I quite am positive that by the time Tournament Mode (Tourneys) comes in, For Glory will become majorly abandoned.
With the fact that it's still based on one sole type of a stage that favours certain match-ups more than others and employs it's own strategies, it's not a representative of player's true skill and flexibility. Yet just how many people keep thinking it's this, constantly trying to put you down the time you lose and throwing slurs, etc. But to be completely honest, with the semi-anonymity, random match-ups and playing only as much battles as you can with the opponent until either you or him/her leave, this mode already is shallow in means of setting up and communication.
Tournament Mode again will present more stages and opening - closing times, and also have more variety. We might see 1 VS 1 with items become a reality, and much more, which will encourage more different kinds of players wanting their own sorts of fun, and also allow more characters dominate in different kinds of stages.
In general, I think For Glory allows to bring the worst out of people. When you win, either it gets taken for granted and people try best you up. OK. But sometimes they get annoyed and attacked on their self-worth (why?) as a player and proceed to do such things like picking the character you played, or their fighting prowess just starts to dwindle.
And by promoting pretty salty atmosphere, people can't much feel at ease and let feelings easily cloud their playing prowess, for Smash 4 isn't anymore a fun and competitive sport, but an excuse to be degrading and highly cocky. It's absolutely childish to force a videogame define a human's worth, especially the winner's and the loser's, and makes it less easy to go all out as no victory means everything you worked for seemingly became useless and one should "drop the game altogether."
It's pretty backwards too as all will be begin as "sucky" - and
it's okay. You always will go up from there and gradually develop into a great player with your own put time, criticism, and practice. The problem keeps always being the players not being aware of this and trying to present Smash as some sort of end-all to all things, contesting your losses as indicators to not even play the game in the first place. So much for perfectionism.
I really enjoy more playing with friends for this very reason. Sometimes I go to For Glory just to see how they act like and what-not for giggles. But it kinda makes the mode feel defeated in it's purpose however, as for not feeling like fighting due plenty players being disrespectful and cocky individuals, there's just general unpleasant time to be had, which you will rationalize as not any indicator of skill, it's just something that will ruin your day because people act this way compared to say, your friends. One has to just grow a thick skin, I guess.
on the table, that's their own fault for letting them go through their heads like that. This is suppose to be just two people having a friendly match no matter what happens and who wins or loses, not throwing unnecessary salt in your face and take the fun away as a result.
