Currently this is what Bloodline Rebellion is running with;
A+ = Steve Fox, Marshall Law, Bob
AAA = Bryan Fury, Paul Phoenix, Julia Chang, Lars, Emily
AA = Bruce, Baek, King, Jack-6, Eddy, Feng, Nina
A- = Roger Jr., Armor King, Heihachi, Kazuya, Devil Jin, Christie, Anna, Miguel, Leo, Lee, Alisa
B+ = Lei, Sergei, Marduk, Jin, Asuka, Ganryu
B = Hwoarang, Xiaoyu, Wang
B- = Yoshimitsu, Raven, Kuma, Panda
C+ = Mokujin, Zafina
Utter bullshit. I'd be inclined to say that Mokujin is one of the most popular characters out here in Tokyo.
Tier listing in games such as Street Fighter do apply, don’t get me wrong, tier listing do have a place.. Some characters have clear advantages over their opponent, fireball vs. charge ect .. Anti air and whatnot, but letting this kinda list influence your character choice is total noobism.
Tier listings ain't adding anything to the community; to be honest they take more than they give. If you find yourself influenced by these listings, you're basically setting yourself up for a beating. Many competitions now enforce the anti counter rules, using a character lock in competitions (one character through the whole tournament).
A good example of how the favoritism of tier listings works against the game is clear in SSF4 now. Many tournaments recently have the Top 8 players invariably all using Yang. Yang Yang battles; Tactically it's an interesting battle, but I wouldn't wanna pay to watch that at Evo.. and there's no way this is going to open up the community..
Watch a few character combo videos.. If you're biting you’re knuckles saying 'Daaam!'.. That’s probably the guy for you.
Check em out.. Don't accept the ranking bullshit.
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