CR|Sonic Fox Wins ESL's Mortal Kombat Fatal 8 Exhibition!

[Xerclipse]

While I think 30%~ for one bar is a bit low considering you're spending resources to increase your damage, I can't really complain with the overall damage from combos. It means matches have a much better potential to last longer.

The overall damage reduction across the board for MKX compared to MK9 is great in my opinion. No absurd chip, no 75% 1 bar combos (that we know of yet), etc.

Let it stay this way for all I care. If needed, buff the damage of some characters' combos that use meter to make them more in line with others.

By that 75% 1 bar combo, you are referring to that notorious yellow robot right? Nobody needs to be put into that combo. And not that 70% 3 bar Rune block string by Quan Chi either. There is a line that should never be crossed and the maximum you could get is Marvel.

However I still think meterless 30% combos need to be out there more in MKX. Tiny 20% just makes the combos look weak. Even with the crazy amount of hits.

 

[villainous monk]

That was a Phenomenal, heart racing, out of your seat jumping, unbelievably, brutal, absolutely masterful bar setting instructional guide line in kombat. I mean that was pure lectures in pad and stick. Footites, tech, and everything else that elevated my blood pressure a few times. How do you pick up the game in only a few days and put on an absolute Payton Manning, Thomas Brady, Drew Brees, Ole smokin Joe Montana Michal Jordan, Wayne Gretzky type of clinic is unparalleled by my imagination.

Goddamn Congrats Sonic and to all the contestants to. Still wish Forever won but his time will come.

 

[imblackjames]

And you all said @SonicFox5000 was bad and had no fundamentals....


CONGRATULATIONS MAN!!! EAST COAST FOR LIFE

 

[BillStickers]

You know what you must be right. Going unbeaten since evo winning a shit load of tournaments doesn't count injustice is booty right? Hell look at sonic fox using horse shit erron black omg hes so fuckin broke, lucky he's gonna be nerfed right paulo?

You hit the nail on the head man. I'd way rather be a mud slinger hiding behind a key board making fun of a player much better than i'll ever be than have 7 and a half thousand fucking american dollars. Oh wait i wouldn't. Only a complete nob would do that wouldn't they

So are you saying you disagree with me? or...?

 

[Ugodimak]

Best part about the entire event is that now the heat Liu Kang was feeling has been redirected to Erron

YES!!! Praise the Elder Gods!

On a side note, folks let's keep it real. TYM was absolutely sickening to read during the tournaments. It was getting to the point I'd rather read the stream chat. Calling for nerfs on characters 2 days before release is sad, pathetic, and makes you look like an assclown. If you're that scared about a character then hit the lab, and work on the matchup; like I'm sure every player that lost to Sonic Fox will do in mean time.

The reason Sonic Fox won was because he made adjustments, good reads, and had a better understanding on the game after TWO DAYS of playing it! You could clearly see all the other players were a step or two behind in that regard.

Instead of calling for nerfs on characters you know next to nothing about, you should be inspired to learn the MU's and absolutely every setup, tech, strat you can find on them so you can level up. I know I'm inspired.

This was the greatest and hypest way I could ever even imagine to start off a game's lifespan. MKX is going to be THE game in not only the FGC, but ESports as well. Hell, I had no intentions of getting a XBONE before this, and now as soon as I'm done with this semester I'm getting one to participate in ESL, and going to my locals at the same time.

I'm in this shit for the long run and I'll be there with all of you guys while we ride the hype train from here on out!

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

I don't get what makes sonic fox such a great fighting game player. Ability to rushdown?

 

[Mortal Komhat]

The reason Sonic Fox won was because he made adjustments, good reads, and had a better understanding on the game after TWO DAYS of playing it! You could clearly see all the other players were a step or two behind in that regard.

Honestly I disagree - he found the good shit and used it for sure, but he didn't take advantage of the game's systems. These were MK9 players playing MKX much closer to MK9 because that's what they knew.

He didn't need to make adjustments - he forced his opponents to adjust to him. THAT was where his game plan worked.

Besides, we saw... what, 8 characters? With people obviously having biases? If you checked Ultradavid's twitter, he also tweeted out some interesting tech on characters that weren't played. So there's tons of things to find out in this game.

I'm hyped.

 

[BRUTALITY]

Ok, while I think Scorpion is SLIGHTLY less powerful as I thought, I still think he's crazy powerful.

Inferno Scorpion just got destroyed but look who did it, one of the best players in the world.
I'm not going to sit here and act like I'm awesome at fighting games because I'm NOT. I'm slightly above average if that. I'd get demolished in a tournament.

I didn't explain my original comment enough. Let me do that now. In a competition with expert players, he probably isn't OP. But look at all of the people that aren't experts and that play online. Do you really believe that the average player will know whats plus on block or what's punishable and what isn't?

you should be quiet now

 

[Shark Tank]

I noticed that most of the combos deal very tiny damage like around 20%. I tend to get impressed if the combo does like 29% but the ideal number is like around 30%. Not all combos are like that but it pains me that many combos I see even from competitive play do not accumulate higher than 20% or 30% for just one bar.

That's a good thing. BNB's being around 20-25% seems healthy to me. And if what Sonic "is that kid a furry?" fox says is true(and I really hope he's exacerbating) and this game has a ton of safe 50/50s, then lower the damage the better, makes the game less random and more player interaction per round.

Also, buff da zoning

#kneejerk #theyneedit

 

[IrishMantis]

u guys are mad that Sonicfox was smart enough to find a character that can play like Batgirl with tricky 50/50's and his best strings brings you allllllllllllllll the way over into the corner... Huge Props to Sonic imo

it be more like Sonya 50/50 than batgirls

 

[YOMI DJT]

Once again congrats @SonicFox5000 good show.

 

[MadeFromMetal]

Everyone that's mad in this thread I imagine looks something like this.

 

[YOMI MITYEAP]

Well since ppl are complaining about me and sonicfox's character, we obviously did our jobs correctly lmao #YEEAAAPPP #STAYSALTY

 

[THTB]

How I feel about the shit I'm seeing in this thread.

 

[SkaGoogle]

although I think PL is still the best mk player. @SonicFox5000 you did a wonderful job. It's funny because we're the same age and i'm not even half as good as you. But can't wait for REO's comeback , and CD boys, and Curbo, and Dab, omg this is just awesome MKX is really shaping up to hopefully be in it for the long run. Also the game being now officially a ESL game means that NRS might support it longer and not just quit on the game after 2 years. Can't wait for the season to start!

 

[Rude]

So, everyone is proclaiming to fully understand the meta of MK X and proclaiming its this and its that and so on and so forth...(I am exaggerating)

I would like to point out that it took the community a long time to master the poking/counterpoking meta of MK9. During that time, a lot of people thought things that were not true.

In this tournament, were people counterpoking or full combo punishing whiffed pokes? Did they utilize every situation that an invincible backdash could be used for?

Maybe there is more to MKX than one tourney can demonstrate. The first EVO looked nothing like what we recognize MK9 to play like at high level, and those guys had that game for longer than 48 hours.

Of course, this game isn't MK9 but my point stands: Until we fully understand MK X's neutral game, its poke/counterpoke meta and all of the applications of invincible backdashing, to say nothing of every single character's variations and tools, perhaps we should calm down with the knee jerk reactions.

 

[M2Dave]

YES!!! Praise the Elder Gods!

On a side note, folks let's keep it real. TYM was absolutely sickening to read during the tournaments. It was getting to the point I'd rather read the stream chat. Calling for nerfs on characters 2 days before release is sad, pathetic, and makes you look like an assclown. If you're that scared about a character then hit the lab, and work on the matchup; like I'm sure every player that lost to Sonic Fox will do in mean time.

If Injustice had had an exhibition tournament before the game's release and if somebody had won with Deathstroke's pre-patch zoning, would you have created the same post as you just did?

Of course you would not have. You would have been crying just like the vast majority of the fools in this thread.

His execution, decision making, knowledge of the engine/game mechanics, and his ability to innovate new "tech"/strategies/setups, and the ability to do this in multiple games.

many players have a few of those abilities, but only a rare, rare group of players can master all of them in one game, at a very high level; and an even rarer group can do it in multiple games, and game styles:3d and 2d.

Players like this are Tokido, Chris G, Sako, Ryan Hart, Fuudo, and Sonic.

LOL.

You are an incredibly stupid person.

 

[Rude]

LOL.

You are an incredibly stupid person.

That might be a bit far, don't you think?

 

[GamerBlake90]

The course this thread has taken is exactly why I prefer the Killer Instinct scene over what I see on here every day. While they do have their share of complainers, even the majority of those guys don't clog up an entire front-page thread with bullshit posts full of shots at the winners. The difference in atmospheres is phenomenal.

Oh, TYM...never change.

@SonicFox5000 - what more can I say? Other than, of course...keep doin' your thang, son!

 

[bloodsport]

Players like this are Tokido, Chris G, Sako,Ryan Hart, Fuudo, and Sonic.

i mean, i appreciate sonic's godliness as much as the next trash bitch, but i think he has a while before his name can stand alongside the others you listed...

regardless, congrats sonic. you're retardedly good pls teach me.

The course this thread has taken is exactly why I prefer the Killer Instinct scene over what I see on here every day. While they do have their share of complainers, even the majority of those guys don't clog up an entire front-page thread with bullshit posts full of shots at the winners. The difference in atmospheres is phenomenal.

Oh, TYM...never change.

i don't keep up with the KI scene... but this is TYM. for the most part, all of the shit in here is either memes or not meant to be taken seriously. and the rest of it that isn't is just silliness. sonic is insane and nobody except maybe maxter (cmon man VSM @Maxter @Maxter @Maxter @Maxter @Maxter @Maxter @Maxter ) can argue against that.

 

[nugava]

Great show.
BTW, I read this topic entirely. It's quite funny. 1 people cried to nerf Scorpion. 3 or 4 claimed Erron Black is OP. And the ENTIRE topic is complaining about them. (+ M2Dave is trolling).

 

[Ugodimak]

If Injustice had had an exhibition tournament before the game's release and if somebody had won with Deathstroke's pre-patch zoning, would you have created the same post as you just did?

Of course you would not have. You would have been crying just like the vast majority of the fools in this thread.

I honestly wouldn't know because I wasn't around for injustice and only seen youtube videos of tournaments post EVO 2014. So I have no idea about how Deathstroke played upon release.

And regardless of what you're saying, it really doesn't matter because a win is a win. I wouldn't cry about something that's fundamental in fighting games. I didn't even say anything about zoning so I'm not quite understanding the point of your post? Hell, two of the characters I'm planning to main are zoners...

 

[ShArp]

Fool, why are you disrespecting Sonic Fox?

Yes, it is true that Erron Black's 50/50 mix ups are 100% safe. However, these mix ups may only be set up after a safe and armored special move that covers half the screen and ignores most of the projectiles in the game.

He is a prodigy and extremely talented fighting game player.

The fanboy is strong in this one.
The only fool here is you since you failed to understand the joke and the sarcasm in the first place. Now back off, lol.
You can suck Sonics balls as long as you want, it wont change the fact that semis were buch of times more interesting.

 

[nugava]

The course this thread has taken is exactly why I prefer the Killer Instinct scene over what I see on here every day. While they do have their share of complainers, even the majority of those guys don't clog up an entire front-page thread with bullshit posts full of shots at the winners. The difference in atmospheres is phenomenal.

Oh, TYM...never change.

@SonicFox5000 - what more can I say? Other than, of course...keep doin' your thang, son!

Read again. 90 % of this topic is what you just said. (BTW I hope to see you on stream soon. Your Batman is the most beautiful thing to watch in the FGC.)

 

[Shark Tank]

The fanboy is strong in this one.
The only fool here is you since you failed to understand the joke and the sarcasm in the first place. Now back off, lol.
You can suck Sonics balls as long as you want, it wont change the fact that semis were buch of times more interesting.

Sarcasm brah. M2Ddave is a personification of it.