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Vslayer

Juiced Moose On The Loose
Lead Moderator
Community: IF WE GET ERRON BLACK THIS ROSTER WILL BE AMAZING!!!
NRS: <leaks Erron Black>
Community: YEAH BUT WHERE'S JADE???
NRS: <leaks Jade>
Community: FUCK YOU NETHERREALM, NO SMOKE OR NOOB. THIS IS THE WORST ROSTER EVER!

And the sequel,


NRS:
<gives everyone their faves>
Community: THIS MOVE SET SUCKS
Community: <mains a kombat
kid they previously whined about>
 

Chuckyscookie

Here's to hoping.
The only thing that I'm sceptical about is the exclusion of Rain and Noob/the lack of ninjas overall. Sure, a bit of wishful thinking, but there's some points that lead me to this:

- Both were teased in the reveal build, Rain in a menu icon, Noob in the towers mode.

- Noob is so popular that it's honestly just hard to imagine they'd leave him out. I could see him as a strong selling point for the first Kombat Pack though.

- For Rain, there was the backlash about him being fightable but not playable in MKX. No confirmation, but a good reason for them to bring him back to satisfy the fans. Since he was DLC in MK9, it's not too likely that he'd be in a KP.

And, main point:

Overall, there is so little ninja representation. No Ermac/Reptile/Smoke/Noob/Rain. So far there's only Scorpion and Sub, only 2. And that's kinda crazy. MKX had 4, MK9 6 in the base roster. I mean, it's possible, but I'd be surprised. Paula Garcia said something about secret characters. Maybe we actually get someone like Noob as an additional unlock? It's a stretch, but would be a nice nod to the old games.
 
Careful, you'll be labeled a garbage human being for pointing that out
I care for well designed characters and a good game. I can't believe that some people are concerned about ethnic and sexual orientation of the characters in a videogame. I did not think I would live to see that.
"I want to be represented in this game! A character with this skin color, with that sexual orientation, with this religion..."
Blanka represented my country for many years, and people over here never complained about. It is a fucking VIDEOGAME! I guess this is a 1st World problem...
 

Ermac Smoke

Smoky Soul
Rain was introduced in the X scenario but was not used for much (as in UMK3 lol) unless it is to introduce it for a more developed story in the 11. Ermac risk being replace by Shang Tsung and Smoke the friend of Sub-Zero will be replaced by her pupil: Frost. Almost sure for Frost unfortunately... I like Frost but Smoke is
Irreplaceable !!
 
People who's favorite wasn't in MKX should have priority.
That's not how it works bud. Especially since that still wouldn't stop people from being upset anyway.

And there where a lot of klassic characters that weren't in MKX and limited spots in MK11, people would still be arguing over who "deserves" to be in.

It's not how NRS thinks. A female character cannot replace a male character.
Yeah And no character is in over another. It's not the dev's thought process when making picks.

Overall, there is so little ninja representation. No Ermac/Reptile/Smoke/Noob/Rain. So far there's only Scorpion and Sub, only 2. And that's kinda crazy. MKX had 4, MK9 6 in the base roster. I mean, it's possible, but I'd be surprised.
Aren't we counting the female Ninjas like Kitana, Jade and Frost?
 
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Demon_0

RIP Akira Toriyama
lol. what happened to MKO? It was chill when I was a regular around MK9 time.
It's still there. It's just that over there people are more interested in character races/genders/sexual preferences rather than gameplay aspects.

It's like the kindergarden of MK forums. At least it used to be in my experience. Haven't been there in ages.
 

SaSSolino

Soul Stealing Loyalist
That's not how it works bud. Especially since that still wouldn't stop people from being upset anyway.

And there where a lot of klassic characters that weren't in MKX and limited spots in MK11, people would still be arguing over who "deserves" to be in.
Doesn't matter. People might have been arguing, as they always do, but they'd be wrong.

I don't care about Baraka. I wasn't fan of him in the older games and I still don't like him now in MK11, but I'm happy that Baraka fans got back their guy, expecially since they got ripped in MKX.

D'Vorah and Jaqui, on the other hand, are terrible picks plain and simple.

Again: if your favorite was in MKX you have nothing to complain about. Let the others have their turn.
 

Metin

Ermac & Smoke Main
Still, there is no explanation by NRS about steam leaks.. because we don't deserve that..
 

SenSx

Noob
Doesn't matter. People might have been arguing, as they always do, but they'd be wrong.

I don't care about Baraka. I wasn't fan of him in the older games and I still don't like him now in MK11, but I'm happy that Baraka fans got back their guy, expecially since they got ripped in MKX.

D'Vorah and Jaqui, on the other hand, are terrible picks plain and simple.

Again: if your favorite was in MKX you have nothing to complain about. Let the others have their turn.
I 100 % agree with this.

Let the missing characters from X return and have their fun damnit ><
Why did they have to bring back every damn Klassic and newcomers from X ?
Just watch Takeda and Kung Jin coming back as well and taking Rain and Noob's spots.
 

Rearawt

Noob
I agree 100%. There's aren't many fan favorites that weren't in neither MK9 or MKX, but those should have been in at all cost. Fujin, a character that was asked for by literally everybody and their dog, is the one that comes to mind.
Yes, my favourites are Sareena, Moloch, Ashrah, Darrius, Dairou, Jarek, Kai, Kira, Kobra, and Li Mei. Where are all my fan favourites, Boon!? Why does he hate me? :((
 

SenSx

Noob
All those leaks are driving people crazy ><

Yes, my favourites are Sareena, Moloch, Ashrah, Darrius, Dairou, Jarek, Kai, Kira, Kobra, and Li Mei. Where are all my fan favourites, Boon!? Why does he hate me? :((
Good luck with your favs, you are going to need it !
It's alwready the struggle of my life just to get Rain on ONE main roster.
 

Chuckyscookie

Here's to hoping.
Aren't we counting the female Ninjas like Kitana, Jade and Frost?
I was only counting those that were originally pallett swaps of Scorpion/Sub Sero, because I noticed that the number of these specifically is lower than in previous games. My thought process came from thinking about how Rain and Noob were teased but aren't in, that's why I started there. Maybe I should have specified male Ninjas for that cause.

If we take the females into account, we have 9 in total for MK9, 6 for MKX and 6 for the current speculated MK11 roster. So we have a lower number than in MK9 and equal to MKX counting male and female, with less male Ninjas than usual.

Tanya and Tremor were later added for MKX, Skarlet and Rain for MK9. Overall, it seems reasonable to hope for more if they don't reduce their ninja quota.
 
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SaSSolino

Soul Stealing Loyalist
Yes, my favourites are Sareena, Moloch, Ashrah, Darrius, Dairou, Jarek, Kai, Kira, Kobra, and Li Mei. Where are all my fan favourites, Boon!? Why does he hate me? :((
You may be asking for a lot, but Sareena and Li Mei are fan favorites and they should come back.
 

Icefyre

Shadows
So, in other words, you're gonna keep spewing the same nonsense that you're being told not to? Okay. Thanks for being honest. It stops here.
Thank you for making the world a better place.

Yes, my favourites are Sareena, Moloch, Ashrah, Darrius, Dairou, Jarek, Kai, Kira, Kobra, and Li Mei. Where are all my fan favourites, Boon!? Why does he hate me? :((
You forgot Lord Mokap. He shall reign supreme one day, you'll see. You'll all see.