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prayformojo said:


Why the hell should we punish SKILL? See, that's my problem. If someone plays the game and puts in the work to be the best racer they can be, that skill should be REWARDED, not punished. Blue shells are a way for lesser skilled people to cheat their way into victories they DON'T DESERVE. Getting a blue shell is luck and nothing more. There is no skill involved in throwing a blue shell so the ONLY purpose for them being in the game is to punish people who are actually good at said game. 


Firstly you're wrongly assuming 1st place got there purely because of skill when it could be the items either boosting him up there or killing everyone else. Secondly the luckfactor and rubberbanding is what makes Mario Kart Mario Kart. Every race is interesting when you can never be sure of the outcome even if you're the best player in the pack. Thirdly skill is of course relevant, less so in MK8, but still the most important thing, just not the only thing. If you want a purely skill based racer, play a different game!