Ephraim said:
I’m going to do my best to avoid an argument, but I disagree on this one. At the last LAN, I talked to John about the tournament. I said something along the lines of “I hope I do well in the Brawl tournament. I’ve been practicing a lot.” He responded with “Dude, it’s just Brawl.”If you don’t care about your own tournament, you shouldn’t be running it. I do not find lots of people playing Brawl nonstop, but I only know three or four people who play Melee nonstop. These people would have hated Brawl no matter what it was like, because they miss Melee. It is wrong to say that Brawl is limited in gameplay when the only form of Smash Bros. you want to play is a very limited form of Melee that excludes most stages, modes, and items. I know some people get *edited*ed off at me because I defend Brawl, but look at it from my perspective. Every *edited* time I play Brawl with you, John, or Nebs, all I can hear is constant complaining that we aren’t playing Melee instead. If I am playing a game, the implication is that I like it and don’t want to hear *edited*ing while I play. And this does not mean that everybody hates Brawl but me, because I have played with people who are good at Brawl and who actually like it. That is why I no longer provide my Wii at LANs. I don’t want people to use my property just to criticize a game I like.
Ephiram, I really dont understand how you dont see the dark side of Brawl. Its a fun game but come on. Infinte chain Throws, moves that are inescapable when hit and an unbalanced roster bog this game down. Dont get me wrong its a good game but Melee is much more balanced and complex in terms of gameplay and combos. We wouldnt have hated Brawl just because its not Melee, hell I played Brawl non stop for months after it came out and thought it was much better. Then, when I found out that you pretty much had to pick one of four characters to even have a chance at winning a match, I said *edited* it, I’m going back to Melee (and the fact that it is IMPOSSIBLE to do combos in that game, which I thought was odd). And its not just because of the Wavedasing and the L Canceling, and all that advanced stuff, but it was the simple fact that I could see people kick some *edited* with all kinds of characters instead of seeing the same four characters played over and over (GO LUIGI!). And saying that Melee is limited in gameplay is an understatment. Check out tournament play vids of Melee on youtube and youll see what I mean (look up Ka-Master, he’s the man!) We arent hating on your property/your games just because we say that Melee is better, we are just voicing our opinion. And hell, I might complain about some of the roken stuff in the game but that doesnt mean I dont enjoy playing it with friends, its a good party game. We understand u like Brawl more and thats ok because thats your opinion. But honestly, you shouldnt punish the club because of a few people disagreeing with you on a game, we really could use your Wii at the LANs. Also, Im not trying to pick a argument with u or call you out, I just consider this a “friendly debate” lol.