LoL i don't see what's so wrong about them thinking that.
All I have to do is play for a week or two, and I can't fathom anyone on the WC right now who would be a better fit for 2nd than me (except for forward). That's a fact. Get King/Isai/Ken out of retirement, and then I'll have some competition.
Hugo! I knew you'd be back to melee. Hey I talked to wobbles and if he plays crews for Genesis he is definitely playing for WC. So I think he's a candidate for no. 2 as well. Not to take anything away from you though Hugo.
Also, I would certainly not count on Isai making any sort of contribution. I am a huge Isai fan, but he has let me down more times than Nintendo =/
As far as the whole situation goes, and coming from a Midwest player (formerly WC); It's pretty obvious EC has a major advantage. But, that doesn't mean their guaranteed to win. I rooted for the Giants against the Pats in the superbowl before last. Nothing is ever 100% And because of the fact that it's a WC tourney, they have an advantage there.
I remember at OC2, there was lots of hype before that crew battle, and IIRC WC did win, and EC had PC, KDJ, M2K, and other great players minus Azen. Can't remember who Chu played for back then.......
Basically I really hope nobody is taking any thing on this seriously. There is nothing wrong with having pride and trash talking for your region. You don't see Raiders fans going to games and keeping their mouth shut just because their team sucks do you? And when your team wins a big game, it's "yay we won." Not, "yay my team won." So if people want to trash talk for their coast, there's nothing majorly wrong with it unless you're actually taking it seriously.
And just because a few WC guys are trash talking on this board, please don't hold anything against WC. I know almost every semi-decent smash player in Cali, and most of them are cool people. Same can be said for MW. I don't know hardly anybody from the EC, but I'd be pretty sure you guys are all cool too. Smash players in general are cool people.
And with that said,
Darkrain and the MW are going to win Genesis anyways, so maybe the coasts should talk about who is going to get 2nd?