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I wrote a thread on the topic that I feel is still quite relevant. Tiers DO matter, but at the same time it depends on what you want out of playing Smash. Do you want to be a top level tournament player someday? Do you just want to beat your friends? It all depends on you really.

We're only semi-legit? ;-;

As fun as 3v3 and 4v4 are (although played at a high level camping in these modes is actually the ideal strategy so it would be incredibly boring to watch) I don't think they would have any involvement with the future of crew battles.

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Old thread for reference: http://smashboards.com/threads/lucas-roy-ryu-1-0-8-community-patch-notes.406319/

Its that time again. Patch broke our replays so there are balance changes that Nintendo slipped in without telling us (as if they would ever tell us lol). Post the changes you don't think are placebo here until a mod with more willingness to create an actual updated OP comes along! From what...

OR How about a 5 man crew with one person being labeled as a "captain." If you beat the team captain you're awarded 2 points instead of just one. Would give increased hype/comeback mechanic.

I was thinking tennis style, 1v1 2v2 then 1v1. Each is best of one worth 1 point. Fixed stage ordering announced beforehand, starter-starter-cp (to add a bit of freedom and variety). And to the earlier comment, crews allows you to get hype about a whole team of people instead of just one...

The reason why this wouldn't work is because of pacing, hassle, and too much going on at once. I did however experiment with making a custom stage where there are barrels and a platform underneath the stage. The idea was that you'd choose 4v4 and everyone would wait their turn underneath the...

I believe people have done a fantastic job of adequately answering this question.

The future of Smash 4 is crew battles. The scene now has plenty of Smash 4 gaming teams: VGBC, CT, NME, Panda Global, iQHQ, MVG, Gameworks. Crew battles with these gaming teams and with established crews of unsponsored players can be incredibly hype for the players, the spectators, and the...

I want to merge this with the other customs thread but I don't know how. @Shaya come rescue me!

This doesn't take away anything from the posts here, but I did hear from several players that Captain Awesum was a less-than-kind player himself. In particular, I heard he had some vitriolic words towards K9, a well known hot-head, after beating him. Something along the lines of "You're one of...

Players are notorious for being very bad at verbalizing or even understanding their own opinions. That said, I think most of the players are against it because they overcentralize the game when they are strong. Playing against a villager versus a trip seed a villager is a hole different...

Based on the general sentiments of the vast majority of the players I've talked to, I think customs are dead in the water. The only possible chance customs have rely on Amazing Ampharos' set list doing one of two things: 1) Simply don't have sets with "OP" custom moves OR 2) Any time an "OP"...