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==Incorrect Bannings==
Some smaller tournaments use the erroneous criterion "if you can stand still and die, the stage is banned" to determine which stages are allowed.  This is an inherently flawed criterion for numerous reasons.  First, if you actually did stand still long enough in a game for this to matter, your opponent would kill you long before the stage would.  Second, it says nothing about where on the stage one must stand.  For example, standing on the turtle in [[Great Bay]] would cause you to die, but standing on the middle platform would be perfectly fine.  Third, this technically rules out stages such as [[Kongo Jungle]] and [[Princess Peach's Castle]], the first due to the small chance that a Klaptrap jumps on the stage and the second because of the Bullet Bills.  However, these are such rare occurrences  that they do not in and of themselves merit banning the stage.  Finally, and possibly most importantly, this criterion does nothing about stages that provide opportunities for broken gameplay.  Under this criterion, [[Poké Floats]] would be right out, while [[Temple]] would be allowed.  This is the exact opposite of what should be.  While [[Poké Floats]] does move, it follows a set pattern and does not overly advantage or disadvantage any one character.  [[Temple]] on the other hand, completely breaks the gameplay, but its lack of motion would make it allowable under the above criterion.


Tournament organizers are strongly advised NOT to use the simple 'if you can stand still and die, the stage is banned" criterion for determining which stages are allowed.  While some banned and allowed stages may anger some competitors, using the professional tournaments standard has always been found to be the most fair and agreeable to participants.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Tournament legal]]
*[[Tournament legal]]

Revision as of 19:05, April 5, 2008

Banned stages are stages that are banned from most official tournaments. These stages can be banned for several reasons, including:

  • Providing an unfair advantage for certain characters (such as excessive camping)
  • Allowing players to abuse glitches in the game
  • Completely re-vamping the strategies needed to win (such as Temple and Icicle Mountain)
  • Having a significant amount of slow-down during a match

Banned stages in SSB

Banned stages in SSBM

Banned in both singles and doubles

Banned for Singles Only

Banned for Doubles Only

Varies


See also