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EVO 2011 MK STREAM

Hellbringer

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For everyone that's surprised a cyrax didn't make top 8 remember this.no matter how good or broken a character is if the player is not good then the character won't be either we players make the characters good not the other way around.yeah cyrax might do crazy damage with one bar but so fucking what? Do I think it should be nerfed? Yes a little less damage and that's it I play jax one of the "worst"characters in the game and my bother plays cyrax and we go back and forth why?1.I adapt 2.I learned the matchup 3.not to sound cocky but I think I'm a good mk player.so to all you cyrax haters that don't know shit about the character stop complaing and deal with it.you know how hard it is to play cyrax? He is one of the harder character to play believe it or not trust me I've been fighting cyrax since the game came out.so please just stop with the nerf this nerf that is so annoying. Learn to play the game.

Well said.
 

CY MasterHavik

Master of Chaos and Jax
When you put up chance on high peak people jump to bitch and complain about him or just drop their main to play him. Maybe we're wrong about Cyrax.
 

Gamin_Guru

Shang Bang
the AE competition, matches, and hype were just a lot better than MK9s. every single match in the top 64 in ae was so good throughout the whole night. all i play is mk9 right now but i spent more time watching the sf stream because their was alot of subpar play and lack of hype in the mk top 64. the game is never going to get the following or interest that sf gets because the game does not have one tenth of the depth, skill, or excitement that sf has. detroitballn vs valle is the only match in 12 hours of streaming even worth remembering. please stop trying to put mk9 in the same class as ssf4 because youre comparing checkers to chess...anyways gl to top 8.
herp derp AE has more 'depth' blah blah it's so much better than MK9 herp derp. Give it a rest no one cares.
 

Zerosoulreaver

Apprentice
If I cared about AE that much I wouldn't be here. So I will now say" I don't care" and it's pretty obvious that we don't care about AE.

MK is doing a lot better than most people would have ever imagined. They need to stop hating and pretending because like it or not MK ain't going nowhere!

Anyway, the stream yesterday was so hype. I can't wait for Sunday! I was impressed by Perfect Legend sticking it out once again. I honestly though he was going to lose, but he clutched it out hardcore. Also Online Tony really impressed me with his Kabal.
 

salvificblood

Worst Sub-Zero Ever
Perfect Legend is so clutch; he very nearly went out to a Mileena earlier in the tournament but his comeback in that macth was immense. He must have so much momentum and confidence now. PL was kind of my pick to win before the tournament and I have a good feeling it's going to be Reo vs Perfect Legend in the GF.
 

aj1701

Champion
I only saw one match with him during the tournament and he played with Kung Lao. If he dropped Kung Lao then I would have respect for him but I am assuming he went with his word and did not use sub as his main.

I have the utmost respect for him and what he has done, I just did not like his SZ choices. Please leave it at that.
Instead of bitching that you don't like Tom not using SZ, how about you level up and rep SZ yourself?

You're not showing respect, you're just being a jackass.
 

Vulcan Hades

Champion
I didn't watch the whole thing, but was there a single decent Stryker in the whole tournament?

The only one I saw was pretty bad and he got murdered by Michaelangelo. Still don't get why he switched to Stryker lol. He can't even zone Kabal.
 

STORMS

Co-founder
Administrator
the AE competition, matches, and hype were just a lot better than MK9s. every single match in the top 64 in ae was so good throughout the whole night. all i play is mk9 right now but i spent more time watching the sf stream because their was alot of subpar play and lack of hype in the mk top 64. the game is never going to get the following or interest that sf gets because the game does not have one tenth of the depth, skill, or excitement that sf has. detroitballn vs valle is the only match in 12 hours of streaming even worth remembering. please stop trying to put mk9 in the same class as ssf4 because youre comparing checkers to chess...anyways gl to top 8.
Okay "Negative Nancy."

You're putting MK at an obvious unfair state.

Might I add what you said is very ignorant as well.

The MK9 matches are hype especially w/ Detroit vs Alex, Mike vs Online Tony, Konqrr vs 16 Bit, Tom vs Aris, etc... just like SF's Daigo... it's the names that get the hype.

IDK, what you said just pisses me off because it reeks of "troll" then again, it's also your opinion and/or both.. :rant:
 

JennyCage

t('.'t)
Okay "Negative Nancy."

You're putting MK at an obvious unfair state.

Might I add what you said is very ignorant as well.

The MK9 matches are hype especially w/ Detroit vs Alex, Mike vs Online Tony, Konqrr vs 16 Bit, Tom vs Aris, etc... just like SF's Daigo... it's the names that get the hype.

IDK, what you said just pisses me off because it reeks of "troll" then again, it's also your opinion and/or both.. :rant:
Just remember that every time you hear the much repeated "MK9 has no depth," the poster will never actually articulate why.

Edit: To clarify, I think a lot of shit in MK9 is brainless, like too safe wakeups, Raiden's teleport startup being unpunishable or not being able to stuff Kabal's projectiles. There's a lot of little inconsistencies in the game that make it look stupid. But it's not the lack of footsies that makes MK9 lack depth.
 

shura30

Shura
i'm really disappointed in michaelangelo's performance
his kabal stinks it was almost outshined by warda's creativity

too many mistakes especially on iagb: he didn't get a single headshot to stop reptile from walking forward
 

salvificblood

Worst Sub-Zero Ever
i'm really disappointed in michaelangelo's performance
his kabal stinks it was almost outshined by warda's creativity

too many mistakes especially on iagb: he didn't get a single headshot to stop reptile from walking forward
Wow, the guy loses to Chris G and another very good kabal and he stinks all of a sudden? What the fuzz, bro?
 

Kwon

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How did slips do? Interested in how he repped scorpion out there.

-b_s- :headbang:
Slips fight with Konqrrs Kitana was one of the most exciting fights in the Tournament!
A true nailbiter where it could've gone either way! Very close and intense fight
 

Gamin_Guru

Shang Bang
i'm really disappointed in michaelangelo's performance
his kabal stinks it was almost outshined by warda's creativity

too many mistakes especially on iagb: he didn't get a single headshot to stop reptile from walking forward
Next year go to Evo and at best make top 64. Until then, stfu no name hater.
 

Albo

Apprentice
have to say well done to jt circus. he played his butt off against jwong and chris g and he barley lost both matches with less than 10% health on his opponents.
 

aj1701

Champion
the AE competition, matches, and hype were just a lot better than MK9s. every single match in the top 64 in ae was so good throughout the whole night. all i play is mk9 right now but i spent more time watching the sf stream because their was alot of subpar play and lack of hype in the mk top 64. the game is never going to get the following or interest that sf gets because the game does not have one tenth of the depth, skill, or excitement that sf has. detroitballn vs valle is the only match in 12 hours of streaming even worth remembering. please stop trying to put mk9 in the same class as ssf4 because youre comparing checkers to chess...anyways gl to top 8.
Uh, I think its a bit early to write off MK9 like that. Its only been our 4 months, and there was just a SZ played like nobody's seen before.
 

Vulcan Hades

Champion
Okay "Negative Nancy."

You're putting MK at an obvious unfair state.

Might I add what you said is very ignorant as well.

The MK9 matches are hype especially w/ Detroit vs Alex, Mike vs Online Tony, Konqrr vs 16 Bit, Tom vs Aris, etc... just like SF's Daigo... it's the names that get the hype.

IDK, what you said just pisses me off because it reeks of "troll" then again, it's also your opinion and/or both.. :rant:
I hate to admit it but he's kinda right.

I like both games and was alternating streams every now and then. The contrast was pretty huge. Both in numbers, on commentary, in hype, in level of play, in excitement. It's like SSF4 was a whole different event altogether. MK9 on stream didn't look like EVO I'm sad to say. It looked like a little side thing to the real event. Like Tom Brady keeps saying: perception is reality.

Big screen and huge crowd watching SF = huge hype
James Chen, Seth Killian and Ultradavid on commentary = huge hype
A lot of incredible high level matches being actually streamed = huge hype

A couple of guys watching MK9 pools on TV screens = not so hype
Random guys commentating matches = not so hype
Average players getting blown up by Michaelangelo, REO and Chris G = not so hype
The best matches not even being streamed = not so hype

Get the most exiting MK9 match and compare it to Justin Wong vs Mago or Poongko vs Filipino Champ. It doesn't even come close.

That's why a solid netcode is so important: bigger community, more players, more entrants, more viewers. And a good training mode means higher levels of play means more exiting matches.


FlsGd2BAgngsta View Post said:
the game is never going to get the following or interest that sf gets because the game does not have one tenth of the depth, skill, or excitement that sf has.
I strongly disagree with this though..

Truth is MK still has a long way to go. But I'm confident one day it'll be as big as SF. Just keep fighting for your game. But don't think the battle is won just because your game is at this year's EVO.
 

aj1701

Champion
IDK, what you said just pisses me off because it reeks of "troll" then again, it's also your opinion and/or both.. :rant:
I think its more trolling. If he wants to say MK9 has no depth, back it up with some facts. But just coming here to drop that with nothin to back it up... troll.
 

shura30

Shura
Wow, the guy loses to Chris G and another very good kabal and he stinks all of a sudden? What the fuzz, bro?
there's a reason he lost
pick his performance from revelations or pdp or whatever other tournament he attended
he played the same after months from those events while each other player evolved in some kind of way (pressing, damage everything) and kabal's strings and damage improved as you can see with warda

but if you can't see this, really no point in discussing
just because he's a top player no one can judge his actual skill bro?

and i love this other genious comment:

Next year go to Evo and at best make top 64. Until then, stfu no name hater.
judging by the level of most players there (including the so famous ryan hart and the lame fighstick fat chick)
i am sure i would have not sucked that much

i followed the stream since the beginning, most matches were between players that barely knew their character moveset

plus i still do not see mike in top8 so really learn to argument a little better your statements
 

Mechacide

Apprentice
People have to remember that SF has such a huge history. The people watching AE at EVO aren't just SFIV fans, they're just SF fans, and fans of the names. MK can have that in a few years, it just needs to keep growing and evolving. I see this as a rebirth for MK. I mean, they didn't call it just "Mortal Kombat" for no reason.

Top 8 will be on the big screen, and I'm sure it'll be very hype. And next year, there should be more participants and thus more hype. Plus I'm sure we'll be getting some more big names being created before the next EVO.
 
Uhm, this might be really OT but I am new to the PS3 and fighting games and I'd love to watch the Evo streams but I cannot find it on the PS3 Home, I really need some help finding it.
Thanks in advance
 
Slips fight with Konqrrs Kitana was one of the most exciting fights in the Tournament!
A true nailbiter where it could've gone either way! Very close and intense fight
Is there a recording where I can check this out? Or will I have to wait till late Sunday? I missed some parts.