I share your lack of offline competition, but saying that Offline players make excuses not to play online is a little harsh. Lag on fighting games is like... Idk, playing basketball in the rain? You really can't measure one's skills by online.
Because you can't determine the better player by playing online. It doesn't matter if you're out of luck with an offline scene, that doesn't mean anything towards offline play.
Thats not the point they are making. No one is saying a player who learned the game primarily online cant be good offline. They are saying online isnt the place to prove your good, tournaments are. Forever King made more of name for himself in that one tournament than he would have ever done if he stayed home. No one cares what happens online, tournaments decide who is good.
Very true. But King also learned match ups, strategies, combo's, etc all online. So I think online player deserve a degree of respect.
See alot of people get confused here. it does not matter where he learned his matchups,strats,combos, whatever. It doesnt matter if he was an online player,offline player, Magic the gathering player, Monopoly player, whatever. What matters is that he came to a tournament and placed high. THATS what got him his respect, not his rank, or his true skill, or his record. None of that means anything.
I am not bashing anyone, I dont know where you got that idea. Its very simple, if there are players online who wish to be known as one of the best, all they need do is come to a tournament and play against the recognized best players and do well. Thats not so hard is it? Lots of players have done it.
The problem is that high level online and high level offline are two different things. Though it's not to the extent of Street Fighter, many things within MK require an action to be performed within a very small window of time. Even many characters' combos (Rain comes to mind particularly) are so much harder to perform online due to the timing difference. Online doesn't mean much, as many have said, because of how inconsistent performing combos are (some chars are easier than others), and because some things are next to impossible to do, such as certain punishments.
Well since online is not in any way, a good way to find out if you are any good? I cant see any one doing that.
credit for what? I dont get whats so hard to understand about what being good online means. It means nothing, and it cant be taken serious. So what are you looking for? a pat on the back for playing it online?
EDIT: Didn't realize this was the thread lol...but nonetheless, Rob gave the best answer.
Sorry my man, thats just not the way it works. And its not just the MK community. All FG communities are this way. And your contradicting yourself for that matter, you say, and I quote"I desire no glory or respect from mk fanatics" and then go on to say,again I quote "we deserve credit" So im not sure you know what it is you want to begin with.