Well we definitely shouldn't look at techniques and question whether or not a tactic should be allowed or not. Thats just silly.Are you guys serious? What kind of scrub s*** is this? You guys really spent 18 pages discussing the "cheapness" of a perfectly legitimate tactic? Is this Tactical discussion or General discussion?
First of all, the word cheap is the hallmark of the scrub, a meaningless term used to describe tactics that seem unbeatable. It should not be in the lexicon of any serious Smash player. You get better by coming up with ways to beat tactics that beat you. You do not whine about how "cheap" it is and how people shouldn't use it.
Have any of you guys read Sirlin's Playing to Win?
http://www.sirlin.net/Features/feature_PlayToWinPart1.htm
Read this and stop posting scrubby threads like this outside of General discussion.
But anyway Dedede's chaingrabbing isn't simply a matter of counterpicking though. Lets say I'm a Mario main. If I go into the first match using Mario I risk facing a Dedede and facing a near certain loss. Unless I am way way way way way better than my opponent and make less than three spacing errors throughout a match I lose.
Now lets say I don't face a Dedede in the blind round. I win. Now I have the choice to stay as Mario or switch. If I stay as Mario I run the risk of being counterpicked by a Dedede. So if I choose to stay as Mario I run a big risk.
Someone will undoubtedly say that all characters can be counterpicked. I main ZSS. The best counterpick for her would be Falco. But if someone of equal skill to me who does not know how to use Falco well tries to use him against me he will probably lose. In contrast any decent smasher can use Dedede against Mario and will most likely win unless again the Mario player is way way better than the Dedede player.
So the only safe situation to use Mario in is as a counterpick (obviously not against Dedede) or if you somehow know that your opponent will not use Dedede against you. This severely limits the usefulness of several characters.