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Music, MTG and Fighting Game enthusiast. I choose violence on this site. Any/All

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@ThePieGod7 @Bafael1 A good example is Street Fighter 2 Akuma & Street Fighter 2 Old Sagat.

Akuma invalidates the entire cast whereas O. Sagat invalided half the cast. Both are bannable, but people will stand up for O Sagat because he’s more beatable.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@ThePieGod7 @Bafael1 100% There’s a paradox with FGC bans where characters that slowly grow into ban able status are harder to get rid of than blatantly broken shit. Once people put serious time into a character they will refuse to ban them.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@denlaand @Bafael1 Bayonetta was regionally banned in a few places before Ultimate came out (for what that’s worth)

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@obamanomicon @Bafael1 I think this is probably the right answer, though old Arakune has a more oppressive autopilot.

-thinks about it-

…nah u right, Steve autopilot is also stupid as hell lol

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Talift52 @SsendamCelle @Bafael1 Morrigan is a foil to UMvC3’s usual play imo. Instead of hitting you & mixing your entire team, she smothers you in fireballs. You get to make more meaningful decisions against her than other top tiers, but it sure as hell doesn’t feel like it.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@ThePieGod7 @Bafael1 I understand that banning a fighting game character is a complicated & divisive process.

After leaving fighting games for trading card games, a community where powerful things are regularly removed, I can say with certainty that banning Steve is a good thing.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@_Bad_Dog__ So the math says cEDH should be a 3 player format?

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Schaffrillas When America had a middle class

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Talift52 @Bafael1 I wouldn’t call UMvC3 Morrigan “slow” but I get you for sure.

Now M.O.D.O.K….

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@KirgyC @PariahPopular Stereotypical Californian

[Speedkicks @Speedkicks]

The online fighting game crowd is so cooked in 20 years

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

WotC employees swearing Standard is healthy on bsky

Meanwhile Pauper of all things is beating Standard attendance

[Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes]

@d00mwake Final numbers wound up 55 for Standard, 70 for Pauper, and 295 for Modern. 139 pre-reg'd for SCG Baltimore.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Gulitying @upgamer_Nicki EU too players used to whine about flying to the US to get good practice.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Bafael1 I only have so much sympathy for the community when they had (and still have!) the power to ban him whenever they want.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@Bafael1 He’s a divine mix of:

-Very skill intensive
-Very unique
-Potential to be very flashy
-Slow
-Uninteractive
-Immensely strong

I can’t think of another character that has all these traits.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@claudiohmtg I have an active Pioneer local I’ve been going to for three years. The format is so much fun when WotC bothers to maintain it (and that’s a big when).

Feels like organized play just doesn’t know what to do with anything anymore.

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@MomoZipp @HubPointless Bait used to be believable

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@NotRealMusic Spring Heel Jack Live Part 1
Spring Heel Jack Live Part 2

Then uh…

Thundercat - Dragonball Durag bc I’ve played it 200 times

[E ♯ Student @KankatoRYM]

@arvofart When they say “all genres” they mean “Billboard Top 100” exactly lol

[arvo färt @arvofart]

People who say stuff like this straight up do not seek out new music of their own accord.