adumbrodeus
Smash Legend
Honestly, Dark.Pch, second-guessing yourself is one of the most important marks of a good deliberative body, because the reality is there are a lot of factors that go into banning, it is never something to be taken lightly, even if the matter is painfully obvious. Even IDC needed proof that it kept you permanently invincible before a ban was warranted.The planking is seriously stupid to keep or even second guess. some think it should not be banned. I asked many times, how many times has planking been beaten. None could answer that for me. The fact that you boys have to second guess this and can't come to a conclusion says enough for me. people are ether bias to no end and can't admit anything or seriously don't know alot or care for that matter. And as a Member of the BBR you are suppose to care. You trying to develop this community and all that as joel says right? Well from what I am getting, you boys are not doing a good job.
Realize, a major part of the reason why it seems so obvious to you is that you're an offensive player by nature. A naturally defensive player however, would probably wanna give the strategy a much wider berth.
Regardless, it should go through the same process, first prove that it constitutes a threat via frame data and ledge options, then prove it's relevant through tournament data.
As far as it being beaten, the problem with that is, who planks? You're dealing with a sample of people that specializes in the strategy, and is quite good, and the group itself is very very small.
If more players used the strategy and were successful I could agree with you, but the evidence is far too limited.
This is why I encourage people to plank whenever possible. It improves the metagame by establishing what is and what is not bannable.