But when I point out this FACT the community just tends to down vote it out of a kind of knee jerk defense mechanism and I don't understand why.AGAIN I am not making a judgment either way on how comp players should or want to play the game or how they enjoy the game I'm simply perplex by the knee jerk negative reaction you get when you point out to the smash competitive community it's casual roots and designers decisions.If you disagree with the majority this sub will honestly send you to downvote oblivion, it's brutal sometimes.Nowhere is safe..lock your doors and stay out of the internet!IMO and compared to the PS4 and XB1 subs, this sub is extremely casual. Why does the community hate 90% of what makes smash unique to other fighters? The massive love for "accessible" (which generally means "easy") games such as Captain Toad, Kirby, Mario Party, etc. 1) Smash fans keep calling for Sakurai to be fired and think a new director will do any better.
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If Smash Switch ver is not like Melee, expect the Melee fanboys to hate on it. (edited 12 minutes ago) User Info: IamNori. Why? Even Sakuri admits the philosophy of smash is more toward a party game than a hardcore fighter.It makes me hate going to that sub and makes me feel like the entire community is cool with being filled with gatekeepers.I'm prepared to be down voted to hell just for this post I know it's an unpopular opinion .... but I had to vent a little.The way the community wants to play smash ( 1v1, no items, battle field only, 3 stock) It's like I picked up Mario Kart and the entire community only wants to play time trial on the excite bike track. The site may not work properly if you don't If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit Press J to jump to the feed. The smaller and more focused they get, the nastier.I think this sub can be level headed when it wants to be. 2) Melee fans complaining that Smash is too casual. That being said, a few high school boys isn't representative of what the Smash community is really about. Being four player, having dynamic stages, having items, being based on % and launch strength, and platforming instead of health bars on a flat stage. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "I hate the Smash community. Even when I was being downvoted to hell.Anything even remotely negative about Nintendo or its products (like stating low sales during the N64-GCN era, even though I loved those systems) is met with a sea of downvotes and name calling.Blatant lies that put big N in a good light? is a good indicator, as games like that would provoke little interest to other consoles' reddit fanbases.However, this sub is way more uncompromisingly supportive of their console, meaning any criticism is pretty much an instant downvote even if it generates a good discussion.This sub is better than others. Hackoru Recommended for you. "you dare speak ill of our Lord and savior: Nintendo online services?! You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. My main point is despite all this, the competitive community has developed a rule set that typically removes many of these unique aspects.Which is fineI understand why. +20 in seconds.I didn't I was expecting to be down voted into obscurity in like 20 minutes.4 hour later my phones melting and this post had +200. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Many people hate the competitive Smash community now because of evil players like Nario, Captain Zack, Cinnpie, etc.I love competitive Smash. Get ready to receive lots of disagree comments. Ho ho ho ho ho, delightfully devilish, Seymour. I was NOT expecting this at all.Don't like the current meta? Nintendo, Xbox, and PS subs aren't to bad. Regarding The Allegations in the Smash Community: We Failed - Duration: 13:28. I love competitive Smash. When smash was being developed the philosophy behind smash was a party fighting game. It's more RNG and RNG is bad for fair competitive play.

2:04. I was really just looking for a place to vent a little and had no idea it would actually gather positive votes, not that I don't appreciate the discussions taking place but my phone is melting and only being a mobile user I couldn't possibly respond to the degree I want. Why not just play gran turismo if that how you want to play?Edit: Wow this post got more attention than I expected. A lot of competitive (Melee) players still hate on Brawl, the game that the majority of casual players prefer, and many of the loudest voices are very elitist and inconsiderate, which only widens the rift between the casual Smash community and the competitive Smash community.