Stop trying to be a smartass.
You mistake me! I'm not trying at all but when I do, I actually do quite well. In all honesty, I simply had no idea that you would receive my little musing in such a light, and to maintain neutral standing with others that frequent this board, I will make an effort to appear less "immature" as to not arouse any negative feelings. The little shot at the end was a bit uncalled for and I have since edited it out, though I see you managed to view it beforehand. My apology is sincere, I can assure you I'll be less cavalier in the future.
In fact allow me to start by answering your previous question that I will admit I had missed before.
KoF is actually a sound tournament fighter. My personal favorite is KoF 2002 or KoF Unlimited Match 2002 for PS2. Though I haven't seen any official tournaments outside of Eastern countries I have had quite a few "Unofficial" tournaments with fans in the area. We've never actually met behind Burger King, sadly. The thing about KoF is that normally players will specialize exclusively in maybe one or two characters since some can be very complex and others want to use specific strategies against certain opponents. This obviously turns a lot of people off from the game but in some ways I suppose you could say that this isn't too dissimilar from fighters like Tekken. It can be a test of a players skill to master the fighting elements of the game and the action can become blinding on screen at times, so it is a fighter you need to invest time in to really become good at it.
I still know many who play KoF'98 as it seems to be the overall favorite and there are small online communities that play and exchange strategies and talk KOF. Mostly when you are dealing with people from the States it is those who are more framiliar with the MAME'd versions which upset SNK/Playmore to no end(Hence the WAREZ references in Neo Geo Battle Colliseum). I'm assuming you already know about the shortcomings of the newer itterations released on the Taito Type X2 and the reception it got and it's still not as accessible as the SF series. I know nothing about Brawl, so I can't comment on that. I missed the bus on that one.
I'm hopeful that MK will manage a strong and competitive online standing, and if what I've seen so far out of fans is any indication, I'm sure it will be long lasting and bring back some of the old time flavor of classic MK tourneys. With XBOX Live and PSN, we won't even have to go to the arcades now to compete! =] Still, I'm sure there will still be venues for it and live tournaments within the year. I think that some are even already being planned.