No, it's not that. Sonic used a very old rule that allows him to switch places with his opponents if he wins a coin flip, and he did that to make GO1 to get cooled down and lose focus from the game while Sonic could have use that time to collect himself. It was one a next level mind game from Sonic. Check Jynks' post earlier in this thread.
It's the equivalent of a team calling a 2 min time out in the NFL. It was legal.
That, but the TOs didn't know what to do and they didn't have a translator for GO1 ready. People wanna blame Sonic for that, but it could have just been a typical 2 minute break if the EVO TOs were ready
You’re allowed, technically, to switch sides every match if you lose. Since the bracket was reset, SF didn’t have the “rights” to switch sides. So he asked GO1 but GO1 also wanted P1 side. So as per the rules, they had to flip a coin for it, in which SF won. He didn’t at all intend for it to “ice” GO1, how could he have possibly known it would have taken almost 10 minutes? It taking so long was not at all SF’s fault. It was a combo of having to translate and confirming the rules and also having to translate those rules to GO1.
I see, well thanks for the clarification.
Personal preference, I'd imagine. For what reasons? Who knows?
I would think at pro level it's more of a thing. I'll play maybe 6-8 hours a week at most in a game, some of these dudes are playing 6-8 hours a day. So if you are running that whole time on P1 side, playing on the other might be jarring enough to throw you off
GO1 probably felt more comfortable P1 as well. Or he figured Sonic did and didn't want to give him any ground. There were totally more variables that slowed things down that weren't just on Sonic.
The break wasn't a break tho. It was the TO's figuring out WTF to do so they were all confused lol. To be honest, it made the GF more exciting. I live for the dramatics
For sure, I was just wondering if people would be this upset if Sonic asked for a real break, which is also his right to do. Him chilling for 5 minutes still would have cooled off GO1The break wasn't a break tho. It was the TO's figuring out WTF to do so they were all confused lol. To be honest, it made the GF more exciting. I live for the dramatics
Yeah, I can’t imagine it will ever take that long again. I think the not being 100% on the rules and having to translate everything, then having to do a coin flip is 100% why it took so long.
Being a pro, I don't think Sonic has not considered what game he has best chances to win at when he was deciding what to take more seriously, so there's that.
Low-key lulz at the notion that Sonic didn't learn SF.
I mean, you could see Bane in pools, for about one set... I think Bio learning so many other characters and generally not playing his old main is the rustiest nail in Bane's coffin you could think of at the moment.
It’s definitely not DBFZ. That was probably one of the harder games to win at EVO with the killers that were in that bracket.
He said it himself that his passion is not In2 anymore and that he's focusing more on DBFZ. He didn't want ppl to expect him to make it high in that game which is why I'm surprised her even made top 8 AND on winners side!
