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Update: I added a part for behavior specifically on online battles regarding lag and its effects, since they can interfere so much with an otherwise normal game.

In Brawl there have been a lot of debates over what qualifies as a win. I personally have endured countless matches with people (I wont mention any names, but you know who you are) who think that as long as the game says "This player wins" then it must have been a valid and fair fight.

But there are some situations that put one player or another at a huge disadvantage or otherwise make them fight differently than an honorable match could be defined by. Here are some simple instructions on how to keep your matches clean and play in a way that wont have people calling you a ***** afterwards.


First, the rules in one on one.

1. If you use the same move over and over, thats fair game. If the enemy can't do anything about it, they deserve to lose.

2. Items go either all on, most on, or all off. A game whith just smash ball or just starman is not a real game.

3. If your enemy is standing in one place or dodging without attacking you, it means they are either Away From Console or they are requesting a temporary Cease Fire. Generally this means they are trying to say something in Chatbox and you're not listening.

4. LKO's. A Lag K.O. Is a knockout caused when someone kills themself with little or no help at all from their opponent. They try to recover, but the command lag makes it so that they press double jump and then fall out of the bottom of the screen, their character having made no attempt at all to get back up. Good sportsmanship dictates you try and keep the field even when this happens. If your enemy was at low damage, commit suicide once so the game stays fair. You do not have to do this if your enemy was already at high (100+) damage.

5. Respect your oppenent. As long as both players follow these guidelines, then it was a fair fight. Maybe they did just get lucky, but either way, you have to respect that either A) they beat you and you just need to accept that. Don't be a sore loser. Or B) You beat them. Big deal. There is no sportsmanship in gloating about your win.

The Fracking lag part

This Fracking part is to be fracking used when fracking lag interferes with your match to the extent that your sentences are full of "frack" in an attempt to both express anger and insult Battlestar Galactica at the same time.

1. Fracking Command Delay: There are times when a vital move did not go through because a delay on your commands made it so that you pressed the buttons but you were dead before anything happened. With the exception of LKO's (mentioned above), you need to accept this as part of the match that everyone will always experience. Welcome to online gaming.

2. Fracking Lag spikes: If you ever get into one of those Lag Spikes where it looks more like a slideshow than a fighting game, you have one of two options. One is to sit at the side and wait it out. Don't try to fight in those cir***stances because you can't know if your enemy is being affected more than you are. Just sit tight and wait until the lag passes. If it seems that the lag is not going to end, communicate with your opponent in Chatbox, or if you must, using taunt messages. I have a message that says "Game Over" that can be interpereted in multiple ways. I use it just before I finish off an enemy, and I always use it before I use a "no contest" to end a laggy match so the enemy can have a chance to say something if they'd like.


Past that, anything goes. I have never been sore after being beaten by someone who did these things, and I follow these myself at every opportunity.

Free For All Battles are different.

A 3 person free for all is not a real game of Brawl. It can be fun, but no measure of skill comes from it, because every time 2 people gang up on the third and then have a 1 on 1 after that person has died.

In a 4 person free for all, it can really get random. Only the strongest will survive. If you're in the top 2, good for you, if you're in the bottom 2, go practice more or try again.


Team Battles..


Pretty much follow all 1 on 1 battle rules except for life stealing.

If you are knocked out before your teammate, do not steal a life without permission.

If you are on while your teammate gets killed, find a safe place and use a taunt or similar signal indicating that its okay to give one up. If you don't want to sack one of your lives, thats okay, but you're really better off with 1 life and a teammate than 2 lives and without.

Hopefully this will get down the excess number of people that gloat over an unsportsmanlike win and refuse to play a fair rematch.

And yes, since most of you will ask, I am mainly posting this because I am pissed about noobs that steal a lucky win in a rigged match and won't shut up about it or play a rematch afterwards. You know who you are.

lol...wow.

i think an honorable win is only achieved in a time match. whoever has the best kill/death ratio wins. that crowns the winner, and theres sudden death. so yeah...thats my opinion.

Sudden death is always won by ranged characters, and some people dislike time matches because they're a breeding ground for people who KS and aside from that they're geared towards powerful characters like Bowser or DK as opposed to weak fast ones like Shiek or Lucario because they have a harder time dishing a killing blow. Thats just IMO though.

i think time battles are the legit way to go as far as far as actually winning a match by ur stats. and sudden death is really cheap, i agree, but if youre actually good with a power house like bowser or dk and end up in sudden death against someone like pit, you shouldnt feel uncomfortable. im not uncomfy at all with bowser in SD.

Pit has no power in his ranged attacks. I am speaking specifically about Zelda, Samus, and Lucario when I say that.

You can't deny though that playing timed matches is geared more towards the characters that can more easily kill in one hit. Some characters such as Lucario, Pit and other lack a heavy killing force in almost all of their moves that is almost omnipresent to Ganon, Bowser, and DK.

almost every character has the capability of knockouts in one hit, its just the heavyweights have the advantage in their slow movement, like the fast guys lack power in most their moves...but its still possible. i use sonic all the time against my buddys who get link, samus, and fox, all three who have great knockout power at around 70%, and i still finish number one or two. the trick is timing on ur hits on the ground, and setting up the aerial knockout.

I prefer 5 man survival. It's perfect. It's more about just 'making the kill' instead of 'how fast you can make the kill'.

stock is great, but sometimes ur buddies will be lame and just stay away from the action just to win the match.

To me simply to be a honorable player is simply to choose your moves...dont just button bash. If you know exactly what you are doing (like a strategy) then you are playing fair.

If you say that then people can try to get away with anything and call it a fair win. If someone is button mashing instead of playing well, they are not playing in an unfair way, they are just asking for a beating. My point is about people who do things like turn smash ball and no other items on and use a Final Smash for every K.O. they get. Me and Maka got into a huge argument over that (which thankfully got called to a truce eventually, and now we is pals :P)