I must begin saying I appreciate that you've toned the "noob" calling down.
I really have NO IDEA what posts you may be referring to. If you can remind me of these posts, I could explain what I meant by them because I think you're confused about what I meant in them. Noob is an insult to me because I suck at Halo. They would just say I sucked at Halo and never tried to help me. I still suck at Halo. If they called me noob, showed why they called me that, and helped me get better, I might feel better about it. They didn't. I completely stopped playing Halo except for laughs. You called me a noob for no reason beyond a single move in a video game. I didn't like that when people I knew did it so for you to have done the same thing and, in addition, never seen me play and known nothing about me to say it, I wasn't too thrilled.
Friendlies have to count because when you play somebody that's good, they're still good. You're right, some people may not try to reveal how they really play when money is on the line. They still know the fundamentals of Brawl and can play the game. People don't play with characters they completely can't play with or don't like to play with. I saying that these people are good and can't be completely be disregarded. You must also admit that some people still don't care, think they are going to beat you regardless, and play with their best character.
Quickdraw has the same uses in team, ffa, and one-on-one situations. It does the same thing and serves the same purpose irregardless. It's not better. You must mean there are more people to hit with Quickdraw. There are also more people to gimp you too. Ike needs whatever help in his metagame as he can get, no matter where it comes from. I really can't see Ike improving any more but if he does, it could come from anywhere. How can anyone say Quickdraw couldn't be it? People thought in Melee that there wasn't more to airdodging and look where that got to. Wavedashing revolutionized the entire gameplay of Melee.
I see no point in really further discussing Quickdraw because you agree with me (why the back and forth, I don't understand) and I've given all the information on Quickdraw I could possibly give.