KirbCider
Smash Ace
I've often noticed some tend to throw this term around rather loosely for almost any instance in the game whether it be characters that are considered to be cheap, certain game-play styles, or even certain moves/combos characters are capable of using. While some often have valid reasons from time to time I still have to wonder if one is truly capable of being cheap in the game.
So my question to my fellow SmashBoarders are: "Is it truly possible to be cheap in Smash?"
And to those of you who do think it is possible, what in your eyes is considered as "Cheap"? Do you consider Spam to be cheap, or perhaps camping/passive play? Maybe it's a certain character people tend to use in certain ways that's cheap?
Explain and discuss your thoughts here freely.
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As for my own response, I do believe it is impossible to be cheap in Smash. Although I can't always agree with how some people play (for example, I don't particularly like passive/camper players) if it works for them then it shouldn't be seen as cheap. The way I see it is if I lose to someone it's my own fault. It's not cause of how they played, but it's simply because I couldn't handle it or counter it.
I can get frustrated for it sure, and it can be annoying to deal with but I feel I cannot shout "That's cheap!" if I lost to it.
The same applies to characters. I may hate how some are played and get really frustrated with a few of them, but the bottom line is I cannot consider a character cheap just because of how a person chooses to play them or because of their movesets. I guess I can sort of understand spamming being seen as such, but I still feel like it's my own fault if I lost to it. No excuses.
If it was used effectively against me to the point I couldn't even get a stock off of them, should I really consider it as such to begin with?
So... Yeah, in short I can't really see much as cheap since it should be my own fault for allowing it to happen.
So my question to my fellow SmashBoarders are: "Is it truly possible to be cheap in Smash?"
And to those of you who do think it is possible, what in your eyes is considered as "Cheap"? Do you consider Spam to be cheap, or perhaps camping/passive play? Maybe it's a certain character people tend to use in certain ways that's cheap?
Explain and discuss your thoughts here freely.
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As for my own response, I do believe it is impossible to be cheap in Smash. Although I can't always agree with how some people play (for example, I don't particularly like passive/camper players) if it works for them then it shouldn't be seen as cheap. The way I see it is if I lose to someone it's my own fault. It's not cause of how they played, but it's simply because I couldn't handle it or counter it.
I can get frustrated for it sure, and it can be annoying to deal with but I feel I cannot shout "That's cheap!" if I lost to it.
The same applies to characters. I may hate how some are played and get really frustrated with a few of them, but the bottom line is I cannot consider a character cheap just because of how a person chooses to play them or because of their movesets. I guess I can sort of understand spamming being seen as such, but I still feel like it's my own fault if I lost to it. No excuses.
If it was used effectively against me to the point I couldn't even get a stock off of them, should I really consider it as such to begin with?
So... Yeah, in short I can't really see much as cheap since it should be my own fault for allowing it to happen.