The Fight for the Monado – The Smash Ultimate Tournament for #XenobladeMonth

<p>For the first article on &num;XenobladeMonth&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ll announce the way we&&num;8217&semi;ll close the month&excl; This is Bagogames&&num;8217&semi; Smash Bros&period; Ultimate Tournament&colon; The Fight for the Monado&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll celebrate the ending of the site’s Xenoblade Month with a bang&excl; This tournament will be run on July 11th and 12th&period; Smash players will be able to enjoy an online tournament with the prize being a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Smash Ultimate Tournament Rules<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Much like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;were-hosting-a-pc-bbtag-tournament-on-january-26th&sol;">our BBTAG tournament<&sol;a>&comma; this Smash Bros&period; tournament run a Swiss&sol;Double Elimination bracket&period; Additionally&comma; due to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fixultimateonline-smash-ultimates-online-woes&sol;">problematic issues with Ultimate&&num;8217&semi;s netcode<&sol;a>&comma; we will be limiting the participation to North America &lpar;Mexico&sol;US&sol;Canada&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; you can expect the structure of the tournament to be similar to other Smash tournaments&period; In other words&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll see the usual competitive ruleset seen in other Smash Ultimate events&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>3 Stocks<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>7 Minutes<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Stage Hazards Off<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the tournament will include some rules for netplay&period; Big thanks to the Fightin&&num;8217&semi; Foenatics for providing us with advice on this regard&excl; Here are our rules for Attendance and Lag Testing&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>In the event of a laggy connection joining&colon;&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>A high ping with the other participants is not an automatic disqualification&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>However&comma; a stable enough internet connection for matches is required &lpar;so matches can progress in a timely fashion without too many delays&rpar;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>If matches cannot be spectated due to connection issues&comma; they will be played off-stream and off-server in a private lobby between the two players&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>If the match continues to be unplayable&comma; one of the TOs will attempt to determine which player&&num;8217&semi;s connection is the source of the issue and issue a disqualification &lpar;both players will be disqualified if it is unclear where the issue lies&rpar;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Attendance Rules&colon;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>It is required to go to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;discord&period;gg&sol;9rEfGtV">TSR Discord<&sol;a> for communication purposes &lpar;which you can join below&rpar;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You can apply for connection testing at any time before the tournament begins&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Check-ins will happen 1 hour before the tournament begins&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Missing the grace period will result in an automatic loss during Swiss Pools and Forfeit match during Bracket&comma; so please be on time&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-158923 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;01234656&sol;shoook&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The fight for the monado" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Additional Details<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The prize for the tournament will be a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition&period; However&comma; if you already possess a copy of the game&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ll have you covered&period; You can exchange the prize for a money equivalent &lpar;via Paypal&rpar;&period; If you want to read on more details&comma; you can go to the tournament page and register&excl; Join the fight for the Monado and bring your best shot&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about our special Smash Ultimate tournament&quest; Are you going to participate&quest; What character are you going to be using in the tournament&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;