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Not having a standard cancellable cr.mk in this game is a pretty big loss but then again his flickers will give him long range drive rush cancels. 
 
His other obvious weakness is having a slow reversal that can be meaty jabbed. 
 
It's looking like he might be bonkers in other areas though.  I think his screen control might be pretty oppressive. That ex snatch move that is plus on block looks insane. 

Nobody is shitting on the players and if they are that's a dick move.  People are shitting on Capcom because of the format.  The qualification process was confusing and people didn't tune in to watch.  Which led to a bunch of people getting in that are basically unknown's.  Which is fine in the sense that it's always nice to have a few of those players.  But when over half the players in Capcom Cup are these players and you basically locked out Kakeru, Punk, Tokido, Daigo, Moke, Problem X and more - that's where people take issue.  

Nobody is shitting on the players and if they are that's a dick move.  People are shitting on Capcom because of the format.  The qualification process was confusing and people didn't tune in to watch.  Which led to a bunch of people getting in that are basically unknown's.  Which is fine in the sense that it's always nice to have a few of those players.  But when over half the players in Capcom Cup are these players and you basically locked out Kakeru, Punk, Tokido, Daigo, Moke, Problem X and more - that's where people take issue.  

Not true. Shadoken finished second. SI Anik, the Southeast Asia winner, is sitting at home because Capcom scheduled their tournament late in the season and the winner couldn't get his VISA in time. Be that as it may, the criticism is of Capcom not the players. They set up system keeps significant portion of the most talented players out of Capcom Cup. It's not on the players to setup a system that ensure the best play the best. That's on Capcom.
 
Side note: Thankfully Sherry Jenix is going above and beyond to help players get their VISAs. Capcom sure isn't. 

Let's go Luke

One million dollar prize or no, Capcom Cup's format this year is bullshit. When your LCQ Tournament is more talent rich than the actual Capcom Cup, something is wrong.  Not everyone bitched, I didn't see EndingWalker crying for example. If anything, he seemed miffed that people assumed that Angrybird and Mena would be the two qualifiers out of his group. 

This is a fucking gauntlet.  I'm rooting for whoever takes LCQ to win Capcom Cup.  Even if it's Punk 😂

Punk already buying Twitter Blue for that 200 words essay.

Punk will definitely be complaining on twitter after that one, but GG. Good grand finals, I loved the variety in top 8. 

I know some people don't like Punk for reasons about his personality and shit, but dude definitely belongs in Capcom Cup based on his skill.
 
His reactions are just unreal.

The LCQ has been the most talent rich tournament outside of EVO. I can't see Capcom Cup itself being this good.

This is a fucking gauntlet.  I'm rooting for whoever takes LCQ to win Capcom Cup.  Even if it's Punk 😂

Let's go Hibikiiiii

Hibiki out here making Lily look like a strong character.

Man, LCF Winners is freaking packed!

Tricky, Hard and Long range.  I'm most surprised about the hard and long range because I'd say in SFV he was mid to close range and Easy.  Seems like almost a completely different character and I'm for it.   

Everyone was wondering why Daigo wasn't parrying against it and it turns out that it was a true block string lol.  

The LCQ has been awesome so far.  Kakeru/Hibiki, Daigo/Punk and MOV/Moke were all great matches yesterday.  
 
Judging by the matches and looking at the Top 16 -  I think the LCQ is going to be better than Capcom Cup lol.  

The LCQ has been awesome so far.  Kakeru/Hibiki, Daigo/Punk and MOV/Moke were all great matches yesterday.  
 
Judging by the matches and looking at the Top 16 -  I think the LCQ is going to be better than Capcom Cup lol.  

I know a lot of people have joked about how this should've been the boxart, but seriously. This should've been the boxart.

Don't give much fucks but pic is cool
 

We're already pretty much there right now.  International players aren't travelling and like you said it's probably a combination of travel expenses plus the shift to online tournaments.  This is pretty much ass for the spectators because online tournaments aren't at all fun to watch.  And then we end up with situations like this where nobody even knows half the players in Capcom Cup this year and they're playing for the biggest prize ever.  Shit just seems whack to me.   
 
It's to the point now where I'm only watching what Evo and Red Bull Kumite?  And the latter isn't even a CPT event.  What happened to CEO, Combo Breaker, Stun fest, NorCal Regionals, Canada Cup etc.  SF6 is a great product and it's a shame there aren't enough big offline events to showcase it.   
 
 

They need to go back to the 2019 Capcom Cup format or at least something more like it. Because of the way the current format is constructed, you can make a tournament from all the top players that didn't get in and it would actually be deeper in talent than Capcom Cup. There are only 3 players from Japan. It would only be 2 but Gachikun got in via an offline premiere. You know damned well that wouldn't be the case in the classic format. I'm not a stan for Japanese players but I recognize the strength they have. There would be like two dozen Japanese players in CC under the old format. The same issue holds true for NA and EU just to a lesser extent. Then you have Angry Bird and Mena, who would be the top 2 players under classic format, in the same group. 🤨