>>54302032>integrity of the sportNintendo didn't think it was ruining the integrity of the sport when they allowed people to generate without saying shit for over a decade
>>54302029>But the last argument about NASCAR... did not pose that the players were attempting to use constructs outside of regulations to improve their saftey and simultaneously were compelled to participateThis did actually happen with NASCAR's restrictor plates, there were all kinds of controversies and many fans and players openly and loudly arguing that they made the sport more dangerous. Things didn't change until Dale Earnhardt Sr, probably the single most famous driver in all of NASCAR, fucking died in a crash and a lot of the blame was put on restrictor plates which had caused him tons of problems in earlier races.
Tangent aside, your choice to measure your worth as a competitor against how well you can play the game Rules-As-Written is simply not the mindset of most competitors in higher level sports, whether it be e-sports or the Olympics. Most sporting events and communities have continual controversy between fans, players, and the rulemakers and there is a constant flux to the rules, There was a period in competitive Baseball during the 90s where virtually every major player was on steroids and nobody did anything about it, because it was deemed by the players, fans, the officiators, and the advertising networks that Roidball was more engaging. Then the pendulum swung back and right now competitive baseball is seeing a sharp decline in audience and player engagement despite being a much more strict sport.
Nintendo do not have the objectively correct viewpoint on how VGC should be played. Players, fans (to some degree) and officiator positions need to be considered for the sake of the health of the game, both meta-competitively and in terms of viewer engagement (since that's ultimately where the money comes from and the reason comp events even happen).
