Pretty much anyone who had a chance wasn’t allowed to play from what I’ve been told. 
NB2
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Bar Fights was sick. When Ed Ma pulled that perfect out of nowhere, the place went nuts. Though I gotta say, I was shocked at the hate that Justin Wong got when his face came up on the “I Got Next” vid. Now I really gotta level up so I can rep the east coast. I didn’t know we were getting killed like that out here
It was a great event though. Everyone was really nice, despite the booing of Wong.
Meka
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compLexityINSIDER has an interesting video with interviews with the players:
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lain
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Why were seth and gouken banned again
Tanner
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broken
not saying I agree with it but that’s why
Man, I so wish I could have been there, looked awesome. Thanks for the vid links.
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
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Awesome event, awesome turnout, great games!
PS: Broken enough to be allowed in Japanesesesese tournies ehhhh? 
PPS: They’re stupid characters either way. . .
lain
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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.
