Scar on the Melee vs Brawl debate: What does competitive really mean?

[Corigames]

I tried starcraft, but I didn't like it as much as C&C. I think I'm the only person in the world

 

[LOL_Master]

as sad as it is, i'd say that i'd rather play wow than brawl

 

[Fletch]

I tried starcraft, but I didn't like it as much as C&C. I think I'm the only person in the world

Along those lines, I still prefer WC3 to SC... Again, must be the only one in the world, but SC never did it for me.

 

[thumbswayup]

SC was fun, I was just never really good at it. I'll give SC2 a shot when it comes out.

 

[Corigames]

Evidently, within the first 24 hours of picking it up, I was doing "impossible" guard breaks. I guess you aren't suppose to do it from the air or something. I don't know, the people I was trying to play with lost interest when I started playing, so it didn't get very far.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

>___>

Don't feel bad, D20. I've picked up WoW too.

And guys? Melee forever. <3

Next time GA hosts a huge Melee tourney, ya'll better come to it.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Corigames]

Can someone give me a lift? Like... can we plane pool or something? I would love to go to GA to play melee with everyone there. I would wear a huge sign over my head with my sig. in it so that people know who I am (Evidently, I've made a lot of Internet friends/enemies).

 

[thumbswayup]

I'd definitely go to the next big Melee tourny in GA. I missed the last one and that was unacceptable.

 

[EC_Joey]

This tournament in Boston next summer is going to be amazing.

 

[thumbswayup]

Variola your avatar and location are epic. DARK KNIGHT IN TEN DAYS

 

[EC_Joey]

Credit goes to Cort for inspiring me to use the movie avatar + location combo.

 

[LOL_Master]

cort reminds me of batman

 

[-Wolfy-]

Don't give up on melee. My whole crew just came back to me ^_^

Now I get infinite I-told-you-so's.

 

[thumbswayup]

That's awesome.

 

[EC_Joey]

Unfortunately, Rhode Island has very few smashers to begin with. I think there's 3 to 5 of us tournament regulars who believe Melee > Brawl.

 

[Reaver197]

I have a friend up in Rhode Island desperately looking for some people to play Melee with. Is there any sort of regular gathering he might be able to join up in?

 

[EC_Joey]

I have a friend up in Rhode Island desperately looking for some people to play Melee with. Is there any sort of regular gathering he might be able to join up in?

This group is a good place to start.

 

[Reaver197]

Nice, thanks Variola. I'll be sure to tell him about it.

 

[Skler]

The key is meeting KevinM. Once you've met him you'll always want to be at smash tournies.

Edit: I mean Melee whenever I saw smash, and Brawl whenever I say Brawl or super camp fest 2008

 

[Fletch]

The key is meeting KevinM. Once you've met him you'll always want to be at smash tournies.

Edit: I mean Melee whenever I saw smash, and Brawl whenever I say Brawl or super camp fest 2008

Laughed too hard about this, as it reminded me of that picture that someone posted a while back of someone holding a pistol outside a tent with the logo "Super Camp Brothers Brawl". Can anyone link me to that picture? I forgot who posted it... I think it's somewhere in this way too big thread.

 

[DARKALONDITE]

I've played both games extensively, and though I love Brawl more than melee and I play Brawl more than melee I understand what you mean. In Melee, I could go against my friends and my sister and everyone could see that I could very much easily defeat them and it was clearly easy to see who was the best. Brawl, however, is set up so as to appeal more to a wider variety of people. While this is a good thing, it ended up completly alienating the competitive community so here is where we end up with this debate along with how if you play a person that's bad at the game, they'll get a few good shots off of you while a person that was good at melee would utterly slaughter, maim, and own a person that was bad. Finally, yes everyone is entitled to their opinion but what I'm trying to say is that Brawl is very much less competitive because the game has been made to accomadate a more casual audience than a "hardcore-competitive" community.

 

[Fletch]

I've played both games extensively, and though I love Brawl more than melee and I play Brawl more than melee I understand what you mean. In Melee, I could go against my friends and my sister and everyone could see that I could very much easily defeat them and it was clearly easy to see who was the best. Brawl, however, is set up so as to appeal more to a wider variety of people. While this is a good thing, it ended up completly alienating the competitive community so here is where we end up with this debate along with how if you play a person that's bad at the game, they'll get a few good shots off of you while a person that was good at melee would utterly slaughter, maim, and own a person that was bad. Finally, yes everyone is entitled to their opinion but what I'm trying to say is that Brawl is very much less competitive because the game has been made to accomadate a more casual audience than a "hardcore-competitive" community.

I love when pro-Brawl players come in and recognize this. It's so much better than those who argue that Brawl is completely balanced and destined to be the best competitive game ever.

 

[Corigames]

I don't think anyone thinks it will be the best. That's a wrong opinion. Yeah, I said it, that opinion would be wrong >_>

I just wish that both could exist.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Though not the best, perhaps the biggest competitive scene ever. Brawl is like the Wii's version of Tetris - maybe not the best game for competing, but insanely popular none the less.

 

[-Wolfy-]

Laughed too hard about this, as it reminded me of that picture that someone posted a while back of someone holding a pistol outside a tent with the logo "Super Camp Brothers Brawl". Can anyone link me to that picture? I forgot who posted it... I think it's somewhere in this way too big thread.

Holy cow. I remember that image. I'll find it.

 

[Nigerian Star Storm]

I'm interested in this image, as I ned lulz to compensate for the extreme pain I'm feeling ---_---

 

[thumbswayup]

I want to see this image.

 

[-Wolfy-]

Boo. Buzz closed down the SmashNexus, and there was a posting of it on the SmashNexus. Everyone yell at Buzz.

 

[LOL_Master]

I really want to see that pic.

 

[-Wolfy-]

make sur you all yell at Buzz then. He's keeping it all to himself.

 

[LOL_Master]

Buzzzzzzzz Yo!!!!!!

 

[Clai]

I just wish that both could exist.

As do I, along with someone to pick me up at my house and take me to a Smash tournament (Either Melee or Brawl, I'm indifferent).

Nigerian Sand Star Storm's signature confuses me.

 

[Nigerian Star Storm]

As do I, along with someone to pick me up at my house and take me to a Smash tournament (Either Melee or Brawl, I'm indifferent).

Nigerian Sand Star Storm's signature confuses me.

It's supposed to >_>.

 

[Corigames]

Norwegian Sand Spout's sig:
I hate that argument. There are no meteor smashes in Brawl, they are all spikes or nothing at all. There were spikes and meteors in Melee, so we called them spikes or meteors. In Brawl, there are only spikes, so we should only call them spikes. End Of Story

 

[-Wolfy-]

or we can just not play brawl, and then there's no issue at all lol

 

[Pink-eye]

Norwegian Sand Spout's sig:
I hate that argument. There are no meteor smashes in Brawl, they are all spikes or nothing at all. There were spikes and meteors in Melee, so we called them spikes or meteors. In Brawl, there are only spikes, so we should only call them spikes. End Of Story

actually you have it backwards, spikes are meteor smash, but they are non canccelble (spelling is bad hahah) meteor smashes, so the term "spike" was used instead, meteor smash is the official name but nintendo, spikes where just called that instead of the other name (easier).

 

[Corigames]

So, you can't cancel in Brawl, therefore they are all spikes. Just as I said.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Anyway, back to the camping thing.

Annoying, but true.

 

[Reaver197]

And it's done better in Melee, hyuk hyuk.

 

[Nigerian Star Storm]

Norwegian Sand Spout's sig:
I hate that argument. There are no meteor smashes in Brawl, they are all spikes or nothing at all. There were spikes and meteors in Melee, so we called them spikes or meteors. In Brawl, there are only spikes, so we should only call them spikes. End Of Story

I just put it there because I thought taken out of context, that bit sounds hilarious.lolz