That's your personal view -- but I have friends in that scene that I catch up on a regular basis, that have said clearly multiple times that the patch and renewed chances for new characters to win was a major factor in revitalizing the scene. I'm not guessing at this; it's straight fro the source.
Dude, listen, I like debating things with you because you know, you're actually intelligent. But you continue to ignore basic points, while coming up with others that I never disputed. The patch absolutely renewed interest in Injustice. When did I ever debate this? What I'm saying though, is that Chicago initially struggled to get into the game because they didn't really like the mechanics (I'm just repeating what 16 Bit and Dizzy said, which is pretty much straight from the source. To be clear, 16 Bit wasn't speaking for himself, but for his teammates). Moreover, they actually started enjoying the game a couple of months before the big patch (I remember 16 Bit's appearance on the KCP with REO and Pig, and he specifically talked about that). Something happened (maybe it was the realization that MK was officially done after EVO), and they gave Injustice a chance and actually started liking it. It was in fact in August when they started doing the weekly tournaments too. This too, is a fact, and this too, is straight from the source (being the stream!). Of course, the patch only made things better, especially since many guys over there play characters that weren't considered top tier, so it certainly made them even more excited to play the game.
I just really don't see how any of that is relevant to what I said. Essentially you're saying "had it not been for the patch, the game would have been in trouble." Well...yeah. Did anyone really ever think otherwise? Did anyone really think that BA, Superman, KF and others should have been left untouched (except guys that played BA and Sups that is). Or that Ares, Lobo and Shazam didn't deserve buffs? Except, we all knew that NRS would be patching the game all along. From day 1, we knew there would be constant patches because NRS said as much, and because we've seen it in MK. So why on earth was everyone suggesting the game would die? That's my whole problem, and that was my one and only point (before you took it in different, irrelevant directions). You're trying to convince me that the patch was beneficial. You don't need to. I know it was. Except we always knew there would be many patches, which makes all the death claims all the more baffling. To use your car analogy, it's as if I'm speeding at 100mph but I know for a fact that I'll get there safely (say I have a crystal ball), yet I'm freaking out that I won't, for some reason. The reasonable thing to do would have been to wait for the patch and then see if it would "save" the game or not. And that's not to say that suggestions for the patch shouldn't have been made. But there's a difference between that and claiming a game would die after a tournament, which we've seen a hundred times. The game was supposed to die after CEO because of Scorpion, then die after EVO because of Sups, then die because NRS kept delaying the patch details, and now it's going to die after NEC. My question is, why? We knew there would be patches after CEO and EVO. And so far, there's little to suggest that it would die after NEC (unless you care to contradict your OP).
And as for Scorpion, Slips said he needed to be toned down -- I'm sure both Slips and MIT would rather be playing a footsies/reads scorpion than a jumping-bean random tele Scorpion, because that's what they were both known for and enjoyed in MK9. MIT and I have already talked about this. No one wanted Scorpion to be what he was.. Except maybe PL
Again, when did anyone (except maybe PL
) dispute that Scorpion needed to be toned down? So what's the point you're making exactly here? I'll repeat: Scorpion should have been toned down. Of course, I only said that in about every single post I've made about the topic.
PS: you took a shot at PL but neglected to praise REO. Isn't there a rule here that you have to praise him at least once in any post that goes beyond 100 words?
