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Amid growing concerns that Meta Knight was proving too dominant a force in ''Brawl'', to the point of centring the [[metagame]] around him, the URC held twice a poll to see whether smashers would be in favour of banning Meta Knight from all ''Brawl'' tournaments or not. The first poll failed, as the "pro-ban" side could not attain a supermajority over the "anti-ban" side; in the second poll, however, "pro-ban" ended up winning with a supermajority of 75%. In response, the URC announced in September of 2011 that Meta Knight would be banned from all ''Brawl'' tournaments, both in singles and doubles, with the ban to start in January 2012. | Amid growing concerns that Meta Knight was proving too dominant a force in ''Brawl'', to the point of centring the [[metagame]] around him, the URC held twice a poll to see whether smashers would be in favour of banning Meta Knight from all ''Brawl'' tournaments or not. The first poll failed, as the "pro-ban" side could not attain a supermajority over the "anti-ban" side; in the second poll, however, "pro-ban" ended up winning with a supermajority of 75%. In response, the URC announced in September of 2011 that Meta Knight would be banned from all ''Brawl'' tournaments, both in singles and doubles, with the ban to start in January 2012. | ||
Despite the widespread support for the ban, a number of top | Despite the widespread support for the ban, a number of top players stated that they would not support the Meta Knight ban, and that they would not attend any tournaments that used the URC's ruleset; in response, a number of major TOs chose to use their own rulesets instead of the URC's ruleset, as to encourage top players to not only enter their tournaments, but to increase the number of potential viewers on their streams and videos. Most significantly, {{Sm|Alex Strife}} refused to ban Meta Knight for [[Apex]], the biggest ''Brawl'' tournament series. A number of regions, however, continued to recognise the ban, leading to a fractured community where stage lists were different between regions owing to different legalities on Meta Knight; this was due to the fact that some stages strongly favoured Meta Knight's oppressive aerial, [[camping]], and [[shark]]ing game, such as [[Brinstar]] and [[Halberd]]. Furthermore, several players refused to travel to other regions, depending on whether or not Meta Knight was banned. These regions that kept Meta Knight banned however would eventually relegalize him, so that their region's players wouldn't lack crucial matchup experience against him and thus be ill-prepared for the major tournaments that kept him legal. Within a year of the URC putting the Meta Knight ban into action, Meta Knight being legal became the universal standard again, with few tournaments banning him after that point. | ||
The resultant fracture of the ''Brawl'' tournament scene following the ban on Meta Knight is seen as a tipping point for the URC, as its attempt to create a unified tournament scene had failed. The URC later disbanded in April 2012 in response to having lost favor of the community. | The resultant fracture of the ''Brawl'' tournament scene following the ban on Meta Knight is seen as a tipping point for the URC, as its attempt to create a unified tournament scene had failed. The URC later disbanded in April 2012 in response to having lost favor of the community. | ||
[[Category:Competitive play]] | [[Category:Competitive play]] | ||