I've seen some comments of the finals top 8 being Nash and Chun Li mirrors, if you think this is the norm then it's obvious you don't follow any SF events, you've just seen this big one. All past finals top 8's have always had much variety, there's always been Nash,Ryu,Chun Li,Ken,Karin,Necalli,R.Mika, hell even Fang has placed top spots and even won some Capcom events, so if it's variety you want then look no further than SF. Also to add to this Chun Li is considered top tier and has yet to win anything, this tells you SF is based on player skill first. I also think the number of viewers when looked at objectively are good, this is good for us, the fgc, we shouldn't try to put down other fighting games, because they're all different, we should embrace everything that might make fighters more popular, this ESPN SF thing was awesome, hopefully in the future other games, especially MK (I love this game as much as I love SF) will also be featured like this.