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People condescend to you because your wants are selfish. You have stated, specifically, no bullshit added by me, that you would prefer Melee had only 18 characters as long as clones were removed. You have also spoken for casual Smash players as if a significant % of that group would be happy if the roster didn't have clones.
Throughout, you've ignored the wants of the core Smash community for reasons I can only assume include the fact that you don't identify with that community and thus do not care. It makes you seem arrogant, coupled with the want for something to be removed to suit your own personal preference, even knowing that numerous people would be disappointed.
To be perfectly fair, people are only capable of speaking for their own personal desires. Ezalc can only speak for what he wants, I can only speak for what I want, and you can only speak for what you want. There are hundreds of different reasons for wanting changes in a game, and most of them are perfectly valid. People value different things, and are only in a position to argue for what they themselves value.
I for one do not identify with the Smash core community. I can't speak for them, nor can I claim to know what they value. To be honest, what they argue for often baffles me. I can respect their interests, but I can't temper all of my opinions out of consideration for their values.
People are entitled to argue for their own views and desires. No one is under an obligation to bow their heads and quiet their personal opinions because they are not part of a specific community.
There is nothing wrong with someone valuing a smaller roster. I for one attach no particular value to a large roster just for the sake of having a large roster. More characters is not necessarily better, since there are many other factors to consider when deciding if a roster is good or not. I actually agree with Ezalc that Melee would have been a better game if Pichu, Roy, Dr. Mario, Falco, and Ganondorf were not in it as clones. There is something lost by taking them out, but there were drawbacks to including them as clones, as well. I don't want to drag us back into the clone discussion, but people are entitled to have their own definition on what constitutes a clone. Clearly there will not be consensus, and you and others won't suddenly come around to my point of view. But I am allowed to be unsatisfied by the implementation of certain characters.
I, nor anyone else, am under an obligation to like something because "the core community" likes it. There is nothing wrong with being selfish when it comes to voicing opinions on an internet forum, or being happy or unhappy about an outcome. It is perfectly rational for people to argue for their own self interests.
EDIT: And apparently others are calling for things to be let go. I am fine with that.