the year is 20XX. everyone plays meleedea at TAS levels of perfection. because of this, the winner of a match depends solely on port priority. the rock paper scissors metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to it being the only remaining factor to decide matches. humanity has reached its pinnacle. the low tier peasants are living in poverty. it seems nothing can stop the great leader of 20XX, gentle “taken hostage by kasumi” panda, and his army, the meleedea monks who live in great monasteries where they levitate while TASing meleedea with one hand, and winning tournaments with the other. the tournament metagame has gotten to this point where everything is played out to theoretical perfection, so tournament goers play rock paper scissors for port priority, and that’s the game.