Brawl Tourney's

Super Smash Bros Brawl is a game that has the U.S. and Japan hosting tournaments for it. There are some very interesting rules and regulations surrounding them. For one, everybody plays with the gamecube controller (as do I) this comes from playing SSB Melee on the gamecube. Secondly, there are no items used. This I believe leads to an interesting discussion. Do items rig the match? Once upon a time I was Playing SSBB at a friends house and we were going one on one with no items...except the Smash Ball. Every K.O. that match was done by the Smash Ball, so I ended up losing even though when we went up against each other without items I was able to defeat him. Another very strict rule in Tourney's is the exclusion of Tier 1 characters like Meta Knight. He's banned from pretty much all tournaments because he's a "broken character" (broken character meaning that he's too good) 


You also are not allowed to "boost"
Boosting is a  bit tricky to do, but it is basically just cheating. Here's an example: You is Sonic. You is ascared of getting pwned by da noobs, so yous jump off the stage and use the homing attack to hit the bottom of the stage. You then do this over and over and over again so the other contestants can't fight youse. eventually, when there is one guy left (who has probably lost some lives) you stop using the home attack and fall down. When you return, you will probably have more lives than the opponent.
I personally have never been to a Brawl Tournament because I live in Australia, but one day I do hope to go to one.