Except Fox is top-tier in Melee (no, this point has nothing to do with my username). Moves like Double Team as well as ubers are like the Foxes of Pokemon - without banning them, the game loses all variety as everyone will play them and nothing else.
Sorry, just have to put my two cents out there.
edited 25th Jun '14 5:36:42 PM by Foxmccloud4387
or
they would rather play a decent match rather than a torturous slog that is essentially a series of coin flips
except sometimes the coin is massively rigged in favor of one player over another
or it's rigged both ways and the match takes seven centuries
competitive anything needs to put as much control into the hands of the competitors as possible, or else there's no competition
And like when they go to defeat their first terrorist or whatever, the terrorists are all like "Ahahaha, we have the embassy rigged with explosives, Z-Team! What will you do in your feeble attempt to thwart our plot?"
And they just sit there and do disconcerting antisocial shit and try to have a stilted conversation with the terrorists about life.
edited 25th Jun '14 5:39:30 PM by MobileLeprechaun
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019"So. How's the wife?"
" I ate her three years ago you stupid prick. "
"Ṯ̶̨̤̳͙̠̖͇̫ͩͧ̽͑̇̓̚̕͝h̷͗̌ͥ̾͑̐̔̈́̑̾̏͗͛͏̵̢͔̦̤̕ͅa̧͈̱͍͓͉̻̰̯̲̳̻͈̤ͭ̿͑̓͢͢͞ṱ̶̨͔͓͎̥͙ͧ̓̏ͧ̽̈́͛͂̇ͦ̃̄͆̒̚͘̕͢ͅ ̡̛̭̭̙̘̣̗͈̓ͬ̐͗̋̀ͧ̏͞w̛̱̩̗̹̟͈̙̮̭̭̰͉̬̰͉̣̆͊ͫͯ̔̇͌̽͝ͅͅa̴̧͙̜̯̫̮͇̩ͨ͊̎͒̒̕s̄ͬ̿̆̎ͭ̃ͮ̑͛̃͟͏̱̹̭̺͠͝͠ ̪̰͖̮̜͚͕͉̰͚̣̹ͪ̑̐̐ͣͦ̒͂̉ͩ̔͂ͮ̏̀͑̚̚͘͟͞r̷̤̣͍̼̞͚͓̠̦̼̮̺̭̝̰͐ͪ̅̄̆̍ͪ̂̌́úͣͩ̊ͮ̈͛͌̎̂̇̒̉̄͌̈͏̡̜͔͇̲͉̯͉̜̀d̴̋̉ͥ̊͑͆ͯ̽̇̆̍͗ͪ̈̈͢͠҉̸̙̖̗͓͔̬̮̲͖e̸̾ͩͮ̋̽̐̇̏̀͑̀͜͡͏̦̜̬̤͉̳̩̲̩̤͔.̵̛͓͇̣͓̤̱̳̰̈́̅͒͒̋̂ͩ̾͊͑̿̐ͤ͂͐̾ "
"Well I think that we should eat a few souls while we're he-"
"STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU WANT. WE GET IT, YOU LIKE EATING SOULS, WELL YOU CAN SHOVE THOSE SOULS STRAIGHT UP YOUR A-"
"HEY GUYS I BROUGHT DONUTS."
"Ọ̧̳̘͚͚͓̹̜͇̲͎̾̂̾̓ͮͪ̈́ͬ̿ͧ̄ͦ̓ͣ̀̚͞͞h̴̥̞̼̭̲̮͂̋ͧ̍́̅͛̃͐̓̇̔̐̈́̂̊͟͟͢!ͧ̉ͭ̊ͧ͑ͤ͑ͦ͂͌̂̀́ͥ͆̾͠҉̷̖͍͍́ ͂̾ͫͯ͑͊ͨ̿̀͏̵͚̗̣̬̗͍̰͚͍̮͔́Ģ̶̲̰͍͉̮ͧ͗̓̄ͩ̆ͪͭͣ͝ͅͅo̎ͦ̆̇ͬ͋̆̿ͨͬͧͦ̊̑́̚҉̯͔͇̳̖̱̖͢o̸̸̹͙͍̦̐̿̀͂͋͒̑ͣ̎ͫ̈ͪ͟dͨ̽̊́͂̽͐͋̆ͬ̒̽̑ͨ͟͏̷̦͖̦̣͇̺͎̭̭̰̩͉̺̤̭̣̹i̧͉͇̻̝̩ͦ͐̈ͣ͑͛͝e̶̴͕̳̖͓̟̺̙͔͚̙̤͇̙͈̱͋̑̽̿͒ͫͯͣ̓͛̏̋̄̃̽̈ͪ̚,̡͎̝͎͈̜̠̜̭͓̠͇͖̒̎ͥ́̉ͩ̌ͣ̀̃ͭ̀̚ ̷̡ͣ̃ͬͬ̃͠҉̡̗̣̹̮̮̦̖͈̖d̶ͫ̌ͥ̆̅̉̆̔̄ͭ̀̆̚͏̪̟̹̥̼̰̪̩ͅō̡̃͆̍̈̑҉̶̵̛͔̞̣͇̞n̨̯̱̼̣͖̙̦̳̤̥̪̺̙͇̙̝̱̟ͪ̐ͥ̄̾̌́͜͞u̇̋͋̑̿̿̓̃̐ͥ̅ͩͣͨ͋ͭ͏͙͈̮̘̯̠̝̞̺̯̙̯̻̝̀t̷̖͓̠ͨ͌ͨ́͌̊̔̏̍ͮ͂ͧͮͥͤͤ̆ͪ̚͘͢͟s̮̩̙̣̫̲̺͉͎̤̽ͫ̂̂ͨ̂́͗̆̆̄̌́͞!̸̴̡͇͉̹̝͕̪̬̘̽̔ͮ̿͑ͮ "
"Z-TEAM DID YOU WRECK BOURBON STREET AGAIN!? DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE I HAVE TO KEEP COVERING AFTER EVERY GODDAMN CASE YOU DO!?"
"Tell me, Chief.....what does it mean...to truly live?"
"WE ARE NOT DOING THIS AGAIN."
"Dash sighs and kicks his feet up dash....."
edited 25th Jun '14 5:44:30 PM by MacDuffy
actually imca there is shit tons of strategy to pokemon
yes its true super effective is a big part but
you can easily switch to a pokemon that resists or is immune to the enemy
and while he switches, you can boost speed or another stat to destroy the enemy, or inflict a crippling ailment to the enemy to make his switch moot
@duff: dammit
...
fg?
edited 25th Jun '14 5:51:04 PM by trip
A lot of it is predicting what your opponent will do. Will they switch out their Heatran for a Flying-type to dodge your Earthquake? Are they counting on you predicting that and using Ice Beam instead, thus causing them to stay with their Heatran? That's where a lot of the fun is in my opinion. A battle of wits.
edited 25th Jun '14 5:54:36 PM by Foxmccloud4387
I played quite a bit against my friends, and won most of the time.... Hated single battles because of that.
Double is way more fun, at least in it you have combos and more strategy then well... you can try to say there is more to it then that, but there really is not if you have a half way decent team. :/

just
get all of the weirdass people who have come in the room
the crazies
the monsters
the freaks
and make them a team
call it
the z-team