well, MK9 is only oficially dead, when the main goal focus point, the major interested people who play it at competitive level, top pro players, just get the point they are fed up and bored with the game, not recognizing it anymore as a cool game to spend time training and improving for competitive scene.
when the main MK9 community stop supporting competitive scene for MK9, the game can be considered dead and just gonna fade away, simple like that.
IF and WHEN this day comes, we can surely consider MK9, as competitive fighting game, as done and dead, and so, not worth such amount of attention.
fact is, nowadays, some technical fixes are necessary to try to balance a fg what major goal is to be competitive and bring attention for people who enjoy to watch competition at high level skill, so, since NRS seems to have abandoned MK9 at its own luck, so, people are tired to see the same more or less characters winning from time to time, with lack of surprising variation in the top 8 , normally .....
anyway, it's obvious , and we cannot deny, that the major game , at the moment, that is on the spotlight, and being the highlight for competitive scene, it's IGAU ..... IGAU brings fresh air, new blood, and some interesting elements that MK9 lacks , and so, it's time for IGAU shines, and MK9 is nothing, but a secondary game at this moment ...... I really doubt that MK9 can be able possible to participate a 4th Evo, and so, the MK9 time, at least for Evo, after 2013, is passed .... the same will happen to IGAU, when MK10 come out, it's just a natural step : a new game from the same developer, just bring the present attention, and turn it into the main focus for gameplay and questions discussions
MK9 is cool and fun, but, IGAU is better in some areas and aspects. It's truth and deny it, it's just pointless.
