Every stage is going to end up favoring the better character. Whether it's 3 neutrals, 5, or 9. At least this way, we have stage viability.
Old rules snake had the advantage. New rules(delfinio/Halberd as a neutral), snake has EVEN MORE of an advantage. if you were to add New Pork city(for example) it would not make snake better it would make SAMUS better. So that means your little dream of "every stage will favor the better character" is complete BS.
Furthermore, SV, BF and FD still favor characters over others. Overall, they can be labeled as neutral, but individually they are far from it. Smashville is the perfect place to time out ICs with the majority of the cast. Take a camper to FD (outside of Falco) and you can demolish them because of brawl's shield mechanics. BF just favors anyone with great aerial mobility.
They favor certain chars, i agree. But as you said, other than falco+fd it isnt and OBSCENE advantage. Halberd+snake=obscene. Delfino+snake or meta=obscene.
Also, what's the difference between what used to be MK choosing between RC/Brinstar and RC/Brinstar/Norfair? One stage? Hell, for that matter I'd rather take a MK to Norfair than the other two anyway. I'm pretty sure the MK would think the same. I fail to see the point.
You really fail to see the point?
mk vs Samus with RC and brinstar legal.
RC is nearly an instant lose for samus vs a mk so im going to ban that and HOPE i can beat him on brinstar because the stage favors metaknight but at least its not an OBSCENE advantage.
mk vs samus with RC/brinstar/norfair legal.
Of the 3, brinstar is the least dangerous for samus so i wont ban that. Norfair is just as bad as RC or maybe even worse. So i must ban one and it really doesnt matter because BOTH are obscene in mk favor.
So mlg just gave meta and pretty much guaranteed win by adding ONE stage. YES its that simple.
Green greens is the same. Pretty sure any Samus player would prefer this stage against MK than RC or Brinstar. Let's face it, MK is great on all stages. That's pretty clear. However, having more viable stages means more advantages for other characters as well. In particular, Green greens for Samus. Or even Pictochat for Samus. I highly doubt a MK would want to fight there. Or, to be put in a different way, even though MK is good on all stages, it doesn't mean MK would want to take any character to any stage. I say this because if MK is naturally a better character, why would they want to take you to a stage with more variables? They want to dominate you on fair ground. Not take you to some hazardous stage like Halberd or Brinstar. Make sense?
I am really starting to question your skill as a samus player. Maybe you dont play good metaknights at all or maybe you dont play on green greens at all. MOST mk players will do what it takes(thats legal of course) to win a match. if it means going to green greens so they can UP+B through the bombs and not get hurt while u explode......they will do it. Did you know u will die a HELL of alot earlier than normal on green greens if a mk grabs you under a platform and UP throws you(try it out)? Did you know mk can scrooge on green greens without wasting a SINGLE ledge grab?
Did you know that snake can now kill you off the right/left/top earlier than he could on HALBERD if he picks Green greens(try it out)? Wether its jab/tilts/usmash/nades or backthrows, he will kill you MUCH earlier. So im forced to BAN that stage and get stuck with him going to delfino or Halberd.
The moral of the story is, why should we strike/ban stages that should not be there in the first place? With this new MLG ruleset, its SPEEDING up the normal process a fighting game goes through. You know, the one where IN THE END only 4-5 characters are viable.
If you haven't gotten the picture, more stages=more opportunities=a more diverse, competitive, and dare I say it, fun game.
Thats an opinion.
There is a difference between having 5 neutrals(old rules) and 9 neutrals(mlg). if they added 1 or 2....it might have been ok but they added 4 and of those 4 2 favor mk/snake in a BIG WAY.
MLG is taking a step towards the right direction towards making Brawl more competitive. Least IMO.
Yea in YOUR opinion.
Also, LT doesn't necessarily mean more skill. It means you have skill in a LT character. It doesn't hold as much weight as consistently placing high in regular singles.
Instead of assuming what i meant, how about you ask for me to clarify? I believe LT is MUCH more fair because as the tier list is NOW, every single character in LT can be CPed by stage AND character. Got a prob with ike? Go jiggs. Got a prob with jiggs? Go samus. Got a prob with Samus? Go mario. Got a prob with mario? Go lucas. And the list goes on. In normal bracket there is MK who has NO counter wether its by stage or by character.
I do agree that LT wins do not equal regular bracket wins.
