| 09 January 2012
I was thinking about doing some lengthy analysis of what happened during the Top 8 at the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament at Apex 2012. Instead, I'll just make this note.Game 1 winners went 12-0.
I got a lot crap over the past couple of weeks about how it's OK to lose Game 1 because you can spend that game understanding the opponent. Apparently, that's not working out too well.
Since this was an East Coast event, if we look at the Top 8 at Big Two in addition to Apex 2012, then Game 1 winners were 20-2 in the past week. That's a 90.9 percent win rate.
What is it about a Game 1 deficit that players can't rally to win?
