Tournament:The Big House 3
The Big House 3 | |
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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:
- First player strikes one stage.
- Second player strikes the next two stages.
- First player strikes one stage.
- After each match:
- Winner announces stage ban (except in best-of-5 sets)
- Loser chooses counterpick stage
- Winner chooses their character
- Loser chooses their character
Stage list
Singles
Starters:
Counterpicks:
Doubles
Starters:
Counterpicks:
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:
- First player strikes one stage.
- Second player strikes the next two stages.
- First player strikes the next two stages.
- Second player strikes one stage.
- After each match:
- Winner announces two (2) stage bans
- Loser chooses counterpick stage
- Winner chooses their character
- 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.
(172 entrants)
Bracket
Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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1st | Mew2King | $960 | |
2nd | Hungrybox | $480 | |
3rd | Dr. PeePee | $360 | |
4th | SFAT | $240 | |
5th | Hax | $120 | |
5th | Nintendude | $120 | |
7th | Darkatma | $60 | |
7th | PewPewU | $60 | |
9th | Scar | ||
9th | PikaChad | ||
9th | Kage | ||
9th | Idea | ||
13th | Trail | ||
13th | Kels | ||
13th | Yakal | ||
13th | Prince Abu | ||
17th | Wife | ||
17th | Duck | ||
17th | Moose | ||
17th | Frootloop | ||
17th | Hanky Panky | ||
17th | Shaeden | ||
17th | Kalamazhu | ||
17th | Europhoria | ||
25th | j00t | ||
25th | VaNz (forfeited) | ||
25th | ZoSo | ||
25th | KJH | ||
25th | Wake | ||
25th | Christian | ||
25th | Slayer | ||
25th | Carroll |
Melee doubles
Bracket
(48 teams)
Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mew2King | Hungrybox | $480 ($240 each) | ||
2nd | SFAT | PewPewU | $240 ($120 each) | ||
3rd | Dr. PeePee | Hax | $144 ($72 each) | ||
4th | Kage | VaNz | $96 ($48 each) | ||
5th | Scar | HyugaRicdeau | |||
5th | Kels | Darkatma | |||
7th | Duck | Moose | |||
7th | Frootloop | ORLY | |||
9th | Hanky Panky | Prince Abu | |||
9th | Shaeden | HIV+ | |||
9th | Kalamazhu | Toph | |||
9th | Nakamaru | The Lake |
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)
Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Kirk | $594 | |
2nd | PikaChad | $264 | |
3rd | VaNz | $198 | |
4th | Mew2King | $132 | |
5th | Rat | $66 | |
5th | Oracle | $66 | |
7th | Hungrybox | ||
7th | Scythe | ||
9th | SFAT | ||
9th | Yakal | ||
9th | Shaeden | ||
9th | Oro?! | ||
13th | Strong Bad | ||
13th | Ripple | ||
13th | MattDotZeb | ||
13th | HammerTime |
Project M doubles
(35 teams)
Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mew2King | Hungrybox | $386 ($193 each) | ||
2nd | Strong Bad | VaNz | $210 ($105 each) | ||
3rd | Kirk | Scythe | $106 ($53 each) | ||
4th | Oracle | Oro?! | |||
5th | Europhoria | HammerTime | |||
5th | Frootloop | ORLY |
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