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**'''Counterpicking''' (character): The act of a player choosing their character after the opponent chooses theirs, also usually done to give themself an advantage. | **'''Counterpicking''' (character): The act of a player choosing their character after the opponent chooses theirs, also usually done to give themself an advantage. | ||
*'''[[Dave's Stupid Rule]]''': (abbreviated DSR) A tournament rule that prevents one from counterpicking to a stage he/she already won on/last won on depending on which version is used. | *'''[[Dave's Stupid Rule]]''': (abbreviated DSR) A tournament rule that prevents one from counterpicking to a stage he/she already won on/last won on depending on which version is used. | ||
*'''Death pool''': In tournaments that run elimination pools before brackets, this term refers to any poorly balanced pool with a disproportionately high overall skill level compared to the rest of the tournament's pools, usually with more players than the pool cutoff allows who would be expected to make it out of properly balanced pools. Thus one or more of the better players will be forced to drown, and it's made more difficult for weaker players to upset their way out of | *'''Death pool''': In tournaments that run elimination pools before brackets, this term refers to any poorly balanced pool with a disproportionately high overall skill level compared to the rest of the tournament's pools, usually with more players than the pool cutoff allows who would be expected to make it out of properly balanced pools. Thus one or more of the better players will be forced to drown, and it's made more difficult for weaker players to upset their way out of the pool. | ||
*'''[[Ditto match]]''' / '''Mirror match''' : A match where all players chose the same character. | *'''[[Ditto match]]''' / '''Mirror match''' : A match where all players chose the same character. | ||
*'''[[Doubles]] / Teams''': The portion of a tournament where matches involve teams of two players each. | *'''[[Doubles]] / Teams''': The portion of a tournament where matches involve teams of two players each. | ||
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*'''Ruleset''': Guidelines that participants must follow when fighting in a tournament. Typically, this includes rules such as limiting stage selection or controlling who must choose their character first. | *'''Ruleset''': Guidelines that participants must follow when fighting in a tournament. Typically, this includes rules such as limiting stage selection or controlling who must choose their character first. | ||
*'''[[Money match]]''': A non-tournament match between two or more players, who each wager an amount of money, that will then be taken by the winner of the match. Sometimes played with additional stipulations (such as the players having to use a specific character), and the players may wager something other than money as well, such as the "rights" to a particular color scheme. | *'''[[Money match]]''': A non-tournament match between two or more players, who each wager an amount of money, that will then be taken by the winner of the match. Sometimes played with additional stipulations (such as the players having to use a specific character), and the players may wager something other than money as well, such as the "rights" to a particular color scheme. | ||
*'''Neutral start''': A request that is carried out by everyone relocating their characters on the [[stage]], so that no party | *'''Neutral start''': A request that is carried out by everyone relocating their characters on the [[stage]] at the start of a match, so that no party begins with a positional advantage over the other. | ||
*'''[[Pocket character]]''': A secondary character the player doesn't properly practise with, who they explicitly use when it will give them a significant advantage over the opponent's character. | *'''[[Pocket character]]''': A secondary character the player doesn't properly practise with, who they explicitly use when it will give them a significant advantage over the opponent's character, or in a desperate bid to try throwing the opponent off with matchup unfamiliarity. | ||
*'''Salty''': Analogous to "being upset, disappointed, and/or angry", such as "he's real salty he lost". | *'''Salty''': Analogous to "being upset, disappointed, and/or angry", such as "he's real salty he lost". | ||
*'''Salty runback''': The act of, upon losing a match, quickly selecting the same stage for the next match. | *'''Salty runback''': The act of, upon losing a match, quickly selecting the same stage for the next match. | ||