Nickolaidas
Agent of Chaosrealm
According to DVD who's been right before we're not done.
According to DVD who's been right before we're not done.
I'll trust a woman who was in the know since the beginning if you don't mindAccording to DVD who's been right before we're not done.
It does explain to me why they made it available worldwide physically, next and old gen, it's basically like MKXL and with covid-19 and the sudden movie skins released and no more new KL, it's definitely a sign that for now they're done. Maybe they will start to pick things IF covid-19 vaccine really allows them to do motion capture and getting everyone back in the studio.
Wait ... is Judgement that chick who does Shinnok fan art on twitter?I'll trust a woman who was in the know since the beginning if you don't mind
I....don't think she's a woman...
Yeah, I thought of all of this too when I read this. I’m a project manager and a building automation (HVAC) designer and while I don’t do any dev work, I could not believe the tone and content in this “email” was authentic in the slightest, and if it was, it was very unprofessional and written by someone who probably shouldn’t be typing emails of this sort.
What exactly makes it unprofessional etc?
Totally possible. My crazy money is on MKHD (see post below).
Ha, I noticed that too. I think if she had said "Thanks for bringing Sonya back" instead of "keeping her alive" I'd be more inclined to say they're working on a new project.
Because I'd like this leak to be true, I'm gonna try my best to rationalize the email and see where it all collapses:
| Content | Score | Comment |
| Sender: JF | Not legit | The topics covered by this email are very broad. The only two NRS leads whom I could find with the initials "JF" are a Jon Fairlchild (lead software engineer, technology) and a Joe Flores (production mgr) - Jon's role seems too narrow for this type of email, and Joe's seems too low. |
| Subject: Development Update XX/XX/XXXX date | Not legit | Copies the marketing one too literally, which was "Marketing Update XX/XX/XXXX" Also what exactly is a "Development" update? NRS is a developer - everything the studio does is "development." There is not a "development" discipline/dept at NRS (unlike Marketing) - just look at the MK11 game credits on Youtube. |
| Greeting: "Hello all!" | Not legit | Copies Marketing email leak, but ","instead of "!" |
| Intro: congrats on AM/KP2, KP3 scheduled for 5/4/21, quick update on where things stand | Not legit | This intro is all over the place, and the tone is just off. This person is emailing these employees as if they have never discussed the success of past work before, or the impact of Covid. Referring to it as "Corona" is also strange. 5/4 is Tuesday - good work. The whole thing feels rigged. |
| Reveal trailer detailed | Not legit | Super boring and simple compared to past reveals - basically the 3 MK characters show up, and then the guest is zoomed in on - so? And then feedback is solicited, just like in the marketing email. The Plastic Wax mention is also lifted from the Marketing email, as is the request for feedback. |
| Test Your Might tower "unplayable", "too many issues", "may need to be delayed" | Not legit | Unlike the character feedback, no bugs are described and hastily described as possibly requiring delay, when release is still 6-7 months out...makes no sense. Also TYM was lifted from a different mine/leak. |
| Musetta face rig need eyes/lips remodeled | N/A | Could go either way, obviously referencing Waddles leak. |
| Forest arena | N/A | Again "supports" Waddles |
| Character bug feedback | N/A | Some people take issue with the criticism, which isn't really that harsh, esp if some of this work is outsourced. What I find I strange is how these bugs relate to the rest of the email. The organization of thought is all over the place. Then again, the communication about MK11/DLC has been a bit of a mess, so maybe it's a constant theme. |
YOU DON'T GET!! TO TELL ME!! TO CALM DOWN!! OKAY!?!?
I dunno. This to me reads like first leaks of the MK11 artwork where people were shitting on the scorpion/mk11 image + Rhonda Rousey as Sonya as being legit, because of whatever reasons they had back then. And BAM!! it was legit and the final artwork wasn't much of a departure to the leak & Rousey was Sonya..
Like a status update of development progress? You can try and dissect the wording in it as much as you want, it doesn't mean that they don't communicate in a such an informal means between certain team members/departments. Not everything needs to be a formal document with references/images/links to specific people/teams etc.
