It's so amazing and fun to see how the combos and strategies in this game have evolved in only just a few years. If you go back and watch the 2011 and 2012 tournaments, you just can't compare how good they were back then anymore. Netherrealm studios did such a great job. I love this game!
If comments on the various youtube videos of MK9 fights are true, 85 % of all the MK9 characters are cheap, OP, imba etc.: "Kung Lao is sooo cheap", "Kenshi is the cheapest character of all time", "Kabal is totally imba", "Cyrax is way OP", "Cage should be banned from tournaments, so cheap", "Raiden's teleport makes him so imba!", "even a noob could win EVO with Smoke, so cheap", "speaking of noobs, Noob Saibot is totally OP, can just stand there and spam shadows", "only cheap players use Sonja, she's imba like hell" and on and on it goes. I think the only character I've never seen being accused of being cheap is Sheeva. Guess you need to win a tournament with her to not be considered "cheap".
It's because unlike other fighting games MK is played by a lot of casual guys who do 2-5 hit combos (Spear into uppercut, Smoke bomb into Air throw etc.) and think knowing fatalities makes you the shit and is the main goal of the game. It's more commercial and there are people who play the game like it's still 1992 when the first one came out. BTW I've read comments complaining about Sheeva... "peepul spam teh unblokaball grownd pownd and u you cant do anything also teh 14% on a throw? wat makes her so specall?!" It's stupid and you just have to ignore it. :/
The only character I feel is cheap is Cyrax. Kabal might seem cheap to people but from what I hear it takes a while to master nomad dash cancel and such. But with Cyrax all you do is need to memorize one combo and you're pretty much guaranteed to win a match.
Here's a big secret that will help you in life; Everyone bitches. No matter how good they have it everyone bitches. And this is in everything not just in video games you're going to see this in jobs and everything. Everyone thinks they have it so much worse than they have it in reality.
Seeing a Kenshi player get smacked down by Johnny Cage is so satisfying. I'm not too sure what the devs were thinking when they designed Kenshi's moves but he's really cheap.
That pretty much goes for all of the DLC characters, Freddy is also a terrible matchup for Cage but has a much steeper learning curve (although I think another part to some extent of it is that players don't like using him because they'd rather play a traditional MK character lol). In fact, ironically, NRS designed Rain to be the most overpowered and he's actually the worst of the four.
Morgan Freeman That's a laughable example misguided by online play. Even before Deathstroke was nerfed in Injustice, his rap sheet is meagre compared to Zod, Batgirl and MMH (all of which are DLC characters, anyone seeing the correlation here hmm?)
strykah92 Deathstroke isn't OP, he's just annoying to fight against. That's the story with most zone-heavy characters. Unfortunately Kenshi takes it a step beyond being 'zone heavy' and is just broken.
nah, he's not cheap, Noob is cheap, Kenshi is too slow and both "Rising Karma" and "Spirit Charge" are too predictable to be annoying as Noob's "Shadows", Noob is alot faster than Kenshi, and he still has a "teleport move" -___- ... so... yeah... !!
ILIKECHICKEN76 Really? I play very often with Scorpion and get often owned because i use the Teleport… (just block it) And everyone who uses Noobs teleport is a noob (haha, get it? Noob=noob…).
@flamingninja98- it's because the opponent can not wake up attack, and he can only recover into a block. Therefore, Cage still maintains pressure advantage, which is Cage's game. You then get a whole lot of chip damage from F333 or 111 for free.
To anyone who bitches about a player's certain character choices or fight style, it's a TOURNMANENT. They are fighting for MONEY. Who gives a shit if someone spam zones or does constant back dashing. The best player wins, period. It's called survival of the fittest.
Here's a few words for ya: fairplay, honor, pride, respect. Winning without these doesn't really feel worth it, unless you are some sort of cold ass sociopath.
Dude I was totally thinking about the magic school bus episode where they shrunk the bus super small and drove through the boys scab into his body and delivered antibiotics so he wouldn't be sick. The best. I think the guys name was Stanley
Hello everyone. Tell me please a name of song, playing in 01:45:30. I think, this is some beautiful remix of Guile Theme. But I need to know exact title.
This was really great to watch. Enjoyed it a lot, very different from all fighting games. i miss brutalities!! i think people sleep on this game. Its #1 for taking it to the next level!!
I remember this one guy who played that character..... what was his name again? It's okay, no worries. We're just sleep deprived/haven't been on the scene for 9 months, it's cool to not remember anyone's name during commentary. Anyway, shout outs to that guy! I... I just can't... *cringe* Regardless, great matches. Good to see a Liu Kang and a Sektor in Top 8.
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Blocked normals still cause chip damage in this game and nut punch allows Cage to follow up any combo he does with a free Block String. Anytime you knock someone down they have the option to do a wake up attack or a tech roll in order to reverse or avoid any follow up offense. Nut Punch allows Cage to bypass all of the guess work and just go right back on the offense and, at the very least, adds a little bit of guaranteed damage to the end of your combo.
My top ten mk9 for matches agaist other players 10. Smoke 9. Kabal 8. Shao Kahn 7. Kenshi 6. Goro 5. Sub Zero 4. Scorpion 3. Cyrax 2. Raiden 1. Kintaro If I were these ppl at this tournament I would be kintaro he is a beast
That Kenshi vs Kitana match was a but much, I understand that these guys are really good, but what's with the trick spamming? These guys are good enough to do seriously good combos, and I know they're all competing but trick spamming is just cheap
hi ppz how yall doing im on xbox id say im real good need a gym partner who loves the game as me but very few people are even on these days any one fancy train gamertag plz thanks
***** What is the point of you comment? did you answer my question on what?? And my english isnt good not my maths idiot next time write comment when you only answer at it!!!
Not all champions can do more than 100% combo but i said that because he played smoke and he couldnt do a large combo because smoke is one of the most op champion in mk propably the best and i can do a combo with him 100% and more everytime!
Honestly, I think Kenshi players are cheap if you use those same couple specials you won the game which is unfair to certain players. For example, Kitana players.
i dont get all the hate on kenshi . his not that good , just like Dizzy showed in this tournamount . kenshi is so beatable .just jump at the right time and your good. kenshi vs cage its 6/4 for me , not hose 8/2 or 7/3 you see on TYM . Rushdown characters have the advantage in this game , kung lao , kabal , sonya, smoke , jax etc ...
DXXP haha true! I just hate that they nerfed Johnny. Also, I won tons of matches with Mileena & Kitana online but still Mileena is so unsafe. It's not fair
Kenshi should be forbidden on competetive matches, because you can basically win with every player ( bad or pro ) using 3 tricks ! KENSHI IS SO CHEAP !
It's so amazing and fun to see how the combos and strategies in this game have evolved in only just a few years. If you go back and watch the 2011 and 2012 tournaments, you just can't compare how good they were back then anymore. Netherrealm studios did such a great job. I love this game!
If comments on the various youtube videos of MK9 fights are true, 85 % of all the MK9 characters are cheap, OP, imba etc.: "Kung Lao is sooo cheap", "Kenshi is the cheapest character of all time", "Kabal is totally imba", "Cyrax is way OP", "Cage should be banned from tournaments, so cheap", "Raiden's teleport makes him so imba!", "even a noob could win EVO with Smoke, so cheap", "speaking of noobs, Noob Saibot is totally OP, can just stand there and spam shadows", "only cheap players use Sonja, she's imba like hell" and on and on it goes. I think the only character I've never seen being accused of being cheap is Sheeva. Guess you need to win a tournament with her to not be considered "cheap".
It's because unlike other fighting games MK is played by a lot of casual guys who do 2-5 hit combos (Spear into uppercut, Smoke bomb into Air throw etc.) and think knowing fatalities makes you the shit and is the main goal of the game. It's more commercial and there are people who play the game like it's still 1992 when the first one came out. BTW I've read comments complaining about Sheeva... "peepul spam teh unblokaball grownd pownd and u you cant do anything also teh 14% on a throw? wat makes her so specall?!" It's stupid and you just have to ignore it. :/
***** Sadly people think anything that hurts them is cheap. They're basically asking you to let them win just ignore them.
The only character I feel is cheap is Cyrax. Kabal might seem cheap to people but from what I hear it takes a while to master nomad dash cancel and such. But with Cyrax all you do is need to memorize one combo and you're pretty much guaranteed to win a match.
Here's a big secret that will help you in life; Everyone bitches. No matter how good they have it everyone bitches. And this is in everything not just in video games you're going to see this in jobs and everything. Everyone thinks they have it so much worse than they have it in reality.
andge1001 ive actually managed to beat all of those kinds of players witb sub zero
Seeing a Kenshi player get smacked down by Johnny Cage is so satisfying. I'm not too sure what the devs were thinking when they designed Kenshi's moves but he's really cheap.
That pretty much goes for all of the DLC characters, Freddy is also a terrible matchup for Cage but has a much steeper learning curve (although I think another part to some extent of it is that players don't like using him because they'd rather play a traditional MK character lol). In fact, ironically, NRS designed Rain to be the most overpowered and he's actually the worst of the four.
Same thing they were thinking when they made Deathstroke
Morgan Freeman
That's a laughable example misguided by online play. Even before Deathstroke was nerfed in Injustice, his rap sheet is meagre compared to Zod, Batgirl and MMH (all of which are DLC characters, anyone seeing the correlation here hmm?)
strykah92
Deathstroke isn't OP, he's just annoying to fight against. That's the story with most zone-heavy characters. Unfortunately Kenshi takes it a step beyond being 'zone heavy' and is just broken.
nah, he's not cheap, Noob is cheap, Kenshi is too slow and both "Rising Karma" and "Spirit Charge" are too predictable to be annoying as Noob's "Shadows", Noob is alot faster than Kenshi, and he still has a "teleport move" -___- ... so... yeah... !!
I have zero respect for kenshi players
Ikr
Do you mean "Sub-Zero"? :D
*****
lol exactly
and scorpions stupid teleport move and NOOBS stupid shadow throw move
ILIKECHICKEN76
Really? I play very often with Scorpion and get often owned because i use the Teleport… (just block it)
And everyone who uses Noobs teleport is a noob (haha, get it? Noob=noob…).
dat kitana seems soooo better than the guy playing kenshi. what a shame
1:05:19 lol the guy mentions throwing bodies and in MKX you can xD
Lol
timothy ross V
@flamingninja98- it's because the opponent can not wake up attack, and he can only recover into a block. Therefore, Cage still maintains pressure advantage, which is Cage's game. You then get a whole lot of chip damage from F333 or 111 for free.
perfect legend does the walk of shame after 16 bit eliminates him lmao
Damn Dizzy totally adjusted in these matchups, best Johnny Cage on the planet.
To anyone who bitches about a player's certain character choices or fight style, it's a TOURNMANENT. They are fighting for MONEY. Who gives a shit if someone spam zones or does constant back dashing. The best player wins, period. It's called survival of the fittest.
Here's a few words for ya: fairplay, honor, pride, respect. Winning without these doesn't really feel worth it, unless you are some sort of cold ass sociopath.
this game is so sick...loving it
Man, these guys play at such a high level!
In MKX you can throw zombies as an interactable
Dude I was totally thinking about the magic school bus episode where they shrunk the bus super small and drove through the boys scab into his body and delivered antibiotics so he wouldn't be sick. The best. I think the guys name was Stanley
Hello everyone. Tell me please a name of song, playing in 01:45:30. I think, this is some beautiful remix of Guile Theme. But I need to know exact title.
the exact title
Hashen Yu
Its Japanese and it means you just got trolled.
Very funny. Can anybody else write the name of the song?
Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament: (Road to EVO)
Fuck yeah, Johnny Cage!! Way to go, Dizzy :D
I love seeing pro smoke and kung Lao players those combos are so ill
This was really great to watch. Enjoyed it a lot, very different from all fighting games. i miss brutalities!! i think people sleep on this game. Its #1 for taking it to the next level!!
Lol that guy playing the flute from zelda savage af
I remember this one guy who played that character..... what was his name again?
It's okay, no worries. We're just sleep deprived/haven't been on the scene for 9 months, it's cool to not remember anyone's name during commentary.
Anyway, shout outs to that guy!
I... I just can't... *cringe*
Regardless, great matches. Good to see a Liu Kang and a Sektor in Top 8.
good games
Smokex where are you ?
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Galloping Ghost Arcade - multi-game player community.
Active MK9 and INJUSTICE players - 16 Bit, Soonk, Jeremiah, Wafflez, Han, Dizzy, Moe30w, PimPimJim etc.
why doesnt the "Finish Him" prompt pop up after the match ends? Is this some new tournament mode in game?
Because they put the no blood code at the start of the fights
They have blood turned off so that turns off the the ability to do fatalies as well
But would you recommend using the D pad or Joystick?
the smoke player had me looking all over the screen i'm like he there no he isn't he's on the other side... sick game
I wanna see Rain win a major tournament
Are they using something to make the game faster? i see them connecting something ?
This guy and Delriach are the best commentators I guess, except Isaiah TriForce.
What was that other game in the background? everyone was watching that lol
Dude, I ducking hope that the new MK has interactable a
My brain exploded with how good these guys are..how the fuck did they get so good?!
Play the game and having played alot of other fighting games makes one learn faster.
Play all the time. While you're shitting/eating/working/studying/sleeping they're playing this.
dizzy god like jhonny, its insane
How come there weren't any good Nightwolf's this tournament?
Great match betwen wafflez and pimpimjim
Mozamel w dniu jutrzejszym poziomie I love jest to bardzo dobry punkt den nie je to możliwe to granicą w jest roku na rok wydania to nie
Hungrybox teteu?
Why is the nut punch so good if the opponent can block and recover before Johnny can attack?Because he can set up his air punch?
Blocked normals still cause chip damage in this game and nut punch allows Cage to follow up any combo he does with a free Block String. Anytime you knock someone down they have the option to do a wake up attack or a tech roll in order to reverse or avoid any follow up offense. Nut Punch allows Cage to bypass all of the guess work and just go right back on the offense and, at the very least, adds a little bit of guaranteed damage to the end of your combo.
really interesting tournament
LOL I also got distracted by those monsters in the background! 25:30
Anyone remember when the nut punch couldn't work on females?
+YourLatinLover69 no it didnt
Hate when the commentating voices are ten times louder than the game play!
i never understood why jc players do a combo that ends on a nutpunch, and then they jump over and to the back of the other player
How do you guys get the names to go on the screen what u have to do
Video editing software
thanks
does it record live videos
MiserableBoi Nic yesh
i hope Mortal Kombat 10 will be the Best MK ever! i trust in the Designers! and the Combo Creators, give us an Epic MK10 please!!!
No blood? are they kids to use that code? are their mothers there? XD.
Hellbelial 666 I believe they use the code to cut off the lag, and stages like Hell I think are forbidden because of the lag too
Lag on stages what the hell? i play the game online and offline without any problems.
Hellbelial 666 Supposedly the combos are lagged or something thats what they say
Really weird i never have lag and i played booth version online and offline.
Hellbelial 666 It's to speed things up, with no blood it skips the fatality part which just holds the tournament up more than necessary.
are they not aloud to use xrays?
Do any pros play Ermac? He's kinda cheap but has some sick combos
Ermac is so fun
I heard that ermac is banned from all tournaments
+kara ward lol what?? He is not banned
+kara ward why would ermac be banned?
Why does Kenshi return in the Mortal Kombat X but not Skarlet or Rain? And what about Smoke!? He's my favorite character!
ikr and kabal cyrax sektor wtf?!?
***** ???
+One Winged Ice Angel
You'll get to play as Smoke now afterall :P .
triborg my dude
this comment was from a year ago, triborg wasnt out a year ago
16 bit's name is Steve?
All they had to do was say forever king in the beggining and now i am going to watch the entire vid
1:35:00 I'm speechless.
Yeah... man, that was sad, really.
Kenshi for handless chickens
SF community > MK community
IslamIstheWayforMe and what is that?
a lot of weed going on here! cheese!!
i hate when people shake my hand really hard and abrupt it makes me feel so weird like 16 bit and MIT O_O dunno it makes me feel weird
If Shao Kahn is available in this game KENSHI WILL CRUSHED!
what means UFGT9?
Curbolicious vs Dizzy. Top 2 Cage players.
Imagine losing one match and then doing that
just like an 80's fighting movie, kenshi got fucked up
the only thing i hate about these things is the lack of character diversity. i see the same characters each year nothing new. good matches
What does mean GGA?)
My top ten mk9 for matches agaist other players
10. Smoke
9. Kabal
8. Shao Kahn
7. Kenshi
6. Goro
5. Sub Zero
4. Scorpion
3. Cyrax
2. Raiden
1. Kintaro
If I were these ppl at this tournament I would be kintaro he is a beast
You are aware you can't use goro or kintaro?
With mods u cam
Can*
Of course with mods but you're talking bout tournaments which is obviously illigal and kintaro is not a beast, I can manipulate the hell out of him.
You are a special kind of oblivious, I must say.
That Kenshi vs Kitana match was a but much, I understand that these guys are really good, but what's with the trick spamming? These guys are good enough to do seriously good combos, and I know they're all competing but trick spamming is just cheap
А какой вообще самый престижный чемпионат по МК9?
No matter how good u are, Dizzy still fucks u up.
King try zoning, still got fucked up by the best matchup for him :)
Are any kombatans banned because they're to op
Or to cheap
LOL EPIC FORSEEING: 1:05:25
There WILL be a pop off. haha
hi ppz how yall doing im on xbox id say im real good need a gym partner who loves the game as me but very few people are even on these days any one fancy train gamertag plz thanks
appreciate it
Forever king picks cyrax what a wennie
WHY NI SCORPION PLAYERS!!
Is Better than xbox 360 controller
jump 4:40
Kenshi is such a desperation character. Cheap as hell!
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how these guys are in rournament? my friend does 100%plus combo every facking time he throws you in the air!!!
100% plus...? I think you better brush up on your maths bro.
***** What is the point of you comment? did you answer my question on what?? And my english isnt good not my maths idiot next time write comment when you only answer at it!!!
My apologies sir, i was unaware that you could do more than 100% in a combo
Not all champions can do more than 100% combo but i said that because he played smoke and he couldnt do a large combo because smoke is one of the most op champion in mk propably the best and i can do a combo with him 100% and more everytime!
you mean "reset combo"? and yes smoke can do 100% damage combo
no sub zero. so sad :(
Honestly, I think Kenshi players are cheap if you use those same couple specials you won the game which is unfair to certain players. For example, Kitana players.
Lol that kenshi play was a noob.
SF community > MK community
STREEM???
i dont get all the hate on kenshi . his not that good , just like Dizzy showed in this tournamount . kenshi is so beatable .just jump at the right time and your good. kenshi vs cage its 6/4 for me , not hose 8/2 or 7/3 you see on TYM . Rushdown characters have the advantage in this game , kung lao , kabal , sonya, smoke , jax etc ...
See, this is why I don't like Kenshi. I feel like he's the most OP character in the game.
me too
I think Johnny Cage, Mileena and Kitana were better in MK9. In MK X they look a bit weaker but I still play as them
Kitana and Johnny are still beast trust me.
DXXP haha true! I just hate that they nerfed Johnny. Also, I won tons of matches with Mileena & Kitana online but still Mileena is so unsafe. It's not fair
StavroGavro Year, last patch fixed her. She looks great now and I'm happy because I really love that bitch
no fatalities
This is amsome because I am Gert at mortal kombat to
Please stop typing with your face.
Kenshi should be forbidden on competetive matches, because you can basically win with every player ( bad or pro ) using 3 tricks ! KENSHI IS SO CHEAP !
WTF and the fatalliys!!!!!!!!
johnny cage vs. kenshi > van damme vs. neo
yeah, i play with a xbox dpad because i don't have a ps3 and it sucks hhaha:P
the titans battle ;)
Я знаю:)
Steve Brownback
No fatetalite
Amsterdam Danmark og udlandet I I og med II w to w sumie nic to jest nie stanie w stanie ma co do tego komentarza tej
In the Kenshi v Cage match, the commentators were such assholes, hyping cage through the roof...
Yea Johnny Cage!!!!!!!!!!!