This was a huge topic of discussion in Injustice and it's time for this to be handled. This past weekend I was apart of two tournaments in the Dallas area that each had pot bonuses of $150 and $200 each. I was going under the impression that I could do well and possibly get some money, but as soon as I walked in, I realize I had no chance. I saw Tom and Reo playing.
Let me preface this and say that I like both of them. Tom even bought me a beer this weekend. The problem I have is that they entered and won (little surprise) these tournaments and made tons of money. I traveled 3 hours to go to these and if they weren't there, I would've placed top 2 at both of them. I'm not one to make excuses, if you ask anyone I talk to I take my tournament losses hard and look to improve from them. But the fact of the matter is that when I lost to both Tom and Reo, I don't feel like I was specifically outplayed. I acknowledge that their tournament resume's far surpass mine and that they will probably be better players than me in the end, but I felt like I simply got beat by an unfair advantage. KH Cat and Starcharger may have felt similar; they traveled from Houston to come to these tournaments just to be in the same situation as me. Cat could've probably won one or both.
From my understanding they were both there for a sponsorship deal with Versus Gameplay ... which is great. Good for them. But having two guys that come in that talked about playing the games for months body everyone without breaking a sweat isn't a good showing for the game. Using your timed advantage to win pot bonuses doesn't seem cool to me. They won somewhere in the neighborhood of $700 combined, which is a substantial amount of money to be had. From my understanding, there are other people that entered week 1 tournaments as well, such as Dizzy at GGA on Thursday. But the reason I don't think this is as big of a deal because the tournament is free to enter. There were also a ton of testers (Chris G, Art) that entered the ESL Preseason Cup, but this was free and online so there wasn't much of a sacrifice. It's also my understanding that some testers are traveling to Northwest Majors this weekend ... is this ok?
In my opinion, I think a month is fine, but first week seems unfair. If I lose to Tom and Reo at Combo Breaker, I'll hold my loss and move on. So I ask this of you, the community. When this much money is on the line this early, would you like it if someone who claims they've been playing for months came and won it all? Was this ok and am I wrong in complaining and bringing this up? Or should this be regulated in some way?
@STORMS
@CrimsonShadow
@Pig Of The Hut
@Juggs
@Kitana Prime
@KingHippo
@GGA 16 Bit
@GGA Dizzy
@colt
@General M2Dave
@Chaosphere
@STB Shujinkydink
@Zoidberg747
@Shock
@RM JagoBlake
@MITDJT
@rev0lver
@Cat
@UltraDavid