RampaginDragon
Loses to uppercuts
I just don't see why we should't do it now just because we've never done it before. That is not a great excuse to let a game die out. I guess at this point all we will do is sit and wait until he wins the majors up until EVO, then win EVO, THEN MAYBE his banning will be up for real discusion. I just don' see why we should wait that loong. Its obvious now, is it not?Banning a character in tournament play is a drastic last step. It might surprise you if you were to look it up and find out just how rare an occurence this is. The most common and well known example is Akuma in Super Street Fighter 2 turbo. Akuma in this game is designed as a boss character. Many of his abilities exist outside what the game is designed to handle and most of the cast simply have no way to deal with him at the highest level. He was never really meant to be in the game and is accessed only by a special code. He is so broken he ruins an otherwise perfect game and he was banned VERY quickly with almost NO argument from the rest of the Street Fighter community.
In short, it was very obvious to everyone that the game was better off without Akuma in it(as it had been for a long time before it was discovered he was playable)
Kabal in MK9 is not like SSFT2 Akuma, in fact hes not even close. Hes nowhere near being that kind of broken. Does he have some fucked up tools? Sure he does, but in comparison to the kind of bullshit MK players have put up with for well over a decade, hes pretty tame in the grand scheme of things.
If Kabal were the kind of broken character that warranted a tournament ban as you suggest, there wouldnt be any argument. It would be obvious to everyone, just as Akuma was. It would be undeniable. If Kabal were that broken there would be NO ONE that could ever beat REO with any other character EVER.
Is Kabal the best character in MK9? Probably. I leave it to better players than I to make that determination, but every game has a best character, whether its SF4 Sagat, MK2 Mileena, or 3rd Strike Chun Li. All of these characters would be more powerful in the context of their game then Kabal is in MK9 and none have ever been banned in tournament play. In fact none have ever even been considered by the tournament community for a ban.
Banning a character is a serious, and absolute last resort course of action, and most times the character does not in fact need to be banned. It is very VERY rare that a character is actually so broken that he ruins the rest of the game and characters are almost never banned simply for being "the best in the game". Being the best and being broken are two completely different things.
Thank you for the logical and in depth reply.