Thanks for the help. I understand to not use sarcasm/insults. I'm more looking for gimmicks to remove the ones I used while keeping the same points.

Quote Originally Posted by 'Occam\'s Razor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=72221#post7222 1
Food for thought.

Is ANY online game worth getting worked up over?
Yes. If it's a game you take seriously it being online/offline doesn't matter. Also, it isn't an online game.(well technically there is a netplay hack...)

The main points for the rule are 3x good character and it promotes character diversity. These are pretty much the same thing, only different angles. I've pretty much compiled most of the anti-arguments, but would like some better wording, specifically on 6.

1. If a character is so good that 3x of them are too good then that character needs to be banned. There is no reason why this wouldn't apply to singles as well(which doesn't get any complains).
2. There is the logistics of then that team will have all the same weakness, which just means that 3x any character is a bad idea.
3. If it's just complaining about top tier, then the new complaint is naturally about best/second best/third best characters.

4. Forcing character diversity is anti-competitive as it forces the use of weaker characters. It then becomes wasting time while characters that will never win get eliminated while the real characters wait, or there was already character diversity to begin with and the rule didn't help at all.
5. Again, if a game needs this rule to have several characters be played it just means that certain ones are too good and need to be banned.(or it's just a popular character for other non-relevant reasons)
6. The logistics of character diversity; it doesn't mater at all. Whether a game has 5 characters and 20 instant lose selections or 20 characters and 5 instant lose selections is irrelevant. If seeing different characters is important to you then you need to find a game that has more characters, not force people to pick instant lose characters. Seeing more characters has nothing to do with competitive play.

Outside of the joke characters, pretty much every character gets played. There are 20ish (+ 2 joke) characters, and we have about 19 that get played competitively in usa. The rule is not going to increase it to 20.

I'd also like a better way to address things like "but this tournament did it" and "standard" in a way thats better than "but this guy killed himself and so should you" and "if everyone jumped off a bridge would you?".