SSF2X is not a balanced fighting game : there are stronger characters than others, very hard match up. It's a fighting game, so it cannot be balanced, and it's part of why we love this game.

But we think Claw cross the line. He is way too far strong, with completely no sense technics - you know I'm talking about flying loop.

The flying loop is free if you get a knock down (for exemple by using another free technic : the slide) that have a high chance to perform a knock down, that allow to perform second flying that can lead to another one, etc until death or so. And if it wiff, it's almost safe.

If you're here then you know how it's unfair. In situations like theses, there almost nothing you can do, and there is nothing certain. Exemple are extremly frequent so we will not make a list, but as a symbol, just think to the match between Damdai and Mao at evo 2012 : Mao wins by perform 7 flying loops. For us, it's a no sense and it's not what we should see in tournaments.

Not to mention that he has tons of other strong tools, as his crMP, his slide, his zero frame reversal to juggle, his super, his speed walk or his throw..

We can banishing claw in our local tournaments but this would have no sense if we do it alone.

Losing in tournaments is a part of the game, we deal with it. But losing against a claw is just a fatality (or almost) that make the game not fun at all, unfair.

We propose that the global community around the world of ST players adopt this rule : Claw is banished in tournaments.