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Can a person really have "Multiple Mains?"
- Thread starter Zinger314
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Mr. M
Smash Journeyman
The real question is: Does it really matter? If someone wants to use multiple characters, and claim them all as their mains, then so be it. I don't see what the problem is.
Crying over nothing, man.
Crying over nothing, man.
Super Smash Master
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Who...Cares...?
Baka_Shade
Smash Apprentice
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Playing 4 characters out of 35 would make those one's main characters, yes.
xxhyosukexx
Smash Apprentice
doomy doom doom.
you can be proficient with many guys and not really have one "main"
you can be proficient with many guys and not really have one "main"
Coselm
Smash Ace
Well when you have hardly played the game, it is not that hard to be equally good with 4 characters.
Jeff Highwind
Smash Ace
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Basically you have a few alternates if people start to predict your playstyle. Kinda like in CvS2, I have 2 seperate teams depending on who's at the arcade at that point in time.
It is a bit of an oxymoron though. It should be Main & Alts.
It is a bit of an oxymoron though. It should be Main & Alts.
NickRiddle
#negativeNick
No, you cannot have more than one main. You can play more than one character, but the person you play the best and/or are most comfortable with is your main. /thread
Pikachu'sBlueWizardHat
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I don't "main" anyone, but Pikachu and Mario are the characters I use when I really want to win.
PsychoIncarnate
The Eternal Will of the Swarm
When people actually HAVE the game, they will separate the multiple characters they "Main' to their main main, and Alternates
People are using a more broad expression of the word since they don't have the game
People are using a more broad expression of the word since they don't have the game
M3tr01D
Smash Lord
This guy is wise beyond his post count.
yeah that would be nice....
Eer, what? How the heck is this either trolling or spam?
It's a serious question. I have a legit question, and I don't understand the rationale.
TheMadShrew
Smash Cadet
Yes.
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PsychoIncarnate
The Eternal Will of the Swarm
It's not really a serious question and really has nothing to do with Smash Bros.
It has more to do with people and their misuse of words...
It's still irrelevant and spam
Pikachu'sBlueWizardHat
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Actually there is a way to do that. It's called "don't reply to threads started by people who joined in 2008."
AquaTech
We hit the potjack
I thought a mains were characters that you were best with. So it seems like if you can play at the highest level with 6 different characters, they are all your mains.
So you'd call every thread about L-Canceling and Wavedashing spam, correct?
All these terms are related to SSBB. It's on topic.
PsychoIncarnate
The Eternal Will of the Swarm
They should be because they are not in Brawl.
Those would be considered Spam as well
Yukiwarashi
Smash Champion
Can a story really have multiple main characters?
Jeff Highwind
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Final Fantasy 3
Firestorm88
Smash Lord
To be good at Smash, you'll need a main as well as others you play very frequently to help you against counters to your main. I'd say that's maining more than one character. It's just a general term used to describe who you play most often as and are best with. I'm going to main Meta Knight and Toon Link for example. Ken in Melee could be thought of as maining Marth and Fox.
Yukiwarashi
Smash Champion
I know. I was just pointing out that the word "main" doesn't really have to belong to one thing. ^^;
Dark Sonic
Smash Hero
Lurn 2 lurk moar.
General Diddy
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it doesn't really matter, but IMO, 2 mains tops, but your main is the character your most skilled with, so chances are you only have one. *cough*BACK UPS*cough*
Johnknight1
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A average person can. A smart person won't, because they'll be maining TOO[N] AWSOME YOUNG LINK!!!!
InvincibleAgent
Smash Lord
I have a main for each type of match. Roy for teams, Link for 1 on 1, Falco for free-for-all 3-player, and Ganondorf for free-for-all 4-player.
Does the word used really matter? Is there REALLY a difference between me saying "I will main PT, Snake, and Lucario" and "I will main PT and alt with Snake and Lucario"? It means the same thing, it's just easier to say "main" rather than "main and alt". And really, if someone uses more than one character equally, what else would you say?
And so the SRK-style join date bashing begins
bluethree
Smash Journeyman
I wish there was a way to ignore posts that are irrelevant to the topic. This is getting ridiculous.
Your question has to do with the classification of how much someone plays a character. There is no valuable discussion to be had, or any new way to look at the topic at hand, so it doesn't need its own thread, not to mention that the answer to this question is completely inconsequential. Honestly, just wait around and read threads before posting in them, let alone posting threads themselves. There's been a retardedly high number of asinine topics today, because people haven't looked at existing threads to get answers. It's february 2008, why the hell do we have a thread about someone being incapable of short hopping (in general brawl discussion?!), this waste of space, and 3 locked threads on the first page? Because people who are new to this site can't get it through their heads to, forgive the phrase, lurk before posting.
Andydark
Smash Journeyman
I'd say I use Peach, Dr. Mario, the IC, Puff, Zelda, Samus, and Ness.
In order from best to worst it seems to be Peach>IC>Puff=Zelda=D. M.=Samus>Ness (I haven't gotten used to him exactly yet)
So call it what you like? I say that I main Peach/Puff/IC and Zelda.
A manlier squad can not be found.
In order from best to worst it seems to be Peach>IC>Puff=Zelda=D. M.=Samus>Ness (I haven't gotten used to him exactly yet)
So call it what you like? I say that I main Peach/Puff/IC and Zelda.
A manlier squad can not be found.
pirkid
Smash Lord
I would siggy that but it's too long.
I main Kirby and Falco.
I main Kirby and alt Falco.
Really, does it affect your vocabulary that much that a definition must fit at all times?
I would understand something that's cliched and overused, but it's easier to say 'main' then 'main and alt', and there's no textbook definition for a Smasher's 'main'.
knightofsouls
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Its possible to have multiple mains, because your main is usually the char your the best as, if your equally as skilled as that handful of chars, then they are all your main.
SmashGamer1998
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I agree and disagree
T^2
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I view multiple mains as saying that that person is comfortable with those characters to play them in tournament. I play puff and fox in melee, and i consider them both mains because I feel comfortable enough to play both for the enitrety of my pools. Not that I would, but I could and still say that i played with my best option. Just my opinion on this
lady_sky skipper
Smash Ace
Gotta agree with this guy, you can have more than one character you love to use for the game
