lol. What was their excuse?
“Sorry man but you can’t play.”
“My fight money!!!”
Anyone considered “pro” wasn’t allowed in.
Disclaimer: I wasn’t there. This is just what I was told from people there.
lain
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So seth and gouken are boken according to Gootecks?
_Miz
32
Awesome event, awesome turnout, great games!
PS: Broken enough to be allowed in Japanesesesese tournies ehhhh? 
PPS: They’re stupid characters either way. . .
lain
33
Is this a justification or something
lol if that’s the actual reason Seth and Gouken were banned. That’s pretty shortsighted and silly for top players.
I would find it hard to believe that Gootecks still believes the rhetoric (and often outright misinformation) from that old podcast now that everyone has had the chance to actually see what Seth and Gouken are capable of.
Maybe if Seth and Gouken said “TIGER” during every move animation, they’d be allowed.
Tanner
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Yea, Gouken’s backthrow to ultra and parry are what they consider broken. And for Seth they don’t like how if Seth is ahead on life and you have 25-30% health there’s nothing you can do if he has ultra. They’ve explained on gooteck’s podcast that they are preemptively banning them b/c they might be broken or until they are sure they aren’t broke. Honestly I think they should do the opposite and unban them until it’s proven they are broken.
Either way, it’s a good thing they don’t take the decisions. Evo is allowing both of them.
I wouldn’t main either one regardless.
Why take a chance that a tournament you go to hasn’t gone through the hoops to unlock one or the other.
A tournament organizer with some kind of respect for the tournament he’s about to hold would unlock them, no?
I’m doing one in a month or so and I’m going to unlock all characters on the systems.
Gootecks in his last 2 podcast mentioned that Japan also bans them. Is he wrong on that?
That is ban worthy? That’s just dumb.
Great vids, looked like alot of fun, thanks for sharing!
Jinrai
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Hi, I use Seth and he’s my favorite character to play as.
That said, the discussion is moot since real tournaments allow them. Let’s keep the discussion to the event itself and away from the tired old ban argument.
There’s nothing bannable about Gouken. Parries leave him open to throws and other shit.
Seth is more questionable because certain characters have very little they can do to get near him (especially if he has ultra), but I’m not sure he’s banworthy either.
Lane
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he does shit damage, and he eats damage like hell, though.
Why don’t we just talk about the matches? Talking about what characters were banned at an event that already happened isn’t gonna make much of a difference. I’m sure theres plenty of other threads to debate that in. That Combofiend vs Edma match was dope.
Man i wish i lived in SoCal…
Tanner
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true… it’s impossible to get near seth if he has ultra… you just have to eat the ultra or hope they mess up
