On December 17th, 2005, NorCal's newest large tournament franchise took flight featuring the best of NorCal featuring some of the best from SoCal and Arizona's BloodOfTheFallen. The largest since the end of Mattdeezie's TG era. In 2006, the franchise's 2nd tournament took place, NCT 2 - The Big One. Over a hundred players from NorCal and SoCal, not to mention several out of state contenders, attended along with Japan's famed Doctor Mario player - S-Royal. Here are the details from the year's largest Northern California tournament.

Tournament Details

Tournament Director

Karthik (alias djkarthik/CSK)

Date:

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Location

Berret Auditorium; Student Union Building

San Jose State University

One Washington Square

San José, California USA, 95192

Entry Fees

Singles: $15 per person

Teams: $10 per team

Tournament Rules

Double Elimination

All matches are best of 3, with finals best of 5.

4 stock, 8 minute limit

Items will be OFF

The 129 entrants were seeded into 16 pools, the top 2 of whom advanced to a 32-man professional bracket.

Stages:

Stages limited to the 6 neutral stages for random, others open for counterpicks.

Neutral stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64, Pokemon Stadium.

Stages banned:' Hyrule Temple, Fourside, Flatzone, Mushroom Kingdom, Venom, Brinstar Depths, Icicle Mountain, Yoshi's Island 64, Big Blue and Termina Bay.