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So i have recently been intrigued in mk9. I have always been a fan of mortal kombat. I still remember the arcade in the tiny town i live in when UMK3 came out would be packed with people putting quarters up to play vs winner.
I heard about mk9 tournament at mlg while listenin to live on 3 with djwheat slasher and sir scoots. Seeing the passion they had for esports, and hearing them talking about fighting games and all they hype surrounding them, i decided to rent mk9 (i know it's nothing compared to street fighter and MvC3). I have always loved fighting games but i have never taken them seriously. They were fun games i could play with my friends. We would be competitive with each other but we all sucked so it was fun.
The last month or so i have been watching as many fighting game streams as i could find. And i have learned soooo much about the genre as a whole. And with my love for the MK series i decided to drop some money on mortal kombat and a madcatz te stick.
All i plan to accomplish is to get decent at the game and learn as much as possible about every character. After starcraft 2 was released i really really began to notice how much i admire skill. I watched broodwar back in the day but i was really too young to understand it.
When i began with starcraft 2 i enjoyed watching streams and pro matches with comentary because i wanted to learn and get better. I learned a great deal and am still learning more to this day. However i do believe i get a lot more out of spectating starcraft 2 now than i did when it first came out.
That being said i want to do the same thing with mk9 and maybe eventually other fighting games. Getting more out of each stream as my knowledge progresses is so goddamn awesome to me and is the reason i wanted to post here and let everyone know spectating only gets better as you learn more about the game you are spectating. As if you didn't already know hehe.
Help grow esports. Follow the fighting scene, the fps scene, the moba scene, follow as many electronic sport scenes you can find, because the new era of esport greatness is coming. Lets help it get here ASAP.
Also it's not a competition. It's not a competition between game genres. We should be pooling together as spectators to help each esporting event as big as possible. Thats how this all started for me. I watched evo2011 and it was epic, i can't wait until i can understand everything beyond even what the casters are saying.
Cheers.
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Sorry for the necro, but I tried googling but didn't find anything conclusive. Is there is a scene for this game anymore? Does anyone on TL still play it? Do any pros still play it? I noticed it's not in the line up for WCG 2012...
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There are several tournaments happening for MK9, check out TYM for info and stuff. In fact Winter Brawl is happening this weekend.
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^As the post above yours says, check out testyourmight.com. There is a lot mk9 stuff going on.
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On May 28 2012 20:26 Inori wrote:
Sorry to necro bump again, but I finally bought this game few days ago and having a blast playing it..
Was wondering if scene died out completely by now or are there still tournamets going on?
yeah they still have tournaments. however, it is not considered one of the top 4 fighting games at most tournaments, depending on who you ask. MLG did put it on their pro circuit this year though, and Warner Bros has been putting a pot bonus into most big tournaments, ranging from $1k to $10k+.
as for the game, i dont play it, so i dont know much about it lol
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Can only speak for the US scene, but I know over here it's still going strong, got picked up by MLG, warner bros adding to pot bonuses for tournaments etc. There's a strong community and now there's some cash in the game.
It's also one of the games returning at Evo this year.
edit: looms got here before I refreshed, lol. The community for this game is incredibly loyal. It's still run at almost all major fg tournaments, it just doesn't headline because most of those are based around capcom games.
I actually just started practicing up a bit again, trying to learn some Kenshi
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I picked this game up finally for like $40 its like the best fighter out right now I think. While the story mode fights can be cheap and really tough(I am talking about when you have to beat 2 people) it is still fun and satsifying to break the enemies bones. I normally don't get fighting games on my console, but MK9 has been a lot of fun. And seeing it played at MLG(i had the fighter stream on to watch during sc2 downtime) made me want to get it.
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Just bought a Samsung 60" plasma 3D TV, and was curious, is it a handicap to play on this screen? I mean, screens have it pretty tough on the competive marked, and MK9 is pretty fast(input lag and other terms I do not really understand). Was realy wonderful to play on 3D, the background feels so incredible. Also helps Im a bachelor guy with the whole living room turned into a playground.
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i think some people will care:
this game is coming to pc on july 3rd. they call it "komplete edition", so guessing it includes the dlcs.
kinda stopped playing sf4 and sfxtekken is still shit on pc, so i personally am pretty excited about this. 
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On May 27 2013 07:40 Corvi wrote:i think some people will care: this game is coming to pc on july 3rd. they call it "komplete edition", so guessing it includes the dlcs. kinda stopped playing sf4 and sfxtekken is still shit on pc, so i personally am pretty excited about this.
Still gonna need to circumvent the stupid german laws and import the game . Or if you buy a key somewhere need to use a VPN to change your region to be able to activate your key.
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On May 27 2013 07:40 Corvi wrote:i think some people will care: this game is coming to pc on july 3rd. they call it "komplete edition", so guessing it includes the dlcs. kinda stopped playing sf4 and sfxtekken is still shit on pc, so i personally am pretty excited about this.
Wow awesome news. I borrowed a friends xbox when the game originally was released to play it but I didn't have enough time to play it as much as I wanted.
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Their latest game Injustice has pretty much cannibalized the remaining playerbase of MK9 though, so PC is getting the scraps once again.
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On May 27 2013 19:12 Mannerheim wrote:
Their latest game Injustice has pretty much cannibalized the remaining playerbase of MK9 though, so PC is getting the scraps once again.
i don't think it's important. if the port is good and the price reasonable like 30 bucks, it's a 2 year old game after all, i am pretty sure pc players can form their own little community around this.
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So PC version is out on steam!Did anyone have a chance to try pc version.I am considering buying it if netcode is good.
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I've bought it but yet to dl/install :/
Have a question of my own, on PS3 can someone with non-Komplete Edition play with someone with the Komplete-Edition?
ie. are they compatible? I found a link to Kotaku or something saying they were, but a friend and I tried the other day and had no luck.
He'd create game, invite me and i'd get a message saying 'Please Insert Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition.'.
Can't remember what message he got if I invited him but it was similar.
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Community seems dead for this game.Noone on TL or reddit plays this.
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This seems to be doing rather well on PC at least. It's been in Steam top 5 sellers for a solid week now (currently #2), and top 30 in player count.
I've only played 10ish matches online so far, but the netcode is a lot better than it was at console release at least. I would've bought this regardless though, as I want more fighting games for PC and the only way to make it happen is good sales for the ones that do get releases.
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