Having a certain amount of leeway changes how people play. The last stock will be extremely defensive, if you play with less stocks, you'll play more conservatively.
I already said that
. I mean, just think of a melee match:the introduction with each player feeling each other out, the good reads, then the combos, then the final stock, the defensive last stocks, the even matchup, and the final kill move, except everything that usually happens in a melee match, happens a bit faster. In Conclusion, the match will be the same, except faster
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You're right Axe, more stocks does mean more accurate results, and 99 stocks would be quite the silly tournament. The difference of 3 and 4, honestly isn't all that big, you guys are looking too hard into what you're used to. Think of if someone was to have only played five stock tournaments? They would think 5 to 4 is just as crazy and insane as you guys think 4 to 3 is. But it's one stock, it's not as huge as you think. Are you saying the same silly gimp will happen three times in a row to a high-level player? Probably not, maybe in one stock if you guys want to think that deeply into it, but i'm sure if I played m2k, regardless of stock, I would lose.
No one's saying three stocks is better, we're saying three stocks is no different, no need to get aggressive my friends.