r/smashbros • u/daniellee912 • Apr 26 '16

all Group AMA: Smash Summit 2 Attendees

Hey Everyone! We will be doing a group AMA for the event. Leave questions and we will answer it!

Most players are on flights and will be home later tonight

Legend

Armada (/u/armada_)

Mango

Hungrybox - (/u/iamhungrybox)

Mew2King - (/u/mew2king)

Axe - (/u/Axe09)

Shroomed

Plup

SFAT

PewPewU

Ice

Silent Wolf

ESAM

s2j

Westballz

Wobbles

Duck (/u/ssbduck)

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u/TheFlyingCule Fuck Puff Apr 26 '16

For Armada: How do you cope with always seeming like the player the crowd is against?

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u/Armada_ Apr 26 '16

For a long period of time I did not really care that much. I did travel to America like twice a year back in the day and even if I always tried to win it was not often I was in America so it did not bother me so much.

Nowadays I'm in America so often and the community is in a way like a "family" so now I actually think it's harder to accept. I personally think Melee commentary many times is extremely biased so now it's not even just the crowed but many times even commentators is more or less saying who to cheer for many times.

In multiple factors that is important for smashers to live of smash (Stream/Sponsor/Social media presence that eventually help with other stuff) is indirect gonna be easier when commentators always wanna cheer for some people. I get it, some people are closer in the community but I personally think more professional commentary would be to prefer, than again, maybe I'm biased having that opinion.

I guess I just have to deal with it despite not liking it and just keep playing

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u/d4nace Apr 26 '16

You still have your fans for sure. I think going on a winning spree definitely changes people's outlooks including commentators. They talk about how opponents can beat Zero in Smash 4. Back in early Brawl days, M2K was viewed as a villain because of his dominance.

It's hard to be unbias when you have history and storylines going into each match and honestly those storylines are what makes smash spectating so interesting and unique compared to other games. That being said, your fans are going to cheer for you regardless of the commentators / your current record! http://i.imgur.com/MiJNmey.png