For the record, this happened because Max was labbing Baraka and Sonic popped up in chat offering to help him learn the character. So yeah, shout out to Sonic for being a bro.
Only reason Max doesn't compete is by choice, not because he's unable to. Performance anxiety, the pressure, if he goes into something to be competitive he takes it to heart if he underperforms. Made a video about it years ago, saying he'd rather focus on semi-competitive play on stream, where he wants to keep getting better but doesn't truly play to tryhard win
Im better with Sektor . I try not to spam the same enhanced blade combos cuz every time I do , my opponent rage quits . Or then again idk if I’m actually “spamming “ I overthink anytime I win . When I lose , I give myself shit for losing and when I win , i keep thinking I won cuz I spammed and that’s why ppl leave the match .
I’m finally starting to figure out some of my biggest mistakes in fighting games. I’m very impatient especially after knockdown and I always go in for pressure. I have to work harder on hanging back and playing footsies more and don’t get too overeager to keep pressing the attack.
Man, SonicFox really did not wanna give up that first round. He broke a starter at sub-100, I think even sub-50, health, and played very patient and meticulous and won the round with a miniscule amount of health remaining.
@@gmork1090stop making excuses. Sonic obviously washed because it's sonic, but let's not just act like it's impossible for him to lose rounds unless he doesn't try. People also say shit like this when sonic loses in tournament, online, in FT10s, and every other time sonic has ever lost. Underselling your favorite player's opponents doesn't make them look better either, so it's counterproductive regardless.
@@moistman3110I love Max and I'm not a sonicfox fan or anything (I acknowledge he is a beast tho) and this is just my opinion but... doesn't the fact that Max didn't win any of the 5-6 matches tell that he is not on sonicfox level? He took rounds yeah but I mean I once had like 30 matches (maybe even more) against a CLEARLY better player than me on MKX and I managed to win 1 single match, I had play MKX like 2 weeks online by that point and only single player offline
@@FrankSeikenBy competitive he means Max was able to win some rounds. Of course Sonic gonna win every match, he’s literally one of the best pros. That’s like scoring against LeBron.
Thr thing is both have the adapt to the enemy brain set Max is great it's one of the best in the world it may sound over hyling it but really compare it with the vast majority of people who play fighting games And you have sonic fox is like a younger even more potential version of him he's a monster because of that on the fly adaptation Its so fun to see
Remember when Max started going to Ki tournaments? And actually wrecking it? The dood is a beast, pros should be thankfull he does this for content only
@@DarkPaladinX77from what I learned over the years, the longer you played fighting games, the easier it is to grasp the fundementals for each new game you play.
Oh, Didn't know that Baraka's Fatal Blow puts the chipping bone on his target, so he can chip targets health when they don't flawlessly block his incoming attacks.
We all know what SonicFox is gonna do when he steps out on stage lol, especially with Kenshi. But I honestly absolutely loved your Smoke gameplay. I saw moves I hadn't even seen before. Great work and thx for the upload
Seen this live on Saturday morning. Gotta say I was looking forward to this. Happy you two had great matches displaying the destructive duo of Baraka and Cyrax.
@heretopissyouoff8439 what about your opponents enjoyment to the game when facing the baraka and getting destroyed, having a broken characters ruins casual play more than it does for esports
Sonic has the best hand eye coordination we’ll probably ever see in fighting games but it would be good too see max play one character and no other games too see how much he could push he’s skill!
This is rare, but EPIC!! You don't ever see these two lock horns against each other (Max Dood vs SonicFox), on a day to day basis. The Baraka/Cyrax duo is probably the best tag team in MK1. Combos with these two icons are insane 🤯
whoever came up with idea of kenshi's puppet ability needs to be captured and forced to play against sonic fox in first to 10 and not given food and water until beats him with sub zero 🖕
He tried before just didn't vibe with it in the long run. Plus he has a kid now and he enjoys being a variety streamer for the most part these days, so while it would be cool, I doubt he'd do it at this point.
For the record, this happened because Max was labbing Baraka and Sonic popped up in chat offering to help him learn the character. So yeah, shout out to Sonic for being a bro.
❤they’re pretty awesome
Hmmm that might be offensive
@@KCAssassin98Anyone can be a bro. Even a girl. But I get where you're coming from
@@KCAssassin98Everything everyone says is offensive
@@SirDubbsHow offensive, good Sir! 😆
the fact that Max downloaded what SonicFox showed him and used the tech in his online matches right after says a lot too lol
One thing max has always been good at is absorbing and using info from his opponents.
Fr. He might not be a competitive or pro fg player but the man is a beast.
Only reason Max doesn't compete is by choice, not because he's unable to. Performance anxiety, the pressure, if he goes into something to be competitive he takes it to heart if he underperforms. Made a video about it years ago, saying he'd rather focus on semi-competitive play on stream, where he wants to keep getting better but doesn't truly play to tryhard win
what did he download?
Max's brain is an FGC super computer.
I don't understand 75% of what Max is saying about these matches, but they're still fun to watch regardless.
Same man lol
Jargon mostly. If you get into fighting games a lot of it becomes fundamental.
Footsies, juggles, neutral, Dragon Punch, Korean wave dash, and etc were foreign to me back in the day too.
Fighting Game Terminology takes a while to understand
@@retierashia I've watched max for years and still dont understand most of it because most of it doesn't sound intuitive at all.
Sonicfox's Kenshi is terrifying to watch. The moment he gets the Frost freeze out, he pretty goes into onslaught mode with Sento.
No joke, feels like watching how Kenshi probably fights canonically.
@@spartanhawk7637 hopefully next game that comes out we get to see some of that Kenshi fighting, or any character for that matter lol
To play like the best you have to fight the best. Love this
Baraka and Cyrax are insane together.
Combos on top of combos on top of combos. Nothing but blades as far as the eye can see.
Im better with Sektor . I try not to spam the same enhanced blade combos cuz every time I do , my opponent rage quits . Or then again idk if I’m actually “spamming “ I overthink anytime I win . When I lose , I give myself shit for losing and when I win , i keep thinking I won cuz I spammed and that’s why ppl leave the match .
@@RubexQewbbro just play the game lol learn from losses. Enjoy wins. Have fun always.
I wish Cyrax was playable.
the chip is broken
I’m finally starting to figure out some of my biggest mistakes in fighting games. I’m very impatient especially after knockdown and I always go in for pressure. I have to work harder on hanging back and playing footsies more and don’t get too overeager to keep pressing the attack.
Dude I loved seeing this soooo much also I’m so glad this is the best version of Baraka that we’ve gotten like ever
I agree, think he was one of the few truly fun characters in mk11 and he seems even better here
@@yourmother9747not much is more satisfying than slicing
@@JacobMcBaggins drowning ppl midair is my pick, but you’re not wrong
Man, SonicFox really did not wanna give up that first round. He broke a starter at sub-100, I think even sub-50, health, and played very patient and meticulous and won the round with a miniscule amount of health remaining.
I love Max’s “I’ll be done in 1 second.” Then procedes to play 20 more minutes
Yes but the wife’s understand one minute in gamer time is about 20-30 mins 😅😆
Cyrax everytime: HELICOPTER HELICOPTER
This is just like Rocky 1. The local favorite vs the heavyweight champion of the world.
it brings me so much joy to see Max finally enjoying MK again! this is great!
I always knew Max was good at MK. I didn’t realize he was good enough to be competitive with SonicFox
@@gmork1090stop making excuses. Sonic obviously washed because it's sonic, but let's not just act like it's impossible for him to lose rounds unless he doesn't try. People also say shit like this when sonic loses in tournament, online, in FT10s, and every other time sonic has ever lost. Underselling your favorite player's opponents doesn't make them look better either, so it's counterproductive regardless.
@@moistman3110Hey. Shut up and don't start.
@@moistman3110I love Max and I'm not a sonicfox fan or anything (I acknowledge he is a beast tho) and this is just my opinion but... doesn't the fact that Max didn't win any of the 5-6 matches tell that he is not on sonicfox level? He took rounds yeah but I mean I once had like 30 matches (maybe even more) against a CLEARLY better player than me on MKX and I managed to win 1 single match, I had play MKX like 2 weeks online by that point and only single player offline
@@FrankSeikenYeah. Max is definitely on a high competitive level though. SonicFox is just.... SonicFox
@@FrankSeikenBy competitive he means Max was able to win some rounds. Of course Sonic gonna win every match, he’s literally one of the best pros. That’s like scoring against LeBron.
Honestly the ability to take multiple rounds off an evo world champion is impressive in itself
But to do it twice in a row is a whole new level of feat, especially if you still win even after you’re already “downloaded”
I love how Max learns as he plays
I’m so happy to see Max enjoying mortal kombat again =)
To even take a round off sonic fox is impressive, props my man
It is actually scary how fast both Max and SonicFox learn games lol
Thr thing is both have the adapt to the enemy brain set
Max is great it's one of the best in the world it may sound over hyling it but really compare it with the vast majority of people who play fighting games
And you have sonic fox is like a younger even more potential version of him he's a monster because of that on the fly adaptation
Its so fun to see
Remember when Max started going to Ki tournaments? And actually wrecking it? The dood is a beast, pros should be thankfull he does this for content only
@@shobrunosettle down.
@@DarkPaladinX77from what I learned over the years, the longer you played fighting games, the easier it is to grasp the fundementals for each new game you play.
Was waiting to watch your perspective of the games.
i’ve literally never seen mk1 kenshi played like this before. mesmerizing.
I love that SonicFox is so good at what he does that Max gets to read chat and get tips while he's stuck in a kombo LOL fun video!!
This man sonic already crazy with Kenshi god damm. Took some rounds off him with smoke. Gotta feel good about that. Great job max.
This video has to be a baraka main's lifelong dream lmao
It was awesome seeing these 2 finally fight. Big fans of both and watch both their streams so it was a very cool crossover stream
Yeah, Baraka needs some tuning on chip damage. You can generate half a combo of damage on block.
Amazing crossover!!!
Big props to Max for keeping his kool. I'd be so tilted fighting a Kenshi like that
That Kenshi combo is nasty
The day has come where I see Max vs SonicFox!
It isn't the first time. They fought in Guilty Gear too and I think one other time as well.
@@DarkPaladinX77Dragon Ball FighterZ as well
It isn't the first time, but this time Max is in Sonic's domain.
@@r.f.switch5847I mean he was in Sonic domain in DBFZ too
It is always awesome seeing Max play against Sonicfox, matches are super fun to watch
Oh, Didn't know that Baraka's Fatal Blow puts the chipping bone on his target, so he can chip targets health when they don't flawlessly block his incoming attacks.
Dope seeing Max duke it out with SonicFox, I'd love to see more content from him similar to this but against others. Justin Wong next! Or SMUG!
We all know what SonicFox is gonna do when he steps out on stage lol, especially with Kenshi. But I honestly absolutely loved your Smoke gameplay. I saw moves I hadn't even seen before. Great work and thx for the upload
Seen this live on Saturday morning. Gotta say I was looking forward to this. Happy you two had great matches displaying the destructive duo of Baraka and Cyrax.
It’s Sunday my man, hope you haven’t missed anything important
@@ThePlasticBowlhe said LIVE as in he watched the stream
@@FrankSeiken my fault, reading is fundamental, you got it
you're always a winner in my book Max
I was rootin for Max when I seen the thumbnail
@@WaveHashirarookie mistake🤣
@8minato oh nah, I knew since it was Sonic he might not 😭
Crazy I went to high school with sonic fox had no idea he'd get this big...crazy seeing him on Max's channel always wanted to see them go at it
Pause.
I hate knowing they’ll eventually nerf Baraka. My boy feels so good right now
The only way for him to stay the way he is, is if they BUFF everyone else.
They need to nerf his chip, it's 300% other characters. Otherwise he's fine
@@RandomDude-is1ngand that won’t happen because it makes zero sense to buff everyone else when you can just nerf one character.
@Invictus-Solaris it does if you think about enjoyment instead esports
@heretopissyouoff8439 what about your opponents enjoyment to the game when facing the baraka and getting destroyed, having a broken characters ruins casual play more than it does for esports
I normally don't say it, but I find it funny on Baraka's alt outfit, that he grow out bandages from his blades seen in his intro 3:04
Baraka animates so fuckin well. Don't think I've ever loved seeing Baraka more than this game.
the crossover i never knew i needed
Insanely impressive to even do as well as you did against the literal best MK player.
3:17 Man said "I will be done in one second" and ended playing for the next one hour.😂💀
19:02
Max: "I need to go back to Smoke's move-list to figure out what he does."
Proceeds to do a 19 hit combo right after
Waiting on you to drop this!! Yessir
Sonic has the best hand eye coordination we’ll probably ever see in fighting games but it would be good too see max play one character and no other games too see how much he could push he’s skill!
That's cap lmao
Nah. Sonic is good, even great, but he falls off heavy after balance patches and new game meta.
Probably not the best ever but his is up there
This is rare, but EPIC!!
You don't ever see these two lock horns against each other (Max Dood vs SonicFox), on a day to day basis. The Baraka/Cyrax duo is probably the best tag team in MK1. Combos with these two icons are insane 🤯
Agreed!
Let's be real, for a match against SonicFonix, this went really well. Good Job!
I swear man. When ever pro players come out with a new character/team up. Thats all you see online. Been fighting Baraka/Cyrax all damn day.
When Sonic switched to Kenshi I knew this was going to get real ugly real quick.
Yeah. You saw them matches with hm and his friend. Forgot his name. Lui Kang was his main in mkx.
@@alexdewayne9392ninjakilla?
God that Baraka skin is so good and it’s literally so hard to get
No filter during the x rays super ?? Or did TH-cam stop minding that stuff ?
15:20 LOL someone was really quoting Berleezy in the chat 🤣
Hi. I'm Jax.
Great matches. Max did good plus giving some interesting insights on tech 👏
Great seeing both sides of the fights they were a spectacle as usual!
It’s so nice to have an actual character select screen.
As opposed to what exactly?
@@goldsage4722whatever MK11 had
@@theprotagonist1311MK11 had a even better Select Screen, where you could use different skins you saved
Huh?😂
Honestly i wish sf6 had the option to pick another character in casuals.
whoever came up with idea of kenshi's puppet ability needs to be captured and forced to play against sonic fox in first to 10 and not given food and water until beats him with sub zero 🖕
that was very specific
Lol. But funny. Because I get it.
This fight alone is elder dragon tier
I feel you Max. Getting that cancel done in a combo properly with this net code is damn impossible sometimes
Dood just the fact you were taking rounds from sonic is crazy. You are hella good at fighting games keep going
SonicFox is such a beast in every game they play, its horrifying how good someone can be at every fighting game they touch
They?
@@matthewnewman6039 Yeah? He goes by He/They? Their Twitter account says nonbinary?
It’s called not taking a shower
Damn if your Smoke was a little more clean you could’ve definitely taken some matches there.
Max put that work in 😂
I'm just here to see how this Max vs Fox match could stretch the 21 minutes instead of 3.
So... Kenshi is just Vergil now? Okay^^
It's crazy how i know nothing about MK but fighting game fundamentals are clearly there to see. Ggs dudes.
As a Kenshi main watching Sonic Fox do his thing has inspired me to get better
I like how Max is over here concentrating and I’m just over here lost in the sauce with the kenshi combos.
Awesome Matches with SonicFox Max.
SonicFox Kenshi is deadly indeed.
Is kenshi combos with his stand behind you crossup
Wow! Sooo good!
Max sat forward for this one
I think the delay wake up is a release wake up bc I’ve noticed the same exact thing countless times
Max you’re the most underrated fighting game champion that doesn’t have to compete ☮️
Any tips for a new MK1 player?
I love when people help others.
There’s no way u should be able to block an 8-10 hit combo and the opponent still be safe that’s crazy AF
I was waiting for this clip to happen
This was so fun to see live! Come to Twitch TH-cam gang!
“I’ll be done in one second”
Me: checks time and sees theres 17 minutes left
*He was not, in fact, done in one second*
The Kameo combo after the grab was sick by sonic
15:20 turns out to be Jax’s 😂
Battle of the gods fr
Max is the Liu Kang of earth realm in our timeline. Sonic is like Raiden. LoL
Great content dood
Epic as allways
When you’re fighting Kenshi, you have to hold the block button down for like an hour
Max is like copycat by losing... if you show him enough he will come back & destroy you by your own skills love it
Kakashi the copy ninja
Wow like, SonicFox vs Max was like, the one thing I never expected to see in a million years ngl.
You should play competitive dude. The talent is there. Man going toe to toe with a comp player. Let’s Go!!!!!
He tried before just didn't vibe with it in the long run. Plus he has a kid now and he enjoys being a variety streamer for the most part these days, so while it would be cool, I doubt he'd do it at this point.
I think he quit doing it because of health issues, but I’m not sure.
@@Distortia1994 I don't recall him saying he had health issues.
@DarkPaladinX77 he said he got bad anxiety plating tournaments and it made his heart feel like it would explode.
I get discouraged thinking about kombat league because of Baraka and Cyrax...lol😅😂😂😂😂
Can anyone explain to me why smoke didn't lose any meter at 19:17 after doing the smoke cancel?
Smokes cancels don't require meter burning
@@Blissfulkhan that's wild
This sonixfox guy looks pretty good. I suspect we'll see great things from him in the future
Yeah i think he’d definitely have a chance during the next evo fr
You should fight foxygrandpa next
I remember the first two def jam games but the third one was assluster lmao😂
What funny last week I JUST watched the video SonicFox vs PerfectLegend for the first time and that shiii was insane! 🔥
How do you get that baraka skin Sonic has?
2 shows in one
Looks like we are blessed today 😄
Baraka/Cyrax, Smoke/Scorpion, and Raiden/Jac are definitely the meta right now
Lmao Sonic was holding back here outta respect
When was this? When did this happen!!!!! On stream???