**Week 2** STBL Show! Questions Thread

Current Fighting Games Mortal Kombat
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Hello everyone… thank you all for watching and making our episode 1 show a success.

Week 2’s show will be next Sunday May 15th. We are going to schedule to start at 7pm pacific, 10pm eastern again. This show will be a little longer, around 2hrs, to make sure we include coverage of the ‘ask Tom Brady thread’ on mku http://www.mortalkombatunited.com/showthread.php?7890-Ask-Tom-Brady.

Please post all your questions here to make it easier for us to find during the show. Also keep the character specific questions related to the 4 characters listed below. General questions are always welcome… Thanks

Week 2 character Lineup:

  1. Noob
  2. Ermac
  3. Raiden
  4. Johnny Cage

Order of events:

  1. Coverage of all question threads (mku/tym/srk) this will include the ‘ask Tom Brady’ thread
  2. Character specific strategy and tips with live or previously recorded game play
  3. Open questions from our live viewers.
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Looking forward to it

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specific patch details? I mean really specific.

Are they going to make canceling into special moves easier? Even on this stream the player seems to have difficulty with that. If the window was even just a few frames longer it would help A LOT. I’m glad me and my friends aren’t the only ones having this problem.

also I never miss EX moves coming out on SF but I sometimes miss them on this game. Its weird. If you do not hit block + the other button at exactly the same time, your EX move will not come out.

I play Shang Tsung and I’m having difficulty punishing Sektor’s teleport punch.

MK is my fav fighting game so far and its not because of the gore! Yes its better than SSF4.

***What is difficult in SF is the one frame links. What is difficult in MK is canceling to special and EX moves. All of these are barriers that simply should not exist. Its like I am playing chess, and know how to play the game well, but I am unable to move all the pieces. I know I am not the only one experiencing this frustration.

Thank you Tom Brady for everything you are doing to promote this game!!! Really THANK YOU!!! Also thank you S1lent1 for the stream!!!

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how do i get on Ermac effectively with Quan Chi or someone like Sheeva? Yes im a low Tier warrior. also, the x in between my name is silent so dont worry about pronouncing it.

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i know the red hands & feet in training mode are a lie as far as hit detection goes (ex, kitana’s fan pokes), but do they stay red only for active frames? if so thats a way to mine frame data. i apologize if this has been asked before

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General question:

Everyone agrees that the training mode sucks, any plans for making it better…preferably having a record function for the cpu?

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My biggest gripe with the game to be honest. Other than that I love it but reptile is my fav and the canceling into his energy balls seem to only come out 1-3 tries for me even though im using the same exact timing on each one. It’s frustrating as heck.

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I feel ermac has some issues when being pressured. What are his best options to try and turn the momentum and gain some distance.

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Good stuff here guys, keep it coming. Dont worry about your experience when asking a question. We are doing this for everyone, so hopefully beginners and pro’s can gain some knowledge to help their game evolve.

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I’m entering a tournament at a convention in a couple weeks, looking to get some practice in. I’m thinking Ermac is my best bet so I’ve got a few questions I can ask here:

Who would you say are Ermac’s two best and two worst matchups?

What does Ermac have that’s safe and especially useful? Does he have any good lows/overheads?

Is there anything in particular Ermac is really bad at, or bad against that I should look out for? (zoning/pressuring/etc)

Thanks in advance for the answers, and I’m looking forward to the show!

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Is there some kind of shortcut for x-ray moves? I have done them quite often accidently when I was holding block then press the joystick in a few directions and press 1 other button. It is like I am doing the x-ray move without pressing the 3 buttons needed.

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Beginner question: When Brady tries to evaluate a new character what are the things he looks for? For example, does he try to identify the characters anti air moves, overheads, cancellable normals etc, how his specials and ex etc work and what they are meant for ( zoning, rush down, etc)

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Personally waiting for a Kano show for my own questions, but I do have an Ermac question from my sister: What are the best uses for his Hover Slam?

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This is actually a really good question.

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Hey guys, thanks for the posts and questions. Remember the show is tonite at 7pm pacific http://www.justin.tv/s1lent1 see u there.

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I would just like Tom to talk more about meter usage and strategies, as well defensive play and how to understand strengths and weaknesses in match ups. I would also like him to discuss reading the fighter/player and choosing the correct options for your fighter.

Cage question, who can he fight in a projectile battle and potentially win at a distance and thoughts on versing Kung Lao and Liu Kang.

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What do you think of Cage’s 2, 1, b+4?
What are some good options to do after Cages flip kick is blocked?

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damn my username got butchered lmao…its what i get having the same sn since 2001

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Great episode guys! Noob’s corner game looks nasty.

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I have subscribers from gamefaqs neoempire neogaf and all over so I uploaded the episode to my YT account to give this more publicity. If this bothers you for whatever reason I’ll remove it.

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