An extra comment for the thumbnail people. I get you need the clicks and all but we are gonna watch arena because of our love for it anyway, you shouldnt use characters that were not being represented on the tournament for the thumbnail since it sends wrong impressions. That is all much love and respect for you Rips
I'll just give you a more detailed answer here hoping people see it. Our Thumbnails look like they do, because we actually have an entire design team working on them. The reason is the following: We want to produce high level content and we have a very high standard we want to keep not only on the "in-video"-production level but on the thumbnails too. Every single thumbnail you see here on this channel takes around 4-5 hours work (JUST for the thumbnail alone) and they are done BEFORE the tournament even starts. Since you're aware that we post tournament content DAILY we don't know in advance what characters will be shown in the actual video. So we only have 2 options: Go to super generic standard thumbs like all other channels, where we just slap an mk char png with a big font "catchphrase" on the video, or keep these custom made, 3d animated thumbs going forward. It makes me kind of sad, that people dont realise how much effort is going into every single thumbnail daily. Like have you ever seen Ermac holding a custom rendered Arena Trophy or something like that anywhere else? It is straight up impossible to have thumbnails ready on that level 1 hour after the tournament is finished and going to youtube, thats why we order them in advance. I hope that makes things a bit more clear.
Ah i see now. I wasn't aware that the design team had no clue what characters do and do not appear on the matches. About the design process i know it takes ton of time, i have done a couple works myself i know its grueling at best. Of course much respect for the level of the design i was just unaware that the thumbnails are done before the actual matches took place, so that answers a big question and thanks for taking the time to clarify that.
@@TheArmyofHades Little Funfact: When I ordered these thumbnails my thought process was the following: Kanimani said he's gonna main Ermac from now on, so I expected Kanimani to make Top8 with that character, cause he's just an insane player. My next guess was Roethor with Quan Chi, but my boy dropped out before making it to Top8. (Roethor if you see this, we're still proud :D )
@@R1psArena Nice thanks for sharing some of the lore behind it much appreciated. It is indeed very unfortunate Roethor didnt make it i was sure he would have entered top 8 at least but the overall level is so high that its hard to consistently win against these pros.
The fact that faysal and kani was so on par with each other that they could only win rounds by counter picking each other till the end, that’s the power of learning multiple characters at the highest level GGS
R1ps Arena does more marketing for the game than NRS themselves. I decided to buy MK1 after watching this tournament and hope to meet some of you guys at the Arena. The last time I touched the series was on MK9, I'm looking forward to scrape off some of that kombat rust.
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yo idk if you reply but rips I really wanted to say thank you for hosting all of these tournaments your a legend you really make everyone feel welcome I've only been on the discord server for a month (I'm still ass at the game) but I really wanted to just say a massive thank you bro for everything. you made it possible for me to be where I am fighting some pros sometimes it's always fun to play anyway thanks again you legend ❤
@R1psArena thanks bro I'm looking forward to my scorpion in future streams and maybe another character depending on how well I do with them don't tell anyone 🤫🤫 anyways again thanks bro none of this would be possible without you your a legend always making me laugh watching your streams so entertaining have a good day/night bro
ALL RIGHT, lady’s and gentlemen.This Channel , the commentary, all the arena staff are Great thanks for the content . Fabz made me go grab a beer so fast hahaha salute my palope brother and of course to the bald emperor 3000😂 love
Absolutely amazing, thank you guys for all your hard work, everything looks spectacular as always. Just one quick question though, how come finals are after the newest patch and not in the previous season?
Finished the finals today too long for one go. Lets start lengthy analysis. We got tournament mode Fabbz. Spoiler alert i will be mentioning winners dont read unless you watch first. Match:1 VGY vs Kani. Vgy has brought Shao and refuses to let him go opting to switch only kameos. Kani has brought Raiden. The nerfs are apparent but Kanimani is still a genius. Masterful match. Match2: Gambler vs Faysal two beasts going at it. The best Johny vs a multicharacter specialist. Faysal is on steroids and his ranking i feel does not reflect his actual skill i think he is higher. I am with Gambler on this one but Faysal is a different breed. Match3: Gambler vs KK. Kk brought the best out of his Sindel but Gambler warm from fighting Faysal is steaming hot and takes the W after a sweaty match full of back and forths (this is the motto of the night). Match4: Vgy sticks to Shao to the last (much respect for that) Rinzler sticks to Reiko this is also poetically lore accurate. A full on back and forth VGY does his big boy dmg confirms, Rinzler's tremor game is on point today plus his zoning is excellent. It could have gone both ways, but Rinzler was hot today. Match5: Winners finals and Kani brings the Raiden while Faysal is using his classic Kitana. Very tough match both are losing to details, their defense is airtight and confirms are unmissable. Faysal takes it after a grueling match full of impossible reactions and reads. You are gonna see these two go at it soon tho. Match6: Losers semis, Gambler vs Rinzler. Even though i highly respect Rinzler with his recent improvement i was rooting for Gambler. Still rinz brought in a saucy Lao with excellent button options who apparently had Gamblers number since its the only sweep set of the night. Rinzler played 4d chess you won't see much better lao gameplay. Gambler was bamboozled. Match7: Losers finals, kani vs rinz, Kani brings the Kenshi rinz sticks with Lao. Rinzler makes Kanis life very hard with his dive kicks, great spacing and armoring decisions, but the Kenshi sento big boy pressure and damage eventually cracks him but not without much patience and a few lucky breaks. Final match: Faysal vs Kani this is a match for the ages legit one of the best matches ive seen in MK tournament history. Its a constant back and forth Faysal brings everyone the Tanya, the Peacemaker and finally the kitana. Kani sticks to Johny for the entire set. He took on the best that Faysal had to bring and the match was won by a hair legitimately. The microducks, the spacing, the conversions, the reactions, the parries, the pressure, the defense it was masterclass 10/10 in every category. Both deserved it but i was rooting for my boy Kani and i was ecstatic he got the clutch win after much blood sweat and tears.
Thank you so much for putting a spoiler warning for people who haven't seen it. And its always so great to see ur analysis under every video. Thank you so much for all the time you spend here with us!
Tournaments come out daily a couple hours just before i go to sleep so it has become a ritual for me. I enjoy writing the analysis and i hold deep love and respect for the arena for being my companion, so i try to always give my support through comments likes and shares.
Why'd you put Quan and Ermac in the thumbnail if they're not in this section of the tournament? Looking forward to getting some Xbox representation in here Rip.
I'll just copy my answer from a prev comment: I don’t know if you realize how much work our design team puts into these thumbnails. The thumbnails we use for our finals are prepared days in advance before the tournament even starts. The Thumbnails look like they do, because we probably put the most effort in creating them. We always try to guess what characters we actually see. The only thing we add is the text itself, depending on the outcome itself. We could switch to ordinary thumbnails where we just slap big text with a random generic mk-char png , but that’s not the quality standard we’re looking for.
That was the best I've ever seen of a competition and you guys rocked it Love seeing this combo together commentary is amazing keep it up my boys and I'm ready for the next season I'm going to be in it so go ahead and let MrItaliano in. My main is 🌧️
King Gambler should start playing some other characters so he can have a counter pick. Too many people know how he plays Johnny Goro especially in high level tournaments. Everyone studying his play style cuz they know how good KG really is. King Gambler still one of my favorite players to watch even with a nerfed Johnny
Wait im confused why did it reset again? Shouldnt kanima have won it the first time? But also what a grand finale. I was biting my nails on every round. Amazing high level gameplay. Im at a lost of words on the talent.
In a Double Elim bracket, players have 2 lives. So if you come to Grand finals from the lower side, you only have one life left where as your opponent has two. So you have to "reset" the bracket by defeating the opponent with 2 lives to make it where both have only one life left. Had the upper side won, then the tournament would be over.
I wonder if faysal just zoned the entire match and ran away and just kept throwing fans what kanimani's johnny would've done😂 whenever I play johnny people online spaz and get so scared they just run away and grab when you get close or find a way to push you back. Why can't everyone be like this and actuslly try to find, try to get better and fix your mistakes when you make them.
Kanimani illustrating in the first game why I'll never respect him as a player. Simply hopping from meta character to meta character, spending 80% of the game running away and sweeping. He plays like a coward. Is it effective? sure. Do I hope he feels empty every time he wins? Absolutely.
King gambler getting beat by people who play diff characters almost every set is embarrassing. Switch off the Johnny I think people are literally hoping he stays Johnny
Can you please not put ermac and quan chi as the thumbnail when not a single person played quan or ermac I understand it’s top 8 and every one needs money but no need to get people hyped for their favorite characters and they don’t show up once in the video it’s not cool
I don’t know if you realize how much work our design team puts into these thumbnails. The thumbnails we use for our finals are prepared days in advance before the tournament even starts. We always try to guess what characters we actually see. The only thing we add is the text itself, depending on the outcome itself. We could switch to ordinary thumbnails where we just slap big text with a random generic mk-char png , but that’s not the quality standard we’re looking for. If that’s a problem then I’d suggest just muting the channel.
An extra comment for the thumbnail people. I get you need the clicks and all but we are gonna watch arena because of our love for it anyway, you shouldnt use characters that were not being represented on the tournament for the thumbnail since it sends wrong impressions. That is all much love and respect for you Rips
I'll just give you a more detailed answer here hoping people see it. Our Thumbnails look like they do, because we actually have an entire design team working on them. The reason is the following: We want to produce high level content and we have a very high standard we want to keep not only on the "in-video"-production level but on the thumbnails too. Every single thumbnail you see here on this channel takes around 4-5 hours work (JUST for the thumbnail alone) and they are done BEFORE the tournament even starts. Since you're aware that we post tournament content DAILY we don't know in advance what characters will be shown in the actual video. So we only have 2 options: Go to super generic standard thumbs like all other channels, where we just slap an mk char png with a big font "catchphrase" on the video, or keep these custom made, 3d animated thumbs going forward. It makes me kind of sad, that people dont realise how much effort is going into every single thumbnail daily. Like have you ever seen Ermac holding a custom rendered Arena Trophy or something like that anywhere else? It is straight up impossible to have thumbnails ready on that level 1 hour after the tournament is finished and going to youtube, thats why we order them in advance. I hope that makes things a bit more clear.
Ah i see now. I wasn't aware that the design team had no clue what characters do and do not appear on the matches. About the design process i know it takes ton of time, i have done a couple works myself i know its grueling at best. Of course much respect for the level of the design i was just unaware that the thumbnails are done before the actual matches took place, so that answers a big question and thanks for taking the time to clarify that.
@@TheArmyofHades Little Funfact: When I ordered these thumbnails my thought process was the following: Kanimani said he's gonna main Ermac from now on, so I expected Kanimani to make Top8 with that character, cause he's just an insane player. My next guess was Roethor with Quan Chi, but my boy dropped out before making it to Top8. (Roethor if you see this, we're still proud :D )
@@R1psArena Nice thanks for sharing some of the lore behind it much appreciated. It is indeed very unfortunate Roethor didnt make it i was sure he would have entered top 8 at least but the overall level is so high that its hard to consistently win against these pros.
@@R1psArena so what youre saying ..is it's all kanimani and roethor's fault ;)
Wow what a crazy grand finals, kudos to kanimani and faysal for putting on such an epic set
The fact that faysal and kani was so on par with each other that they could only win rounds by counter picking each other till the end, that’s the power of learning multiple characters at the highest level GGS
R1ps Arena does more marketing for the game than NRS themselves. I decided to buy MK1 after watching this tournament and hope to meet some of you guys at the Arena. The last time I touched the series was on MK9, I'm looking forward to scrape off some of that kombat rust.
♥
Faysal Kani is the highest level of mk1 gameplay I’ve seen yet. Thanks rips
Fabz: "Raiden is still broken, they should nerf his low."
Chat dont believe him I never said that
@@Fabzzw pfp
Raiden is still the Best character in the game
@fabzz
😎💨🕶
@@Fabzz Whats up fellow Benfiquista...? Perdemos ontem...
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yo idk if you reply but rips I really wanted to say thank you for hosting all of these tournaments your a legend you really make everyone feel welcome I've only been on the discord server for a month (I'm still ass at the game) but I really wanted to just say a massive thank you bro for everything. you made it possible for me to be where I am fighting some pros sometimes it's always fun to play anyway thanks again you legend ❤
Good work, mate.
@@Gmgow_legend means the world! cannot wait to see you back in action in the new season :)
@R1psArena thanks bro I'm looking forward to my scorpion in future streams and maybe another character depending on how well I do with them don't tell anyone 🤫🤫 anyways again thanks bro none of this would be possible without you your a legend always making me laugh watching your streams so entertaining have a good day/night bro
Rip at my house we f’n love you guys and love what you do, rock on brother 🤘
ALL RIGHT, lady’s and gentlemen.This Channel , the commentary, all the arena staff are Great thanks for the content . Fabz made me go grab a beer so fast hahaha salute my palope brother and of course to the bald emperor 3000😂 love
From Mozambique
The final had me on the edge of my seat!!!!
That finals final got me emotionally drained and exhausted! What a great showing from Kanimani & Faysal 👏🏻
Best MK channel!! Keep up the amazing work!!!
I’ve been waitin all day for this
Not the raiden and Kano I wanted to see but it’s cool
Really enjoyed this Johnny only tournament
You two are the best commentary together out of all the commentary🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Kudos to rips for the quick upload!
Am excited to watch this one 🤝
No more brainless Raiden. I don’t hate Raiden anymore.
Whats different now compared to pre nerf?
@@twatik Stormcell is a lot more minus on block, so Kano kameo doesn't make him that plus anymore. It also does reduced damage overall.
I still see a brainless raiden
@@psychopod4716yeah, but now brainless gets your ass beat
r1ps thanks for making this possible bro keep the tournys coming
"You could not live with all those nerfs. And where did that bring you? Back to me." - John Cage, I guess
Absolutely insane final. My god my heart needs a break. Amazing job rip and fabz.
Faysal is a Dark soul boss for sure. Great show 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
King Gambler vs Kitana Kahn stopped my heart; Faysal vs Kanimani crushed it.
Amazing grand final and an awesome tourny! Congrats to Kani for the epic comeback - it was down to the wire edge of the seat stuff!
Is ermac good in this game?
Pro-Players say he is.
I mean, try it out. Not everyone can say for sure.
Absolutely amazing, thank you guys for all your hard work, everything looks spectacular as always.
Just one quick question though, how come finals are after the newest patch and not in the previous season?
Finished the finals today too long for one go. Lets start lengthy analysis. We got tournament mode Fabbz. Spoiler alert i will be mentioning winners dont read unless you watch first. Match:1 VGY vs Kani. Vgy has brought Shao and refuses to let him go opting to switch only kameos. Kani has brought Raiden. The nerfs are apparent but Kanimani is still a genius. Masterful match. Match2: Gambler vs Faysal two beasts going at it. The best Johny vs a multicharacter specialist. Faysal is on steroids and his ranking i feel does not reflect his actual skill i think he is higher. I am with Gambler on this one but Faysal is a different breed. Match3: Gambler vs KK. Kk brought the best out of his Sindel but Gambler warm from fighting Faysal is steaming hot and takes the W after a sweaty match full of back and forths (this is the motto of the night). Match4: Vgy sticks to Shao to the last (much respect for that) Rinzler sticks to Reiko this is also poetically lore accurate. A full on back and forth VGY does his big boy dmg confirms, Rinzler's tremor game is on point today plus his zoning is excellent. It could have gone both ways, but Rinzler was hot today. Match5: Winners finals and Kani brings the Raiden while Faysal is using his classic Kitana. Very tough match both are losing to details, their defense is airtight and confirms are unmissable. Faysal takes it after a grueling match full of impossible reactions and reads. You are gonna see these two go at it soon tho. Match6: Losers semis, Gambler vs Rinzler. Even though i highly respect Rinzler with his recent improvement i was rooting for Gambler. Still rinz brought in a saucy Lao with excellent button options who apparently had Gamblers number since its the only sweep set of the night. Rinzler played 4d chess you won't see much better lao gameplay. Gambler was bamboozled. Match7: Losers finals, kani vs rinz, Kani brings the Kenshi rinz sticks with Lao. Rinzler makes Kanis life very hard with his dive kicks, great spacing and armoring decisions, but the Kenshi sento big boy pressure and damage eventually cracks him but not without much patience and a few lucky breaks. Final match: Faysal vs Kani this is a match for the ages legit one of the best matches ive seen in MK tournament history. Its a constant back and forth Faysal brings everyone the Tanya, the Peacemaker and finally the kitana. Kani sticks to Johny for the entire set. He took on the best that Faysal had to bring and the match was won by a hair legitimately. The microducks, the spacing, the conversions, the reactions, the parries, the pressure, the defense it was masterclass 10/10 in every category. Both deserved it but i was rooting for my boy Kani and i was ecstatic he got the clutch win after much blood sweat and tears.
Thank you so much for putting a spoiler warning for people who haven't seen it. And its always so great to see ur analysis under every video. Thank you so much for all the time you spend here with us!
Tournaments come out daily a couple hours just before i go to sleep so it has become a ritual for me. I enjoy writing the analysis and i hold deep love and respect for the arena for being my companion, so i try to always give my support through comments likes and shares.
1:27:30 what just happened??? It hit him but Fay just jumped out of the hit???
What an absolute nailbiter at the end. Could have gone either way. GGs to both.
Why'd you put Quan and Ermac in the thumbnail if they're not in this section of the tournament?
Looking forward to getting some Xbox representation in here Rip.
I'll just copy my answer from a prev comment: I don’t know if you realize how much work our design team puts into these thumbnails. The thumbnails we use for our finals are prepared days in advance before the tournament even starts. The Thumbnails look like they do, because we probably put the most effort in creating them. We always try to guess what characters we actually see. The only thing we add is the text itself, depending on the outcome itself. We could switch to ordinary thumbnails where we just slap big text with a random generic mk-char png , but that’s not the quality standard we’re looking for.
Kanimani is like spartacus in the arena
These are always Epic👌💯🔥🔥
This shit was insane
Where's Ermac and Quan Chi for whom I played this video and Does SonicFox play in R1ps_Arena matches
What a time to be alive
faysal & kanimani delivered 🔥
Not to forget Rips x fabz did there thing i love your commentary 👌🏿
Yooooooo! This is the best tournament you guys have had!!!!
One of my favorite channels ima tekken player but damn this is some good content
We’re diving into tekken very very soon! Thanks for being here!
@@R1psArena let me know I am in the tournament as soon as you announce
You couldn’t have uploaded this at a more perfect time
Fysal could have used fatal blow @ 2:40:33 ... he jinxed it
Congrats to everyone on a spectacular event. 🎉
Best grand finals! To date Kani!!! Well deserved
How do I join this I would like to play and see how far my skills with get me 🎉
Join the discord. Link is in the description.
Okay how do I get that red raiden I need it😂
Legit amazing tournament I learned so much
That was the best I've ever seen of a competition and you guys rocked it Love seeing this combo together commentary is amazing keep it up my boys and I'm ready for the next season I'm going to be in it so go ahead and let MrItaliano in. My main is 🌧️
Johnny cage is too damn good man!!!! Smh
He's been nerfed every patch, he's fine where he's at now
loved all the ermac and quan chi sets
Best mk 1 online tournament till date 😅
This is so hype. I really wish I had the extra money to donate cause the arena helps me everyday. Cant wait for the 1st cross play season.
How can u get that shao-skin ?
Premium shop within MK1.
Faysal is such a good player mechanically but you can see his mental crumbleeeee when at low hp. A true choke artist 😢
The hypest tourney ever
Final is toooooo hypee
This Kanimani guy is so booring to watch. Meta abuser and such a booring playstyle.
Bro it's 2000 dollars lol
@noahgray7640 IKR😂 this guy just doesn't know how to beat zoners and it shows
he's a beast. Even Sonic said he's one of the best right now.
that was like watching a hollywood movie... even better, thx R1ps
and btw what is your favourite charcter exept shao ?lol
I personally love Geras Design! :)
Incredible finals!!!
Surprised Gamb doesn’t use Omni-Man. You can still play the same Johnny style with some range
Watched for VGY, valiant effort
That was BEAUTIFUL
Where Javier at? Did he not make it to top 16?
Javier had to cancel his sets unfortunately , because he’s currently on a vacation in Japan! :)
@@R1psArena isn't it korea?
Oh god amazing matched
Great sets.
They need to adjust the hit box of raiden d4 it is hitting full screen at this point
Great matches
The final is really wow
I got baited by the thumbnail too
King Gambler should start playing some other characters so he can have a counter pick. Too many people know how he plays Johnny Goro especially in high level tournaments. Everyone studying his play style cuz they know how good KG really is. King Gambler still one of my favorite players to watch even with a nerfed Johnny
The last match was so good
Raiden: then I 360 noscoped a D2
Lets gooo 🎉🎉❤
16??? Kani?
Damn.. that was intense
I think NRS needs to relax and give Raiden a break he has been in every game except injustice 1 thats crazy
Wait im confused why did it reset again? Shouldnt kanima have won it the first time? But also what a grand finale. I was biting my nails on every round. Amazing high level gameplay. Im at a lost of words on the talent.
In a Double Elim bracket, players have 2 lives. So if you come to Grand finals from the lower side, you only have one life left where as your opponent has two.
So you have to "reset" the bracket by defeating the opponent with 2 lives to make it where both have only one life left.
Had the upper side won, then the tournament would be over.
Vgy gotta get his get back
The question is, is Raiden respectable enough after the nerfs for the OG Raiden god to make his return 🤔
This should be pay per view.. sheesh
Did mkjavier not make top 32?
He could not participate due to being on vacation out of the country.
Lets Goooo… excited for this 🔥🔥🔥 who will take this one?
I love you MK ppl❤
Bro fabs have the best name for these moves. Polan copter, usher knee slide, toilet flush and kidnap combos lol
Rips I’m not good at Mk but I wanna play so bad
Good luck, man. I feel the PC 🖥 is a little easier. I press the bottom to do the combos in the PS5, but you need to be super perfect.
Good luck, man. I feel the PC 🖥 is a little easier. I press the bottom to do the combos in the PS5, but you need to be super perfect.
I was rooting for Faysal and that Tanya/Kitana
Banger
Faysal should have just fatal blow at 2:40:35
In high game play fatal blow isn't all that great i believe
Double down 1 feels bad
Vgy is the goat
Faysal kitana gotta be the best in the world that was incredible
2000 dollar double poke😂😂
Kitana should be in the thumbnail
Watching raider < watching nothing
I wonder if faysal just zoned the entire match and ran away and just kept throwing fans what kanimani's johnny would've done😂 whenever I play johnny people online spaz and get so scared they just run away and grab when you get close or find a way to push you back. Why can't everyone be like this and actuslly try to find, try to get better and fix your mistakes when you make them.
CINEMA
Kanimani illustrating in the first game why I'll never respect him as a player. Simply hopping from meta character to meta character, spending 80% of the game running away and sweeping. He plays like a coward. Is it effective? sure. Do I hope he feels empty every time he wins? Absolutely.
Kenshi isn’t good!? I got bodied by a Kenshi last night… ha
So close. KM brava. Johnny is top 1 imo
That’s Johnny cage vs sindel made me upset 😭 he made her look bad man i run her as my main and he did not use her right at all lmao
King gambler getting beat by people who play diff characters almost every set is embarrassing. Switch off the Johnny I think people are literally hoping he stays Johnny
Wait, is this one new? Oh, I already saw this?
Edit: Never mind, it's new.
This Tournament happened 2 hours ago. It's literally from today.
@@R1psArena I know. I just was not expecting another one. I saw one yesterday, and my brain was a little confused.
Can you please not put ermac and quan chi as the thumbnail when not a single person played quan or ermac I understand it’s top 8 and every one needs money but no need to get people hyped for their favorite characters and they don’t show up once in the video it’s not cool
I don’t know if you realize how much work our design team puts into these thumbnails. The thumbnails we use for our finals are prepared days in advance before the tournament even starts. We always try to guess what characters we actually see. The only thing we add is the text itself, depending on the outcome itself. We could switch to ordinary thumbnails where we just slap big text with a random generic mk-char png , but that’s not the quality standard we’re looking for. If that’s a problem then I’d suggest just muting the channel.
-If only Rip encouraged Roe more often-
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