Australian Smash Ultimate Senate

Following the trial period of the last few months, the Australian unified ruleset will be officially used for all future Australian majors, including #BAM12. Additionally, all scenes bar Sydney will be running the unified ruleset at monthlies and weeklies.

Conclusion: Although the percentage of participants supporting the ban has decreased from the initial poll conducted a year ago (from 70% to 60%), there is still not a strong enough sentiment to lift the ban. Therefore, the Steve ban will continue to be upheld.

While some states, such as Victoria (VIC) and Western Australia (WA), had close votes, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD) showed strong support for the ban. Overall, there was a difference of 37 votes in favor of the ban, with 50 votes being indifferent.

Poll Results: A total of 363 participants from all states voted in this poll. Upon analysing the raw data, we found that the majority of states favoured maintaining the ban, with the exceptions of South Australia (SA) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

From May 20th to May 27th, the tournament organizers (TOs) of Ausmash conducted a re-evaluation poll regarding the ban on the character Steve. Based on the results, the TOs have collectively agreed to uphold the Steve ban for the foreseeable future.

Statement on Steve Ban Re-Evaluation in the Australian Smash Community:

Announcing the Unified Stagelist V2; the stagelist agreed upon by the TOs of all the State communities in Australia. Majors will all run this list from today, and we encourage all locals to do the same for consistency across all our scenes.

'you cant just ban steve because you think hes broken without the results/data to back it up' actually we can do whatever we want because its a video game and u can just make up the rules

@YANA41701500 Whats updog?

@AusSmashSenate Even if i hate fight sonic from everything else in this game THAT NOT MAKE ME WANT HIM BANNED

Steve is Banned from Australian Tournaments Read: twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss91h1

You're welcome Australia

@WDBTHtGP @SSBGhost @Jix_SSB

@AusSmashSenate Who are the specific Steve players who hurt Australia so I can follow them 🫡

This marks the complete removal of Yoshi’s Story and Unova from use in Australia with the standardisation toward character first before every game and a 7 minute timer.

Following the trial period of the last few months, the Australian unified ruleset will be officially used for all future Australian majors, including #BAM12. Additionally, all scenes bar Sydney will be running the unified ruleset at monthlies and weeklies.

Kizzabam was permanently banned on 20/01/2020 for sexual assault. This information was originally meant to be made public by past TOs closer to the time it happened, but was not announced as planned, so we are amending this by announcing it today.

Releasing the Australian Smash Code of Conduct and Tipping Line, we're hoping to use this process to combat the problems of abuse in the smash scene that were highlighted earlier this year. Code of Conduct: docs.google.com/document/d/1wI… Tipping Line: docs.google.com/forms/d/1nlde0…

If you organise events in Australia and would like to be a signatory feel free to send a DM to this account, DMs are open

We've gathered a Code of Conduct Panel of trusted community members to tackle abuse, mistreatment and allegations within the scene, TOs from each state to sign onto the document as signatories, and a tipping line where victims can come forward in a discreet way anonymously or not