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There's honestly no way to tell right now since the game is so far from completion. Brawl was a lot closer to Melee in the demos before it's release, so really anything is up for change.

Upvote this on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1hyqyk/nintendo_tells_organizers_they_cant_stream/

That was over a few weeks right? This is a few days before the event. Do we have enough time to garner that much support?

Because some people enjoy it?

We're arguing semantics here, so I'll let this die, but if someone wins a match they are the better player that match. I wasn't talking about overall skill, one match doesn't determine someone's skill level, that's crazy. But if they lost they are by definition playing worse than the other person.

Outside of free for all, can you give me an example?

This just isn't true. The stronger player WILL always come out on top, regardless of whether or not there are ATs. Isn't that the definition of the stronger player?

But the ATs you're railing against aren't even in Brawl, so how do they have anything to do with that skill gap? What I'm saying is that even with these ATs being specifically targeted and taken out, there's still a HUGE gap between someone like that and the average player in Brawl. That's never...

The gap is already wide enough to where the use of these techniques doesn't really matter. Is M2K going to beat you worse in Brawl or in Melee? I'd wager it'd be pretty badly in both because he's really good at these games. ATs have nothing to do with that skill gap.

This is going to happen anyway, regardless of what ATs are in the game. ATs don't automatically make someone good, practicing does. The ones who practice will inevitably destroy lesser skilled players online.

Isn't it a little weird to say that Brawl is more casual friendly than melee with these things in the game though? People like to point to the ATs in melee as a source of frustration for casual players, but in Brawl you barely have to put in any practice before you can completely dominate...

What? High level 64 is awesome. I've never even been decent at that game but it's just as interesting to watch as melee for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJEPllJpbrA&t=0m10s

A large part of the problem is that there are so few strong options in brawl, that some of these oversights, such as DDD's chain grab end up becoming dominating strategies for the character. People talk about being frustrated with the technical aspect of melee, but isn't it infinitely more...

This still happens in Brawl. You're never really going to stop this. People get just as upset when DDD is chain grabbing them across the stage as they do when getting dominated in Melee. In my experience even more so.

You were the one that brought up fun. "Brawl is now five years old and only in the last two years or so has it really taken off. You wouldn't compare Melee in 2006 to Melee in 2001, and the common claim that Melee was still ****in' rad in 2001 doesn't hold water. It was awesome because it's...