International Spyro Grand Prix (2018)

The 2018 International Spyro Grand Prix was a tournament hosted by CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64. It was the inaugural ISGP event, featuring larger groups and a cutoff of 30 people, intended to include more diligent runners.

Current Progress
▼ The tournament was officially announced on April 1, 2018, by CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64.


 * ► The 30 competitors were drawn into 3 groups of 10.

▼ Round 1 began on April 15, 2018, and ended at 00:00 AEST on June 11, 2018. Submitted matches before the deadline may be uploaded late.


 * ► 135 out of 135 matches were uploaded.

▼ Round 2 begun on June 13, 2018, and is currently underway


 * ► 8 out of 8 matches were uploaded.

▼ Round 2 concluded on July 21, 2018, with the four Grand Finalists being determined.

Round Robin Groups of 10
The ISGP would consist of three (3) groups each featuring ten (10) competitors. The tournament format was inspired by New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual round robin tournament, the G1 Climax. The 10 person group ensured every competitor would play against every other competitor in their group once. This reduced the element of luck; progressing to the next round was still possible even if a competitor lost one or two matches in their group.

Points
In Round 1, the points allocation was as follows:

Draws were originally in place, but after a large outcry by the runners, they were abolished.

Tournament Progression
The ISGP consisted of two preliminary rounds and a Grand Final. Round 1 featured three (3) groups of ten (10). Each competitor faced every competitor in their particular group, receiving one (1) point for a win and zero (0) points for a loss. After all matches in Round 1 were completed, the Top 2 competitors from each group moved on to the Semi-Finals. Competitor placement was determined based on points received during Round 1. In the event 2 competitors finished with the same points, a determination on who will progress to the Semi-Finals would be made based on which competitors each player won and lost against. For example: Players A and B are finished on the same amount of points, and Player C finished third in the group. If Player A lost to Player C and Player B defeated Player C, then Player B would progress to the Semi-Finals and Player A would have been eliminated.

The Semi-Finals featured six (6) competitors, two (2) from each group. The top ranked competitors from each group played off against a second place competitor from one of the other groups. This reduced the field down to 3 players.

Originally, the Grand Final was to be a traditional triple threat match with the winners of the semi finals, until a few weeks into the tournament. The competitors, and others, advocated for extra people from Round 1 to go through.

#4GoThrough
During the tournament, some were bouncing about an idea to the hosts about allowing four competitors go through to the Semi-Finals instead of the initially stated two. Angus publicly was opposed to the idea, wishing to stand firm on previously established ruling. In place of the request, a separate Loser's Bracket would be held for 3rd and 4th place of each group who will compete for the new title of the Crassic Speedrunning Champion. This Bracket was to be run separately from the main bracket for the 1st and 2nd place of each group.

Another week or two later, Ratchet5 advocated for a way to connect the Crassic Speedrunning League to the mainline "Winners" league. The losers of the Semi-Finals would be put into a 3-way match, as well as the winner of the "Crassic Speedrunning League," to have a 4-way "Second chance" match, where the winner would also be entered into the Grand Final. This idea was accepted by the hosts.

Accepted Games
Despite the ISGP being a Spyro the Dragon tournament, exceptions were made for the specific games that are allowed to be run. These games were as follows:
 * Spyro the Dragon [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage/Gateway to Glimmer [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro: Year of the Dragon [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro the Dragon [NTSC-J]
 * Spyro x Sparx: Tondemo Tours [NTSC-J]

After Ratchet5 and KingEurope1's race in the Crash Bash Demo in Spyro 3, Demos inside Spyro games were henceforth prohibited from being raced. However, demos of these Spyro games inside other games were permissible.

Legend
Qualifies for Semi-Finals Qualifies for Crassic Speedrunning Championship League Knocked out

Group A
* mcjaga has stopped responding to the hosts, and was kicked out of the tournament. He was replaced by LyleBandicoot93.

** Trob dropped out without announcing as such, until close to Round 1's conclusion. He forfeited all of his points and remaining matches, and was disqualified from ISGP.

Group B
* Avado stopped responding to the hosts, and was kicked out of the tournament. He was replaced by DessertMonkeyJK.

** Wedc517 dropped out of the tournament due to having a busy schedule and potentially not being able to do all of his matches. He was replaced by Newantox.

*** DinoPony was disqualified due to inactivity. He forfeited all of his remaining matches, as a result.