As fun as this thread is (and I assure you, I'm rolling) there is a bit of an issue that needs to be addressed.
Dave, every time you make a thread like this, you get blown up for all the right reasons. That's no surprise, of course, but I think you fail to see the underlying issue. For God knows whatever reason, you have some sort of a pull within the community and you consistently wipe your ass with that responsibility.
Every great "scare" in the game's life has been led by your bald head hoisting the javelin with said character on the pike. You constantly complain about how "THIS COMMUNITY" got DS nerfed and all your other precious zoning characters, yet you consistently (notice how I'm using this word a lot) ignore the fact that your witch hunt actually did get a character ruined and was the result of immense crying. Whether or not you think said character was broken, your whole goddamn mantra was that the characters you played were not given enough time to shine. I'll wait while you hurl a racial epithet at the kettle.
Now that you're back, let's also not ignore the fact that one of the things you rail about constantly is that you are playing Zod and demand props for the skill it takes to do so. You are always talking and never fucking doing. Viking is out there busting his ass trying to improve and do better with Zod, but we never get to hear what he has to say. Instead we get to hear you bitch and moan about how hard you're working and that Zod is done for in certain matchups.
At the end of the day, it's you and your whole brood's stigma of laziness and negativity that is so unbearable. Lose a set online and it is 8-2, with no options whatosever. Fuck what every one else has to say, the match is decided forever. You can knock him for his lack of skill or whatever horseshit that you say, but the kid is out there busting his ass doing offline sets and working out his theories. He posts a MU chart, and now apparently he's downplaying when it's super obvious that no one understands the character like he does and he has earned the right to display his character's matchups and have his opinion be heard and respected. But no, we have to hear this Fox-News style scare casting of you and the usual goon squad talking about how we need to realize how broken the character is.
So basically, instead of actually learning the game, finding out what your options are and basically not being a stubborn headed jackass, you might find enjoyment in ironing out the idiosyncrasies of a matchup, you just roll out the toxic language and contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion beyond fear mongering.
And I know there will be no comeuppance. I'm up against a storm that I cannot possibly navigate but I'll drown happily as long as I can firmly say what I believe. No one will deny that Martian Manhunter is good and he is probably pretty broken but the way you guys go about it is that the game is up and we should all just switch. Absolute garbage. I don't understand how guys like you bitch about the scene not having respect and then proceed to do nothing respectful that warrants positive reinforcement about our scene. No one gets to have a voice because you are the loudest. I actually went and got results with my character and people still base their basic DS opinions off of things you say, and that sort of awareness seems to completely fly over your head when you type out what you do. I don't get it, and I'm glad that I probably never will.
TL;DR: You're a goddamn disgrace
