MORTAL KOMBAT

[Darkside55]

ahahaha oh my god you are complaining about acting in an MK movie

See the interesting thing is, again, you keep bashing my "nostalgia," keep calling this a reinvention, etc., etc., and yet it's you that can't seem to get over that it's a movie about Mortal Kombat. When I try to treat it as something new, as a standalone thing, you come back with, "BUT IT'S MORTAL KOMBAT!"

You're criticizing me throughout this thread because of my preconceptions about what I think Mortal Kombat should be, yet you go on to defend this movie based on what your preconceptions of Mortal Kombat are. Suddenly, "bad" is excusable because "It's Mortal Kombat."

Heheh, you're a master of tearing someone down.

I thought you'd like that particular line.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

See the interesting thing is, again, you keep bashing my "nostalgia," keep calling this a reinvention, etc., etc., and yet it's you that can't seem to get over that it's a movie about Mortal Kombat. When I try to treat it as something new, as a standalone thing, you come back with, "BUT IT'S MORTAL KOMBAT!"

right because its mortal kombat. its a reboot. its mortal kombat. its a movie called mortal kombat. Why would you try to treat it as something new when its a mortal kombat reboot i dont understand

You're criticizing me throughout this thread because of my preconceptions about what I think Mortal Kombat should be, yet you go on to defend this movie based on what your preconceptions of Mortal Kombat are. Suddenly, "bad" is excusable because "It's Mortal Kombat."

no no no. See it's obvious your preconceptions about what you think Mortal Kombat is are entirely related to you're memories of the arcade scene, which is fine and all im sure you had a lot of fun playing MK with a bunch of bros, but this is not what Mortal Kombat is to everyone else. You are in the minority. Most people think of Mortal Kombat and they think of scorpion and "GET OVER HERE". They do not think of how balanced MK3 was over MK2. If you think this is case then you are delusional.

When I saw that trailer I thought "Ahaha wow this is going to be great to see with a few friends." When you saw the trailer it was an immediate freak out about how this wasn't "your Mortal Kombat". That's not healthy.

I thought you'd like that particular line.

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Also if you read that Chud link you'd know the dude who did the fight choreography for Undisputed 3 is doing it for this movie. So even if the acting sucks, which it probably will, it's going to be entertaining as hell, which is pretty much all I want out of a Mortal Kombat movie. People kicking each others ass, except this is ultra violent.

 

[Darkside55]

Why would you try to treat it as something new when its a mortal kombat reboot i dont understand

Because a reboot implies that it's something new, bearing the same title. When you reboot something...man, am I being trolled here? You should probably just say "lol i trol u" before I finish my explanation to save face here. I actually thought we were done but if you want to continue, it's not going to get any better. Say you trolled me, save face, we'll call it a day. I'm giving you a way out. Please take it.

See it's obvious your preconceptions about what you think Mortal Kombat is are entirely related to you're memories of the arcade scene, which is fine and all im sure you had a lot of fun playing MK with a bunch of bros, but this is not what Mortal Kombat is to everyone else. You are in the minority. Most people think of Mortal Kombat and they think of scorpion and "GET OVER HERE". They do not think of how balanced MK3 was over MK2. If you think this is case then you are delusional.

God almighty. Please just take the troll card. At this point, especially with this paragraph here, you can qualify for troll asylum. You can pretend like you actually weren't being serious and were just saying these things to get a rise out of me.


Because, if you're being serious, there are so many problems here that you just come across as an idiot. I mean, again, you're too young to know how people thought of Mortal Kombat. This is established as fact. You cannot say how people thought of Mortal Kombat in the arcades at that time because you weren't playing it at that time. At the time of MK3 you weren't old enough to be left in an arcade unsupervised. At the time of MK2 you were probably just learning how to walk. At the time of MK1, you still required an adult to feed you, bathe you, and wipe your ass.

To say something like, "This is not what MK is to everyone else," you also set up this notion that Mortal Kombat is the same thing to everyone based on your limited interactions of people who played Mortal Kombat. I mean it's clearly obvious that I might be the first person you've come into contact with who actually played Mortal Kombat during its tenure at arcades. You simply cannot blanket state "Mortal Kombat to everyone else is just 'GET OVER HERE,'" because you weren't involved with Mortal Kombat during its height. You're simply trying to attribute your personal feelings and experience with Mortal Kombat onto everyone else.

I mean if nobody cared about the balance of Mortal Kombat, then tell me why is it that, when you were 8 years old and MK:Gold came out, that people complained about the lack of delay on Sektor's missiles? Why is it that MK3 included the run to address a problem the community had if nobody actually cared?

You're trying to make your argument appeal to others here by saying, "Oh, Darkside's just delusional," "he has aspergers," etc., when it's you who's coming across as uneducated and imbecilic. You have absolutely no experience in what you're talking about, you're new to fighting games in general, you're not even old enough to have even lived through the arcade heyday--not even for Mortal Kombat, but just arcades in general! And you make it sound like your opinion is worth anything about the games, that you embody the opinions of everyone who's ever played Mortal Kombat.


Telling you man, just take the troll way out. You can end this right now and just walk away.

When I saw that trailer I thought "Ahaha wow this is going to be great to see with a few friends." When you saw the trailer it was an immediate freak out about how this wasn't "your Mortal Kombat". That's not healthy.

Actually my reactions to the movie went like this:

"Haha, JACKSon Briggs. Clever."
"Oh shit, that's Kano."
"Ugh, why are they talking about harlequin babies? I hate those things, goddamn. Look at their eyes. I've seen enough of these to last a lifetime."
"Uh...reptile's a harlequin baby? Who eats people? That's...that's retarded."
"BARAKA IS A PLASTIC SURGEON? Jesus christ this is like Vega being ugly in The Legend of Chun Li. Oh shit he even looks kinda like that Black Eyed Peas dude that played Vega."
"No, no you are not scary. Licking your claws does not make you scary; you have an ass on your forehead. Also why are you looking directly into the camera? What are you looking at?! THERE'S NO ONE THERE!"
"God what is with the color-wash? Jesus christ whoever filmed this is an amateur. You're not Antoine Fuqua, stop trying to be."
"This fight is boring."
"'You're the best assassin there is.' Yeah, except for the fact that he, y'know, KILLED THE WRONG GUY."
"Aww are you shitting me? Scorpion? That's a load of shit, that was Kano. That was Kano up until the end there, get out of here."
"This movie is butts and a half. I'm going to post a macro on HL2.net."

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I was just saying Vegeta would enjoy me saying it because hotlinks. You hotlinker.

the dude who did the fight choreography for Undisputed 3 is doing it for this movie. So even if the acting sucks, which it probably will, it's going to be entertaining as hell

Adrik. Undisputed 3 sucked. The choreography wasn't that good, for a fighting movie. I grew up on a diet of filet mignon and you're trying to pass off ground chuck to me. You want me to give a shit about the fight choreographer of this movie? Call me when it's Pat Johnson.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Because a reboot implies that it's something new, bearing the same title. When you reboot something...man, am I being trolled here? You should probably just say "lol i trol u" before I finish my explanation to save face here. I actually thought we were done but if you want to continue, it's not going to get any better. Say you trolled me, save face, we'll call it a day. I'm giving you a way out. Please take it.

a reboot implies that its something new bearing the same name. So a new take on a franchise right? Because that trailer looked like a new take on a franchise. maybe im just blind though you tell me.

HEH LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE FIGHTING SCENE!

yeah you're delusional im sorry but no one remembers MK for its phenomenal arcade scene. Just like most people who know of street fighter aren't aware of much other then "HADOUKEN" and "SHORYUKEN" and that ken oh my god he is on fire when he does it oh my god best move ever.

I am talking about the general gamer here. Not someone who is heavily into the fighting scene. That is where you are looking at it from and you need to stop because it's dumb as hell. Fighting scene =/= every gamer ever. I actually showed my dad this trailer today. He played the MK games as they came out as thats how I was exposed to them. Never into the fighting scene of course. He heard the "GET OVER HERE" in the trailer and had the biggest goofiest nerd grin on his face I've ever seen. You see my dad is a casual gamer and plays games casually like most people do. The most time he's ever spent on a game was Mass effect 2 (40 hours, 20 of which was spent mining every planet into depletion even I dont know what the ****). Most people do not care about the arcade scene. Im starting to think mebe u r teh tr0ll?

Actually my reactions to the movie went like this:

"Haha, JACKSon Briggs. Clever."
"Oh shit, that's Kano."
"Ugh, why are they talking about harlequin babies? I hate those things, goddamn. Look at their eyes. I've seen enough of these to last a lifetime."
"Uh...reptile's a harlequin baby? Who eats people? That's...that's retarded."
"BARAKA IS A PLASTIC SURGEON? Jesus christ this is like Vega being ugly in The Legend of Chun Li. Oh shit he even looks kinda like that Black Eyed Peas dude that played Vega."
"No, no you are not scary. Licking your claws does not make you scary; you have an ass on your forehead. Also why are you looking directly into the camera? What are you looking at?! THERE'S NO ONE THERE!"
"God what is with the color-wash? Jesus christ whoever filmed this is an amateur. You're not Antoine Fuqua, stop trying to be."
"This fight is boring."
"'You're the best assassin there is.' Yeah, except for the fact that he, y'know, KILLED THE WRONG GUY."
"Aww are you shitting me? Scorpion? That's a load of shit, that was Kano. That was Kano up until the end there, get out of here."
"This movie is butts and a half. I'm going to post a macro on HL2.net."

Harlequin reptile is pretty tasteless but Baraka is just Body Mod to the EXTREME. Also nice name drop there lmao you're going places!

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I actually used a gift card :naughty:

I was just saying Vegeta would enjoy me saying it because hotlinks. You hotlinker.

niggas gotta be lazy

Adrik. Undisputed 3 sucked. The choreography wasn't that good, for a fighting movie. I grew up on a diet of filet mignon and you're trying to pass off ground chuck to me. You want me to give a shit about the fight choreographer of this movie? Call me when it's Pat Johnson.

Sorry I was too busy watching this to read that part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6XmJb6J2c&feature=related

 

[Darkside55]

Why would you try to treat it as something new

a reboot implies that its something new bearing the same name

I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was talking to CptStern this entire time.

yeah you're delusional im sorry but no one remembers MK for its phenomenal arcade scene.

I am talking about the general gamer here. Not someone who is heavily into the fighting scene. That is where you are looking at it from and you need to stop because it's dumb as hell.

I showed my dad this trailer and he's a casual gamer

Alright, everybody close up shop. I'm a proud man, but even I know when to admit defeat. This whole thread I thought maybe I was speaking to someone who was just ignorant. I even bothering to offer a way out and everything. But I apologize, I didn't know.

How could I have possibly known that I was dealing with the Greatest Troll Ever? It's an honor to meet you and have argued with you, sir. I didn't recognize you. Please forgive my lesser troll impertinence, my liege. I never would've expected you to manifest here, on this forum, in this guise. I mistook you for a simple idiot who speaks from the narrow perspective of his own anus, and you reeled me in. Good troll king, I prostrate myself before you!

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was talking to CptStern this entire time.

why did you take out the part where I said "So a new take on an old franchise" why did you take that part out. A new take. A new take. A take that is new. The concept isn't new. it's a new take. it's still a mortal kombat movie its just a new take. a reinvention if you will. something that has been reinvented. rebooted perhaps. like dark knight. its still a batman movie. its just a new take. a new perspective. a take that is new. a reboot perhaps.

Alright, everybody close up shop. I'm a proud man, but even I know when to admit defeat. This whole thread I thought maybe I was speaking to someone who was just ignorant. I even bothering to offer a way out and everything. But I apologize, I didn't know.

How could I have possibly known that I was dealing with the Greatest Troll Ever? It's an honor to meet you and have argued with you, sir. I didn't recognize you. Please forgive my lesser troll impertinence, my liege. I never would've expected you to manifest here, on this forum, in this guise. I mistook you for a simple idiot who speaks from the narrow perspective of his own anus, and you reeled me in. Good troll king, I prostrate myself before you!

im sorry no one cares about your arcade scene

 

[ktimekiller]

I care, it is an embodiment for all that is hardcore and old school.

The industry hath falleneth so far, I cry for thee T_T

 

[Darkside55]

why did you take out the part where I said "So a new take on an old franchise" why did you take that part out.

Because by saying that it's a "new take," it means that you should throw out preconceptions about the movie. That's what you've been telling me to do this entire time, because apparently my notion of Mortal Kombat is wrong, yet yours is right. So when the movie looks bad, to you that's okay because, "It's Mortal Kombat." It's what Mortal Kombat is to you, even as a re-envisioning. But what Mortal Kombat is to me is wrong, and I should take this as a new thing.

You're basically saying my nostalgia is wrong, your nostalgia is right.

And I actually didn't leave out what you said. The parts I quoted still sum up what you meant, and where your logic failed.

im sorry no one cares about your arcade scene

Never apologize, King of Trolls, it is beneath you.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

i hope the next mortal kombat game is entirely on the natal just to see the ensuing darkside rant about the OLD DAAAYYSSSS:

Because by saying that it's a "new take," it means that you should throw out preconceptions about the movie. That's what you've been telling me to do this entire time, because apparently my notion of Mortal Kombat is wrong, yet yours is right. So when the movie looks bad, to you that's okay because, "It's Mortal Kombat." It's what Mortal Kombat is to you, even as a re-envisioning. But what Mortal Kombat is to me is wrong, and I should take it as a new thing.

but your entire perspective on mortal kombat is based on the ultra rad hip arcade scene and most people don't see it as that, and really if you think that most people do remember it for that then I just want to know how it feels to be wrong all the time


Edit: I think the most important point here is that no one (except darkside) takes mortal kombat seriously today in the present so it's pretty funny to see him go ape shit over this lol

 

[Viperidae]

Watch, they'll make babalities easy to pull off. Pssh.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Watch, they'll make babalities easy to pull off. Pssh.

they better not **** with MY mortal kombat

 

[Darkside55]

Again, you're saying "most people" based off your aged father and what, children? People in your age group today?

You'd be foolish to believe that the "average gamer," at the time didn't spend a lot of time playing MK in the arcades. Ah, Ktimekiller is right, the industry truly has fallen so far. I remember when there was an arcade cabinet on every street corner! An arcade in every mall! Machines in restaurants that weren't broken Area 51 shooters or Cruisin' USA!

Do you not understand why Mortal Kombat was so big in those days? It was because of the arcade scene. Sure, not everyone was a hardcore fighting game player, but in those days the reasons MK even sold on consoles was because it'd been huge in the arcades. You talk about the arcade scene in this denigrating tone, "the ultra rad hip arcade scene" and "nobody cares about the arcade," but that in itself is such massive ignorance that I wish there was some way I could broadcast it to the entirety of the internet and put you on blast.

The whole reason Mortal Kombat got big was because of the arcade scene.

Most people who remember Mortal Kombat remember it in the arcades; where the fuck else are they going to remember it from? And if you don't think that people fondly remember being competitive in Mortal Kombat then I just want to know how it feels to be 18 and a casual, with memories of video games rooted in what his casual father played


oh wait, sorry, I don't want to know how that feels



Edit to your edit: I'm not going "ape shit." Just pointing out how wrong someone is on the internet. It's the national pastime, don'tcha know? And yeah, nobody takes MK seriously anymore. MK's been shit for years and arcades are dead, that's why.

 

[Viperidae]

SOME OF US WERE BORN AFTER OUR TIME K.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Again, you're saying "most people" based off your aged father and what, children? People in your age group today?

A few of my friends who are actually very serious about the fighting scene, and some older dudes I know from various other games. I actually asked one who said he played the shit out MK2 in the arcade but as he said:

A BRO:
mk wasn't serious at all
A BRO:
the series even

You'd be foolish to believe that the "average gamer," at the time didn't spend a lot of time playing MK in the arcades. Ah, Ktimekiller is right, the industry truly has fallen so far. I remember when there was an arcade cabinet on every street corner! An arcade in every mall! Machines in restaurants that weren't broken Area 51 shooters or Cruisin' USA!

Do you not understand why Mortal Kombat was so big in those days? It was because of the arcade scene. Sure, not everyone was a hardcore fighting game player, but in those days the reasons MK even sold on consoles was because it'd been huge in the arcades. You talk about the arcade scene in this denigrating tone, "the ultra rad hip arcade scene" and "nobody cares about the arcade," but that in itself is such massive ignorance that I wish there was some way I could broadcast it to the entirety of the internet and put you on blast.

The whole reason Mortal Kombat got big was because of the arcade scene.

you seem to have this idea that it was really big in the arcades because it was this super deep game and oh my god, instead of a fun fighting game in which if you knew how you could rip someones head off at the end, because thats people remember about it. the characters and the fatalities. Im sure a ton of people played it in the arcades, but to say the majority of those people took it seriously passed "haha this is a fun game GET OVER HERE! haha see what I did?" then once again lol

Most people who remember Mortal Kombat remember it in the arcades; where the fuck else are they going to remember it from? And if you don't think that people fondly remember being competitive in Mortal Kombat then I just want to know how it feels to be 18 and a casual, with memories of video games rooted in what his casual father played


oh wait, sorry, I don't want to know how that feels

oh god a casual!!!1111 haha you are the worst

and actually as a result of my dad being a casual gamer, it's what got me into video games in the first place and we had a lot of fun playing games and it was a total father son moment the kinds you see in like movies and shit. Im glad his ability to not take things seriously rubbed off on me otherwise I'd be some bro on a forum raging about his serious business hahaha good thing I didnt though

 

[ktimekiller]

Having fun is for casuals.

Real gamers play to conquer the world

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

yeah if they could ever leave their chairs

 

[ktimekiller]

Virtual world at least

I've actually had this argument a lot with my casual friends online. They would argue fun this fun that, without recognizing that fun is not the prime element a hardcore looks for.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

im just looking for love

 

[Darkside55]

HEY I HAVE A TOTALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED FRIEND WHO SAYS HE KNEW WHAT THE ARCADE WAS LIKE BACK IN THE DAY AND HE AGREES WITH MY OPINION

This kind of playground tactic is also beneath you, He Who Trolls the Earth.

you seem to have this idea that it was really big in the arcades because it was this super deep game and oh my god, instead of a fun fighting game in which if you knew how you could rip someones head off at the end, because thats people remember about it.

Do people remember it being a fun game? Yes, of course they do. Otherwise, no one would have played it. Was it super deep? No, not really, but it had enough depth that it wasn't mindless, and you could do enough to be competitive with it.

Did the majority of people use "GET OVER HERE!" and then uppercut or roundhouse? Yeah, at first. Then people started to learn to do crazy shit. Soon crowds would gather, quarters balanced on the rim of the cabinet, as people learned juggles. Pretty soon, "GET OVER HERE!" was wildly unsafe as doing it set you up for a deep jump in, uppercut, juggle.

As more people learned more tricks, and just how far they could push the games, anyone coming in and trying to be like, "GET OVER HERE! Haha this is great" was going to get stone cold raped, only to retreat to their consoles, enter the blood code, and try to figure out a way to get back at those fiendish arcade guys.

You (and your "friend") make it sound like nobody in competitions gave a shit about Mortal Kombat, but I mean, Ed Boon was at EVO, and people were waxing nostalgic and wanted to talk about Mortal Kombat.

and actually as a result of my dad being a casual gamer, it's what got me into video games in the first place and we had a lot of fun playing games and it was a total father son moment the kinds you see in like movies and shit. Im glad his ability to not take things seriously rubbed off on me otherwise I'd be some bro on a forum raging about his serious business hahaha good thing I didnt though

You know, I share a bond about video games with my dad too. I remember being in Reno, playing at Circus Circus's arcade late at night, learning how to play Darkstalkers while my dad was gambling. My dad, y'know, he's not big on games--he doesn't really play them, doesn't know much about them. Pretty much the only time he's ever played anything with me was goofing around in Tekken 3.

But my dad, I'll always remember, 'cause he took a break from gambling and came up to see how his son was doing. And he stood there and watched me as I learned to play Darkstalkers, as I got the mechanics of the game down, as I spent the entire night, well into the early morning, feeding coins into this machine and getting better at it.

Now like I said, my dad, not really a gamer. But you know, he's a poker player. A high stakes poker player. Tournaments every single weekend for him, making that money. Even got his picture up in a casino in Vegas. That's my dad. So you know what kinds of things he understands, that I picked up from him? Learning to push a game to its limits. Mindgames. Fake outs. Knowing the ins-and-outs of everything, studying frame data like counting cards at blackjack. So me and my dad have a bond too, and it's not exactly rooted in video games, but in the tournament mentality.

And I'll always remember that this guy who's fuckawesome at cards, who's got everybody at card houses knowing his name, he took a break one day to watch his boy learning how to play a fighting game.



Not related to MK at all, but as long as we're talking about our dads and video games.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

This kind of playground tactic is also beneath you, He Who Trolls the Earth.

you can do it too i wont complain dont worry

Do people remember it being a fun game? Yes, of course they do. Otherwise, no one would have played it. Was it super deep? No, not really, but it had enough depth that it wasn't mindless, and you could do enough to be competitive with it.

so it wasnt that serious of a game

Did the majority of people use "GET OVER HERE!" and then uppercut or roundhouse? Yeah, at first. Then people started to learn to do crazy shit. Soon crowds would gather, quarters balanced on the rim of the cabinet, as people learned juggles. Pretty soon, "GET OVER HERE!" was wildly unsafe as doing it set you up for a deep jump in, uppercut, juggle.

As more people learned more tricks, and just how far they could push the games, anyone coming in and trying to be like, "GET OVER HERE! Haha this is great" was going to get stone cold raped, only to retreat to their consoles, enter the blood code, and try to figure out a way to get back at those fiendish arcade guys.

or was it make up your mind.

You (and your "friend") make it sound like nobody in competitions gave a shit about Mortal Kombat, but I mean, Ed Boon was at EVO, and people were waxing nostalgic and wanted to talk about Mortal Kombat.

most gamers dont know what EVO is hope that helps

You know, I share a bond about video games with my dad too. I remember being in Reno, playing at Circus Circus's arcade late at night, learning how to play Darkstalkers while my dad was gambling. My dad, y'know, he's not big on games--he doesn't really play them, doesn't know much about them. Pretty much the only time he's ever played anything with me was goofing around in Tekken 3.

But my dad, I'll always remember, 'cause he took a break from gambling and came up to see how his son was doing. And he stood there and watched me as I learned to play Darkstalkers, as I got the mechanics of the game down, as I spent the entire night, well into the early morning, feeding coins into this machine and getting better at it.

Now like I said, my dad, not really a gamer. But you know, he's a poker player. A high stakes poker player. Tournaments every single weekend for him, making that money. Even got his picture up in a casino in Vegas. That's my dad. So you know what kinds of things he understands, that I picked up from him? Learning to push a game to its limits. Mindgames. Fake outs. Knowing the ins-and-outs of everything, studying frame data like counting cards at blackjack. So me and my dad have a bond too, and it's not exactly rooted in video games, but in the tournament mentality.

And I'll always remember that this guy who's fuckawesome at cards, who's got everybody at card houses knowing his name, he took a break one day to watch his boy learning how to play a fighting game.



Not related to MK at all, but as long as we're talking about our dads and video games.

so your dad is a degenerate gambler

darkside didnt you say you were leaving this thread or was it just me or what

 

[ktimekiller]

My dad introduced me to various old 8 bits, and my first rts ever, KKND

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

ktimekiller has a cool dad

 

[Darkside55]

so it wasnt that serious of a game

It could be that serious of a game. You know, at its most basic level, any game can be "just for fun." Even Virtua Fighter can be "just for fun." But then you've also got people who go on a hermit quest, leaving behind all their earthly possessions save for a copy of VF5, a TV, and a console and travel into the mountains. They'll spend 10 years learning buffering and zero frame throws and learning frame data for everyone. Then they'll travel down the mountains to the arcades and fight other hermits who trained on separate-but-equally-remote mountains.

But I mean, anyone can just jump into Virtua Fighter, pick Akira, and be like, "Ahahaha, palm strike!"

How "serious" a game is is defined by the people playing it, as well as how deep the system goes. Just because one can be a casual at playing the game does not mean the game is casual.

Unless we're talking about TF2, which is always for casuals.

most gamers dont know what EVO is hope that helps

Most gamers don't know a lot of things. Why should they? But if you play fighting games it's likely that you know what EVO is. If you play FPS games you likely known what Quakecon or the CPL is. I, personally, don't know what the Starcraft tournaments are called, y'know, 'cause I don't play Starcraft. But if I did, I'd probably know what tournaments there are.

There are a lot of different types of gamers, but if you play games within a certain genre, unless you're completely oblivious, you probably know what the competitive scene is. You at least know there IS a competitive scene, and you likely know what it's major tournament(s) is called.

Especially with the internet, and youtube, I mean most gamers would probably know what EVO is, given how prevalent that Daigo parry video is. And if you play any kind of game you've probably researched things about it to get better, and googling tips might've led you to a forum where they talk about upcoming tournaments.

So really, unless you're completely ignorant on video games, unless you are the most casual of casuals, then you've probably heard of the competitive scene within the games you play.

so your dad is a degenerate gambler

And your dad is a casual.

darkside didnt you say you were leaving this thread or was it just me or what

Naw I said I give up on thinking of you as anything but Adrik, Troll Master of the Wastes. I never said anything about leaving the thread.

When have I ever been known to voluntarily leave an internet argument? Nigga you must have me confused.

 

[Butt(_)_)]

Remember that one time where that one dude punched that other dude with dreadlocks in the balls?

Heh good times man.

 

[Darkside55]

GOOD TIMES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJabP7XzZ30

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

It could be that serious of a game. You know, at its most basic level, any game can be "just for fun." Even Virtua Fighter can be "just for fun." But then you've also got people who go on a hermit quest, leaving behind all their earthly possessions save for a copy of VF5, a TV, and a console and travel into the mountains. They'll spend 10 years learning buffering and zero frame throws and learning frame data for everyone. Then they'll travel down the mountains to the arcades and fight other hermits who trained on separate-but-equally-remote mountains.

yeah I call that a hyperbolic time chamber thanks

How "serious" a game is is defined by the people playing it, as well as how deep the system goes. Just because one can be a casual at playing the game does not mean the game is casual.

since the only person I know who took mk seriously is you and how serious a game is, is defined by the people playing it, then oh my god lol that must've been horrible

Most gamers don't know a lot of things. Why should they? But if you play fighting games it's likely that you know what EVO is. If you play FPS games you likely known what Quakecon or the CPL is. I, personally, don't know what the Starcraft tournaments are called, y'know, 'cause I don't play Starcraft. But if I did, I'd probably know what tournaments there are.

There are a lot of different types of gamers, but if you play games within a certain genre, unless you're completely oblivious, you probably know what the competitive scene is. You at least know there IS a competitive scene, and you likely know what it's major tournament(s) is called.

Especially with the internet, and youtube, I mean most gamers would probably know what EVO is, given how prevalent that Daigo parry video is. And if you play any kind of game you've probably researched things about it to get better, and googling tips might've led you to a forum where they talk about upcoming tournaments.

So really, unless you're completely ignorant on video games, unless you are the most casual of casuals, then you've probably heard of the competitive scene within the games you play.

but mk doesnt have a scene anymore so,

And your dad is a casual.

he gotta pay them bills dollar dollar bill yall

Naw I said I give up on thinking of you as anything but Adrik, Troll Master of the Wastes. I never said anything about leaving the thread.

When have I ever been known to voluntarily leave an internet argument? Nigga you must have me confused.

oh ok i was just wondering

 

[Darkside55]

yeah I call that a hyperbolic time chamber thanks

NAW FUCK THAT SHIT IT'S CALLED THE ROOM OF SPACE AND TIME

GODDAMN WHY DID THEY CALL IT THAT IN THE DUB SHIT'S STUPID

since the only person I know who took mk seriously is you and how serious a game is, is defined by the people playing it, then oh my god lol that must've been horrible

The saddest thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only one.

but mk doesnt have a scene anymore so

Which is why you don't know about its former scene. Nobody who was in the scene gives enough of a shit to make it known there was a scene.

Hell man did you know there was a scene for Primal Rage? I am dead serious. Don't NOBODY remember that shit anymore. People have a hard enough time trying to remember Primal Rage.

oh ok i was just wondering

yea no prob bob

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Which is why you don't know about its former scene. Nobody who was in the scene gives enough of a shit to make it known there was a scene.

except you

 

[ktimekiller]

Any hardcore fighting game player would, and any hardcore gamer would understand

 

[Darkside55]

Any hardcore fighting game player would, and any hardcore gamer would understand

*Nods*

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

please you guys aren't shit come back to me when you learn about the marble madness scene *rides away on hoverboard*

 

[Darkside55]

Awwwww shit

this dude mentioned Marble Madness

it's on now, let's go

grab your controller

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

dont you even dare try that ****ing controller shit with me

we play with trackballs where I come from. get with it or get lost *puts on shades*

 

[Viperidae]

Don't you mean trackball?

Edit: FFFFFFFFFF too slow.

Or, if you're old school like me, Amiga mouse.

*1988 PC elitist shades*

 

[MFL]

Unless we're talking about TF2, which is always for casuals.

Every time I hear someone say this, I want to go AWOL, track down your server, wait and wait and wait and when you finally log on, grind away at your face with my bottle until there is nothing left of your identity or sense of humanity.

 

[ktimekiller]

Well, it might not be casual for some of the more serious players, but in comparison to the original, it is pretty damn casual.

 

[Darkside55]

dont you even dare try that ****ing controller shit with me

we play with trackballs where I come from. get with it or get lost *puts on shades*

Oh, so we're not playing by International Marble Madness Tournament League approved peripheral standards? Alright then.

SHOULDA JUST AGREED TO PLAY WITH CONTROLLERS, 'CAUSE YOUR TRACKBALL AIN'T SHIT

TIME TO GET RAD UP IN HERE

Every time I hear someone say this, I want to go AWOL, track down your server, wait and wait and wait and when you finally log on, grind away at your face with my bottle until there is nothing left of your identity or sense of humanity.

lol u mad

 

[Sedako]

2D mortal kombat reboot announced, being helmed by Ed Boon. Rejoice?

http://kotaku.com/5560005/new-mortal-kombat-coming-will-be-gory

I must say though, I loved me some MK3.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

There is a god and he loves us very much. Poor Ed though. Being pained about not being able to discuss it. I have a feeling once he can finally talk about it he will explode in a cum flinging glory that will flood the earth and kill many leaving the few survivors locked in MORTAL KUMBAT.

 

[StarBob]

I like that the guy that made the movie trailer type thing wants to make it a real movie and did it totall on his own for no dollars. With actual dollars and more than 4 days it might be pretty fantastic. It would be cool if there was a movie and a new awesome game as well...