Here's what I think happened:
They mistakenly released the patch earlier and some people could get it before they took it out.
What that creates is complete incompatibility between the 1.01 and 1.02 users. That's why usually a online game forces you to update in order to play online. MK9 doesn't force updating so, well, that why we're screwed.
Now, personally, I could download the patch, but couldn't apply it (lack of HDD space). When I tried again, it didn't update. I think I still got v1.01 but there's no way to tell that I know of. *
I'm unlucky to have had this HDD full problem, but usually you know if you got the patch if:
- You downloaded an update 1.02 when you launched MK9.
- It installed and started MK9 afterwards.
If you never downloaded anything, then you still got 1.01.
What you can do is ask in the chat in-game who's got the same version as you so you'll have a compatible opponent and it won't crash.
You could even create a room called V.1.01 users only or something.
* Any of you guys actually downloaded and installed patch 1.02 and call tell us what is different? Thx