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General/Other Skarlet: I predict will be the next bandwagon

SaJa

FH_FenriR
Well I bought her the day she came out, really liked her, played her for a bit but never really quite "got her" at the time. Now I picked her up again maybe a month or so ago and this time round I've got a much better grasp of what she's about. And she is THE MOST FUN I've had with a character since picking up Shang Tsung. Yeah she can be hard to use online, lag screws the timing on some of your cancels and your aa's, but I am still having a blast playing her.

That said, I don't think there will be much of a Skarlet bandwaggon. Everyone knows how much of a beast Kabal is but I don't think there was ever a Kabal bandwaggon, just a few extra people who went "Wow REO's Kabal is sick, I want to do that", few people got it together, the rest just quickly failed and gave up. Guess that's techincally a small bandwaggon, but iduno...

She's a difficult character to use (in the grand scheme of MK9, but frankly that doesn't say much now does it really :p, but why would the masses use someone who's more difficult to use than other good characters), other "bandwaggon" characters so far like Cage at least have easy basics that people can get straight into.
Is it you I played in online europ server ps3 recently ? Oo That was a skarlet mirror but there was such a bad delay x)
 

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
You have to look at the meta game to determine who the next flavor of the month character will be. Cage and Sonya are getting a lot of hate right now which means the next character will be in retaliation to them. The next FOTM will undoubtedly be Kenshi followed by Kung Lao as the an answer to Kenshi.
There's already been a kenshi band wagon

And Lao doesn't beat kenshi
Things have changed
 

Warplay

Noob
I'm on the Skarlet bandwagon. Just bought her yesterday, she was the only DLC character I didn't buy. After getting bodied by a vicious Skarlet, I have realized that her pressure based style is absolutely perfect for me. It's gonna be a while for MK10, and I've been looking for another character to learn thoroughly that is a challange...Skarlet is that.

Don't hate me. I'm on the wagon to stay, and for all the right reasons. ;)
 

UsedForGlue

"Strength isn't everything"
I'd like to predict skarlet will become "the next hot character to play"

People don't understand her

Few are dedicated to her

Many quit her cause she is too hard

I've seen her greatness recently and I no longer wanna hear anyone bitch about her damage, meter, zoning, AA or wakeups because a certain player I've been playing with has shown me no one knows what their talking about

So after forever skar or mosp places high with her or any other dedicated skarlet get ready for that new bandwagon

Previous wagons:

Smoke
Kenshi
Cage
Sektor
If I had more offline time, I would be using this character allot more as one of my mains, but I have spent allot of time on her, and it's just too stupid to use her online, and I cost myself the match all the time.

So I completely agree, she is like a Sonya that takes skill to use.
 

Shinobeast

Makin' my comeback...as a female Red Ninja..
I'd like to predict skarlet will become "the next hot character to play"

People don't understand her

Few are dedicated to her

Many quit her cause she is too hard

I've seen her greatness recently and I no longer wanna hear anyone bitch about her damage, meter, zoning, AA or wakeups because a certain player I've been playing with has shown me no one knows what their talking about

So after forever skar or mosp places high with her or any other dedicated skarlet get ready for that new bandwagon

Previous wagons:

Smoke
Kenshi
Cage
Sektor
I picked her because she is fast and looks cool and an underdog....I just feel lucky that she has so much cool stuff...at my local arcade I think people will start to use her because I started to...
 

Flagg

Noob
If I had more offline time, I would be using this character allot more as one of my mains, but I have spent allot of time on her, and it's just too stupid to use her online, and I cost myself the match all the time.

So I completely agree, she is like a Sonya that takes skill to use.
I couldnt agree more.

There are some characters you cannot use online, as in, you cant use them to their full potential.
 

Johnny2d

Xbl: Johnny2Die
The positive from a Skarlet bandwagon might be that the people that more people would download her. I'm always frustrated when I go practice for 2 or 3 hours, then jump online to put it to work, and the first 5 matches I play the opponent doesn't have her. It happens way more often then I would like. A lot of people get the other characters, just not Skarlet... Its frustrating.
 

Warplay

Noob
The positive from a Skarlet bandwagon might be that the people that more people would download her. I'm always frustrated when I go practice for 2 or 3 hours, then jump online to put it to work, and the first 5 matches I play the opponent doesn't have her. It happens way more often then I would like. A lot of people get the other characters, just not Skarlet... Its frustrating.
I'm starting to notice this now also. It's annoying how people won't download the free compatibility packs. It was a big frustration of mine when learning Kenshi, now it's even worse with Skarlet. I can understand if it was just a compatibility pack, but these idiots are missing out on free alternates for whatever reason. Everyone seems to have Freddy though.
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
I'm starting to notice this now also. It's annoying how people won't download the free compatibility packs. It was a big frustration of mine when learning Kenshi, now it's even worse with Skarlet. I can understand if it was just a compatibility pack, but these idiots are missing out on free alternates for whatever reason. Everyone seems to have Freddy though.
lol, they gotta be some bunch of morons
 

fr stack

Noob's saibot or noob saibot's?
oh man i nearly shat wen i thought detroit was gonna pick skarlet
he was de reason i picked up shang
 

GamerBlake90

Blue Blurs for Life!
Skarlet's just a rip-off of my wife. You all know who the real deal is!

*in spite of his post, he's considering learning Skarlet*