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CrazyMike 230th Post
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"Random character selection in tournaments"
, posted Fri 4 Oct 20:08
I've never played in a fighting game tourney because I live in Oklahoma, hardly any fighters to be found around here. However I always see people whining and bitching about tiers, how people always use the same characters such as Ryu, Iori, etc.
So let me ask you, why don't they have fighting tourneys where you MUST use random select, I mean what better way to determine who is the best fighting game players is to see if they can work with what they got?
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justicekyo
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"Re(1):Random character selection in tournamen"
, posted Fri 4 Oct 20:29
quote: I've never played in a fighting game tourney because I live in Oklahoma, hardly any fighters to be found around here. However I always see people whining and bitching about tiers, how people always use the same characters such as Ryu, Iori, etc.
So let me ask you, why don't they have fighting tourneys where you MUST use random select, I mean what better way to determine who is the best fighting game players is to see if they can work with what they got?
in one of our tourneys(Team saikyo), Justin Wong had won the CvS2 Finals with Dan... and you know no one uses dan in a match or otherwise.
whitesword
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"Re(2):Random character selection in tournamen"
, posted Fri 4 Oct 20:44
quote: in one of our tourneys(Team saikyo), Justin Wong had won the CvS2 Finals with Dan... and you know no one uses dan in a match or otherwise.
Actually, I used to beat quite a few Sagats with Dan...never underestimate a Level 3 Kouryurekka!
quote: I've never played in a fighting game tourney because I live in Oklahoma, hardly any fighters to be found around here. However I always see people whining and bitching about tiers, how people always use the same characters such as Ryu, Iori, etc.
So let me ask you, why don't they have fighting tourneys where you MUST use random select, I mean what better way to determine who is the best fighting game players is to see if they can work with what they got?
That is a good idea. But I fear that people who took part will be whining that luck plays a more important role than skill. After all, a Kyo vs Iori seems to be a match more involved in skills (and evenly-matched) than a Kyo vs Chin/Ramon match where it is quite obvious that Kyo has a much upper hand.
There is no way a competition that can be 100% fair and square. Too many factors involved that can affect the affect the outcome of the game. Papa Mono told me that.
[this message was edited by TheBeast on Fri 4 Oct 20:52]
Dr Baghead
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"Re(2):Random character selection in tournamen"
, posted Fri 4 Oct 21:27
quote:in one of our tourneys(Team saikyo), Justin Wong had won the CvS2 Finals with Dan... and you know no one uses dan in a match or otherwise.
I do!
And might I add Dan 0wnz j00!
Sycle 0th Post
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"Re(1):Random character selection in tournamen"
, posted Sun 6 Oct 00:43
quote:So let me ask you, why don't they have fighting tourneys where you MUST use random select, I mean what better way to determine who is the best fighting game players is to see if they can work with what they got?
For the same reason why they don't randomly select everyone a 3rd party controller before the match. ;) ("What the? Not the steering wheel, noooooooo!")
Even assuming every character is magically balanced, it introduces too much luck/frustration to the equation since you're going to have characters you're personally strong with, and personally weak with. Not to mention that it's going to be impossible to learn every strategy and it's counter to the depth that's possible with a single fighter.
Personally I find it sad that so many people will *only* play one character, but even the biggest random players are going to have their favourites, and a tournament's all about seeing people at their best.
Fro Boy11
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"Re(1):Random character selection in tournamen"
, posted Sun 6 Oct 01:13
quote: I've never played in a fighting game tourney because I live in Oklahoma, hardly any fighters to be found around here. However I always see people whining and bitching about tiers, how people always use the same characters such as Ryu, Iori, etc.
So let me ask you, why don't they have fighting tourneys where you MUST use random select, I mean what better way to determine who is the best fighting game players is to see if they can work with what they got?
There's a Tekken 4 tournament going on around here where the people in the final match MUST random select. I'm not in it but my brother is. The winner gets $500! He said he's gonna give me some money if he wins, but I think random selecting would be pretty cool for a tournament all the time though.
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