Tbf to PLing, Fergus is a great player, and knows the Ling matchup inside out. That was definitely a panic switch after losing the first game to JDCR, and it didn't pay off at all.
The biggest disappointment to me was KandAndTrench, he wasn't playing like himself at all. He was absolutely demolishing everyone in Europe for the first few months the game was out, but seems to have fallen off a little since.
PLing wasn't just throwing stuff out there, getting it blocked, and then getting punished. He was straight up throwing stuff out there and
wiffing. That was more than just Fergus outplaying him. That was PLing sucking too.
it's very hard to be consistent as Yoshi, it requires insane creativity and you have to make your opponent guess your next move. This is why Yoshi isn't the best character if you like to play long sessions because you will eventually run dry as you opponent gets used to your mixups and what not. KaneandTrench as an incredible Yoshi player, but playing casuals against the rest of the Europe guys obviously gave them experience with his 'gimmicks'
in a tournament environment where half of the players you've played in casuals and have a personal bond with, and the other half being koreans and best US players probably didn't give Kane the confidence he needed to enforce creative setups and mixup.
I have not seen KaneAndTrench yet. I just watched Group B.
Obviously Qudans was playing out of his mind. JDCR plays Heihachi. I want to know who plays Kazuya at a high level like that.
I felt sorry for Blackbeard. Would have been interesting to see a Josie advance, but he was in the same bracket as Speedkicks and Qudans, unfortunately. It's nice watching people play against her who know what they're doing. Josie players still routinely destroy me like it's my first time seeing the character. There was a point where Super Akuma ate like 3 low kicks in a row, only to block the forth. Yep, that's me, eating the lows, but the 4th would be that elbow launcher instead as I duck.
Super Akuma...meh. Gimmick character that everyone has figured out.
Speedkicks is also meh. He plays Hwoarang.
