DC HUSTLE 106 said:
Shock said:
I could name a lot of players who can beat 99% of players on XBL. 99.9% however, not that many.
i hope your including yourself in the 99.9%. I guess you can name a lot because of what they have done to you.
Just because they probably own you doesn't mean they will do us like that.
What I mean is there's probably 100 players who could always beat 99% even though 100 players is 99.9 percentile, in the top 100 players there's only a handful who can consistently beat everyone under them which separates them from the top 1% into below.
Lex, Moe, Thrower, CD, DC, Shaney, JJ, Broken, Pajaro, I guess UMK Killer since everyone speaks highly of him, although I played him maybe 3 total matches and was lagged and had to leave, and myself off the top of my head can beat basically anyone under that level without much effort. Lately I've been playing people more to teach them then to beat them. The community is big enough now that it isn't at the top of my list to be on top anymore but I did try hard to rank up UltimateMKoCOM to top 5 for the sake of advertising the site to random players. I'm glad there are so many guys who are striving for excellence. Sorry if I forgot anyone on that lists, there are a few others.
There are also a number of other players who are very good with a couple characters, probably to the point where they could beat virtually anyone with maybe 1 or 2 characters but I can't include them on that list. Consistency with multiple characters, beating high tier character with lower ones vs players with roughly the same skill etc is all a major component. If someone is randoming vs you, and you are picking all your best and still having trouble, or losing, they are most likely better than you.
So anyway, what I really have always wanted is to get people out to tournaments. Playing online is cool, and it brings up a lot of this kind of discussion, "Who's the best?" etc, but online there is a lot of room for error, which is why some of the VERY best don't play and I completely and totally understand that. I think there are enough good quality players out there whom I get a solid connection to and have fun and still be able to compete. If it's too delayed, laggy or there is frame skip (which results in input/packet loss) and you're playing someone who is as good or even nearly as good who has no handicaps, it's not fun. I can tolerate handicaps vs at least 99% of players.
In situations where lag was related to multiple players in the room, I have had players say to me "I liked it better when you had lag" because I got to play them 1 on 1 and they couldn't beat me. I also use to use the keyboard online from time to time before my XFPS crapped out and had players ask me not to use it. It's like saying "I liked it better when you used the 50% life code." All of these variables that dance around even XBL, being everyone uses one console and CPU for instance, there are still things that prevent a complete perspective.
Going back to when the game was first out, both players using the exact same control type (for example on an arcade machine) was the only way to show who's had it. Even in THIS situation you will experience issues like one stick is loose, the other isn't, things like that. I am even affected by how I'm standing when I play. If I'm next to someone who's hogging machine space I will nudge them over until I'm in a comfortable position.
On a side note, I wonder how many people who voted have actually played everyone on the list, let alone more than once.
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