Sarhan beat me again awhile ago, but I was on the phone for like every match but one so it doesn't count.

Turns out my school is gonna be closed for the next 7 days because of the accumulated snow on the roofs (which killed a student in another nearby school) so I'm gonna have a lot of time to practice.

Sarhan or anyone else who feels down for item-less 1v1s hit me up. Also, our SSBB group here started checking at stages to see which should be banned and which should be allowed/counter-picked, but the list is still very much in testing. Lylat Cruise is so banned because it STILL has Fox/Falco/Wolf's stupid fucking taunt that KILLS EVERYONE IN ONE HIT.

Sarhan or anyone else who feels down for item-less 1v1s hit me up. Also, our SSBB group here started checking at stages to see which should be banned and which should be allowed/counter-picked, but the list is still very much in testing. Lylat Cruise is so banned because it STILL has Fox/Falco/Wolf's stupid fucking taunt that KILLS EVERYONE IN ONE HIT.

At school right now. I probably won't be able to play again until sometime tomorrow because I need to study for two finance exams tonight.

Why not ban the taunt instead of banning the stage? Just disqualify them if they use it, like they did with wobbles in melee.

More tournament info:

The first post has been updated. Please look over it as soon as possible. I will be PMing tournament participants today to inform them of the new info in case they don't check this topic often. Important stuff you should know/do:

-Tournament begins this Sunday, March 23rd at 6 PM central (go to time.gov if you need help with time zones).
-Add everyone on the list of participants right away. Brawl doesn't always add people immediately so you should add everyone ahead of time to avoid problems during the tournament.
-Items will be off. Two people responded to my post saying they wanted them off so that is how it will be unless I hear from someone else.
-Best 2 out of 3 until the finals, which is best 3 out of 5.

At school right now. I probably won't be able to play again until sometime tomorrow because I need to study for two finance exams tonight.

Why not ban the taunt instead of banning the stage? Just disqualify them if they use it, like they did with wobbles in melee.

More tournament info:

The first post has been updated. Please look over it as soon as possible. I will be PMing tournament participants today to inform them of the new info in case they don't check this topic often. Important stuff you should know/do:

-Tournament begins this Sunday, March 23rd at 6 PM central (go to time.gov if you need help with time zones).
-Add everyone on the list of participants right away. Brawl doesn't always add people immediately so you should add everyone ahead of time to avoid problems during the tournament.
-Items will be off. Two people responded to my post saying they wanted them off so that is how it will be unless I hear from someone else.
-Best 2 out of 3 until the finals, which is best 3 out of 5.

I always found the ban on wobbling ridiculous, the thing didn't make the ICs god tier or unbeatable and it was ridiculously hard to get done anyway and won a tournament once because it was filled with idiots pretty much and Wobble was the only decent player there. He didn't even make top 8 at Evo Worlds and he still used ICs and wobbling.

About Lylat Cruise, it's mostly due to the error factor. It's possible to do it when you don't want to (hand slipping, moving to fast from a button to another, etc.) so I think it shouldn't be allowed, but we'll have to see about it. Wasn't Venom in SSBM banned for similar reasons?

The list we currently use here looks like this:
Neutral stages: Battlefield, Battleship Halberd, Bridge of Eldin, Castle Siege, Delfino Plaza, Final Destination, Frigate Orpheon, Mario Circuit, Shadow Moses Island (Snake's secret taunt doesn't do anything to hinder gameplay and you could just ban someone from using it), Smashville, Yoshi's Island, Luigi's Mansion, Green Greens (SSBM), Corneria (SSBM), Jungle Japes
Counter-picks: Norfair, Port Town Aero Dive (same as the other in SSBM), Skyworld, WarioWare (might be banned because of the taunt exploit in the mini-games that gives out random items), Green Hill Zone (possible stalling with faster characters and the checkpoints, but otherwise fine), Brinstar, Onett and Rainbow Ride

Anything you could add? We're still trying to figure it out so we're not so sure.

Another place that should be banned is Hyrule Castle, cause most people tend to just pussy out in the bottom left area because its almost impossible to kill someone without em' goin' 500% or more! >​

Hyrule Castle was pretty much the very first level to get banned in SSBM for tournament play because of its size and the crazy advantage it gives to characters who can circle the stage with jumps and stall indefinitely, so there's no chances it'll be allowed in Brawl tournaments except maybe the first one.

Sent out mass PMs with tournament info to all the participants. Hopefully everyone got them. Tell me if you didn't. Please take the time to read the entire thing. If you have questions, ask away.

Yeah... if anyone is on around 11:30 (GMT... I think... I live in Canada... so I'm having issues with the timezone thing...) so if anyone wants to train... I'm up for it.
I'm trying to master Lucario...

I haven't gotten a message from you Sarhan. Looking forward to the tournament. What's the estimated amount of entries?

I noticed my name wasn't on the list. I'm able to do the tournament, so I'd like to be included.

Added. With you, that makes 25 participants thus far. I'm expecting a decent number of no-shows however.

I'm thinking of recording the final matches and putting them up on youtube. Whoever ends up getting to the finals will join a game with me in it. I'll suicide right away and then you guys can start fighting. Ghetto way to record, but unless one of the finalists wants to record it themselves (a high quality recording would be awesome), this seems like the best method.

so... anyone online and up for a match?
I got an hour or so... and Its boring fighting comps.

Also yeah I noticed my name isn't on the tournament list anymore, I still would like to participate.

Yeah, I cleared the list because a bunch of people on it didn't even seem like they were still interested/had Brawl. I told people to post if they still wanted to participate. Should've figured you'd still be in.