I never said that it doesn’t bring new players in. I said for Marvel, it doesn’t bring new top players in. I’m sure for ST, a good player like Jodim or RoyBisel on GGPO can do fairly well against top players. The lag and the consistency of the game is a completely different world. Even offline, MvC2 fails to deliver. The game just isn’t the same thing.
Aight I think there’s been enough talk about the ladies tournament. While it may not have been the best idea, I’m just going to give the Evo staff the benefit of the doubt and believe they had good intentions. OK, that’s that, we have had 10 pages worth of griping on this and the Evo staff still has not changed their minds. So whatever, let the ladies tournament be…I’m sure the impact it will have will be negligible enough.
Instead, we should be discussing the possibility of having exhibition matches on the big screen, especially with all the new players SFIV is bringing. Show them that there’s more than SFIV you know?
IMHO CvS2 has not really hit the ceiling yet…look at all the crazy shit Japan is still finding. 3s is still a dynamic game that I believe can still put up an exciting finals (we just need a final that doesn’t consist of Chun…Yun…and to a lesser degree Ken). But MBAA I believe really deserves some time to shine. The hoops their community jumps through to hype their game is astounding, and they should at the very least be award some exhibition matches during Sunday. Reward their dedication already. I’m leaving MvC2 out because most likely they will win the vote and have their big screen time on Sunday anyway.
So there you have at least three games here that all deserve some big screen time, and honestly I think their schedule is more than adequate to give every game the time it deserves. How long were the 5v5 regional battles last year? I remember sitting through at least 3 hours of that shit. Did anyone remember the placings of the teams? I sure don’t, in fact nothing really stood out to me other than Sabre’s Sakura, and I was there front row. Fuck I almost fell asleep it was so boring. The event wasn’t really hype because there was nothing at stake except for petty bragging rights.
Those three hours on Saturday could easily be used to showcase the finals of those three mentioned exhibition games, or even better let the big screen be used for a couple of hype money-matches (two man tournies). When money is involved, it doesn’t matter if the audience doesn’t know the game well, they still get hyped. Nothing captivates an audience more than seeing a guy down to his last round and about to lose a cool $1000. Anyone remember how fucking crazy the DP vs JWong Jill/Ken/Ruby Heart MM was? In actuality the matches themselves were quite boring, with DP playing keep-away Storm for most of the time, but nevertheless the money has made it stand out as one of the greatest events in Evo history. I can easily see that hype for 3s, CvS2, MBAA, whatever, those games just need a chance to shine.
jesus christ this thread got tl;dr FAST.
just let evo happen, stop typing and pretending anyone cares what any of you have to say and start practicing your games.
Do you even know who Thelo is, dude?
Exactly. Ask yourself this: Who is going to fly from, say, Ohio to get in the female tournament? If the answer is anybody, I’d be shocked. You’ll have a handful of girls who close by come through for shits and giggles, a few girls who actually play for real, and probably a majority male players’ girlfriends, AKA people who would have been there already anyway.
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Oh man, I aint even gonna say anything to this one.
just…don’t mind mixah on his posts lol ^_^;;
i mean…even the simple fact that there are players that have been playing a while and aren’t bad…but because of online they can up their skills and get into the community…and then go to tourneys (I saw this happen at SB4) is good enough. but you still get other new players regardless? yeah…
Don’t get it twisted, Ink, Wiz, and co. I think you guys made good choices for this year’s lineup. I love Marvel + 3S, but their time has come and gone. And honestly, I think the “select the 6th game vote” should happen every year. Makes things a little more democratic and allows some fresh faces a shot at the limelight.
That said, I still disagree strongly with the ladies tournament. Regardless of whether it takes time away from other potential events (which I’m sure it wouldn’t… the turn out would be hella low), my fear (and one which is apparently shared by others) is the reaction they’re going to get from the spectating crowd. You want to encourage more female players? Great. Me too. But how many ladies do you think are going to pick up the game after a crowd of hundreds mocks them, hits on them, and says all manner of foul things? I wish I could say that isn’t going to happen, but I’ve been around long enough to know better. Many of us are well-adjusted cats with wives, longtime girlfriends, or a healthy respect for ladies. But there are a lot of us who aren’t. There are gonna be plenty of immature, drunk, high kids hanging out in Vegas that are gonna make this event an embarrassment and there’s nothing you guys can do to prevent that. It’s just the demographic. Hell, you’ve already seen some of it in this thread.
I am all for promoting the growth and expansion of this community in to new segments and understand that your hearts are all in the right place… I just feel like this isn’t the right way to go about it and can only backfire and make this community look bad.
You look at my avatar and sig and ask yourself why do you think I’m serious.
This.
oh, and this:
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yeah my money is on ciji aswell… she rocked my shit at the tekken 6 casual station last year
that was a great round.
anyway… can someone list the EXACT lineup that was announced. Im at work and cant listen to the podcast recording and I didnt see anyone post it.
It was posted already
With that said, it’s either going to be MvC2 or 3S.
phear the troll force, they come out in POWER!
im told old fer this shit, seriously.
You’ve been here almost as long as I have… You seriously need to question things I post anymore? Wow…
thanks. Female SF4 tourney?
Voted game will probably be marvel even though personally I would love to CvS2.
Evo ain’t good enough for marvel. The last good marvel tournament was Evo 2007. Besides, with Sanford winning last year and Bill (Deus) placing Top 8, there is nothing left to happen in marvel. It has truly gone full circle.
Seasons beatings and NEC is where marvel should be. And CvS2 needs to stay at Norcal Strong Style or Norcal Regionals.
Where’s this poll?
is it yet to be posted or is someone just gonna count votes from reading every single comment on here?
Basically what you just said is the crowd at Evo is a bunch of stupid assholes who can’t be trusted to not shit on them womenfolk entering their world. While that statement may be true, it’s definitely sad and pathetic. If it makes the community look bad, the community DESERVES to look bad.
This is about growing the community, and as such, should be encouraged, at least as an experiment.
I vote Hokuto no Ken! If not that, Guilty Gear or Melty Blood.
Female SFIV tournament taking up time/effort/space that could be used for 3S, MvC2, etc?
Evo lost a lot of points from me. The only thing that’d make this worth watching is if some pro Japanese chick(s) come out and totally scrape any girl in the US who thinks she’s anything close to pro.