Construct 158

The return of a Milwaukee tournament series, at Faklandia Gaming! (formerly 42 Ale House)
Credit to mawwwk for the banner image.

All attendees must wear facemasks at all times, and have proof of vaccination (with a booster if eligible). See the “COVID Regulations” section of this page for more info.

Games:

• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Project+
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Events/Schedule

11:00am – Venue opens
12:30pm – Ultimate doubles ($10 per team)
1:30pm – Project+ doubles ($10 per team)
2:30pm – Ultimate singles ($5 entry)
3:00pm – Melee singles ($5 entry)
4:00pm – Project+ singles ($5 entry)

• $5 venue fee (waived if you bring a full setup)
• Bring your own controller
• Show up at least 10 minutes before an event begins to register for it

Venue rules

• Excessive behavior such as throwing a controller, kicking chairs, hitting a table/TV, etc. is not allowed and will result in a ban or other penalty.
• Outside food or drink is not allowed. Food and drink bought at the venue must be placed AWAY from setups and PCs at all times, on a nearby shelf or held onto.
• Vaccination & proof is required for each attendee. See the “COVID Regulations” section of this page for more info. For players’ own health and for the safety of others, facemasks are required at all times. If you feel sick, stay home.

Event rules

All brackets are double elimination. Specific game rulesets are listed below. During tournament sets, changing a setup’s ruleset from the specified settings is not allowed, and may result in DQs or other penalty.
Payout is split among the top placing players at the following rates ($5 minimum):

• At <6 entrants, 2nd gets $6 back, with 1st taking the rest.
• 6-8 entrants: 70/30
• 9-15 entrants: 60/30/10
• 16-23 entrants: 55/25/15/5
• Top 6 payout at 24+ entrants. Top 8 payout at 48+ entrants.

Doubles bo5 starts at top 3 (winners finals, losers finals, grands). Singles bo5 starts at top 6 (winners semis, losers quarters)

Melee Ruleset

Standard rules (Link), with the following changes:

• Stadium is a starter stage, and FD is a counterpick.
• Within the game launcher, the following settings must be configured:

• Controller Fix: UCF
• Convenience: Tournament
• Lag Reduction: PD (Polling drift fix)
• Frozen Stages: Stadium only
• Gameplay: Both (LGL enabled + Wobbling disabled)

In order to enforce the above settings, all Melee setups should use Slippi Nintendont (Wii) or MultiMod Launcher (Gamecube).

Project+ Ruleset

Standard rules (Link), with the following changes:

• Starter stages: Castle Siege, Smashville, Battlefield, PS2, Delfino’s Secret
• Counterpick stages (singles): Green Hill Zone, Fountain, Metal Cavern, Dream Land
• Counterpick stages (doubles): Metal Cavern, Final Destination, Dream Land
• Melee LGL rule: In the event of a game ending due to timeout, a player with more than 45 ledge grabs (per the results screen stats) will be treated as the loser for that game.
• Pause to Hold may be enabled by any player at any time, if not already enabled. Any player who otherwise changes the default ruleset (timer, stagelist, ALC, etc.) may be subject to DQ or other penalty.
• In best-of-5 1v1 sets, the winner may strike 2 stages + mDSR is in effect: for game 5 only, a player may go back to where game 1 was played (unless a stage strike is used for it). In Bo5 2v2 sets, only 1 stage strike is used with full DSR.
• Tilt stick and attack stick are permitted.

All P+ setups must be running version 2.29 (optional: Wisconsin P+ build download)

Ultimate ruleset

• Games are 3 Stocks, 7 Minutes.
• Starter stages: Battlefield, Final Destination, Pokemon Stadium 2, Smashville, & Small Battlefield.
• Counterpick stages: Kalos Pokemon League, Hollow Bastion, Yoshi’s Story, & Town and City.
• 3 bans in between games. No DSR / mDSR. Double Blind for first character selection. Pause is OFF. Hazards are OFF.

COVID Regulations

Proof of vaccination is defined as: A physical vaccination card, photo of a vaccination card without obscured information, or entry in the WI Smash vaccine database.

In order to attend Construct, attendees must have received a COVID vaccination and the booster shot, if applicable. Proof of vaccination is also required.

Participants who received the initial COVID shot(s) on or after August 20th, 2021 might not be eligible for a booster and therefore would not be required to have the booster shot. However, these attendees must have received their second shot 14 days or more prior to the event.

Attendees who have received the booster shot are immediately eligible to attend with proof of vaccination.

For contact/questions, feel free to join the Discord server linked on this page, message @WiscoPM on Twitter, or post in the Wisconsin Smash Bros Facebook group.