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« on: September 30, 2007, 10:55:11 PM »
This is a very, very serious topic, as I hardly ever post anything seriously on here. If there is any stupid/useless posts made in this topic, I'll delete/issue a warning to post/poster. If you agree, don't just say "I agree" I'll just delete/warn you, give me your reason why.
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Although my tourney experience for this game is limited to only 2 tourneys, my opinions may be limited, but I honestly think it is very, very valid.
Usually US scenes for fighting games are a lot lower in skill level then the Japanese, and only a handful of the Melty players have been playing for little over a couple of months, it still doesn't give an excuse on the "play style" factor of a lot of players. At Evo2k7, and at WT7, I noticed a very, VERY common facor. The characters and play styles.
From both these tourneys I can find a common character usage in the US.
Akiha, Satsuki, Nero, Ciel, and Nanaya.
Usually I don't have a problem with this (I play CvS2) but a lot of the combos/tactics being used are the same, boring ones I've seen for years in older match videos. In my NorCal vs SoCal commentary at WT7 I made a comment when I had the mic that "I've seen this match before, haven't I?" was actually just a joke, but since then I actually thought, "Wait, this is true!" Alot of people use the same character the same way which makes it seem boring an monotonous. Now if people whored out those characters, but had a distinct style of playing them I wouldn't be making this post. At West Toast 7, I played 3 Akihas, by the end of the tourney and a time to sit and rest and think, I know how to win against any Akiha in the US. Also watching the people play at the finals, and how they play I know how to counter alot of these common characters (Knowing does not equal executing against them, fyi).
"But it works!"
Indeed it does! Keep on using the same combos again and see how long this game will live for. Keep on using the same tactics for a certain character, the game won't be able to develop.
"Now wait Mizuki! You play CvS2!"
Indeed I do, but in CvS2 a lot of the player have their own distinct play style of the characters. Give me a video of Bas' Bison, and a video of Kindevu's Bison I most likely can differentiate between the two (I'd use Melty jp players but I'm at a loss for names atm). But give me a video of 2 US players who play the same character (In Melty), I doubt I can differentiate between them (of course, there are a few exceptions.)
"How can we take you seriously Mizuki, you fucking suck."
I just know this will come out sometime through the life of this thread. Just ask other people, ask people who have seen the game, and wait for their response, don't rush them, make them think it through. Most likely you will get a response similar to what I'm saying in this post. It is the same shit over again.
p.s. I've had not much sleep since I've come back from WT7, so forgive me if I use broken english or something in this post.