Lack of variety

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball It occurred in Counter-Strike where almost every server included Dust or Dust 2 and any Street Fighter game where majority pick Ryu or Ken since they are powerful.

I think a lot of people pick Ryu and Ken more because of familiarity. Especially when you're a noob at a new street fighter game, there's a certain benefit in at least using them as a starting point. Not just for wins, but also for playability out of the box.

Not that you're wrong, I'm just appending this.

Most of the SF games have characters who are more powerful than Ryu, Ken or both, but tend to require at least a nominal amount of competence to be good at. Though I'm out of touch, maybe Ryu and Ken are both top tier choices again.

[Funky Fly]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight I think a lot of people pick Ryu and Ken more because of familiarity. Especially when you're a noob at a new street fighter game, there's a certain benefit in at least using them as a starting point. Not just for wins, but also for playability out of the box. Not that you're wrong, I'm just appending this. Most of the SF games have characters who are more powerful than Ryu, Ken or both, but tend to require at least a nominal amount of competence to be good at. Though I'm out of touch, maybe Ryu and Ken are both top tier choices again.

On the topic of Street Fighter, it's getting better online. There's still a ton of Ken/Ryu/Akuma players out there, but I meet a lot of players who are damn near godly with lesser picked characters. The balancing is fairly good and there's not nearly as much of a tier system to deal with (as long as you're not a tournyfag anyway), but it's still easy to get by with just being an average shoto player. If I get smoked by a Ken or Ryu who is godly, however, I will not sweat it at all. It takes a fair bit of skill to be able to stuff most of TPWW's resident players so it's all good.