Tournament:Apex 2012

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Apex 2012
Date	January 6 to January 8, 2012
Time
Venue	Rutgers University Student Center
Address	126 College Avenue
City	New Brunswick, New Jersey File:USAflag.gif
Attendance
Results
Pot Size(s)	SSB Singles: $320 SSB Doubles: $80 Melee Singles: $6756 Melee Doubles: $1960 Brawl Singles: $8000 Brawl Doubles: $1216
Winner (1v1)	SuperBoomFan (SSB) Armada (SSBM) Otori (SSBB)
Winners (2v2)	Isai & Nintendude (SSB) Armada & Mew2King (SSBM) Kakera & Otori (SSBB)
Staff
Director(s)	Alex Strife, Crismas, Dmbrandon, Doom, and ChiboSempai
Assisted by	AlphaZealot, Bionic, and Keitaro
Housing	Hyatt Regency New Brunswick

Apex 2012 is a tournament held in New Jersey by Alex Strife.

Ruleset

Procedures for stage-striking, life-stealing, and double blind picks were incorporated into all three rulesets.

SSB

Apex 2012 used the Smash 64 Backroom's recommended ruleset.

Format

• Competition format is double elimination.
• All sets with the exception of the below are best-of-3.
• Winners' semifinals, losers' quarterfinals and losers' semifinals are best-of-5.
• Winners' finals, losers' finals and grand finals are best-of-7.

Game settings

• Mode: STOCK
• Stocks: 5
• Handicap: OFF
• Team Attack: ON
• Stage Select: ON
• Damage: 100%
• Item Switch: NONE
• All characters are available
  • Donkey Kong's black palette swap (Right-C), Samus's dark palette swap (Down-C), and Captain Falcon's dark palette swap (Right-C) are discouraged if playing on Congo Jungle for visibility reasons. The opposing player may reset the match without penalty if they wish for a colour change. Taking or dealing any damage nullifies this right.

Stages

Starter	Counterpick
Congo Jungle	Peach's Castle
Hyrule Castle
Dream Land

The first match of all sets is selected by a 3-stage striking system with the Starter Stage List. An impartial observer/tournament organiser flips a coin to decide who strikes first. Rock-paper-scissors is acceptable as well, but it’s technically a skill irrelevant to smash.

General rules

• Game will played on console
• 8/10 minute time limit is put in place for all matches, especially Hyrule.
• Draws are decided first by stock, then by percentage.
• Disrupting your opponent physically or intending to disrupt their play will result in a warning. Repeated action will result in disqualification from the tournament. Observers who physically disrupt players are to be dealt with as the tournament organiser sees fit. Disqualification is recommended if possible.
• Pausing is discouraged, and should only be done at the end of a stock, if at all. At other times, the pauser loses their current stock. If the pause causes the opponent to lose their stock, the pauser loses two stocks.
• Extreme stalling is disallowed. Any reported case of such will result in a warning, followed by automatic forfeit of the match. If this is reported again, automatic forfeit is enforced without a warning. If there is no movement from either player, the player with fewer stocks, or if the stocks are equal, the lower percentage, is considered to be stalling.
• Mages DQ is enforced. When a match is called, both players must promptly arrive. If a player is 2 minutes late, they receive a warning. At 4 minutes late, they lose the first game of the set and forfeit counterpick rights. At 6 minutes late, they forfeit the entire set.

Melee

The ruleset was based off of the Melee Backroom's recommended ruleset, with the only significant difference being that Jungle Japes was not a valid counterpick stage in doubles.

General rules

• Items are set to off.
• 4 stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Wobbling is prohibited.
• Matches that time out will be determined by the remaining number of stocks, then percentage of the current stock if stocks are tied. In the event of a percentage tie, the match should be replayed in full. Sudden Death is not to be played, and will not count.
• If a player accidentally pauses while stealing a life in doubles, the opposing team may deem that stock forfeit. Pausing may be turned off to prevent this.

Stages

Singles stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Yoshi's Story	Pokémon Stadium
Fountain of Dreams
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dream Land

Doubles stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Yoshi's Story	Congo Jungle
Pokémon Stadium
Battlefield
Final Destination
Dream Land

• Dave's Stupid Rule: a player or team may not counterpick to the stage they last won on
• Gentleman's Clause: Any stage may be played on if both players or teams agree to it. This takes priority over Dave's Stupid Rule.

Brawl

• 3 stocks
• 8 minute time limit
• Items are set to “Off” and “None”
• All infinites and chain grabs are legal.
• Meta Knight’s Infinite Cape glitch and Extended Cape glitch are banned.
• There is a ledge grab limit of 35 for Meta Knight and 50 for all other characters. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the ledge grab limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their ledge grab limit, then this rule is ignored.
• The act of stalling is banned.
• If time runs out, the winner of the match will be the one called out by the game. If it goes to Sudden Death, then it is determined by percentage. If the percentage and/or both players die at the same time as a result of a suicide move, a one stock 3 minute tie break match is held. Ledge grab limits are reduced to 13 for Meta Knight and 18 for all other characters.
• The only other exception to this is the game ending from a Bowser or Ganondorf suicide tactic, where the initiator of the move wins.

Conduct

• In the event pause is left on accidentally and is pressed, immediately call over the tournament organizer. Based upon their judgment, the situation will be resolved. If your situation is neutral [players are not in combat], the match will be resumed as if the pause had not occurred. If your situation is advantageous to one individual and the player in the disadvantageous situation paused, the disadvantaged player will be either placed in a grab or onto the ledge of the stage. If a player in a death situation [Chain grabs, Grab releases, Jab-locks to a kill move, etc] paused while in a death situation, the current stock is forfeited immediately. If you unpause before the tournament organizer reaches the station, the player that unpaused loses a stock.
• Users of the Wii Remote must take out the Wiimote's batteries. If problems persist due to the Wiimote, the owner of the Wiimote may be disqualified.
• You are responsible for your own controller and name tag. Any malfunctions or errors that occur are your responsibility (including battery issues with a Wii Remote), so bring an extra controller if possible and always check to make sure you're using the correct settings BEFORE a match is played. Both parties need to agree if a match is to be paused or restarted because of these problems.
• The tournament organizer has the right to save/record any tournament match if possible and has the right to upload said match.
• Any hacks, including (but not limited to) textures, music, and model changes are not allowed.
  • Hacks to allow replays to exceed 3 minutes in length and to allow player tags to display correctly in said replays were allowed.

Stage list

Starter	Counterpick
Smashville	Battleship Halberd
Battlefield	Pokémon Stadium 1
Final Destination	Castle Siege
Lylat Cruise	Delfino Plaza
Yoshi's Island	Frigate Orpheon

All Brawl

Apex 2012 featured a single-elimination Brawl side event. The cap was 64 entrants.

• 4 players per set
• All stages on with stage choice set to random
• All characters are set to random
• Top 2 players advance
• All items are on and set to medium
• First player to win 2 matches advances
• 2nd person to advance is decided in the order of: match wins, lives left in last match, most kills in last match

Road to Apex

Beginning in July of 2011 and continuing until December, select tournaments for Brawl and Melee were listed as Apex qualifiers in the United States and internationally. Each "Road to Apex" qualifier tournament would award the highest placing players a certain number of points, which would then be used to help with seeding the Apex bracket. The points are broken down from 1st place to 7th place below.

• 1st place – 64pts
• 2nd place – 32pts
• 3rd place – 16pts
• 4th place – 8pts
• 5th place – 4pts
• 5th place – 4pts
• 7th place – 2pts
• 7th place – 2pts

Additionally, the top placing regional player of each singles event will be awarded a $100 stipend upon arrival at the Apex venue to help cover travel costs.

Here is the list of Apex qualifying events.

Melee

• B.E.A.S.T. II (August 11-14, Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
• Ticket to APEX Tournament (September 17, Monterrey, Mexico)
• TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
• The Big House (October 22, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Revival of Melee 4 (November 19-20, Nanuet, NY)
• Tipped Off 7 (December 3-4, Duluth, GA)

Brawl

• Showdown II (July 23rd, Santiago, Chile)
• Brawl in Berlin 2 (July 29, Berlin, Germany)
• KTAR 6 (August 13, South River, NJ)
• Smash t'ill U Crash 2 (August 20, Montreal, Canada)
• HOBO 33 (September 10, Houston, TX)
• TourneyPlay SoCal (September 24-25, San Diego, CA)
• School Is In Session 6 (September 24-25, Cincinnati, OH)

In addition to the events, vVv Gaming gave out stipends to the top three of the 2011 AllisBrawl fall ladder playoffs, in order to help cover the costs of attending Apex 2012.

Results

See also: Results thread on SmashBoards

Brawl Singles

(400 entrants)
1: Otori ($3,600)
2: Nietono ($1,760)
3: Nairo ($960)
4: ESAM ($640)
5: Kakera ($320)
5: Ally ($320)
7: UltimateRazer ($200)
7: ADHD File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png ($200)
9: Gnes File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png
9: Rich Brown
9: OCEAN
9: DEHF
13: Dabuz
13: Mew2King
13: Brood
13: Rain
17: Havok
17: Fatal
17: Z
17: vVv Zero
17: mikeHAZE
17: Mr. R
17: Orion
17: Shugo
25: Coney File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
25: Jtails
25: Zex
25: Tyrant
25: Reflex File:PTHeadSSBB.png
25: Seibrik File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
25: Will File:DKHeadSSBB.png
25: Atomsk
33: Leon
33: Poltergust
33: Logic
33: Mikeray
33: Trela
33: Bloodcross
33: HolyNightmare
33: Denti
33: Illmatic
33: Trevonte
33: Toronto Joe
33: Salem File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
33: Nakat
33: DRN File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
33: FOW
33: DeLux
49: Fino
49: GDX File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png
49: Shadow
49: Dark.Pch
49: Pwii
49: 4GOD File:DededeHeadSSBB.png
49: False
49: Sky
49: X
49: Kismet
49: san
49: NickRiddle File:ZSSHeadSSBB.png
49: Vinnie File:GWHeadSSBB.png
49: Dojo
49: Bassem
49: Seagull
For complete bracket results, see this page.

Brawl Doubles

(128 teams)
1: Kakera & Otori ($576.00)
2: Anti & Mew2King ($281.60)
3: Gnes File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png & UltimateRazer ($153.60)
4: ADHD File:DiddyHeadSSBB.png & Nairo ($102.40)
5: Chu Dat & Fatal ($51.20)
5: Ally & Dojo ($51.20)
7: Sky` & Zex
7: Havok & Tearbear
9: mikeHAZE and Tyrant
9: Blackanese and TeeVee
9: Kadaj and vVv Zero
9: Vinnie and Snakeee
13: Nietono and Rain
13: vVv ESAM and MVD
13: Coney and Logic
13: Redhalberd and Rich Brown
17: Domo and MJG
17: Fino and YoshQ
17: Jbandrew and Nakat
17: Brood and Yukhoe
17: Espy and K Prime
17: vVv ChiboSempai and Leon
17: FOW and Mekos
17: Atomsk and Dabuz
25: Mr. R and Orion
25: _X_ and Lada Kevin Aguilar
25: Viviff and Swordgard
25: False and Keitaro
25: OCEAN and Karamity
25: Reflex and Bill_
25: Riot and Mike Ray
25: Cable and Shadow
33: Kismet and Player-1
33: Trevonte and Choice
33: NickRiddle and Seibrik
33: PikaPika! and Xzax
33: Illmatic and Toronto Joe
33: Zekey and Pink Fresh
33: HolyNightmare and [YRSF] Tin Man
33: Jtails and Pwii
33: Blubo and Neath
33: Kain and Sago
33: Ryo_Guikido and True Blue
33: Denti and Seagull
33: Ripple and San
33: Nicole and Will
33: Bizkit and GDX
33: hunger and Shugo
49: Hall and Oats
49: DEHF and Vex
49: Inui and Zucco
49: Eazy and Slikvik
49: Sync and Trela
49: Y.b.M. and Zeton
49: Sean and Z
49: Prawn and Duke
49: ScaryLB59 and Trump
49: Arty and Typ_Ex
49: TKbro and WarioMaster15
49: Hylian and Zori
49: JNig and Kel
49: Boss and Kingtoon
49: Doom and Darc
49: FatboySlim and Grimace
65: Brianna and iPresea~
65: Berserker Swordsman and Robfox
65: DJ Arcatek and Xaltis
65: Gunblade and Kai
65: -dib- and Firefly
65: SomaCruz and Peachkid
65: Hero? and Kaptain
65: Vanz and Hungrybox
65: fUddO and Snow Shard
65: Glen Cocoa and Spider Jerusalem
65: HelpR and Projo
65: Tkila and MechWarrior
65: Serynder with Wilmenz
65: Croi and Nysyarc
65: KassandraNova and Player-4
65: Jamnt0ast and Rai
65: Deathbysuarez and rockmix
65: Bassem and BPOW
65: Fujin and Jarvitz
65: aisight and Bionic
65: Almo and Mofat
65: GosuVivA and Penta
65: DLA and Vermanubis
65: Wedge and Chimpakt
65: Crifer and Ravenlord
65: Luminoth and SoraSin
65: MeekSpeedy and Salem
65: M. Prime and Patches
65: Dil and Deven3000
65: Dapuffster and Mink
65: BAM and Unknown Presence
65: Red Ryu and Xiivi
97: Dark Pch. and Steep
97: Old Man Grey and Ussi
97: Duck and THuGz
97: Kiwi and Tiger
97: DRDN and Ori Bro
97: DeLux and Stealth Raptor
97: FILIP and Karamity
97: RingofFire and Lunar
97: Sakram3nt and Zorai
97: Crash and HoroLightBlue
97: Leaf. and Strong Bad
97: King Funk and Korobeniki
97: M@v and melon
97: Mr.Eric and Sisqo
97: Kuro~ and maharaba the mystic
97: 2link121 and Blubba_Pinecone
97: Dr.Yogi and 313
97: Luigi Sama and Raptor
97: AlexoftheAura and Bris
97: Firo and Ownasaurus
97: Naugs and White
97: ShadowAzure and V1CE
97: nuke and ghost
97: What's The Point and gio
97: dmbrandon and Pitzer
97: DRN and Micaelis
97: Axe and Doll666
97: Tempest and Tymer
97: Gawk and Grey
97: Walby and ButtStein
97: telu and Dueler X
97: Pidgezero_one and Bing
For complete bracket results, see this page.

Melee Singles

(318 entrants)
1: Armada ($3,046.50)
2: Hungrybox ($1489.40)
3: Mango ($804.00)
4: Javi ($536.00)
5: Dr. Peepee ($270.80)
5: KirbyKaze ($270.80)
7: Hax File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png ($169.25)
7: Shroomed ($169.25)
9: Lovage
9: MacD
9: Wobbles the Phoenix
9: Unknown522
13: VaNz
13: SFAT
13: Zhu
13: Tope
17: PewpewU
17: KoreanDJ
17: DaShizWiz
17: Mew2King
17: Darc
17: Silent Wolf
17: chillindude829
17: Smoke2Jointz File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png
25: HBK
25: Weon-x
25: Eggm
25: Jman
25: Teczero
25: Bladewise
25: IB
25: WestBallz
33: Tang
33: Ice
33: Kage the Warrior
33: Redd
33: Tai
33: Sol
33: Amsah
33: Druggedfox
33: LEFFEN
33: Axe
33: Chu Dat
33: Plup
33: darrell
33: StriCNYN3
33: th0rn
33: Reno
49: Eggz
49: MattDotZeb
49: SwiftBass
49: Vist
49: Colbol
49: Vudujin
49: PC Chris
49: Cactuar
49: Azen
49: Linguini
49: Stabbedbyanipple
49: Cyrain
49: Ambix
49: Hugs
49: Ravenlord
49: ZoSo
For complete bracket results, see this page.

Melee Doubles

(98 teams)
1: Armada & Mew2King ($882.00)
2: Hungrybox & Plup ($431.20)
3: Dr. Peepee & LoZR ($235.20)
4: G$ & Mango ($156.80)
5: Chu Dat & Kage ($78.40)
5: Hax File:CFalconHeadSSBM.png & Jman ($78.40)
7: Colbol & Linguini ($49.00)
7: Alukard & DJ Nintendo ($49.00)
9: Duck + Teczero
9: PewPewU + SFAT
9: OTG + PC Chris
9: Lovage + Smoke2Jointz
13: Amsah + Ice
13: Axe + V3ctorman
13: Alan + Shrommed
13: Azen Zagenite + Tope
17: Bladewise + Vish
17: Cactuar + DoH
17: Hyuga + Toph
17: Eggm + DaShizWiz
17: chillindude829 + Cyrain
17: StriCNYN3 + WestBallz
17: Eggz + Silent Wolf
17: HBK + Nando
25: darrell + tang
25: C!Z + Tyga
25: KirbyKaze + VaNz
25: BEN! + PB&J
25: LEFFEN + Zoler
25: I.B + Unknown522
25: Darc + MacD
25: KevinM + ZoSo
33: Phish-it + Sol
33: arby + VTS
33: Hack + Zhu
33: Redd + Vist
33: Rocky + Wake
33: Lanceinthepants + TaFoKiNtS
33: WarriorKnight + Benteezy
33: HuGs + Javi
33: Pr0jecT + SmashMac
33: Banks + th0rn
33: Doll + Milkman
33: Druggedfox + Tai
33: Nintendude1189 + SwiftBass
33: Fiya + Zero
33: Captain Jack + Kou
33: KoreanDJ + Solar
49: CopyCat + Sensei
49: Wenbopular + Winston
49: Chain-Ace + Wes
49: aighsight + Juggleguy
49: J666 + Stabbedbyanipple
49: Jim/Pyrostormer + Stingers
49: Blanky + JDog
49: Inui + vVv Chibosempai
49: BigWenz + CTL
49: Codi + T.Webb
49: Ambix + ihavespaceballs
49: Velocity + Vex Kasrani
49: Abate + GSO
49: John + TianJ
49: Javi1589 + Triadprodigy
49: Idea + Riddlebox
65: tarheeljks + Violence
65: Andy + jpegImage
65: Strawhats + Zebra
65: Kas + QERB
65: Dr.Diabetes + Q
65: Crush + INSANE CARZY GUY
65: Dobs + ThePrime
65: Nakamaru + TheLake
65: GiR + Hawkeye713
65: Qpac + SUNG475
65: JU4N + Veda
65: Bl@ckChris + Sneak
65: BBQ + Tubes
65: Tommy Pickles + White Mike
65: ButtStein + Nitro
65: Xiivi + Sanuzi
65: ToastyTHT + Walby
65: Ripple + Strong Bad
65: King Funk + Ravenlord
65: Mafia + Vudujin
65: Dot_Eater + Will
65: Cave Dweller + RepublicanOfHeaven
65: Tastygoldfish + weon-x
65: jwillii + v4extreme
65: Colorfusical + Fizzi
65: The March Hare + TheSaberGuy
65: ShounenKel + Sinji
65: MinQ + SypherPhoenix
65: Firo + Ownasaurus
65: Bolt + Proskater
65: KoRoBeNiKi + mers
65: DuckPimp + Kaffei
97: Isai + VANS
97: Lemon + Sora
For complete bracket results, see this page.

SSB Singles

(64 entrants)
1: SuperBoomFan File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($160.00)
2: Isai ($80.00)
3: JaimeHR File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($32.00)
4: Kefit ($22.40)
5: Nintendude1189 ($12.80)
5: Sensei ($12.80)
7: Megavolt File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
7: King Funk File:CFalconHeadSSB.png
9: Firo
9: Jel
9: KnitePhox
9: Ownasaurus
13: Clubbadubba
13: valoem
13: Rocky
13: Krazy Kirby
17: KoRoBeNiKi
17: Hard B0dy
17: Espy
17: gio
17: hamburglar
17: Chain-Ace
17: Bladewise
17: Vex Kasrani
25: THuGz
25: infamous diablo
25: JohnsterMonzter
25: Vatgas
25: Jimmy Joe
25: george
25: Tony
25: P90curl
33: Seagull
33: Luigi Sama
33: KeroKeroppi
33: pwii
33: Deltacod
33: AIR
33: Ray Rocket
33: VaNz
33: Xiivi (BibleLove2007)
33: pikathunder
33: Vudujin
33: ~Tac~
33: Ripple
33: jwillii
33: Duck
33: Xaltis
49: Smoke2Jointz
49: Tedium
49: Glen Cocoa
49: pidgezero one
49: Lefty
49: Garm
49: Tearbear
49: TheSaberGuy
49: Codi
49: Dark Master
49: Marko
49: Black Cats31
49: xivk & Jokaru
49: Zaatar Manakish
49: Homeland
49: What's the Point
For complete bracket results, see this page.

SSB Doubles

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(8 teams)
1: Isai and Nintendude1189 ($48.00)
2: SuperBoomFan and JaimeHR ($24.00)
3: Sensei and King Funk File:CFalconHeadSSB.png ($8.00)
4: Firo and Ownasaurus
5: Clubbadubba File:CFalconHeadSSB.png and Jimmy Joe
5: Chain-Ace and KnitePhox
7: KeroKeroppi and Infamous Diablo
7: Black Cats 31 and AIR
For complete bracket results, see this page.

All Brawl

(64 entrants)
1: Deltacod
2: Ally
3: Tearbear
4: Esam
5: Dapuffster
5: Nakat
5: Kiwi
5: Mr. R
9: John12346
9: Pwii
9: Xaltis
9: Jtails
9: Nairo
9: Korobeniki
9: vVv Zero
16: dmbrandon
16: Orion
16: 2Link
16: Riot
16: Jbandrew
16: Mink
16: Xzax
16: Reflex
16: Pidgezero
16: Tac
26: Tymer
26: Trump
26: Hylian
26: NiteWing
26: Xiivi
26: Berserker-Swordsman
26: Tempest
26: Gunblade
26: Blubba-Pinecone
26: FGCU-BDJoe
26: Gambit
26: M@v
26: Garm
26: FGCU SSGuy
26: Sky
26: Stingers
26: Firefly
26: Tkila
26: Blackanese
26: vVv Chibosempai
46: Bionic
46: Vatgas
46: Melon
46: Neath
46: YoshQ
46: DRDN
46: Golden-Psycho
46: Admiral-Funk
46: Pikabunz
46: steep
46: Kiraflax
46: Kuro
46: Dr.-Brawl
46: Dueler-X
46: Poltergust
46: Raptor
46: Kaptain
46: Marko
46: Player-1

External Links

• Official Apex website
• Official YouTube channel
• SWF thread
• SWF results thread