GrassPokemonFTW |
December 21, 2014 10:27:33 AM |
Something that Really Gear Grinds my Klinks
(Sorry, I had to, the joke was too good)
Anyways, something I wanted to get off my chest in light of the tourney coming up. I've been competitive battling for quite some time now, and as of late I've been encountering a certain situation that honestly really bugs me. Now, I know that tiers have quite a bit of bad reputation because of the controversy over their existence. Smogon has been under fire by some kinds of people, and it's become a bit of a joke in the community. Now, I'll be playing Smogon rules and using a team that I made up, usually composed of what would be considered "OU" plus a couple other Pokémon. Sometimes, when starting out, people will just berate me for being a scrub and say that my team building is unoriginal. Now, sure, some of the Pokémon I use are popular. And what of it? Did they ever think that I actually like using that Pokémon because the design is cool, and not simply because of competitive worth? Heck, I'd use a Flygon over a Garchomp any day just because I like Flygon better. But then as soon as I break out the Ferrothorn or the Mega Tyranitar, people just hop on me and start bashing my "OP choice". It really bugs me.
And it isn't just limited to competitive Pokémon either. I have been berated on similar grounds in Smash Bros. I was at a small tournament at my college with some of my friends in the marching band, and I came in packing a Yoshi as my main choice of character (by the way, I placed 2nd, losing to a Rosalina main). People were quick to denounce me as a scrub who could never win with a lower-end character, and would get unnecessarily angry upon losing. Well, they never even bothered to consider that Yoshi has a special place in my heart, since Yoshi's Island for the GBA was the first ever video game that I ever played, and I still play it to this day. I started maining Yoshi in SSB4 because, while I noticed that Yoshi gained quite a number of buffs to make his combo potential much better, I'd always wanted to rock the green dino in one of the Smash Bros, because I never was exceptionally good with Yoshi in Melee or Brawl, try as I might (Yoshi would end up being my secondary character in Melee, and tertiary in Brawl). But because he happens to be a "top-tier character," apparently (I didn't even know this before the tournament), I was labelled as a scrub.
Do any of you guys experience this kind of treatment for using Pokémon that are considered "OP?" Or using any character that is competitively viable in its respective game?
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