That's pretty hard to enforce and might not be a good thing to do. It may be that ZSS is simply a new infinite character and she needs that to compete. Enforcing it anyway is a nightmare. Can ZSS d-smash -> footstool -> neutral b once? Can she do that, then d-smash but not footstool? Can she do that and footstool but not neutral b again? Only 3 iterations? What?
Does this count if it is character specific? Are there wall-based infinites? What if there's a doubles infinite, is that banned as well? How would you define that as being banned?
Wait until it's a problem, then legislate. Otherwise you might as well ban Little Mac's OHKO too.
If you were to ban infinites, I'd use the wording:
"Any chain of attacks that can be done infinitely in succession and cannot be broken by an opponent's input are banned.
To clarify with an example, you may use Zero Suit Samus' down smash to footstool to neutral b reset, but you may not do another full iteration. A legal combo would be downsmash to footstool to neutral b to downsmash to footstool. Doing a neutral b to end that chain would constitute another full cycle."
and cross my fingers and hope it never comes up
It'd be easier to just ban the character itself, honestly. Another reason to wait until it is an issue. Banning things piecemeal is an enforcability disaster. See: metaknights using the dimensional cape glitch for just two taps to mess up their opponent's timing and having no judge present.
What do you do if someone says "This ZSS player infinited me for 4 iterations, but no one was around" and the ZSS player denies it?
*tears hair out*
Someone get Kel in here, he speaks japanese. Make him write a letter to Sakurai asking for a patch.
