Written by Glenn | 15 May 2011

From what I remember earlier today, some people were calling for some sort of penalty after "Long Island Joe" Ciaramelli conceded defeat to Justin Wong in the first semifinals of the PDP Mortal Kombat national championship tournament. 
 
Long Island Joe was down 2-0 and was about to lose the first round of Game 3 to Justin when controller problems occurred.

I know Mortal Kombat is a way different game than Super Street Fighter IV, but I'll play the "what if" card here. Based on the thousands of rounds of matches I've collected, a player up 2-0 at the start of the third game has won the match nearly 91 percent of the time; and the number nears 98 percent for someone on first game point.

The stakes for Joe to actually pull off the improbable were way too high. Tough call, but I see why Joe would do that.