Recent content by DarkBlade77

Personally, I don't think your issue is as relevant as you make it sound. There are plenty of factors in fighting games--and in Brawl--that are intrinsically tied into the system that are just as random in determining a match's outcome as items--even at high-level play. A definitive decision...

I missed the part where SRK is going to take tournament and game results from only games run by SRK as proof. Oh wait, they aren't. Oh right, that part where EVO is going to make banning decisions on 'logical deductions' instead of proof. I don't recall seeing that either. Smashboards...

It should. You can put out as many theories and predictions as you want, and they may have years of applicable experience or strong reasonable logic behind them, but the truth of fighting games is that you can never, ever consistently predict how the metagame will develop. That's the whole...

What was proven? Again, whatever Melee proved wasn't enough to ban items from its own system in competitive play. Uncontrollable explosions did. And it's not like items haven't changed in Brawl, either. How much does your offensive/control capability go up if you pick up a star wand? Beam...

Why is it a double-standard? This is comparing the concept of the best way to treat developing the metagame from a new(albeit successive) title in a game series. Time and time again, fighting games are introduced with new installments that change maybe a handful of characters and introduce...

Wow. 'Exact same game mechanics'... I have no idea how you can actually type that and seriously mean it. I think I covered this in my last post. The sole determinant factor in items getting banned as a whole was the fact that turning on any item enabled capsules/crates--and by proxy...

I don't really have a stance one way or another on them; I listed them because they along with hammers/starmen/etc are often the most complained about items, or the ones with the largest immediate impact on gameplay. Some people would argue otherwise, but hey, that's what testing is for.

Hi, I'm from SRK. I was curious what the opinions you guys held from this side were, since the opposing side of opinions obviously didn't have the same level of representation. I expected more people to come in and pose a stronger counter-argument. Reading your general responses though...