"Matches go faster with more stocks and more time"
3 time outs on 5 minutes equals 15 minutes of game time.
3 time outs of 8 minutes equals 24 minutes of game time.
"Customs should be tried out"
Does anyone remember 3DS tournaments? Or did they not exist?
"You have not watched tourneys if you think only scrubs or in friendlies people use flashy tactics. Conservative playstyles are absolute bores, and form a viewer's point they shouldn't be encouraged."
Welp, sure go prove me wrong with something cool and awesome that can't be countered by playing safe. The optimal way to play is what will reign, and there is no changing that or as it seems you want - to force that change.
" Remember, this game's long-term survival is at stake here. What we do here, and how we do it, could make or breaks the metagame"
So somehow the entire game is at stake because what? Like is there a mob of 3 million people about to run to play melee? I doubt it.
"Normal play is more boring imo due to lack of variety due to alot of Shiek, Rosa, Diddy, and some oddball character. in custom play,there is no clear OP character, so there is actual variety. If you don't agree that variety at no cost is good, than Amsa should drop Yoshi and go main Fox or Falco."
We have shieks, rosas, diddys, falcons, pikachus, sonics, GANONDORFS, villagers, ness, D3's , DK's, ZSS's , ROBs
all in our local tournament scene. Just because NJ streams the same people over and over does not mean the whole world is like that
yes, amsa should drop Yoshi, and have a stronger character so he would have a better chance at winning, because yoshi is bad. and once someone learns yoshi gimmicks, it can and should turn into a slaughter
1.You realize stocks take 2 seconds longer on average with 2 stocks, and remember that Diddy is everywhere dropping that average heavily, so it should be an undefined amount higher.
And are you gonna try and wait out 8 minutes? Or 5? Which seems more practical?
2. And customs worked perfectly fine in small/medium-large tournaments. Now bring it to a national, and see if the problems persist.
If they do, oh well. But Jebailey is comparing customs to items, and customs are liked to differentiate the game, they're liked to add something not random, yet still competetive to the game. And that has the side effect of differentiating the game in a good way.
3. I'm not trying to force anything. But there are always, even in minor cases, people going for stuff other than playing safe. There were best out of 3 Grand finals that ended in 4 minutes flat(Cap vs Zamus, but still).
And if what you say about variety below is truly correct, then ther ewill be much les boring play to come.
4. I'm talking about everything, not this. What we do at the game's start, dealing with problems(Diddy), making the rulsets, will determine the game's future years from now. CEO-2015 is a part of that, liek Apex was, EVO is, and every thing else it.
And please stop with that red herring because I didn't mention a thing about Melee.
5. And just because your local tourneys have tons of variety doesn;'t make the world like that either. I honestly hope you're right, because he vocal minority of custom-hating scrubs(only the scrubs, not the people with actual reasoning)are ruining things for everyone (Got customs banned in Hawaii and Florida because they're broken, when they're not.)
At this rate customs may never get a good chance outside of EVO. SO I hope your variety thign is worldwide. But if that doens't happen, we could allow customs and have 30 characters all around the same level, another 10-15 that are almost asgood, and then 5 characters that are either too garbage(Sowrdfighter) or too abandoned(Diddy could end up here. COULD.) to be at the same level, but are still viable and usable. Customs allow more variety is what I'm saying.
And if Amsa is best with Yoshi, let him stay Yoshi, if he plays worse with a top tier, saying he should use them is unfair. Sam how I use Little Mac despite him being almost globally seen as bottom-5(I disagree, I can name a bottom 5 without him in it), because I despise the top tiers, and love Little Mac for multiple reasons.
SO, no mean to start a war, but I think customs should be allowed. And I don't think we should keep 2 stock, this game isn't Brawl.
