wizrad
Smash Journeyman
Ryu needs to be banned. Why? I'll tell you right now.
First, Ryu has three versions of his neutral, up, and side specials. One for tapping B, one for holding B, and one for doing the original SFII inputs. This is unfair and unbalanced. No other character (that we haven't effectively banned) has the ability to modify their special moves in a customs off environment. In fact, no other character can change their custom moves in battle! Obviously, this gives Ryu an advantage that no other character can have, unbalancing him.
Why should we ban him instead of imposing restrictions? Any Ryu in any match can use any of its inputs at any time, and the game provides no way of regulating this. It would require too much effort to regulate mains of this character. In addition, this brings me to my second point:
Ryu is not a real character. Exhibit A: Ryu is added by DLC. So, he isn't really in the game. Exhibit B: Ryu is a third party character originating outside of Nintendo games. Thus, we should disregard him and anyone who considers him/herself a "Ryu main" (just listen to that, doesn't "Ryu main" just sound ridiculous?) and continue with banning the character for being unfair and unbalanced in a competitive, customs off environment.
Finally, I propose we also ban Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy, Sonic, Pac-Man, and Mega Man for not being real characters and Link, Toon Link, Pit, Dark Pit, Samus, Kirby, and Shulk for being able to change the attributes of one or more of their special moves even with customs off, making them hideously overpowered.
First, Ryu has three versions of his neutral, up, and side specials. One for tapping B, one for holding B, and one for doing the original SFII inputs. This is unfair and unbalanced. No other character (that we haven't effectively banned) has the ability to modify their special moves in a customs off environment. In fact, no other character can change their custom moves in battle! Obviously, this gives Ryu an advantage that no other character can have, unbalancing him.
Why should we ban him instead of imposing restrictions? Any Ryu in any match can use any of its inputs at any time, and the game provides no way of regulating this. It would require too much effort to regulate mains of this character. In addition, this brings me to my second point:
Ryu is not a real character. Exhibit A: Ryu is added by DLC. So, he isn't really in the game. Exhibit B: Ryu is a third party character originating outside of Nintendo games. Thus, we should disregard him and anyone who considers him/herself a "Ryu main" (just listen to that, doesn't "Ryu main" just sound ridiculous?) and continue with banning the character for being unfair and unbalanced in a competitive, customs off environment.
Finally, I propose we also ban Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy, Sonic, Pac-Man, and Mega Man for not being real characters and Link, Toon Link, Pit, Dark Pit, Samus, Kirby, and Shulk for being able to change the attributes of one or more of their special moves even with customs off, making them hideously overpowered.