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Smash Journeyman
Tempted to post this in the competitive forum, but I feel this is too personal to post on there. To sum up, I've been playing Smash 4 since day 1, and I've been an advocate for full custom legality since the very beginning. Seeing the attitudes of it change from indifference to outright hatred has left me in the position for constantly trying to defend its conclusion at every opportunity I had. However, after EVO and the large movement to ban customs moves permanently, I've faced a lot more violent opposition for still arguing for them. I've been called a cancerous tumor that should be cut off from competitive play before, and that still stings. I suppose it doesn't help that my area is one of the most vocal anti-customs areas around, what with MVD and the like shutting down all customs supporters at the drop of a hat.
So I tried to adapt. The past two months have had me trying to acclimate to using no customs at all in my friendlies matches. And quite frankly, I'm finding the game to be a lot more boring. I know the competitive scene is about making the game as fair and balanced as possible, but if I really wanted to make money off of a hobby, I'd play the stock market, not join a fighting game scene. So with no options available to me (Anther's Ladder still doesn't support a customs-only bracket), I'm considering being done with Smash 4. I know several notable players like Dapuffster have already dropped because of the bias against customs and Miis, and I'm nowhere near that level of skill, so nobody'd realistically care if I left too, but...honestly I'm just tired of this schism and constant mud-slinging. I just want to enjoy myself at this point. Maybe I'll do Street Fighter instead.
So I tried to adapt. The past two months have had me trying to acclimate to using no customs at all in my friendlies matches. And quite frankly, I'm finding the game to be a lot more boring. I know the competitive scene is about making the game as fair and balanced as possible, but if I really wanted to make money off of a hobby, I'd play the stock market, not join a fighting game scene. So with no options available to me (Anther's Ladder still doesn't support a customs-only bracket), I'm considering being done with Smash 4. I know several notable players like Dapuffster have already dropped because of the bias against customs and Miis, and I'm nowhere near that level of skill, so nobody'd realistically care if I left too, but...honestly I'm just tired of this schism and constant mud-slinging. I just want to enjoy myself at this point. Maybe I'll do Street Fighter instead.