The Perfect Tournament Player?

[FluffyKittenPops]

I watch tournaments alot, and I fantasize over how amazing they are doing, the predictions, the rushdown. I love the hype for mkx.
but I want to disect this topic. I want to know what you guys think what the perfect tourney player is? Traits? Things they need to know? mindset?

If this is in the wrong thread, please move.

Im laying in bed just thinking about this. I want to become one of those guys. I want to step up for the new fgc generation when legends step down. Or if they don't step down, I want to take their place. Approaching college soon, I will be granted more freedom and will likely travel for tournaments. But.. what are your thoughts as a community? thanks. .

 

[KIllaByte]

Reo.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

Bump.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

Reo.

What about "REO"?

 

[Cossner]

1) Wears deodorant.
2) See #1.

 

[KIllaByte]

Curious, educational, willing to be educated, knowledgable in the game systems and engine in addition to character knowledge and high adaptability.
Oh, there's some stuff that's harder to guarantee, like youth-level reaction time.

 

[tatterbug4]

You know. I never really thought Tom Brady was all that good but I watched a tourney with his grandmaster and he is God like

 

[crosstalk]

Perfect tournament player? HoodFresh. Or WaTahDah.

 

[KIllaByte]

[QUOTE="FluffyKittenPops, post: 1705633, member: 35982" ]What about "REO"?[/QUOTE]

Reo's Kabal in MK9, especially around late 2012, didn't make observable mistakes.
He refined his systems to perfection and executed them with near perfection-- Nomad Dash Cancel pressure and instant air gas blast and the surprising transition between the two playstyles-- both of which allowed him to become the best meter-builder in MK history. He knew that he could execute free gas blasts and make them whiff during his combo just to build more meter, and would side switch to put hte opponent at the wall accordingly with all his combos.
Oh, I'm also pretty sure that Reo hasn't yet lost a tournament in MKX... He won Paradise Found in winners, with Quan Chi (two variations) and Bojutstu Kung Jin.
Reo's mains have determined who we think the top tier characters are, in every NRS fighter.
Flash in MKDC, Kabal in MK2011, Martian ManHunter in Injustice, and now Quan Cheese and Kung Jin, and even Scorpion at first.

 

[Bar_Bar13]

Reo's Kabal in MK9, especially around late 2012, didn't make observable mistakes.
He refined his systems to perfection and executed them with near perfection-- Nomad Dash Cancel pressure and instant air gas blast and the surprising transition between the two playstyles-- both of which allowed him to become the best meter-builder in MK history. He knew that he could execute free gas blasts and make them whiff during his combo just to build more meter, and would side switch to put hte opponent at the wall accordingly with all his combos.
Oh, I'm also pretty sure that Reo hasn't yet lost a tournament in MKX... He won Paradise Found in winners, with Quan Chi (two variations) and Bojutstu Kung Jin.
Reo's mains have determined who we think the top tier characters are, in every NRS fighter.
Flash in MKDC, Kabal in MK2011, Martian ManHunter in Injustice, and now Quan Cheese and Kung Jin, and even Scorpion at first.

Good post. Just pointing out that REO lost NWM lol, I think it's the only tournament he lost.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

I wish a legend would dedicate their time into helping me become legendary.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

Bump bump bump lol.

 

[KIllaByte]

Good post. Just pointing out that REO lost NWM lol, I think it's the only tournament he lost.

He got top 8 with a character he was probably in the process of dropping-- he has not played Cass Cage in a while.
I'm a fan-boy / fan-man.
Grover in the anime scene is another great example.. he can download a moment and improvise a perfect solution before any of us even know what hapened. NEC P4AU (Ultimax) finals really showed it.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

He got top 8 with a character he was probably in the process of dropping-- he has not played Cass Cage in a while.
I'm a fan-boy / fan-man.
Grover in the anime scene is another great example.. he can download a moment and improvise a perfect solution before any of us even know what hapened. NEC P4AU (Ultimax) finals really showed it.

I must become godlike.

 

[DarthSage]

I would say the best tournament player for Nrs games are Reo and Sonicfox. I think King is up there as well. But best tourney player all round (States wise) is Justin Wong.

 

[Ugodimak]

The best NRS player (to me personally) is REO. SonicFox is a close second, but I think REO is the better overall player. DJT is up there with them as well.

 

[Brown Cow 54]

[QUOTE="FluffyKittenPops, post: 1705633, member: 35982" ]What about "REO"?

Reo is really good, but I think you may be giving him a bit too much credit lol. In regards to tournaments there has only been one major which he didn't win. And after which I saw him start to use the characters he lost to. Quan chi and kung jin. He was not the first person I saw innovate and use those characters well, but apparently you want to give him credit now that he picked them up after losing to them? Just saying. He deserves a ton of credit, but not credit for every character determined to be top tier.

 

[Charybdis]

REO and Sonicfox are a cut above everyone else but when it comes down to it, PL has won the two Evos on the bounce. The only other person to win a real MK Evo (i.e. not a nameless side tournament) is DJT. Sonic won IGAU and so did KDZ but I don't think KDZ is coming back for MK

In my opinion, I'd put the best NRS players as
1: REO
2: Sonicfox
3: PL
4: DJT
5: MIT
6: King
7: Pig
8: 16bIT
9: CDJR
10: Detroit

But realistically, REO and Sonicfox are on their own level. There's a lot of really good Injustice players I left out (Theo, Noobe, Jupiter, KDZ, Honeybee) because I'm not sure they'll make the same impact on MK as they did on IGAU. Which isn't to discredit them, Theo was probably the second best IGAU player ever and Honeybee the third, but if we balance across all NRS games, I think this is a fair top ten.

And even then, it omits the likes of Brady, Slips and Cowboy. Hell, Cowboy probably has the best fundamentals in the community, maybe he should be in there.

 

[Duck Nation]

To try and answer the question I think is more being asked by @FluffyKittenPops, the answer is pretty transparent. What makes someone great at anything? Drive. You work hard. You be self-critical. You learn. You own up to your failures. You make up for them. You never let yourself slide on anything.

How do you make use of this specifically fighting game focused? Play constantly. Fight everyone, anywhere, any time. Lab constantly. Grind out shit you're bad at. Get feedback from the people you fight. Never be afraid to change if you find something better. Absorb yourself in the game until you can't look at the screen any more, and preferably even longer than that. You just have to be hungry enough to do it.

 

[Tom Brady]

You are all waaaaay to focused on ones skill or potential rather than what someone actually accomplishes. It is common here to ignore the accomplishments of one who is believed t be "lessor skilled" despite them doing more than the "more skilled". In the end, "more skill"/"less skill" does not matter, only what you do with it. Id take being more accomplished than more skilled any day.

 

[Big Pampering]

There is no such thing as the perfect tournament player.

 

[Ray'sGoodLiquor]

Honestly, this will sound fucked up, but from the tournaments I've played in, the perfect player is anyone not grossly obese. I've been screen hogged by a fatty and it blew up my game. A friend had the same problem at Evo. It's a real issue.

 

[@MylesWright_]

REO and Sonicfox are a cut above everyone else but when it comes down to it, PL has won the two Evos on the bounce. The only other person to win a real MK Evo (i.e. not a nameless side tournament) is DJT. Sonic won IGAU and so did KDZ but I don't think KDZ is coming back for MK

In my opinion, I'd put the best NRS players as
1: REO
2: Sonicfox
3: PL
4: DJT
5: MIT
6: King
7: Pig
8: 16bIT
9: CDJR
10: Detroit

But realistically, REO and Sonicfox are on their own level. There's a lot of really good Injustice players I left out (Theo, Noobe, Jupiter, KDZ, Honeybee) because I'm not sure they'll make the same impact on MK as they did on IGAU. Which isn't to discredit them, Theo was probably the second best IGAU player ever and Honeybee the third, but if we balance across all NRS games, I think this is a fair top ten.

And even then, it omits the likes of Brady, Slips and Cowboy. Hell, Cowboy probably has the best fundamentals in the community, maybe he should be in there.

No

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

You are all waaaaay to focused on ones skill or potential rather than what someone actually accomplishes. It is common here to ignore the accomplishments of one who is believed t be "lessor skilled" despite them doing more than the "more skilled". In the end, "more skill"/"less skill" does not matter, only what you do with it. Id take being more accomplished than more skilled any day.

Thanks tom. You're an admirable figure In the fgc.

 

[FluffyKittenPops]

You are all waaaaay to focused on ones skill or potential rather than what someone actually accomplishes. It is common here to ignore the accomplishments of one who is believed t be "lessor skilled" despite them doing more than the "more skilled". In the end, "more skill"/"less skill" does not matter, only what you do with it. Id take being more accomplished than more skilled any day.

What are things I can do to be "tournament ready?" To get out of pools.