Kimosabae said:
But the community did galvanize - in response to Ono's comments - not AE Yun. Seems to me the real problem occurred when Ono opened his damned mouth, not when people realized Yun was powerful. Now, instead of finding means to marginalize Yun, like the community managed to do with Vanilla Sagat and Sentinel (just two examples), the community is looking for means to make Ono look incompetent/philosophically circumcised and Yun domination in the Japanese arcades is doing the trick.
Sagat wasn't marginalized until Super. Plenty of characters simply didn't have the tools to deal with him in Vanilla. Learning the match-up only takes you so far if you're using Zangief.
Dealing with a single character in MvC3 is a far different matter than in SFIV. You have two other characters, their assists, and snapbacks. On top of that, there were already several individual match-ups that were heavily against Sentinel. How many match-ups were worse than 5-5 for Sagat in Vanilla?
Have you played against AE Yun? Have you seen how low-risk/high-reward his offense is? Have you seen how easily he builds meter? Have you seen how good his super is? Have you seen his EX lunge that is + on block and combos into Ultra on hit?
Kimosabae said:
And your distinction betwixt Marvel and Street Fighter players is baseless and meaningless. Versus players want imbalance? Did Comcast pull the plug on you during Sentinel-Gate?
Yeah, the lesson I took from MvC2's longevity was that Versus fans want a subdued experience. Also, the reason Super Turbo still has a following is because people are having so much fun trying to "marginalize" Akuma.
