Ugh. I hate these complaints as much as people complaining about touchdown celebrations. If you don't like it, the answer is real simple: just win. Somebody starts whipping sonic's tail match after match you can bet he'd stop the tbagging, etc. and focus. But they can't/don't. When the competition's on it ain't time to make friends.And the "disrespect" is to get into his opponents head. Same reason REO always does a fatality. I respect that, even in a high pressure environment with a lot on the line, you still have the presence of mind to go deeper than the match and play mind games, that is just god like.
Averaged around 27k. Peak at 33kAnyone know how many people were viewing the finals?
Well, I hope you realize that the variety is mainly appearing due to NRS' deft hand in patching the gamein fact i was really happy with how top 4 turned out: two dedicated zoners in kitana and kenshi, one sorta-zoner in shinnok, one whatever-she-wants-to-do in tanya, one 50/50 pressure character in erron, and one frame trap pressure character in kung lao. that's really great variety. all in all, great way to set up evo next week.
it's just been tier swapping really, that easily could have been other characters if patches hadn't happened. mkx top 8s have been varied at every major, only exception is once the second dlc character came outWell, you realize that the variety is mainly appearing due to NRS' deft hand in patching the game, right?
Kenshi, Kitana, and Shinnok have all benefited from receiving the timely adjustments they needed. And tournaments are becoming more varied and interesting as a result. Just goes to show that the strategy is working as expected.
I'm excited to see how this all plays out at EVO.
Which characters did they swap the tiers with? They did not replace Quan Chi, Kung Jin, Jax, Cassie etc -- they're simply competitive with them now.it's just been tier swapping really, that easily could have been other characters if patches hadn't happened. mkx top 8s have been varied at every major, only exception is once the second dlc character came out
I don't know if he has ever criticized the patching in terms of actual balance. The game is definitely becoming more balanced, but his complaint is that patching can turn certain players away, which is true, and his point to there being variety before Tanya is kind of true as well. You're both right, why keep trying to poke the bear? Your first comment seemed to be on the offensive as well.Which characters did they swap the tiers with? They did not replace Quan Chi, Kung Jin, Jax, Cassie etc -- they're simply competitive with them now.
We're just as likely to see any of the other characters at a similar level in finals at this point. The difference is that the specific playstyle of the characters that were buffed has brought greater variety in approach/meta to the mix.
The effect of the patching has been to strengthen other character types in order to bring them more on par with the 50/50 rushdown crew.
At the end of the day, I'd rather see a better game with more alternate types of characters succeeding, than a worse off, unbalanced game that's afraid of alienating a few people who weren't very committed to it in the first place.I don't know if he has ever criticized the patching in terms of actual balance. The game is definitely becoming more balanced, but his complaint is that patching can turn certain players away, which is true. You're both right, why keep trying to poke the bear? Your first comment seemed to be on the offensive as well.
I agree, I'm for patching as well, but there's no reason to take an unprovoked jab at someone just because they don't agree with you.At the end of the day, I'd rather see a better game with more alternate types of characters succeeding, than a worse off, more boring game that's afraid of alienating a few people who weren't very committed to it in the first place.
Or put another way, It'll be great to not be booed out of the building at EVO again.
I won one some week and didn't realize there was a prize, I thought it was just for fun. But I got an email saying they were attempting to contact me via twitch PMs. So I'd keep an eye on your twitch account PMs.Great tournament. Anyone ever win a prediction prize before to know how ESL gets in contact with you?
Ah, good to know, thanks.I won one some week and didn't realize there was a prize, I thought it was just for fun. But I got an email saying they were attempting to contact me via twitch PMs. So I'd keep an eye on your twitch account PMs.