What is this thread even about anymore? I think I'm seeing like 5 different unrelated arguments?
Cryax may have been ridiculous, but he wasn't so absurd that he dominated tournaments. If he was so broken/easy everyone would have picked him up to win. Is this not THE tournament site of NRS games? If tournament wins aren't accounted for something here..then what is? Players that are so bad at the game that they can't beat the 2nd or 3rd best character? Also, looking back..Kabal was a lot more dominant than Cyrax..should of used that as an example.
It's not always about the tools of characters or how they come into play competitively in absolutes though. Denzell has enough in the bank to solidify himself as the best Cyrax player and only made use of a fraction of Cyrax's arsenal (at least compared to the shenanigans Maxter, J360, Han etc. were famous for). And he only used Cyrax for what, the last 10 months of MK9's main tournament life?
Detroit arguably had superior execution to REO in regard to Kabal and his accolades don't come close. No disrespect to either player.
It's all a subjective argument with many more examples, especially in this already clusterfuck of a thread lol, just clearing that up though.