SamuraiPanda
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For those of you who don't know, here is a definition of planking (there may be other definitions that could work better): "The act of using Meta Knight to stall by continually re-grabbing the edge while using air attacks and edge invincibility to prevent an opponent from attacking or dealing damage." The definition extends beyond MK, but is rarely an issue for any other character, so he is often at the center of this debate.
The word planking became popular after an infamous video of the player, Plank, using ledgestalling as a strategy to win a pivotal game in a large tournament (the ledgestalling begins at around the 4 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=awI8Zz1EIE8 ). Since then (the video is rather old now), planking has evolved and gotten worse, making the strategy much more difficult to deal with for many characters on most stages. This has made planking into a much more widespread, controversial, and common occurrence, sparking this poll's creation.
There are 3 options available in this poll:
1. Ban by judge ruling
Allow a judge to decide whether or not to take action against what may or may not be planking. If you are being planked, you have the option of pausing the game and getting a judge if you feel that your opponent is breaking the rules (of course, pausing at critical moments would be dealt with as well). The punishment would vary from judge to judge, and would likely be one of the following:
- The planking player loses the set
- The planking player loses the match
- The match must be restarted, with no planking (least likely of the three)
2. Institute an edge grab limit
For those who don't know, one of the statistics that the game records after a match is over (in the "winner" screen) is how many times the played grabbed the edge. This rule, which originated in Japan, uses that number, and if time runs out, a player who exceeds a certain number of edge grabs would receive a loss for that game. The number of edge grabs is something that must be determined, of course, and it will take some time to come to a consensus as to what that may be. Japan uses 70 edge grabs in their 10 minute games as the limit, which may or may not be a good number for us to use as well.
And for those of you worried that you "might" grab the edge too many times in a given match because you like sitting there, then you'd be surprised as to how many times you'd have to grab the edge in order to hit a number even near 70. Next time you play a few friendlies, check out the number of times you grabbed the edge, just so you have an idea just how much stalling is necessary to hit such a high number.
For more information and discussion on this potential new rule (that some tournaments are already experimenting with) you can check out this thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=221198
3. Do not ban/Too early to vote
The most self-explanatory of the three options, this one could be that you just think its too early to ban planking, or that it should not be banned at all. We are only dealing with planking right now, so if you think planking could be a problem in the future, then this is probably the best option for you.
The word planking became popular after an infamous video of the player, Plank, using ledgestalling as a strategy to win a pivotal game in a large tournament (the ledgestalling begins at around the 4 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=awI8Zz1EIE8 ). Since then (the video is rather old now), planking has evolved and gotten worse, making the strategy much more difficult to deal with for many characters on most stages. This has made planking into a much more widespread, controversial, and common occurrence, sparking this poll's creation.
There are 3 options available in this poll:
1. Ban by judge ruling
Allow a judge to decide whether or not to take action against what may or may not be planking. If you are being planked, you have the option of pausing the game and getting a judge if you feel that your opponent is breaking the rules (of course, pausing at critical moments would be dealt with as well). The punishment would vary from judge to judge, and would likely be one of the following:
- The planking player loses the set
- The planking player loses the match
- The match must be restarted, with no planking (least likely of the three)
2. Institute an edge grab limit
For those who don't know, one of the statistics that the game records after a match is over (in the "winner" screen) is how many times the played grabbed the edge. This rule, which originated in Japan, uses that number, and if time runs out, a player who exceeds a certain number of edge grabs would receive a loss for that game. The number of edge grabs is something that must be determined, of course, and it will take some time to come to a consensus as to what that may be. Japan uses 70 edge grabs in their 10 minute games as the limit, which may or may not be a good number for us to use as well.
And for those of you worried that you "might" grab the edge too many times in a given match because you like sitting there, then you'd be surprised as to how many times you'd have to grab the edge in order to hit a number even near 70. Next time you play a few friendlies, check out the number of times you grabbed the edge, just so you have an idea just how much stalling is necessary to hit such a high number.
For more information and discussion on this potential new rule (that some tournaments are already experimenting with) you can check out this thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=221198
3. Do not ban/Too early to vote
The most self-explanatory of the three options, this one could be that you just think its too early to ban planking, or that it should not be banned at all. We are only dealing with planking right now, so if you think planking could be a problem in the future, then this is probably the best option for you.