I've mostly avoided this discussion in recent days because I thoroughly disagree with every fiber of my body with the overwhelming majority of the things you write and it's not worth arguing over the internet about something like this, but I'll simply say two things and then I'll go away again.
1. Here's a really good summary regarding the existence and validity of tiers, rebuffs to common arguments against this, and an outline of what they do-
User:Semicolon/Treatise on the Existence of Tiers - SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki
Along the same lines, here's more good reading regarding game balance, tiers, playing to win, etc.
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/
2. This should go without saying, but ONE GAME as evidence, absolutely no matter what happens in that one game, doesn't "prove" anything. That's ridiculous. It's even more amusing and ridiculous that the game is from literally over two years ago, but even if it were from two minutes ago the overall point is that one game does not prove, or disprove, anything and never will.
1. Here's a really good summary regarding the existence and validity of tiers, rebuffs to common arguments against this, and an outline of what they do-
User:Semicolon/Treatise on the Existence of Tiers - SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki
Along the same lines, here's more good reading regarding game balance, tiers, playing to win, etc.
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/
2. This should go without saying, but ONE GAME as evidence, absolutely no matter what happens in that one game, doesn't "prove" anything. That's ridiculous. It's even more amusing and ridiculous that the game is from literally over two years ago, but even if it were from two minutes ago the overall point is that one game does not prove, or disprove, anything and never will.
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