#elvs

[samusmaximus]

230 year old elven hottie in the dungeon (sex): isn't it weird that when I was your age your great great grandparents didn't even exist?

Me, just got so existentially scared that I've decided to become a immortal soulless emperor of destruction on the spot: haha yeah pretty hot, btw you know where they keep the forbidden tomes?

[smash-64]

Yo. Any thoughts on the "Ban Steve" discourse? Steve main just handily beat many top players to win Super Smash Con. Personally I don't play Ultimate that seriously, I think the block man is funny to see, and the discourse is funnier.

I actually have a lot of thoughts about Steve. Or, rather, character bans in general.

I personally feel he is not really any fun to play against and I don't think he is any fun to watch as a spectator, either. Yes, he has been getting a lot of results lately and people have talked about banning him, and I'd like to point out that the player who won Smash Con, Onin, I believe picked up the character and specifically wants to prove how broken he is by showing people how quickly a player can rise to the top using Steve. Now, Onin is also like 16 and could be doing it for the memes for all I know, but I do think that it highlights, at the very least, that the community has to keep an eye on Steve.

As far as bans in general, I think the Smash community has a proven track record for being cowards when it comes to experimenting. There is nothing wrong with setting aside a block of time, perhaps a few months, and testing out new rulesets or even character bans. When a single character starts to dominate the results, especially when previously middling players suddenly start dominating, I think there is nothing wrong with trying out new rules to see if things drastically change. Without any real evidence, all we get is a bunch of arguments on Reddit and Twitter. Metaknight and Bayonetta were huge problems that no one was willing to address and it just put the community in the spotlight due to the toxic fans and infighting.

Looking back at results from some of the big tournaments for Brawl and Smash 4, Metaknight and Bayonetta were commonly making up half of the Top 8-12 results, sometimes more. At the current moment, we're not seeing that with Steve, which is why I said the community needs to keep an eye on Steve, not that he should be banned, or even that we should try testing a ban yet.

TL;DR - Don't ban Steve yet, but keep an eye on him

PS - I am a huge rugby fan and rugby will often change a rule across an entire league as a means to test the impact. They will also scrap the rule change if it doesn't have the desired effect, or if it has an unforeseen effect. I've been against rule changes in the sport, and have come around on a lot of them once I saw it in action, and I think a lot of competitions should embrace experimentation because it gives real evidence and results instead of conjecture. If you'd like to read up on one such example of these rugby law changes, see this link about the ELVs.

[ogrefairy]

The contest prize winner paid to have this colored! Honestly this is a new fav of mine.

[ID: A digital drawing depicting a mermaid in water kissing an elf lady. The pale mermaid has her back to us showing her long blue, wet hair and a tattoo of an octopus. She has a shimmering blue tail. The elf has short hair, antlers, face piercings, and tattoos of branches and flowers on her body. She has brown skin and brown hair. The background is faded browns and blues with the hint of long plants in the background.]

[faervelhalkin]

In a kingdom hidden from human and demonic eyes, the unique peacefulness of a warm summer night is disrupted by a sudde...

fuck it. I’ll self promote as much as possible... 

I am in dire need of an alpha reader... someone to slap me in the face and say NO IRIS BAD WORDS NO MAKE MEANING. ya know? 

pleaaase

[trek-tracks]

Sounds legit

[thedeadringers]

Maniac

[oaf-inactive]

the second fannypack is mostly for richie’s shit that he forgets and whines about all day so eddie has everything richie could possibly want in there and a couple love letters he slips richie throughout the day

FUCK YOU THIS IS CANON