HeavyLobster
Smash Champion
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So my kid brother hadn't played in tourney in months due to school/sports, and came out to our local weekly last night, and got to Winner's Finals by pulling out his pocket Bayonetta instead of playing Shulk, his main. After doing well with her, he wouldn't play her in Winner's Finals until he was down 2-0, and then came back to tie up the set before losing in game 5. He then refused to play Bayo at all in Loser's Finals, ultimately getting 3rd despite never having placed nearly that well before. Granted a lot of his success had to do with the fact that we're a small scene and his opponents didn't really have any MU experience, but I don't feel he should feel guilty about winning with a high tier, and I tried explaining that to him(though admittedly I play Ganondorf, so I might not be the best example here) but he didn't seem interested in listening, and admitted in the middle of the match that Bayo was "OP". While I don't think that thinking you have to play high tiers is a good mentality, it's also wrong to think that you're a bad person for playing a better character, or that you don't deserve success because of your character choice. How do we address these kinds of mentalities?
Here's the twitch stream for whoever's interested. He pulls out Bayo around 32:40
Here's the twitch stream for whoever's interested. He pulls out Bayo around 32:40