Tournament:NorCal Tournament 2

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NorCal Tournament was a series of Melee tournaments in Northern California. The installments in the series have seen some of the largest crowds since the Tournament Go series. The tournaments mainly featured smashers from California, but also included players from out of state, and even included Japan's S-Royal in one tournament.

Tournament Details

• Tournament Director

Karthik Selvakumar (alias djkarthik/CS.K)

• 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.

• Loser may choose the next stage or elect to go random.

• Winner may change characters.

Results

Singles

1: Ken

2: Forward

3: HugS

4: Taj

5: King

5: S-Royal

7: LuninSpectra

7: Silent Spectre

9: DSF

9: The GERM

9: Wobbles the Phoenix

9: Isai

Doubles

1: Knights of Westminster (Ken + Isai) (see El Chocolate Diablo)

2: Arizona Connection (Taj + Forward)

3: I Embrace My Desire to Feel the Rhythm (HugS + BloodOfTheFallen)

4: King + I (The KING + Zelgadis)

5: Spectr(a + e) (LunInSpectra + Silent Spectre)

5: Royal Mana (Manacloud + Chu Dat)