You're under the impression that PM has a reason to care about other Smash games. The idea of the Smash community as a whole is just silly. The PM community has plenty of reasons to not just ignore Smash 4 but outright hate it, as it's harmed the PM community despite how little it's done to earn it's popularity in relation to Melee and PM. People aren't going to support other Smash games at the expense of their own. In fact, they have plenty of reason to do the opposite.
The problem with actually involving Nintendo with PM is that they really don't want to acknowledge it. Officially endorsing it could establish a legal precedent that would be very bad for Nintendo as a company. Plus, forcing Nintendo to acknowledge PM could just lead to them shutting it down. They've actively tried to kill the Melee scene before, and while they're content to passive-aggressively harm the PM scene, if the issue is pushed to the point where they're forced to make a decision, they could very well shut it down. Although honestly, the most likely outcome is Nintendo simply ignoring the petition. Regardless, the odds of the petition backfiring are about as high as the odds of it working.
Uhh of course PM does, especially given their position. This is besides the fact as I stated earlier most PM players arent EXCLUSIVELY playing PM. Why would PM just hate on the rest of the community given the situation theyre in??? It benefits them greatly to have the entire Smash community behind them. I know the problem with Nintendo endorsing it; we all do. The point is Nintendo is going to start endorsing more and more things. Which means less and less tournies for P:M. Unless the whole community stands by this. I just dont get it; some P:M players want to hate on the rest of the community then request aid? Does that make any sense at all?!? I, for one, am more than willing to do what I can to get P:M alongside the rest of the series. However there comes a point where either we go to the source ( Nintendo) in some way shape or form, or we just let it be.
Thats basically what I am trying to say; people are acting as if VGBC itself can make Nintendo endorse P:M. People are quick to call people sell outs when they themselves who are so "passionate" about the issue havent even done a simple thing like petition Nintendo. Yet somehow, they expect GIMR to get Reg into a headlock until he submits. Its just very horrific logical progression.
" Im not gonna go because they dont have P:M"
" Screw this event."
" Im not gonna watch this."
Welp okay if thats what you wish go ahead while the rest of the Smash community enjoys themselves. Or you could you know, go to the event and make yourselves heard? Theres just so many things that are infinitely better than the complaining done in this thread that can aid the effort. Its mind numbing. The most hilarious part of this thread? The fact that majority of the people stating they arent attending the event to "teach" JuggleGuy and GIMR a lesson were probably not going in the first place.
