You are talking about the tactical boards and character boards, while I'm talking about making a tier list based on both metagames.
Of course the europeans on SmashBoards can influence Americans by talking with them, and vice-versa.
(However, there are still only a few europeans on these boards at the moment, so the 'european' metagame can't really influence american one. I'm not talking about ATs or discovered tricks, but about a metagame)
What I'm saying is that it would illogical and imaginary to try to base a tier list on both metagames.
...?!
I thought I already told you that a tier list is not the
only thing the SBR works on!
I think you don't understand what the term "metagame" means. To explain it to you, in a short wise:
In order to win, competitive players use Tactic A. A is very successful unless it is countered by Tactic B. In order to beat Tactic B, though, you need Tactic C, and so on. The development and competitive use of these tactics (i.e. in tournaments) is the metagame. The metagame evolves, around characters, certain general and character-specific techniques, players on high level using them, and of course counter-tactics to face all of these characters, tactics and players.
That is a metagame. It's not "Which character won many tournaments here or there?" or whatever you might think.
By discovering a certain tactic, and making it public, I can influence
every metagame, not only the metagame of my region.
I forgot who brought it up earlier, but to explain why Europe has a different metagame:
In the States (and Canada), people of different regions and characters regularly face each other. Mainly Meta Knight and Snake, but also other characters are used there, and the metagames more easily "melt together" if you want to.
With Europe, this is not the case. We don't have the same metagame, because we have different characters dominating (i.e. Falco) in our region. Therefore, we don't need tactics to face Meta Knight, but to face Falco. It's not Falco being played a lot or winning lotsa tournaments, it's
the development of tactics against that character.
This is the region specific metagame!
The tactics are pretty much the same, but these specific cases mean that, for instance, most Europeans have far more experience against Falco than agains Meta Knight, whereas the Americans, due to having less Falcos but more Meta Knights, have it the other way around.
As I already said: People knowing their stuff know their stuff,
no matter if they sit in New York, Stockholm or Singapore. If someone is able to properly contribute to the SBR and SWF with their opinions on whatever the discussion is about, they should be able to do so.
And not be held back by something prehistoric like regionalism!