dirk you drew me into the weed discussion, im putting that on you. I should have listened to that fish-like angel on my shoulder screaming "its a trap!" before ever clarifying the dope topic.
but i can drop that now; and i've never straight up quit smoking dope for smash but if you did know me then you'd get the complete image. It's longtime been a joke with my nonsmashing friends.
and then we get to the next part:
I play for fun.
Winning is nice, but really just looking sexy is all i care about. perfect control of my character and fluid motion are what I strive for., I've never come close to winning a singles tournament nor do I intend to ever commit myself to one character long enough to do so (that saps the fun out of the game).
what's illusory about this?
They left features in the game to make your character travel faster. Smart, competitive people found ways to turn an already great party title into one of the most accessible (compare to guilty gear, sf 3rd strike, marvel vs capcom, and every other fighting game thats just waaaaay to complex with all the button combinations and whatnot) 2d fighters on the market.
and half the time, people are prompted to get better because they have a jackass friend who is comfortable with walking around the stage with marth/fox/falco , handing out forward smashes with the C-stick left and right. Knowing that there was more to the game than mashing the C-stick, I sought advice online. And being an active member of smashboards, I can vouch that a lot of people end up discovering competitive smash for the same reasons. They get whooped by someone who can out-think them on the rock-paper-scissors aspect of the title, then seek advanced tactics to avoid getting raped by the same stupid techniques.
There's too much depth to the game for me not to enjoy it and explore every aspect. Despite minor broken traits among certain characters (marth/sheik/fox), its a rich, semi-balanced title. And the wavedashing element is even cooler simply because It allows you more degrees of freedom with every character.
Its just that there's a whole lot to do with the physics engine. Probably the best $50 i've ever spent on a video game.
and yea there are total douchebags in the smash community that would have called you a scrub and left a long time ago and i bet you wish i was one, but like anything foul, i linger
haha jk goodnight everyone we love you!