160: A Brief History of Guard Restrict
Nexus at Night
English - October 24, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHobbies Leisure Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Guard restrict: everyone's been on the giving or receiving end of it. You have 3 perfect guards in hand, but your opponent is preventing you from guarding with Grade 0's, so you just #guessilldie and take that 6th damage. It's a skill that closes out games and makes people salty. It's loved and hated the world over. So how did it come to be?
From the original Silent Tom to Battledore Fighter, we have a little history lesson for everyone, as well as a discussion on what it means for the game as a whole. Is Hardleg keeping Dark Irregulars afloat, or is it a scourge?
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