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[Mileena]

Arcade Kollection achievements: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/mortal-kombat-arcade-kollection/achievements/

I think I'll be getting all of those

200 points for THREE games? Fuck that. I was hoping it would have a platinum. NRS are such trophy trolls.

 

[Khezu]

200 points for THREE games? Fuck that. I was hoping it would have a platinum. NRS are such trophy trolls.

I don't think you can have more then 200 points for an xbla game, well it is a collection, it's still technically one game.

 

[Xevren]

I don't care about achievements or trophies, I just want to see how good the UMK3 game is. Has to be better than the old XBL port.

 

[fernoca]

Yeah. the 200-points achievements is a limit from Microsoft. All Arcade games have 200-points, and you can add more if you release DLC; but that's it.

Indie Games = 0 points
Games on Demand/retail: 1000 points (more with DLC)

WE WILL BECOME FRIENDS AND RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER WITH OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

<3!!

 

[Mileena]

I don't think you can have more then 200 points for an xbla game, well it is a collection, it's still technically one game.

silly

so silly

I don't care about achievements or trophies, I just want to see how good the UMK3 game is. Has to be better than the old XBL port.

Do you like run jab spam? If so, this is the game for you!



edit: oh my... I'm so happy I could cry

 

[infinityBCRT]

Thanks for all the tips guys. Will try this stuff tonight.

Just won my last 3 games in a row. Last guy I encountered did nothing but turtle and I whipped his ass. He rage quit before I had a chance to finish him off

Thanks for all the tips again.

Started to look at Brady's Smoke guide. I'm finding it super hard to pull off Smokes 3,d+1,2 combo online, dunno if its because of lag or I'm just having performance anxiety while doing it against a real person. Think I'm gonna settle down on learning Smoke well though. After that maybe I'll start learning some Ermac.

edit: I thought Brady/S1LENT1 were going to do a stream tonight in preparation of EVO. But I don't see it. Any other MK streams going on right now?

 

[sleepykyo]

Blame the shitty achievement/trophy.

I'm never getting that one. The closest I ever came was someone who ragequit with 3 secs left on the clock. And another who decided the best last shot answer to air fans was to jump into one.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Me too....except the winning 200 matches. It could be easier with a friend or two, but none of them are going to buy the game. :/

But that's 200 on 3 games. I'm planning 190 in MK1, 9 in MK2 and 1 in UMK3. The last one will be the hardest.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Started to look at Brady's Smoke guide. I'm finding it super hard to pull off Smokes 3,d+1,2 combo online, dunno if its because of lag or I'm just having performance anxiety while doing it against a real person. Think I'm gonna settle down on learning Smoke well though. After that maybe I'll start learning some Ermac.

It's strange but for some character the game seems to drop input in combos. Pre patch I couldn't do any combos with sektor, the inputs just didn't register. After the patch they started working but not always, sometimes it's a matter of luck.

 

[Fantasmo]

Got 41 wins in a row with Sheeva last night. I think its time to put the controller down lol

 

[DasRaven]

Don't we usually get the DLC klassic costume trailer around now?

 

[Unicorn]

Don't we usually get the DLC klassic costume trailer around now?

What do you mean?

 

[DasRaven]

What do you mean?

Nevermind, I'm off by a week. I'm so used to DLC releases every 2 weeks that I missed that the next one isn't coming out until 08/09.
So next week, we should get the official Freddy reveal, Story, and Klassic skin trailers(unmasked sub/tbd?).

 

[infinityBCRT]

http://www.twitch.tv/s1lent1

Bunch of guys including Tom Brady sparring for EVO. Might do some 4 player tag shortly (which I'm hyped for-- have not seen a lick of high-level 4 player tag yet)

 

[infinityBCRT]

http://www.g4tv.com/evo2011/

Art and Tom Brady are commentating MK on the bonus stream.

 

[infinityBCRT]

He is not uppercutting your throws on reaction. He's just uppercutting you whenever you get close. So go up, wait for uppercut to whiff, d+4, begin pressure. Or block the uppercut and d+1, d+4, overhead, crossup, throw, whatever.

Smoke's overhead is b+2,3.

I'm in pool 3. 8:00 am!

Osu's match against Alex Valle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVxbvf7RH0

 

[djkimothy]

I'm getting terrible lag in the stream.

Nevrmind. Reset the router.

 

[djkimothy]

Wow. Perfect legend.... 4% hit away from elimination... Wins it.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Tom Brady just got blown up by Arturo.

 

[Khezu]

So top 8 for sunday.

Chris G reptile
Tony kabal
Perfect kung lao
tony soprano kitana
REO mileena
Red liu kang
JOP cage
denzell sub-zero

Neat.

 

[fernoca]

Nice/varied characters.

 

[Osu 16 Bit]

Sup gaf. Did the stream pick up my hype?

 

[Khezu]

Kitana mirrors are silly.

 

[Nori Chan]

Wish they didn't have SF and MK at the same time today :\

 

[Khezu]

Wish they didn't have SF and MK at the same time today :\

I watched them both and focused on what matches were more interesting at the time.

I doubt I'll do the same tomorrow though, not a big fan of tekken, so marvel all the way.

 

[Bleepey]

So top 8 for sunday.

Chris G reptile
Tony kabal
Perfect kung lao
tony soprano kitana
REO mileena
Red liu kang
JOP cage
denzell sub-zero

Neat.

Damn, now that's a balanced game! Congrats Netherrealm.

 

[Nemesis_]

How on earth did you get this U_U

 

[infinityBCRT]

Wish they didn't have SF and MK at the same time today :\

Agreed. Was kinda ridiculous that 2000 people were there for AE, 500 were there for MK but only like 1% of the people were watching MK because it was on some dinky screen to the side while AE was on the big screen. Should've given MK Quarters and Semis time on the big screen today during Pools for other games.

Heres the Tom Brady vs Arturo/Sabin match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcMgLCj5jYY

 

[Nemesis_]

Jesus christ, I feel so stupid.

I thought this was Tom Brady, as in, the MK Tom Brady.

Terrible of me.

 

[Unicorn]

That's the joke.

 

[Mileena]

How on earth did you get this U_U

lots of MK. Mastery, double flawless on Shang and beating arcade on expert without dying can all diaf though.

 

[Unicorn]

lots of MK. Mastery, double flawless on Shang and beating arcade on expert without dying can all diaf though.

Fuck those. I decided day one I won't even bother. Those will have to just be coincidence.

 

[Nori Chan]

Who did you use for the double flawless on shang?

 

[Unicorn]

Has anyone at NRS mentioned the DLC characters' alts?

Man, I have so much fun in singleplayer, but going online, factoring in a second of lag, matches just turn to spam fests as actual play can't exist. :c

I'll continue to try and find someone on the west coast to play with

 

[Mileena]

Raiden because he's so bullshit and brainless. Get him in the corner first round with B+312, dash, 334 superman then spam 334 334 33 shocker 33 superman. It will take a couple tries but he's clearly the easiest for getting flawlesses.

 

[DryEyeRelief]

Damn, now that's a balanced game! Congrats Netherrealm.

agreed!

 

[Nori Chan]

Fucking hate Shang Tsung. Not even on beginner man.

 

[infinityBCRT]

MK9 Finals on now!!

http://www.ustream.tv/evo2011

 

[Morphis]

Just watching the Evo stream. Haven't played MK since pretty close to the launch, I liked it but was dissapointed by the netcode. I read that there's been a patch, how's the netcode now?

 

[infinityBCRT]

MK9 Grand Finals on now. REO vs Perfect Legend.

 

[Nori Chan]

If Mileena won I would'v definitely tweeted boon about giving her something in MK9 like another costume lol:x

 

[Mileena]

Enjoy the influx of Mileenas now. I was the OG Mileena main

 

[Archurro]

Anyone have replays of the finals? Also, does anyone know sites/resources to get better at the game?

 

[gillty]

Anyone have replays of the finals? Also, does anyone know sites/resources to get better at the game?

Pt1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFh2HYNgEto
Pt2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U999VBLK2e0

 

[djkimothy]

Why can't I play Kung lao like that. We share the same name! Damn good fight.

 

[Nori Chan]

Enjoy the influx of Mileenas now. I was the OG Mileena main

I'll be checking the character usage page err day lol

 

[Slamtastic]

http://www.twitch.tv/s1lent1

EVO after hours for MK

 

[sleepykyo]

Enjoy the influx of Mileenas now. I was the OG Mileena main

Given NRS unwillingness to add a couple of frame to the offline unsafe/"online safe" moves I still expect to see plenty of Reptile elbow dash. Oh and Raiden teleports gimmicks.

With Mileena her mid/low mix-up is a little harder to see online, but her blocked rolls are the pop up unsafe type. People might have to drop to a lower max punish but they'll still be able to get uppercut class damage or above. Can't really imagine too many bandwagon players joining up.

 

[Fantasmo]

Given NRS unwillingness to add a couple of frame to the offline unsafe/"online safe" moves I still expect to see plenty of Reptile elbow dash. Oh and Raiden teleports gimmicks.

With Mileena her mid/low mix-up is a little harder to see online, but her blocked rolls are the pop up unsafe type. People might have to drop to a lower max punish but they'll still be able to get uppercut class damage or above. Can't really imagine too many bandwagon players joining up.

Yea, that and REOs techniques are really high level offline play techniques, especially the low in the air jump sais. The timing to do that and his pressure tactics and combos are really tough online. Maybe a few but most will give up fast.

Becoming busy lately so I'll let you guys in on a few observations of mine:

There's a character that totally destroys Kitana
There's a character pretty much designed to destroy Reptile
There's a character that completely dominates Raiden
There's a character that stuffs Mileena big time and
There's a character that (so far), seems to make life a living hell for both Liu Kang and Sindel.

Ill let you guys hit practice mode and figure out who they are, but if you're struggling, PM me and Ill give you a few strategies.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

So...Freddy/alt costumes trailer today, hopefully?