Azarashi Elder
Fut-SEAS....OF BLOOD!
I'll admit that I like to carve my own space in a fighting game. I want to take a character and leave my personal mark on how he (or she) should be played. I dream about learning a "bottom tier" or "garbage tier" character, and mastering them, and being the sole force behind moving that character up the tier list.
Smug and Xian are big inspirations for me. They took characters that weren't used in tournaments as much, or at all (Dudley and Gen) and they completely defined that character for the rest of the FGC. Xian actually won Evo in this fashion, and that's a pretty cool way to make something your own.
And then there are characters that just dominate, and everybody plays them. I'm sure a lot of people had "pocket" Aliens and "pocket" Tanyas right? But in the cases where a lot of people are playing your character, those people help you solve the meta and learn matchups faster than you could've (at least in theory).
So which would you prefer? Do you want to be the sole master of Scarecrow or Swamp Thing, or Ivy? Or is it about the troops with you, sharing your salt and (hopefully) tech?
Smug and Xian are big inspirations for me. They took characters that weren't used in tournaments as much, or at all (Dudley and Gen) and they completely defined that character for the rest of the FGC. Xian actually won Evo in this fashion, and that's a pretty cool way to make something your own.
And then there are characters that just dominate, and everybody plays them. I'm sure a lot of people had "pocket" Aliens and "pocket" Tanyas right? But in the cases where a lot of people are playing your character, those people help you solve the meta and learn matchups faster than you could've (at least in theory).
So which would you prefer? Do you want to be the sole master of Scarecrow or Swamp Thing, or Ivy? Or is it about the troops with you, sharing your salt and (hopefully) tech?
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