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Top 5 NRS players of all time

In your opinion, who is your top 5 NRS players who is great at ALL 3 games?

  • Sonicfox

  • DJT

  • ForeverKing

  • MIT

  • Foxy Grampa

  • Slayer

  • Wound Cowboy

  • REO

  • Perfect Legend

  • Pig of the Hut

  • Other (if so, reply in the thread who)

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Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
A F0xy Grampa said:
Its a totally different world over here, the players don't even speak the same languages in quite a few cases, and in all cases they dont even come from the same country. It's not the same as dealing with Americans.
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I mean sorry? America can't be responsible for fixing all problems

I don't know what to tell you. I do know EU/overseas sales account for less than a 1/3 of American sales so I can see why more focus is in Usa

Sucks
 
STB Shujinkydink

STB Shujinkydink

Burning down in flames for kicks
YOMI FOREVER KING said:
This list is about the achievements in all 3 NRS games combined. PL and REO were the best in MK9, but you can't just say their achievements in MK9 alone were so good it automatically puts them up in top 5 NRS players. The same way you can't say Theo's Injustice achievements alone are good enough to put him top NRS players of all time, the same way you can't say Dragon/Hayatei MKX achievements are so good it puts them up in best NRS players of all time.

The whole point of this list is people who have a great achievements in ALL 3 games, not just 1 or 2
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Even so REO got an evo top 8 in injustice so that alone I believe puts him on that list. I get that PL didn't do much for injustice but two evo wins I think clearly makes up for that
 
Mashbuttontatoes

Mashbuttontatoes

Noob
Pig Of The Hut said:
So now you're just sorta being an asshole because I am a competitor and an entertainer. I was a competitor and entertainer when in 2011-2014 I was outplacing your ass and I was also a competitor and entertainer when I kicked ur ass in 2015

You can be both! I am still that today, sure I was not a top player in mkx past that day but remained an entertainer and advocate of the scene.

I've always been an advocate of the scene,
Promoter, competitor, entertainer while I was winning and while I was losing. When I was making big bucks I still donated to players to get them to events, hosted events, hosted streams so unknown players could be found.

I'm remembered for being dominant for years and oops sorry I can't smoke pot all day and play mkx. I choose focus on my career while still helping the scene because you current top players are fucking ass at it.

When you were losing and winning you've done nothing of the sort. Maybe you just can't, maybe leadership isn't in your blood. If that's the case I feel bad for you when winning isn't working out so much anymore because then you'll be forgotten
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Really good point honestly! Your twitch was the reason i started playing, you are one of the few top players that was social with the community and was willing to help people which is ironic seeing as how you are one of the few who have a lot on your plate outside of playing games. Appreciate it man!
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
Mashbuttontatoes said:
Really good point honestly! Your twitch was the reason i started playing, you are one of the few top players that was social with the community and was willing to help people which is ironic seeing as how you are one of the few who have a lot on your plate outside of playing games. Appreciate it man!
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Glad to help
 
Indecisive

Indecisive

We'll burn you all—that is your fate!
A F0xy Grampa said:
This is where the thread goes to aids.
Why would I expend the effort to get player X to event Y. When I'm the first of the internationals to become a staple entrant at tournaments, its honestly not worth my focus. Nobody this year has traveled as much as I have, it aint easy. If anything I have helped bring hype to the scene through introducing and evolving players like Madzin, but ultimately hes not winning so hes forgotten.

I dont see any American even giving thought to helping the scene globally, which is what the focus should REALLY be. Until the day the scene isnt entirely USA focused, then perhaps, but not now. The last efforts were PND in 2012 and Madzin for MLG Dallas, both of which ofc you had your parts in. So is the entirety of what you're speaking of all on your shoulders? PL, REO, 16bit etc had no help in furthering the scene either, infact I'd say historically REO and 16bit have been terrible advocates for bringing in international competiton (WHICH SHOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS) through playing as marvas and just shitting on internationals respectively.

KDZ, also another TERRIBLE example of what the scene needs, his skill gap is only matched by his arrogance and ignorance gap (at least when he won evo)
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Years later and people are still Butt hurt about Skill Gap
 
EntropicByDesign

EntropicByDesign

It's all so very confusing.
Slymind said:
In all 3 games Sonic, DJT and PIg would be my certain picks, the rest is debatable IMO.

Honorable mention for Tom, very solid player across the board, and a very productive member of this community in terms of finding and sharing tech and knowledge since the very beginning of MK9.
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See, I know that this isn't a unit of measurement for this thread, but the whole productive member who finds and shares tech and information and passed along knowledge and such, should be a bigger deal and get more recognition than it often does.

Pig with Kenshi and Tom with Sub as examples.. I see a lot of top talent not contribute anything directly at all. Do they have too? Certainly not, but a damn nice thing to do, to help support the community that keeps the game your good at alive - cause without them, you're playing by yourself.

Back to the topic at hand.
 
KingHippo

KingHippo

Alternative-Fact Checker
A F0xy Grampa said:
PL, REO, 16bit etc had no help in furthering the scene either, infact I'd say historically REO and 16bit have been terrible advocates for bringing in international competiton (WHICH SHOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS) through playing as marvas and just shitting on internationals respectively.
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I'm just going to flat out disagree with this and say the players' responsibility should be playing to their max potential while they still can. Every scene has its ambassadors and emissaries who can pump up the world, but in the moment, the hardline competitors will do what they can to be the best, and to hell with all the rest. This has nothing to do with nationalism, it's just the realities of competition; some regions of the world do not have as big an advantage and have to try harder than others.

Aside from you, a onetime standout performance from Ketchup, and Tekken Master this past Evo, we have seen the best EU has to offer come and participate in stateside tournaments, only to eventually place below the US-based competitors. We can argue 'til the cows come home about whether or not the tourney performance is indicative of their actual skill, but these are the hard facts.

I agree that the US is far better suited to big tournaments, with easier travel and the benefit of speaking the same language. I also agree that the fanbase for the game is largely built in the US, being one of the few fighters truly made here. There are many advantages to being a US-based player vs a EU based player, just like there are advantages to being a Korean based player in Tekken, just like their are advantages to being a Japanese based player in Guilty Gear and Blazblue, just like there are advantages to being a Chinese or Mexican player in King of Fighters.

Every game has a bigger and badder scene than the other regions around the world, it does not make them special. If they do not get as many opportunities, that's too damn bad, but everyone grits their teeth and sucks it up and trains to be better than all the rest. Luckily, MKX has had a bevy of online events and representation on a far more international scale than we have ever had before.

Part of fighting game culture as we know it is making something of your skill when you have the opportunity, and this is where the EU, again, aside from a few choice standouts, hasn't made its mark. And yeah, people get roasted when they are not as good and the talk can be harsh, but again, this is the game you choose to play when you throw your hat into contention. Nothing is permanent in the FGC, and no one is irredeemable, but I think going after the players is a cheap way to ignore the realities of what's going on.
 
Nuovo_Cabjoy

Nuovo_Cabjoy

G O R O B O Y S
Pig Of The Hut said:
Say what u want about pl, cd, P2w, M2dave, Maxter, tom, 16 bit, cd Jr, Reo, kdz, myself and some others but at least we had personality and the rivalries were real

Now a days it's about hugs n kisses and "oh god plz be nice" and "YO bro where's the weed at let's get toked"

Just different and lame

@Tweedy is a new school player who belongs in old school though that's why it was refreshing
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I miss Slips hemma too tbh
 
W

w1nter warz

Noob
Awkward Sloth said:
As someone who wasn't around during the mk9 days but wants to educate themself, is there a collective site of all the tournament top 8s during mk9?

Similar to the srk ranking website. That way we have a reference point to look at. (I know srk isn't 100% accurate but it's better than nothing)
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For you or anyone else curious to know who were the top players in mk9, @CrimsonShadow 's http://mkirankings.com/ does a decent job of atleast providing a snapshot of the skill levels during the highest competitive era of mk9's life span which was around most of 2012 and beginning of 2013.

Data is missing from 2011 and most of 2013 but I think for the most part gives an accurate idea of atleast how good someone was in mk9's life span imo. Check out the top 50 and see how the times have changed from then.

Btw , I think the only things that matter for any ranking is consistency of tournament placements in relation to the competition at the tournament which includes the whole life span of the game. I think it is a little unfair to disregard tournaments for an all time ranking just because they happened during the first year of the game. Therefore my top 5 in no order is:

Sonic,
Forever King,
Pig of the Hut,
DJT,
Wound Cowboy

Honourable mentions:
Perfect Legend,
REO,
MIT
 
EntropicByDesign

EntropicByDesign

It's all so very confusing.
Pig Of The Hut said:
No I agree w @cR WoundCowboy

The only thing 2015 proved is when a bunch of people move into a house together and do nothing but play MKX they dominate for a temporary period of time because of being able to play it 24/7 but in the end no matter how hard they try, how much they play or what tiers they all pick the Cream rises to the top and then that Cream comes into that building and wins 10-9 in a bad MU then eliminates "THE 3rd Best NRS player" at evo to make top8
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Could not have said this better. Cowboy is pretty savage with his shit talk in this thread too, which is refreshing to see.
 
Zionix

Zionix

AKA Ponkster
A F0xy Grampa said:
Its a totally different world over here, the players don't even speak the same languages in quite a few cases, and in all cases they dont even come from the same country. It's not the same as dealing with Americans.
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Its not only the irish we have to deal with aswell :DOGE
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
w1nter warz said:
For you or anyone else curious to know who were the top players in mk9, @CrimsonShadow 's http://mkirankings.com/ does a decent job of atleast providing a snapshot of the skill levels during the highest competitive era of mk9's life span which was around most of 2012 and beginning of 2013.

Data is missing from 2011 and most of 2013 but I think for the most part gives an accurate idea of atleast how good someone was in mk9's life span imo. Check out the top 50 and see how the times have changed from then.

Btw , I think the only things that matter for any ranking is consistency of tournament placements in relation to the competition at the tournament which includes the whole life span of the game. I think it is a little unfair to disregard tournaments for an all time ranking just because they happened during the first year of the game. Therefore my top 5 in no order is:

Sonic,
Forever King,
Pig of the Hut,
DJT,
Wound Cowboy

Honourable mentions:
Perfect Legend,
REO,
MIT
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Wow forgot about this link

Thanks
 
Swindle

Swindle

Philanthropist & Asshole
KingHippo said:
I'm just going to flat out disagree with this and say the players' responsibility should be playing to their max potential while they still can. Every scene has its ambassadors and emissaries who can pump up the world, but in the moment, the hardline competitors will do what they can to be the best, and to hell with all the rest. This has nothing to do with nationalism, it's just the realities of competition; some regions of the world do not have as big an advantage and have to try harder than others.

Aside from you, a onetime standout performance from Ketchup, and Tekken Master this past Evo, we have seen the best EU has to offer come and participate in stateside tournaments, only to eventually place below the US-based competitors. We can argue 'til the cows come home about whether or not the tourney performance is indicative of their actual skill, but these are the hard facts.

I agree that the US is far better suited to big tournaments, with easier travel and the benefit of speaking the same language. I also agree that the fanbase for the game is largely built in the US, being one of the few fighters truly made here. There are many advantages to being a US-based player vs a EU based player, just like there are advantages to being a Korean based player in Tekken, just like their are advantages to being a Japanese based player in Guilty Gear and Blazblue, just like there are advantages to being a Chinese or Mexican player in King of Fighters.

Every game has a bigger and badder scene than the other regions around the world, it does not make them special. If they do not get as many opportunities, that's too damn bad, but everyone grits their teeth and sucks it up and trains to be better than all the rest. Luckily, MKX has had a bevy of online events and representation on a far more international scale than we have ever had before.

Part of fighting game culture as we know it is making something of your skill when you have the opportunity, and this is where the EU, again, aside from a few choice standouts, hasn't made its mark. And yeah, people get roasted when they are not as good and the talk can be harsh, but again, this is the game you choose to play when you throw your hat into contention. Nothing is permanent in the FGC, and no one is irredeemable, but I think going after the players is a cheap way to ignore the realities of what's going on.
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The podcast needs to come back, seriously.
 
Nuovo_Cabjoy

Nuovo_Cabjoy

G O R O B O Y S
God damn no wonder the scene's personality has died off with MKX, look at this list of names!



ALL of the top 10 had huge personalities and weren't afraid to call people out.

Then you have Bit, Cowboy, Wafflez, CD and Denzell 11-15.?!

FOX, DAVE, KING AFTER THAT?!

And you've still got Brady, BigD, Dab and SOUP in case you were missing anyone! And don't forget 2011-2012 F0xy, different beast man.

Seriously think about the biggest personalities in MKX right now, all of them are on this list. The new ones we've added? Hard to name that many that add to the drama.

Keep in mind I'm Aussie so don't know the deeper levels of the grudge matches n shit back in the MK9 days, but I'll be damned if I don't remember how many gdlk personalities and rivalries the scene had going back then.
 
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