mas369
Smash Apprentice
Look on the boards now. The predominate threads right now are focused on the Melee vs Brawl debate, weather Brawl is competitive, if Melee is dead, if items should be used in competitive play, if competitive players have a right to choose what is a good game or if they have the right to mess with Sakurai's masterpiece, this place is torn apart right now and it's hard to see what the end result is going to be of these debates. This thread is to discuss what your views on the future of the Smash community is going to be. This way we can see our opinions on where we think these things that we are debating in WILL go instead of where we WANT them to go. Then we can come back to this thread in a year or two and laugh at our dumb beliefs, feel proud of how things have turned out so well or lament at the fact that it had to happen THAT way.
I'll start out with my own thoughts
I've always had a grim outlook on how things in this world would turn out (I personally believe the roster was going to be worse than what we got), and this is reflected in what I believe will happen to the community. The competitive community will, in large, move back to Melee or be alienated and leave the community all together, with only a small fraction sticking with Brawl. Many casuals will probably leave the community as soon as Mario Kart Wii comes out, while some will also stick around, but just be on and off with it. Word of mouth from the competitive community will slow sales of Brawl down, but not enough for the big N to start giving a **** about them. Competitive standards will remain the same, but the community will be smaller than it was in Melee's prime and definatly smaller than the community immediatly after Brawl's release.
Of course, that is just what I believe. I would love to hear your's.
I'll start out with my own thoughts
I've always had a grim outlook on how things in this world would turn out (I personally believe the roster was going to be worse than what we got), and this is reflected in what I believe will happen to the community. The competitive community will, in large, move back to Melee or be alienated and leave the community all together, with only a small fraction sticking with Brawl. Many casuals will probably leave the community as soon as Mario Kart Wii comes out, while some will also stick around, but just be on and off with it. Word of mouth from the competitive community will slow sales of Brawl down, but not enough for the big N to start giving a **** about them. Competitive standards will remain the same, but the community will be smaller than it was in Melee's prime and definatly smaller than the community immediatly after Brawl's release.
Of course, that is just what I believe. I would love to hear your's.