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« on: March 13, 2010, 07:30:05 pm »
Personally I think we should switch to just 3 starter stages:
Starters:
Battlefield
FD
Smashville
Of the possible neutral and neutral counterpicks (as defined by SBR rules) those are probably the most fair. Yoshi's would also work, but then you would have to include a 5th stage to keep it odd, and there isn't a good 5th to add (Pokemon Stadium 1 is NOT neutral).
Counter pick stages:
Castle Siege
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Pokémon Stadium 1
Brinstar
Delfino
Frigate Orpheon
Jungle Japes
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Some of these are up for debate, the others however are not viable for various reasons (Most commonly static, permanent walls or walk offs, and/or completely random game changing level hazards).
Ledge Grabs need to be limited to 50 which works out to 1 grab every 9.6 seconds. No normal game (read as, one where one player is not planking) should really exceed that limit.
Scrooging (Defined as passing back and forth beneath the stage in order to avoid contact with the enemy) should be limited to at most 2 passes, after which you must make contact with your opponent. This rule however is much more difficult to enforce than the ledge grab limit because there is no stat in the after game breakdown to check, method of enforcement is something that should be considered before you implement this rule.
The rest of the rules should be SBR standard.
I don't particularly see a reason to increase tournament fees unless OK Gamers needs to more to cover their own expenses. Winners are already making plenty off a few hours of "work". Larger tournaments (2-3 day affairs) could make a case for larger entry fees, but for one shot deals I think we are fine where we are.