Recent content by Malex

I was commenting on this. The study was involving political issues, but I think it applies here, as we are debating a change in policy. I wasn't really making an argument for or against.

studies show that people will actually be more inclined to dig in their heels and stick to their beliefs when presented with evidence that contradicts them

Actually, using sudden death as tie-breaker would cause the loser to turtle harder in the end, because of a deus ex machina waiting at the end of the game. Example: % lead wins: The advantage is in the leader, who can bide his time in the advantageous position and force the loser to...

What polling process are you using to collect your data? Post your findings and methodology so we can compare with the data that was collected with the "Ultimate Smash 4 Ruleset Poll." The frequency of complaints has nothing to do with its legitimacy. At best, you could argue that if...

What quantifiable differences exist between starter stages and counterpicks that necessitate the creation of two separate classifications of legal stages? And the quantifiable differences between couterpicks and banned stages, for that matter.

The example of people using older versions of games was to say that people will do anything they can to win, (Like swapping game discs out for an older version of a game, Some Samus players would do this in melee tournaments.) To make it easier to understand, I put it in terms of Smash 4. If a...

If we implement equipment...... 1. Let's only have bad characters use equipment to balance the game out! No. There is no quantifiable measure to assess characters on to make the game "balanced." Tier lists are an assessment of CURRENT performance of characters in tournaments within the CURRENT...

Expected number of entries?

I was under the impression that we stopped calling them neutral stages because they weren't fair. By limiting which stages are allowed, we are giving an advantage to characters that perform well on those stages. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the decision to do so, but it is...

Depends on how you define a competitive game. The point of the thread is to challenge the current norm of "3 stage starter" by showing that there are other ways that are more "fair." As declared in the OP, second stage strike gets an advantage in "3 stage starter" and, arguably, hurts...

"Attention" is a resource that is used in almost every competition. From slow paced (chess) to fast pace (Starcraft). Smash related example: Bizarro flame knows Happy Cloud's position. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4lUV8HW_2Is#t=675

"Dying at 0%" and "Safe position" are mutually exclusive. Edit: Ninja'd =(

Well, if you were inspecting equipment, I would just look for equipment that were outside expected bounds. (Anything with a higher than +90, anything with a negative stat less half of the positive, etc.) But as far as actual solutions go, I have none. You can't inspect every equipment load...

The following is for non-special effect equipment. Badge = 0 - 21 Super Badge = 22 - 40 Rare Badges = 41 - 60 Note: For the purpose of this post "Clothes" refers to non-badge equipment Clothes: Tier 1 = 1 - 30 Tier 2 = 31 - 60 Tier 3 = 61 - 90 Weights: + Stat / - Stat Badges = 1.48 - 2.05...

My previous post is from my memory of the last discussions I had of equipment. However, I was clicking around and found a very thorough post by @Thinkaman of why equipment won't work, and I agree with it.