I wouldn't go so far as to say that tournaments are "Unoriginal and cheap", they're just not novel ideas on there own. I think a tournament can be good if the man focus isn't the tournament itself, where the tournament is just a stage for the better elements of the plot.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that tournaments are "Unoriginal and cheap", they're just not novel ideas on there own. I think a tournament can be good if the man focus isn't the tournament itself, where the tournament is just a stage for the better elements of the plot.
I think the writer of this article is conflating tropes and cliches...