Pro players that practice the most and get the least?

[fight60]

Are there any pro players willing to open up on how insane their practice sessions but still aren't able to do work in majors?

I saw a top player (major winner) streaming Black Ops 3 Beta instead of playing MKX, which got me thinking about whether there are other players that spend their every waking hour practicing just to win the tournaments this guy does, but fail.

 

[Sage Leviathan]

No. Fuck this. Stop.

 

[fight60]

Just wanna know how hard and how far some pro players try and go, so some perspective can be added on whether us casuals have the tournament-winning gene or not.

 

[SM StarGazer]

I slap myself 9,999,999 times before each and every match. Only to wake up next to a blue haired fox with all my fucking prize money talkin bout "mooooppppppppeeeedddd".

Needles to say...fuck my life.

 

[FrankOceansWaifu]

Are there any pro players willing to open up on how insane their practice sessions but still aren't able to do work in majors?

I saw a top player (major winner) streaming Black Ops 3 Beta instead of playing MKX, which got me thinking about whether there are other players that spend their every waking hour practicing just to win the tournaments this guy does, but fail.

Was it a certain Dvorah main?

 

[I GOT HANDS]

Does anyone seriously JUST play MKX? Sounds pretty depressing

 

[Neferefre]

YOMI

 

[Ayase Chihaya]

Tom Brady

 

[Jer]

Oh no, people who are top players play OTHER videogames?

More at 11.

 

[Vithar]

Lord Brady

 

[ArmedCalf]

All I do is practice Spelunky. I live and breathe Spelunky. I have become one with this guy in an Indiana Jones outfit. I dream of Spelunky okay. I walk down the street and I see the SPELUNKY GUY EVERYWHERE MAN. I still suck at the game though, is that what you were looking for? IS IT?!?!

 

[John Grizzly]

Please explain the point of a player coming in this shitty thread and telling you that they practice a lot and still haven't won a major. You want to know if you have the "tournament winning-gene"? Are we talking about people who play fighting games or the X-Men?

NRS, please release a balance patch soon so we have something meaningful to discuss.

 

[Cossner]

I like that new people think "pro players" in the fgc are the same as professional LoL/starcraft players. Hell I cringe everytime I read the word "pro".

 

[Hellbringer]

If your gonna make a call out do it right and moneymatch him

 

[Ares_Supreme]

Does anyone seriously JUST play MKX? Sounds pretty depressing

Lol, If someone made me play MKX all day I'd find the nearest bridge.

 

[EMPEROR PRYCE]

I like that new people think "pro players" in the fgc are the same as professional LoL/starcraft players. Hell I cringe everytime I read the word "pro".

To be fair, someone like sonicfox or momochi have made enough money from fighting games to be considered pro.

As well as Justin Wong and Daigo.

 

[I GOT HANDS]

There is like 5 people max possibly even eligible to have the title pro MKX player.

More likely just 1 tho. Winning a prize once doesn't make it a profession.

To put it in perspective, Starcraft 2, a "dead" eSport, has players with more individual earning from this year alone, than the ENTIRE prize pool from every single tournament globally in the history of MKX



Can you think of many eSports? I Sat down and thought about it, and came up with like 10 at best, and I wasn't even sure bout some of them. MKX is #46 on the list of total prize payouts for competitive gaming. MK9 ain't even top 50. Now sure, we can say "well it's early days" but there are other 2015 titles much higher on that list. Hell, we lost by more than half again to a game called Turbo Racing League, a game with only 4 known competitive players.

Shit is embarassing, we lost to a fucking PHONE APP that I've never heard of in terms of competitive tournament prize payouts, and yet we still have people saying we shouldn't put the heat on Ed Boon at public events about the NetCode he scammed everyone for, because he might pull out from the competitive scene - his investment is fuckin minima anyway, we have phone app tournaments worth more than the entire prize pool of every MKX tournament in history. They are a billion dollar company. MKX is the best selling game of 2015. Stop sucking Eds dick for the definitive scraps he strings you along with, this "competitive" community is absolutely pathetic

 

[Matix218]

So who exactly are these "pro" players?

I assume you could make an argument for sonic fox due to the amount of money he has won and I guess the Yomi guys and Foxy as well. Who else is really a "professional" mkx player? Even top players like honeybee and wound cowboy probably just play the game as more of a hobby than as a profession

 

[Jolt]

I'm not a pro, but I am pretty confident in saying that I practice the most to get the least. I practice all the time and I'm still far from a "pro". I just need to find the right sparring partners.

 

[C88 Zombieekiler]

I'm not a pro, but I am pretty confident in saying that I practice the most to get the least. I practice all the time and I'm still far from a "pro". I just need to find the right sparring partners.

i have never seen you at a tournament before bro

 

[SaltShaker]

There is like 5 people max possibly even eligible to have the title pro MKX player.

More likely just 1 tho. Winning a prize once doesn't make it a profession.

To put it in perspective, Starcraft 2, a "dead" eSport, has players with more individual earning from this year alone, than the ENTIRE prize pool in the history of MKX



Can you think of many eSports? I Sat down and thought about it, and came up with like 10 at best, and I wasn't even sure bout some of them. MKX is #46 on the list of total prize payouts for competitive gaming. MK9 ain't even top 50. Now sure, we can say "well it's early days" but there are other 2015 titles much higher on that list. Hell, we lost by more than half again to a game called Turbo Racing League, a game with only 4 known competitive players.

Shit is embarassing, we lost to a fucking PHONE APP that I've never heard of in terms of competitive tournament prize payouts, and yet we still have people saying we shouldn't put the heat on Ed Boon at public events about the NetCode he scammed everyone for, because he might pull out from the competitive scene - his investment is fuckin minima anyway, we have phone app tournaments worth more than the entire prize pool of every MKX tournament in history. They are a billion dollar company. MKX is the best selling game of 2015. Stop sucking Eds dick for the definitive scraps he strings you along with, this "competitive" community is absolutely pathetic

Site needs a special "double like" option for godlike post like this.

 

[SM StarGazer]

Site needs a special "double like" option fkr godlike post like this.

I like this post. See...double likes.

 

[TackyHaddock]

Does anyone seriously JUST play MKX? Sounds pretty depressing

That's all I play. Got a spare noose?

edit: j/k I adore dat struggle

 

[Mikemetroid]

I literally get bored of streaming MKX. Id rather play a game like Dead Rising where ill get like 3 people and have fun rather than play MKX, get salty, and have like a hundred people.

 

[Jolt]

i have never seen you at a tournament before bro

Haha, true. Online warrior for now, working on actually making it to tournaments in the coming months though. I'm confident, but I know I have some major flaws that need to be worked out. BUT I would argue the fact that I haven't been in tournaments makes my practice time even less useful. 15+ days (last I checked, according to in game timer) just to be a casual? Doesn't seem too productive to me