Mainly referring to other here in America back int he Vanillia days, IIRC Sagat really didn't win all that much, their were very few Akuma or Gen players at the time & that's when Akuma was MEGA busted. St. RH loops, dizzy combos, high damage, you name it he had it. Even after Akuma was widely known to be busted & one of if not the strongest characters he still wasn't used or winning much. Same with Cammy, Guile, Honda, Bison ETC during the Super days. And yeah it wasn't till Infiltration really came up that Akuma started winning shit.
The argument doesn't work because a character being REALLY good/the best/broken/stupid is independent of results. Theirs a whole host of factors behind why Flash doesn't place well such as most of the Flash players being bad/Not super exceptional & not enough people playing him. Lets face it theirs really only one dedicated Flash main worth a damn *Honeybee*, a couple alright ones, & the second best player doesn't main him *MIT*.
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@Zyphox point about why Flash would need to be nerfed if another patch ever came out in a game with characters like Batgirl, Zod, Aqua, MMH it's this: Flash is currently a debatable Top 5 character with some stupid stuff that would still need to be adjusted, stronger characters existing does not mean characters like him should avoid adjustments.