I love how every time they say "full combo" almost every time, they have to follow up with "oh he dropped it"

I was too young when I was playing this game every day. I wish I knew about esports and all of that because this is probably my favorite Mortal Kombat

"You kinda see the same thing happen all the time maybe sometimes" What a colossally redundant statement.

10 years later impressive gameplay!! Best memories forever!! While at the time NRS have disappoint many people, which waiting something better with the development of MK12. We ll see..

lol i love how that kenshi got boo'ed for checking the move list

LMFAO @ 18:54 omg i think the fact that he went to the move list was a bigger insult then the fatality itself

This game better than X and 11

Kabal sempre como um dos melhores no competitivo

The use of Kabal was spot on against Freddy Krueger in the first match, Very Impressive Performance

2020? perfect 13legend

"this is going to be interesting"

i embrace getting spammed. its a sign of respect. if you don't get spammed, chances are they think you are weak as hell and can fight you close range. i fought a kabal with my sub. tore his ass apart the first round. he was elite too. 2nd round he back tracked the whole round throwing gas blast and saws and made it a point to keep me out. yea i was pissed but all is fair in love in right? i didn't complain i just patiently picked my spots. either adapt or just don't play the game.

this game is fuckin' awesome!!

*Daigo sits back and throws Hadokens* Y'all are like: "What a legend. Truly a master of fighting games." *Pig of the Hut zones out his opponents with Kenshi* Y'all are like: "Spammer! Zoning is cheap and lame!"

This pop on anyone else’s feed? A great game

In pig’s defense, kenshi’s fatality has an incredibly small activation area, and only works when it wants to

EVO is a tournament series that happens every year sometime in July, so next July 2013 if the game is back, most likely Injustice Gods Among Us could take its place though.

Have to admit the fatality makes the matches really hype.

This intro was amazing....also, MORTAL KOMBAT FOR LIFE GUYS!!!!!

I wouldn't be suprised if Pig didnt know the fatality because he probably never wasted his time learning fatalities and only learned how to play his Kenshi in the middle of battle.

8:14 was one of the most awkward yet funny moments ever...

"The thing about Johnny cage players is you kinda see the same thing happen all the time maybe, sometimes."

Am I the only one who never heard of this channel before? Subbed.

LOL awesome crowd and lmao @ the player who didn't know how to do the fatality. xD

Just got this game a week ago and i love it. Its one of the few fighters that appeals to casual and competitive players. Unlike Capcoms competitive only fighters. It has so much content and multiplayer capabilities(love challenge tower and king of the hill). I was wondering if i ever wanted to try competitive play is Ermac a good character? I rlly like him. But idk if he might be bottom tier or something.

If it is competitive, everything is allowed. If you win by spamming, you can do it. If you want to change that, create a new rule. Don't think that you can win these games ONLY by spamming.

Kung Loa was so broke that he can do a damn Brutality at the end 😂

So Beauty PlayGame!!! =)

18:57 I laughed so hard. :D

Zoning is pure weakness.

I honestly suck at MK, but love watching MK tournaments! Though I think I'd rather watch them with the game's music louder and absent comments all the time.. Kind of helps me focus better.

If the one commentator had said "Wow" one more time I would have eaten a bullet... Jesus Christ man! LMAO

18:51 LOL, someone in the background is trying to shout out the fatality for him.

Kenshi is quite possibly the best character for keeping people at range. He is also very good at lifts, considering he has three potential lifts, in xbox controls: (>Y, Y, X), his down back X attack, and his enhanced down back B. Kenshi, even controlled by a moderately skilled player who has the reflexes to use his deflect, will kill seasoned players that can't work well in air or teleport, (Jax, Baraka, in some cases Johnny Cage, Sub Zero, Nightwolf, Some cases LiuKang,)

Going against M2 Dave must feel like fighting your younger sibling in a fighting game who only spams the same move that they know

Bro i will rage quit with all that shoulder barging from kenshi

So cheap fighting is now called "zoning"? loooooool

Can someone please help me? Do these guys get sponsored? I've been playing this alot since release, I had no idea MLG was even a thing for MK. How do I go about getting sponsored? Watching this video, I know I could win atleast 1 tourney. I have about 6k wins and 500 loss. I'm a brutal beast with Sub,Smoke,Cage,Scorpion. My only problem is, I'm on Xbox, I see that this years tourney is on PS3. I don't have a ps3. Do you guys think I would be okay playing on a PS3 at a tourney? The buttons are the same. I have friends with ps3 and I have no problem dominating them, but then again they don't play this game as seriously as I do. Opinions plz?

The stryker fight was just brutal to watch cuz u knew he was walking into a slaughter house

You're not being a prick. You're explaining it pretty well. It just pisses me off when people practice hard to learn the ins and outs of a character, and them someone who just throws projectiles manages to make it to the top 8. To me, it spits in the face of competition and skill.

OH WOW!

audio out of sync multiple times throughout the video... no bueno FGTV

I have mine set up like TT2. Top Row: (from left to right, keep in mind this is how I use it at least) 1,2,block,tag Bottom Row: 3,4, FlipStance, Grab

I must admit I hate nearly all zonerz but pigofthehut doesn't bother me he looks like he really knows his characters zonging abilities and hand to hand kombat, and mixes it up so perfectly

"That zoning game with Kenshi is so strong" That zoning game with Kenshi is so cheap* I don't care what anyone says. That isn't how fighting games are meant to be played. It's cheap and there's no honor in playing like that. Fight like a man (or woman) not a little kid. Spamming/ zone spamming make for incredibly boring fights to watch.

80% of the comments are by idiots and scrubs. The FGC is so spoiled nowadays. "Patch this, it's cheap!" "Ban spamming, it's unfair!" Learn match-ups and adapt!

Bro even zoning looks dope in this game

The problem there is, you're ignoring the spacial positioning and decision making skills it takes to pull off that zoning game properly. Zoning properly is part of the ins and outs of a character. As is getting around projectiles. To be competetive is to accept the game as a whole, as is. Not how we want it to be.

Love Kabal but he really does break the game.

this reminds me of how fast my fingers are when playing hotline Miami

Best commentators. Much better than the 2012 ones

mmm it's like playing a good match against your opponent, and not trying to completely sweep right through them from what I understand

if u can't get out of a spam, u deserve to get spammed lol. mike tyson uses the same punches to win every match. u do what u have to to win

Gonna discuss some of the things about this game/techniques and discuss why some is justified and others may not be (not just taking one side here so maybe my comment will be interesting). I was, and still am when I can find people/the time, competitive at MK9. My record is ridiculously high online and I've "mastered" multiple characters (lol at giving credentials for a KZfaq comment). Point is, zoning CAN be something of a skill and not just 3 buttons over and over again. Let's take Cyber Sub-Zero for example, horrible zoner in general, but with the right mindgames/setups you can actually get a zone advantage on people who aren't Kabal (lol). The problem is two things, any high level community (and at one point and time I was a part of this community, at least in the online world) is toxic. They play the game to win and nothing else. Throw money into that equation and you're damn right I'll press thee buttons over and over again. For example, let's say Baraka was used in Top 8 (I defend a lot of low tier characters so forgive all my examples being lower tiered), if it was a Baraka vs. Kabal matchup or even a few others, you could just simply zone and unfortunately there's not much you can do in the matchup. People WOULD do this because there's money involved and the Baraka player, even if a BETTER player, would still more than likely lose. The second problem (which still stems from the first one in a way) is a lot of high level players (please refer to the fact that I say A LOT and not ALL) will pick a character based on tier, learn the best things they have to offer, and honestly that's it. They learn other characters just to see matchups but that's not actually LEARNING the character that's just learning how to punish the character. Why is this a problem? Because when you learn only the best and only the best things they can do, well it gets kind of dull to watch/almost spammy. So when you have the equation of elitist mindset, and money you have people who will do whatever it takes to win, and sometimes spam zoning is the option. Don't get me wrong though there truly is some awesome people here and I do think Perfect Legend has a phenomenal Kung Lao and I respect him sticking with him even after the nerf, but we also see that he can handle zoning and close kombat (even if using Kung Lao =P). This is why I (even though you can expect to see me at local and national MKX tournaments) respect and love online play, simply because of the variety you have in players/strategies/characters. People online do play for fun, and competitively, and if you play in that community you normally will learn more about your character than in a purely offline competitive community. For example in MK9 my MAIN main was Ermac, I know pretty much every string with him and plenty of combos/punishes with him. I was almost forced to use as many as I could find BECAUSE of the online community. When you face people of all ranges of skills/characters/and strategies you are forced to bring out unique ways to play your character. Anyway there's my two cents. Zoning =/= spam always but spam can = zoning to some.

I love their awkward pause as they realise the camera cut to them.

I love this fool on commentary that sounds like he’s gonna purr constantly

"Oh wow!" "Full combo..." -These anouncers

Cool fights!!! But if i played on EVO 12 i could easy win against all, with my Pro-Stryker!!! What you think dudes?

my friend gross from dominican republic just defeated today perfect legend in a tourney

wish i could play as insane as thes dudes!

I came here to see how mechanically clunky this game was (and man does it look worse than I remember), but I couldn't help but notice all the BLATANTLY obvious casual players commenting about "spamming" and "corner cheesing." First off, if you use either of those terms, you're literally telling everyone with a brain you don't know what you're talking about. If you think zoning is "spamming" you clearly don't know there are numerous ways around zoning, and it's up to YOU as a player to learn them. And if all of you honestly think you could even get out of pools in any fighting game at any major, you're horribly wrong. These guys were top notch in this game, and remain top notch in MKX. Whether or not zoning is boring is subjective. That does not mean, however, that it takes 0 skill. If you think that, try to zone against any pro player. Zoning isn't spamming, it's not "dishonorable" to zone, and there's no such thing as "corner cheesing." And to all the people like "upplsuckimcool16," please never touch a fighting game again. If the FGC is gonna bring in casual players, we want casuals that are willing to learn, not those who run around yelling "CHEAP SPAMMERS!"

I swear if I hear "thats interesting" one more time im gonna lose my shit. This guy.

Commentators look like they are just floating heads lol but this tourny was amazing I was at the edge of my seat every match!!

that taunt MIT did woulda got his ass whooped if they were playin at home lolll

mk9 is much beter then mkx.mkx to cartoonish

Are all the pro players just a bunch of spammers?

perfect legend has inspired me to become better at kung lao

"Wow wow wow ohh wow wooow wow wow ohhh wooow wow" Etc.

I know games have matchups but in that liu kang vs kenshi, there was like no chance to win for liu kng just because he didnt have a teleport move.

i'm starting to think that mortal kombat players are only spammers

That co-commentator finds ALOT of things interesting

It sounds like they are playing LoL.. with all that "he is poking him to zone" :D

Wow, look at the spamming whiners here. Bunch of scrubs.

1:11:1

MIT won my heart pulling out the Reptile. Good stuff

very useful information. thank you sir

Kenshi is straight up cheap, Idgaf what anyone says a he is easily the cheapest character. He's like noob but better, I don't enjoy watching a person spam 2 moves to win a match I'm sorry that you guys do.

That's how you play the character, its not cheap at all. In fact, to properly keep out one of these top level guys you have to be pretty much on point with your spacing and timing.

Back when people weren’t butthurt about fatalities, now they call them toxic lol

He played the game I imagined someone who has only played MK for a week to be playing.

watching these guys makes me want to play the shit out of some mortal kombat ^_^

i would be pretty bummed if MK didnt make it back to EVO. It's pretty hype just like KOF

What the hell man? Striker and Scorpion? Seriously? Dude you was so awesome with Cage and Reptile, I really wanted to see Cage back in action. Thats a seriously let down.

PLEASE tell me someone here is getting audio delay towards the end.

You can definitely tell by the comments that most of the people complaining about zoning more than likely get bodied online.

SICK Tournament man!!!!!!

I never knew about this evo. But now i Do....So prepare for real skills by HHH3R0 in future Evo events!!! Im coming for SonicFox!

Couldn't agree more. It's beyond disappointing to look it, but i guess thats how they play it.

THIS IS GONNA BE INTERESTING!

Oooooo que juegaso que mal queyya no alla casu nadie en online 😢😢😢 Que recuerdos cuando jugaba con Jhonny Cage

You know I get why zone spamming is a thing, but goddamn it puts me to sleep to see players do nothing but that.

these players are sick like come on these guys would wreck too many online players just joining random matches.

Good to know that Ermac was used in Evo, I main him...I hate the spamming like the next competitor, mostly I see that online but If you gotta use that tatic to win I wouldn't blame them...they are competing for money though

2019?

yeah i hope so and i know a great game to ad in mk10 as a dlc a game of all the characters and the revenge of whoever you pick you have like a selection of all the characters and you get to play a story mode of them.

mk9 is the only reason i wish i had a console

KILLER INSTINCT, KILLER INSTINCT, KILLER INSTINCT.

nice video

Second match was simply amazinng

Am I the only one that cheers for the characters instead of the players?