Department of Student Engagement

Game Room Tournaments

We are excited to offer the Brandeis community the opportunity to participate in semester long tournaments. Billiards, table tennis, and Super Smash Bros. brackets are put together and a schedule of matches is released.
The sign up period for the Spring 2026 semester has ended.
During sign ups, individuals must fill out a Google form for each tournament they wish to participate in and create an account on Challonge. You must use your Brandeis email to sign up.
Any member of the Brandeis community is welcome to participate.
See here for the Challonge page for Brandeis DSE.

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Single elimination bracket
Matches up to quarterfinals are done independently. Individuals should contact their match ups and find a time to play
Matches are best of three up to quarterfinals.
Semifinals and finals will all be conducted during an end of semester event in the Game Room and will all be best of five
Upon completion of a match, please report the winner on Challonge.
If a winner is not reported by the given round deadline, the player with the higher seed will automatically move up to the next round.
Matches are NOT required to be run in the Game Room. As long as both participants agree, you may run matched anywhere
- Console Games X meets Mondays from 7pm to 11pm in Ridgewood Commons. You may go there to play your Smash match.

Games are played to 11 points, must win by two points
Players will rally for serve
Each side of the table alternates serving two points at a time
Service alternates at every point after being tied 10-10 (“deuce”).
Please see here for more detailed rules. We will be using the USA Table Tennis' official rule set.