SaltShaker
In Zoning We Trust
Many have already explained it to you, I don't know what difference I can make.Explain to me what this argument is about then.
If the winner gets to choose a different variation before the loser picks theirs not a counterpick?
The purpose is to prevent ridiculous hard counters throughout sets. With 90 variations, for someone to learn enough strong ones for countering purposes, matches can be decided by whoever gets the 1st win with ping pong countering. That is not good for any games lifespan. It would be worse than Superman getting booed at tournament.
With variation unlock, it still leaves counter picking firmly in place, just not as braindead as "let me go grab one of my pocket 7-3's for this". In the earlier scenario, if someone switches character the winner doesn't have to switch at all, it's an option. Now if someone picks Goro, and the winner is using a variation that loses 8-2, he can switch to one of the other variations that both lose 6-4, but it's at his own risk because Goro C might 7-3 his variation switch, so either way he is at a disadvantage, just not an 8-2 ping pong match disadvantage.
That is why people are advocating. Unless your argument is you "don't care how bad disadvantages can become once players learn the game". If that's your stance then I can understand why you feel that way.