erico9001
You must find your own path to the future.
The Dream
When Smash 4 was coming out 2½ years ago, the thing that excited me the most, aside from Shulk, was how much opportunity the developers had given the competitive community in terms of ways to play the game. This game gives us more freedom over the game than any other Smash game - aside from perhaps Project M.
-Special moves customizable
-Fighter stats customizable
-Ability to very freely create stages
(And an already quite expansive stage list)
I was excited to explore. There were so many ways this game could be played competitively. Between making our own stages, designing our own characters, and being able to alter rulesets, there are so many ways the game could be played - some probably even more fun while just as competitive compared to the way we play it now. There are probably ways we could be playing the game that are more fun while just as competitive as the way we are playing it now.
The Reality
It's been pretty disappointing how things have turned out so far, and any of my efforts to try to get something going have failed. I focused on custom moves. My first effort was to convince Anther to add a custom moves option on Anther's Ladder. He actually agreed at one point, but after EVO 2015 he turned against it. Much later, I opened up a discord server, which got officially recognized and included on Smashcords. I put in massive amounts of effort to recruit for it, and well, it was pretty dead. We held a couple tournaments, but the turnout was only between 10 and 20 if I recall correctly. We also attempted making our own ladder system using a website to make generic ladders. That didn't work out very well either.
I don't know what's happened... Many people used to seem for exploring Smash 4 for better ways of playing it, but not anymore. Is it apathy? Did they give in? Did they just leave Smash Bros, and are just no longer around anymore (like amazing ampharos, the leader of the custom moveset project)?
How to Make The Dream The Reality
Anyways...
When Smash 4 was coming out 2½ years ago, the thing that excited me the most, aside from Shulk, was how much opportunity the developers had given the competitive community in terms of ways to play the game. This game gives us more freedom over the game than any other Smash game - aside from perhaps Project M.
-Special moves customizable
-Fighter stats customizable
-Ability to very freely create stages
(And an already quite expansive stage list)
I was excited to explore. There were so many ways this game could be played competitively. Between making our own stages, designing our own characters, and being able to alter rulesets, there are so many ways the game could be played - some probably even more fun while just as competitive compared to the way we play it now. There are probably ways we could be playing the game that are more fun while just as competitive as the way we are playing it now.
The Reality
It's been pretty disappointing how things have turned out so far, and any of my efforts to try to get something going have failed. I focused on custom moves. My first effort was to convince Anther to add a custom moves option on Anther's Ladder. He actually agreed at one point, but after EVO 2015 he turned against it. Much later, I opened up a discord server, which got officially recognized and included on Smashcords. I put in massive amounts of effort to recruit for it, and well, it was pretty dead. We held a couple tournaments, but the turnout was only between 10 and 20 if I recall correctly. We also attempted making our own ladder system using a website to make generic ladders. That didn't work out very well either.
I don't know what's happened... Many people used to seem for exploring Smash 4 for better ways of playing it, but not anymore. Is it apathy? Did they give in? Did they just leave Smash Bros, and are just no longer around anymore (like amazing ampharos, the leader of the custom moveset project)?
How to Make The Dream The Reality
Anyways...
- What can we do?!
- How can we get any sort of exploration of this game going, even on a small scale?
- Given the opportunity, what would you like to explore?
- What mediums do you think would be best for exploring these ways of playing Smash 4?