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Deadly Torcher

King Dingaling
Crackin matches, good to see REO gettin pushed all the way, but in the end, the cream always rises to the top.

Congrats

PS. xxSmokexx is 15?? fucking hell! awesome.
 
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UsedForGlue

"Strength isn't everything"
Forget hating on REO, those smoke resets were bullshit and no-one said a god dam thing about it, and even though Reo fought his way through that and had to heavily adapt to this match, no one gave him any credit or respect for that win.

What is going on here?
Ridiculous.
 

Gengar

Hypnosis > Dreameater (its a reset)
lol - coming from m2dave?

DAT IRONY
i wish i could like this 20 times. nothign against m2dave, but your goal in fighting games is to play the character that shoots and runs away the best, and you somehow find reason to call other people cowards?
 

Gengar

Hypnosis > Dreameater (its a reset)
Forget hating on REO, those smoke resets were bullshit and no-one said a god dam thing, and even though Reo fought his way through that, no one gave him any credit or respect for that win.

What is going on here? Ridiculous.
you can complain about the resets, but we all know kabal is bull shit so at least in this particular match it balanced out. moving on, I for sure rooted for REO in this tourney, simply put REO is the best. the very best. like no one ever was. but come U FGT, my cheers are gonna be for my Chicago brethren. lets go team GGA!
 
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BS3OOO

Apprentice
A lot of times people root for the underdog. REO and CD Jr winning gets old after a while. That's just the consequence of being the best at what you do! But congrats to REO for winning and congrats to xSmokex for putting on a good show!
 
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Temjiin

www.mkxframedata.com
I appreciate being the #1 most hated MK player with 98% of the crowd always rooting for me to lose / get blown up. It's been like this with me even before MKDC.

It doesn't bother me one bit. 90% of the people who say I'm all luck and no skill wouldn't even make it out of pools at majors anyway. They can money match me for any amount if they have something to prove.
Before I met you on Sunday I thought you were a little arrogant and that's only from how you come across on the forums. There's also the fact you play Kabal, and people generally favour the underdog when someone is so consistent and dominant in their sport.

When I met you, you were nice enough to give me a match that I asked for and say 'good game' to me when in honesty it wasn't even a contest. I realised that you're a cool guy and if more people spoke to you in person they'd probably root for you too.

I think the main factors are how different you come across (in my opinion) in person compared to on TYM, how utterly dominant you've been in competetive MK (you've never placed lower than third, right? - You should see that as a complimentary factor) and just the plain fact that you use the best character.

I did root for Milky and xSmokex when they played you for different reasons, but I'll definitely root for you going forward. Like I said on Sunday, big congrats on winning Toryuken.
 

xSMoKEx

Coward Character User
Why are poeple now complaining about the resets that have been in the game for months?

Why are people complaining about Kabal when it's REO and not Kabal. Name one other Kabal who has won half as many majors as REO. (Minus MichaelAngelo and his pre-patch infinite)

I don't get it. It was a tournament, REO won. I accidentally got some bullshit glitch, and he still overcame the odds. Props to him on that.

On a side note thanks to everyone for supporting me in this thread, i appreciate it A LOT; that being said there is no need to bash any other player(s).
 
I think everyone just so hyped about XsmokeX's Smoke. That's all. I think this is nothing to do with REO or his Kabal. Congrats to both players for performing these great matches.
 
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Alright RyRy

Florida Kombat
I appreciate being the #1 most hated MK player with 98% of the crowd always rooting for me to lose / get blown up. It's been like this with me even before MKDC.

It doesn't bother me one bit. 90% of the people who say I'm all luck and no skill wouldn't even make it out of pools at majors anyway. They can money match me for any amount if they have something to prove.
REO you are the only person i like watching play. You use your character to the max. And that makes you the best player in MK.
 
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UsedForGlue

"Strength isn't everything"
you can complain about the resets, but we all know kabal is bull shit so at least in this particular match it balanced out. moving on,
Im sorry, but you can't just slam your opinion down throats and run from any potential reply that you have coming by just saying ''Moving on''. It's also Ironic to say ''You can complain about the resets'' and then go on to say ''Kabal is bullshit'', and in no way, does this match Balance out, especially considering the damage from one combo smoke can land, jesus.

Kabal is a very good character yes, but only when played at his highest possible potential (which REO does), and I am sorry if you have been swept away by the community majority opinion on ''who is the best in the game'' (to which we don't share the same opinion) and what apparently is ''bullshit'', which is ridiculous as you are comparing 90-100% resets with someones execution and control of a character.

You in no way could have had a problem with his Zoning or IAF's as there was zero of that evident in this match, so it could only have been the rushdown the Kabal put on, to which Kabal has a punishment and reaction from the opponent for every input, and for example - smoke could have read that REO would have done :bp Dash Cancel after the reset and :ex shaked out of it, or countered any :d:fk in his combination of strings, but he didn't, and that isn't the character Kabal's fault.

There is absolutely no ''moving on'' from this.
 

REO

Undead
Before I met you on Sunday I thought you were a little arrogant and that's only from how you come across on the forums. There's also the fact you play Kabal, and people generally favour the underdog when someone is so consistent and dominant in their sport.

When I met you, you were nice enough to give me a match that I asked for and say 'good game' to me when in honesty it wasn't even a contest. I realised that you're a cool guy and if more people spoke to you in person they'd probably root for you too.

I think the main factors are how different you come across (in my opinion) in person compared to on TYM, how utterly dominant you've been in competetive MK (you've never placed lower than third, right? - You should see that as a complimentary factor) and just the plain fact that you use the best character.

I did root for Milky and xSmokex when they played you for different reasons, but I'll definitely root for you going forward. Like I said on Sunday, big congrats on winning Toryuken.
You know just about everyone thinks I'm this extremely arrogant and cocky player until they meet in person. Maybe it's the way I type or word things but I'm actually very humble and helpful. Thanks for the kind words, again.



And I don't see what the big fuss is about Smoke getting a combo off an enhanced parry. It's basically like CSZ's enhanced parry, so what's the big deal? I kind of agree with Gengar on this one. Even with parry glitches and resets, it's still not enough to change the 7-3 match up. So Kabal essentially does deserve it.
 

DeathTouch

Iceman
I appreciate being the #1 most hated MK player with 98% of the crowd always rooting for me to lose / get blown up. It's been like this with me even before MKDC.

It doesn't bother me one bit. 90% of the people who say I'm all luck and no skill wouldn't even make it out of pools at majors anyway. They can money match me for any amount if they have something to prove.
everybody just jealous REO
KABAL WINS. No REO'S Kabal WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS
You are an awesome skilled player. Every body can see that, if not they are just dumb and blind thinking you are just lucky or whatever. blame it on Kabal. Get out of here ! No One has won as much with him like REO
 
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Espio

Kokomo
I don't hate on any player and I respect everyone, but I root for underdogs and newbie players because I think it's more hype to see a new face or someone playing a low tier character find success against an established veteran and such.

Hating on people for their success is stupid and petty, wanting to see unique and different outcomes is not and I stand by that statement forever.

Congrats to REO, Maxter, xSmokex, and everyone else for a fantastic tournament and performance you all are solid players and made it hype.
 
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Metzos

You will BOW to me!
Lets not forget something here people. REO made Kabal, not the opposite. He has exposed this character to the fullest in terms of technicality. For that he deserves major props imo. I dont care what happened 4 patches before, no one feared Kabal back then like they are afraid of him now. Anyway REO gj on your victory m8, keep it up. Hope you attend in that UK major we were talking about in August.
 

Gengar

Hypnosis > Dreameater (its a reset)
Im sorry, but you can't just slam your opinion down throats and run from any potential reply that you have coming by just saying ''Moving on''. It's also Ironic to say ''You can complain about the resets'' and then go on to say ''Kabal is bullshit'', and in no way, does this match Balance out, especially considering the damage from one combo smoke can land, jesus.

Kabal is a very good character yes, but only when played at his highest possible potential (which REO does), and I am sorry if you have been swept away by the community majority opinion on ''who is the best in the game'' (to which we don't share the same opinion) and what apparently is ''bullshit'', which is ridiculous as you are comparing 90-100% resets with someones execution and control of a character, absolute mind numbing ignorance.

You in no way could have had a problem with his Zoning or IAF's as there was zero of that evident in this match, so it could only have been the rushdown the Kabal put on, to which Kabal has a punishment and reaction from the opponent for every input, and for example - smoke could have read that REO would have done :bp Dash Cancel after the reset and :ex shaked out of it, or countered any :d:fk in his combination of strings, but he didn't, and that isn't the character Kabal's fault.

There is absolutely no ''moving on'' from this.
dude chill out, firstly, im not shoving my opinion down anyones throat. and i said moving on, because i was moving on in my post. its called a transition. other versions include "additionally, further more, secondly, however, ect." i wasnt trying to dismiss what you said nor was i trying to avoid a response.

additionally (its just a transition, calm down bro) did you even read my post? what irony are you talking about? it seems pretty clear that im saying both smoke and kabal are bull shit, so its a mute point. how is that ironic? let me help you out, do you see how between those thoughts i used the word "but?" that is to essentially point out that you cant complain bout the resets due to the fact that kabal is bullshit. in a sense the sentence went like this, "you can complain about something, but you really cant complain about it because the other side of it is just as dumb." this is as clear as i can make it.

im not going to argue with you about how kabal is bullshit, and definitely not in this thread. alot of people agree that kabal is a bit obnoxious, and everyone seems to agree that he is invariably the best in the game. the only reason that kabals BS zoning didnt come into play is because smoke is the only character that completely nullifies it with shake.

to me, it was a great hype match and i loved every second of it, and my favorite part was when REO came out the victor. i dont think that smokes resets were dumb in this match. the other matches however, those resets were dumb as fuck. but against kabal, and ESPECIALLY against REO, you have to do EVERYTHING in your power to win. its an uphill struggle no matter what.
 

Protagonist_1

Champion
No one hates you REO (and if they do, that's pretty stupid), it's just that people have a tendency to root for the underdog more. That was the main reason why I was rooting for XsmokeX. Upsets = Hype....and I like hype. I'm a fan of hype, and not only players. Hell, if a low tier character makes it to top 8, you can bet that I'll be rooting for that character than a top player.

Just like when Reo was using Mileena against PL at evo....more people rooted for Reo because Kung Lao was a higher tier, and Reo was (at that time) considered the underdog (getting donations to go to evo and making it to GF in the first mk evo tourney ever! Doesn't get more better and underdog than that!).

That's just me I guess, I root for the underdog because I'm a fan of hype.
 
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Jer

I'm a literal Sloth
REO is just a good player, I don't think anyone should hate on him at all.

I rooted for Canadians straight up because it's my country, but obviously it's a pleasure to watch your Kabal play, especially in person.

This is the first tournament I actually talked to you at and you're really cool, and props to giving Jedah tips and stuff, it was his first tournament outside Montreal and you showed how chill you really are.
 

exyle

Mortal
Can't believe people are still whining about resets. Smoke, Cyrax, Jax's 100% reset, whatever. Get over it. None of them are even top 5.
Besides, it doesn't change that Kabal still rapes Smoke : 7-3. Even if Kabal get frozen in a glitch.
Props to REO for not complaining about the glitch. REO took a full combo because of a glitch!! I would've been pissed as hell.
 

NYCj360

i Use a modded cyber now
Forget hating on REO, those smoke resets were bullshit and no-one said a god dam thing about it, and even though Reo fought his way through that and had to heavily adapt to this match, no one gave him any credit or respect for that win.

What is going on here?
Ridiculous.

You know whats funny i was about to mention this. The fact that no one said a god damn thing about someone hitting a shit load of resets every match but everyone blows up when a cyrax hits one god damn reset. Everyone know where i stand on the resets and if you don't then just know that im not against them even being used in competetive play, though i feel the game would be better without them. All hell breaks loose when a cyrax player hits them but when smoke was hitting them at a ridiculous rate all i heard was cheers. I may not have the same view on resets as UsedForGlue but i agree with his above statement whole heartedly.

xSMoKEx i just want to congradulate you on your placing, you did an awesome job and the rate at which you landed such an inconsistant reset off of any random hit was impressive. My above statement is taking absolutely no credit from you but just shedding a light on this controversial topic of resets. Aside from the resets your tactics and hit confirms were just amazing. Great job and i hope to see you in more tournaments or play you on psn some time in the future.

REO as always brother good job winning with your godlike skills, execution and reflexes. I cant say anything i havent said before other than hold that kabal necklace up high lol
 
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