If Idle and Partisan say it's stupid, it's stupid. This is a meritocracy, where the weight of your opinion is based on your success at the game. If Xeph or Omega or somebody on that level comes in here and says it needs removed, I'll reconsider.
Interesting.
So it does not matter what evidence I provide,
It does not matter what point I make and how irrefutable it is or isn't,
All that matters is whether or not I beat some other people on the East Coast of America?
So in theory, if i went to a tournament and beat every one of these people (and no-one is saying it would happen of course) I'd be free to make statements such as:
Ranked Match should only allow Cervantes and CaS Nightmares to participate, and only allow the selection of Unknown Forest as a stage.
Global Colluseo should soft-ban a different character ever 7 hours, by permanently banning anybody that breaches the rule.
All Mids should become S.Mids, unless they come from directly above you.
And that would be considered inarguable fact?
So all that matters is your offline tournament record, and absolutely none of what you're saying makes a difference?
And this is of course, regardless of anybody's situation. I can't get to tournaments to become one of your Elite Rulers... and yet, I have informed opinions and extensive knowledge of this game, and just as much ability to research and learn elements of it.
In that case, why have message boards at all..? Why not just replace them with
this section entirely, and restrict status updates to the top 10, allowing only them to preach just how and what this game should and could be?
Because if you're not even going to consider what anybody else has to say, regardless of evidence and not even considering the validity of their opinion then why bother allowing anybody to even have an opinion?
Now having looked at that sticky after writing what I did earlier, I can see why you might leave it out because it's something people are disagreeing on... and as a locked list, there could be no discussion there, and as its not resolved it can't be on that definitive list. I get that.
But to say that this opinion is "stupid", to compare it to "nerf seigfried", and to say that the opinions and statements of anybody who can't travel miles across the globe to prove to you in person their knowledge and ability are inherently invalid is completely unacceptable.
If you want to call the idea of removing JG stupid, address the concerns me and others have raised, and don't just shoot them down without reason or explanation. I'd like to know exactly how I am wrong, and have the opportunity to counter that if possible.
I can already concede that it's not necessarily JG that is the problem with one of my issues, and more with Astaroth's move list itself not being well suited to this game as it features it. Other characters have valuable mixups when JG is the opponent's choice of defense, but he doesn't, and I would say that he needs redesigning more so than JG.
I haven't had the opportunity as of yet to look into every-character vs. JG in depth, but a quick look at various multi-hit attacks and slow charging attacks has shown me that outside of Astaroth, there's very little that isn't otherwise avoidable or doesn't have any ability to delay the hit, or isn't already punishable anyway. But what it does to Astaroth is unfair, and any tricks with unblockables have been made completely redundant...
The lack of risk in general however, is a problem. The only thing you lose for attempting is the inability to do it for a short time, and if it's used without the intention of it working every time anyway, such as using it as soon as you see the opponent flinch on reaction, you risk nothing... You would have guarded otherwise anyway, and you're still able to do so. Throws can still be broken and ducking is still instant.
Now I'm just repeating myself, but if you can't tell me why I'm wrong I'm not going to believe I am. Right now I just see petty elitism.
