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:::::::That just leaves this question: Who decides a smasher's main? The smasher, or the people watching said smasher play? For example, if a smasher says he mains only Link but is only seen using Mario in competitive play, does that mean he mains Mario? Does "closely associated" equate main status? It's not only that he "listed more than half of the cast," but also that he actually uses (has used) the characters in his list competitively, namely Luigi (especially in doubles) and Link (again, Apex 2012). <font face="X-Files">[[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Blue</span>]] [[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Ninjakoopa</span>]]</font> 22:08, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | :::::::That just leaves this question: Who decides a smasher's main? The smasher, or the people watching said smasher play? For example, if a smasher says he mains only Link but is only seen using Mario in competitive play, does that mean he mains Mario? Does "closely associated" equate main status? It's not only that he "listed more than half of the cast," but also that he actually uses (has used) the characters in his list competitively, namely Luigi (especially in doubles) and Link (again, Apex 2012). <font face="X-Files">[[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Blue</span>]] [[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Ninjakoopa</span>]]</font> 22:08, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
::::::::Isai has never explicitly referred to any of his "favorite characters" as his mains, though. He goes different characters at every national, almost never the same ones. Also, if we want to talk "favorites", he also listed Fox (which is known to be one of his best characters) and Donkey Kong, and he hasn't used either of those characters at [[GENESIS 2]], [[Apex 2012]], [[Apex 2013]], or [[Apex 2014]]. I could see where you're coming from normally, but ''Smash 64'' has relatively few tournaments in comparison to ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' (especially ''Melee'', with ''Brawl'' having declined since Apex 2014) and we barely ever hear of Isai playing at locals. [[User:PokemonMasterJamal3|PokemonMasterJamal3]] ([[User talk:PokemonMasterJamal3|talk]]) 22:14, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | ::::::::Isai has never explicitly referred to any of his "favorite characters" as his mains, though. He goes different characters at every national, almost never the same ones. Also, if we want to talk "favorites", he also listed Fox (which is known to be one of his best characters) and Donkey Kong, and he hasn't used either of those characters at [[GENESIS 2]], [[Apex 2012]], [[Apex 2013]], or [[Apex 2014]]. I could see where you're coming from normally, but ''Smash 64'' has relatively few tournaments in comparison to ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' (especially ''Melee'', with ''Brawl'' having declined since Apex 2014) and we barely ever hear of Isai playing at locals. [[User:PokemonMasterJamal3|PokemonMasterJamal3]] ([[User talk:PokemonMasterJamal3|talk]]) 22:14, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:::::::::"Favorite" implies usage, though, and like I said, we ''have'' seen Isai use some of the characters from his list in tournaments. Even if he's using different characters at every national, they're still all characters he's described as his "favorite." That's a fair point about Isai not participate in locals often, but not good enough to warrant writing off any character he uses that isn't named Pikachu as a "sandbagging character." <font face="X-Files">[[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Blue</span>]] [[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|<span style="color:#00008B">Ninjakoopa</span>]]</font> 22:30, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | |||