So here's something I thought about.
This game sorely needs a way, way better tutorial system.
Yesterday, when playing in a KOTH with three men older than I with kids, they had no idea how to get past Necromancer Shinnok's zoning. I went on a 14 game win streak before getting fed up with trying to explain how to deal with it.
They would even go back and say that MK9 was a better fighter because there were invincible wakeups. (Try not to laugh here.)
Truth is, look at all the bad players a month in, into rank match. Or anywhere. Yes, the NRS scene attracts the most casuals due to the nostalgia factor MK brings, but they aren't really taught how to deal with situstions like this. They get taught mechanics.
NRS needs to go the Skullgirls route in the future, which is explain how to deal with mids, how to deal with highs and lows, and this especially applies to zoning.
You can look up all the combo vids in the world, but even NuckleDu, an experienced USF4 player who's sponsored by Team Liquid did not know you could just simply duck the machine gun shots and then go in, occasionally blocking an EX missile at Texas Showdown 2015.
I remember Max (yes, again try not to laugh) saying something of the sort that new fighters NEED tutorial/trial mode systems like these. I agree, because I have not met a single casual player yet who did not previously play past NRS titles well know what they are doing.
Just my two cents. You can look up all the Tom Brady & REO, Ketchup vids... But not all new players are going to know where to look for that info and I feel like NRS should be obligated to teach people about the game they made just as much.
