User blog:ArbitraryNumbers/Too many freaking Screwattack pages

There's no doubt that ScrewAttack has a horrendous reputation when it comes to portraying characters accurately, especially since they claim to do four months of research for every matchup. No arguments there. But I feel like this website spites SA far more than they deserve it. When you criticize them for matchups where the depicted outcome is most likely right (Or heck, even if the outcome is wrong, but the episode isn't even all that controversial), then it just seems a bit forced, sometimes even salty.

First case in point: Kirby vs Majin Buu.

There are two pages that I know of that spite Death Battle for their take on the matchup. I'll link them for you here and here.

Since most of us would probably agree that Kirby wins, especially if you're part of the VS Battles Wiki community, (Kirby has defeated opponents in the Stellar Tier that arguably make Buu look like a pushover, but that is beside the point), there would probably be little reason to even mock ScrewAttack for this matchup to begin with. That alone makes the humor seem a bit forced, as if it were written with salty intent (The former of the two pages even goes as far as to bring up outliers that SA never even mentioned in the video). This is especially the case with the latter of the two pages, as the writer seems to focus more on trying to refute Screwattack's arguments than trying to come up with actual jokes.

Now don't get me wrong; there are a handful of Screwattack pages that I actually appreciate, be it because of the unique style, or because they were not solely focused on mocking ScrewAttack. But I stand firm to the belief that Screwattack does not deserve the amount of ridicule it gets from this site.

If I do say so myself, I actually enjoy watching Death Battle more than debating over fictional matchups on the VBW. Death Battle at least tries to take a more in-depth approach, analyzing how they perceive the characters' abilities and personalities to counter each other, as opposed to simply saying "So and so has better stats, so they win".

You guys have the right to make whatever kind of profiles you want on this website. I just thought I'd mention how the whole "Mocking Screwattack" thing doesn't really click with me.