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So I was watching the PowerUp 2011 stream gettin’ hype for SSF4, and the first match was to be Jwong vs PR Rog. Out of nowhere, someone was talking to Sp00ky about how Jwong didn’t want to play PR Rog and wanted to play Wolfkrone. After a confusing exchange and outrage from the chat, they decided that they would flip a coin to determine whether Jwong would play Inthul or Wolfkrone.

Uhhh. What? What kind of tournament lets you pick your opponent?

Is this okay? Does this happen a lot?

If I were Inthul right now I’d be incredibly pissed. The bracket had Jwong set to play PR Rog. Sure, what the tournament organizer says is what goes, but it really discourages me from attending any tournaments in the future if this stuff is commonplace.