I've been a fan of smash brothers since the original and enjoy the game immensely but something that has thoroughly confused me for years now is why the smash community (professional players, tournament players, and their respective communities) are so unbelievable toxic to new players, casual players, and anyone who doesn't like playing the game the "professional way" (Final destination, no items, yada yada yada).
I've seen communities hate on others like fighting game players and their less than stellar views on women, the level of hatred thrown at new players in league of legends, and the general level of discourse on Xbox live are among the worst humanity has to offer and somehow at least personally I feel that as smash is really a game marketed for Nintendo's general audience that it just makes what they do even worse.
Understand I'm not shitting on those who like to play the game competitively its more on how the most vocal among them act towards those who like to play the game as it was intended.
I just really don't even get the whole taking Smash so seriously at all?
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