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he got a bracket with a lot of people with no experience with customs IMO, lots of players that played in the same way lost right away by people counterpicking mii brawler and upb the villager to their deaths from the ledge.
I've stopped letting Sheik, Rosalina, and Sonic take me to SV game 1. Otherwise I usually don't mind it.
WRT Villager, Pac-Man is a counter to that strategy. Villager can't shoot Lloids from the ledge or Pac-Man heals, and Pac-Man's Key will hit Villager for 15% on ledge regrabs.
I do agree that his regions are stifling, but having watched his actual tourney play leading up to EVO, the reason he is a B-tier player is because his strategy is so one dimensional. He is like the opposite of a player like Dabuz, who can open up into pure aggression when the flow of a match inhibits his stage control. CaptainAwsum just happens to pick a strategy that requires an inordinate amount of patience to trounce, and most players coming into EVO are not ready to play that kind of game.I'd normally agree with you RE: local placement, but he's in one of the top two hardest regions in this country. I don't think it's that unusual for a B-league player from NY/NJ/FL to place top 32 at a large tournament.
I still agree that MU familiarity is a huge factor though. CaptAwesum beat Vinnie's Sheik in WF of Smash Attack (he lost GF though, so no local win). Even if Rain/K9 watched videos, that doesn't beat actual practice against top-level opponents.
This as well. But really, all it takes is someone to play to win by any means necessary. Rain could have out-camped that Villager. Sheik is the ultimate camper that no one is willing to pitch the tent with.
He most likely did.
Having watched Awesum a few times in streams, he seems like a notorious poor sport. First time he went to Smash Attack and MikeKirby beat him with meteor stone he got on mic and complained that Mike never told him what the custom did. He said he felt scummed out! I feel bad cause Im sure its an awful feeling to have everyone cheer against you but at the same time he needs to start acting a little more mature if he doesnt want to be totally hated on.
