Think of it this way. There's no easy way to record audio in Toribash. You can't report something if there's no proof.
It's the best way to shit talk ever.
this one
rip tb
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anyways, adding any kind of item that gives a certain advantage in the gameplay would ruin toribash.
Research shows that wearing a pair (costing mere 20ST!) reduces fall lethality by 3.86E-19!
Don't those longfall boots help prevent wearers from injuring themselves when they fall from high places?
oh, yeah, they do.
5.0 is said to be of making the tori more of the human-ish
that would ruin toribash's 'sphereliness'