As opposed to Smug robbing everybody with his Balrog (and sometimes G) from just one stray hit?
People generally don’t keep their EVO reigning champion title the following year
Besides AfroCole (2001->2002), KO and Daigo (2003->2004), Nuki (2007->2008) and Daigo again (2009->2010), that is
That’s hardly a scientific truth though. Also Tokido didn’t win last year.
Oh yeah, we good then ;p
There are more than that too in non-SF-games. SonicFox, JWong and Crow come to mind.
But yeah, the tougher the competition, the harder it is to defend a title. Even if you’re a clear cut favorite you might not be statistically favored to win, you’re just more likely to win than your competitors.
There’s no “SF” model, the more important thing is that they don’t bust open the rules. For me even as annoying as all fuck that he is, Birdie is a good SF design, because almost all of his options can be countered with another option. A beats B.
What pisses me off is characters that can just do wtf they want with big pay off and no risks and if there’s a risk it’s vastly outweighed by its power.
Honestly though SF6 I think will probably be terrible, but I’d imagine I’ll be retired by then. Woo hoo
One doesn’t simply retire from fighting games. Once you’re a fighting game fan, you’ll be one for the rest of your life.
Unless you want to play Candy Crush or something.
He meant from work so he can spend his days talking about how bad it is on SRK non-stop.
On the other hand, when you retire you end up like me.
Honda and Vega.
So about 3 weeks till evo.
My heart tells me we are just going to get 2 characters.
My mind tells me we should get at least 4 and potential new V skills.
Common sense Tells me that if we are lucky we’ll get one character “now” and another one the following month.
First look at Sindel:
If I were any more unimpressed I’d be dead. 
Lol this is so cute and hilarious. Sako’s daughter shouting DOGURA!!!
Characters? I would he okay with Eagle, Sodom or Maki.
Looks pretty sick. First time she’s a playable revenant too
Characters that i want to be added to SFV depends on how much juice this game still has.
If it’s still around for years i wouldn’t mind seeing master Gouken, if SF6 is around the corner then i’m whatever really.
Keep your expectations low for EVO would be my advice. At least one character will be added and possibly new critical arts as they are easier to implement the new v-skills,though new v-skills would be cooler.
Having that said, prepare for more costumes.
Let me just say that the best version of SF5 is yet to come. We are in for a treat! /expectationslow
What’s the point of new CAs when they’re specifically damage dumps with no other utility than wakeup super? 
Unless they do a proper balance patch that either drops down all the current top tiers or brings the entire lower half of the roster to a similar level then the best SF5 won’t be coming.
They look cool and are easy to implement = happy casuals / players