Alpha-152 tournament ban poll.

[DrDogg]

ign banned her

She was never banned. She was simply not in any build that was used for the IPL events. This includes the launch party build.

 

[DR2K]

At the rate it takes to unlock her you might as well ban her until more TOs have her unlocked.

 

[Peaceful Jay]

I reported my long list of bugs and suggestions to Tecmo on Tuesday. One suggestion was to allow all characters to be unlocked in Versus Mode, while still having them locked in other modes. I knew something like this would save DOA5 tournament organizers a lot grief, so I marked it as "Essential" . He responded on Wednesday informing me that they will review my suggestions and determine what can & cannot be implemented. Lets hope for the best

P.S. Alpha 152 isn't very scary after you learn all her tricks

 

[UncleKitchener]

I'm expecting character unlock DLCs in the future. It's quite common for KOF tourney organizers to just buy all the chracte DLC options before tourneys.

 

[TRI Mike]

What the hell¿ It shouldn't be too difficult to carry a save file around with her. No one should be banned.

 

[monster637]

What the hell¿ It shouldn't be too difficult to carry a save file around with her. No one should be banned.

problem is if you have a real tourney 20-30 ps3s or xboxs

 

[DR2K]

No one is going to use Alpha 152 regardless of unlock. She's by and far the worst character in the any fighting game. She's Roll. She has no wake up kicks, her holds primarily teleport her to neuteral at best, her strings are incredibly predicable and easy to hold out of, she makes Helena look safe, and she's a featherweight. It's really all semantics at this point. Ban her or don't the end result will be the same.

 

[CyberEvil]

Absolutely should not be banned for any reason. There have been other games requiring a greater time investment and there are also methods of sharing saves if it comes to that. That and she's just not very good, online boost excepted.

 

[synce]

I don't think she's as terrible as people make her out to be, but she's not even close to being broken. Also I've heard the PS3 file isn't even copy protected, so there's that too. If it's on 360 I could understand people not wanting to go through hassle of resigning saves though

 

[Codemaster92163]

I find it really hilarious. Many of you are taking the easy option of banning her instead of actually doing what you should and learn her weaknesses. I'm rather disappointed.

 

[Rikuto]

Alpha is god tier at neutral game from distance... but once you knock her down, even once, the whole world crumbles around her.

She is a glass cannon, and her playstyle is to be celebrated as such. No ban.

 

[The HuBBs]

Hubbs its simple math. Really the ban of Alpha has nothing to do with character tools and has all to do with her unlock requirement. It takes a serious time investment to unlock that character. Way outside of the normal requirements you would find in any other game.

Such a ban has to be focused on the actual tournament environment. Meaning the people who would actually show up to an event and support the scene. Nothing more, nothing less. For example I will be at NEC and will be participating in DOA. You should consider asking the people who you know would show up. If there is no quick share method of unlocking her she needs to be banned period as it supports the actual people who will actual support the turnouts of your event. Very silly unlock requirement.

Whoa there. All I did was start a discussion. I'm not making any decisions here, I didn't even vote.

 

[EMPEROR_COW]

For the record ... She will NOT be banned in UK tournaments ..

 

[Gi9a]

If you ban alpha go ahead and ban the faster version of her.... Kasumi.

 

[Zeo]

She's not even good, no.

 

[d3v]

God help the MVC2 community if they decided to ban half of the cast due to its unlocking method on the Dreamcast <_<.

Technically, most tournaments were played on cabs, the solution for which was to open up the cab and flick the coin switch for over an hour until everyone was unlocked. Off course, we eventually just resorted to hacked ROMs that had everyone unlocked (and had custom colors and soundtrack as well).

 

[IceMage95]

I don't think that Alpha should be banned. This issue is really stemming from the fact that it takes 300 titles to unlock her. I just think that if she isn't available by TO then she just isn't available. If she is, then that's great for the people who want to use her.

 

[Sora]

I should clarify too -- if and when there is a save file uploaded somewhere that offers the unlock, then I fully agree she should not be banned. My point lies in more that up until that point, we can't expect TOs to take many hours/days to unlock her for ONE console, let alone five or ten.

 

[Zeo]

Wasn't there some kind of 100% unlock code posted up at one point that nullifies the whole point of this thread?

 

[MasterHavik]

This is worst than people bitching about Leon.