https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct1aC1AnTkk

Amusing video of installing UMKII: TE at YesterCades on the arcade machine.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat II: Tournament Edition Arcade Roms at YesterCades

This is a short video of an installation of upgraded rom chips for MKII done by myself and Ken Kalada of YesterCades, and some demonstration of obvious chang…

Super congratulations to Theo in a hard fought tournament this weekend!

Full Injustice MLG results (73 players)

1. FRQ EMPR Theo
2. GGA 16 Bit
3. EMPR Whiteboi
4. C88 Wound Cowboy
5. EMPR Jupiter
5. Hitbox Tyrant
7. C88 KIT Forever King
7. AK Pig of the Hut
9. DR GRoss
9. RG Sonic Fox
9. C88 MIT
9. Perfect Legend
13. KN EMP Darth Arma
13. C88 FatherDab
13. FRQ Filipinoman
13. Noobe
17. Kitana Prime
17. Blind Ducky
17. RedReaper16
17. C88 Syknis
17. KN MF Slayer
17. FLK BigBoy
17. NYChrisG123
17. WC Nubcakes
25. KTX RM HYsteria
25. Sonic Boom Brad
25. Evan Hashimoto
25. KN EMP KDZ
25. KTX Digit
25. Khaotic Zombie
25. BLT Malarkey
25. KTX Mattix
33. kruulpzpz
33. KTX Showtime
33. Khaotic Armor
33. JT956
33. C88_DJT
33. EGP Awesomo
33. EGP Krayzie
33. RG Rico Suave
33. Satsui Yes Hadou
33. Son_ov_Timett
33. n-megabytes
33. C88 Flawedzilla
33. TYM Evan
33. RM Bipolar Express
33. LordVADO
33. AK Reno Racks
49. KO Kid
49. EVERLAST 724
49. Busta Clown
49. BLT|RM The_SNKE
49. MK BillStickers
49. Airvidal
49. Lance Harris
49. Mr Solo Lobo
49. KTX Papa Legba Voodoo
49. dakong1234
49. C88 GhosT
49. The Batmuc
49. AK Clark
49. Relaxed State
49. AK Elite Goomba
49. FRQ Cash
65. KTX_Royale
65. durval_ramos
65. Cal-El
65. fs sittingbull
65. Trugamer1995
65. Gixsa87
65. dja homies
65. Otakuson
65. C88 Canefi

This past Saturday was Monster Island’s monthly tournament: The Abyss of Time. For those who don’t know, Monster Island is run by KN’s own Rapzilla on Long Island, NY. Blu Planet Comics and Games of Massapequa was our gracious host for this event; huge thanks to them!

Games Ran: IGAU ($150 Pot Bonus!), MK9, KI, UMK2 Balance Hack and a USF4 side tournament in which I scrubbed out to KDZ, but I want a runback!

I have to give a huge shoutout to Rapzilla, Scoot Magee, and OBS FGC Donor for the pot bonus! I know you all love money as much as I do…

To start, it was great to see my KN brethren again: Mikemetroid, Shock, Ray(that’s so Ray-ven) Riazy and of course, Rapzilla. We had changed up how we organized the venue, and it allowed for much more breathing room, and personal space overall.

(From left to right: Getting MK9 underway / Just finished setting up)

Results/Recap:

Killer Instinct was a super hype, with a super polarized showdown in grand finals between G4S KT Smith’s lame-o basic Jago and C88 Grief and his Sadira that seemed to always be in the air.

KI Results – 1st: C88 Grief (Sadira) 2nd: G4S KT Smith (Jago) 3rd: Jayslik (Fulgore)

(Killer Instinct Matches)

Congrats to Mikemetroid for winning MK9 for the first time at Monster Island Tournaments: The most exciting match of the night, in my opinion was grand finals where ClaudeVonStroke reset the bracket in grand finals with Raiden, but Mikemetroid clutched it out 3-1 in the reset bracket. Honorable mention goes to Swift Tom Hanks for placing third and helping me with some of MK’s finer points.

MK9 Results – 1st: KN Mikemetroid (Cage, Stryker) 2nd: (G4S??) ClaudeVonStroke (Cage, Raiden) 3rd: SwiftTomHanks (Sektor, Kenshi)

(Mikemetroid with his well deserved trophy and Cage shades / MK9 grand finals set)

Injustice was a great tournament, but the results were no surprise to me:

1st: EMP Dartharma (Batguy) 2nd: EMP KDZ (WOWO/Superguy) 3rd: Ray “That’s so Ray-ven” Riazy (Raven)

I really didn’t catch much of the IGAU action because I was kind of focused on learning more about MK9 while I had access to all these great players, but Ray did his thing with Raven. I did play Icyblackdeep in like 7 games of Injustice, and all I have to say is that I love playing lame, laser heavy Superdude.

(From left to right: Ray Riazy, Dartharma, Icyblackdeep, Indecisive, Mikemetroid, Shock)

Finally, MK2 Balance Hack:

It was really neat seeing new life in this game that is literally three months younger than I am. The old MK stick layout is still a huge adjustment for me to make, and Shock had to body me in a few casuals, but when we play street fighter together I’ll be sure to expose him 😉

Grand finals was a fun exhibition because it pitted tester against tester. OBS’ James MK who tested the game 21 years ago, and Mikemetroid, a tester of the new balance patch. James MK came back from losers in grand finals to defeat Mikemetroid 6-1 in impressive fashion. Shang Tsung is an incredible character in MK2 because you can transform into any character in the cast with the right input. I saw James change mostly to his beloved orthodontist’s nightmare Baraka, Scorpion, Mileena, and a few other characters, but Shang Tsung reverts back to himself after a few seconds.

MK2 – 1st: OBS James MK (Shang Tsung, Baraka) 2nd: KN Mikemetroid (Cage) EDIT 3rd: OBS EdFig (sub zero)

After the tournament I joined the Riazy brothers at Rapzilla’s house for some games, and bodied Mikemetroid in street fighter 16-0, but he bodies me that badly in MK9 and Injustice, so it’s a wash. Rapzilla has roughly 30 million dollars in collectible figures, featuring a ton of DC and Godzilla. His entire living room is like this, wall to wall, floor to ceiling.

Overall, it was great to see everyone again. I haven’t done anything fun at all this summer, and I even had to take off work to attend this event. To catch the stream archive, head over to www.twitch.tv/mikemetroid

Thanks for reading

Ed “ChiefGief” Tusk

Congratulations to these two highly successful players (seen here with KN staff member Frantastic), particularly for Injustice over the last year. They will be joining fellow KN sponsees EGP Krayzie and Slayer! Good luck to these 4 heavy hitters, and we at KombatNetwork thank you for representing us, helping gain exposure in the FGC and gaming community in general through the acknowledgement of their achievements and honors they so richly deserve. To anyone else considering going to MLG, sign up and represent, get that money while it’s there! The more players who attend increases the chances of more MLG events in the future for Injustice.

Special thanks to Icy Black Deep for his $100 donation towards the sponsorship!

Shock@KombatNetwork

What’s going on kombatants? It’s been a while, but i’ve got some stuff to say about MKX!

I’m really excited for MKX after seeing the reveal at E3.

First, i’m very glad to see new characters in the series, especially a grappler/big body type of character. As my good friend Jeremy KO said “The Hodor and Bran looking guy looks your style.” and Ferra/Torr is definitely the first character I’m going to pick. D’vorah is a very cool character conceptually. Kotal Kahn kind of looks like Ogre from tekken, and let’s hope Cassie Cage’s rushdown isn’t as good as mommy and daddy’s.

Second; from what i’ve seen so far, the style selection feature looks to be an interesting way to make your character fit your own playstyle. I have very high hopes for that function bringing diversity to the cast and being able to help in bad matchups.

Third; graphically, the game looks stunning. It looks like MK9 and Killer Instinct had a baby, with more fluid movement and a human anatomy textbook.

#4. Interactables. I’m not sure how I feel about them at this moment. From what I saw in the footage, they don’t seem particularly gamebreaking at the moment.

Overall, I’m super excited for more to come from Netherrealm. The release on xbox 360 was a bit of a surprise to me, but admittedly, I don’t want to purchase a next gen console until I absolutely have to.

Thanks for reading- Tusk