Recent content by LatexRhombus

I fully support the notion lol rating systems not only prevent certain biases in seedings and what not, but they actually automatically create some friendly rivalries which is something than can help new players get involved and stick with it along with that, they work in the favor of...

although i personally doubt the ability to "convert" brawl players to the competitive melee scene, there definitely doesn't need to be an argument about whether people think melee is perfect... that being said, completely new players are more likely to want to play brawl because it is newer...

not sure how many brawl players would go melee aside from the ones who already play it since there are obviously pretty different appeals; however, if people can attract brawl players, the benefit is they are already accustomed to the way the community works and what not, which would logically...

realistically, i don't think project M would ever get a big base of people to play it. melee players have melee, brawl players have brawl, imo project m doesn't really have a base of people who want it to replace the game they play. i have no objections to people spending so much time to hack...

although the bigger pots, obviously makes tournaments bigger, i think it serves to attract higher level players opposed to new ones, who i believe are more likely to start out getting involved with small local tournaments with low entry fees and low payouts, as opposed to traveling to more...

epic idea. that would definitely serve to bring people back and keep them interested early on when they are more likely to become frustrated and feel like they're throwing away all them moniez also, what lovage said, pools and the like might even be more significant in smaller tournies; not...

its rough paying for a tourney and getting knocked out in 2 games to players way above your level without any form of pools or swiss or anything; more of that definitely needs to be incorporated to make things more fair for the newer players, rather than spending so much effort focusing on...

sigh, the melee scene around is much deader than it was way back when, which surprises me although it makes perfect sense so aside from casually playing jmoan from time to time, i think i'll just go back to inactivity because i do not believe there is much of a future left, or at least not...

comments like this are why new players won't be joining/staying in the community anytime soon

yea, i know what you're saying, i just don't think "matchup distortion" is a significant issue...its not like the matchups are meant to only be one certain way; stages have a big impact on any matchup which i dont think is a bad thing...to me at least, it adds more depth and is more fun and...

i just don't undersatnd what you think is inherently wrong with matchups being differnt on different stages, isn't that a given? isn't that part of the fun of the game? of course the matchups are different on different stages, please stop making that argument.

cool idea, but way too slow

be warned. zelda can transform into sheik.

they're the same guy, more than likely.

well it's another potential incentive. since many players aren't really viable to compete for money, some form of ranking system that would give points to all tournaments registered on smash boards, perhaps by region, would offer some form of motivation for lower players. rather than have to...