Tournament:MELEE-FC3

MELEE-FC3, or just FC3, was a Super Smash Bros. Melee national tournament held by the Ship of Fools group during July 10th-12th, 2005, in South Bend, Indiana. With a total of 186 entrants for singles, it was the largest Melee tournament in 2005, and the largest Melee tournament of all time before it was surpassed by MELEE-FC6.

Ruleset

 * 4 stocks, 15 minutes.
 * All items are off.
 * Starter stages (9): Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dream Land, Pokémon Stadium, Mute City, Rainbow Cruise, Poké Floats. The starter stage was chosen at random.
 * Counterpick stages (15): Icicle Mountain, Princess Peach's Castle, Kongo Jungle, Jungle Japes,, Green Greens, Corneria, Venom, Flat Zone, Brinstar, Onett, Big Blue, Mushroom Kingdom, Mushroom Kingdom II, Kongo Jungle N64
 * Banned stages (5): Hyrule Temple, Fourside, Brinstar Depths, Great Bay, Yoshi's Island N64
 * Prior to selecting the starter stage, each side could ban one stage. In the ruleset, it is not obvious whether the stage remains banned for the duration of the set or not.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(186 entrants)

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(87 teams)