The balance in this game is wierd, from all accounts, Tager should be the worst char in the game, but as we all know, he does insane damage, and has outright won several tournaments, if anything, I belive that indicates just how close the tiers really are in this game. (I mean yeah, Nu/Tager is a crazy match up, but we have all seen Tagers topple Nu at top level play time and time again)
I dont think I can recall a time when the "gutter" tier character has been so very all over the map when it come to player opinion, heck, alot of people think Tager is god tier (I laugh everytime, but on that same note, I kinda smile too, cause he sure can lay the smack right down ;p)
I mean, think of it this way, you know how Kuroda (Japanese 3S player) uses Q and rips tourneys up? Thats a big deal because Q is one of the "worst" characters in the game, now, imagine if there were like 20 more constant Q players that were outright winning big tourneys with Q, THAT is what the Tager situation seems like to me in BBCT, its a case of the "worst" char not really being that bad at all, he can utterly destroy most chars off 2 mistakes, or 1 mistake and a well placed burst followed up right.
(BTW, AWESOME AV man, I would kill for one like that with a Canadian flag instead of US...)