Guess we should be glad that this isn't happening to Loopy

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You and I have differing views on the denotation of competitive.

Competitively can either mean in a tournament setting, as a pro player.

Playing competitively can be used in a ranked/noncasual setting where people are overall assessed for how they play through leaderboards/mmr/elo.

I highly doubt that anyone who still watches melee would not play the game. If the viewers do play the game, they play competitively because they watch.

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You and I have differing views on the denotation of competitive.

Competitively can either mean in a tournament setting, as a pro player.

Playing competitively can be used in a ranked/noncasual setting where people are overall assessed for how they play through leaderboards/mmr/elo.

I highly doubt that anyone who still watches melee would not play the game. If the viewers do play the game, they play competitively because they watch.

Well, these games are naturally "competitive" because it's one person playing against another. There are certainly players who play just for fun and don't really pay attention (or care) about their ranking that much.

I know plenty of people who watched EVO who do not play competitively in any sort of serious way. They'll play with a friend or two or just some casual online matchups but would never consider themselves as a player who plays "competitively."