Nicknyte
Smash Lord
Result of thread here: http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=14005787&postcount=0
Before I start, I will politefully ask my Melee Brethen to not troll, demean, or underrule this topic. I am very serious about this, and I would like some respect with this. Its rather important to me. Basically, if you come in here saying "You shouldn't have Brawl at all," I will just ban you from NYTE, and be done with you. Period. (Really, I will. You can appeal it by writing a 1 page double spaced essay in MLA format explaining why The Brawl community deserves to be a legitimate community compared to Melee with 2 work cited references.)
Anyway, if some of you may know, the Unity ruleset has permabanned MK after Jan 9th, after Apex. This directly affects NYTE, since the tournament currently is supposed to be done with the unity ruleset. I have gotten notices from other smashers across the country asking for MK to be legal in this tournament, including M2K himself. I understand the MK players postition. I would not favor having my favorite character, Luigi, banned for any reason, just because he would be better than the rest of the cast, especially if I like the character because he is just friggin awesome and I am a fan of it. This is how we pick characters. Although I mainly come from the Melee side, each of the players in AZ have characters we play from our hearts. I with Luigi, Vectorman with Yoshi, Taj with Mewtwo, Silly Kyle for Peach, and Axe with Pikachu. We wouldn't want these characters to be banned one day and honestly, I feel that it isn't fair.
Likewise, I think MK is a over powered character. He has not real competition except Diddy, and only a few players in the Brawl community know how to play Diddy enough to actually fight against him. It's tough. I know, but if there is one thing the Arizona Brawl community has been able to handle, is the onslaught of Metaknights that tend to enter the state. Although Darklink here is our #1, Silly Kyle beats him in tournaments as well, and he's our #2, and he plays Peach of all characters. We know how to get around it.
I won't say if I am for or against the ban. I will say I understand that the overpopulation of MK's by those who do not actually like the character but use him to just win, ruins the spirit of the game, and in fact, screws up with the metagame. Instead of versatility, we have MK and the rest of the cast. If you take a look at Gen2's or Pound5's Top 25 lists, you can see why the ban was in consideration in the first place. I can't believe that that many people want to play MK for real, instead of for victory. There is nothing wrong with trying to win at any means necessary, but the community is getting saturated with it.
This is where you come in. NYTE is a regional, not a national, or intercontinental, or international (although Mexico might come). It is mainly for the Southwest communities of Texas, the 4 Corners states, and OK. I wan't to hear your opinion on this. I want to know if the Southwest wants MK, or doesn't, because the decision could come from me, but I don't want to hold anything without the Southwest Brawl community's thoughts on it. In January, after Apex, I will hold a poll to see if you guys want to have MK banned at NYTE, and thats when I will have my decision, but for now, I want your guys opinion.
TL;DR: Do you think MK should be banned at NYTE, and why?
Anyway, if some of you may know, the Unity ruleset has permabanned MK after Jan 9th, after Apex. This directly affects NYTE, since the tournament currently is supposed to be done with the unity ruleset. I have gotten notices from other smashers across the country asking for MK to be legal in this tournament, including M2K himself. I understand the MK players postition. I would not favor having my favorite character, Luigi, banned for any reason, just because he would be better than the rest of the cast, especially if I like the character because he is just friggin awesome and I am a fan of it. This is how we pick characters. Although I mainly come from the Melee side, each of the players in AZ have characters we play from our hearts. I with Luigi, Vectorman with Yoshi, Taj with Mewtwo, Silly Kyle for Peach, and Axe with Pikachu. We wouldn't want these characters to be banned one day and honestly, I feel that it isn't fair.
Likewise, I think MK is a over powered character. He has not real competition except Diddy, and only a few players in the Brawl community know how to play Diddy enough to actually fight against him. It's tough. I know, but if there is one thing the Arizona Brawl community has been able to handle, is the onslaught of Metaknights that tend to enter the state. Although Darklink here is our #1, Silly Kyle beats him in tournaments as well, and he's our #2, and he plays Peach of all characters. We know how to get around it.
I won't say if I am for or against the ban. I will say I understand that the overpopulation of MK's by those who do not actually like the character but use him to just win, ruins the spirit of the game, and in fact, screws up with the metagame. Instead of versatility, we have MK and the rest of the cast. If you take a look at Gen2's or Pound5's Top 25 lists, you can see why the ban was in consideration in the first place. I can't believe that that many people want to play MK for real, instead of for victory. There is nothing wrong with trying to win at any means necessary, but the community is getting saturated with it.
This is where you come in. NYTE is a regional, not a national, or intercontinental, or international (although Mexico might come). It is mainly for the Southwest communities of Texas, the 4 Corners states, and OK. I wan't to hear your opinion on this. I want to know if the Southwest wants MK, or doesn't, because the decision could come from me, but I don't want to hold anything without the Southwest Brawl community's thoughts on it. In January, after Apex, I will hold a poll to see if you guys want to have MK banned at NYTE, and thats when I will have my decision, but for now, I want your guys opinion.
TL;DR: Do you think MK should be banned at NYTE, and why?