NefariousShyGuy
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Just accept it and wait until the 19th. You'll realize that in the end, getting the demo early is not really worth it. Sure, it would be nice to redeem a code before the 19th, but it shouldn't be a "MUST HAVE" situation that most people here are making out to be.
Now look, I did not make this thread to criticize codebeggers and the like. I totally understand how everyone feels. Even I admit to entering in several contests to get a chance at receiving a code. The reason I made this thread is to make those who did not get a code feel at ease, and show them that they are not missing out on anything big. Trust me, there are solid reasons why it's much better to just wait for the demo next week rather than getting it immediately, and I'll list them here.
So let's say you got the demo. You're all happy inside and you feel that everything you had to do to earn it was totally worth it. This may be true within the first hour of playing, but as time goes by you'll begin to rethink about that demo code's worthiness:
1. After a day or two, you'll know the demo inside out and get bored of it
The first point is that after spending those glorious first few hours playing the demo, you'll start to realize that the extremely minimal content of it can only provide you for so long. As soon as after a day of trying out combos against CPUs on Battlefield and playing dozens of 2 minute only matches, you'll eventually grow bored of it. By then you'll know everything about the demo, and you're itching for something new, but can't select anymore characters and stages or dive into single player mode and customizing until October. This point wouldn't be a problem at all as long as you have friends to smash with in the demo's multiplayer mode, but then point number two comes in.....
2. You can only play by yourself until the 19th
Yes, the demo has local multiplayer functionality, but it only works if another person with a 3DS has downloaded the demo. Unless you have the other 3 codes that should have been given to real life friends to play with, you are stuck playing with CPUs until the 19th. After the 19th, pretty much anyone with a 3DS will be able to play Smash with you, but until then you'll have difficulty finding local matches since the giveaway was only for select Platinum members. Sure you can go to forums and plan meet ups to those who have early access, but the multiplayer still won't be as big until after the demo is officially released. If you manage to receive a code for yourself but not your friends, I can guarantee you'll only be beating up CPUs for the first week.
3. Once the 19th hits, you'll lose all bragging rights
When everyone has the demo, people could care less that you got the demo a week early. Maybe playing the game a week earlier will give you the edge on multiplayer, but not for long. People will spend that same amount of time and dedication you did the first day you got the demo, and you'll no longer be the center of attention. You'll just be an ordinary guy with a smash demo, nothing more nothing less.
4. Having unlimited software opens doesn't mean much when the full game is just two weeks away
Although everyone now has the demo, at least you can say that your demo is special in that it has unlimited software opens and is not limited to 30. But the truth is, the people who waited and got the demo in 19th don't have to be so paranoid with their 30 opens and leave their 3DS in sleep mode until October. This is because the full game is going to be released in just two weeks, 14 days. The average time a person opens a demo is twice a day, and if you opened the Smash demo twice a day for 14 days, that's just 28 opens. Even if someone did use up all of his opens, the full game should only be less than a few days away by the time he does so.
5. Once October 3rd hits, the demo will be completely worthless
There is no greater truth than this. What was once completely worth paying money over when it was first given away to select Platinum members, now has become completely worthless when compared to the full game. October 3rd is the day when people who actually spent money or traded away a game to get the demo a week early look back in regret and wished they had waited until the 19th. Meanwhile, people who begged for it but weren't successful look back in laughter and maybe embarrassment thinking how desperate they were, and people who were simply patient until the 19th look back and feel good for waiting because they knew that in the end, the demo wasn't worth anything at all.
When you actually think about the sharp decline of worth the demo faces within just the next three weeks, it's easier to accept that the demo code isn't worth crying over. If you get the demo early by chance, great! But the demo isn't something you need to work your butt off for, not at all. Especially when it comes out in just a week, and when the full game comes out two weeks afterwards.
My last advice is for you to just sit back with any installment of the smash series, and chill until the 19th comes. I'm sure you can relax much easily now that you know the true worthiness of the demo.
Now look, I did not make this thread to criticize codebeggers and the like. I totally understand how everyone feels. Even I admit to entering in several contests to get a chance at receiving a code. The reason I made this thread is to make those who did not get a code feel at ease, and show them that they are not missing out on anything big. Trust me, there are solid reasons why it's much better to just wait for the demo next week rather than getting it immediately, and I'll list them here.
So let's say you got the demo. You're all happy inside and you feel that everything you had to do to earn it was totally worth it. This may be true within the first hour of playing, but as time goes by you'll begin to rethink about that demo code's worthiness:
1. After a day or two, you'll know the demo inside out and get bored of it
The first point is that after spending those glorious first few hours playing the demo, you'll start to realize that the extremely minimal content of it can only provide you for so long. As soon as after a day of trying out combos against CPUs on Battlefield and playing dozens of 2 minute only matches, you'll eventually grow bored of it. By then you'll know everything about the demo, and you're itching for something new, but can't select anymore characters and stages or dive into single player mode and customizing until October. This point wouldn't be a problem at all as long as you have friends to smash with in the demo's multiplayer mode, but then point number two comes in.....
2. You can only play by yourself until the 19th
Yes, the demo has local multiplayer functionality, but it only works if another person with a 3DS has downloaded the demo. Unless you have the other 3 codes that should have been given to real life friends to play with, you are stuck playing with CPUs until the 19th. After the 19th, pretty much anyone with a 3DS will be able to play Smash with you, but until then you'll have difficulty finding local matches since the giveaway was only for select Platinum members. Sure you can go to forums and plan meet ups to those who have early access, but the multiplayer still won't be as big until after the demo is officially released. If you manage to receive a code for yourself but not your friends, I can guarantee you'll only be beating up CPUs for the first week.
3. Once the 19th hits, you'll lose all bragging rights
When everyone has the demo, people could care less that you got the demo a week early. Maybe playing the game a week earlier will give you the edge on multiplayer, but not for long. People will spend that same amount of time and dedication you did the first day you got the demo, and you'll no longer be the center of attention. You'll just be an ordinary guy with a smash demo, nothing more nothing less.
4. Having unlimited software opens doesn't mean much when the full game is just two weeks away
Although everyone now has the demo, at least you can say that your demo is special in that it has unlimited software opens and is not limited to 30. But the truth is, the people who waited and got the demo in 19th don't have to be so paranoid with their 30 opens and leave their 3DS in sleep mode until October. This is because the full game is going to be released in just two weeks, 14 days. The average time a person opens a demo is twice a day, and if you opened the Smash demo twice a day for 14 days, that's just 28 opens. Even if someone did use up all of his opens, the full game should only be less than a few days away by the time he does so.
5. Once October 3rd hits, the demo will be completely worthless
There is no greater truth than this. What was once completely worth paying money over when it was first given away to select Platinum members, now has become completely worthless when compared to the full game. October 3rd is the day when people who actually spent money or traded away a game to get the demo a week early look back in regret and wished they had waited until the 19th. Meanwhile, people who begged for it but weren't successful look back in laughter and maybe embarrassment thinking how desperate they were, and people who were simply patient until the 19th look back and feel good for waiting because they knew that in the end, the demo wasn't worth anything at all.
When you actually think about the sharp decline of worth the demo faces within just the next three weeks, it's easier to accept that the demo code isn't worth crying over. If you get the demo early by chance, great! But the demo isn't something you need to work your butt off for, not at all. Especially when it comes out in just a week, and when the full game comes out two weeks afterwards.
My last advice is for you to just sit back with any installment of the smash series, and chill until the 19th comes. I'm sure you can relax much easily now that you know the true worthiness of the demo.
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