straight up objective opinion. got no interest in beef with anyone so this is strictly an objective pov.
1. Proper seeding. If Unknown and KK were seeded properly on different sides of the bracket, the whole controversy about floating players (Eggm and Unknown) from different sides of the bracket to avoid playing each other would be squashed. A lot of the problems that are being brought up seem to have 2-3 previous problems that people are overlooking. (all parties involved were gave the ok to do so, but it still can be prevented by properly seeding in the first place)
2. Unknown should have not received a second chance at game 5. It was his duty to look up the rules, flag someone down, contest it, BEFORE game 5 was played. NOT AFTER. M2K did a similar thing at Genesis 1 when he lost to Armada in a BO3 set, when it was supposed to be a BO5. Both players played out the set thinking it was a BO3. M2K found out it was supposed to be a BO5 AFTER playing, and demanded to finish the set. I said **** no. That is your fault, (both players faults) for not knowing the rules when previously it was stated it was supposed to be a BO5 in winners semis. There should be zero reason for allowing Unknown to play the match a second time due to his inability (and M2K's) to read and comprehend the rule set.
3. Splitting happens. Its happens now, its happened in the past, and will continue to happen in the future. The only thing that differs is (Umbreon also mentioned this) is that our community has changed from what it was to what it is now. Back then splitting was the "honorable" thing to do if it was someone from out of state in the finals. No one saw each other as much as they do in todays community. We had no streams, no facebook to constantly talk to each other all the time, so things were very casual and lax compared to today. You split today, youre also giving a fat **** you to everyone in attendance, and more importantly everyone on the stream for sitting and watching patiently to see the finals all weekend. If you want to split, do it after the tournament.
Theres no way anyone can blame one person for what went down. I personally believe everyone had a piece of the blame to share. All of this could have been prevented with a little more knowledge of the ruleset that you all have been accustomed to for the last 6-10 years, a little bit more rigidness in applying and standing firm on the rule set.
Also warming up/button checking for 5 minutes midset isnt cool at all. I remember Lunin used to do that in our Norcal locals and he got a lot of **** for it, BUT it technically wasnt directly against the rules, only vaguely and ambiguously.
Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., Ice Climbers’ Freeze Glitch or Mewtwo’s Soul Stunner., etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
Modified Dave’s Stupid Rule: No player can counter pick the stage he or she last won on unless agreed upon by both players.
The act of stalling is banned: stalling is intentionally making the game unplayable: Such as continuing infinite’s (wobbling/blizzobbling) past 300%, and reaching a position that your opponent can never reach you. Peach’s wall-bombing, or Jigglypuff’s rising pound can be only be used as recovery tactics.
To me this is considered stalling, and grounds for DQ. To others it might not be as simple since the rules in question refer to activities that take place DURING game play of the set, and not in between.
This is why these problems exist imo. People dont read the rules and then when they do its all subject to interpretation and twisted to fit the mold of the persons argument.
Regardless, this isnt what smash is about to me. I was iffy about doing another Genesis 3 next summer but im pretty sure this pushed me over the fence, just so i can be a part of showing what smash is actually all about.
M2K realizes his mistakes, and thats that. Im not saying give him a second chance, or a third or whatever else you all want from him, but just acknowledge he isnt the only person to blame in this ordeal.
/rant
edit: beyond all this crap, rom5 was pretty sick to watch on the stream. SICK sets and SICK hype. good **** alu
