SAT: 10AM - Dr.Mario ($0.00)
In 1990, Nintendo capitalized on the runaway success of Tetris by releasing Dr. Mario. The two games were similar in that randomized puzzle pieces fell from the top of a narrow playfield and had to be strategically placed by the player to succeed. But Dr. Mario changed the focus from player vs the inevitable to player vs player. The goal in Dr. Mario is to be the first player to clear their playfield of dancing viruses while your opponent can slow your progress by pulling off combination chains. Replay Rx wants to bring together the best Dr. Mario players around and determine who is the best!
The qualifying rounds will be made up of six-player pools, where players will compete in a round robin format. The player with the best winning percentage will be declared the winner of the pool and earn an automatic berth in the playoffs. A pool will begin as soon as 1) six players are waiting in line to play and 2) a pod of three game stations are available. There is no entry fee for Replay Rx in 2020.
A Dr. Mario match usually consists of a best 3-out-of-5 game format, but due to time constraints, the qualifying rounds of Replay Rx will be a single game matches. The qualifying rounds of Replay Rx will use Level 5/Hi Speed (24 viruses) settings.
Since the DrMC and Replay Rx are a legacy of the Nintendo World Championships, chairs and/or seating will not be provided by the tournament or Replay FX, as players stood while competing in the original NWC events. Reasonable exceptions can be made at the discretion of the tournament organizers.
Pool Winners
Once all matches in a pool have been completed, the player with the top winning percentage will automatically earn a spot in the playoff bracket. In case of a tie at the top of a pool’s standings, here is the tie-breaker protocol:
1 - Head-to-head match results among pool winners
2 - Higher seeding point total (see next section) in all matches
3 - Higher seeding point total in matches among pool winners
4 - Sudden death match (level 0/fast speed)
In the event of a 3-way (or greater) tie, once a player is eliminated via the tie-breaker protocol, the protocol starts over again with the remaining players until a single winner is determined
At-Large
At the conclusion of the final pool at 5pm, all pool winners will be guaranteed a slot in the 32-player finals bracket. Any slots remaining will be awarded to players with the highest winning percentages who did not win their pools (seeding points will be used to break ties if necessary)
Seeding points
There will likely be several ties in winning percentage across the pools when determining the at-large players and determining the seeds for the playoff bracket. To break ties in the formation of the bracket, Replay Rx will use a simple point system based on the number of viruses remaining at the end of each match.
At the end of each match, the players will inform the judge the winner of the match, as well as the number of viruses the winning player and losing player have remaining on their playfield. The winning player will earn 2 points for every virus they destroy and 1 point for every virus remaining on their opponent’s playfield while the losing player will earn 1 point for every virus they destroy. Failure to report this information to the judge will result in both players losing seeding points for that match.