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I was lead to believe that or you could have a lot of mains but no secondary...I was lead to believe that you only had a single main, and then a secondary.
I'm not criticising you for have a lot of mains. I have one main, but no secondary. A main is a character you put all your focus and energy into mastering; is that even possible with that many characters?
in Smash4 right now) and just focus on a smaller handful to pick from when friends challenge me main vs main (for that, I pick from depending on the matchup).
A main would be your MAIN character. Saying "My main character is (lists 13 characters)" doesn't work to the definition of the word.
I've typically had a "top five favorites" per game, with three that I considered my best, and one that I considered my main (Marth). But from a "I only play this character ever" stance, having a main at all is deliberately ignoring a huge portion of the game, in my opinion, so I try to at least play the majority of the roster "decently".
and , and the last two hardly count since they're so easy to be effective with at my level of play. Everyone else I've either been playing for six to fifteen years, or is pretty easy to pick up and play (in my opinion).
I understand, I have 6 different characters I like to goof off with, it's just when I here a number as high as that for mains only I just compare it to myself and how I would never be able to do such a thingI've typically had a "top five favorites" per game, with three that I considered my best, and one that I considered my main (Marth). But from a "I only play this character ever" stance, having a main at all is deliberately ignoring a huge portion of the game, in my opinion, so I try to at least play the majority of the roster "decently".
To use Wintropy's words, the only "Oh god what am I doing"-tier characters for me are
My "mains" are the characters I love the most. I have a large number because I only add to them with each game, and I have only ever lost one (with Snake being cut). I'm sorry if this doesn't fit someone else's specific criteria, but this is how I do things.
In Smash 64, Kirby was the character I went with from the start, once I unlocked Ness and Falcon, they fell into my mains.
In Melee, Mr. Game & Watch was the only newcomer that really got me, but I added Link to keep my mains even.
Brawl gave me a few, Olimar, Dedede, Meta Knight, Snake, all great characters that I loved.
While Smash 4 has taken away one of my mains, I also got many more with Pac-Man, Duck Hunt, Shulk, Robin, and Palutena.
So yes, I have thirteen mains. I don't think that's a lot, considering the size of the roster. Am I great with all of them? No, Captain Falcon is probably the worst of my mains, while I'm at my best with Olimar, but I still enjoy playing as them all. Had Snake not been cut, I would have fifteen mains, as to keep things even, R.O.B. is the next in line to be bumped up like Link was.
Though I have Ness as my "main main," that is mostly for consistency, as he's been in every game since the beginning. If I had to pick a single character to be my main (best with, use the most, is my favorite, etc) then it would be Snake, but of course...
Of course, I also have secondaries:
I'm not as strict with these but I've mostly kept them the same, they do change around some though.
It's not your definition of a main.
Took the words right out of my mouth, as usual haha! XD Thanks for explaining my thought process on mains in great detail, I'm glad we're on the same page once again. :3My interpretation is thusly:
"Main" refers to the character(s) you like the best and play most frequently. There is no arbitrary number to determine the optimal amount of "mains", but it's usually within the minority of characters you play.
"Secondary" refers to the character(s) you like to play, but not to the same extent as your "main". You can hold your own and choose to actively play them to some relatively proficient extent.
"Playabout" and "other" refers to the character(s) you can play, but don't generally choose to. The characters you wouldn't go out of your way to play in a serious match, but that you wouldn''t panic over if you got them randomly.
"Good god what I am doing" refers to the character(s) you just can't play and don't understand at all. I'm being facetious with this term, but it's okay to admit that there are characters you just don't like or can't play!
So, for me right now, my "mains" would be:
My "secondaries" would be:
My "playabouts" / "others" would be:
And then there's everybody else, really. That's just my interpretation, though, so do whatever you want to and enjoy doing it!
because they come from my three favourite games of all time, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Xenoblade Chronicles and Kid Icarus: Uprising respectfully.
But it seems you know what people mean when they ask you who your main is though, they're asking you who's your best character not your favorites and it wouldn't really make sense for you to name 15 different fighters knowing that someone only asked for 1 especially if you're knowingly answering it in a different context altogether
Main =/= best.
I noticed when you make profile here they ask you who your "main" is for each smash game, given your definition of "main" why is ness the only one I see?
If you had bothered to read my first post, then you would know the answer to that.
but my primaries are and since the latter 3 are all characters I'm trying to learn, and could eventually unseat as my true main. But I'd consider and as secondaries first and foremost.
That hits it pretty well. Especially in Smash4, I definitely feel like I play best on Ness or Marth. But Robin is my most-played and favorite character in Smash4 specifically, despite having thirteen years of experience playing Marth and fifteen years playing Ness and Captain Falcon. Which one does that make my main? Your answer might be Marth (he's the one I spent the most time with in past games). But if you ask me my main, then I'll certainly answer that it's Robin.
I did read it and I'm not trying to devalue all of the characters you use it would be hypocritical for me to do so because I have a very similar pattern with my characters throughout the series
The Smash community also bastardized the term "retro" to fit their own uses. Some people might use it that way, but that's just not how it works. I won't restrict myself to one character, that would just get boring, and I can use them all well enough anyway.
If you restrict yourself to one character and hate the rest of the roster, I can't take you seriously.
By that definition, I may as well be maining everyone. I try to win no matter who I use, and I play well with 99% of the roster.
I said it was my personal definition for a reason, as it's the one I go by. I wasn't trying to convince anyone, I was just sharing.
