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Seriously, let's start playing tag mode for MK9!

THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
legion666 said:
KABAL/cage will be broken as they have an infinite, KABAL 's nomad dash spins you, Johnny comes out and charges unblockable b2 which hits just as you come out of the spin and the combo ends. You are opened for another combo by Kabal who ends it with nomad dash again!!!
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I know. But this is ignoring that Cage otherwise takes a total backseat to Kabal, and is strictly there for the infinite, making the team basically Kabal if he had a touch of death. While that's great, it's tag mode. There's more to synergy than just being able to touch of death you. There are assists that check things such as Kabal's keepaway.
 
VenomX-90

VenomX-90

"On your Knees!"
If Tag was used in tourneys, it'll be the same ppl usinmg top tiers but just have two top tier characters at the same time.
 
Dizzy

Dizzy

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I hate tag. Could be funny/fun as 2v2 teams but it's just fundamentally broke though. Would probably need some rules with the meterless and/or damageless infinites
 
Faded Dreams V

Faded Dreams V

Retired June 2012. Unretired June 2013.
GGA Dizzy said:
I hate tag. Could be funny/fun as 2v2 teams but it's just fundamentally broke though. Would probably need some rules with the meterless and/or damageless infinites
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Has GGA ever had a small tag tournament with teams? Like you and 16 Bit vs Wafflez and Jeremiah or something?

Teams fighting against each other would be pretty fun. If it's just one player using 2 characters, that's boring.
 
Dizzy

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Faded Dreams V said:
Has GGA ever had a small tag tournament with teams? Like you and 16 Bit vs Wafflez and Jeremiah or something?

Teams fighting against each other would be pretty fun. If it's just one player using 2 characters, that's boring.
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I played I one tag tournament, it was at naptown clutch 2. I was teamed with Moe and we won vs Soonk and Wafflez in grand finals. I think us 4 were the only GGA members there.

But yeah, playing with a friend cooperatively was the only thing fun about it. And being able to tag in ermac if I had to fight a subzero.

PS I have played in some cab tag tournaments, actually. MOE30W was my teammate on most of those as well.
 
KH_Seraph

KH_Seraph

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Sure I'll play Johnny Cage and Kabal. Get you into a spin, tag JC, do full charge B2 into 33 tag, kabal ' s F4 into dash, rinse and repeat for a meterless infinite.

LBSH the only reason tag never went anywhere is because of how broken it was.
 
CCVengeance

CCVengeance

The one guy hoping for Kai
THTB said:
Nothing jokes about it. I'm serious. Why can't we try something different with how we play the game?
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Because everyone is posfing how broken the mode is and you struck me as someone who knew that beforehand. Meterless infinites+touch of death combos= not a good time.
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
CCVengeance said:
Because everyone is posfing how broken the mode is and you struck me as someone who knew that beforehand. Meterless infinites+touch of death combos= not a good time.
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Like I said, there's more to the general game itself than just the touch of deaths and infinites. General team synergy is a big thing.
 
Jack Burton

Jack Burton

Noob
I think Tag is awesome! Just do what the South American competitive players did with MK Trilogy, like ban characters, (like Noob Saibot in Trilogy) or team combinations and create a rule set to make the game fair. It's not that difficult to do.
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
I was fucking around with Cage/Kang team. Oh mah gawd. RTSD...f3 leads to actual juggles, Kang assist means no fucks given about opponents crouching under EX plasma, corner carry from middle of the stage to nutpunch enders...

Fucking...YUM!
 
legion666

legion666

Noob
THTB said:
I know. But this is ignoring that Cage otherwise takes a total backseat to Kabal, and is strictly there for the infinite, making the team basically Kabal if he had a touch of death. While that's great, it's tag mode. There's more to synergy than just being able to touch of death you. There are assists that check things such as Kabal's keepaway.
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I don't think cage always takes a backseat to kabal. In some match ups he is more effective. Plus I didn't say that infinite is a bad thing)I just think it is an ultimate rushdown/zoning duo with a touch of death option)
 
Scott The Scot

Scott The Scot

Where there is smoke, there is cancer.
Alright, I'll get hella hated, called stupid, asked what the point is etc for suggesting this buuuut...

How about we ban tag combos? Yes I'm serious. I know that's one of the fun parts about tag but with all the infinites what else can we do? Perhaps we could have a tag rating system?: Each game you have 10 character points and the community decides what each character is worth based on their tag assist and how they create certain combos. People like scorpion and noob would be lets say 8 points whereas sheeva would be 2 points. This way you don't get crazy tag combos like kabal/noob or Scorpion and whoever. Just an idea, no hate please.


...or we could ban certain tag teams?
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
legion666 said:
I don't think cage always takes a backseat to kabal. In some match ups he is more effective. Plus I didn't say that infinite is a bad thing)I just think it is an ultimate rushdown/zoning duo with a touch of death option)
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I don't think so. Might be the best team in terms of damage, but everywhere else, I'm not so sure. Of course I could be wrong, obviously, but things like Reptile assist existing serves as sort of a counter to the zoning, as does Ermac special tag (like...Ermac special tag is SUPER fast). The existence of the tag mechanics do change a lot.

Also, while Noob, Scorpion, Quan Chi, etc, have really, really good assists...they are only as strong as their assist is when on point.
 
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legion666

legion666

Noob
THTB said:
I don't think so. Might be the best team in terms of damage, but everywhere else, I'm not so sure. Of course I could be wrong, obviously, but things like Reptile assist existing serves as sort of a counter to the zoning, as does Ermac special tag (like...Ermac special tag is SUPER fast). The existence of the tag mechanics do change a lot.

Also, while Noob, Scorpion, Quan Chi, etc, have really, really good assists...they are only as strong as their assist is when on point.
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In terms of damage it is Ermac and Cyrax team, they have infinites with resets in them))
 
EnergyKD

EnergyKD

AKA KHAOTIC Zeus
The thing with tag mode is not that infinites and broken stuff are in the game its that when you're down to your last character there is no comeback feature and the game is good as over considering your opponent still has two characters.
 
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