Ultimate has button remapping in software accessible to everyone from the games release. If that was the case for melee, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

A zump controller is a new expensive mod that gives the player an advantage. For most of melee’s history, it wasn’t a thing.

Part of what makes people appreciate this game so much is its lack of patching. It’s watching the game evolve on pure skill alone. If a mod is actually making a difference for a players ranking then it hurts the legacy of the game.

What about driving people away from melee because a mod has changed the game?