MFSlayer asks a question we can all appreciate

In the fighting game scene, the lore that draws us in can be many things including the games, the players, rivalries that begin. At the end of the day or even as years pass, if you ask who your favorite player is, who would that be?

That's the very question that MFSlayer asked his community... who would you say?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1832256905017995438

 

Anyway, what happened tp Reo?

SonicFox LOL

 

I started following the competitive scene in 2015, during a time where I was in a dark place mentally and MKX was one of the few bright spots in my life. Making friends who played the game seriously led to watching tournaments and I worked up the courage to go to KIT 2016. It was one of the best decisions I've made, and while I was there I played casuals with every big name I could, and most of them were amazingly nice and willing to help a noob learn the game.

Among many greats, I count Michaelangelo, Slayer, Scar, KillerXinok, and Kitana Prime as personal favorites. All are incredibly talented and fun to watch, but also just great to play with and talk to. KP in particular brings his A-Game to the mic and gets hype af as a spectator, and is a great asset to the community.

 

The only person I ever had true admiration for since MK9 was 16bit. Stephanie is amazing - no competition.

 

If we are talking just MK and not all fighting games then REO is the greatest of all time.

Nobody I know has won a MK2 tournament, a UMK3 tournament and MK9 tournament in the same weekend. REO did that at an NEC I believe in 2012.

When it comes to in my opinion the best MK games then I think REO is the most accomplished and you can tell he was genuinely a MK fan.

 

Anyway, what happened tp Reo?

REO is still around. I talk and play Resident Evil Outbreak with him occasionally. He does not play Mortal Kombat 1, though.

Should Justin Wong and Sonic be on Mount Rushmore over players such as Arslan Ash, Knee, Leffen, Sako, Tokido, etc.?

You can tell Slayer only plays Mortal Kombat. LOL.

 

REO is still around. I talk and play Resident Evil Outbreak with him occasionally. He does not play Mortal Kombat 1, though.

Should Justin Wong and Sonic be on Mount Rushmore over players such as Arslan Ash, Knee, Leffen, Sako, Tokido, etc.?

You can tell Slayer only plays Mortal Kombat. LOL.

Yall play Outbreak? Whaaaat. I'm a huge Resi fan. This is great news. Stream it?

 

Yall play Outbreak? Whaaaat. I'm a huge Resi fan. This is great news. Stream it?

We usually play mods like Terror and Apocalypse.

Share your Discord and I will add you to the channel.

 

REO is still around. I talk and play Resident Evil Outbreak with him occasionally. He does not play Mortal Kombat 1, though.

Should Justin Wong and Sonic be on Mount Rushmore over players such as Arslan Ash, Knee, Leffen, Sako, Tokido, etc.?

You can tell Slayer only plays Mortal Kombat. LOL.

Yes, SonicFox and Justin Wong absolutely should be on the Mount Rushmore of Fighting Games. What are you even on about? lol

 

What are you even on about? lol

Tournament results, focus on fighting games that players actually play, no favoritism to American players and games, etc.

If you want to build a statue of Sonic Fox instead of Tokido, you know very little, if anything at all, about the history of fighting games.

 

Tournament results, focus on fighting games that players actually play, no favoritism to American players and games, etc.

If you want to build a statue of Sonic Fox instead of Tokido, you know very little, if anything at all, about the history of fighting games.

And if you don’t think SonicFox and Justin Wong belong on the Mt Rushmore of FG’s, you know very little, if anything at all, about the history of fighting games.

¯\(ツ)/¯

Also, no one said they wanted to build a statue of SF instead of Tokido. You just invented that out of thin air

 

Also, no one said they wanted to build a statue of SF instead of Tokido. You just invented that out of thin air

Right.

I have been told that Sonic Fox has already been engraved on Mount Rushmore.

Perhaps an UMK3 player such as yourself ought to think outside the box for the first time ever.

 

REO is still around. I talk and play Resident Evil Outbreak with him occasionally. He does not play Mortal Kombat 1, though.

Should Justin Wong and Sonic be on Mount Rushmore over players such as Arslan Ash, Knee, Leffen, Sako, Tokido, etc.?

You can tell Slayer only plays Mortal Kombat. LOL.

Whats up, Dave!

He doesn't just play MK. He definitely indulges in FGC history.

But on topic. I'd break this rule and say JWong for me. Without that I don't think TYM would have existed. It's what drove me to push the scene towards offline competition after Evo 09.

Also people don't realize REO had been trying to quit MK since MKvsDC. Lol

I'd say in the NRS scene, it's always been REO for me. Tell him I said what's up. I miss the hell out of a lot of you and I hate I won't see yall at the next event. His fighting game brain was always too brilliant to retire imo

 

Right.

I have been told that Sonic Fox has already been engraved on Mount Rushmore.

Perhaps an UMK3 player such as yourself ought to think outside the box for the first time ever.

I’m gonna be charitable and say that I think you just got caught making assumptions, instead of purposely making a strawman argument.

But just in case, I’ll make it more clear.

Both Tokido AND SonicFox can be on the “Mt Rushmore of fighting games”. Shocker I know. This was never an “either or” scenario, hope this helps.

 

SonicFox and AF0xyGrampa.

Titaniumtigerz and Madzin were always fun to watch too

 

D44 Bas forever my GOAT

 

More like Detroit's everything.

Dude was a top Shang & Kabal, even a top Ermac.

When I read idiots say shit like "every player played the character the same" & "Erik Warda & REO played the same" in a thread a few months ago, doesn't know what fuck they're talking about & Detroit is a good example of that. Detroit has his own playstyle as he didn't play Shang like Cowboy, he didn't play Kabal like REO or play Ermac like Seven, Detroit played those characters so differently with a such a rawness & aggressiveness that you didn't really see from any other player & have that level of success in that era & time (except for maybe xMyGodx) but what he has is he can play 3 drastically different characters at such a high level. Also his MK9 & UMK3 playstyle is exactly the same.

Remember when he got on Digimon's stream for the Kabal open challenge and knocked over 50+ people in a row as easily as pouring a glass of milk?
And his Ermac was completely unhinged. No other Ermac player I remember utilized the weirdness of the B34 string like he did.

Moment I feel must be remembered: the US VS Canada 8V8 at Toryuken 2012 when Insuperable almost defeated Canada single-handedly with Quan Chi and the Rune Trap.

 

DetriotBalln will perennially remain a fraud for picking Smoke against a certain zoning player at EVO2K12.

Spoiler

 

Remember when he got on Digimon's stream for the Kabal open challenge and knocked over 50+ people in a row as easily as pouring a glass of milk?
And his Ermac was completely unhinged. No other Ermac player I remember utilized the weirdness of the B34 string like he did.

He is the most underrated Ermac like he was going shit that C88 Canefield, BigD & even Seven weren't doing & he made it look so easy.

Moment I feel must be remembered: the US VS Canada 8V8 at Toryuken 2012 when Insuperable almost defeated Canada single-handedly with Quan Chi and the Rune Trap.

Toryuken...I was supposed to go every year during MK9 & MKX but my Aunt and/or traffic fucked me over every single year...

 

DetriotBalln will perennially remain a fraud for picking Smoke against a certain zoning player at EVO2K12.

Spoiler

You would have gotten Smoke from me in tournament too...

 

REO is still around. I talk and play Resident Evil Outbreak with him occasionally. He does not play Mortal Kombat 1, though.

Should Justin Wong and Sonic be on Mount Rushmore over players such as Arslan Ash, Knee, Leffen, Sako, Tokido, etc.?

You can tell Slayer only plays Mortal Kombat. LOL.

I'm pretty sure all those players mentioned would say yes that both of those players deserve to be on it. Sonic's performance in DBFZ along with domination of NRS games and solid performances in so many other games would seal it yeah. Pretty much anyone who was around will cop to MVC2 skill level being one of the strongest ever and Justin's dominating that game as much as he did is still a feat that can't be denied and then he did massively well in SFIV, UMVC3, had a decent time in Gear for awhile, and even while he's semi-retired now, still strong and worthy of all the accolades he got.

Out of all those on your list, yeah Leffen, Sako, and Tokido are hella deserving and Tokido would be my immediate lock for the third alongside Justin and Fox. For Smash heads I'd prolly put Armada or Hbox over Leffen but Leffen does have the performance in Strive over them sticking only to Melee.

 

I don’t really favor players like that but theirs a couple that do intrigue me and that’s Nemo, Gamerbee, Dagio, PerfectLegend, Chris G, and Master.

 

Tht one dude that was the best/mained JC MK9.

 

I'm pretty sure all those players mentioned would say yes that both of those players deserve to be on it. Sonic's performance in DBFZ along with domination of NRS games and solid performances in so many other games would seal it yeah. Pretty much anyone who was around will cop to MVC2 skill level being one of the strongest ever and Justin's dominating that game as much as he did is still a feat that can't be denied and then he did massively well in SFIV, UMVC3, had a decent time in Gear for awhile, and even while he's semi-retired now, still strong and worthy of all the accolades he got.

Out of all those on your list, yeah Leffen, Sako, and Tokido are hella deserving and Tokido would be my immediate lock for the third alongside Justin and Fox. For Smash heads I'd prolly put Armada or Hbox over Leffen but Leffen does have the performance in Strive over them sticking only to Melee.

Thank God there’s another level headed person who knows fighting games. I was going crazy over here.

 

Tht one dude that was the best/mained JC MK9.

This could be 3 different players:

• @Dizzy
• @Mikemetroid
• Curbo

 

The only person I ever had true admiration for since MK9 was 16bit. Stephanie is amazing - no competition.

Legitimately wish she would resign out of frustration and come back to the tournament scene. It would be one hell of a story to watch play out.

Tht one dude that was the best/mained JC MK9.

Curbolicious, maybe? Him getting bopped by Forever King in Round One of MLG, in what I think was his first offline major, with the pressure of hearing the whole internet and TYM be skeptical as hell of his legitimacy...and then running it all the way back to 4'th Place when literally every S+ Tier player was there. One of the most insane runs in NRS history, easy.