
RULESET
I. OVERVIEW
- Upon signing up, you agree to the rules and the final decisions of the staff. You also acknowledge that these rules may be changed at any time.
- Competitors must pay £20 to enter the tournament, and £25 at the door. There will be no refunds.
- Under law, anyone under the age of 18 does not need to pay. We would like proof of ID for these situations.
- The registrant cap is 32. After we reach 32 registrants, signups will close.
- Embrace II will be BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER (BYOC). If you do not bring your own controller, you may play with a single Joycon during the tournament.
- There will be two brackets: Singles (1v1v1v1v1v1v1v1) and Doubles (2v2v2v2). The brackets will run a double elimination format.
- Rounds 1 and 2 of Singles and Doubles will run on Day 1.
- Rounds 3 and Grand Finals will run on Day 2.
II. General Gameplay
- Free choice of tracks, vehicles, and characters.
- All rounds will consist of normal items and 150cc. CPUs will be switched off.
- Each round will consist of 8 races. Finals will be 12 races.
- In the Singles Event, players may not cooperate with other players in the tournament in order to gain an advantage.
- Examples of this include any kind of communication, teaming in-game, and anything else that could give players an advantage. If it’s questionable, it’s probably not allowed.
- Players that are found to be teaming will be immediately disqualified.
- Lap-trolling is forbidden.
III. Miis
- For time friendliness, players must select a Mii from the Mii bank, and then assign their pseudo to the Mii. During Doubles, players need to assign a team tag to the Mii. Players will have a maximum of 5 minutes to prepare their mii.
- For Doubles, team tags must be at the beginning of the Mii name with a clear separator. Failure to use a team tag will result in a -10 penalty to the team’s score.
- Names must not be deliberately offensive in any manner or attempt to impersonate another well-known player.
- Players who have access to an Amiibo are welcome to bring a copy of their mii to the tournament to use.
IV. Track Picking
- Players will have the choice to pick 1 track to ban per round.
- During Mii preparation time, a staff member will ask each player which track they wish to ban from the round. Before the room starts, the staff member will announce banned tracks.
- Each track can be played once during each round. If players pick a track that is banned or has already been played, they will receive a -10 point penalty to their individual score (team score for Doubles).
V. Tournament Progression
Round 1 (Singles)
All 32 players will be randomized into 4 rooms of 8 players. There will be two stations for two rooms to play at once. This round will take approximately 2 hours.
Aftermath:
The 4 players with the most amount of points in their room will continue to the Winner’s Bracket, and the 4 players with the least amount of points in their room will drop down to the Loser’s Bracket.
Round 2 (Singles)
– Between the Winner’s and the Loser’s brackets, rooms will be randomized into 4 rooms of 8 players. There will be 2 Winner’s rooms and 2 Loser’s rooms. One room from each bracket will play at once.
– This round will take approximately 2 hours.
Aftermath:
- (Winner’s Bracket) The 4 players with the most amount of points in their room will receive a bye to the Grand Finals, while the 4 players with the least amount of points in their room will move on to Loser’s Bracket Round 3.
- (Loser’s Bracket) The 4 players with the most amount of points in their room in their room will move on to Loser’s Bracket Round 3, while the 4 players with the least amount of points in their room will be knocked out and no longer able to play.
Loser’s Final (Singles)
- To continue the Loser’s Bracket, rooms will be randomized into 2 rooms of 8. Both rooms will play at the same time. The 2 players with the most amount of points in their room will move on to the Grand Finals.
- This round will take approximately 1 hour.
Grand Finals
– The 4 players that received a bye in Round 2, and the 4 players from Round 3, will play in the Grand Final.
– The Grand Final will take approximately 1 hour.
Doubles
Doubles will run the exact same as Singles, instead make the following modifications to the above:
- Round 1 will consist of 4 rooms of 4 teams.
- Round 2 will be the same, with 2 teams dropping down to the Loser’s Bracket and 2 teams moving to the Winner’s Bracket.
- Round 3 will have 1 team advance from each room.
- Grand Finals will consist of 4 teams in 1 room.