NOBODY EVER CLAIMED TO "FIX SMASH", I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THAT FROM. WE JUST WANTED TO DO OUR OWN THING AND MAKE OUR OWN VERSION FOR OURSELVES. SOMETHING THAT WOULD SATISFY THOSE OF US WHO WEREN'T SATISFIED BY BRAWL, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MORE OF A SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO MELEE FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVED MELEE SO MUCH WE WANTED MORE. A GAME MADE BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, TO GIVE US THE THINGS WE WANTED TO SEE IN OUR OWN VERSION OF SMASH: SPEED, MOBILITY, AGGRESSION, DEPTH, BALANCE, SIMPLER STAGES, AND MORE.

YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE HERE. WE PUT A TON OF WORK INTO BUILDING THIS SCENE UP FROM NOTHING, AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOGETHER AS PART OF ONE BIG FAMILY OF SMASHERS. NINTENDO HAS NEVER CARED ABOUT THE SMASH COMMUNITY BEFORE, AND SAKURAI HAS OPENLY LOOKED DOWN ON US AND BASHED US IN MANY INTERVIEWS. SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT DOING OUR OWN THING AND NOT CARING ABOUT WHAT NINTENDO OR SAKURAI THINKS. WE MADE OUR OWN SCENE WITHOUT NINTENDO. WE MADE OUR OWN RULESETS WITHOUT NINTENDO. WE MADE OUR OWN LOCALS, REGIONALS, AND MAJORS WITHOUT NINTENDO. AND WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, WE MADE OUR OWN VERSION OF THE GAME WITHOUT NINTENDO. AND THAT GAME WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED PART OF THE FAMILY, BECAUSE OUR FAMILY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NINTENDO ANYWAY. NOW WE'VE GOT THIS IDENTITY CRISIS THREATENING TO KICK US OUT OF OUR FAMILY, AND AFTER ALL OUR HISTORY TOGETHER THAT KIND OF BETRAYAL IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HURTS.

IT HURTS TO LOSE OUR BIGGEST MAJORS. IT HURTS TO LOSE OUR BIGGEST STREAMERS. IT HURTS TO LOSE A MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF PAST TOURNAMENT FOOTAGE AND AMAZING MATCHES. IT HURTS TO SEE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WE ONCE LOOKED UP TO TURN THEIR BACK ON US. IT HURTS TO SEE THAT NO ONE IS WILLING TO STICK UP FOR US. IT HURTS TO FIND OUT #ONEUNIT WAS A BIG FAT LIE. IT HURTS TO SEE THE VERY SAME PEOPLE WHO TOLD US TO STICK TOGETHER AS #ONEUNIT NO MATTER WHAT END UP BEING BE THE FIRST TO THROW US AWAY. IT HURTS TO LOSE EVERYTHING WE ONCE HAD. IT HURTS TO HAVE OUR OWN COMMUNITY ABANDON US. IT HURTS TO NOT KNOW WHERE OUR FUTURE LIES NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN CAST OUT SO ABRUPTLY.

AND IT HURTS EVEN MORE TO HEAR PEOPLE LIKE YOU RUB SALT IN THE WOUND AND CELEBRATE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TO US. IT HURTS SO MUCH TO BE TOLD THAT WE DESERVE TO LOSE EVERYTHING JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE MODS.

PLEASE, JUST TRY TO SEE THINGS FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW HERE. TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS LIKE FOR US. OF COURSE WE'RE UPSET RIGHT NOW, WHO WOULDN'T BE? WE HAD SO MUCH AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT ALL LIKE THIS.