So… we waited the 3 months to hear about this GGAC qualifier and little be known emogear substituted one of the players of the winning team with a “Planet Zero Rep”.{As shown here As shown here Dust Loop Link} I don’t know about you but to spend all that money on a tournament announced to the general public 2 months after it was known by texas players(giving us 4 weeks to prepare) then when a non Planet Zero based team comes in and wins they take out one of the players?? This is just tom foolery and a man of this stature shouldn’t be fucking with peoples time and money like this, where is our justice as game players? Shouldn’t the winning of an sbo qualifier be enough to go to japan to compete?? I guess in his eyes its not… so… this is not the first time this has happened and I’m sure others who have qualified cougharturocough have been given bullshit in the past.
SO WHY IS THIS MAN ALLOWED TO HAVE QUALIFIERS?!
I made this thread to help people be more aware of this EmoGear nonsense, his reputation alone is enough to show that he shouldn’t be trusted with SBO qualifiers… so maybe we should have our US board of directors help in getting a new arcade appointed. For a better chance for the PLAYERS and not for some dude forcing a Planet Zero flag pole up his ass.
I was told by Jais, bridget player who was on my winning team, 100% I’m not going to Tougeki. Instead of John (emotiongear) telling me himself, he had to go through Kevin(kensou), who told Jais that he was the sole person who could inform me.
Ontop of that, they’ve decided they must send a Planet Zero representative, and they decided to cut the person with the least number of the wins over all on our team (aka me), and send a representative instead (probably Kensou).
And wouldn’t rigged be an incorrect term? I mean they have no control over who wins or loses in the tournament and most of the original team is going. Yeah I don’t know I’m sure there is a word for this but can’t think of it right I’m way to damn sleepy runs away
Whatever happened to “the winning team goes”? Shit’s fucked up, and hurts not only the Guilty Gear community, but the fighting game community scene as a whole. If this guy can do something like this, what’s gonna stop others from potentially pulling off the same shit later on?
The question im wondering is if SBO/Tougeki knows about these fucked up rules.
That *** keeps screwing players over and all im going to say is that its time for the BS to end…
I’d say if you want to make a fuss, ask the people who have the other SBO quals if they can talk to their contacts about it. I’m sure SBO would rather the winning team go, then to have players appointed to the team. Especially if the players themselves have problems with that process.
For french qualifiers, the rules we got were very clear, the team that will attend SBO must be the one who qualified, including the characters played. For exemple even if you miss a 3rd player and that you win the qualifer, you can’t get a 3rd player afterward, this rules also applies for japanese qualifiers and i don’t see anyone getting a special treatment.
i don’t think the OP is saying that the tournament is rigged, but rather it’s the qualifying team that’s rigged. in the Texas Showdown thread(s), it was stated quite clearly that the team that won the tournament was not necessarily going to be the one going to SBO. the only reason given was that there would some sort of interview to check out the players (and make sure they’re not crooks/troublemakers, i think), and based on that it would be decided who would actually go.
mind you, it’s not true to say that “they have no control over who wins/loses”, i’m sure there are at least a few ways an organizer could rig a tournament.
Rumor has it that winning Evo is recommended but not required; winners are decided by Evo staff in a post tournament interview. In addition, Evo staff is not obligated to pay you in a timely manner if you win, nor are they ever obligated to tell you why they haven’t paid you in over a year or longer.
