MM loses its effect when you got every shmuck and mook going OMG I DONT PLAY UNLESS YOU MM ME.
MM only really matter in cases like Sanford vs Duc, 90 percent of the time its just lame.
Well for me, fighting games in general don’t have the same thrill they use to. Especially casual, in a tounament I gotta get in gear cause I only get 2 chances before I’m knocked out. if I’m playing casual. I can just fuck around all day and it’s mad boring theres nothing on the line.
In a tournament/money match there’s something on the line. Some people might play their best in casual but a lot of top players won’t. I’ll play MSP in marvel and in Guilty Gear I’ll use random characters in casual. It’s boring :(. If wong and sanford were duking it out in marvel in a casual setting it would be mad boring when there’s money or a tournament match on the line it becomes real exciting.
Dark prince vs clock, is the perfect example. Imagine if that was a casual match with nothing on the line or let’s say like a hand shake after. Yeah that’s going to be real exciting D: if you lose you can just cop out and say “I don’t care what did I lose?” 
or something =)
It use to be quarters, now its 5 dollar-3k MM…
When you have something on the line to lose you take the game more serious plan and simple. While we all want to be ryu and just fight to be the best, it doesn’t work like that. We perform better(or worst sometimes) when there something at stake. Weather thats 25cent or 3k. And since arcades are all but dead, MM where bound to happen. I’ve been watching MM since the “death” of the arcade scene. And even back in the day on snes playing SSF2 and Killer instinct.
I think the MM are healthy and ive never seen a top player turn down anyone just because. There usual both casual and MM going on at the same time anyway…
Still, he had insulted him and many other veterans of Marvel. There still would’ve been pride on the line. That was Clock putting him in his place with Strider/Doom/Sent. Harsh…
Are money matches primarily (exclusively?) an american thing ?
Yeah…I can’t imagine people in Japan money match like we do here. Like they barely get any money for winning SBO. They play mainly just out of the fun from playing and becoming better at the game. They fight for their lives without really ever putting much on the line. Which I think is why they’re so good to begin with. In America money is always treated a sense of value and worth (just turn on MTV/BET). When you take something you already take seriously and then throw down money on it…that means you mean business.
Just about. Plus, there really isn’t much to prove. Yeah, you beat a high player at a money match. What then? Are you gonna win every tourney you enter? Doubtful. Just because you win a money match doesn’t necessarily make you the best player in your region.
Like Jae said, it’s only cool when it’s big name players doing it. Now all of a sudden, EVERYONE wants to money match in any game possible. IMO, I’d rather take the pride in winning a tourney because you basically denied a shitload of players in your bracket a chance at the top.
I say that’s how a lot of money matches start too. Especially if you’re someone that doesn’t normally win tournaments or place higher than other more established players. The first thing they wanna do is see if they can get money off of you from your tourney winnings. To see if they can still have their ego at the end of the day. I guess the idea is “so what if you won that tourney…you willing to put your money on the line that you can do that to me again?”
MMs don’t need to be cool. This personally isn’t my opinion, but, if you can win at a game and someone wants to play you for money, I don’t see any logical reason to turn him down. Free money, is the term.
I challenge you to a MM for 6K, all or nothing :nunchuck:
With all kidding aside, one thing your not realizing about all these MM’s is that they are actually helping out our community. It’s inspiring players to get better, and making competition move forward. Everyone becomes more driven when moneys on the line.
QFT.
I remember hearing from Zach that Vegita-X did nothing but money matches and he’s illmatic. An example of how mms can be beneficial.
Thread creator lost a money match…
It seems to me that Dark Prince vs. Clock would have been exciting without the money, because of the bad blood, the crowd reaction, etc. Meanwhile DP vs. Shady is kind of boring even with the money aspect, because it was so laid back.
I have no problem with people betting and the contestants putting up their own money in some awesome battle, but two guys I’ve never heard of putting money on the line is kind of silly. It’s like a battle to see who is the 32nd best player - yay.
SmoothViper vs. SooMighty…who cares. No amount of money makes that very exciting - it’s two pretty good players playing each other. (Yes I’ve heard of them…)
Three things create genuine hype: skill, rivalry and backstory.
Hell yes! Burrito unit for life! :lovin:
Pabs & I battled over pron once…I won of course. I instantly leveled-up when something was on the line…especially something I like 
Any matches between Pabs, Vid, and Joon are instantly gold.
its probably a way to get certain people to shut up, like conceited scrubs for instance.
seems to me you cant get a match in mvc2 nowadays without it being a money match