Flips Mode.

[Zabu]

This is a horrible idea. Stairway is not just flipping. It combines both with each other. This mode is going to do nothing good for the stairway community, if anything it's just gonna split the small group that already exists. I personally believe that by adding this mode you'll either kill stairway or this mode will stay untouched.

I don't think any player would join Stairways just to play normal glad, cause if you do then have fun dying every 9 seconds (suicide or getting flipped by other players), most of the players join for flipping, as a flip player i see this mode more fun in many ways, like juggling as Mex mentioned.
I still don't get how this is gonna split the community since most of players join those rooms just for flips. You're one of them players.
And another point, most of the players who play stairways use mainly rusty or training swords, that means that they trying to get as less damage as possible.