Tournament:MELEE-FC1

MELEE-FC
Dates	July 9th-10th, 2004
Venue	Trinity Evangelical Free Church
Address/City	61770 Miami Road South Bend, Indiana
Attendance	98
Entry fees	$50? (combined for singles and doubles)
Results
winners	Ken 1v1  Ken &  Isai 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Ship of Fools

MELEE-FC1 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament that occurred from July 9th-10th, 2004. It had 98 entrants in singles, which was a record at the time. It was the first of the MELEE-FC tournaments in South Bend, Indiana. It established a base ruleset which would be adapted for the MLG tournaments, with stage neutrals, bans and counterpicking and the use of four stocks per game. As a compromise between the different regions, the round robin pools had items on but the final bracket had items off.

Ruleset

• 4 stocks, 10 minutes.
• In at least round robin pools, items were on low.
  • At least the Heart Container, Maxim Tomato, Super Star, Hammer, Cloaking Device, Party Ball, Super Mushroom, Poison Mushroom, Metal Box, and Red Shell were off.
• In at least singles bracket, items were off.
• Starter stages (9): Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dream Land, Pokémon Stadium, Mute City, Rainbow Cruise, Poké Floats. The starter stage was chosen at random.
• Counterpick stages (15): Icicle Mountain, Princess Peach's Castle, Kongo Jungle, Jungle Japes, Yoshi's Island, Green Greens, Corneria, Venom, Flat Zone, Brinstar, Onett, Big Blue, Mushroom Kingdom, Mushroom Kingdom II, Kongo Jungle N64
• Banned stages (5): Hyrule Temple, Fourside, Brinstar Depths, Great Bay, Yoshi's Island N64
• Prior to selecting the starter stage, each side could ban one stage for the whole set.
• Dave's Stupid Rule variant: The same stage could not be played more than once per set.

Two different versions of the ruleset appeared on the official site, with one version using the above item rules and stating that items were on in doubles bracket, and the other version stating that Bob-ombs were also off and that items were off in doubles bracket. It is not confirmed which version of the ruleset was actually used.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(98 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ken		$500
2nd	Azen
3rd	Isai
4th	Wes
5th	KishCubed
5th	Vidjogamer
7th	KishSquared
7th	Dope
9th	Aarosmashguy
9th	Dave
9th	Darkrain
9th	Iggy
13th	Needle of Juntah
13th	Jv3x3
13th	DieSuperFly
13th	Jarrod
17th	Eddie
17th	KishPrime
17th	Smog
17th	x1372
17th	Vocal
17th	V
17th	Joshu
17th	Atmagamer

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(44 teams)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ken		Isai
2nd	Azen		Dave
3rd	Joshu		Iggy
4th	Eddie		Eduardo
5th	Jv3x3		Dope
5th	Mike		Jarrod
7th	Vocal		Vidjogamer
7th	KishPrime		AOB
9th	V		Smog
9th	KishSquared		KishCubed
9th	Snap Pop		Wes
9th	Chexr		Aarosmashguy

External links

• Archived results thread