So, it's a full-out expansion. Guess SF4 will get at least one more balance update down the line then.
I have zero interest in any of the characters in question as well qq
Fairly certain you can get your money back from a product on Steam, but that requires the game to plainly not work, be broken beyond belief or not being anything close to what's advertised. CoH2 doesn't fall in either of these categories.
I would but I always have felt the need to critically advocate for fairness. That being said, I also hate, HATE to lose. That's just who I am. It's terrible conundrum to be in because I don't want to sit there and play Soviets because I feel that they are very easy to use (in team games x200), but I have a fetish about winning and fairness. I'd be happy to sit there and play as Soviets. I'm much more relaxed and I empathize with my opponents, but at the end of the day it's justice that I want. I want the game to succeed and be a fun experience for everyone that plays. I want to be good (relative term) at a game that is recognized for being a competitive game like SC2 or LoL or anything like that.
Just a comment to this: if you want to get better, learn to take a loss. Nobody likes to lose, but if you want to improve as a player, think less about balance and more on what you could have done differently after losing a game. This game might have some rather glaring balance issues at the moment, but thinking "blargh, <insert faction/unit> op zomg" after a loss never helps.
..I just felt compelled to add that after too much time as a strategy specialist on GR. :V
Asian powah.
Got to say that I didn't expect neither Tokido or Haitani to make it this far. Mostly because I thought Tokido looked rusty in the pools, as he kept dropping combos(even against Daigo, who he narrowly beat). As for Haitani, as far as I know he has never been a high-profile name in SF4 compared to the other 2D gods, at least not here in the west, so it came as a bit of a surprise.
Xian, sako, Daigo, GamerBee, PR Rog and Infiltration were the usual suspects, on the other hand.
Also, Tokido's channel uploaded several of yesterday's best games:
edit: Also, PR Rog losing solidly to Infiltration with Fei Long, and then completely blowing him up with Balrog. Balrog in top 8 this year again, despite PR Rog himself claiming that Rog isn't really a viable character at top level.
It was 10 dollars to buy in to the beta in its earliest stage iirc. As of the moment, I believe the game is in a state where it's more free-to-play than beta, provided you get a key.
..which isn't really hard, you can literally go ask random bypassers on the street if they have a Dota 2-key to spare, and you'll probably get one.