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Smash Journeyman
Many of the stages that were banned for normal melee were banned due to broken tactics by fox, or other high tiers. Since low tier tournaments do not allow these characters the stage selection needs to be revisited.
I'm not going to get into what should be neutral and what should be counterpick, as I don't know the low tier matchups in great detail. Instead, I will list stages that should probably be at least counterpickable.
I am considering what stages should be legal with these characters:
Low
Link 4.7
Pikachu 4.3
Young Link 4.2
Roy 3.6
Zelda 3.0
Game and Watch 3.0
Bottom
Ness 2.5
Yoshi 2.5
Bowser 2.2
Mewtwo 1.8
Kirby 1.5
Pichu 1.2
Should be at least counterpickable:
Flatzone - It's flat, and no more random than FoD. Falling stuff can be attacked or you can hide under the house.
Venom - Roy's disjointed sword is too weak at max range to camp the wall well.
Yoshi's Island - Why shouldn't it be legal?
Princess Peach's Castle - See Venom.
Fourside - Only peach can stall there, and there is no peach.
Mushroom Kingdom I - No fox.
Mushroom Kingdom II - No fox.
Onett - Fox is banned.
Not sure of:
Yoshi64 - None of the low tiers have a good projectile to camp the cloud with. But might be abusable to camping.
Kongo Jungle - No fox/marth/peach to abuse that rock, but some low tiers might be able to camp it brokenly well.
Still banned:
Brinstar depths - ****ing stupid.
Icicle mountain - ****ing stupid.
Big blue - ****ing stupid.
Hyrule Temple - It's a circle.
Termina - It's a circle.
These stages and reasons have not been tested in low tier tournaments, but are based off of why they were banned due to high tiers, and low tiers lacking abilities. For anyone running a low tier tournament I'd suggest allowing "not sures" and "at leasts" as counterpicks and seeing if any low tier characters have broken tactics on them.
Normal play stage ban reasoning
I'm not going to get into what should be neutral and what should be counterpick, as I don't know the low tier matchups in great detail. Instead, I will list stages that should probably be at least counterpickable.
I am considering what stages should be legal with these characters:
Low
Link 4.7
Pikachu 4.3
Young Link 4.2
Roy 3.6
Zelda 3.0
Game and Watch 3.0
Bottom
Ness 2.5
Yoshi 2.5
Bowser 2.2
Mewtwo 1.8
Kirby 1.5
Pichu 1.2
Should be at least counterpickable:
Flatzone - It's flat, and no more random than FoD. Falling stuff can be attacked or you can hide under the house.
Venom - Roy's disjointed sword is too weak at max range to camp the wall well.
Yoshi's Island - Why shouldn't it be legal?
Princess Peach's Castle - See Venom.
Fourside - Only peach can stall there, and there is no peach.
Mushroom Kingdom I - No fox.
Mushroom Kingdom II - No fox.
Onett - Fox is banned.
Not sure of:
Yoshi64 - None of the low tiers have a good projectile to camp the cloud with. But might be abusable to camping.
Kongo Jungle - No fox/marth/peach to abuse that rock, but some low tiers might be able to camp it brokenly well.
Still banned:
Brinstar depths - ****ing stupid.
Icicle mountain - ****ing stupid.
Big blue - ****ing stupid.
Hyrule Temple - It's a circle.
Termina - It's a circle.
These stages and reasons have not been tested in low tier tournaments, but are based off of why they were banned due to high tiers, and low tiers lacking abilities. For anyone running a low tier tournament I'd suggest allowing "not sures" and "at leasts" as counterpicks and seeing if any low tier characters have broken tactics on them.
Normal play stage ban reasoning