This comment section is truly inspiring. :D

Lotta people here who have never run a business seem awfully convinced that human relationships have no part in business decisions for some reason....

This is literally the worst idea ever had.

Sounds like it’s the Simpsons of their generation. An era-defining, groundbreaking comedy that is somehow still trudging along as a ghost of its former self.

Who cares.

It’s just like this comic!

Competitive SSBM is literally the best game ever created.

I don’t trust them to do any character revamps right after the disastrous Symmettra revamp. There’s like 20 characters, not all of them have to be top fucking tier! Some characters just aren’t much fun to play against and just become stupid when they are buffed.

The number of people who will valiantly leap to the defense of the giant multi-national corporation is absurd.

Yeah, this is the least surprising thing. Blizzard’s pedigree is based entirely on game design, technical design and to some extent art direction. Their writing is atrocious, and there’s no way a company with that much power and investment in its franchises will just hand it off to Hollywood experts. It’ll be decades…

Large companies tend to think of things in terms of IP and emotional resonance and such. There is a large niche (oxymoron?) of competitive smashers who love the unique GAME MECHANICS of Smash Melee and are not being served by Nintendo, who are woefully inept at exploring those mechanics further. Or any other company,…

It is wave dashing but the input is MUCH easier than for Melee. It also seems less powerful. So don’t be scared into thinking you need crazy tech skill for this game! The developer wants the game to be more accessible than Melee.

Nintendo hasn’t made a good Smash game since Melee. That’s why this game was made. For people who don’t want to play a campy, boring, hit and run based fighter. Fuck Smash 4.

*any devs. It is called design and prototyping.

Here is the Blizzard path to continuing success:

This is pretty much correct. "Sex sells" is an extremely popular myth used to justify sexist exploitation. Actual research has indicated that people have LESS average recall of a product after viewing sexualized advertising. This is because - WAIT FOR IT - the sex distracts people from the brand. This sounds crazy…

Defending this practice in the defense of "personal choice", which seems to be a favorite, is absurd. Pax is not telling anyone how to live their life, they are TRYING TO PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. You have a dress code at Pax because Pax believes that's how they can best serve their customers. The right to wear skimpy…

This is literally the most pathetic and childish article I've ever read.

Matchmaking ought to be done internally, rather than with a player-facing score. If it's a score players than see, they view it as an incentive and reward and it modifies their behavior. Pretty standard stuff, Nintendo just does not have a good understanding of online play for whatever reason.

Sounds like they switched to an Elo rank. Which... seems like a really bad idea when it's the only play option. :\