Guys, I'm totally an underdog, what are you talking about? I only got one set in the Top 10! Halberd Crew definitely doesn't count.
In my opinion, Make Your Move has now turned into a contest to see who can produce the best special mechanic, gimmicky or not. For a lot of people the moveset itself doesn't count anymore- just as long as there's some gimmick to tie it all together.
Sure, I don't mind special mechanics, but when the majority of sets have them it makes them less of a Smash character, and more of a written demonstration of what the character is like.
As most of you know, I'm going to leave the contest after I post Ripper Roo, but I may stay around for a bit. However, I don't want to leave a contest in which people placed high due to favouritism, or any other reasons except that the moveset is quality, and could be implemented into the actual Smash Bros. games.
Ripper Roo isn't going to be a long set, and he won't have that many extras. Does that make it instantly bad, and not worthy of placing in the top 10 or 50 or whatever?????
Am I the culprit for this special mechanic craze? Honestly, I never meant to give one to Shellder, and he doesn't really have any mechanic overriding his moveset so much as he has a unique playstyle.
As for all this brouhaha about favoritism, I'm sure nobody wants to hear what I think, since I'm one of those who apparently profited from it. Admittedly, the Top 10 gets a bit ridiculous, but seriously, this is nothing new. It happened in MYM 3 and it happened again in MYM 4 and it might just happen yet again in MYM 5. It's not a good thing, obviously; voting for any moveset for any reason other than because it's the best is a very bad thing.
Then again, why are we even discussing this again? We've been over it ad nauseam. We've all agreed that it's bad and that everyone should read every moveset, and from what I've seen, people have gotten a lot better at it, with plenty of them commenting on everything.
Also extras and long sets are
SO MYM 4.
And I, too, will miss you when that sad day comes around, Jimny. You're a pretty cool guy.
Well, quite.
EDIT: You're exaggerating a tad there, Spade. Mendez dominated MYM 3, and HR is widely considered one of the consistently greatest moveset makers and Black Doom got plenty of hype. You're also one of the most respected moveset makers out there, yourself. Although I concede that the Top 6 got hyped more, in general.