I actually agree with your first point in general, in that MMH wasn't doing much because those representing him weren't attending. BUT, there's a caveat: Given the huge amount of bitching, and endless complaining about him being OP, a couple of top 8's by REO back then hardly justified the cries for nerfs, bitching about the OH tele, "Kabal of Injustice," etc... And, more importantly, after 2 months of promises about what MMH would do at NEC, he didn't deliver. That's a fact, is it not? So it was only normal for people to point that out then. I still have no clue what the problem is. EVERYONE, yes EVERYONE acknowledges that this is an excellent character. But the talks about how good he was, how he was ruining the game, how he 8-2's every zoner in the game, etc... were unbearable, and way too over the top. And keep in mind, those talks have so far not been proven right. So far, all I'm seeing is an excellent character used by excellent players. Not a broken character that absolutely needs a nerf and will ruin the game.
Yeah, well that's pretty much how I feel about Flash. He was declared a Top 5 character before he was ever buffed, and then after receiving buffs it was immediately declared that he was now broken and would dominate the game. A whole bunch of people picked him up, including some very talented players, and nothing happened.
I still like the Flash is a good character, and he has plenty of dirt; but clearly it's not what people said he was. At least the direction the MMH results are going it better supports the argument that he's absolute top-level.
It's also not so much about the results as the way he gets them. The keys are:
-He has excellent control of space at all distances on screen. There's no range where he's not at home, either zoning fullscreen, or using his trait to dictate the spacing in footsie range
-He also has air control at all distances on screen. So against a good MMH, you literally cannot jump anywhere on the screen at any range without a high likelyhood of being punished. Which wouldn't be as much of a problem, except that:
-His orbs also allow him to control your movement; so if you can't jump and you're forced to try to move in, you have to play his game and eat whatever he wants to do while you're trying to get in. Characters that teleport or divekick in can be stopped by a well-placed point-blank orb, allowing him to do whatever behind it.
-And in a game where interactibles matter, he has full control of most of the interactibles on stages. Aside from OTG combo enders, many characters simply can't safely use interactibles in MMH's presence.
Once you add his many mixups, OTG damage setups, extremely ambiguous crossup setups, instant air teleport shenanigans, and his options out of a jump, you start to get the full picture. Everyone was focused on tele being safe on block, but it's really much more than that.
So it's not so much just about the wins.. It's that people knew it would happen based on how his tools affect other characters' tools and options.
. Just kidding. Good shit dude. Congrats on your win. Hopefully you aren't too Hollywood now to play casuals against me. XD
