Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5035900-20151009050428/@comment-1652808-20151012020910

I still personally think that the description doesn't mean anything in terms of whether or not the match is spite or not. The connection is there to show how the characters are connected, it's not meant to actually lowball the characters themselves.

If the research begins to lowball the characters, THEN it's spite, and actually against the rules.

If the characters themselves lose for the sake of losing, THEN it's spite.

But just because a description says something doesn't mean it's spite. I could have the connection as "which of these two extremely mediocre characters will slapfight the other to the death without tiring out first from being so weak?", I can still put effort into the analysis, death battle, and result to see who would actually win.

If I make a character lose SPECIFICALLY because they're a worse character, then I'd say it's okay to delete that battle.