Smash Bros. shows us why it's bad not to have an achievement/ranking system of some kind.

[Platina]

Einsam_Delphin said:

Platina said:

Well, is obvious that you weren't trying to win :p

In an average match, people will be aiming to win, which is what I was trying to address.. Staying alive is definitely a good strategy because that means you won't hit the negatives.. when others fight, they will get points and lose points, which will average out. Aiming to KS while keeping your damage low is definitely the way to go with 4 for alls, which isn't way it's intended

An average match nowadays is like the video, but sure we'll talk as if this was a year ago. :L

Of course you want to stay alive, that's generally always a good idea, but thinking you're never gonna take damage and can just kill steal for victory is highly impratical. If you're trying to say free for all inherently lends itself to being played incorrectly, well I don't think that's true. Relying on kill stealing in itself is risky as they could die sooner or later than expected, and the whole sitting in the background thing can easily be ruined by someone deciding to attack you. Even when you get a kill, those who pay attention will be keeping score and going after the leader, or at the very least they'll just be salty after dying to you lel. Regardless of all that though, when not trolling most people do play it correctly, atleast from what I've seen, so it would definitely be better if people has reason not to goof off.

I was just pointing out one of the options that people will take, in order to explain why some people stand around doing not much (when they aren't trying to troll). Overall, this method won't let you win all the time but it is one that has worked times for me.

Though I haven't played online recently so I haven't really noticed this, but I don't really see why this is happening more than before, especially when nothing was changed with the ranking system :/