Default Derby

Default Derby is a recurring online tournament series organized by Frosty and LOSER and created by Era. The series began in early 2019 and is still having new events today. The series stands as one of the, if not the only, default ARMS only events that still continues to have new tournaments. On May 13th, 2021 after the 46th event, Era transferred ownership of the event to Frosty and LOSER citing that work and school were keeping her busy.

Format
Similar to most ARMS events, Default Derby runs double elimination brackets, though if there are less than eight entrants then a round robin bracket is held. Players utilize the Ohio ARMS Discord server to communicate with their opponents as the brackets are ran on Challonge, a site that lacks player-to-player chat functions. The event initially started as a biweekly, though in early October of 2020 it was switched to be weekly.

As stated in the event series' name, Default Derby only allows the use of default ARMS. Default ARMS are the selection of ARMS that each fighter begins the game with. For example, if one were to use Helix, their ARMS have to be set to the Blorb, Ice Dragon, and Guardian. This ARM restriction was chosen for the series because Era saw the lack of any defaults only events as an opportunity to create one of her own.

Default Derby utilizes the "Backroom" stage list which consists of the stages that are traditionally considered legal. These stages include Sparring Ring, Mausoleum, DNA Lab, Buster Beach, Temple Grounds, Scrapyard, and Via Dolce.

Trivia

 * With 24 wins, Luna-Gabs has the most wins out of all 18 unique Default Derby victors.
 * Luna-Gabs also has the highest win streak in the series, winning 9 tournaments in a row.
 * Default Derby 20 and 23 are tied for having the most participants out of any Default Derby tournament with 16 entrants.
 * Default Derby's logo was created by Dendy.
 * A take on the Default Derby series, titled Default Derby Deluxe, was ran as part of Anniversary Armageddon for ARMS' fifth anniversary.
 * Despite Frosty and LOSER both playing in the event, the tournament was instead ran by Dendy.
 * In a similar manner to Default Derby Deluxe, Default Derby 58 was ran for an ARMS' anniversary, this time being its sixth.