:
o Determine top and bottom seed (ex. RPS).
o Bottom seed strikes one stage; top seed picks stage from remaining two.
o Players blind pick character.
o Set’s winner bans two stages.
o Loser picks from the remaining starter and counter stages.
o Winner picks character first, loser counter picks.
o Repeat until match is complete.
 Banned stages remained banned throughout the match.
 Winner can not choose stage previously won on.
 Any stages may be played on upon players’ agreement.
Misc Rules
o Players stalling may result in forfeit at TO’s discretion.
 Ex. traveling under stage repeatedly.
o Player may request the opponent to change costume color if the contrast of it
blends in
with the background.
o Controllers
 Gamecube controller
 Wii U Pro controller
 Wiimote
 3DS
 We recommend taking batteries out of wireless controllers in
between matches. Wii U Pro
controllers can be powered via USB.
 Victory Conditions
o Result screens are honored.
o If time expires, the player with the most stocks remaining wins.
o If players have equal amount of stocks, player with the lowest damage wins.
o If a simultaneous KO occurs, players will play another set of 1 stock with 3
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Stage List
o Starter
 Final Destination
 Battlefield
 Town and City
 Smashville
 Dreamland
o Counterpick
 Lylat
 DuckHunt