When compared with previous iterations, this SPL was underwhelmingly devoid of drama which is an extreme disappointment.
I believe I speak on behalf of the entire globe when I say that nobody actually cares about competitive gaming, they just want to see the health bar drop from 100% to 0. Likewise, we don't want to see displays of skill, good sportsmanship or friends being made along the way. It's not about the journey, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW LOW WE WILL SINK.
So here are some suggestions I made on how you all, from the TOs to managers to the players warming a virtual bench, can do better:
1) For future iterations,
allow the shitposting to be in the same threads as the weekly lineup. I don't know what everyone was thinking here but if the drama is brought elsewhere and away from the very competitors that are meant to be triggered by all the self-entitled nonsense we write over a children's game, then it defeats the purpose of even being written. I mean, at that point
did it even happen?
2)
Not enough players that are high on their own elitism. We NEED more people to have high opinions of themselves because regardless of whether they are good or bad, they make us feel like we are validated by how they make a spectacle of themselves. I think it would be fair just for the sake of keeping the torch burning that we bring back someone like a Lavos or a GGfan so that we can all have a good laugh. It really doesn't make a difference which of these two you choose as the former will go undefeated and the latter will go un-victorious, shaking up the entire week to week matchup for a bunch of teams. If you happen to know any disciple of theirs (or their dealer) hit me up and I will make all efforts to
bribe convince the managers to buy them.
3)
Too much respect among players. More flexing is needed. K Thanks. This mostly relates to the GSC players since I have been recapping them on a weekly basis so I'm looking at the veteran players with a frown. I mean seriously what the fuck. Where is the anger? Off the top of my head there were only one or two memorable and cool lines said by players this season. M Dragon's
victory speech in defense of his ethnicity "Don't predict against the Dragon people" was badass and empowering at the same time. Conflict also had some nice catch phrases.
4)
Less people accused of cheating and more people banned for obscure reasons. The later into the season the better. Playoffs ideal.
4.5)
If they can give a really convincing reason, cheating could MAYBE be allowed. I mean Mazar was a terrible person but he was good at what he did. So good in fact, that he made the whole team benefit from his crazy idea... right? It's not like they lost their trophy or anything.
5)
Let the popular people win. Also the Managers need to put their most popular players in the cooler tiers. ADV and DPP should be designated victories to whichever team has the biggest star and gets the most traction. If you want to draft celebrities, I can hit you up with Slavoi Zizek who has been practicing his ADV, or other celebrities like Dr.Seuss or Nate Diaz.
6)
Include ADV Ubers. I'm going to be reasonable here and not ask for something ridiculous like
Gen9 Anything Goes Monotype Doubles with Team Preview
7)
Include ring girls to keep the score. Who else is gonna do it?
8)
Wait we actually do this for free?
9)
Don't apologize for hax. Instead, try saying "we take those" or "GG ez". You'll see more often than not that you won't get inverse karma for being polite.
10) I made a song/tribute song/cover. This was all a late april fools joke I guess. But I want to thank everybody for the fun time I had playing pokemon and watching SPL. I hope that you all appreciate the song because I wanted to capture some emotions that SPL gives me and I'm sure it gives also other people.