As you can probably tell, I made an account just for posting this, because I strongly feel it needs to be said. I believe you are all being too harsh on Kirby Kid.
As I'm new, I believe I should give myself an introduction. I go by YAJ, its just a name. I play brawl poorly. I was never good at melee. The only tournament I attend is Kirby Kids. I find it more fun to chill with the friends I go with and to spectate the good players. That said, its obvious I lack the credentials needed. I don't have the 8000 posts of Hylian or the back room privileges or the respect gained from posting for years. I can only look at this as logically as I can.
The large problem here seems to be that Kirby kid did not post his rules before hand. His argument is that it didn't need to be posted, his rule set was SBR certified. Those against kirby kid say that it wasn't.
So we come to a problem. Apparently, some rules on the SBR rule list are more important than others. Can we not see where kirby kid may have been confused by this?
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=187736
That is the rule set that has been linked so much in this thread. No where in it does it claim certain rules are more important than others. What is the most important rule to you? 3 stocks? No items? That FD is neutral? That Hyrule Temple is banned? What rule makes or breaks the SBR rule set?
Now, the first argument that comes to mind is that they are equal, and not following any rule is enough to not be "SBR certified", but there at the bottom is that final statement that has caused so much trouble.
"Any rule-list that closely follows this guideline may include a note in its opening post (suggested beneath the tournaments title in smaller font) that reads "SBR Certified"."
That thing is faulty. Define closely. Is that changing one rule? Two rules? Ten rules? Changing it to four stocks instead of three? Unbanning spear pillar? We're all going to have a different opinion of close.
When this was made, it is obvious the writer believed we would be able to respect each other's opinion of close. This is apparently not possible. Although I am new, I have a suggestion. Do a soft re-write of the rules.
I suggest that for every stage, every rule, and every outside action (such as stage striking) that goes on in an SBR certified tournament, a point value is assigned. Different amounts of points would be assigned to each rule, each stage, and each action based on its importance (IE - "more important" rules would be worth more). The end result of your tournaments rules would need to be in X amount of points from the total points on the rule list.
For example, lets say there are 1000 total points. Adding or removing a stock might lower you 5 points. Unbanning Spear Pillar might subtract 7 points. Unbanning Mario Bros. would subtract 15 points and so on. If your tournament, at the end of the subtractions, had, say, 925 points, your rule set would be SBR certified.
Tedious? Yes, very, but until you define the almighty word "closely"in that final statement of the rules, we can only go with what the TO defines as closely. Kirby Kid believes his tournament follows the rules closely, and there for, it IS, under your own rules, SBR certified. I'm sorry, I know I'm new, and I know that my argument will probably mean nothing, but I find it disgusting that you are attacking kirby kid for following your rules, to the point of suggesting giving him a title to display his "poor tournament organizing skills". Maybe some of you should have titles for writing poor rules......
