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Items? Final Smashes? Custom moves? Equipment? Smash Run!?
Phew... Things used to be so simple, but Smash Bros. has become a smorgasbord of bizarre and wonderful ways to play. Is any of it worth considering from a competitive standpoint, though? If we ask whether or not any of this weird stuff is relevant to the competitive community, opinions are very mixed.
For many years, there has been a point of contention in our community. There are those of us who love the pure, unadulterated version of Smash we see in competitive Melee, and those that feel like the Smash they love isn't catered for.
To many, the solution seems to be quite simple: "organize your own tournaments". While this might sound like a perfectly reasonable thing to expect people to do, it's not always that easy. A lack of agreement on variant rulesets is likely to hinder progress, and no clear consensus means that people would need to be willing to travel to tournaments that might be poorly envisioned.
So, if we don't want to change the way we play, and splitting the community into two camps is unmanageable, that leaves only one realistic option: side events.
This brings me to a few questions:
Phew... Things used to be so simple, but Smash Bros. has become a smorgasbord of bizarre and wonderful ways to play. Is any of it worth considering from a competitive standpoint, though? If we ask whether or not any of this weird stuff is relevant to the competitive community, opinions are very mixed.
For many years, there has been a point of contention in our community. There are those of us who love the pure, unadulterated version of Smash we see in competitive Melee, and those that feel like the Smash they love isn't catered for.
To many, the solution seems to be quite simple: "organize your own tournaments". While this might sound like a perfectly reasonable thing to expect people to do, it's not always that easy. A lack of agreement on variant rulesets is likely to hinder progress, and no clear consensus means that people would need to be willing to travel to tournaments that might be poorly envisioned.
So, if we don't want to change the way we play, and splitting the community into two camps is unmanageable, that leaves only one realistic option: side events.
This brings me to a few questions:
- Is the other side of the community important enough to cater for?
- If you were to organize a tournament, would you be willing to set up side events for those whose love of Smash is different from your own?
- Can the promotion of variety bring our latent members into the light, and grow the community?
