Miyamiya Miyamiya

Why not doubles?

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Why not doubles?

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There seems to be a general conviction within the community that doubles are not allowed. Since I see no reason why not to have doubles, I occassionally ask my host/teammates and get exactly two answers:

1. Doubles are overpowered.

2. Doubles are underpowered.

Now I might be crazy, but are either of these reason valid if the other half of the community thinks the exact opposite?

 


I've also seen people mention that focused teams are unbeatable, like Sedna+QoT is unbeatable because you "can't possibly kill anything" and Regulus+Regulus is unbeatable because you "instantly kill everything". When these two teams fight each other apparently the universe explodes.

I personally think it would be exciting to fight against double-rook as they charge up the middle on cataract.

demigod
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Reply #226 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting SoFFacet, reply 22

Just say both ESL and GR tournaments do not allow doubles. So there is something good consensus why doubles are broken like hell (which they are.)
"Its what other people do so it must be right." What a terrible argument. 

 

Well, those "other people" are the ones who play this game very seriously, and most (if not all) of them are literally pros and know what's going on this game.

 

They are not stupid.

 

Edit : and I think I already posted the reasons why doubles are lame and boring as hell, right?

Reply #227 from Demigod Forums Top

1. Appeal to reason, not to authority. 

2. This game is broken and seems abandoned by GPG. I highly doubt anyone takes this game that seriously. 

3. Still, I find myself and my team to be excellent at this game. I don't accept that any player or team is better until they actually beat me/us. 

4. Doubles are not lame, boring or OP. Saying otherwise more frequently does not make it so. 

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Reply #228 from Demigod Forums Top

I do think doubles are largely boring and op, but to each his own eh?