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Members have a strong tendency to discuss whether a stage should be banned from tournaments, but they forget one extremely important detail: Super Smash Bros. Brawl has not been released yet! How do you pass judgment on a stage in a game you have never played before?
The first big problem is that many of you do not even know why certain stages were banned in Melee. No bans will take place until these stages are observed in a tournament setting. That is the other aspect that confuses me: many of the members who suggest a stage "should" be banned are not even tournament directors!
Another huge factor is that many of these stages may not be in their final version yet. Changes may have already been applied to some of the stages but are not reflected in the current screenshots or videos we have now. Let the game run its course, and we will discover for ourselves why certain stages should or should not be banned from competitive play.
It is not my intention to remove the fun from speculating about stages in Brawl. It is OK to point out how particular stages may not be fun or possibly give certain characters an unhealthy advantage. However, making ignorant comments suggesting that a stage "will probably be banned" is ridiculous, and it needs to stop.
The first big problem is that many of you do not even know why certain stages were banned in Melee. No bans will take place until these stages are observed in a tournament setting. That is the other aspect that confuses me: many of the members who suggest a stage "should" be banned are not even tournament directors!
Another huge factor is that many of these stages may not be in their final version yet. Changes may have already been applied to some of the stages but are not reflected in the current screenshots or videos we have now. Let the game run its course, and we will discover for ourselves why certain stages should or should not be banned from competitive play.
It is not my intention to remove the fun from speculating about stages in Brawl. It is OK to point out how particular stages may not be fun or possibly give certain characters an unhealthy advantage. However, making ignorant comments suggesting that a stage "will probably be banned" is ridiculous, and it needs to stop.