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The following are miscellaneous gameplay rules that see usage at tournaments. | The following are miscellaneous gameplay rules that see usage at tournaments. | ||
*Banning {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}: Usage of Meta Knight in any capacity is not allowed in the tournament. If a player chooses random and gets Meta Knight that way, they will be required to restart the match as a different character. This rule is implemented either due to the TO believing Meta Knight to be [[broken]]/overcentralising, wanting to host a tournament that presents something different, or just to appease the tournament's attendees. The rule's usage varies greatly from region to region as Meta Knight's legality is one of the most controversial and divided subjects in the ''Brawl'' competitive community; Meta Knight is commonly banned in | *Banning {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}: Usage of Meta Knight in any capacity is not allowed in the tournament. If a player chooses random and gets Meta Knight that way, they will be required to restart the match as a different character. This rule is implemented either due to the TO believing Meta Knight to be [[broken]]/overcentralising, wanting to host a tournament that presents something different, or just to appease the tournament's attendees. The rule's usage varies greatly from region to region as Meta Knight's legality is one of the most controversial and divided subjects in the ''Brawl'' competitive community; Meta Knight is commonly banned in regions such as Texas, but is usually not banned in the [[Tristate Area]], for example. On the whole though, Meta Knight is usually not banned nowadays in more significant tournaments. | ||
*The Gentleman Rule: The most basic form of the rule dictates players may play on any stage, including banned stages, if all players in the match agree to it. While rarely actually used to play on banned stages (as even if a player wanted to play on a banned stage, it's highly unlikely the opponent would agree to it), the rule is often used by players in game one of sets to bypass stage striking (by a player suggesting a starter stage to just go to, typically [[Smashville]], which the opponent then agrees to or refuses and stage strikes). The rule also sees frequent use when a player faces off against a player of a much lower skill level (and usually much younger), where the player allows the lower skilled player to choose any stage they want to play on, whether as a sign of courtesy and/or the player not seeing their opponent as a threat and thus not caring about the stage chosen. The rule is near universally seen, and even if the rules don't explicitly allow it, players often enact the rule regardless of if it's written in the rules or not. While TOs usually don't impose any restrictions on the Gentleman Rule, they may occasionally explicitly disallow banned stages from being played on at all regardless of the rule. | *The Gentleman Rule: The most basic form of the rule dictates players may play on any stage, including banned stages, if all players in the match agree to it. While rarely actually used to play on banned stages (as even if a player wanted to play on a banned stage, it's highly unlikely the opponent would agree to it), the rule is often used by players in game one of sets to bypass stage striking (by a player suggesting a starter stage to just go to, typically [[Smashville]], which the opponent then agrees to or refuses and stage strikes). The rule also sees frequent use when a player faces off against a player of a much lower skill level (and usually much younger), where the player allows the lower skilled player to choose any stage they want to play on, whether as a sign of courtesy and/or the player not seeing their opponent as a threat and thus not caring about the stage chosen. The rule is near universally seen, and even if the rules don't explicitly allow it, players often enact the rule regardless of if it's written in the rules or not. While TOs usually don't impose any restrictions on the Gentleman Rule, they may occasionally explicitly disallow banned stages from being played on at all regardless of the rule. | ||