Are you a troll? If not...
You know whats funny is the people responding back probably are not even good as they think they are (unless they are backroom but sometimes it makes me wonder with this decision)
Says the guy calling them out in the first place...
Look at the MetaKnight Glitch on 2.6. Then was found later after it's release. Who ever your playtesters are should be more in detail with things like that before the release. I know my team looks for these things before any release of a game. Find every way possible to those little minor details. It's all about the details to prevent little things like this from happening.
Yes, playtesters never miss anything, especially yours because as you've said already, you're omniscient. There's a reason that the game is still called a demo and there's a bug reporting forum for Project M. No matter how much work playtesters put into finding stuff, there will always be glitches or bugs that the public finds that made it past the playtesters.
Although there are exception to some of these (example like wavedashing ending up useful) I know I came out as like I was mad ranting person. But if this game is suppose to be like Melee, then keep it Melee because just like melee had a Pal version and others they did the changes in that version and kept what they thought was good to leave and keep in the game and nerf some others that were that bad. But they kept the invincibility on spacies shine and lasers for a reason and the others changed to keep up with the others.
You do come across like a mad ranting person, you also come across like you want us to think that you're special and you know exactly what you're talking about.
Another thing is I could make this game and make it the way I wanted it to be. I could make it more incredible and keep the melee feel and put more depth in the game with all the knowledge of other fighting game experience I have under my belt. Since I'm an all around with fighting game designer and know specifically on fighting games and also know what works and what doesn't.... it's not just playing the game but seeing what else could be better, it's the details. I know if I wanted to just pay PMBR a salary or Sponsor a company for this game only since I do have the connections. But if they feel this is the route that is best why would I show this to others that would feel same way as I do that know more about Fighting Games. Too bad this game doesn't make any money what so ever. (At least get paid to do all this hard work) I would make it the way I would envision it and bring my team to fix it the way Project M should be, and it would be more popular all over and probably make everyone from the Melee scene move to PM and never look back.
If you can do it all better, why not give it a shot. If you make all these boasts, show us that you aren't all talk.
Knowing about other games =/= Knowing about Smash.
Like Melee =/= Melee
Designer =/= Infallible
You clearly stated things that would not be beneficial for the game. You said you wanted characters buffed and then talked about all the nerfs that they should receive instead. You want the game to be more like Melee, and yet you wanted to take away something that Mario can do in Melee while leaving Fox alone, or even making Fox more powerful. Clearly your knowledge about what works and what doesn't, does not extend into the realm of Smash.
They're not just balancing off of knee jerk reactions. If they nerf something a little too much, they'll come back later with a better version of it. At times you may need to over-reach in design in order to find the perfect middle ground and I have little doubt that they will find that middle ground for every character in their game.
You come across like a whiner that isn't getting what they want, and therefore has to insult the work of the PMBR and those who play and love the game that they're creating. As I said, if you can do it better, do it. I'll wait.
