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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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champdee

champdee

Apprentice
cool topic, I like tom as the best sub outta all nrs games, one of the best aquamans too

edit: would cool to have like catagories
eg: best (results)
most savage players

I dunno I'm thinking..
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
CrimsonShadow said:
Other players who placed at PowerUp 2011:
Floe
Arturo Sanchez
THTB

Other players who placed at PowerUp 2012:
MK_Legend
Digimon (Sheeva... And Jade)

Players who placed at CEO 2011:
JT Circus
Banana Ken
PR Rog
Arturo Sanchez

Now, while this is not to disparage anyone, and some of these are people that have done well in their main games, the point is... These games change a lot in a short amount of time. And once the games hit their stride, the qualifications to place top 8 at the biggest majors, once competition is at it's highest, goes to another level entirely.

So unless you're also voting Arturo into the MK hall of fame (which I don't think even he would claim), you have to be really careful about comparing early majors with PR Rog making Top 8 to the true heart of competitive MK9 (events like MLG, etc). When you look at who was Top 8 at MLG in 2012 (especially from Anaheim on) and who they had to go through to get there, as well as who was Top 8 at EVO in 2012 and 2013 it's an entirely different story.

I don't think anyone who placed at one of MK9's truly golden-era majors is comparing their results from Seasons Beatings 2011 to say, EVO 2012. Just like you're not going to hear WoundCowboy bragging about placing with Sub Zero at MWC 2015 and trying to hold it up with SCR 2016 or something. It's just a different measuring stick before the game's competitive community solidifies.
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That last time flow placed I think in any game was pdp mk9
 
16 Bit

16 Bit

Mash d+1~Cat Claws
Elder God
NetherRealm Studios
Tom Brady said:
No, but again.. all the sz's that have ever competed in the USA are in the same boat as me at big USA majors. I'm not claiming anything in MKX. I mean, im not here to argue with you. You say i was bad at all 3 games, so I was bad lol. No conversation will change that.
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It's ok Tom. Me, you and Wafflez can argue MK9 resumes in the old folks home forever.
 
tafka Djinn

tafka Djinn

One for three off the roof
Tom's record in MK9, and IGAU are pretty fantastic, and his MKX record is better than most on this forum. The problem is that sadly even the leather jacket himself isn't top 5 when discussing all three because results for MKX were overshadowed by the results of others in the running across all three games. Same goes for PL.

I say top three is Sonicfox, and the Terry brothers cleanly. Fourth and fifth for me would be REO, and Pig.
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
YOMI FOREVER KING said:
But regardless you see my point? An Evo top 8 doesn't automatically make you better than everyone, you just played exceptionally well that particular weekend. I understand all the glory behind an Evo top 8, but when comparing skill between players one Evo top 8 is not better than 10 major top 8's. There are alot of major tournaments where almost all the best players go anyways (CEO, Combo Breaker, KIT) so they are almost just as hard as Evo, Evo just has like 800+ pot monsters thrown in the mix
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Not true a large # of players don't attend EC majors during mk9-inj and mkx

At evo everyone is there

Agree to disagree, we aren't far off on our list
 
haketh

haketh

Champion
I wanna hear reasons for why people don't put Cowboy in Top 5

I aint biggest fan of dude *Sinestro keeping that shit with Trait+Pushblock would have been broke* but the resume speaks for itself
 
Tom Brady

Tom Brady

Champion
Tweedy said:
Tom's issue imo is that he ties results to his character, rather than to.... Idk, maybe Madzin, Buffalo and him just weren't able to get top 8 all of those times.
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No man, I dont think i was top at MKX. I'd for sure give Madzin the nod as a top player overall though. It doesnt matter if he was a loyalist or not because results matter and not who you used to get them. He also does have quality wins vs top players. IMO, he would have prob never missed a top 8 in the USA if he mained Lasher Takeda, Smoke, etc..
 
navaroNe

navaroNe

Nobody's afraid of Bruce Wayne
YOMI FOREVER KING said:
I know this looks like a dozen other threads we've seen on TYM before, but this one's actually different. I want to talk about the best NRS players in general, as in all 3 NRS games. If you are only good at MK9, you won't be making this list. If you've only played MKX and Injustice, you aren't making this list. In order to make this list, you have to be great at ALL 3 NRS games and have a good tournament resume to back it up for all 3.

So without further delay, I'll announce the top 3 in my opinion.

Sonicfox
DJT
ForeverKing

In my opinion, this is the undebatable top 3. These 3 players all won tournaments and placed many top 8's in all 3 games, and in their primes were basically able to beat any other player on the planet in all 3 games. As far as tournament results go, the top 3 is uncontested.

The next 2 spots can become very debatable though. I'll name a few contestants and some honorable mentions as well:

MIT - Evo medals in all 3 games
Wound Cowboy - Top 20 player in MK9 and Injustice, top 10 player in MKX
Foxy Grampa - If he would have traveled more for MK9/Injustice I can almost guarantee his results would as good as the top 3 or better
REO - Many top 8's across all 3 games, stopped playing Injustice very early though
Perfect Legend - Many top 8's in Injustice/MK9, MKX a little rough though made ESL finals a few times
Pig of the Hut - Same boat as Perfect Legend
Slayer - Top 8's across all 3 games, MKX was his best for sure not super top in the others
M2Dave - Did very well in MK9, would have probably done the same in the other 2 games if he traveled
Noobe - Very solid in all 3 games
Gross - Very solid in all 3 games
Ketchup & Mustard - Very solid in all 3 games

As far as tournament results go, I'd have to give the next two spots to MIT and Wound Cowboy. As far as honest opinion goes, I would probably swap out Wound for Foxy because Foxy is just ridiculous but didn't get to compete offline that often in the first two games.
So what do you guys think? Did I miss any honorable mentions? Also Happy New Years TYM :D
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I cringe when I see people put themselves in their top whatever list
 
Pig Of The Hut

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
TheGangstaFace said:
Call outs fam?
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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
 
TheGangstaFace

TheGangstaFace

Psn, Xbox, Twitter: TheGangstaFace
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 think it's just because people are super sensitive. Like people take this beyond a video game when it comes to shit talking sometimes. A lot of people don't know how to separate real life from playing a video game. Tweedy on the other hand is just annoying lol. Nothing to do with his play or anything. Just annoying and super self centered. Whether it's an act or not is beyond care by me or a lot of people. It just drags on to the point where it's like "alright I gotta block this guy." That's just me though. I don't mind people talking shit. It's fun and spices things up but what he does just...bleh.

I do agree though that people are a little too friendly. Like nah Bruh I'm tryna mop in Injustice 2. I would've given it a shot with this game but it took me too long to migrate to PS4 and Injustice 2 is around the corner. Hopefully I hold my own when Injustice 2 comes and I wanna call people out. It'll be fun, entertaining, and it'll really drive the competitive aspect
 
ForeverKing

ForeverKing

Patreon.com/MK_ForeverKing
haketh said:
I wanna hear reasons for why people don't put Cowboy in Top 5

I aint biggest fan of dude *Sinestro keeping that shit with Trait+Pushblock would have been broke* but the resume speaks for itself
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It's debatable. You could say MIT edges him out because Evo medal in all games, or you could say Cowboy got more top 8's in Injustice then him. It's a tough call
 
SaltShaker

SaltShaker

In Zoning We Trust
TheGangstaFace said:
I think it's just because people are super sensitive. Like people take this beyond a video game when it comes to shit talking sometimes. A lot of people don't know how to separate real life from playing a video game. Tweedy on the other hand is just annoying lol. Nothing to do with his play or anything. Just annoying and super self centered. Whether it's an act or not is beyond care by me or a lot of people. It just drags on to the point where it's like "alright I gotta block this guy." That's just me though. I don't mind people talking shit. It's fun and spices things up but what he does just...bleh.

I do agree though that people are a little too friendly. Like nah Bruh I'm tryna mop in Injustice 2. I would've given it a shot with this game but it took me too long to migrate to PS4 and Injustice 2 is around the corner. Hopefully I hold my own when Injustice 2 comes and I wanna call people out. It'll be fun, entertaining, and it'll really drive the competitive aspect
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Nah I hear what you're saying but I think it's more of the era. We live in the "participation award" era and it shows with the new generation of players.
 
Aqueous_Echo

Aqueous_Echo

Kombatant
Tweedy said:
I've always wondered how big of an asterisk there is next to Dizzy's Combo Breaker win.

From what I understand he had access to the game 4-5 months in advance?

I'd win Combo Breaker this year if they gave me Injustice 2 right now. That's way too much of an advantage.
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There's a reason "The Dizzy Knee" is a thing. Watch VODs of this mans matches in MK9 tournaments.
 
C

Colest

Mid-Tier 'Mancer Main
I think it's very hard to argue that 4 spots belong to (in no particular order):
- Sonicfox
- Reo
- ForeverKing
- DJT

The fifth slot can be either Pig or PL. PL had better MK9 record but I felt Pig looked better in MKX. I don't know PL's injustice record. I voted for Pig. Players without results in MK9 shouldn't be in the discussion.

EDIT: Didn't see MIT in the poll. Don't know his Injustice record but it'd be hard not to argue him being in top 5. The dude got into top 8 at EVO with fucking scorpion in MK9. 5th slot probably needs to go to King or Pig then.
 
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