After months of debating, researching, and hard work, the SBR:B is finally done with discussing Metaknight. The community at large is very focused on Metaknight. Many conversations about Brawl end up drifting towards him and we know you guys want an answer. Should Metaknight be banned? Many people wait for the SBR's word on this subject, and that time has come.
We do not feel MK is a significant enough threat to be recommended by the SBR to be banned . The final tally of the vote (including votes designated from the public poll) was 34(Proban) - 41(Antiban), showing that while there is a significant portion of the Smash community that wants him banned, there is not enough support to reach the 2/3rds majority needed to reverse the status quo and have the SBR recommend the first character ever be banned in the Smash series, now spanning over a decade.
We encourage (as always) tournaments to experiment with rules, and this includes MK banned tournaments. No tournament should ever be ridiculed for trying something different or new, as this process of trial and error is what has created a great rule set in Melee (an evolution over 7 years) and is continuing to refine and enhance the rule set in Brawl. We hope that everyone appreciates that we are one community and that regardless of where someone stands on this issue their opinion should be respected and that a TO's right to create their own rule set (without public bickering or backlash) should be honored.
The Smash Back Room has been discussing Metaknight since the game came out. We have gone through several votes, many topics, many debates, and we are done. The SBR will not be voting on or touching this issue at all until at least this time next year, if ever again. We are well aware many people hold very strong opinions on this subject, but let's just say Metaknight has overstayed his welcome.
We would like to thank the 3,179 people that voted in the public poll and everyone that took the time to read both sides of the argument (http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=242903) to become better educated on probably the most polarizing issue in the Smash community since the items debate in 2002-2004.
We do not feel MK is a significant enough threat to be recommended by the SBR to be banned . The final tally of the vote (including votes designated from the public poll) was 34(Proban) - 41(Antiban), showing that while there is a significant portion of the Smash community that wants him banned, there is not enough support to reach the 2/3rds majority needed to reverse the status quo and have the SBR recommend the first character ever be banned in the Smash series, now spanning over a decade.
We encourage (as always) tournaments to experiment with rules, and this includes MK banned tournaments. No tournament should ever be ridiculed for trying something different or new, as this process of trial and error is what has created a great rule set in Melee (an evolution over 7 years) and is continuing to refine and enhance the rule set in Brawl. We hope that everyone appreciates that we are one community and that regardless of where someone stands on this issue their opinion should be respected and that a TO's right to create their own rule set (without public bickering or backlash) should be honored.
The Smash Back Room has been discussing Metaknight since the game came out. We have gone through several votes, many topics, many debates, and we are done. The SBR will not be voting on or touching this issue at all until at least this time next year, if ever again. We are well aware many people hold very strong opinions on this subject, but let's just say Metaknight has overstayed his welcome.
We would like to thank the 3,179 people that voted in the public poll and everyone that took the time to read both sides of the argument (http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=242903) to become better educated on probably the most polarizing issue in the Smash community since the items debate in 2002-2004.
