Can we at least have the trailer for the team tournament on the DVD this time?
*Daywalker *
Re: What if…?
You’ve contributed nothing to this discussion, so please, stfu already. Nobody cares if you just want to vent.
I have a good idea. We can have a single player “tournament” where players can be seeded by “region” and the “winner” will be the “best” player.
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Anything other than the single player is an exhibition. If you are going to run an exhibition, run a fun one that provides something DIFFERENT than the real tournament.
I like the idea of a draft because the “team” aspect of team actually matters. 5 on 5 doesn’t matter too much other than the few self-important people who think the world revolves around their stupid smacktalk.
If you want to face your rival…make it to the finals and play them. That’s how rivalries are formed and endure anyway. Nobody really gives a damn if Josh Wigfall called Soo’s mom or cow or something…that’s not an exciting rivalry.
I agree that the EC vs. WC thing proves nothing that isn’t proven better in the actual single player tournament.
Edit: As far as last year’s event is concerned, does anyone even remember anything other than Soo and Justin?
Low tiers would turn the whole thing into a comedy instead of a drama. "Oh shit, he killed magneto wit captain america!! lol lol… "
Personally, I prefer the drama.
Hold on a minute…THIS is actually the dumbest idea since New Coke.
The players on the 5on5 don’t think the world revolves around them, with the exceptions of Kuan and X.
The members are picked based on tournament results and their performances…hence, that’s why we use ECC and whatever WC qualifiers around the time of Evo to decide.
You probably like the draft aspect of the idea ponder posted up because it gives you some justification of only being able to use cable and sonson.
the thing I remember most about the 5 on 5 was when after I played Ricky I went out a door that was near the front stage to get a couple smokes in. I told nigga Kuan to listen for a knock on the door so he can open the door for me when I finish smoking. he didnt hear the knocking I guess, so I had to walk out that hall, which led to I dont know where. and had to run back to the building where EVO was at. DAYUM.
Re: Re: What if…?
nah
is marvel gonna be on console?
It’s the old Cannon conspiracy theory. I understand why you’d try to change the subject now that I’ve nailed you for being a hypocrite, but next time could you could at least try to do it with some amount of originality? Thanks.
Sentinel - The #1 fucking draft pick
hmmmm maybe you could just do a
ec vs wc mvc2
ec vs wc cvs2
5on5 mvc2
3on3 cvs2 or somthing
Weeeell, I’m all for the 4 team tournament idea. But I really don’t like the draft pick idea. For one thing, one of the most entertaining parts of watching low tier characters is seeing them actually hang with the big 4 when both are backed with some decent assists. The draft pick idea just forces everyone to water themselves down even further than they have to. I’d stick with the idea of limiting the usage of characters within the team, and not throughout the tournament as a whole. I mean seriously, I’d find it more entertaining if I saw Clock using Omega Red/Strider/Doom and taking it to a Storm/Sent player than if I saw Omega Red/Doom taking it to Storm/Ryu or something. It’s obvious that a tournament like this would cause some watering down of some characters. But I think the draft pick could potentially take it down to a point where it just can’t be as entertaining as it could be.
Edit:
Ink or Ponder, one more question. Will there be certain rules to the wild card tournament when it comes to character selection? And if there are, what are they?
instead of wasting time with some stupid character draft boshit, why not just have a real team tourney with a team from each region i.e. team seattle, team cali, team nyc etc.
having some new and innovative way to hold a team tournament is fine and all, but shit, people have wanted regional representation for awhile. i would much rather watch seattle fight justin than see some ugly ass bh/doom/commando shit because storm and sentinel were already drafted.
Because that would be the intelligent thing to do. This year’s Evo is about consoles and stupid low-tier gimmicks. Hopefully next year’s Evo will go back to being enjoyable.
I would rather see no assists be allowed more than the team draft idea. Either way, it’ll be exciting to see what will take place this year at EVO.
We post these things to get player feedback. About 2 of you are doing a great job of telling us what you want to see and why. Thanks.
As for the (ahem) others, flaming does not help us when making this decision. If you want to be taken seriously, you might try discussing the topic seriously, without the insults and quips.
I’m really starting to like the idea of an overall draft character pick between the 4 teams. Obviously the first four picks are gonna be the big 4. But after that it is totally up in the air. Do you try to counter-pick the magneto by taking away psylocke, or sentinel by taking away commando, or do you pick cyclops to go alongside your Cable. It’s guaranteed that new teams are gonna be made up for all of the team members.
Again the reason I like this is because it does offer character diversity. I watch enough high-level play during the finals.
Is there any chance of giving Team 4 to Japan. They are really good with a lot of different characters and I think they have a real shot at winning this type of tourney.
Why not do a “real” team tournament with one team from each region? Because that’s retarded. In a real team tournament you would allow lots of teams with no restictions on members…unless by “real” you meant “fake.”
Nobody should be under the illusion that exhibitions and invite-only tourneys are real tourneys - they aren’t.
How is a region based tourney any more exciting or better than a single player tourney? Just choose one, team or single.
This is not a crazy new idea. In Magic: The Gathering draft-day selection style tournaments are popular. It’s a different kind of skill. Adaptation, making the best of a bad situation, etc.
Approaching this as “how do we make this into a real tournament?” is foolish. It isn’t a real tournament. A limited-entry region based team tournament isn’t a real tournament either.
I like it because it shows off some different skills. A magneto combo is exactly the same whether it is in a team tourney or a single player tourney…in the end each match is identical, the only difference is the surrounding.
In a draft tourney there is strategy in drafting coherent teams and matching characters to team members. It’s interesting and different, which is sort of the point of exhibitions.
Edit: A large number of idiots seem to dislike the idea, which makes me think it must be good.
Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised if the big 4 weren’t the first four picked. You also have the big 4 assists: Sentinel, Cyke, Doom, and Commando. 3 of those guys area already equipped with top tier point capabilities. Sentinel is obviously the first draft pick. After that, I wouldn’t be surpised if Doom or Cyke were picked early on as well.
Another reason why I like the idea of not having the draft is because of the concept of allocating what’s available. Using the original idea, with three guys, you could do a team lineup that puts stock into two players while having one odd man out team for extra support. Think of it something like a Storm/Sent/AA type lineup:
Sent/Cable/Commando
MSP
IM/WM/Doom
Or you can go for a more balanced lineup that doesn’t really put stock into one guy, but balances in between all 3 players a la Team Row like:
Doom/Cable/Cyke
BH/Sent/Commando
Magneto/Storm/Psy
Without using the draft pick, each region’s variety is MUCH better represented. using the draft pick just turns everything into utter randomness, which doesn’t necessarily lead to good things. It no longer becomes a contest of which region has players who are effective with lower characters. It becomes a contest of which region is the least shitty at using the lower characters.
hey dude
you’re a faggot
do you even play marvel?
are you even going to evo?
what the fuck do you know?
shut the fuck up