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The concept was simple enough: add stages each season until a solid, community made, stage list could be created. However, the fatal flaw that got overlooked was, simply, the time consumption. After hearing mostly mixed reviews from members of the community it has come time to re-adjust the stagelist. Keep in mind absolutely no set of stages will make everyone happy, as the philosophies for which stages should be allowed are incredibly varied.

Starting today (with the official rules to be updated sometime today or tomorrow) we will be reverting to the stage list from last season with a few notable exceptions. Lylat Cruise will be listed as a counter-pick instead of neutral. In addition to this, Distant Planet and Norfair have also been added to the list of counter-picks. Finally, both players are now allowed one "Personal Ban" for their set, in which a stated stage may not be played at any point. This will be the final stage list for this season with no other adjustments to be made.

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Continue reading Ladder Rule Update and a Welcome to the New Staff!

New Years is behind us and we have finished the Holiday Ladder and officially begun the AllisBrawl's Winter Ladder season! Like the Fall Ladder Season the Winter Ladder will have cash prizes and a playoff. The Winter Ladder will run until March 31st, 11:59pm PT.

As announced last week we are looking for people who want to help out with ladder coverage. Applications will be accepted until next Wednesday, January 7th. Once again, we are looking for both video and written content of the ladder, so if you can help out and have the time to do one article every two weeks, then go ahead and send a private message addressed to AlphaZealot.

Click "Continue Reading" to view the details about prizes, the playoffs, rule changes, and other information.

Continue reading Winter Ladder Details! The Ladder has Begun!

Ally beat out Sanoscy 3-1 in the Ladder Playoff Finals last night. Ally will take home the top prize of $200. In the consolation match Dabuz beat out Samboner for third place and $50. The Fall Ladder Playoffs was a first for AllisBrawl. After hearing feedback from the players both about the ladder and the playoffs there will be many changes made for next season to improve the user experience on the site. All the details regarding the new rules for the Winter Ladder, along with details about the Winter Ladder Playoffs, will be released on January 1st. If you haven't already heard then you can also read about the AiB vs GB Crew Battle that took place a few weeks ago. Here are final placements and prize distribution for the Fall Ladder Playoffs.

1. Ally - $200
2. Sanoscy - $100
3. Dabuz - $50
4. Samboner - $20 (or Wii points equivalent)
   

• Game 1: Ally (Snake) vs Sanoscy (Meta Knight) on Final Destination
• Game 2: Ally (Snake) vs Sanoscy (Meta Knight) on Final Destination
  
• Game 3: Ally (Meta Knight) vs Sanoscy (Meta Knight) on Final Destination
• Game 4: Ally (Snake) vs Sanoscy (Meta Knight) on Smashville
  

Want to Help AllisBrawl?

AllisBrawl is looking for volunteers to help with content for the Winter Ladder season. Volunteers should be active in the online community and be able to contribute one article for the site every two weeks as part of the AiB Ladder Content Staff. Volunteers who participate in the ladder will be given preference over those who do not. To submit an application send a private message addressed to AlphaZealot, include in the PM a few paragraphs about yourself (spelling and grammar count) that includes detail about your participation in the community and why you think you would be a good candidate to work for the site. We are looking for a total of three volunteers, two primarily for written content and one for video content (please note if you have video recording equipment). If you are accepted as part of the Ladder Content Staff then you will be granted a bolded name in the AiB chat rooms and given access to the AiB Content forum.

Click "continue reading" for the final standings from the Fall Ladder Playoffs.

Continue reading Congratulations to our Fall Ladder Playoff Champion-Ally

*Updated with characters for top 64*

The Fall Ladder has finally come to a close and what an exciting season it's been! Three months have passed since the start of the ladder and it's finally time to reward the top finishers for their hard work. This season's winner might come as a bit of a surprise, as Sean managed to rise over 15 positions from a week ago to take the top spot-making the leap to first in the final hours of the ladder last night. These are the badges that will be distributed this week to all of AiB's top players.

• 1st Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Champion Badge
• 2nd-4th Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Top 4 Badge
• 5th-8th Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Top 8 Badge
• 9th-16th Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Top 16 Badge
• 17th-32nd Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Top 32 Badge
• 33rd-64th Place: 2008 Fall Ladder Top 64 Badge

The players who finished in the top 8 will been sent invitations to join the AllisBrawl Pro Lounge and the top 3 players will have beach balls made in their name. Overall 3,107 players signed up for the ladder and competed in 43,456 sets, that is approximately 7,250 hours of online Brawl or the equivalent of running sets back to back for over 300 straight days. There was an 18% increase in the number of participants and a 42% increase in number of matches played over the Fall Season.

Click "continue reading" to learn who finished where, some interesting statistics about the ladder, and some information regarding the AiB Fall Playoffs.

Continue reading Congratulations to our Fall Ladder Champion, Sean!

Welcome to the fifth Weekly Ladder Update! After 4 straight weeks at the top of the rankings Clouderz has finally lost his spot to last seasons Ladder Champion. Over 2,250 people have now joined the ladder, showing even more that the players who have kept steady at the top are the cream of the crop. Keep an eye on these players and others as they compete for playoff positioning, badges, and ultimately $370 in prizes!

Ladder Rankings

1. [2]Ally (158 – 22): Snake
2. [5]samboner (44 – 4): Fox
3. --[3]HolyNightmare (170 – 14): ROB
4. [1]Clouderz (36 – 8): Meta Knight
5. [4]bloohaha (117 – 27): Meta Knight
6. [15]SK92 (35 – 5): Falco
7. [NR]Kolbie (61 – 0): Meta Knight
8. [6]Weruop (88 – 26): Olimar
9. [12]Tapion (62 – 13): Snake
10. [22]Dannykat (110 – 9): Marth
11. [NR]NessFTW (51 – 5): Ness
12. [7]Jumpman__ (69 – 15): Wolf
13. [NR]SOUP (30 – 5): Toon Link
    
14. [9]Meltdown_XYZ (58 – 9): Game and Watch
15. [8]Snakeee (42 – 13): Zero Suit Samus
    
16. [NR]Romeo123 (20 – 3): Meta Knight
    
17. [10]Amari (25 – 10): Toon Link
    
18. [30]co18 (97 – 34): King Dedede
    
19. [20]Znake (73 – 27): Snake
20. [32]Atomsk (70 – 14): King Dedede
    
21. [26]AlphaZealot (50 – 9): Diddy Kong
    
22. [NR]nabster92 (64 – 18): Marth
23. --[23]Zuji (84 – 12): Lucario
24. [NR]proCell (30 – 13): Snake
25. [14]ScarletRose (30 – 6): Meta Knight
    
26. [17]Master Raven (51 – 14): Meta Knight
    
27. [NR]ANTi23D (34 – 5): Wolf
28. [NR]CHOMPY (97 – 30): Pokemon Trainer
    
29. [16]Vex Kasrani (21 – 8): Bowser
30. [NR]dabuz (80 – 35): Olimar
31. [NR]ChromePirate (80 – 47): Diddy Kong
    
32. [21]Dazed_and_Confused (44 – 13): Fox

• : Moved up from last week
  
• : Moved down from last week
• --: Retained the same position from last week
• [NR]: Was Not Ranked from last week

Continue reading Weekly Ladder Update #5 and MK Challenge Results!

Welcome to the fourth Weekly Ladder Update! This week there are two new names in the top 5 (Ally and HolyNightmare) but Clouderz is still holding on to the top spot for the 4th week in a row. Ally is fast on his heels though, could we see last seasons Ladder Champion take over the top spot now that he was switched from Falcon to Snake? Most of last weeks top 32 have remained in tact, but with almost 2,000 having joined the ladder the competition to retain those positions will be extremely high. For the first time ever a female has appeared in the rankings, ScarletRose is undefeated at #14. Keep a look out for these players and others as they compete for playoff positioning, badges, and ultimately $370 in prizes!

Ladder Rankings

1. --[1]Clouderz (33 – 6): Meta Knight
2. [13]Ally (103 - 20 ): Snake
3. [8]HolyNightmare (90 – 10): ROB
4. [5]bloohaha (79 – 21): Meta Knight
5. [2]samboner (24 – 2): Fox
6. --[6]Weruop (66 – 18): Olimar
7. [4]Jumpman__ (60 – 13): Wolf
8. [7]Snakeee (37 – 11): Zero Suit Samus
9. [22]Meltdown_XYZ (54 – 8): Game and Watch
10. --[10]Amari (16 – 5): Toon Link
11. [9]Aphro (44 – 20): King Dedede
12. [15]Tapion (49 – 12): Snake
13. [14]ViceGrip (136 – 20): Ness
14. [NR]ScarletRose (18 – 0): Meta Knight
15. [NR]SK92 (20 – 1): Falco
16. [11]Vex Kasrani (19 – 6): King Dedede
17. [16]Master Raven (48 – 14): Meta Knight
18. [NR]KishSquared (32 – 7): Bowser
19. [18]Jbandrew (57 – 25): King Dedede
20. [12]Znake (57 – 27): Snake
21. [32]Dazed_and_Confused (38 – 10): Fox
22. [21]Dannykat (64 – 8): Marth
23. --[23]Zuji (66 – 12): Lucario
24. [20]Sean (84 – 24): Meta Knight
25. [19]OS1 (42 – 12): Meta Knight
26. [27]AlphaZealot (33 – 7): Diddy Kong
27. [26]NickOfTime (59 – 20): Wolf
28. [NR]hunger (51 – 37): Wario
29. [NR]Basic Sausage (38 – 11): King Dedede
30. [17]co18 (59 – 19): King Dedede
31. [25]UnholyDeath123 (31 – 7): Snake
32. [NR]Atomsk (47 – 13): King Dedede

• : Moved up from last week
  
• : Moved down from last week
• --: Retained the same position from last week
• [NR]: Was Not Ranked from last week
  

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Continue reading Weekly Ladder Update #4 and the Introducing the MK Challenge!

Welcome to the third Weekly Ladder Update! Bloohaha is the only new name in the top 5 after he moved up 5 positions from number 10. Over 1,500 people have now signed up for the ladder and a chance at $370 in prizes. Here are the top 32 for this week.

1. --[1]Clouderz (28 – 4): Meta Knight
2. --[2]samboner (24 – 2): Fox
3. [4]Jinx101 (56 – 0): Wolf
4. [3]Jumpman__ (60 – 13): Wolf
5. [10]bloohaha (54 – 17): Meta Knight
   
6. [11]Weruop (36 – 10): Olimar
7. [5]Snakeee (30 – 8): Zero Suit Samus
8. [6]HolyNightmare (35 – 4): ROB
9. [8]Aphro (43 – 20): King Dedede
10. [16]Amari (13 – 4): Toon Link
11. [9]Vex Kasrani (19 – 5): King Dedede
12. --[12]Znake (45 – 17): Snake
13. [15]Ally (41 – 11): Falcon
14. [25]ViceGrip (104 – 16): Ness
15. [14]Tapion (46 – 12): Snake
16. [7]Master Raven (46 – 14): Meta Knight
17. [13]co18 (48 – 8): King Dedede
18. [17]Jbandrew (51 – 20): Luigi
19. [27]OS1 (41 – 11): ROB
20. [18]Sean (79 – 18): Meta Knight
    
21. [24]Dannykat (64 – 8): Marth
22. [NR]Meltdown_XYZ (32 – 4): Game and Watch
    
23. [20]Zuji (60 – 10): Lucario
24. [26]Recipherus (79 – 21): Snake
25. [NR]UnholyDeath123 (26 – 5): Snake
26. [32]NickOfTime (48 – 14): Wolf
27. [NR]AlphaZealot (28 – 6): Diddy Kong
    
28. [22]Silfer (34 – 26): Sheik/Zelda
29. [19]ANTi23D (27 – 2): King Dedede
30. [23]bassem6 (39 – 30): Wario
31. [NR]kolbie232 (82 – 19): Meta Knight
    
32. [28]Dazed_and_Confused (31 – 8): Fox

Continue reading Weekly Ladder Update #3

Welcome to the second Weekly Ladder Update! This update is a few days late because I've been moving into a new apartment, the next one will occur on schedule this coming Friday, September 19th. There was a lot of movement at the top of the ladder this week, including two new names in the top 5-Jumpman__ and Snakeee. Almost 1,500 people have now signed up for the ladder and a chance at $370 in prizes. Here are the top 32 for this week.

1. --[1]Clouderz (27 – 4): Meta Knight
   
2. --[2]samboner (24 – 2): Fox
   
3. [21]Jumpman__ (58 – 13): Wolf
   
4. [5]Jinx101 (52 – 0): Wolf
   
5. [NR]Snakeee (27 – 5): Zero Suit Samus
   
6. [10]HolyNightmare (35 – 4): ROB
   
7. [3]Master Raven (45 – 11): Meta Knight
   
8. [4]Aphro (38 – 15): King Dedede
   
9. [11]Vex Kasrani (19 – 5): King Dedede
   
10. [NR]bloohaha (36 – 15): Meta Knight
    
11. [NR]Weruop (21 – 5): Olimar
    
12. [14]Znake (38 – 14): Snake
    
13. --[13]co18 (48 – 8): King Dedede
    
14. [7]Tapion (44 – 12): Snake
    
15. [9]Ally (39 – 11): Captain Falcon
    
16. [NR]Amari (10 - 3): Toon Link
    
17. [NR]Jbandrew (44 – 15): Luigi
    
18. [NR]Sean (72 – 13): Meta Knight
    
19. [28]ANTi23D (26 – 0): King Dedede
    
20. [8]Zuji (55 – 10): Lucario
    
21. [NR]KishSquared (21 – 2): Bowser
    
22. [16]Silfer (34 – 26): Sheik/Zelda
    
23. [18]bassem6 (39 – 30): Wario
    
24. [12]Dannykat (50 – 5): Marth
    
25. [20]ViceGrip (71 – 15): Ness
    
26. [15]Recipherus (54 – 21): Snake
    
27. [NR]OS1 (27 – 6): ROB
    
28. [NR]Dazed_and_Confused (30 – 8): Fox
    
29. [NR]hunger (44 – 31): Wario
    
30. [NR]Renegade TX2000 (11 – 1): Ike
    
31. [NR]Masknight (10 – 1): Meta Knight
    
32. [NR]NickOfTime (37 – 12): Wolf

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Continue reading Weekly Ladder Update #2

The first week of Smash Trivia is over. A lot was learned from the first session held tonight at 9:00pm EST and next week there will be some changes and improvements! Here are the questions and winners from this week.

• (Q1): Who were the top 3 players in Singles at Melee FC:D in order of placements (1st-3rd)? (A): Mew2King, PC Chris, ChuDat. (Winner): Hot_ArmS
• (Q2): Approximately how many live tournaments have used the tio program for bracket management (answer within 20 tournaments)? (A): 1015-1055. (Winner): ALLSTAR41
  
• (Q3): What was the second team to ever defeat Ken and Isai in a set and at what tournament did it happen? (A): Wes and PC Chris at MLG Meadowlands (or New York) 2006. (Winner): None
• (Q4): What are the only two tournaments ChuDat defeated Ken at? (A): MLG Chicago and Super Champ Combo. (Winner): Hugs
• (Q5): How many people were at the largest Smash tournament, Axis? (A): Depending on your source, either 302 or 303 is acceptable. (Winner): Big_Black
• (Q6): Approximately how many online tournaments have been held through AiB? (A): Between 1000-1200 was accepted. (Winner): Olimarman
• (Q7): Name the first national tournament Mew2King won in singles? (A): Melee FCD. (Winner): Sean
• (Q8): When was Brawl released in the US? (A): March 9^th, 2008. (Winner): Duff
• (Q9): What move of Donkey Kong’s does not suffer from stale moves? (A): His F-Throw. (Winner): Hugs
• (Q10): Who defeated M2K at XIIesticle and what characters did they use? (A): Ninjalink with Diddy and ChuDat with Kirby. (Winner): Nintendude1189

All the winners listed here should have recieved the Smash Trivia Amatuer badge! If you for some reason did not, then please send AlphaZealot a PM to have it corrected.

Next week will be held at a different time and a different room!

Tonight at 9:00pm EST in the match-making chat room will be the first session for AllisBrawl weekly trivia. Take a break from your ladder matches, grab some food, and relax with AlphaZealot for an hour long question and answer period. After the session is over AlphaZealot will stay for some matches, if you want a chance at winning the Staff Slayer badge, tonight is the night for you!

Once again, there will be badges given out for those who can correctly answer questions. The number of questions you've answered right will carry over from week to week, so if you get 2 correct this week, and 3 correct next week, you will receive the Trivia Veteran Badge.

• Smash Trivia Amatuer-100 points for correctly answering 1 question
• Smash Trivia Veteran-200 points for correctly answering 5 questions
• Smash Trivia Expert-400 points for correctly answering 10 questions

Good luck to everyone who participates, the questions, answers, and winners will be posted in this announcement following completion of the session.

Do you think you know a lot about Smash? How much do you know about the community's tournament history? Can you name the top 4 players from 2005? Do you know who won TG6 or who Matt Deezie is? Can you name two moves in Brawl that don't suffer from move decay? If you know the answer to questions liike these then our Weekly Smash Trivia Challenge is for you.

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Continue reading Think you Know a lot About Smash? Give Smash Trivia a Try!

Welcome to the very first Weekly Ladder Update! This week we used the final rankings from the Summer Season ladder to analyze player movement. So far nearly 1,000 people have signed up for the Fall Ladder and have played almost 3,000 sets-roughly double the pace of last season.  Players who make it into the top 32 will have their name shown here on the front page of AllisBrawl, so congratulations to the first batch of players to make it in!

1. [3]-Clouderz (19 – 1)
2. [NR]-samboner (16 – 1)
3. [11]-Master Raven (32 – 3)
4. [91]-Aphro (24 – 7)
5. [21]-Jinx101 (32 - 0)
6. [NR]-dapown (31 – 11)
7. [14]-Tapion (29 – 7)
8. [17]-Zuji (34 – 4)
9. [1]-Ally (29 – 8)
10. [2]-HolyNightmare (24 – 4)
11. [33]-Vex Kasrani (14 – 4)
12. [7]-Dannykat (26 – 2)
13. [28]-co18  (28 – 5)
14. [29]-Znake (21 – 10)
15. [30]-Recipherus  (19 – 5)
16. [NR]-Silfer (18 – 11)
17. [NR]-AcidtoneX58 (21 -  3)
18. [19]-bassem6 (15 – 10)
19. [48]-snadmonkey (13 – 4)
20. [129]-ViceGrip (19 – 3)
21. [NR]-Jumpman__ (9 – 0)
22. [6]-MELITO (11 – 3)
23. [4]-Atomsk (24 – 4)
24. [79]-ksizzle4life (14 – 5)
25. [71]-egruntz (19 – 14)
26. [NR]-Captain Jadde (17 – 0)
27. [42]-perfectcell10 (16 – 8)
28. [8]-ANTi23D (12 – 0)
29. [NR]-Dark.Pch (10 – 2)
30. [NR]-Ace21 (6 – 0)
31. [64]-dabuz (9 – 3)
32. [35]-Kai973 (19 – 11)

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Continue reading Weekly Ladder Update #1

The Fall Ladder season is underway and hundreds have already signed up and logged matches. As promised today is the day we reveal the information on what this upcoming season has in store.

The first big announcement is that at the end of the season we will be running a playoff. The top 60 players on the ladder will make it in and the top 4 players will receive first round byes. The exact format of the playoff will be revealed at a later date.

AllisBrawl is also ramping up front page coverage for the Fall Ladder. Each week we will have a ladder update article covering player movement within the top 32. In addition to that we will be periodically releasing interviews with the players from last season's top 8.

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Continue reading Fall Ladder Information, Cash Prizes for Winners!

The Summer Ladder has finally come to a close and what an exciting season it's been! Three months have passed since the start of the ladder and it's finally time to reward the top finishers for their hard work. As revealed last week, players within the top 64 will be receiving some badges.

• 1st Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Champion Badge
• 2nd-4th Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Top 4 Badge
• 5th-8th Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Top 8 Badge
• 9th-16th Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Top 16 Badge
• 17th-32nd Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Top 32 Badge
• 33rd-64th Place: 2008 Summer Ladder Top 64 Badge

The players who finished in the top 8 have been sent invitations to the AllisBrawl Pro Lounge and the top 3 players will have beach balls made in their name. Overall 2,522 players signed up for the ladder and competed in 25,161 sets, thats approximately 5,000 hours of online Brawl or the equivilent of running sets back to back for over 200 straight days.

Click "Continue Reading" to see who made the cut!

Continue reading Congratulations to our Summer Ladder Champion, Ally!