I mean... If you are allowed to have a coach, why can't you just have a teammate in the middle of the match with you?
But there should be restrictions on this... like your teammate has to be playing the same character as you... so you can watch what he does correctly vs your opponent, and then you can do it too.
+1 for allowing teammates in the singles bracket. It's not my fault that you don't have any super pro friends to team with you.
Edit: I forgot there are some incredibly dense individuals in this thread. Just for good measure... THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS POST. OBVIOUSLY.
OOH LETS DO THIS POUND 5 LOL
nah jk
Duh didn't you know they're is a term called "there hands" it's a wonderful place to be.
@Seikend
i understand that you should attempt to stop anything thats wrong, but attempting to stop it has its downsides... as i've seen from many people in the thread, people may not tolerate inconvenient rules making going to tournaments less of a fun experience
also,the argument that tournaments are a place to learn kinda goes with the inconvenience and less enjoyable game thing, for example, personally, a tournament is the only place i can go to get any better, mostly because i live in a wasteland where i play with only two other melee players in order to improve. For me, making jumps regarding how good i am at adapting to new players can only be developed at a tournament... Do we really need the game of melee to become that much more esoteric, the community is small enough as it is.
i agree that it is clearly unfair, and i kind of agree with you, but i felt i needed to bring up those arguments
EDIT: as for the national/regional/local thing, the fact that nobody cares about the rules at a local tournament is more of a reason to allow people to view a bigger tournament as a practice round. Practicing proper gameplay would have no impact at a local tournament according to that logic.
And there is no answer on the banning side to the fact that lack of coaching makes it harder for new players to be introduced, which very well could lead to a more esoteric game of melee... and isnt that in all of our best interests?
Hmmm, simple. Just have that person ask for advice AFTER that match. PROBLEM SOLVED WHOOO.
Jeez they don't need coaching that badly during the damn match.
I mean, it's the same way its done at school. You are GIVEN MATERIAL. You have a test, what do you do? You STUDY. But, at no point can you refer to the material DURING A TEST unless you are doing an open book test. (but then you would take TOO much time and won't be able to find everything in one sitting)
It is recommended you read guides and such, or keep notes and refer to them in a spatial manner, that way you can keep them in memory longer than you would if you just crammed it
So, if people REALLY want coaching.. have a "Open Book Match". Yeah, I said it. Make it ok to have a coach, but it has to be a GUARUNTEED SUPER HARD CORE MATCH. No easy multiple choice matches. Rules SHOULD be implemented along this, maybe.
You can learn in SOOOO many different ways. There isn't any excuse for you to say "but I never knew that".
Go on youtube. Watch videos! That, is the BEST way to learn how good players (that main your main) handle certain situations.
We, as do monkeys, learn the same way when we experience things ourselves. For example, if you watch a vid of M2k vs Mango, you are learning
AS IF IT WAS YOU EXPERIENCING THAT MATCH.
Watch videos. Read the guides. Experiment, condition, apply, become the pokemon master.
