Tournament:Apex 2009

Apex 2009 was a tournament hosted by. It was the inaugural tournament of the Apex series. It is also the tournament that replaced Apex 2008, which was a planned Brawl tournament for the New York Smash scene that was delayed.

Ruleset
Procedures for stage-striking, life-stealing, double blind picks, and third-party/modified controllers were incorporated into all rulesets.

General rules

 * 4 stocks
 * 7 minute time limit
 * Items are set to "Off".
 * Wobbling is prohibited.
 * Freezing glitches, such as the freeze glitch and Soul Stunner, are prohibited.
 * Stalling is not allowed.

Stages
Singles stage list Doubles stage list
 * Dave's Stupid Rule: A player or team may not counterpick to the stage they last won on.
 * No stage can be played twice in a row.

General rules (singles & doubles)

 * 3 stocks
 * 8 minute time limit
 * Items are set to "Off" and "None"
 * Stalling is banned.
 * Infinite chain grabs must end at 300%.
 * The initiator of a suicide wins in case of tie.
 * Controls must be set before the match begins.

General ruleset

 * 4 stocks
 * 8 minutes
 * Items are set to "Off" and "None"
 * Stalling is banned.
 * Infinite chain grabs must end at 300%.
 * The initiator of a suicide wins in case of tie.
 * Controls must be set before the match begins.

Brawl singles
(210 entrants)

[[Media:Apex2009Brawl1v1.gif|Bracket]]

Brawl doubles
(77 teams) Bracket

Brawl crews
(5 crews) [[Media:Apex2009BrawlCrew.gif|Bracket]] 1: MD/VA 2: NY/NJ EC 3: SOUTH/FL 3: MIDWEST/CANADA 5: PA

Melee singles
(52 entrants) Bracket


 * Jman, Mew2King, and ChuDat split in Top 3 without playing the matches out.

Melee doubles
(19 teams) Bracket

Brawl+ singles
(36 entrants)