I’m not hating on Valle or his achievements, but in the case of MVC2, I don’t think playing a game and winning tourneys when it first comes out really counts as dominating. If you’re not Duc or Justin, you didn’t dominate MvC2.
I personally think it’s silly to make these events hype by broadcasting “Coast vs coast! Region battles!” when it never turns out that way. Call it what it is. Valle’s clique vs justin’s clique, etc. Regional battles should have qualifiers to determine who should rep the region.
Edit: how does that even work with a wildcard spot? Team SRK is the best region in the U.S.? I just want to see some hype matches. Regions be damned.
If the captains choose teams based on personal preference and not who the best players are then they are being foolish. We are leaving it up to the region to determine the best way to field a team. In the past when we have forced a specific qualifying system we got tons of complaints by people who felt that the system was unfair because of the time/place of the qualifiers, the tournament format, etc. Sometimes no matter what you do someone is going to complain.
If the wildcard team wins then it’s proof that all the captains did a really shitty job. Honestly team wildcard is there to round out the number of teams to a power of 2, and to pick up any players that people really want to see that didn’t make one of the regional teams (coughMikeRosscoughcough)
this thread is lol. and it’s more lol that valle, of all people, get questioned, especially when hes got miles of more credibility than 99.8% of the scene. The man knows how to win way more than any of us in this thread(minus justin), why question it? shit is just for fun anyway. Problem with socal, is that there are just too many beasts. no matter what the final team is, people will complain. you hold qualifiers, people will complain. you do something for fun, people complain(like now).
It’s all exhibition fun. Does mike ross really need to be on the team to prove himself? nope. If I were him, taking the actual main sf4 tourney >>>>>>>>>>>> 5on5 exhibition. Who knows, maybe the teams will change in the coming months.
i second the vote for Mike Ross captain of Wild Card team
I could honestly see
Mike Ross - Honda
Ironfist - Sagat
Ronstoppable or Keno - Balrog
Bobino or Ken I - Rufus
5th spot would be a tossup
i would probably put Kryojenix (Viper) / Viscant or Moval (Blanka)/Dagger G (Guile)/Ultradavid or Rickstah (Dhalsim)
All of you are getting your panties in a bunch for no reason.
The tournament is in July. Captains can change their teams at anytime up until the Evo staffs deadline so MIKE FUCKING ROSS DFPGJKDKGLJDFG could be added to a team at any time. Or for all you know, Valle could be lying. Who knows?
Is there a reason John Choi is captain? He hasn;t even entered a valid tourney to my knowledge. It would actually make more sense to choose Ricky Ortiz who is generally equally respected and has entered and won some random tourney.
i think he was picked because he is one of the best players in the area, even if he doesnt play sf4 a shitload. either way they would both make good captains so it doesnt really matter.
5th: DanHibiki - SA (Lost to Bobino, Mike Ross)
7th: Dagger_G - GU (Lost to Laugh, Bobino?)
9th: Shigz - VI (Lost to Dagger_G, Moval?)
13th: Leviathan - KE (Lost to Shigz, Edma)