Critical-Limit
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Never heard of Sirlin
No idea who that is.
I didn't call anyone a scrub, I was referring to a scrubby mindset. and the "scrubby mindset" of thinking something is cheap. It's in the game don't call it cheap. I agree with not getting mad at someone who is able to execute strategies that beat you. I'm just saying if someone is spamming a move and beating you. that means YOU are playing very simplistic for you to be punished by the same tactic. it's not him being cheap, it's you being predictable.
Ya you have to accept people play this way and it's BORING. the best way to make them STOP being boring is to destroy their strategy flat out so they are FORCED to play good. Or they will keep losing. This is why you should leave the game and just go fight someone better.
It's easy to tell when they aren't smart. If they keep spamming obvoiusly keep spamming the counter.
That means something is probably wrong with the game if it's "Unstoppable" there is nothing unstoppable in Mortal kombat though.
Did i not mention that doesn't affect patched games? You play any tool that isn't "Banned" whether you think it's fair or not.
If you know something is so broken that EVERYONE is abusing it. And all you do is perfect this broken strategy in a patched game. That's stupid because more than likely it's going to get nerfed/patched and you put all your practice into a strategy which will no longer exist or will be banned at tournaments.
To be frank. Only pros have the right to talk on game balances. IF you aren't traveling to tournaments and making bracket, your opinion could matter, if you back it up with solid evidence, but more than likely it will not.
don't turn into the SC2 community where all the newbs are screaming something is overpowered just to get the people who made the game to nerf it just because "you" have a problem handling it. Sometimes something YOU cannot handle, can be easily handled by someone else who figured it out.
It sounds like somebody's been reading Sirlin. I hate that guy. I like a lot of the tips and pointers presented here though. Makes you a better fighting game player.
No idea who that is.
I will never call a 50% combo "cheap" nor will I call anybody a "scrub". The way I see it, you can't get mad at a guy for using a move that works, over and over again. Have something used against you enough times and you should figure a way to get around it. Nothing is perfect.
I didn't call anyone a scrub, I was referring to a scrubby mindset. and the "scrubby mindset" of thinking something is cheap. It's in the game don't call it cheap. I agree with not getting mad at someone who is able to execute strategies that beat you. I'm just saying if someone is spamming a move and beating you. that means YOU are playing very simplistic for you to be punished by the same tactic. it's not him being cheap, it's you being predictable.
No, what I don't like to see is somebody who uses one good move and then does NOTHING ELSE. I'm don't so much get angry that I couldn't dodge it. I get angry because that's just so bloody BORING. If I have to face down the same move over and over and over and over again, whether I can dodge or not makes less and less difference the longer the "spam" continues. After a while, I just don't want to play against that person anymore. I'm not getting anything out of it. Even if I'm winning there's just no enjoyment in a match like that.
Ya you have to accept people play this way and it's BORING. the best way to make them STOP being boring is to destroy their strategy flat out so they are FORCED to play good. Or they will keep losing. This is why you should leave the game and just go fight someone better.
Now, some people will come at you with a move, force you into a pattern of action to avoid it (like it's suggested you do above) then get you when you make your now predictable dodge effort. That's fine, that's smart. But then the person proceeds to do the same thing, again. How many times does it take before you get sick of that? It's not just special move spamming that's annoying, it's all manner of overly repeated patterns.
It's easy to tell when they aren't smart. If they keep spamming obvoiusly keep spamming the counter.
Here we come into the same situation, you eventually (some more quickly than others) stop wanting to fight that person. It becomes un-enjoyable.
Now, imagine that one combo, one move, heck one character is so hard to dodge, so impossible to get around, that you cannot win. Ever. Now imagine you're of the "play to win" mindset. Can you imagine now, how mad that would make you?
That means something is probably wrong with the game if it's "Unstoppable" there is nothing unstoppable in Mortal kombat though.
From a gamer's perspective you just have to grin and bear it. But if there are enough of those situations in a game, greater and greater numbers of people will take the only course of action available and stop playing altogether. That needs to be fixed.
That's balance. And it's the job of the developers. And I'm not really sure why I went into all of this...I just....really don't like Sirlin philosophy. I guess my point is, don't just "play to win" and abuse the system for your benefit. And don't just accept that these errors are there to stay. If you find a move that seems "unfair", first make sure that it really is. Then complain your asses off. Make the devs notice. That's the correct course of action I think. Not "accept it and play the game you've got".
Did i not mention that doesn't affect patched games? You play any tool that isn't "Banned" whether you think it's fair or not.
If you know something is so broken that EVERYONE is abusing it. And all you do is perfect this broken strategy in a patched game. That's stupid because more than likely it's going to get nerfed/patched and you put all your practice into a strategy which will no longer exist or will be banned at tournaments.
To be frank. Only pros have the right to talk on game balances. IF you aren't traveling to tournaments and making bracket, your opinion could matter, if you back it up with solid evidence, but more than likely it will not.
don't turn into the SC2 community where all the newbs are screaming something is overpowered just to get the people who made the game to nerf it just because "you" have a problem handling it. Sometimes something YOU cannot handle, can be easily handled by someone else who figured it out.
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