Smash Back Room

The Smash Back Room (formerly the Melee Back Room; also known as the SBR) is a protected forum on SmashBoards. Only members that have shown considerable knowledge or skill (either by posting intelligently or by tournament placement) are permitted to read and post in this forum. The Smash Back Room is most famous for producing a tier list every year or so, and for releasing suggested rule sets that tournament organizers often use in an effort to keep a standard play format across all regions.

While the Smash Back Room is often criticized for its lack of openness and its exclusivity, it is still the de facto "governing body" of most of the competitive Smash community. Their tier list is held in the highest regard by the professional community. However, the rule list has met with issues with different areas complaining about the stage list (either it being too liberal or too conservative). This has happened a lot more often with the Brawl list in comparison to Melee. There have also been issues more recently with other parts of the ruleset; specifically being the amount of ledge grabs allowed (mostly as an Anti-MK rule) and what should occur after a timeout. The stage list issue has been addressed partially by the creation of a separate group, the BBR Ruleset Community.

The 3 Smash Backrooms

BBR: Smash Backroom

• Applications are approved by either Marc, Hylian, AlphaZealot, or Shaya
• Also known as SBR-B or Smash Back Room-Brawl
• AlphaZealot is the head of BBR for AllisBrawl members who apply
• Shaya is the head of European BBR applications
• Designs the tier list for the brawl community
• Designed the brawl matchup chart
• Designed (originally) the stage list for competitive play

MBR: Melee Backroom

• Applications are approved by either HyugaRicdeau, Cactuar, unknown522, Slhoka, or Marc.
• This was the original backroom which inspired the Grimer avatars.
• This used to be known as the SBR (Smash Back Room) before Brawl was released.
• Also now also known as SBR-M. (Smash Back Room-Melee)
• Slhoka is the head of the European MBR applications

64BR: Smash 64 Backroom

• Membership approved by either Surri-Sama, SuPeRbOoM, cheeseball341, or Marc.
• Is named for the N64 symbol used as a symbol for members.
• Also known as SBR-64 (Smash Back Room N64).
• Most recent backroom.

BBR Ruleset Community

• A separate entity from the SBR-B, specifically used to design a universal stage list for all tournaments in order to unite the United States smash community
• Users on Smashboards have a light/Aqua blue description or name designating being part of this group
• Group is made up of top tournament hosts from across the United States
• Designed the unity ruleset
• Members are:
  • AlphaZealot (Ohio)
    • The head of the group
    • Is well known for being the MLG-Brawl representative/hosting the MLG tournaments
    • A Mid-West tournament host mostly known for his Delta Upsillon series and for being the top Diddy Kong in the Mid-West
  • ChiboSempai(Pennsylvania)
    • Other main head of the group
    • A Super-Admin on Smashboards
    • The top R.O.B. main in Brawl
    • An East coast tournament host mostly known for his Clash of the Titans series along with his DSO series. The Clash of Titans series specifically has had some of the largest tournaments ever hosted in Brawl.
  • ESAM (South Carolina)
    • Southern host of the Zero Ping monthly series
    • Top Pikachu user in Brawl
  • Havok (California)
    • West coast tournament series host/co-host of multiple large West Coast tournaments such as the Chula Vista and San Diego series
    • Member of the Marth and Meta Knight Backroom
    • Also well known for his Smash Podcast known as the Electric Scribble
  • Keitaro (New Jersey)
    • East Coast tournament host mostly known for his KTAR series
    • Falco user
  • The Real Inferno (Kansas)
    • Midwest tournament host of the NO Koast series and other Witchita tournaments
    • R.O.B. user
  • Xyro (Texas)
    • Southern host of the HOBO and WHOBO tournament. the WHOBO series specifically has had the largest tournaments in the South
    • One of the top 2 Samus users (along with NOID from the east coast)

External links

• Smash Back Room
• Brawl Ruleset Community