Pretty much this. Dont know why anyone with a brain would buy the new hot pile of trash EA is trying to sell you when there’s already a perfect and affordable Battlefront game that’s 10x better in every way.

Tell that to all the SF5 pros who made top 8 at the last two Evo championships and were shown on ESPN2.

Yeah I’m gonna have to highly disagree with you on this one Tom. Professional gaming and Esports allow for this kind of immersive interaction where you can be someone else. You can be the hero you always dreamed about in your childhood. In the case of Dr. PeePee (one of the greatest Melee players off all time) he…

The real crime here is people choosing to still affiliate within NeoGAF’s cesspool of a “community”. Seriously not worth the time.

Yeah only if you like sprint and all those other enhanced mobility features.

Halo CE and Halo 2 please!

The only whining I’ve seen in the comments on this article are people whining about competitive players playing a game they like for fun. Not sure where you guys even come up with these inane comments lol

yumadtho?

LOL ytho?

It’s actually closer to 16 years old and the scene grows everyday. Crazy right?

You obviously dont pay attention to many fighting game scenes do you idiot?

Goodluck fam, I think you’ll still be posting these salty gifs 15 years later when new players are still getting into the scene :)

“No one is going to be there for you”

Dumbest comment of the day - 9/26/17

Word, I guess in another 15 years we’ll see if there are any more signs that people *should* stop playing a game they love :)

It really isn’t for 99% of the players attending your weekly local. No need to feel ruined by people choosing to be a little better at the game hahaha

God I love coming to Kotaku and seeing all the salty anti-Melee comments from people you can tell have never played the game seriously, never watched the documentary, nor can’t find the correlation between SSBM and literally every other top Esport. Why do people get so offended by a few hundred thousand people…

No Melee? LOL get this bullshit list out my face hahaha

Do you also tell Chess players to go play the sequel because it came out already? hahahaha

What make people in Melee more toxic than people in other Esports or gaming communities? I’m curious as to how you justify that statement.

And what exactly would you shut down? People spending their time, money, and energy on a game they love regardless of dev support or corporate sponsorship? Maybe try asking again…

The reason Melee is still in Evo is because it has the 2nd most entrants and viewership numbers for the past couple of years. The only other game in the FGC that tops it is SV5. So you may call them “entertainingly stubborn players”; but if that was the all there is to it, then why do numbers keep rising? Why is…