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Well, I knew someone who said that people shouldn't be allowed to wear glasses in public, but I don't think my anecdote is sufficient evidence that people with glasses aren't accepted in a societal sense. The societal sense being where idioms and lexicon are adopted. "Shade" came from the...

Well, I don't get to define it because I'm not gay and apparently the gay community bought ownership of the word. From what I understand, it's basically dissing someone publicly, with variable nuances in attitude that never seem to stay consistent.

Well, now you're talking about "unwarranted trash talk," which is not the same thing as "shade." Shade can be warranted, and a response to somebody "doing something wrong."

"Criticism becomes relevant if the one providing it has a base knowledge of understanding with how things work towards another in regards to DOA" -Note how victory plays no part in this validity framework.

Winning is really only relevant because you care about getting recognition from winning. ie: you care what others think. ie: You care if people know that lopedo is a cunt. Unless you're trying to pay the bills with DOA tournament prize money, in which case you're a bit loony.

Let's run another hypothetical. Your interest in DOA is not in winning, but determining who the overall best player is at DOA. Jack thinks he's the best but Jill always wins. You tell everyone that Jill is better then Jack. Then someone claims that the shade you threw at Jack doesn't apply...

If you're also concerned with being a decent human being who is concerned with the feelings and perceptions of others, there are interpersonal, social dynamics to consider. Now that we're once again considering social perception/dynamics, things like criticism outside victory are once again...

If you're trying to tie it all back to a framework that is only concerned with DOA outcomes, then literally everything is irrelevant and victory is the only thing that matters. You could break someone's fingers to ensure yourself an easy victory, and as far as DOA is concerned you won, and...

If you're only concerned with who "wins" in a video game contest then I suppose the shade was not "applied." If you're concerned with interactions between human beings, winning in the game is not of paramount importantance. For example, if my goal was to notify everyone that lopedo was a cunt, I...

I don't really believe in "negative energies," "heroes" or "buffs" with regard to fighting game players in real life, outside the context of hyperbolic sarcasm. I don't think I'm on board with that note.

For example, I could say: "Some DOA 'trolls' are the type of people who would push an old lady down a flight of stairs and then shrug saying 'It was just a prank,' as if that absolves them of all guilt." I'm throwing shade at lopedo. I probably couldn't beat lopedo in a game of DOA, but that's...

Yes, but "can" is not "will." You claimed that no matter how much shade one "inserts" it doesn't apply if they don't win. But it can apply, as we just concluded. "Throwing shade" is not entirely synonymous with "shit talking." The goal of throwing shade is not always to "tilt" the opponent...

P1 successfully "applied shade," despite not being able to win.

Hypothetical (P1: Player 1 | P2: Player 2): P1: "Some players are way too narcissistic for their own good." (implies P2) P1 then faces P2 in a tournament, and P1 doesn't win. P2: "You're garbage, P1. I'm a top-level player, and you're irrelevant!" P1 then goes on to lose miserably to Player 3...

Online it can be a bitch. Offline, not so much.

False.

IMHO: ME1: Best story/narrative arc ME2: Best writing/atmosphere ME3: Best gunplay I'm personally most partial to ME2, but both of the first two games are great.

The combat in ME1 was basically turning the assault rifle into a long range machine gun that never overheated with perfect accuracy from miles away. In ME2 it was just spamming the upgraded Slam biotic ad infinitum. ME3 had actually the most involved mechanics, but it hardly mattered since the...

You're not. My brother is also wrong.