I'm not typing to be politically correct so deal with it.
I feel there are instances, as I've said in the past, where it would be reasonable to count low tier wins. Can we please revisit the time of ethics and honesty? Where people praised others for victory, and aided in making the losers stronger?
All I see right now are people, through words, trying to make themselves better than they are. And in response, others feel the need, through words, to defend themselves.
If someone outplays you, admit it, accept it, respect it. If you know you got a flukey win, be honest about it.
Kai, you know I have tons of respect for you. But look at things in relation to smasher to smasher. If we fight in low tiers, you know you are locked on to sonic basically. No you don't have diddy, but you have your brain and your exp, which should be enough in low tiers imo. We fight, have an amazing set in which I slightly outplay you. As smashers there should be mutual respect for the way the set went and the result. So up until this point there is no problem. Why then, would that victory helping me and my rank, become a problem for you, a fellow smasher? You know I played my a$$ off for that win, and you want to devalue it's potential in showing the world how good I am, for what reason exactly?
As a smasher, you should respect that this victory means something to me, as well as displays my skill level. This shouldn't be perceived as a negative imo. And anyone who MAKES this a negative is an a$$.
All of these issues that we have in NJ are due to aspects outside of the game. People are not honest, which results in these quarrels.
If someone beats you in tourny, do not search for any slight illegitimacy to save face. Because at the end of the day you either won or you did not. THAT is what matters in smash, not that the timer was set to 6 minutes at this tourney and pictochat was legal(OMG)
Pryde- Every tournament you win adds on to your legacy. People around the WORLD know who you are because of your tournament placings. What else do you want? If you enter a low tier tourny, you are expected to do well, and people expect to continue to see you as one of the best yoshi's period. THIS is what you get for winning. If you lose, you get nothing because you did not win. That is how competition usually works.