It is an interesting idea, but I don’t think that players should have to pay to show that they’re good.
Why do people act like EC is so free at Marvel 3? Outside of Justin who makes everyone look free, when has WC destroyed EC competition? Last I remember Floe and Marn didn’t even make top 8 at CEO. I know EMP isn’t going to play in this but who cares RyRy has proven to be better than those guys and people are saying MastaCJ is playing as well?
I hope you guy’s aren’t so naive to think that EC is behind because they don’t have a billion Phoenix bandwagon players. Do you guys really think nobody plays/practices Phoenix in EC?
ChrisG
NerdJosh
RyRy
MastaCJ
PR Rog
I’m not saying EC is going to win because they don’t have Justin Wong on their team, I do think this is going to be closer than everyone in this thread is making it out to be though.
Nah EC is gonna get bodied. You have like 5 phoenixes and wolverines on WC, the odds are super stacked against EC.
You guys need to remember that in the past few WNFs Nerdjosh had been as a whole playing evenly with Viscant, Clockw0rk and Richard N. So if he hasn’t been bodied I don’t see why the other East Coast players will get bodied.
But he’s been playing stronger since he’s been playing against WC competition. And he’s not dominating - he’s just on the level, now. That doesn’t say much for his teammates though who haven’t had that exposure.
I think NJ, ChrisG and PR Rog are all capable of taking on the best on the WC, but I wouldn’t say any of them are favored. And they’re going to have to chew through a lot of big names in the process.
Big Names = Exposure. Exposure ≠ Better Players imo. Reason why everyone has more faith in the WC is because we usually seem them play almost every day. They get 3x more exposure than EC players. For all we know, EC may have found some technology themselves and introduce it in EVO. As for WC, I feel like we’ve seen everything from them.
Part of the reason why they’re so ‘exposed’ is because they’re playing constantly and they travel for big events. Many are sponsored and get paid (or partially compensated) travel to events. That means they’re getting more experience against a wider variety of characters, teams and opponents.
That matters a lot. Just to make it specific, I don’t feel like EC is ready for all the Phoenix teams they’re about to run into. EC labeled Phoenix as cheap and then no one played her, so no one has match-up experience against her. You’d have to travel for that.
Damn RyRy still plays this game? I thought he dropped it…
The 2nd best EC player is undisputedly Jago. After him and Chris G I don’t think there’s a big gap between NJ, PR Rog and the ones who got into the top 8 of East Coast Throwdown. All of them could easily hang out with the non-Wong, non-Combofiend players and be on level with them, and Chris G could hang out with Wong and Combofiend. Like colony84 said, East Coast probably wouldn’t win but they wouldn’t be bodied as easily as you guys think.
Neither do I think WC are ready for the Dantes, Magnetos and Weskers of EC, they have been playing those guys at a level much higher than the WC people. Everyone clearly knows how dangerous Phoenix is after Tokido defeated Wong, and you can be sure there will be lots of anti-Phoenix tactics in display for EVO.
Jago is amazing but he said he was retiring. Or is that after Evo?
I honestly don’t why I don’t see why pr balrog isn’t suggested. Is it because he’s not really ny?
I would also but Ryan Hunter on ec if emp can’t joi. I’m not even being biased when I say Ryan is the best phoneix killer on the east. His team is stacked for killing jean, and has the experience. And he’s definitely one of our best players I wouldn’t pass him up.
Triforce has to have some kind of godlike reason for not letting EMP participate :\
West Coast
Justin
Combofiend
Clockwork
Viscant
Xray, Mine, Fanatiq or Richard N (I’d prefer Richard though)
East Coast
NerdJosh
Chris G
RyRy
PR Rog
Josh Wong, MastaCJ, Demon Hyo or Marlin Pie.
Rahsaan is on the 5v5
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You can hear Triforce talking about not wanting EMP on the 5v5 also, but lol too bad.
ugh cuz they’ll get destroyed lol. ok well to be fair maybe they’re not trying to reveal anti-phoenix tech if WC is all going to be phoenix teams
Marlinpie confirmed he is most likely going to to evo =s.
My hopes for west would be:
JWong
ComboFiend
X-Ray
Mine
FChamp or Viscant
If Tri-Force really pulls EMP out of the game then that would be sad. If he wants to be successful, he needs to show a level of humility and try to get on the same page with his community rather than always feeling like he’s being put on target.
@mkryu people on the previous page said masta cj and marlin pie weren’t going to evo. kinda sucks if its true, imo masta cj and chris g are the east coasts sickest.
@infinite triforce had a 2 hour bitch fest on the battlefield arcadia stream just this past sunday. he said he’d advice the empire not to play in the team, but said they can if they chose to. doubt they would though, from what i’ve seen, those who’ve stayed seem to eat up triforces’ words.
WC has some real amazing players to choose from justin, floe, x-ray, clockw0rk, richard, fchamp, viscant, genghis, dios x…
EC’s gonna have some problems if masta cj and marlinpie aren’t going. They still have some killers like chris g, josh wong, 10stars, and others. But it’d help if they were able to get some emp dudes like evil raahsan.
A lot more people have been following the west coast (specifically SoCal) than the east coast. I’m partially guilty of this. During the first few weeks of the game, I was following the SoCal scene heavily because Justin, Floe, Marn, Clockw0rk, Combofiend, Mike Ross etc. are all there. But past few months it’s gotten stale. EC is definitely more hype and interesting to me, even though I’m on the west coast. I do think WC has the upperhand, EC is definitely competitive though. Anyway, my picks.
EC:
NerdJosh
Chris G
RyRy
MastaCJ (Is he confirmed to be going to EVO?)
Ryan Hunter
If it’s true Rahsaan is on the team or at least allowed to be on the team, I support that choice too, a Phoenix + a Phoenix killer
WC:
Wong
Viscant
Combofiend
F.Champ
Mine
I’d love to see Clockw0rk but that would mean 3 Phoenixes on the team, and I think Viscant and F.champ have better Phoenixes. Clockw0rk got dat Doom though
1 I said Rahsaan is a PICK I never said he was on the team guaranteed. Any of you guys will have to wait for the draft
2 You guys are all dickriders and could be on the 5v5 if you didn’t argue semantics on the forums.
3 Who cares what triforce says he doesn’t know what hes talking about and King of Chinatown was ass.
Do you know who is actually going?