KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Gunsmith » Sun Jun 24, 2012 09:48

I'm happy to report, talks are in progress.
As for the EU thing, you'd be surprised how many visitors to ON are actually American.
I'm just getting a few things sorted and then we should have a nice post on front page.

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Shiny » Mon Jul 09, 2012 17:46

KoF at EVO had the biggest turnout of watchers at nearly 100k. WE IN THERE.

Guess I better start watching more international streams; I thought Bala had the tournament locked up.

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by SonicTempest » Mon Jul 09, 2012 18:52

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I hope Kei Yamamoto or the SNKP higher-ups got to see this. KOF deserves more than just being on life support!

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Gunsmith » Mon Jul 09, 2012 20:06

It was absolutely magical!!!

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Sogetsu » Mon Jul 09, 2012 20:46

Man, I am still sad about Bala losing against MadKOF, I watched that final twice and I still cry when I see Reynald losing at the LB on his fight with MadKOF

If Reynald could win that BO3... oh I am still so damn sad T_T

PD: The EVO was wonderful, really incredible to see so many people cheering for KOF Players and watching the KOF Matches

I can only say the same thing I say on StarCraft2 while watching at major tournaments... "It's just the Koreans, they are back" T_T

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by hadoolket » Mon Jul 09, 2012 21:54

i said it before and i'll say it again, evo kofxiii had the potential to have a new champion, and it wasn't going to be just a simple money drive for bala--mad kof's twitter had actually added me earlier in the year and that's how i found out about him and saw how excellent his duolon was and was thinking "oh man, this guy should go to evo if we have kof because his duolon is sick"

it was heartwrenching to see bala struggle so much, but nevertheless, if we have kof next year (we just have to, now!), bala will be trying to run that back with his new understanding of the matchups, and perhaps, even more people will have leveled up seriously by then!

i'm still recoiling from the excitement of the entire top 8, it was soooo good, it dwarved pretty much every other game out there in hype levels, hands down, and nearly everyone agrees from the looks of it

it's too bad some people are blaming kof running "an hour and a half over schedule", but, in kof's defense, it was preempted by other things as well so it started late to begin with

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Sogetsu » Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:31

Yeah, regardless of Bala losing against MadKOF, the matchs were incredibly good, from the Saturady, because on Friday it was one sided, most people crushing other players the entire journey and stream finished 2 hours before it should be ended

About the Finals getting late, I don't care about it, it worth it anyways, and I hope we can watch another KOF Finals on EVO 2013!

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Foxhole » Tue Jul 10, 2012 05:34

I guess I'm in the minority when I say I'm glad MadKoF won. The Mexicans screaming homophobic remarks in the background made me sick.

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Gunsmith » Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:08

Bala should have said something, he was listening, but perhaps he didn't have time.

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Sogetsu » Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:29

[quote="Foxhole"]The Mexicans screaming homophobic remarks in the background/quote]

When was it?

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by hadoolket » Tue Jul 10, 2012 22:27

"culero" among other things

it mattered not to me whether bala or madkof or somebody else won, i just wanted there to be high level competition with close matches, not just bala steamrolling everyone, because everyone would complain that kof tourneys were just "donate to bala" tourneys and people would just go "ehh, bala will win this obviously, not worth watching because we know the ending already"

this time, the ending was so unsure, and it kept everyone on the edge of their seats, and for the first time, people were cheering bala to win even if he's won so many majors before

it's very rare that an entire top 8 as a whole is all around so exciting, so kofxiii just happened to be one of those anomalies considering the pace of the game compared to others at evo

if evo holds kofxiii next year, it should be just as exciting if not moreso, and hopefully more leveled up players even in the pools

and less shirt monsters

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Foxhole » Tue Jul 10, 2012 23:27

Gunsmith wrote:Bala should have said something, he was listening, but perhaps he didn't have time.
You know Gun, at that point, I don't think he even noticed. His glare could have cooled that PS3 they were playing on.

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Sogetsu » Wed Jul 11, 2012 02:15

About Bala winning all tournaments, you are right, it shouldn't be fun, but man, I prefer Raynald or any other NON-Korean player winning.
I am also a fan and player of StarCraft 2 and believe me, It's like Koreans > Rest of World, and that is worse at some point...

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by SonicTempest » Wed Jul 11, 2012 15:05

I was just reminded of one thing - that T-shirt barrier that CafeID used, supposedly to counter Mexican 'empty-button' tactics. I don't know what that's referring to, but I assume it's something along the lines of pressing unmapped buttons to fool opponents into thinking they were about to do something?

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Re: KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

Post by Gunsmith » Wed Jul 11, 2012 18:16

yes.
Mad_KOF couldn't even see Bala's hands, so there was no physical distraction.

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