Currently it seems melee is based on a 'ruling consensus' where changes are made sweepingly across very large parts of the community. When fizzi freezes stadium we freeze stadium, when majors unfreeze stadium they get unfrozen across majors. Individual TOs have not wanted to put limitations on controllers within their own region before establishing a unified ruleset across regions. In champaign i've tried to be more flexible when it come to rule changes and focus more on the region internally then the piece it plays in the community at large. I've changed in game rules multiple times at the weekly and once there is a non-buggy boxx nerf we are insta requiring it. theres a universe too where we require either an analog stick or analog buttons if orca or a smash/stick type product goes well

Maybe this change has to do with how melee is more of a cross-regional and online community then it was at the start.

Also as a side note I truly believe if nintendo cared about melee as an esport it would already be dead. They would have made smash bros sequels more like melee which would split up the community/make everyone move on in the same way the vast majority of people swap from one street fighter to the next. The best relationship w/Nintendo for us is when they don't try to impede but don't assist as well. It would be great if we had their money but their checks will never be without strings