TFC2013 DOA5U Team Ninja Special Event: NEW SCHOOL VS OLD SCHOOL (vote Veterans HERE!)

Shade

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Voting has closed. Thank you all for participating. Official team listed below

@SweetRevenge117
@lopedo
@MASTER
@Rikuto
@Allan Paris
@Perfect Legend

Fillins (3 way tie):

@Shade
@Mr. Wah
@Return of the Shadow


BEFORE READING. KEEP YOUR PRIDE CHECKED AT THE DOOR. THIS THREAD WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY, OFF TOPIC POSTS WILL BE DELETED. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. PLEASE READ EVERYTHING AS THERE ARE SLIGHT VARIATIONS TO THE RULES BETWEEN OLD AND NEW.

Current Total Tally of Votes(updated 9/7)
@Rikuto 43
@MASTER 35
@SweetRevenge117 24
@ochosen1o 3
@Perfect Legend 14
@lopedo 24
@Shade 9
@Return of the Shadow 8
@Mr. Wah 8
@Allan Paris 17
@HoodsXx 1
Blackula 1
Fab 1

Old School vs New School (Vote for Old School here)

As you're all aware, The Fall Classic Tournament is being used as a DOA5U Launch event. One of the many special events taking place at the tournament will be an Old School Player vs New School player type of competition/tournament. Team Ninjas own Tom Lee has tasked me with the initial organization and creation of teams for this awesome event. Currently we've discussed both the possibility of 6v6 and 8v8 formats. Which one we choose to keep will be dependent on the time constraints at the tournament itself. The exact format of how the players will fight each other is still being ironed out.

In the mean time, we need you as the community to help decide and vote for who you think would put up a good show and also dominate. There will be two separate threads for voting (one for new school and the other for old school). You can vote for yourself (Only in the new school thread) but keep in mind that the community will voice their opinion of yes or no over you. So please come with thick skin should someone say "No you're absolute trash etc"

You may also only vote for players who have preregistered/guaranteed to go. A list of who has preregistered/guaranteed to go thus far will be posted below.

I somewhat anticipate that a lot of the more popular players will be voted for and that's ok (especially for the old school thread) because they are generally considered the best of the best. But I also know that there are some players not as well known who are very talented who would like a shot at making the team. In this case, I will be leaving one(2) spot(s) open for each side that will be decided not on voting but instead a small 16 man online tournament. Yes online is laggy, but it's a simple medium that will allow you to at least demonstrate your skills. Signups for that will take place at a later date. (Note: this is subject to change as we may just have the 5(7) players who have already been voted for decide the last member from a listed pool of potential candidates.)

How do we decide whether or not you are an old school player or a new school player? This part is tricky because we've had such a huge gap between DOA's. Ideally old school players will be those that played competitively up to the closing of CGS in 08. This team is not limited to the United States. Being that this will be a global event, international players are considered candidates. I know some of you are on the cusp of that 2008 era so use your best judgment, be honest with yourself and if you have questions or suggestions PM me directly or take it to the Facebook group as I want to keep this thread focused on voting and discussion of who should play. Again all off topic replies will be deleted.

You will be allowed to vote for up to 4 players. Giving an explanation on why you chose them, will give your vote far more weight than simply naming a player because then we/the community can only judge that player from his previous accolades. And if you don't list any, it doesn't work. I.E if you vote for Xcaliburbladez with no explanation, we will know why. He's an established player. Resume speaks for itself. Whereas if you vote for Joe down the street without explanation it will be far more difficult to weigh. You may post videos of matches as well. Use this as an opportunity to build a case. DO NOT SPAM THE THREAD THOUGH.

Voting will end and this thread will close on September 7th in effort to get this list to Tom Lee and the tournament organizers for proper hype, naming of captains, scheduling, distribution, rewards etc.

Old School Players:

I'll kick things off with some recommendations and you guys run with it from there. Keep in mind my recommendations are based on observed skill over the years, guaranteed going to TFC, tournament placement history, effectiveness at playing DOA5 style and who I think can make the quickest adjustments to 5U to bring in the W against the child prodigies. In other words I want the new school obliterated.

Basically don't get salty if you're not on my list because A. This isn't a shout out thread, I know you got talent which is why we B. vote and C. I only selected based on Preregistration/Known Attendance. Please follow the rules and vote for only 4 people not including yourself. (Note. this rule is different from the New school thread as I believe there is far more data out on the old school players wherein you won't need to vote for yourself to begin with. You may however throw your name in the basket but it will not count as a vote) I listed double to get the ball rolling on discussion that is all. These are not my votes.

In no particular order:
Lopedo
Master
Shade Swifteye
Perfect Legend
Silent Legend
Chosen One
SweetRevenge
Rikuto
Mr. Wah

Again keep in mind these are recommendations and not set in stone.

I will be making periodic edits to this post as I gather more information from your responses. If you have suggestions or questions do not hesitate to PM.

Thank you
 
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Shade

Active Member
List of veteran players who have preregistered/guaranteed to go and are eligible to be voted for (updated 8/26)

Allan Paris
AFD A1R GEAR
Blackula
Return of the Shadow
SomewhatMental
CyberEvil
WINBACK
NYC Fab
DOA Rabies
HooD Is Turrible (hoodless)
 
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Xernuht

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Well, you know what they're capable of, and I'm new to the scene, but:

Rikuto
Master
SweetRevenge
ChosenOne

From what I've seen in 5, they are some of the best faces to rep the Old School team. I mean, they're all good, but they use characters and playstyles that feel like they are their characters... if that makes any sense.
 

DR2K

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Rikuto (Bayman/Leon)
Master(Hayabusa)
Perfect Legend (Multi)
SweetRevenge(Sarah, Genfu)


As far as consistency goes these guys place the best and/or represent different characters. This is my vote for old school. I'm going to assume new school is in another thread. Is there a list of registered voters so far?
 

Rikuto

P-P-P-P-P-P-POWER!
Rikuto (power house)
Lopedo (power house)
Sweet Revenge (power house)
Shade Swifteye (power house)
 

lopedo

Well-Known Member
I mean, hell.
Me
Rikuto
Sweet Revenge
Shade
Master


All for old school players. And then there are names I'm forgetting. We got this shit.
 

Matt Ponton

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Administrator
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Lopedo
Rikuto
Shade Swifteye
Perfect Legend

Primarily basing off tournament placing consistency for DOA5.
 

lopedo

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I'm gonna go ahead and list my reasons for each player since this is an actual thread and not a dream situation. My bad for not reading above.

Rikuto- Has been around since DOA:U online. He's been a good friend to me and has been a good player. He consistently places high in tournaments and is known to be a very cerebral player, which in most cases pays off.

Master- The guy has done it all, except beat lopedo offline (sorry buddy), but he's a great player and has been on the tips of many a scrubs tongue. Backs it up in tournaments, too!

Sweet Revenge- Great, under rated player who is associated with "new school" but has actually been lurking in the shadows for years. His tournament placing speaks for itself.

Shade Swifteye- When he's not dropping combos he's destroying you with them.
 

Prince Adon

Best in the World!!!
Premium Donor
This is my list...

Master
Rikuto
Earlee/Perfect Shadow/Return of the Shadow
Perfect Legend
 
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Prince Adon

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Premium Donor
Yeah. Ive been entering tourneys since 06 lol

But I was under the assumptions that people who been playing since 2U/3 are considered old school and those that been known since 4 are considered new school, or am I wrong? I'm just trying to understand how this is done lol.
 

SweetRevenge117

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Shade states old school is those who played competitively till 08. I played at the combine and I DID play doa2u. Just not till the end lol. The new school players IMO are the ones who just started going to tournaments. I was at the second DID so that's no way old school. And to sorwah I see ur point I guess lol
 

Matt Ponton

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Staff member
Administrator
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This is my list...

Master
Lopedo
Rikuto
Earlee/Perfect Shadow/Return of the Shadow
Shade Swifteye
Perfect Legend
xINFINITELIGHTx/JustOwnin

You will be allowed to vote for up to 4 players.

But I was under the assumptions that people who been playing since 2U/3 are considered old school and those that been known since 4 are considered new school, or am I wrong? I'm just trying to understand how this is done lol.

Ideally old school players will be those that played competitively up to the closing of CGS in 08.
 

J.D.E.

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Rikuto
Master
Perfect Legend
Sweet Revenge
Shade Swifteye
Sorwah
Chosen 1
Silent Legend
 
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