A tournament hosted by the LC comitttee
4 weeks ago, the first tournament of the legions crowned a champion. The final was a fierce battle between the Revolutionists and the Meta-Pirates in a rematch. The Revolutionists manage to pull through and redeemed themselves, capturing the cup in the process.Now the Legion Cup is making its way across the net to the Online Legion Hall forums readying itself for round 2 and a new set of challengers arise to de-throne the Revolutionist. Who will get that call to glory? Who will even get the call? This is the Legion Cup.....for pride, honor and glory.
Tournament Structure
The tournament will be divided into 2 stages: Preliminary and Main Draws. In the Preliminary Draw, teams will be paired up with each other to determine 8 winning teams that will qualify into the Main Draw of the tournament. The Main Draw of the tournament will be a 8 team double elimination tournament. The main draw is just a continuation of the tournament and re-seeding won't be necessary. This means that Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 2, Qualifier 3 vs Qualifier 4, Qualifier 5 vs Qualifier 6 and Qualifier 7 vs Qualifier 8 in the first round of the Main tournament.
Tournament rounds are 4 days long and will end on the 3rd day @ 11:59 pm EST although an extra day may be granted if stuff happens. It is recommended for clans to meet on a certain time and complete it in one day. The clans will have 2 days in between rounds to prepare lineups for the next round. A team may be subject to disqualification if found to slowing down the battle's progress. If you set up a time to play and failed to show up at that time before letting your opponent know is disrespectful and will favour may lean towards the opponent.
How are matches played in the Legion Cup?
Matches in the Legion Cup Tournament will be played using the crew battle format. This is how a Legion Cup crew battle will work:
- Every round except for the finals will be a 5v5 crew battle with each player having 3 stocks (15 stocks per team). The finals will feature a 7v7 crew battle (21 stocks per team).
- Each captain will pm their starters and 3 bench players before the round starts
- The starting match in each round will be played by Pos #1 players on each team on an agreed or randomized NEUTRAL stage.
- The losing player of each match is eliminated and replaced by the next player the captain sends out.
- The winning player will still continue to fight with the same character but will start with the remaining number of stocks left from the last match.
- Incoming players will always choose the next stage to be played on, from the NEUTRAL or COUNTERPICK stage lists.
- Dave's stupid rule: A stage cannot be played twice in the same battle unless both players agreed.
- The team that can eliminate all the opposing players wins the match and advances.
- NO ITEMS in each match.
Some other notes:
- mario766 rule: A player that has been placed on a team's lineup can only play on that team for the rest of the tournament
- players that have been replaced by a bench player cannot enter the battle again
Stage Selection lists
NEUTRAL STAGES
Battlefield
Final Destination
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
COUNTERPICKS
Brinstar
Castle Siege
Delfino Plaza
Distant Planet
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Halberd
Luigi's Mansion
Onett
PictoChat
Pokemon Stadium 1
Rainbow Cruise
Jungle Japes
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
So signups will last until July 29th or once we get 16 teams. 8 spots will be reserved for the Top 4 teams in LC I (Heaven's Champions, Meta-Pirates, Revolutionists and Organization Oblivion) and OLF-only teams until July 23rd. The remaining spots are on a first come-first serve basis. Once teams are determine the live draw will take place a day or two later. Only the leaders and co-leaders can signup the clan so I definately know that the clan is participating. The tournament proper will start in late July/early August.
Finishing Positions
First Place
Nsider's Nstoppable
Organization Oblivion
Third Place
Revolutionists
Fourth Place
Meta-Pirates
5th: Legion of Crusaders, Ragnarok
7th: Ascending Warriors, The Unknown
Nsider's Nstoppable Organization OblivionThird Place
RevolutionistsFourth Place
Meta-Pirates5th: Legion of Crusaders, Ragnarok
7th: Ascending Warriors, The Unknown
The Legion Cup tournament has finally finished with 2 champions. However they won't be able to hold on the cup for long as in a months time they set to defend the title. 12 teams will take the long marathon to become the next Legion Cup champion in the re-branded Brawl Clan League. Here is the new BCL logo:
The 12 teams taking part in the new league.......
2D Swordsmen 
Legion of Crusaders
Heaven's Champions 
Happy Happyist Cult Meta-Pirates Nsider's Nstoppable Organization Oblivion 
R.O.B. Squad
Ridley's Swarm 
The Unknown
Broken Syndicate
Rogue MagesWith the rebranding of the Legion Cup, the BCL will have some new implementations to help keep the league flowing and to add some new things also:
- New Format: Instead of a double elimination bracket, the new league will be a round robin with the top teams advancing to the playoffs!
- Clan leaders voted on using the 3-stock 4v4 crew format in a 6-4 vote (GD elected not to take part and only vote if there was a tiebreaker so 6 was needed)
- Semi-scheduled times: Clan wars start at a specific time (decided by the clan leaders or league if clan leaders cannot decide) but can be postponed and resumed during the week in exchange for a wildcard or penalty points. Teams will have 3 wildcards at the start of the season.
- Penalty points: Given to clans that haven't pm'd a lineup on time, clan wars that are over 7 days to finish, using eligible players, postponing etc. Clans with a certain amount of penalty points will be DQ'd from the league.
- Preseason Cup: a 2 weeks long invitational tournament to test out the new "semi-schedule time" system.
- Minor League: A 4-stock 3v3 crew league that runs side-by-side with the BCL, giving players that are considered as second tiered in their clan a chance to play in some clan competitions.
The new league will start near or after Dec. 27th.
Smash Ball Award. Ties are broken with first least appearances then least stocks lost.
