I know there's no correlation, but ever since I quit, the AZ Thread has become nothing BUT ****-talk.
Tai, I think thats because you actively took part of a key change in the AZ Smash community. You were the most outspoken person against Brawl and that fueled a lot of the simmering mixed feelings and differed opinions of established and/or long time members of this community board.
Frankly if you don't like the game, thats fine. You still wanna hang out and hope maybe someone will play Melee with you at Oscar's and/or other events? Thats fine. But it becomes pretty hard to handle all of the whining, complaining, and to put it simply, b*tching that you do. I mean theres a fine line between giving your opinion (not to mention being articulative about it) AND just b*tching.
B*itching builds contempt in the hearts of everyone. It also gets everyone roweled up. Because truth be told, you never officially quit. You just went on a whine and a moan about how "you might quit" or how you'd " trade Glendale for Melee" (which by the way, is some amazing repugnant sh*t to say to the town that played with you and made you competitive player you are today), its all just pretty weak behavior.
And now you wanna to so slyly take credit for it and make off like its cool? Naw, it was a step back for the boards for every one of us to argue and bullsh*t over the game especially when new smashers are coming to the boards. I did a fair share and wish I hadn't. As Dan had mentioned, I personally wouldn't had been so excited about taking an active part of the AZ Brawl community if I was new to the scene and had read some of the past few pages of this thread. But I'd personally like to give nods to those who still gave Goop's tourney a try and saw most of us are descent people IRL.
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But there is good news to.
I believe Arizona still to be the best in Brawl. Not just because my intuition tells me or that because Demised' recent trip to Cali confirmed that they ALL PLAY UNDER PAR compared to AZ, but because there are a few virtues in the AZ community that have been displayed in the past couple of weeks that I'm proud of.
1) We seem to be all a bunch of a**holes.
-Despite this asset being the cornerstone of the setbacks in recent board discussions, I admire this personal opinion about all of us. It means we have pride, ambition, and don't take no ****.
2) We're diverse.
-Its amazing how much of a melting pot the valley really is, and it really shows we all meet face to face at tourneys. When I think other states (esp. Cali), I always think of the same demographic of people. In my head they just all look like Gimpyfish.
Here we have the East Side and the West. The Revolution and STB. The Dark-Shieks and the Vat-Zeros. We're a effin' desert rainbow.
3) We're central (for the most part).
-And this is what helps us out for the most since the majority of us all live in this big, dusty valley. We are all within a comfortable 45 minute drive from one another (sry Flag & Tuscon).
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I think its understandable most of us at some point talk serious sh*t to one another, and I theorize it may be because we hardly play out of state players, so we turn on each other (ha).
But **** this post is WAY TOO LONG. I'll end it with a haiku.
Bless the AZ boards
My point is We Are Legion
And AZ Too Good