Tournament Rules

General Information

• Event page on Start.gg
• Platform: Dolphin
• Start time (CST, GMT-6): Thu, Jan 23, 2025 9:00 PM
• Registration Cap: 48
• Registration Fee: $5
• Registration Close: Jan. 18 11:59 PM Central Time
• Organizer: BunniesFromHell

Prizing

• Pot Split: 70/20/10
• Crowdfunding via Matcherino

Tournament Format

• Bracket Format: Double Elimination
• Rounds per Game: 2/3
• Games per Set: 2/3
• Finals Games per Set: 3/5 Games for Losers Finals, 3/5 Games for Winners Finals, 3/5 Games for Grand Finals
• Winner must keep character. Loser may switch.
• The Finisher Mode Throw Cancel bug is banned. Tag Battle Style is banned (except when used to choose Fourze Meteor Fusion States). Combo follow-ups after attacks that disable the opponent's burst are banned. This affects Kabuto, Den-O (PWR), Fourze Meteor Fusion States, and Kiva (off-axis Kiva Rider Art must be immediately followed up with 5S). This does not affect Kuuga (PWR) or Imperer, as their respective cinematics (Kuuga (PWR)'s Rider Art and Imperer's Rider Finale) do not disable burst. Zeronos may not transform between Vega Form and Zero Form and vice-versa. If Zeronos transforms from Vega to Zero or vice-versa, then the player must immediately transform back to Altair Form.

Game Settings

Timer: 90 seconds
Damage: Normal
Climax Time: On
Final Reflect: On

Additional Rules

Banned Characters: Faiz (SPD), W LunaTrigger (FMC), Wizard Hurricane Style (FMC), Fourze (SPT), Skull, Agito (SPT), Den-O (SPT + Gun Form)

SCH has no mirror matches so we have a lot of extra rules for character select:
Both players must announce which character they want to play upon entering Character Select. If both players wish to play the same character, play RPS to decide who gets to pick that character — loser must pick another character. In the event that RPS is not feasible, another method, such as coin flip or dice call, will be used instead.
The winning player of a game must pick the character they won the previous game with. The losing player may opt to pick a different character, as well as a different stage should they choose to do so. The losing player may opt to pick the winner’s character going into the next game. In the event of this, both players play RPS (or a suitable alternative).
If the initiating player wins this game of RPS, the defending player must pick a new character, but the initiating player forfeits their right to pick the stage to the defending player. If the initiating player loses the game of RPS, they forfeit the right to pick both a new character and a new stage, and the stage must be a random pick.