11-03-2006, 07:45 AM
I've been thinking about this for a while, and this is what I have to say: it's a tournament. Everyone is expected to come up with their best designs, even if those designs look like each other because of limited good part choices. If someone wishes to come in a hover, he's free to do so, but no one will expect him to win. If he does, then... wow. That's skill for you.
Yeah, the top tier in LR is definitely a small group of parts, but if you want to win, you'll use them. Not doing so is trying to make a point (that you're good), and it'll only be the end results that will truly say whether you really can hold your own or not.
Basically, what I'm saying is that if anybody came to the tourney having only a gun and a blade, as Antlan and KnightRix did, then that's a big risk that person is taking. But it's a risk he took with (hopefully) full knowledge that many of his opponents would be packing dual guns.
But still, yeah, we'll test this ranking system out.
Yeah, the top tier in LR is definitely a small group of parts, but if you want to win, you'll use them. Not doing so is trying to make a point (that you're good), and it'll only be the end results that will truly say whether you really can hold your own or not.
Basically, what I'm saying is that if anybody came to the tourney having only a gun and a blade, as Antlan and KnightRix did, then that's a big risk that person is taking. But it's a risk he took with (hopefully) full knowledge that many of his opponents would be packing dual guns.
But still, yeah, we'll test this ranking system out.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
