It isn't that simple. Although "stinkin thinkin" plays a part. Also sedentary ROB mains. In addition. There aren't any really good ROB mains. MKs have M2k. Marths have MikeHaze. Diddys have ADHD, Falcos have SK92 and DEHF. Its interesting. Fiction seems to be inactive and Wario falls. ROB boards in general are not productive for whatever reasons(and ROB falls.)OMG Rob went down. I guess if you complain about your character enough BBR listens?
Also what makes it worse is that two of the best ROB mains...Holynightmare and Overswarm now use MK.
So yes complaining about ROB did help create the mindset of inaction. But it isn't all to blame.
I agree MK is insanely good. But still not good enough to have his own tier(Sort of gives premise to MK only tourneys imo)If I interpreted the "total" for each character correctly, Sagat was never double the second highest character unlike Metaknight.
I completely know that MK isn't his own tier, broken, or bannable, but if everyone complains about him so much, it makes him SOOOO uncomfortable to play. Do you understand the pressure on you to win with this supposedly god character? If anyone loses to an MK, it's because it's MK, but if an MK loses to any other character, they were severely out-played, the MK sucks, or anything like that.
Playing a character who is supposedly in his own god tier is one of the most depressing thoughts I could think of. I think you know what that means.
But maybe what you said is that intention. Make it hard for MK mains by giving them greater than broken expectations to live up to. Making people: Quit MK because of the pressure, to pursue a character not on a pedestal. Or make MK mains feel less accomplished so that MK mains will use someone else.