Austino
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No, I am NOT a slowplayer. I am merely saying that those are options present to those who play that kind of decks. Accuse me of being a cheater while we're at it, are we? Lovely.
I'll quote you: "If I play Kingdra and you a slower deck, I WILL TAKE MY TIME ON MY TURNS. "
Also, I did not ever say anywhere that EVERY player who plays those decks is a slowplayer.
I'll quote you again: "THE PLAYER OF THE FASTER DECK CAN AND WILL SLOWPLAY." You even put it in all caps for me.
My most important point is simply this - this new rule nerfs slower decks so much it isn't funny anymore. Under the old rule, a fast deck player on the losing side would scoop early, to make sure he'd have to fight in game 2 to get enough prizes. Now, they can afford to let it drag out for too long, confident in the deck's early game prize taking.
Then make your issue that it reduces playability of slower decks, NOT that all players will slowplay you right out of Top Cut. Find your stance before blindly arguing something. Assuming we'll all slowplay in top cut because you're playing Steelix is a negative assumption that you don't really have grounds to argue if your stance is that it hurts the playability of a deck. That's the deck's fault, not the players' in Top Cut. YOU chose to play that deck.
Here is my point. I'd like to see you go against it.
DECKS THAT ARE SLOW BUT POWERFUL ARE ROYALLY SCREWED BY THIS RULE. Try and disprove it, you won't be able to. This new rule shifts the meta even more in favor of decks who can take cheap prizes (Oh hi Garchomp C) or can easily donk a basic (Hello Machamp, fancy seeing you here). Decks that fight from behind have no chance left anymore.
Yeah, the ruling does hurt slower decks, but a slower deck doesn't mean you have to play slower. Steelix isn't going to come back from a 4-5 prize loss within time limit, which is acceptable. If you take 4-5 prizes just to get set up, I'd say your deck isn't that good. Build better decks if you're worried about playing from behind. There's also no excuse for playing from behind now that Black Belt/Twins/Cynthia's Feelings, etc are all in the format. Why didn't you acknowledge those? Decks based around Garchomp C or Machamp are popular for a reason...THEY ARE WINNING. Learn from it. If fast decks are winning, don't play a slow deck. A person who actively knows the meta is fast and knowingly goes into a tournament with a slow deck, that player really has room to complain for their results.
I merely gave examples. You twisted my points.
I didn't twist anything, I took what you said word-for-word.
Also I love how you ignore any valid argument I make in counter to your argument and just simply say "Player hate".
Haters gonna hate. Assuming all players are going to slowplay vs slow decks is hating, siirrrrrrr.
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