Taymond
Smash Journeyman
Well I didn't really say anything about your sentence structure. I meant logically ill-formed. I did mention your unnecessary attitude, yes, because you claimed you didn't have one.
I will agree that in many ways, Gimpyfish has had a negative impact on a large portion of the masses here. But not everybody needed him to point out the problems that Brawl genuinely does have. He has an inexplicable flock of devotees, yes, but he didn't say anything in the thread I assume you're referring to that wasn't true, as far as his descriptions of Brawl. Conjecture about the future is merely conjecture, yes, but his premises were all legitimate.
Gecko's other uses, like frame data acquisition, are in fact just in time. There's no too early to be learning everything we can about the game, and that data would be incredibly helpful to start cataloguing. Even this use isn't really as preemptive as you want to believe. Even if some people do this, it doesn't even come close to spelling the end of Brawl. The majority of people who decide to give this a try will probably still play normal Brawl plenty. A few small communities might develop that are truly devoted to this, and sure, the occasional single player who decides to, with his 3 friends, only ever play this again, but those people don't impact the larger community any substantial amount. The kid and his 3 friends probably weren't going to play much competitive Brawl or give much back to the community to begin with. The loss of a thousand players really won't hurt Brawl or SWF in the slightest.
And we really don't need Gimpyfish to tell us what's wrong with Brawl. Some stuff, like tripping, is plain as day. What's the real harm in a few people modding the game to lose it? It's hardly defensible in the first place. Regardless, this competitive standard will absolutely be the minority by far, so you need to stop acting like this thread is the harbinger of death for the Brawl you love. I'll still happily play the same game as you, hell I'll happily play it with you, even if I decide to pick up a Gecko in a few months or something, and the majority of people interested in this will too.
Most people seriously interested in the community and competitive Brawl won't limit themselves solely to a minority choice like this.
I will agree that in many ways, Gimpyfish has had a negative impact on a large portion of the masses here. But not everybody needed him to point out the problems that Brawl genuinely does have. He has an inexplicable flock of devotees, yes, but he didn't say anything in the thread I assume you're referring to that wasn't true, as far as his descriptions of Brawl. Conjecture about the future is merely conjecture, yes, but his premises were all legitimate.
Gecko's other uses, like frame data acquisition, are in fact just in time. There's no too early to be learning everything we can about the game, and that data would be incredibly helpful to start cataloguing. Even this use isn't really as preemptive as you want to believe. Even if some people do this, it doesn't even come close to spelling the end of Brawl. The majority of people who decide to give this a try will probably still play normal Brawl plenty. A few small communities might develop that are truly devoted to this, and sure, the occasional single player who decides to, with his 3 friends, only ever play this again, but those people don't impact the larger community any substantial amount. The kid and his 3 friends probably weren't going to play much competitive Brawl or give much back to the community to begin with. The loss of a thousand players really won't hurt Brawl or SWF in the slightest.
And we really don't need Gimpyfish to tell us what's wrong with Brawl. Some stuff, like tripping, is plain as day. What's the real harm in a few people modding the game to lose it? It's hardly defensible in the first place. Regardless, this competitive standard will absolutely be the minority by far, so you need to stop acting like this thread is the harbinger of death for the Brawl you love. I'll still happily play the same game as you, hell I'll happily play it with you, even if I decide to pick up a Gecko in a few months or something, and the majority of people interested in this will too.
Most people seriously interested in the community and competitive Brawl won't limit themselves solely to a minority choice like this.