Ekaru
Smash Apprentice
I was going to post this earlier, but decided to copy it to my clipboard and refresh to see if Yuna made a rebuttal yet, and he did, but my earlier post I wrote up makes a few (poor) points, so I'll just summarize the points. If you want me to post paragraphs, I will. I already typed them up, after all.
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Having MK-less tourneys would not yield any worthwhile results, because here's what would happen:
1. MK mainers wouldn't use MK, they'd use... their second best. Woopy-doo. That is a worthwhile and unpredictable result! Let's see what ELSE would happen!
2. The same people would win the majority of the big tournaments. M2K would still win. Anther would OBVIOUSLY still win, because he mains Pika, not MK. Azen would still place well I think. Unless I'm intoxicated, of course. DSF? Yes. And some other guys that aren't good just because they are MK or some other character, but because they're just good at what they do - kicking ***.
That is, assuming the tourneys where in a place and time so they could attend it. If the prize was big enough and everything was just right for them to attend, there's a good chance they would, if only for the money.
3. The tourney would only have more variety for one main freaking reason: People would be using their second best (aside from their CPs) if they mained MK instead of their best, and second best often vary. Snake and D3 are common, but so are others. Not THAT much more variety though. Oh, and you might see a Marth or two pop up for the hell of it.
Wait, scratch Snake. Just a bunch of characters that they are good with. Same people will still win, ect.
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Yeah. They're poor points, but still points. It's all that would happen if you had a few MK-less tourneys. It wouldn't even be enough to develop a new metagame! You'd have to have at LEAST a year or two of decent support for this in order to get a clear result of who would dominate. Not. Worth. It. In. My. Opinion.
EDIT: Wow that was a lot of posts while I was posting. nvm
EDIT2: And Yuna's points still stand. =P
EDIT3: Because they are very, very good points that actually make sense, unlike mine. He actually knows what he's talking about. :O
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Having MK-less tourneys would not yield any worthwhile results, because here's what would happen:
1. MK mainers wouldn't use MK, they'd use... their second best. Woopy-doo. That is a worthwhile and unpredictable result! Let's see what ELSE would happen!
2. The same people would win the majority of the big tournaments. M2K would still win. Anther would OBVIOUSLY still win, because he mains Pika, not MK. Azen would still place well I think. Unless I'm intoxicated, of course. DSF? Yes. And some other guys that aren't good just because they are MK or some other character, but because they're just good at what they do - kicking ***.
That is, assuming the tourneys where in a place and time so they could attend it. If the prize was big enough and everything was just right for them to attend, there's a good chance they would, if only for the money.
3. The tourney would only have more variety for one main freaking reason: People would be using their second best (aside from their CPs) if they mained MK instead of their best, and second best often vary. Snake and D3 are common, but so are others. Not THAT much more variety though. Oh, and you might see a Marth or two pop up for the hell of it.
Wait, scratch Snake. Just a bunch of characters that they are good with. Same people will still win, ect.
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Yeah. They're poor points, but still points. It's all that would happen if you had a few MK-less tourneys. It wouldn't even be enough to develop a new metagame! You'd have to have at LEAST a year or two of decent support for this in order to get a clear result of who would dominate. Not. Worth. It. In. My. Opinion.
EDIT: Wow that was a lot of posts while I was posting. nvm
EDIT2: And Yuna's points still stand. =P
EDIT3: Because they are very, very good points that actually make sense, unlike mine. He actually knows what he's talking about. :O