What do you get for winning sbo anyways?

[System_1]

I like the way SBO runs things simply because it’s different. They’re not about the money (unless they REALLY need the small cash they give them). I also like the team format because it forces people to work with other people on matchups and what not. It seems like it’d be fun to play in. Still can’t deny the fact that the Japanese beat us for free over here in multiple games using our tournament format. SBO doesn’t necessarily pick out the number 1 overall player each year but…then again almost nothing in Japan is looked at by who single handedly performed the best. A lot of things in Japan are very team oriented. Especially in the work place. They are more concerned about how well you can work with others as a team than how well you do by yourself. You dont necessarily need an annual tournament to see who is clearly destroying everyone in Japan since they are playing all the time any ways and that information really doesn’t matter to them.

Maybe it is bad for the players but…they just simply dont think the way we do over here about tournaments so the way SBO runs doesn’t necessarily seem bad to them. They look like they’re having way too much fun each year to even think that they dont like the way things run. Which is really what it should be about.

Oh and yeah…I’m pretty sure black people never talk to cops.

Yeah. Don’t get me wrong. Maybe I can phrase it more carefully. I’m sure SBO is nice and much better than nothing, and if Evo turned into the SBO format it would still be much better than nothing. But Evo like it is its much better for the players because of all the aforementioned reasons IMO.

[Kryian]

Up until the final 32, SBO is a 32-elimination style tournament, which I think is pretty good odds, all things considered.

You keep playing in the regular season for your shot at the playoffs, and once you get it, it’s all or nothing from that point on.

[DevilJin_01]

Up until the final 32, SBO is a 32-elimination style tournament, which I think is pretty good odds, all things considered.

You keep playing in the regular season for your shot at the playoffs, and once you get it, it’s all or nothing from that point on.

That’s true. There’s a LOT of time and chances to qualify for SBO so it’s not just everyone playing each other dry to figure out who has the best team.

Power I hear what you’re saying. I personally prefer the way Evo runs things myself. I really like to play in teams but there’s just something about seeing how well you perform by yourself that is just interesting for me. Ninjas like to work alone I guess. I wish 3rd Strike could have been 2/3 matches this year for Evo but then again…seeing the character that I use the one match thing was probably more of an advantage for me than anything. I was probably the only person I knew who wasn’t complaining about the single match setup. Especially when they reset the brackets for semis. Just gonna train up hard so I can take 2 matches from everyone next year.

[fishjie]

Man. I gotta share this. 3 guys neg repped me - one wrote exactly this:

evo is run mainly as a source for wiz’s income - learn before posting.

i too would like to know what spineless asshole wrote this. why not identify yourself? wiz does a great service to the community by running evo every year, and keeping this site up and running, this site that allows you to make your cowardly and despicable comments in secret.

[Saotome_Kaneda]

This went from “what you get” to “why you get” really quick, and then it turned into the “JPN single elim sucks”. This topic has been done to death. You like the US style, play US style with the games the US plays with the system currently in place. You like JPN style, do the same for JPN. You want to break the mold? MAN UP AND GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU RATHER THAN CRYING ON FGD.