These were the finals of the Virginia 2017 MK64 4P VS tournament. Kyle and Jimbo on commentary.
Finals players:
Matthias / Zoran / Beck Abney / Boss
Rules/Info:
24 people were entered in this tournament with the 4 finalists from last year getting a by into the top 16. The remaining 20 players each played 2 rounds of all 16 tracks to try to earn one of the remaining 12 spots.
Each player plays 2 rounds of 16 races each with their opponents based on predetermined seeding in both the play-ins and the top 16.
In the semi finals, there were 2 groups of 4 players. The top 2 from each group moved on to the finals.
For each race, 3 points are awarded for 1st, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. The players with the most overall points in their 2 rounds (32 races total) moved on to the top 16. Cups were played in Mushroom, Special, Star, Flower order. Tracks were played with standard non-shortcut rules.
A ROM hack by bitalive was used for allowing same character selection and stats along with other scoring features: https://github.com/abitalive/MarioKart64
Big shoutouts to the Weathertons for keeping this event going strong for 10+ years now.
Relevant Google doc with more information and points breakdowns: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xj6LqRoyAqguyhgv2WVopqwG_HeRtWXylE5sK4KAjqY/edit#gid=786539358
Tournament info topic on The-Elite: https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=21979.0
Mario Kart 64 Players' Page: http://www.mariokart64.com/
The-Elite Rankings: https://rankings.the-elite.net/
Twitch: http://twitch.tv/abney317
