I saw some "Hu I wont move because it's just giving Bala money" I just cant withstand this mentality.
That's one of the worst things about the American KOF scene now to me. Other international players I think would love to challenge BALA and most of the SoCal players, but it feels like lots of American players have this "inevitably going to lose to BALA" mentality.
I'd love it if it was more than just BALA winning every tournament where most SoCal players show up, but that's up to the players themselves to make that happen, and it will take practice and probably losses to beat someone like that if you want to get to BALA's level or better. I honestly forget if other scene dominators like J.Wong or Daigo (at one point) scared players away from competing, but I don't doubt those who fought them get better because of it.
I wonder what might happen if BALA gets beat by an international player at EVO, or even another SoCal player?