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Are There Any Leaders In The NRS Community?

JBeezYBabY

JBeezYBabY

Mr. Righteous
This topic was actually brought on Twitter and Uncle JBeezY wants to bring the conversation here. I never thought it until now and want everybody's thoughts.

Do you feel there are any leaders in the NRS community? If so, give me names and why you feel that way. Or if you feel there's nobody taking the lead role, explain why?

Let's talk about it ;)
 
kabelfritz

kabelfritz

Master
obviously good players who stick to the games may appear as "leaders" in public, (even though they may not have any intention to be). but imo we dont need leaders, a community is a community project. there are certainly different roles like players, organizers or fans, but none of those should be a "Power" position by definition.
 
JBeezYBabY

JBeezYBabY

Mr. Righteous
Marlow said:
I'd say NRS has people who are influencers, but not neccessarily leaders. To me leadership conveys a sense of responsibility that I don't really see from the top influencers in the community.
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In a sense we all kinda have a sense of responsibility and thats to help make the scene grow but you know people are just riding the wave and about themselves, which is fine.

Tanno said:
No, there are no influencers and leaders anywhere in any part of FGC, and it's better this way.
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Totally disagree with ya, brotha. Every scene has somebody who influences people in some way. Influence people to play their games, watch their games, make them come out tournaments, etc.
 
Marlow

Marlow

Champion
I'll add that while I think in the Macro level big picture scene there aren't really leaders, on the Micro level in terms of character forums I think there are certain people who could be considered leaders on that level. People who are very invovled in setting up and contributing to character discussions and guides.
 
SaltShaker

SaltShaker

In Zoning We Trust
STB Sgt Reed said:
Idk about now days, I haven't kept up with the scene since the end of MK9.

They did back then. Well, maybe not leaders, but people who helped the community.
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I agree with this. During the MK9 and Inj1 days I would definitely say there was more unity in the community and "leaders" who took a position of both promoting the brand as much as possible and/or building the community. By MKX it was all but gone, by Inj2 it was completely gone.

Not going to get into the reasons, but no we don't have any nowadays.
 
GLoRToR

GLoRToR

Positive Poster!
JBeezYBabY said:
This topic was actually brought on Twitter and Uncle JBeezY wants to bring the conversation here. I never thought it until now and want everybody's thoughts.

Do you feel there are any leaders in the NRS community? If so, give me names and why you feel that way. Or if you feel there's nobody taking the lead role, explain why?

Let's talk about it ;)
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Leading in what?
I'm a leader in real life.
 
JBeezYBabY

JBeezYBabY

Mr. Righteous
SaltShaker said:
I agree with this. During the MK9 and Inj1 days I would definitely say there was more unity in the community and "leaders" who took a position of both promoting the brand as much as possible and/or building the community. By MKX it was all but gone, by Inj2 it was completely gone.

Not going to get into the reasons, but no we don't have any nowadays.
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Oh please do. That will help give understanding on why this community is so divided.
 
Marlow

Marlow

Champion
JBeezYBabY said:
In a sense we all kinda have a sense of responsibility and thats to help make the scene grow but you know people are just riding the wave and about themselves, which is fine.
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Exactly. I think plenty of people are good about trying to take responsiblity for their actions, but in terms of a leader being about directing and trying to take responsibility for a community at large, I don't think happens very much. And that's fine.
 
Vslayer

Vslayer

Juiced Moose On The Loose
Lead Moderator
Well to me a leader is someone who's professional and is active in the community. I wouldn't say they always have to be a pro player, but I feel like they do get a lot of attention as leaders usually do so it helps. NRS listens to their concerns about competitive play and that's important.

Because I am a biased Canadian, I'm gonna say HoneyBee, he's my man.
 
JBeezYBabY

JBeezYBabY

Mr. Righteous
Marlow said:
Exactly. I think plenty of people are good about trying to take responsiblity for their actions, but in terms of a leader being about directing and trying to take responsibility for a community at large, I don't think happens very much. And that's fine.
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Imma keep it all the way live. From the time I've been around I've seen so many people divided its nuts! Now granted, i believe it does have to do with the games. MK fans love MK but hate Injustice and vise versa. So that has something to do with the divide as well.

And I see divide in MK9 OGs vs the New Blood MKX, INJ2 players.

I even see divide current competitors who hate on TYM

HELL even Pig Of The Hut dont like me! And im cool as fuck! Dont ask me why cuz i still dont know exactly to this day.

My point is every part of the NRS scene is divided to the point nobody seems they wanna deal with each other and there really hasn't been anybody to unify the community as a whole.

HOWEVER, I do see Mr Aquaman putting in work representing alot in Injustice 2. but again, its hard to show people interest in a game the majority is not interested in. Hopefully that will get stronger in MK11. I see Kitana Prime with nothing but positive vibes. I see him come between two people beefing to dead that shit and get back to the love rather than hate.

I see SonicFox stepping up a bit when Chris G decided to slam the NRS community, SonicFox took the initiative to defend it. I was actually impressed by that.

To me, those are the top 3 I see major potential that can unify the community as a whole. But hey, im just thinking out loud.
 
SaltShaker

SaltShaker

In Zoning We Trust
JBeezYBabY said:
Oh please do. That will help give understanding on why this community is so divided.
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That has been drug out so many times over the years that there's only one worm left in the can. I'm not gonna be the one to empty it lol.

I'll just say that I think the way things are now everyone should just do what they're going to do with the game(s). Play casual story, online warrior, tournament player, whatever. Just enjoy the game, build a friend network with players you mesh with, and roll on from there. The way the FGC is built you really don't need anything else and all is accessible fairly easy.
 
xenogorgeous

xenogorgeous

.... they mostly come at night. Mostly.
not real leaders in the sense of having multiple people following 24/7 these kind of dudes on every social network and communication channel way around on Internet and venerating every single word said from them .... nope, there is no shit like this

but, there are a bunch of people on NRS Community that naturally get spot highlights for being such dedicated players and that share great knowledge from MK games with the rest of players, so, these people more or less serves as "good role example" for the rest of the NRS FG community, I guess ....
 
CrimsonShadow

CrimsonShadow

Administrator and Community Engineer
Administrator
JBeezYBabY said:
Imma keep it all the way live. From the time I've been around I've seen so many people divided its nuts! Now granted, i believe it does have to do with the games. MK fans love MK but hate Injustice and vise versa. So that has something to do with the divide as well.

And I see divide in MK9 OGs vs the New Blood MKX, INJ2 players.

I even see divide current competitors who hate on TYM

HELL even Pig Of The Hut dont like me! And im cool as fuck! Dont ask me why cuz i still dont know exactly to this day.

My point is every part of the NRS scene is divided to the point nobody seems they wanna deal with each other and there really hasn't been anybody to unify the community as a whole.

HOWEVER, I do see Mr Aquaman putting in work representing alot in Injustice 2. but again, its hard to show people interest in a game the majority is not interested in. Hopefully that will get stronger in MK11. I see Kitana Prime with nothing but positive vibes. I see him come between two people beefing to dead that shit and get back to the love rather than hate.

I see SonicFox stepping up a bit when Chris G decided to slam the NRS community, SonicFox took the initiative to defend it. I was actually impressed by that.

To me, those are the top 3 I see major potential that can unify the community as a whole. But hey, im just thinking out loud.
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MK vs. Injustice is greatly exaggerated/overblown. The vast majority of the active part of our scene will play and support whatever the newest game is.

It’s mostly the vocal minority of people who just sit around and complain that try to make a controversy out of one vs. the other. But you have those kinds of people in every community.
 
666 I HazeOner

666 I HazeOner

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Having 'leaders' in a community about a 1v1 game seems quite strange to me. In the end it is everyone for themselves.
The ones highest ranked imo are the ones organizing tournaments & locals - MrAquaman, LIJoe, theHatschka, mrWizard, and many, many others investing their time to give us a place to play our game.
 
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