I still don't see any difference in grinding rivals ranked vs grinding melee online when it comes to salt. I think most people just don't remember how it feels to not understand what to do in a competitive setting and think rivals is more toxic than it is as a result - ThreadSky

pipsqueaktv.bsky.social • 111 days ago

I still don't see any difference in grinding rivals ranked vs grinding melee online when it comes to salt.

I think most people just don't remember how it feels to not understand what to do in a competitive setting and think rivals is more toxic than it is as a result

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62bithero.bsky.social•111 days ago

People have a hard time thinking of their online opponents as humans in every game is what I think the problem is tbh

You put the EXACT SAME interactions from a player on a couch with you and everyone is having a fine time IMO

kingbungus.bsky.social•111 days ago

love that now everyone gets to experience the rage and seething hatred of gold 1 level melee

skarfelt.bsky.social•111 days ago

I'm sort of surprised at how much vitriol I've seen towards characters and matchups in a game that's two weeks old. Like the game's barely developed at all, how can you be heated about a character when you don't even know their moves

pipsqueaktv.bsky.social•111 days ago

That's when people are the most heated. Newer melee players will be absolutely miserable in matchups they don't understand so I really think it's the same phenomenon affecting people who forgot what that feels like

I feel like it'll calm down as people get better but we'll see!

sabaca.bsky.social•106 days ago

It happens everytime a new smash/platform fighter is released, it's kind of fascinating. People tend to unkowingly feel entitled to a developed meta and their understanding of that meta.

skarfelt.bsky.social•111 days ago

mm that's definitely very true, I definitely was guilty of that in the past as well so yeah might just be a temporary thing

topvirtuosity.bsky.social•110 days ago

I think that having no typing in chat makes it so melee if you run into someone really toxic is worse but generally not

dang3r.gay•111 days ago

you misunderstand, i despise playing melee with randoms online just as much if not more

pipsqueaktv.bsky.social•111 days ago

Very valid! That's not what im hearing in the Discourse though!

aplsed.bsky.social•111 days ago

That's totally it. In Melee, things like SDI and smart maneuvering can help you out of a combo or aerial string, but in Rivals, that thing can do the opposite. A lot of matchups in R2 I also find are more whiff-punish dependent as opposed to just aerial footsies, which can be pretty frustrating

aplsed.bsky.social•111 days ago

Not to mention, in Rivals 2, characters just DON'T FUCKING DIE so there's that.

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