This all sounds like just talk anyway. It doesn’t sound as if Alan has the time to go to STL (not to mention I have no idea what the rest of our schedules are). And it doesn’t sound like STL is even entertaining the idea of coming to KC. So what really is the point of it all?
But to bring the truth for real…
I’d be willing to bet that Alan would own STL. No, he’s not on Row’s level, but he’s far beyond anything STL, KC, and Joplin had back in the day. FAR.
Now, granted I don’t know where or what STL is doing in Marvel these days, but given the extreme hiatus they took, and only picking it up again here recently, even if they’re better now than they were then, that really still says a lot. Sure you may still have what you had then, but that isn’t going to work on anybody now with any level of consistency. So the new stuff you bring will have to be stuff I haven’t seen or simply can’t do anything about. The Midwest (save for Chicago) has never had and likely still doesn’t have anything that I can’t at least deal with. And let me tell you, I’m a HELL of a lot better at dealing with things now than I was. …so if you still think Cable is a weakness of mine, you’re sorely mistaken.
This brings me to the variables…
Chris (that’s the guy who plays on Saturday that no one seems to know): I highly doubt he’d be good enough to face STL with any sort of success. However, like the rest of KC, his play-style is very “strange” and would likely allot him some unexpected wins.
Tommy, completely RANDOM on what would happen here. Technically Tommy should be owned by STL, but his play-style (when not brain farting) is sick and quite unexpected. I would actually venture to say that if his head was in the game he’d get more wins than Chaz or I against STL.
Chaz, he’s going to do the exact same thing he did before (and I don’t mean in-game) and it will work. Chaz will talk shit and win. It won’t matter that STL may be better, it won’t matter that it wasn’t pretty. When people lose these matches they will walk away and ask themselves “why the hell did I lose that?” “what the hell happened?” “Why did I just give him free money?” Chaz does not lose money matches. Understand this, accept it.
Tre, he won’t play. Maybe for fun, MAYBE. If STL’s down for some Gear though… I’m betting he’ll be all about it.
Regardless of the status of the idea of a team tournament some regular matches would be nice too, since the competition scene for Marvel has all but disappeared. Let’s not forget there is also the St Joe guys (if they’re still around at all) and other tournament formats like King of the Machine.
Cause then I’d only have to beat 3 people.