New Smash Bros fighter Hero is already getting banned from tournaments NintendoSmash Bros Ultimate\u2019s newest fighter Hero has officially been banned in South Australia due to the character being \u201canti-competitive.\u201d Ever since his release, there has been a lot of controversy regarding the Dragon Quest character\u2019s moves and random nature of his kit. While luck does work both ways, the fact that the fighter\u2019s success is heavily centered around RNG has been met with skepticism, especially from those who consider competitive integrity to be the utmost importance. However, not all agree with the ban. Smash icon Gonzalo \u2018ZeRo\u2019 Barrios recently made a video about the fighter drama and remarked that the \u201cban hero\u201d movement was a \u201ctremendous knee-jerk reaction\u201d. Despite this, South Australia Smash Central, the main network for the scene down under, decided to ban Hero. The announcement was made via a Twitlonger post on August 14. \u201cAfter deliberation and plenty of discussion we have concluded that Hero\u2019s design as a character is fundamentally dependant on randomness to the point that it is not reasonable in a competitive environment,\u201d South Australia Smash Central declared. \u201cRNG permeates every element of Hero\u2019s design, from spell selection to random critical hits and hocus pocus effects. While randomness has to varying degrees always been present in competitive games and other Smash games, Hero is so dependent on randomness that it cannot be \u2018played around\u2019 or accounted for in competitive play. The argument is similar to the reason why items are banned in competitive play.\u201d In organized Smash Bros tournaments, stage hazards, items and final smashes are all disabled in an attempt to limit randomness. That does not mean that unexpected situations can still occur, but SASC addressed those as well. \u201cAdditionally, even other random effects in the game, such as G&W\u2019s Hammer or Peach\u2019s turnips, still require the player to connect with the move. Although it is not a central issue, many of Hero\u2019s random tools, such as magic burst edgeguards, unblockable kamikazees or psych up critical shield breaks are frequently unavoidable and decide whole stocks.\u201d Some additional points since this got a bit more attention than expected \u2013 The ban is indefinite and not unilateral. Will the game get patched? Will other scenes follow suit? We’ll look at Hero’s results in a month or two and decide again. https:\/\/t.co\/ZY5XotfBPP \u2014 South Australia Smash Central (@SASmashCentral) August 15, 2019 \u201cWe want to emphasise that this ban is not because hero is too strong, but because he is anti-competitive. We believe that tournaments are meant to provide an opportunity for players to demonstrate their skill and that, as a general rule, the player who plays more skilfully should emerge victorious,\u201d they added. The ban, however, could be lifted in the future. In a follow-up tweet, the Australian account said that Hero\u2019s barring is indefinite and could change in the event of a patch. \u201cWill the game get patched? Will other scenes follow suit? We\u2019ll look at Hero\u2019s results in a month or two and decide again.\u201d Only time will tell if more scenes side with the ban and agree to ban Hero. In any case, it\u2019s yet another chapter in history book of controversy in the Smash Bros community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Smash Bros fighter Hero is already getting banned from tournaments NintendoSmash Bros Ultimate\u2019s newest fighter Hero has officially been banned in South Australia due to the character being \u201canti-competitive.\u201d Ever since his release, there has been a lot of controversy regarding the Dragon Quest character\u2019s moves and random nature of his kit. While luck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}