Tournament:The Big House 3

The Big House 3
The Big House 3 logo.jpg
Dates	October 12th-13th, 2013
Venue	Hilton Garden Inn Ann Arbor
Address/City	1404 Briarwood Circle Ann Arbor, Michigan
Attendance	240+
Entry fees	Melee singles: $15 Melee doubles: $10 per person Project M singles: $15 Project M doubles: $10 per person Venue: $25-30
Results
winners	Mew2King 1v1  Mew2King &  Hungrybox 2v2
winners	Kirk 1v1  Hungrybox &  Mew2King 2v2

The Big House 3 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Project M national tournament held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 12-13th, 2013, hosted by Juggleguy and Strong Bad. It is the most recent in the Big House series of tournament events, following The Big House 2.

Schedule

Friday, October 11th

9:00 PM: Doors open
11:00 PM: Melee It On Me live from The Big House 3 featuring The Smash Brothers documentary premiere
1:00 AM: Doors close

Saturday, October 12th

9:00 AM: Doors open
10:00 AM: Melee singles pools, Project M singles pools
4:00 PM: Food break
5:00 PM: Melee doubles, Project M doubles
8:00 PM: Melee singles pools (2nd round)
11:00 PM: Doors close

Sunday, October 13th

9:00 AM: Doors open
10:00 AM: Project M singles bracket
2:00 PM: Finish Melee doubles, finish Project M doubles
4:00 PM: Food break
5:00 PM: Melee singles bracket
9:00 PM: Tournament ends

Melee ruleset

• 4 stock, 8:00 time limit
• Items OFF
• Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
• Master Hand is banned.
• Wobbling is banned.
• Stalling with Jigglypuff's Rising Pound or Peach's Peach Bomber used against the wall repeatedly is banned.
• Glitches such as the Ice Climbers' freeze glitch and Mewtwo's soul stunner are banned.
• Dave's Stupid Rule: A stage that a player has won on in a set cannot be counterpicked unless the opponent agrees.
• Stage strike from neutrals for the first match of the set in "1221" fashion:

1. First player strikes one stage.
2. Second player strikes the next two stages.
3. First player strikes one stage.

• After each match:

1. Winner announces stage ban (except in best-of-5 sets)
2. Loser chooses counterpick stage
3. Winner chooses their character
4. Loser chooses their character

Stage list

Singles
Starters:

• Final Destination
• Yoshi's Story
• Dream Land
• Battlefield
• Fountain of Dreams

Counterpicks:

• Pokémon Stadium

Doubles
Starters:

• Final Destination
• Yoshi's Story
• Dream Land
• Battlefield
• Pokémon Stadium

Counterpicks:

• Kongo Jungle N64

Project M ruleset

• 4 stock, 8:00 minute timer
• All items set to OFF and item frequency set to NONE
• Input Assist set to OFF.
• Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
• Dave's Stupid Rule: A stage that a player has won on in a set cannot be counterpicked unless the opponent agrees.
• Stage strike from starters for the first match of the set in "122112" fashion:

1. First player strikes one stage.
2. Second player strikes the next two stages.
3. First player strikes the next two stages.
4. Second player strikes one stage.

• After each match:

1. Winner announces two (2) stage bans
2. Loser chooses counterpick stage
3. Winner chooses their character
4. Loser chooses their character

Stage list

Singles
Starters:

• Battlefield
• Dream Land
• Final Destination
• Fountain of Dreams
• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Smashville
• Yoshi's Story

Counterpicks:

• Dracula's Castle
• Green Hill Zone
• Lylat Cruise
• WarioWare, Inc.
• Yoshi's Island (Brawl)

Doubles
Starters:

• Battlefield
• Dream Land
• Final Destination
• Pokémon Stadium 2
• Smashville
• SSE Jungle
• Yoshi's Island (Brawl)

Counterpicks:

• Dracula's Castle
• Fountain of Dreams
• Green Hill Zone
• Lylat Cruise
• WarioWare, Inc.

Results

Melee Singles

Entrants were split into 16 round robin pools of 10-11 players each. The top four players from each pool advanced to the next round of pools, in which the top four players advanced again to a final bracket of 32 players.

Bracket

(172 entrants)

1.  Mew2King  $960

2.  Hungrybox  $480

3.  Dr. PeePee  $360

4.  SFAT  $240

5.  Hax  $120

5.  Nintendude  $120

7.  Darkatma  $60

7.  PewPewU  $60

9.  Scar 

9.  PikaChad 

9.  Kage 

9.  Idea 

13.  Trail 

13.  Kels 

13.  Yakal 

13.  Prince Abu 

17.  Wife 

17.  Duck 

17.  Moose 

17.  Frootloop 

17.  Hanky Panky 

17.  Shaeden 

17.  Kalamazhu 

17.  Europhoria 

25.  j00t 

25.  VaNz  (forfeited)

25.  Zoso 

25.  KJH 

25.  Wake 

25.  Christian 

25.  Slayer 

25.  Carroll 

Melee Doubles

Bracket

(48 teams)

1:  Hungrybox  +  Mew2King  ($480)

2:  SFAT  +  PewPewU  ($240)

3:  Dr. PeePee  +  Hax  ($144)

4:  Kage  +  VaNz  ($96)

5:  Scar  +  HyugaRicdeau 

5:  Kels  +  Darkatma 

7:  Duck  +  Moose 

7:  Frootloop  +  ORLY 

9:  Hanky Panky  +  Prince Abu 

9:  Shaeden  +  HIV+ 

9:  Kalamazhu  +  Toph 

9:  Nakamaru  +  The Lake 

13: Idea + Ripple

13: Wife + Nintendude

13: Gibby + Violence

13: Max Berger + Wake

17: BlackPanther + Gooeybanana

17: Anther + Bowyer

17: Cort + ZoSo

17: Bernal + HammerTime

17: Cheato + The Good Doctor

17: MB-Smash + Super Lous

17: Asylum + Gravy

17: BigWenz + CTL

25: Dope + Juggleguy

25: Dio Brando + MattDotZeb

25: Arty + Scythe

25: Spife + Slartibartfast42

25: Slayer + Professor Chromeagay

25: Trail + KishPrime

25: Coffeeblack + Europhoria

25: Artificial Flavor + Blake

33: .Dempt + Captain Cleveland

33: Lanceinthepants + Little England

33: Green Ranger + Sweet

33: moogle + TheCrimsonBlur

33: mordicon + Mundungu

33: Chase + Noah

33: Goose + OnionChild

33: Formal + Game

33: Carroll + Housewife

33: Kanye Rest + Butt Zone

33: KELLYK + Luigigo-shard

33: Alco + Butch G

33: Acro + Shibbypod

33: DFU + Quaz

33: 0Prz + Rusty Shacklefurd

33: luigi master tae + Skighwalker

Project M Singles

Entrants were split into 8 round robin pools of 5-6 players each. The top three players from each pool advanced to a final bracket of 48 players.

(90 entrants)

1.  Kirk $594

2.  Chad $264

3.  Vanz $198

4.  Mew2King $132

5.  Rat $66

5.  Oracle $66

7.  Hungrybox

7.  Scythe

9.  SFAT

9.  Yakal

9.  Shaeden

9.  Oro?!

13.  Strong Bad

13.  Ripple

13.  MattDotZeb

13.  HammerTime

17.  Trail

17.  Arty

17.  Gravy

17.  Heysuess

17.  Rizner

17.  JCaesar

17.  Kappy

17.  Metroid

25.  Asylum

25.  HyugaRicdeau

25.  Rusty Shacklefurd

25.  Dope

25.  Mudkyp

25.  OnionChild

25.  KishPrime

25.  j00t

33.  Calabrel

33.  Lordy

33.  JStm

33.  Moogle

33.  Zwarm

33.  Chase

33.  Susan

33.  Green Ranger

33.  ORLY

33.  PewPewU (DQ'ed)

33.  Sweet

33.  Flan~

33.  Storm

33.  GooeyBanana

33.  Frootloop (DQ'ed)

33.  Anther

Project M Doubles

(35 teams)

1.  Hungrybox +  Mew2King ($386)

2.  Strong Bad +  VaNz ($210)

3.  Kirk +  Scythe ($106)

4.  Oracle +  Oro?!

5.  Europhoria +  HammerTime

5.  Frootloop +  ORLY

7. Cheato + The Good Doctor

7. JCaesar + Susan

9. Anther + Shaeden

9. Lordy + Super

9. Kappy + Zwarm

9. Dope + Rat

13. luigi master tae + Skighwalker

13. Rizner + Village Mascot

13. Rusty Shaklefurd + Yakal

13. Burnsy + Heyseuss

17. Acro + Formal

17. Goose + OnionChild

17. HyugaRicdeau + Root

17. KishPrime + Trail

17. mudkyp + Proskater

17. Flan- + Robjoe

17. Coffeemug + Ders

17. Calabrel + CTL

25. KBORNS + zamn

25. Money Match Mike + Storm

25. PewPewU + SFAT (DQ'd)

25. Game + Shibbypod

25. Asylum + Gravy

25. Nude + Ttyman

25. Chase + Noah

25. Dirty Deeds + M****

33. Nutffles + Ziggy

33. Carroll + Sweet

33. Butt Zone + Kanye Rest

Trivia

• The Big House 3 marks the first time a Project M character was made available to play before its official release (the character being Roy).
  • Mewtwo was also announced to join the Project M roster at the event, following the Project M top eight matches.
• The Big House 3 partnered with VGBootCamp, East Point Pictures, and Melee It On Me to present the "The Smash Brothers" documentary premiere.
  • Episodes of the documentary were released concurrently with the tournament after the premiere.
• With 172 Melee entrants, The Big House 3 became the biggest Midwest Melee tournament since MELEE-FC Diamond in 2007.

External links

• Original thread
• Results thread
• Videos thread
• Preceded by: The Big House 2