Interesting article about tripping.

[MichaelSpaceJam]

Share an article with you all that you might find interesting even if you disagree with it

I am going to miss tripping link

 

[Kati]

Cool, but I'm going to have to post this here as I don't want to make an account on that website and people also still debate about l canceling being unintentional.

http://web.archive.org/web/19991117180837/http://smashbros.com/moves_advattacklanding.html

 

[TurnUp]

Basically all aspects of randomness in characters movesets are removed so why would they keep random tripping? Theres still forced tripping.

I'm sure this guy wouldn't feel the same if he faced a high level Diddy Kong player.

 

[Zankoku]

This article is silly!

Is he really justifying having a penalty for throwing in Street Fighter because it's "cheap"?

 

[Comeback Kid]

Both old and bad, why would you post that in the tournament forum?

 

[MichaelSpaceJam]

Because its and interesting perspective and I posted this when it was published

 

[KayB]

Let's take a moment to admire one of the comments on that article.

i wonder if this story sounds familiar to the kinds of people who think "throwing is cheap" and write articles about smash like this:

you play a ton of brawl with your buddies. you usually hand everybody else their ass on a platter, random picking because you killing everyone with your main of roy or whoever stopped being fun for everybody. you hear about some other guy who is "good at smash" and invite him to come play because you "don't want to brag, but you're pretty buff at smash, too."

okay, it's time to go, you're at the character select screen. he picks marth, you're confused because roy's stand B can one hit somebody if it charges up to full, why would you even pick marth he's just crappy roy. but whatever, time to pick stages. he says "let's play final destination" or some **** like that. you think that stage is boring, but you want to be nice, so you relent. at the word go he's flying at you, chopping the **** out of the air in front of him. you eat a hit, which leads right into another, then another. suddenly you're on the ledge, and try and pull yourself up. he's waiting for you to recover, and hits you back off the stage. he jumps after your dude, smacks you downward, killing you at like 55%. repeat until you're out of stocks.

suddenly you're at a crossroads. this guy just handed you your ass, your reality has been completely compromised. this game is no longer a source of self esteem and confidence but a glaring symbol of your own impotence and helplessness at the hands of another. you're presented with a series of choices:

A) you can accept the truth you have been presented with, make an effort to learn what he knows that you don't and attempt to reclaim your honor.

B) you can decide that video games are a silly and immature place to find self worth and accept your loss; it's not in victory where you find the joy in life, but in living. you continue to play for fun, win or lose, and realize some people are better than you because they work harder and longer at things, quite possibly out of a genuine love of whatever they do so much of.

C) you can blame the game like a baby with a poopy diaper, the mechanics are cheap, nothing he did was fair and this game is stupid. your opponent is a bad person because they clearly spend all day playing this game, they probably don't even have a life.

after choosing c, in an attempt to save face over your friends and remain the alpha-smash-dog, this new guest into your home takes his leave. the next weekend, he invites you out to play with his friends. you say you're busy. weeks pass, and you find yourself on your way to your friend's house, spare gamecube controller in hand. someone pops melee into the disc tray, and you play a game. your friends are all laughing and enjoying themselves, but you can't forget the beating you took last time you played. the twin stings of betrayal and impotence are cemented the back of your mind, like having sex with a girlfriend after she cheated on you. "why did this happen? is it because i'm not man enough? am i doing something wrong? i said i'm over it but i don't think i am." you're not over it. you never will be over it. you know you should leave her now, but you don't have the guts.

you write an article on destructoid about tripping in smash.

 

[Mikkelmann]

tripping has to be the worst thing Nintendo put in a smash bros game.

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

Tripping is the worst thing put into Brawl along with all the other mistakes.