s where he's done that old school disrespectful armor out on the slightly negative or even plus and assume you're going to press an armor it's a degenerate degenerate indeed cutting over the other side again that armor getting through there not the fastest armor in the world but fast enough to do the job pulse getting the back throw but now putting Rewind exactly where he wants to be throwing projectiles one of the best projectiles in this game Rewind on set point here up to games up one round and pulse is looking a little lost here yeah and that's a big knowledge check right there too doing the down four projectiles that are highs if you block them guess what plus and he gets to check you with it all over again pulse gets finally something going here knock down three six this is decent damage with little safe jump option here of course from Johnny Cage Harry going over to the other side cashing in not getting the corner positioning but hey if it's damage I will take it those holes big jump in afterwards just continue this off of every nut punch he gets that safe jump but you see Rewind delaying every single time just to avoid any kind of shenanigans are the blockable or armor break setups that it does bring to the table yeah yeah it's almost like they know regular wake up timing not enough I don't want to get stuffed I don't want to waste armor and then also still get combo'd getting the space that he wants the breathing room giving him a little zoning of his own fatal blow, bars into play, Darius and that was just a clean whiff on his front pulse the dizzy knee coming in look at that knee just look at it somewhere here for Rewind on a match point this is to make winners sign Top 8 very first pro competition stop here that position guarantees you 5th or better so it's a very comfortable spot both these players want it real bad I want to see pulse making it out here I mean we're seeing them on the board we're seeing the rounds we're seeing the full bar from both players the back throw from pulse you know I feel like it's been successful and I think it's again one of those situations where Rewind is okay with taking those throws like hey you know what I get away from you so I don't need to deal with any of this matchups do exist where sometimes your throws really do hinder you because they can put your full screen etc in certain matchups because now you're dealing with this the full screen arsenal the only zoner in Outworld right now very good one Rewind's got that bar amplifying those ninja stars to make sure that you're getting something there he just spent it and he's almost got another bar down there look at that it's insane I mean that's the other thing too is that you gotta spend money to make money oh he jumped over and what a call out from pulse I don't know if that was reaction I don't know if he was anticipating it but it was the rifle doesn't have to help to survive and Rewind what a decision to just stand one scoop right there what a heartbreaker there at the end a heartbreaking ending with just the right call and he wasn't showing signs of like wanting to jump he wasn't looking for it the entire time but he did it in such a perfect timing that he was able to punish the amplified ninja stars and at the end there almost had breakers I think pulse was afraid of finally I thought Rewind was finally going to parry which is why he did that stand one because I thought he read that pulse was going to hold a parry and then take a turn after the nut punch which worked and you guys are going to stay here at the end that was just incredible that amplified ninja stars is a very tough thing to jump over because you're throwing more stars so you're expanding the hitbox coming at you and pulse just clearing it perfectly had he mistimed it it would have been a completely different story and look at the bar there just shy of that breaker so if he built the bar through any other means whether it's like something that he would have blocked or maybe a decision to not waste the bar previously he might have lived it for one more play there at the end but it was just all Rewind Swift 3.0 and earlier in the set some of the ways that Rewind was using armor in those disrespectful situations slightly negative even plus making a read that someone is going to try to disrespect those plus frames feel free to have this conversation with me sure tell me but I feel like this event and you know taking in how everything is being developed you know who is doing well this is the new era it's a dang new era indeed do you feel like I'm going to say this with a little pride I've seen players with the most MKX experience doing really well against those that I know for a fact have less experience with that particular mechanic armor armor reversals armored launchers the entire poke special game poke special launching game I think those older players do have a little bit of an edge right now because I've seen them with those mechanics be more abusive with them that MKX players are more used to when it comes to abusing armor and these incredible plus frames and hard to fund the blockable situations even though we have a block button including unblockables as we jump here and the Sonic Fox hashtag wet boys in the chat it's about to get crazy are there any cumulostratus clouds outside? did anyone do a scouting report? a weather report? well Sonic Fox here is definitely trying to make a statement with this character having personal words with Sonic Fox I was told that anyone who doesn't think Rain isn't a top tier character is completely wrong about them so let's see what the fox can do this weekend one game away from making it into the winners top eighth what? he's got a tough opponent this is going to be a tricky matchup how is Rain going to be able to deal with besides just maybe the armor the pressure of Johnny Cage if he's going to get the hit though because that was going to lead to some fun block situations and there's Sonic every time you see him cancel that projectile as well building an awful lot of meter because this is a very special move oriented character versus others that may be more normal oriented Rain's very much a special scam again it was just Sonic Fox trying to get something going and I felt like that round it was just Fox keeping them away alright, fourth open doesn't work out there, Sonic coming to the over oh my goodness it was the Kara throw and back to the corner Syrax letting it rip, knock knock down overheads coming once more, 4-2-3 block which is a double overhead that is safe for Rain also has it inherently built in low with the back two that we'll see Sonic Fox back at some point Gambler losing the pressure though there's Shadowkick even one of those things that he loses pressure off of so do you want to take it? I don't know you want to take it, you want to see it I mean we're seeing something evolving here yeah, huge risk here Sonic Fox finding themselves in a very tough position here back up against the wall but that's okay Syrax is there to bail them out and all those overheads Sonic finally let the feedback to rip and blocked clutch stuff by Gambler known for one of the most defensive oriented players he's patient, definitely patient King Gambler one of the most patient players we've ever seen out there the back throw bubble here just kind of appears out of nowhere gets the forward throw, opting to use those two bars is King Gambler to make sure that this hurts as much as possible and including this corner position Sonic Fox waking up with the armor here and he gets the side switch off it and everything and that's what I'm saying, that's the only thing that I think Rain's going to have to deal with the pressure of Johnny Cage armor, but obviously easily baitable, but then again on the other side we got Syrax making it safe and that's what makes Rain Syrax in particular so strong is that everything poke special launched right there, if you blocked it, it's plus LOL I don't know if King Gambler finds this funny, but he felt the net, is that going to be it no full hype load here, but fatal it's going to get broken yeah, three bars from Sonic all that momentum slowed down, but he's going to build full meter of a zone that's a lot of sticks of butter he can't even make an awful lot of that flawless blocking from King Gambler that was key to staying in this game the life deficit not too heavily in Sonic Fox's favor and there's still plenty of time left getting flipped there, didn't go for the flawless block at all, that situation didn't find it and he just goes for a desperate shadow kick, obviously the attention was it was going to make the connection with Sonic Fox, he showed a little respect there, it's like, okay I respect it I get it, but I was all over that and you see a use of one of the best down threes in the game of Rain which washes everyone's toes, he is actually doing good, as the high mage of Outworld, it's his high duty to wash everyone's feet that down three is absurd, you see the range of it, and then how he's able to follow up with how much shit he gets off of it, that's his official title, Sindel doesn't like him low key so that's what he actually does for toes and those toes are about to get sucked to another water dimension down there so in a normal match, you say watch your toes when you get clipped by lows, but in this one it's wash your toes Cyrex coming in with the assist adding some damage here but King Ember fighting back, going right back into it a little too late there on that Cyrex call, didn't get anything from it maybe anticipating Sonic to block in that situation uses the two bars, super expensive but I think it's worth it, is Sonic Fox going to wake up on this, waking up no, wake up with the down one and then immediately micro duct it looked like lost it woke up down one, it got blocked which is losing your damage easily, easily and then Sonic, micro duct one one and one wait, one one and one you were alluding a little bit to some mkx strategies back to end, but I feel like micro ducting really was prominent in mk11 I have to say, mk11 made us all good in micro ducts, because every time I go back and play like older games we're micro ducting all of a sudden none of us micro duct back in mkx nobody did it no, definitely, not only the really really good players, but yes I definitely agree with you, going back and explore I know we're going to get flamed for it immediately, we're going to get up and homing, but it's fine guys, give it a little credit, we did get better at certain things because of mk11 and it is transferring really well to this title it's really funny seeing people go back and play mkx, like it's mk11 you know, looking to duct throws, looking to micro duct after like slightly negative, and it works and it works for the same reasons, but it's funny because the meta it never got there it never got there, but like it gets there so fast in this game even though this game is very very deep like the players are just putting in tons of work, this is like a lab monster game, you're seeing all these options all these counter plays it's incredible it's crazy what just the depth of the game delivers in so many different areas of this scene whether it be content creation viewer, like everything so we've come a long way we're both dinosaurs here, we've seen the scene for a long way oh my goodness, look at the meta, Sonic Fox is a battery, already fully charged and here you go I thought we were going to see the setup set play attempt by Sonic, but I haven't seen it one time just doing damage, putting full screen and playing that health lead zoners facing game, Sonic is keeping this incredibly simple and giving Kamler way more respect to know how to deal with those setups yeah, the setups, you know, I feel like people can kind of explore, people can kind of figure out how to get out of them, what's your best option and again, seeing what are the most likely options to come out here Cyrix keeping it nice and safe Sonic Fox forcing King Gamler to come off that breaker if he wants to win this round that's just straight spacing from Sonic, full screen control making it rain, the rain god, you have to guess where it's going to come and no matter where you jump on the screen I feel like it has the hitbox to hit you it just comes at a nice 45 degree angle of death there's the back two, gives you that cool knockdown I think we haven't talked about one time armor that by the way rains jump to un-up blockable that is very fun considering that up walk is one of the most consistent after air why hasn't anyone mentioned that about rain when talking about characters that are fantastic they're downplaying they're saving it, they're saving the dirt love the parry there love the parry there coming from King Gamler, this is do or die coming from Sonic Fox one round away from taking this in a 3-0 set goes for the throw but Sonic Fox wasn't home instead holding up and jumping but that's okay King Gamler keeping this pressure keeping the momentum in his favor Sonic Fox pushing out, pushing him away but King Gamler's just dashing in there the movement of Johnny Cage jump towards himself to the corner Sonic goes to the throw because get the Cyrax loaded the bars that's just be a simple hit right there gonna separate the sea like Moses, that's what's happening off-stream you guys can't see it but Rain's first fatality one of the gems in World of Combat 1, you guys can't see it but I'm gonna describe it to you, Rain is now parting the seas like Moses and just like his opponent disgusting and just like most damage in this game, it did half life half damage I like it so not the result I was expecting to see Sonic Fox is Sonic Fox incredible fighting game player debatably incredible fighting game player of all time across many different platforms no one doubting Sonic Fox's ability but it was really amazing to see players like King Gamler putting in tons of work entering online tournaments and I'm always looking to see forward to the next thing forward to the future the younger generation if you will the newcomers and I just embrace it but there are close rounds very close rounds as you can see here big shout outs to Mountain Dew for powering our instant replay the do over if you will shout outs, yeah big shout outs and there you see the game plan of Rain wash the toes and mix it up with check in with a mid right there so you can just know the plus frames some of those 1-1 challenges were just absurd or a more calculated player where I feel like a lesser player would look to check with something like a down one instead but if you look at the risk reward you look at what you get for challenging someone with a standing button you get way more you get an actual combo instead of just super plus frames so Sonic Fox just trying to stop any kind of advancement there at the end but we do have our next match for you guys that sets up the very first match in Top 8 guys tell me yes that's right is Rewind vs. Sonic Fox are you kidding me what year is it 1997 I think that was before either of those players were born oh my god it was but yes young guns none the less we got the mighty unjust we got the pride of New Jersey the mighty unjust and wise Gemini and wise has been one of the coolest stories about MK1 so far for me using really cool characters he's got the Lu that he's known for two things Lu Kang and an edge lord he's edgy alright and he's got his havoc the lone havoc I haven't seen any others almost in this event yeah I have not seen any others but is that going to be the choice here because we know the mighty unjust will most likely be breaking out the Kenshi yes a lot of Kenshi except for specific matchups mighty unjust you followed his career during MK11 playing literally every character I see in my own mind because I don't know the matchup having maybe an option or two somewhere because of how much armor he has but how does he deal with Kenshi and Cento at all is it an awful lot maybe that may be the choice or is there something about Lu Lao that's just going to do a lot better for him that's definitely something worth pointing out the fact that Havoc's armor move is three hitting is able to absorb three hits rather than the single hit that every other one has 17 so that's going to come into play here but is Kenshi and Cento fast enough obviously you can bait it out you can make it with he might knock out Cento but that's okay if you convert it it's going to be trickier either way the full screen games are probably going to be taken away these guys are homies because he's probably going Sub-Zero on that Kenshi Havoc's getting taken away with that all those little setups so Lu without a hat if he has armor on versus Havoc Syrax a lot better pressure I feel like Havoc's a bully have you seen his frame data go to combatacademy.com there you go big shout out to big shout out to Red Raptor and look at Havoc's frame data and then at me tell him he was right with your conclusion bully here we go not going with Havoc instead of going with Lu Kang and not Lu Lao I've never even seen this particular composition in a tournament lies Spear gets blocked by Ice Armor if not mistaken he does he want an overhead in his pressure and no he wants to spear escape maybe Cento that's right that's right and hoping that Cento doesn't come over oh and here we go unjust the name of the game call this boy and bank his opponent in the parking lot oh baby the Cento sandwich a lot of work here for Kenshi and the mighty adjust as he takes that first round wise Gemini like again a pick a more unorthodox pick but definitely we can definitely see why oh is it going to combo sick disgusting I love it so Scorpion giving Lu Kang an armored launcher off this wakeup a little bit of a boost there it does scale a lot but you know it's it's pretty nice to have that option that extra fear from the wakeup and Scorpion's cameo you know generally regarded as you know the damage dealer for almost every character in the game giving every character an overhead an escape with the spear and that was a lot of whiffing from both love the check here from wise Gemini mighty might have thought a throw is coming in that from that distance the wise Gemini exposing it completely we're gonna best stop and we're not gonna have to worry about this projectiles I got a little space in that a lot of just to get sento out and the blade to the chest I feel it every time that is my favorite animated move I think in this game so far and just went for it I don't know where he is I could have to punish no oh my good to spend a little too much time flipping and not enough time hippin oh man didn't get there in time hippin and hippin and hippin and that's what we say I didn't get there oh my god another sword to the chest it's called blocking full screen you just gotta do it I mean it's one of those things where it's like why not just do it at that range why not just do it I get so much benefit from it ship time to myself you do even if they block you I'm hanging out I'm in no danger here didn't really see the scorpion coming into fruition didn't even see an opportunity where that uh retracting spear cameo attack would even come into play so I don't know if that's the right move maybe just a little bit of an experiment Jack's unblockable setups that was very fun to see in his mouth yes very fun to see in his match yesterday against Mike Metroid but we're not going with that cameo yeah that was a great time if you've watched yesterday's events Mike Metroid wise generalize a classic classic, an instinct classic Mike Metroid so it looks like he's going to allow the shallon monk duo if you will here Liu Kang is the main character and Kung Lao is the assist and now Kenshi's got his assist out the whole movie snow blind it's in effect it's the early shallon monks versus snow blind right now here live and he's going to throw down pro competition this is for a top 8 winner still ladies and gentlemen and sento is out and the beat him up stance has occurred so what do they say, how do you deal with sento just don't get hit dodge dive dodge you dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball if you can dodge traffic you can dodge a ball pushing him back here of course the mind game is how long he holds that regular push here it looks like wise jeb and I just a little too scared to really get any kind of offense going even when he was right next to Kenshi a little bit extra right there and you can make reads if they're going to hold that for the less the frame reduction and try to challenge it what a mind game there is definitely a little bit of a mix up here right there you can see that mighty did escape but just escaped in the wrong direction the demon drop and that's a clean little punish here but didn't get a lot as mighty was able to hey it's okay I was just super negative and I can still attack here comes the sento sandwich here it is mixed town population wise jeb and I oh no it's him alone at a bar eating a sword two oh the mighty just when he simply gets to hit into sento it's not the game you were playing moments ago it's no longer more combat one it's too clean it's too clean the struggle here you're showing the power and the mighty unjust the 922 time ESL champion I forget the number every single time but it keeps growing so I'm going to keep making up a bigger and bigger number every time I say it he is a multiple time champion and this is what we're talking about the crowd starting to get high back there they go out with a bang these bullying characters are people pleasers the habits of the world the general shouts chickens of the world we want to see the big beef we do we all want to see it well some of us I think you can speak for everyone I think Mr. Ackerman is a lot to speak for everyone okay now I'm liking this I'm seeing a lot more from wise jeb and I got the tether in play is he going to snap the neck or is he going to fade out the wake up didn't fade out the wake up instead got a little too aggressive there and mighty in a great spot here whoa you don't have to worry about sento when you got all these projectiles circling around and did that projectiles give it a nice armor I'm pretty sure which I don't think it does I did yeah I was going to say so many interesting interactions that was well sento was out so there was a lot on the screen and all wise jeb and I in this one and what did we say earlier about this character a bully we're seeing it right here why didn't wise go with it the first game maybe a little not as confident with it maybe it's something that you know he assumed might he just knew about the matchup and maybe might he doesn't know they both enter a lot of these IFCFs of the world I'm sure of ITV all over the place oh and there is all of the armor that exists in the game in one special move I said 17 hips it was pretty close it's a lot of moves there a lot of moves getting just beaten up and there it is again sento taking a fiver that might be one of the only things that you can maybe try to safely do against the sirexman as well I like how smart wise jeb and I wise to get out of there that combo I don't even know that combo that combo yeah I was like what okay I'm just is gonna say hold on guys stop talking about havoc I got this the kenji show not the havoc show it was about to be that mess got him look at sento slowly walking down with the stance one dash at a time and then there's a half screen overhead to clip him what a minute sento overhead and he does the back do I mean look mighty how to come off that fatal blow had to set up for the potential comeback 141 and he did it early I think reading that that wise is gonna be trying to have a versatile armor right there which would have been smart to call out that's a smash point for him and he has everything he wants on the screen right now ice armor and a dream sento sandwich not where you want to be wise jeb and I jumping right out of there nobody home to check them and keep them in place but that's okay mighty adjust finds a nice hit instead of getting more damage instead ops to go and reload the center but wise jeb and I finding the straight hit getting the conversion and setting up the tether is he gonna snap the neck yes he does unblockable boys keeping them close to the corner what's gonna be the next setup because that is a very expensive setup so we're not gonna keep seeing it that does cost two bars even though it is an unblockable you know kind of a reset thing there just a lot of damage just all the 160 and coming in with a big buttons of sento stance is mighty unjust to end the winners run of wise jeb and I GGs to both unjust in winners top eight will join the upper echelon of players of rewind and sonic up there as only four will make it in to that round now was that was that three back to back three ohs yeah what's happening very dominant performances I mean this is could be players that a little bit more players that prepared a little bit more didn't want to just go in with nothing and coming out on top last winners match coming up right now and this this was a this is a final combat match d'artharmo this is a final combat match that was probably one of the best matches in that that entire final combat for combat 11 this is a world championship caliber that you guys are seeing that could be the world finals these two and let's check out our instant replay or do over thank you to Mountain Dew let's go do it enjoy enjoy enjoy your mountain but you can see you know I really think we would have seen a completely different set had wise gone with havoc the entire time that's kind of the character that wise has been known to play for a long time and it was really cool to see that that armor come in the play yes yes because that was a pure I had no idea what was going to happen I'm like it's just going to zone out the whole time is going to get destroyed but right and and when he was able to establish sento not on the screen he was playing the game just fine yeah yeah no problem I mean again that's the thing is can she get that sento set up life's a lot easier for him blind and everything this is zombat formerly known as combat going up against ninja killer two incredible players I was actually talking to sonic fox this morning and asked who are you training and playing with the most and he said zombat by a lot he plays with sorry sonic plays with zombat way more than anybody else and you can't count them out that there's no no amount of money can buy you that kind of and and has I believe going back to when you know formerly known as combat back then came on to the scene in injustice to yes and like it was a very young player really young really online at first yes and earned the top players respect so quick like it was crazy yes was it firestorm firestorm and what's crazy is is I thought everyone like hated like hated fighting them because all they did was just get hit and mixed in you fifty fifty to death and when I blew came out you were toast I'm getting flashbacks back I'm getting terrible ones of health bars disappearing but that is that is the skill of this young player that has now through across multiple titles you know in injustice instantly made it to the top and first Mortal Kombat game world finalist yes first Mortal Kombat game and here's the second one for zombat love seeing the also love seeing I want to shout out zombats YouTube a lot of incredible guides on there like really breaking down like everything about characters like a lot tons of detail like breaking down the frame data how to approach matchups how to you know strings to look at and just giving you an awesome idea so so big shout out to the zombats YouTube channel if you guys want to learn more about all the characters in place tons tons of information there go check it out such a knowledgeable young man and of course go check out his YouTube where he's just beaten the bricks off of with no explanation off of people with no explanation you just you start the video he's beaten the bricks off of someone and then the video ends and he's like yeah yeah one it's one of those like it subscribe see the next video that's Ninja that is that's 100% it and what he did in the video was like you know this this Michelangelo art piece of Mortal Kombat this like the most highest the highest damaging combo done in match first try ever dropped the whole match was one change some combo yeah it was awesome here we go guys the last match of winners top 16 we've talked them up and now it's time for combat baby read it zombie it was the Johnny case that we knew more than MK 11 in that match in particular he was smoking and it's going to be the Raiden from Ninja killer which means that he's coming out swinging we saw some other characters early in the tournament nothing but seriousness today yes yes I mean this is you're not you don't want to play around with zombie as you can see right now putting on a clinic for Ninja killer Ninja killer in a bad spot is he even going to okay gets the throw escape there showing signs of life at least getting out of the corner and it's just not the run back from evil as well where they played I think in top 16 somewhere like that they met around this time as well where Ninja wanted really close and hello lightning cage hitting everywhere keeping him in the corner it's been to win excellent negation of the chip but not a stop of the pressure don't want to lay off the pressure whole whole big wave punish here and it hurts when Raiden finds that wave punish and Ninja killer is one of the best at them I mean Ninja killer's neutral is phenomenal insane like the spacing from this player you don't want to give an opportunity up and if there's an ounce and I mean one maybe even point zero one extra damage that you can find in a combo Ninja's going to find it and do it on on stream trust me and say is that part is that supposed to be hard yeah is that hard although Sonic was flexing on us with those jump cancel combos yesterday that was a little that's a little insane yeah I saw Sonic doing them like to warm up and I said how are those combos actually like really really hard and he goes yeah they're hard doesn't push that right in front of you you know Sonic they have this ability to just be great and that's what it is it's making up 518 more from Ninja on the day what a way and that would I don't like to see yes my heart my heart drop that was a close one right there that was super close that could have been an entire game the entire round and you hate to see it combat starting out so phenomenally against Ninja credible just just the control that he gives you right there and every time he tried to jump out it was right into a lightning cage right into a lightning cage no problem I mean you're not going to Johnny Cage doesn't have anything to really mess with the trajectory there obviously nothing like a teleport once you jump so that's clean plain and simple jump in here comes the lightning cage you're going to land on it you're going to get hurt and you're going back to the world and now we've got some I've never left fingers it feels like a challenge from Zombat that says you know what buddy it's let's do this no let's do this it's going to be a 5-5 we got the same tools the same options I'm going to try to beat you at your own game no excuses it's a very tough order to tell someone as talented as Ninja I can beat you with your family and Ninja's saying so far no you're not that's what I'm seeing that's definitely what I'm seeing I don't know if that was a flawless block attempt trying to let go and then hold on to blocks and negate all that chip there because there's plenty of chip and it does add up here as you can see here Syrax coming in to make it nice and safe and you kill a flawless block in there just at the end right as Syrax comes in for the clip gonna opt to use those two bars to make it count it should be plenty enough plenty enough now's the time to kill him that was it that's all you get back off he's a fair fighter I'll let you get up block again just to sit through all those blocks then again back in the grinder we don't know how that feels staying low the Raiden special Raiden not only Earthrealms but also Earthrealms limbo champion that's it he gets low let me tell you he gets low nice I'd love to do that work in the fields and work in his opponents block go to carrier but that was so smart to not finish a string there wait for the Syrax and then get Syrax out of the picture and then continue your onslaught back escape playing to the corner but that's okay we're out of here on the other side if it didn't work one way I'm gonna do it the other way this is a match that we're gonna see a lot of the passive ability of Raiden come into play as the more that Raiden blocks you see his eyes light up that means he's taking a lot less chip damage almost acting like an auto almost blocked for ya almost almost there still got a flawless block though that's all that remains in this match with all of this health it's been mostly blocked all checks and balances now such a quick check by Ninja a reaction that's something that you do not want to test against him with 3 seconds remaining gotta pick up and that is gonna be in 2 to 0 for Ninja with 1 second remaining there's a time that perfectly it seemed like it seemed like those first games when you're playing against somebody you kinda figure it out you figure out their tendencies and how aggressive they want to be or how defensive they want to be and I think combat gave a lot of information there to Ninja Killa in that first game I don't know if Johnny Cage is the way I was seeing combat making the adjustments a little bit more towards the end of that second game I would have liked to see him explore it a little bit more that second round pretty close a few different hits away it wasn't even here now he just hovered over Syrax some more and he's going back to Lao here which I believe is a change up from round 1 where he did have the Syrax, Johnny now he's gonna have the low for plus frames a little bit more for Ninja to worry about full screen in comparison finding something to worry about full screen so a little bit of a change up about like this I love the aggression after recognizing that the Lao low had hit knowing how plus he was and saying hey this is the opening for me good throw escape here from combat Lao hat coming in as an anti-air as a very convert easy to convert combo and Ninja Killa going for a ride now we did see this the first time around and Ninja Killa just laid down that first round and then turned it completely up on the follow up it's almost like he likes to take in the information and then activate in round 2 which I have heard stories of sitting up from his chair old Street Fighter 2 players that would do that one intentionally just to see what you do and then play long, long set here as you see he's down to regardless if not the best down to in Mortal Kombat 1 upper cutting the sky looking at someone a thunderstorm with that thing a few times we've seen him go ahead and watch yeah, because it's very fast and again it's the risk reward versus all babies so smart or bold I can't tell sometimes when it comes to this I'd say big brain big brain is really good because you know what that covers both of them a little bit gives them a little bit of benefit of the doubt he's full charging almost circle goes behind the hat immediately when he saw it took away the mind game instantly and there's the mind game himself charging at he's gonna try to jump it he interrupts it there but not really getting it much out of there the back dash from Ninja Killa opening him up completely he's going for a huge combo here has the corner, has the Cyrex assist and this is a dangerous spot for combat just playing with us Ninja just one for the plus frames on that string great, great to space and this is it for Zombat he's got the hit, he's got the resources let's see if he can use it he baits it, let's go gonna go into the fatal blow he's got a whip forces off the meter Ninja he's fully charging the projectile you got to come to me right now put down the loud head and that's gonna be it Ninja Killa takes it three to zero in winners top eight man you don't want to go down in that fashion on a stage like this against an opponent like that it's just again just heart wrenching to see and that was for top eight we're sitting here like that should be in top eight yes because again these two Titans normally you see incredible down to the wire sets here but Zombat it's gonna be hard for us I definitely said combat throughout that set combat's in our DNA it's literally in the name of the game changing his name for the trademark I understand that I get it so are you just officially apologizing I will apologize I'm sorry Zombat your old name was half of the game that we literally say and play every day but we love you regardless still in this tournament is Zombat going down to Ninja just like at EVO Zombat was still able to make a massive losers run there expected here Big match is still to come guys that was winners top 16 through so later on in winners top eight Rewind versus Sonic Fox the mighty unjust versus Ninja Killer that is none of us can look at that top four in winners side and say none of them don't seem to be there almost what we expect to be there and who we expect to be there right now there's a scene in the new era and there's tons of talented players who still couldn't get there and that's just a testament to how heavy the competition was here this weekend all the killers came out I mean in it's just too much it's overwhelming you guys have been hearing us all weekend talking about it it's in front of us you guys are witnessing it live as well hope you guys are giving your thoughts and coming up is going to be the losers side of top 16 every match is streamed so just sit back and enjoy hope you got everything ready your snacks hope you got your mount ready on the losers side we got B-dog versus Blue Linkys going up against Gur we got Turkey going up against video games yo and we got Cease going up against Theoxys yeah it's going to be incredible here I'm most looking forward to the run back of Gur versus Big Daddy G it came down to the wire just like this chug is going down the wire I thought you were going to keep going I know it's a lot I was but it's too much of a risk a little bit of carbonation sorry production that was right in there here I apologize guys I love it Mr. Aquaman it's been an honor a privilege every single time to commentate with you Mr. Aquaman is going to take a break so he can get ready for top 8 I'm going to be joined by Tencho for the rest of this top 16 tons of great matches including Gur with the run back against Big Daddy G coming right up we're going to take a quick break don't go anywhere we'll be right back we're back with ECT action this is the first stop of the world tour for the pro competition my name is Tencho the sexy man next to me is none other than Dark Armour and guess what matches underway already we got to get back to it it's prime time it's prime time let's go let's go I can't wait to see this match Gur versus Big Daddy G the run back that incredible comeback on the winner side Big Daddy G it was like an 80% the man was just kicking down to nothing the last breath mechanic kicked in kept him alive and Gur let me tell you Gur really needed that streak in the 12v12 last night because Gur was not feeling great about that and there's no nice way to put it he choked he choked against Big Daddy G you know took his hands off the wheel and just let Big Daddy G come back and it was just wrong decision after wrong decision but I think he was reborn he was reborn last night in the ashes of from the chaos that was the tri-state not the chaos the bodies that that man laid out he took out like six people to take out I ain't gonna say it was seven I ain't gonna lie to y'all I left early because when I saw Gur smiling I was like I gotta leave but he's definitely riding off the momentum right now so we're gonna see at that momentum we're gonna be able to take out G G1 is remember this is a double jeopardy match G beat him 3 to 1 to take it in the winter side and this is the redo so let's see the adjustment being made the instant you see the clock you see one clock coming into play here Gur so someone explained to me that when he exes it that's not one clock that's three right away so he actually has a rewind time instantly right here that's very fun I'm sure you guys saw tons of that last night in 12v12 let's see in terms of it right now here comes the low hat scoop oh wait the overhead not gonna be a punish it's a side switch back in time baby back in time the warden of time love to see it Gur I'm trying not to laugh but bro this man is really gonna as soon as he gets to hit he's gonna right back in time I don't know I heard this character is one of the worst in the game but I thought what I'm seeing when the hands of Gur go for the bro but duck right underneath it let's get full combo oh wait a second it didn't hit him so that was a punish and it should be deaf into fatal that's 950 help on the side of Gur uh oh uh oh it's fake it's gonna hurt it's gonna hurt is it gonna be a nothing I think he lives smoke so weak this little stab look at it nothing stab to your skull that's nothing as literally 1% on the health bar oh my gosh teleport oh you called it scouted out even though Gur getting so many things right in the beginning of that round still fell but it's a long set ahead of us it's definitely gonna be another close one nice that man's face is twisted pushing positions back in the screen went right in front of him but didn't do anything well it gets a lot of trouble frozen in time you gotta lose no way right just getting some pretty good damage a little bit less than 40% neutral jump punch coming from Big Daddy G that of course is gonna land and be perfect going invisible where's the mix you can't see it you can't walk it that's what I always say you cannot see what this man is doing like what is this Big Daddy G taking game number one Gur's got that patented murder face on oh yeah those Manson lamps just looking so determined here and that's just going down one game and that that look develops over the set that look develops over time this is a loser side this is do or die for both these players you lose one more time you're out of this double elimination tournament and you're not gonna get to that top 8 you're not gonna fight for that shot in the top 8 this is my favorite point of tournament because you see the make-up break moments for a lot of players to break through is in their clutch factor and as well as that emotion for our free remember this is not only for the money and for the glory but it's a pride on the line too this is the first pro competition you want to do well so you can be in the spotlight and definitely bring in those eyes that's what you're looking at you know first impressions very very important now the winner of this set you have to get through this right in front of you and then king gambler right after it's so crazy against these matches when you get to top 32 everyone in there is a top 8 player you're just like brother way more than 8 players deserve to be in top I'll say that only the best investment to survive right now is doing the best at mixing the fact that you know that you're still right there I mean to me I was literally going to say the same thing the fact that he knows like hey here he is jumping I'm right here but here does find the follow up hit charging up the clock because he's going to slip back through time whatever he needs to there we go that's what it is slipping back through time what are you going to do about that while it's blocking the end to minimize the chip minimize a little bit of the block too long and the conversion wait he's just jumped back jump back hit why not he has nothing to break here on deck one bar variety overhead might sneak in I think he was looking for teleports there every patient here not go crazy going to another mix what are you going to guess for game gets clipped and that should be it he had another rewind we're out of here chip last breath not going to come into play in this first round getting on the board here and just walking down big daddy that was confidence that was confidence for big daddy second call first but that's going to be a big pun the man just can reach a mind while invisible I thought the purpose only you can't see him Garrett was trying so many things he tried to jump last time and got anti-air tried to block, blocked wrong he tried to armor attack got blocked I don't understand big daddy is on a completely different level I just don't understand what he's doing Dave is going to get a side switch let me break this get to the board all he went for I respected you still got a whole plus brains I don't care if I can't see you or not you still got to respect me I like that it worked and maybe that's the answer but he has the ball back to working the clock oh got clapped wait a second though back to patience going down the hat getting up from blocks gets clipped by the low but misses the cancel Gerr you have a chance plus brains and guess what the low hat is going to seal the deal Gerr needs to take this match he does not want to go down to 0 right now he's riding a momentum and he's doing pretty good with it that was pretty lucky by Gerr to get that hit in just in time and an easy conversion for Gerr low hat that missed he was behind him and guess what you're over there now the corner plus all got called but didn't believe he didn't believe in it just wanted to go for the stagger but that's okay keep it going here we got tons of damage dropped out a little bit there at the end though oh no but then commit to it why would you try to throw G for the game you know this is the worst guy to try to jump with the down bore, the staggers and gets clipped by the last part yo hide up one to one his brutality I wish we want to see it you guys can find it also somebody has all the whole brutality in every single different costume there's tons, tons out there tons out there for real Gerr showing signs of life tying it up getting off to a better start than the winter side yes it's thirsty he's absorbing that water that man was parched that's why he squeezed that bottle he's pretending he's pretending it's Big Daddy G wait till I find that invisible smoke wait till you find out what I do alright yo instant jump back Big Daddy G all over that reed ducking right under he punishes for a nice 37% combo nice blocking over here but no I'm not gonna give me that hat going back into my rabbit hole he's out checking him there, I like it you can't let him get away with things that aren't plus ooh stab him and twist it that means Jericho leaves I don't know how you believe in this much but somehow someway you'll make it confidence confidence is what I'm seeing here trying to compliment that low with a little bit of pressure and I think that breaker hindsight not a good idea very tough position here it looked like he got the string a little mixed up there and probably that was going in the opposite direction got him to get me cooking a lot of soul but wait a second you're gonna be lost by the overhead because he's probably going out of the low and guess what the stagger is in front of him no it's minus five with those cancels I can read that my guy both this clock, please follow the time until you stay in this corner well when I talk over here punished but I can just win it back this clip has a full combo BG plus frames and backs up that was a stiff golem I'm trying to see Big Daddy G constantly pressing on the custer but hey if you're not checking with down one just down one oh my god you grabbed G again that was so risky this time with the tech set of the duck but guess what make some spin the bar and get clipped by the sweep this patch right here is insane it's so good and yeah coming off that bar is going to be a slight little moral victory for Gur I love to check there with the stand one make sure he's blocking and then go for the throw speaking of throw as Big Daddy G he's getting the back throw here the toward escape Gur all over the corner positioning knowing which way he's getting thrown towards little staggers in the front of the face try to go for shim but with none of that big jump from Gur and he's going to be frozen do you have the loops this time no another clock this is going to be a bad news bear from Big Daddy G right now Rev is up and guess what I don't know what this does but just know he was invisible somehow some way he was just a sand of time he was pieces of sand he's in many pieces here I don't know where he's going to be in the next second give me your dream oh my gosh no this ain't good G this is down to one Gur showing off the clock showing off the rewind timing K-Mac is coming up to whisper his man's here hey let me tell you something he gets them clocked for he rewinds time for that one bar if you don't read it you're going to die that's it that's 100% what he's saying no doubt about it maybe he's telling him to try to use the headphones everyone else's G likes to listen to crowd though the energy G is a very passionate player these are two very passionate players actually what you really think about it and G is one of those people that feeds off the crowd Gur needs sound though Gur needs sound yeah we're not switching it up at all we got Kung Lao hats for days we got smoke teleports for days G is going back in the sand of time forever and ever and ever learning it up oh right back I don't want to deal with the hat it goes right back I'm over here now oh did he do the overhead to get over that no way but guess what I got to redo I think he did he hopped right over it and again it's so hard to see because he literally doesn't get anything for it beautiful flawless block there at the end and a nice little punish here coming out of Big Daddy G oh my goodness he's going to slide in nice this man is going to do enough I guess no way disgusting and he's right in front of him again tries to go just for a regular sweep and Gur willing to press the buttons as he's getting up on the ground and just trying to use that Kung Lao hat to keep him at bay while he loads up those clocks the chip is going to be the issue there that 4-3 is coming those multi kicks that's going to chip out that light bar Big Daddy G striking first blood in the game number 4 oh nice auntie out of here oh guess what the hat was there for coverage a little bit of insurance if you will we love insurance agents that's the one thing right now it does everything for you you know he stays and runs back good block and he did the up block too no Gur is a god how did you know to up block right there there's no way boot 407 oh no that was a mistake indeed gets clipped by the overhead guess what out of here teleports nothing out there though the hats on deck oh the wrong time for sweep my guy look at the damage armor look at the damage armor it's not fair literally 50% of his health gone just like that this is the conversion get some if he shouldn't drop it he spends fatal he's not even going to worry about using the bar he just wants to secure the kill the crowd says hold the hat and we got a potential last round coming out of Gur the crowd screaming let's go Gur let's go maybe this is a good time to put the headphones on armor he said he was feeding off the crowd there are players throughout history of fighting games that have fed off the negativity of crowd so Big Daddy G needs to tap into that toxic that toxic crate inside his body no misses the punt oh no it might have just cost him so much he's going to get another clock out of this back to the corner you go this time to the fire side oh my god what is he doing right back there this is such a steep deal to cloud this oh my feet is definitely in trouble wait a second this happened last time well come back guess what he's back to this time he's prepared he's got the clock loaded up and I think Big Daddy G he needs to go in and don't even give him the opportunity to load up guest to punish where was he he didn't get clipped that time around and this time Gur has to guess for his life guess what game he backs up smoke is going to be ending in a second smart move by Gur get some guest to cancel I don't even think that was a punish I don't think he pressed a button on the way down that's not going to be enough I don't think I'm going to be oh no it's not enough at all I know for a fact but Gur is definitely in trouble what is your final bet you have a bar you have two bars to work with so what are you going to do with is the other side plus frame chip is the issue last breath mechanic coming into play here guys could be it oh my goodness the chest bump if it wasn't a double hitting low there at the end we could have survived to see another day the crowd the crowd is divided we got some big daddy G chance we got some let's go Gur chance two to two I wouldn't have it man this run back is all I want to see I'm not going to lie to you this is the run back I wanted to see the most on this Sunday I didn't care about any other matches but this one I'm glad I got to be a part of it this is the final game between these two to find out this any of the top eight this is to advance to see who can make it to get to the 9th place oh my god and getting clipped again side size with the bar we have to wonder about using any Kung Lao assist that isn't the low hat because it just loads back up so so slow so big daddy G going to need to rely a little bit on his own just for a little bit and as I said that it loaded right back up man it's so fast don't get the armor on the other side that all hit two plus rings plus rings again he's chipping he's chipping he's chipping it's plus it's plus and Gur keeping the composure and just saying he's eventually not going to do it again he's eventually going to check me he's eventually just going to not do it again so much you have a bar to work with got tons of his health back too oh it gets right over the low head with the overhead while it's walking and getting that chip I smell it over here coming out of BG smell what the rock is smell it oh how did you know it's to get over that hat both of these guys over his gets over the low hat and wait is that it? no way right? it's a ton of damage it's going to be close no he dropped it he missed the stand one that's so unfortunate no they're nervous they're so nervous sweating sweating all over their pads sweating all over their head nice a block BDG big daddy G on set point here trying to steal this trying to solidify that dominance over Gur both sending him to the losers and out of this tournament but Gur's not out quite yet blocks the overhead doesn't get anything afterwards though oh my gosh there's so much to look out for I'm gonna be honest with y'all this pop off might be legendary oh my gosh BDG might be able to complete the double jeopardy right here right now set up the low hat get off me says Gur I can still check out here it's the other side full swing into plus range the down jab gets clip oh the spacing here from Gur he's got the corner positioning he's got damage to do and again it's just gonna take maybe a throw and a really big combo to do it nice a block but he has rewind insurance oh my gosh pokes him and twist it low hat chases him down flows blocks don't flow his blocks so much pressure the anti air BDG should be able to close out the pop off I'm him that's what he says ninja congratulating this teammate and Gur unfortunately the man tried to mount it tried to make sure it didn't happen again but it's going to fall to BDG my goodness Arma I felt that one I felt that one in my heart I could see the mood just changing for Gur so close going up taking a huge lead in that set and letting big daddy G come back there but big daddy G absolutely deserved it played super well at the end and of course we are all good sports rivalry demons aside we are all here to play connect and have fun as you can see Gur switching it up from murder face to you know that was good you got to respect it these boys are all passionate Gur definitely you can definitely see the adjustments from the last time I played to that one it was a lot closer but BDG keeping that composure he said you know what I don't care I'm down to one I'm going to make this happen like if you see the comparisons from their winner side to the loser side set you wouldn't think that only a day has passed you would think that it was like a month of meta at least hyperbolic time chamber type of trainer right there like I said Gur did not take that loss yesterday too well you know but you know I think he's okay with this one you know he knows he played well he knows he didn't joke you know BDG just played it a little bit better and then there's no shame in that there's absolutely no shame in that just a better play in that moment it was definitely some nerves coming out of both of them and this type of stage armor are you seeing this time and time again you've been seeing it what the drops these players can do in these moments it happens man it happens it gets the best of you and you know it's crazy because there's not much you can do to train yourself to stop getting nervous on stage other than just exposing yourself to that just getting yourself out there playing under pressure even like you know you could be great you could be one of the best players in the world but if you're doing it just casually it might not translate easily definitely might translate easily at all but man this guy we're getting our next set we're ready to go again big thanks to Mountain Dew for the instant replay BDG vs Blue Linky oh my first off tell me so I was um I had just you know woken up kind of late you know I was getting ready and then I was walking downstairs I thought well yeah I had a fun night indeed I had woke up um you know stretching like getting ready and then preparing myself and downstairs I'm like alright let me see the break what I missed and I see BDG beat splash I was like yo whoa that set was intense I heard and I missed it and then Blue Linky's taking out some beach yes yes two names that we are very familiar with in the NRS scene going down and not to say BDG is not you know a name we know in the NRS scene but not really at that level previously but what I saw how many times he baited out Splash's armor attack by just simply neutral jumping making sure that Goro didn't connect either BDG meticulously lab that set up BDG did his homework time and time again and a hundred percent deserved that win over Splash Blue Linky's again Sameej no slack at all one of the best NRS players from many previous titles since MKX when he was anti-airing with Molina's down one all the way to now it's an incredible win there for Blue Linky's and I love seeing again you know I love seeing our guys do great in other games but I also love seeing you know other game gods doing awesome and giving the NRS games a chance. Truthfully like Blue Linky's if you guys do not know like reminder Armour was alluding to Blue Linky's one DNF duel this weekend for ECT so like yeah anime god anime god anime god right here playing our game and again if you guys if you love fighting games give it a try any of genres that you can pick out of any areas you can go in different play styles I mean you know if you like it you know I'm not telling you to play something you don't like but give it a try I'm pretty slippery when wet hey Johnny be careful this kid's watching a little inappropriate dialogue from Johnny Cage wouldn't have it any other way BDG phenomenal really good super patient when he needs to be I say that as soon as he decides to jump in and kick and get punished for it I'm coming out of Blue Linky's butt gonna go and speak this is the thing I've noticed from Blue Linky's rank compared to Sonic's rank Blue Linky's uses the dirty bubble Sonic does not use that dirty bubble at all I've noticed that Sonic uses portals a lot but Blue Linky's uses that dirty bubble and it's so good because you do not know what he's doing behind that thing I don't get it yeah it's a little bit of concealing the secrets there good block of BDG recognizing that low puddle and just blocking the low on the wakeup nuts 227 just like that we're in the corner and we got we got sidewraps and we got more pressure ohhhh trying to catch up with that shimmy taking this turn bash and another throw no two bars to launch so it's gonna hold 2% sidewraps are keeping safe no you went under I'm telling you he like again you know that you're not gonna get a full combo punish normally but hey you're at least gonna eat this button and it's still gonna be my turn you're not getting out of here for free guess what that's the worst and gets clipped by the overhead he got mixed Blue Linky's denying the comeback out of BDG BDG was making that happen it was and hopefully not too much momentum was spent there he's got enough save for the rest of this grueling long set what what you're dying that's just dead guys hey this time I gotta keep my control y'all but like that time right there was like bro what what just hit him there I guess the mage got a shield you know the imaginary shield we didn't know about let me find out about the hitbox let's go try to go below that's a big punish can't be doing that hey hey that's 351 ooh looking to bait something out there but hey sought and recognized that bait didn't take so it says it's my turn to start swinging away Johnny Cade's wave dash in his way closer and closer to Blue Linky's and this is where he wants to be Ray's got some great special moves but I will say it's not downplaying with saying his buttons are a little bit more on the slow end buttons are definitely tapping on the slow end but that's when the side right assist comes in for coverage coverage ooh you gotta break that that was O.D. I don't think that would have killed but it would have looked very cheap we put you in a very uncomfortable position considering Blue Linky started to run around I definitely agree with that right now going for a round I think he got fatal just in time on him like literally doing that like man if you guys do not know the middle has a 10 second timer before you begin after it's broken and blocked yes so if it's blocked and it didn't successfully connect it will cool down and come back and that's just the hyper-awareness that Blue Linky does understanding that rule right there that Tentor just told you guys but also just being aware of everything on top of playing a fighting game at the same time you gotta look out for those resources Nancy's ridiculous right now Blue Linky stay composed tried and true he's been in these positions before in other games and he's in that position right now B-Dawg as you said we're not a newer face but definitely newer to the big stage side of things yeah this is probably one of the final moments for him so I'm expecting big things you know B-Dawg played in the Justice League oh yeah oh yeah love playing joker not enough to lock him up bro it's just a border mage dude okay oh he didn't care anything about that dirty bubble puts the elbows right through and he's going coast to coast oh we got all of it air combo and if you burst him off of it too B-X enough punch being invincible and wake up is crazy very fun very fun in the getting right under there no they get the jump cancel though unfortunately the helicopter parent is doing right there nothing you're gonna save anybody out of here B-Dawg trying to come in and you know he doesn't want to get too close he doesn't have too much to work with here washing the toes wash your toes neutral jump kicking and that's going to be his invite to bring in the PsyRex to bring in this pressure nice 12 bucks he's getting all that shit and that whole thing is coming out of B-Dawg but wait a second he finds this straight moment is he going to get a breaker he does portal's on deck by the way that's under PsyRex who's there but coverage oh my goodness I mean not only coverage but literally bait thinking hey you can but it's just getting PsyRex coming in and you continue the combo afterwards this is not good this is not good you're in the corner we're getting hype we're getting absolutely hype here hey hey hey nuts nuts I like that reset right there yeah you already did the damage it's gonna scale more from there and you might as well go for the reset at that moment plus frames on plus frames oh my goodness go for the low good block good block blue link is surviving in the corner but B-Dawg with this onslaught the man's been holding block but for about good 15 seconds finally gets opened up and this can scale very disastrous form the sweep down towards the back we're gonna take it B-Dawg guys time it up on the one on the one baby we got a real set here B-Dawg always around was always around in the NRC and again like I feel like when the game initially came out always put their best foot forward trying to display tech trying to show new ways on how to approach matchups and I love seeing that B-Dawg is utilizing a very good character this time around oh yeah Johnny Cage R to be in top one in the game very strong character oppressive plus frames and with the right camera you can do things like this hello Togo's right under that downward which is so low negating pretty much side right and beautiful up block this is the combo I'd like to see that but that's okay still feeling good nice down one for the anti-air tried and true nice and simple the throwback easily done here Winkies gets the shot a kick for his troubles it's challenging there with that stand one is Johnny Cage trying to just come in with that advancing mid oh that would have got him if he was a tad big closer I like that I didn't knew Winkies just couldn't perform but guess what the back throw to the corner we go oh that's a big finish we're not gonna break that he knew the life depth so he had to overcome and there's almost two bars inside of B-dog that faces and you know what I got you next round he comes in that but not in time able to block is blue Winkies but he gets thrown for his troubles his back up up against the wall and here comes a B-dog here comes Johnny Cage that's going for a ride instead trying to go for the cancel the overhead to the throw but misses it the back throw coming out of B-dog instead and another trip guard he has really been spacing his back that's quite nicely but then jump kicks the whip and him to get a beautiful trip guard punish oh once the back three and perfectly spaced they're not really get a big punish from Rain but doesn't see the forward throw come in Sirex and there's two bars there's tons of damage here to push him closer and closer to the corner with Winkies he's gonna set up here he does have one total activated has the second one here but there goes wait a second wait a second what's up Harry I knew the poke was coming and one more hit oh that's neat he's got two bars oh he's so lucky oh too oh my god I thought he was gonna clip him in the toe but guess what Rain had the high ground he learned from Ennequin mistake and guess what he's got the whole state to work with yeah there's a little bit of a desperation move there coming out of B-dog that's kind of a Hail Mary with you I'm not even gonna talk about that he's getting hyped and guess what that's a full target he's just first oh my god he's going in skip back up armor armor to get out of there I don't want none I don't want none of that superstar misses the punnest and guess what he still has a little star power to work with this room no he's not he's gonna be all about it Armors get Cyrax a little combo for but chases him down all these pit-to-fire would have been so much more that's gonna be enough here B-dog love to chase down there on the back dash a very common option when you are getting a little aggressive on the back dash and anticipate a down one or some kind of check and then go back and whiff punnish now let me explain what's going on here the hat the hat is being summoned back on the blue linkies tell me the lore please the lore apparently I was filled in by big birds you see here coaching blue linkies when blue linkies was playing against a meege when it went down two to two they decided to play Native American rain music for him okay well hopefully it does with the ruck right now because his nuts are gone he's getting put to the corner once again daddy doesn't care about any rain noises you know why he's a movie star been there been there done that less than 30% left and the Jimmy the rain music was not enough he needs a thunderstorm look at it he's building height full hype full hype on deck is not what you want to see that's not what you want to see as your Johnny Cajun is on a magic point love the patience blue linkies knowing that the hype giving him access to do the shadow trick again they're just kind of waiting for a guest opportunity to go in for a bonus two dog right now trying to get him rushing put him to the corner blue linkies trying to look for his moments to stop this momentum because you really need to try to get a combo for this yes but Mrs. A went the other way gets a low into the launch but breaks it immediately you dog didn't want to see none of that beautiful outspace more geyser and guess what side ranks for the win it's getting him that round Cyrus keeping him nice and safe in all the scenarios and just complimenting a lot of the things that Ray throws out there I don't know what he was waiting for he was holding down thinking the net was going to be a high maybe just kind of a little bit of a rain noise it must be too loud but guess what the launch isn't clipped with the low here really didn't convert anything too dangerous let's find the hit let's find the follow-up the back three that could have been so much worse for B-Dog if Linky's impreemptively decide I'm going to mash down one I expect you to show them that hope there's right now full of strength good blocks Anties but nothing off of it though Halt B-Dog not blocking not going to be at a breaking time going to hold the book of this damage and guess what you can't see a thing behind that dirty bubble Cyrus got a save dirty concealed secrets here blocking good job B-Dog getting challenged Blue Linky's two to two the crowd is going wild he's got that whole front row cheering for him you guys didn't know that's TGC that's the Golden Coalition right there you see the guy in the sunglasses that is the leader Kevin M. Cologne that's right right there the whole team got the squad back to B-Dog just by his lonesome but hey don't care about that nose that's why you got the earphones for taking over outworld television yes check yes oh yeah what they're doing they got the TGC who's just an amazing thing as well as Kevin is an amazing person but we're in a game 5 situation and he got rid of Cyrax instantly I don't want you to make a cameo appearance get off my screen but it was also crazy how he was still in that summoning stance animation they got a big appendix if you got it in time I have to do a couple characters cameo you could actually they would be in this summon animation for quite a long time and I haven't seen anybody actually get a real big punch on this I feel like nobody's ready for it and somehow B-Dog was ready for that conversion they're back three connecting perfectly here trying to block this onslaught of buttons from Johnny Cage B-Dog with a double down one check that is got to take some nerve let me tell you that play the space cameo the royal flushes are down portals are up there's so much water on the screen there's hundreds right it does get slippery on the web but this is a sidewrap but the knee shout-outs to Dizzy is going to close out and it looks like B-Dog is one round away for a message in the future 16 run away but B-Linkys does have three bars to work with yes the first combo getting cut completely short here the neutral jump any kind of whip it doesn't matter B-Dog getting the best of this world and this is going to be the pressure he does have a bar to armor with but is he going to do it and is B-Dog going to sniff it out it must be Canada doesn't do enough damage but guess what you tried to anti here and you held that man's $500 shoes for it this could spell the end for blue Winkys right now it's tough but the duck on the throw did not get the jump cancel and it's going to be a big shadow kick and B-Dog would puff up the handshake the blue hat was not enough the ritual wasn't enough man not enough but big shout out to the Winkys for making it so far in this highly competitive event I mean all these killers in this bracket and you know you really got to say that these guys deserve all of it it's a ton of work over the weekend and B-Dog moves on B-Dog does move on off against Pulse yes Pulse is definitely a big demon that you have to go against but you got to go through the killers you want to make that top 8 and if you make top 8 that's even more of a battle to get to there and right now we got VGY and Turkey getting to the stage but first big shout out to Mountain Dew do the do and we got the redo Blue Winkys definitely he was definitely trying his best to like stop the momentum B-Dog has so many good moments where jump kicks were connecting of course he was rushing down with beautiful weapons using that knee so well but Blue Winkys able to stop that momentum then again at the end of all of that the hype meter I feel like played a decent factor keeping Blue Winkys on his toes and then making B-Dog rush with that approach and any drop that ended up happening on the side of Blue Winkys B-Dog right here that was so unfortunate could have been a change of pace but B-Dog recognizing armor immediately kicked to the chest watched the foot and the pop up the fist bump yeah and I think that was that was B-Dog 100% doing the homework around what to do with Rain's armor move when he tries to back it up with Cyrex in the corner we saw him even just getting the down forward to knock Cyrex out still apply pressure to Rain for the punish and then it's still his turn which is exactly where Johnny Cage wants to be and even there at the end he knew all I need is one shadow kick if I can get that in there before Cyrex even comes to the picture and that's what I'm seeing I'm blown away by B-Dog and all that preparation that we've seen so far yes he's making that loser's run and he's going to continue to make that loser's run but before we see everyone else's loser's run we gotta take a quick break but we'll be right back don't leave ladies and gentlemen fans and combatants welcome back Mortal Kombat 1 here at East Coast Throwdown 2023 the first stop of the Mortal Kombat 1 Pro Competition Tour I'm Darth Arma this is Tento and we've got some great matches for the rest of this loser's run in the top 16 let's throw it right there these guys are ready to go these guys are these guys are ready to fight VGY international player coming from across the pond to go up against what I would consider a hometown hero not too far away from here and always coming out to MKNJ Turkey take it a Turkey Sucks man that's a good boy not sure that is Omni Turkey right there Omni Turkey is going he's in the match he's in the match VGY like you said one of the lone representatives I think it's only like we had a couple of people from across the pond being humanism VGY I believe we have one more come to play we technically had JUR internationally from Canada but that's not too far away not as far as the UK not as far as VGY and Ireland for humanism but they are both here and VGY is definitely trying to get points when he can he's always said I think the first time in the world was combo breaking okay and he wants to do it again Hungry Hungry 100% always gets a 9 to 13 and he wants to break past that and big shout out to CGN for making it happen and VGY wouldn't be here without them so again this is going to be a crazy set now VGY playing a character we've not really seeing a lot early on or I'm sorry this late into the games met a Shang Tsung and was talking to Nip a little bit about it and he said it's because he can form into the top tiers and just do it right back at them for more damage overhead right afterwards my goodness this is looking very troublesome but find the hit find the hit find the hit turn it around so wake up yeah and that's again the Cyrax depending on the timing you know you can or cannot do things about it and you guys don't know Shang has this unique ability in this game and oh so he has different normals between these two and different special attacks between these two so the fact that VGY is doing such a good job or remembering how to use which one is great insane it is insane look at that walk down he didn't even hesitate for a second he was so sure that he smelled the fear from Turkey of backing off but Turkey going in right there with the armored Superman at the perfect moment coming off that last little bar remaining on VGY's health bar and that wall block is on the back oh my god the meter burn on the triple skull no I'm denying the entry on the teleport you're staying right there hold the two bars and I got loops now you don't want to see those I bet you don't oh whiffed it out the teleport coming in in most aggressive manner but a Cyrax goes a lot way a block of push frames you don't care about push frames though I got Cyrax it's just like it's so much chip damage so much go in there and go for her free overhead no problem more and more when change mid is so long two projectiles more chip more trouble for VGY did not get the flaws blocked so he's holding the bulk of this this is so much damage oh my gosh the overhead is going to seal it 8% was enough Turkey striking first blood oh he's locking he's poking y'all see that face super close he's even like he's trying to he's trying to get tunnel vision yes trying to eliminate the crowd trying to forget where he is right now trying to just get past the pressure and focus on the task at hand and that is an incredible player in VGY so again even though VGY went down that first game don't count him out just yet we'll get clip whoa wait what he kind of like knew he was going to fall into that last whiff the damage is too powerful that's almost safe we'll take it away that's it please oh wait there it was he being arm on top of that it was just brawl superman oh my gosh the three year combo oh which is a rating I have how do you like it I love it hey like down one it's a special I love it give him a little taste of his own medicine here can you best find the opening in time it's like the same thing but more Timmy yes and you're using the same assist so double the triple and the double nice walls oh my god getting hit by the better spikes and the triple skull breaking the armor turkey teleports and that's going to be chip at this point no the clip's lawsaw the gayness and turkey should get the kill should he not drop the combo he ha the double hitting fatal blow there to a lot of people when they don't expect the second it's a combo with force aggression and everything in between turkey coming out the coming out the big also a really strange thing about the I think it's one of the few greater blows that have two hits so if you build the breaker on the first you can actually break the second no I don't know yes two hits before the animation yes yes insane insane yo that was getting out of here always taking two bars hard wheel I'm an after that too you didn't know that scale but not too much go to the wrong way and no not a big enough punish though to Chicago punish the Chicago class right there as you're looking to live for it go to the other side of it yo he got the conversion off that that was so good but misses it nice wall is blocked plus three clap them up electricity bay oh we got a combo no average was it close enough but he gets the discharge guess what another four combo on the first one up to go trades push nice wall he's showing a lot of knowledge being that I think he actually beat if you're getting here well to play Shane yes and we saw that a lot in that matchup where you pointed out the Superman a lot of times most characters aren't going to have anything to deal with it because it recovers relatively fast and you know he recovers on the other side characters that can summon the rising fireballs upspills if you will in that specific old man variation where that old man stance of Shang Tsung BGY taking a second to think about it BGY plays Shao and Shang Tsung looking like he's going to the other bad guy beat the man with the axe he destroys the boss guy he's like he's like he's like he's like thought of a buster man crazy listen it's crazier I don't know if you'd use it in the fighting scenario but it's definitely a statement oh no he's got clip then guess what going to get conversion no he misses the sarkar but Sarkar is always there nice armor through and axe raised too clip there is turkey and turkey trying to figure out the matchup again it's probably been a while since we've had a fighter shout out I forgot, I forgot the ground pound is full screen and then the axe was there behind him. I would have been confused when he got hit. I'm like, what's he doing? Oh, my legs. Yes. You got to watch out for the low. Full chip damage there. And that was a punish. The stand two reaches far enough. Yo, VGY. It's fast. It's fast. It is a fast high. It's high nonetheless, but it's still incredibly fast. This is what I want to see. I want to see VGY getting in there, getting on the board, getting that round and on his way to our first 3-0, Turkey feeling it out with that down four, trying to see it hit and trying to say, it's my turn to party once I do see this hit. Video games, yo, trying to, trying to basically chase Turkey down to the other side here and the Serena. Now, VGY said Serena is probably one of the better cameos for Shao because, you know, you have the damage output, which has complimented so many far reaching things for Shao. If that Serena double-rank hits you at a really far range, Shao can still connect and still make it hurt. So if you can hear the P in the way, it starts getting low, but it's axe and smoldering it out of you. After you got stabbed by it, the command grab is dead, going right under it. I wanted to just do four, four, four, four, four, standing here right under it. But hey. So that's what, that's what, that's what Big Bird was saying when Turkey was fighting against, I want to say, it was a, it was someone else using the same Serena Serena cameo, it's like saying you could just forward forward and you will get a ton and The rings as they come back, but that's one of those things where like it's a pretty big risk if you mess it up Like that's an easy combo easy-hicken for for the other More discharge Did he just throw this man under the axe is he dead off of that? Oh my goodness little clips there at the end But there's only six seconds left. He did not stuff on this man. So it's a fatal to get the game Bgy put some self on the board. No way That last little it was just enough you're like am I gonna eat these words it's something gonna come and turkey You know, we've seen so many games of turkey come down to the cloth come down to the wire And even that one did and although technically didn't go to time out It was one of those do or die moments those desperation moves that we're gonna either make or break Bgy And he just went in there's no way that was a hit that was a hundred percent. I'm going in I'm gonna hit this low. It's gonna hit if it hits I win if it doesn't hit I lose and that's it and he did have a round to work with So so not a huge risk all overall definitely worth the reward risk reward was definitely in his favorite in that case As you said he was up around like it don't hit it. So you got another round of work for it but does game GGs And that was definitely a gg moment and to the one is now the score But bgy is locked into the general show and turkey I don't think it will happen But he does have the opportunity to switch if he does lose again We saw a lot of scenarios your showers and so tall that even blocking so many air superman There's some cases like this man gets clipped by like low-air fireball from Luke hanging is like, bro Why did you make this man 8 feet tall? It's the horns. It's the horns. It's definitely the horns. He looks so deal. He's a beautiful poking back and going right into the storm cell Cyrax keeping it nice and safe and adding a little bit more chip damage to it poking and this is Raiden's down four has such great range such fast recovery for you know, the tempo of the strings or the pokes in this game Oh blocks the low ready to swing back Sane in this game.  You're willing to do that. You're willing to double down What by the overhead yo turkey kind of getting exposed in this matchup right now bgy applying the pressure where it needs to be and not He's not letting up You don't have you don't have the opportunity to this is do or die for bgy Oh boy Not done this combo is so long.  It's gonna be tied up to the two. Yes Two-to-two tons of damage potential coming out of Shao Khan and again that character that evil that you're not super familiar with definitely something that wants to go into play here and Vgy wasn't feeling it with with Chang wasn't feeling it at all of those first two games Shao turning it around completely 100% can we talk about how? majority of the characters on turkey shirt Were made before he was even born, you know, I was But like Turkey's a young gun for this game. You don't know I want to say just turn 20 I mean clearly does I'm not I'm not doubting it. He definitely don't know about Doll and he don't know nothing about no Johnny problem I'm not gonna go as far out to say that but I just think it's funny and I love seeing it But The section of it that the health inspector definitely didn't look at and say, okay, you need to This is this is a health hazard 100% please stay away from whatever that thing is. I know I don't even fall in here I How much money would you need to walk from one corner to the other barefoot? Okay, we're going back to the match here. Oh getting clipped. Let me talk about that jump to from Shao Khan.  He's got a lot of chip damage and he's been with them in the storm and getting punishes Just like that that stand so far. I believe it's eight rings. Oh my gosh, the low and that's it No break no break With just 10 seconds left Vgy was able to secure that round Turkey in a bad spot here.  And I think Turkey's just like playing a little bit out of his element like Turkey's very passive wants to you know Again go to timeouts constantly here and Vgy's okay with that because the Serena's this does take a long time to load back up So hey you want to wait it out. I'm totally fine with that. My Serena's coming back anyway But he overhead Just walking down just walking him down here comes the Serena and again not really good There's no reason to not do it if he's not giving you a reason to stop throwing that Serena double rang out Like just keep doing it if it hits awesome if he blocks it no big deal Give that man a haircut cut off the ponytail as a matter of fact a surprise the hat didn't fall off It was right there, but he's just like so low profile when he down boys that boomerang action So insane but wait to jump back Superman wakes up with the armor Turkey baited it out Should he not drop the combo armor? We're going to a final game fighting around between these two one of these boys getting eliminated and remember this night Even to make top eight. This is just to get to my place This is literally just to get the to move on to fight wise Gemini for the top eight But that's okay right now We got to focus on the task at hand the Serena says coming out there getting at least the down for check But hey, that's fine I get the down for and I get to apply some pressure the breaker coming into play here Bgy's got no bar at all but doesn't have a nice punish and he has a cameo to a symptom to big launch Needless leaderless here. That had to be a misinput. Yo try to interrupt the follow-up the overhead nothing Bro, bro, bro. I'm scared for him. I'm scared for both of these players here So much pressure coming down on both these Titans. I was blocking the game that chip double time Cyrus the road the backwards variety still no bar for Bgy, but he has Serena sister work with Don't throw once not going through it twice, but oh my gosh He bumped up the axis red and he's looking mighty scary right now. Don't want to touch it You don't want to touch that or if that was double rang that would have been it But he was just kind of feeling it out and saying I'm just gonna go for the short one here 30 seconds Looking to talk full stick of birdie from Turkey side of things Ah The overhead and this is looking very bad for Turkey the overhead clip some and that is going to be Bgy Completing the reverse 3-0 taking down Turkey and the young man from UK is going to vessel a CGL nips the man You can really see the passion from nips and it's really great to see you know him rep You know getting the representatives for CGL because you can see that nips really cares about his players always Always and let me tell you I don't think there's another sponsor out there That's in the front row the entire time ready and watching your matches Cheering you on and just making sure you're in the right headspace in between them. So so big shout out to CGL Big shout out to jail nips is very cool. Do CGL part of the Texas boys Always just really open arms and just being so cool and yeah definitely make the things happen But the instant replay power about mount to do Turkey was definitely in control that entire time But that shout change really just switched up everything and this is why I tell you guys I really encourage you guys one character is very strong But if you can learn a team of three in a fighting game is very good for certain matchups and that just showed right there Yeah, just to cover those different options cover You know the weaknesses that you have either as a character as a player and you know You can see Turkey was getting it there at the end You know we did come down to the wire Yes, I would want to say it was a it was rolling over him But it was just so close and it was such a good set big shout out to both players for just playing their hearts out and Bgy aka video games.  We do have a cease versus deoxys Oh my goodness sees the meticulous lab monster Another gear is player extraordinaire, so if you didn't get tired of gears while Gerr was up here cease brings a little bit You know even though playing the same team plays it a little differently Ceases a lab monster through like that's what I love seeing and that's what really stuck out to me about this game Is that it really? caters to the people who want to Go into training room and figure out all the ins and outs all the strategies all the counter strategies the counter counter strategies And we have deoxys here on the other side playing one of the most unique characters in this game in Natara Yeah, and it very you know, I love I love harping in on the past, but it reminds me of the blue beetle days so much Man loves to fly around. He loves to say that the floor is lava There was achievement that in a rescue name for him It will be just like don't touch the ground for eight seconds That would definitely be the achievement and deoxys would get that in no time because you guys don't know The man's an achievement hunter and overachiever when it comes to all thing video games as well But we're gonna talk about one actually and cease definitely a surprise a lot of people I know a lot of people do not know who this guy was but he came up doing MK 11 during the quarantine times That's one of those online players that really showed that he had high potential and right now You're gonna know his name make it into the top 16 and going this is actually what him and girls so far If should he get eliminated right here. Yeah, they were into the exact same point That's how far does the gears ago, but They definitely put gears on the map Yeah, definitely putting gears on the map and just kind of putting those those ideas of Gears is a bottom one character You know just kind of far away I Don't think so and I think again I think so much there's so much viable potential throughout the whole cast just to kind of see You know if you pair it up with the right cameo if you pair it up with the right player And the right play style you can make things shine Yes, you just got to put in the work like not every character is gonna be as easy as some And that's that's normal that's very natural in a fighting game with you know variety in depth like you can look at any fighting game And say yes, some characters are very easy to get You know you got your easy hit confirms your easy combos tons of damage And then others are gonna take a little bit more time to finesse and really you know get ready And definitely so it looks like the players just make sure those buttons are checked to make sure everything's locked and loaded But got the nod. Yeah, that's a nod But cease and deal one of these boys sadly have to leave and We're gonna find out who it is on the way. It's gonna be Natara. And like you said with cease and Gurr both say in the plan the same cameo They always is always a mind game of like do they use a cameo the exact same like do they always go for pressure? They're always going for a setup are they always trying to get well Actually, both these boys are just trying to get clocks Bar snap to go back in time.  Not fair. Is it really one bar crazy work. Just back there with a tombstone. What does this do? I Get bored here ducking right under or maybe just didn't think that I'm not sure if he did it too early. I mean he was feeling it. It's done from the from the but I again I just feel like it was just so clearly you know a Hitting conversion situation that was gonna present itself. We use the Kung Lao at hold as an anti air. Yes And deal one thing about deal we don't talk about too much But um deal Movement with the power is actually so bad the time I have seen the pool is actually get the wrong input of a special Because they're on the other side. Yes. Yeah happens a ton of times here Nobody has the mobility like this character to just take to the sky and be able to just shift around left and right up back up forward Right now. We're not seeing a lot of that here I think one of the strongest attributes to Natara's is she can kind of as long as the opponent doesn't have something that can like Snatch her out of the sky. She she dictates the pace And yo, that was a beautiful Probably going for a little bit of a throw mix they want to be too Obvious to sees in which direction that they were going through but looks like cease didn't even go for the tech either way Deoxys coming back here one round of peace in this first game He's gonna take the lead who is gonna keep going and trekking on through here She's pretty patient when it comes to like the approach of after you block something seeing a lot of back dashing Doesn't want to really like press buttons doesn't really want to get in there right away That harker block was actually insane Yes, he was to get away Yeah, and instead of going for like any kind of like regular pressure Cease is looking to get out of the corner doesn't want to be trapped here So to speak where Natara can just freely move wherever she wants Oh my god big punish, but as we want time gonna get another clock. No doesn't have quite a bar yet, but the over There oh my god, he tried to up block Other side once again is plus the staggers low hat more plus brings but gets with the back Beautiful where no punish no punish wasn't ready to press buttons at all back it off They're super plus on that cougla hat and deal a KD ox has taken that first But towards the end I'm starting to see cease like man I got to get a read on this guy's movement because Yeah, it was kind of like that fake like I'm going to the air just kidding you thought I was going to the air So you went to the air. It's that I landed in anti air Love to see those split second decisions happening Of course love to see this execution here from the power as she just dances around in the sky You don't want to see that you don't want to see that as here is the animation and just no connection at all Great reactions here by Cease recognizing she hit the ground recognizing the low is gonna be the more probable thing to come out here block Brother brother brother changing the timing he's changing the timing here So it depending on when that overhead comes depending on when you let go that come loud It's either low overhead or overhead low, and that is so difficult to block a fun blockable if you will You know actually I think about it probably wants to get here simple at the most like that's fine I Thought it was just I thought he was just made of same This little she just gets like you know when you go to the beach and you drop something you really want to eat And you said I think it's fine if I just bring it off. It's never fine. Just leave it That's what he's hard guys, that's what you guys have to steal their for coverage. Oh my god Very yes, girl risk here is being in the hands of Cease. That's okay We play it off here. The ox has taken the second game to a lead and a little shrug of Defeat from Cease. He's still in this. He's just kind of like what do I do? Is there literally anyone in the building that plays Natara anyone in there that can help Cease because He's looking a little lost That's not a good look at all when you when you get a shoulder shrug And you look to your teammates and no one's coming up. That's like oh man Oh, we got to oh my god Zork actually did play Natara I think for a total of one week and then he said this character Yeah So this is literally probably the only other person in this building that could play Natara at a high level shoutouts to Zork and shoutouts to Everybody who's just here watching and enjoying this top 16 He's talking to him. He's literally he's giving him some dirt.  You're feeling it. Yeah, you're definitely up Like you know that you have to match up that and they don't know what they're doing I mean In such a short amount of time without an actual like setup without actually any kind of gameplay I can't imagine what Zork could tell sees to to turn the tides around But maybe just a little break is all he needs. Maybe he can you know Duck under the throws keep it nice and simple as a deoxys love the sides which they're deoxys going for a ride Hey, I guess he's just like I don't know when I'm gonna get the throw again So I might as well. Yeah, I I saw a little bit of that before from season's previous match But that's okay up walk get the punish no problem Zork might have told us some sauce. You might have told me a little sauce Just a little bit And with the overhand that was max range too in the chip out kill with the sandpillar. Okay, see Showing it each by the time he wins it if you should realize what's how the step is gonna go and he's okay. I got that More overheads That's what you need overhead It just wait for her and again, it's it's I think it's it's very dependent on the life The tower doesn't really have like a projectile To really force you to to come to her or force that life lead it like slowly dissing Oh my goodness almost for a hundred damage for that 386 to download That's a big bloody clock coming at you. But we're trying to come out of season two High in the gravity was not going to get a curtain off that but the low hats is late and the clock as well Oh my god almost cross commands up the low hat coming through a beautiful once again Spongebob gets them in here the low has sees can answer back right here right now the command grab That's that death Okay, what happened to the shoulder shrug what happened to the lost look I'm seeing a determined player that might have just needed a few wise words from a fellow friend teammate player Whatever you want to call Zorick big shout outs to Zorick for that guest appearance there is right now We got a set here. See strong signs of life. She's getting on the board Seeing a lot more command grab See it was still turned around the other way and I like way to charge like all over that Pre-pun is kind of hard to block go afterwards the breaker immediately think you can allow for the assistance. I need the hat steal Oh, I got shim too. I'm not gonna lie to you It's not it's not easy not an easy thing to see that throw or throw animation coming when they just go up shoulder to shoulder and say Just kidding. Oh Weeping them Got to block it. How's that bar to work with you can't rewind time The reaction Jackson boy blocked in time Yeah, it takes a little bit of time to get over to the other side and again, it's the the kung lao hat Just recover so fast. Yes Cover so I think it was kind of like a a test and it took both those things I'm not the bike I would buy the sand The sandwich the sandy sandwich Double overhead Oh kung lao hats top some brightness tracks. This is not where you want to be against the oxes Oh never mind. That was a back throw to get out of the corner Love the challenge from season I'm going for a ride Oh baby Okay, that's enough. That's enough. That's enough. We're all okay. It was enough. Thank you Oh, that's insane. Not fair. So much damage. Nice. I'm seeing a lot more armor when natara gets in that ambiguous spot Oh one of this. I forgot she has air mobility Most people are expecting the character to drop down with kung lao even after an attack But natara can't get out of there that combo Is that death? Very close Over there that's a whip and that's going to be a punish Deal with a slight pop off. I don't want to see too many pop-offs to deal. He said yes It sees unfortunately is going to be the other gear is tying for 13 place scratching the head But hey sees don't pick that up at all, man. Definitely a good job this weekend Did a great job showing some people the light. I know I know a lot of great matches on stream a lot of You know good victories and Respectful respectable losses and that's you know at the end of the day guys It's only one person who's going to win today's tournament and everyone else is going to be Just a little a little upset about clapping it up, you know Yep ggs. I didn't get it, but you know, we'll get them next time. We'll get them next time And big shout out to the mountain dew for providing our instant replay and big shout out. Yes. Yes again Love it. Love seeing the back and forth between these players Diox is getting a little bit of that download, you know did go down in that early round, but understanding where Cease was going to be and You really got to admire the change up between those setups with a Kung Lao hat You know the overhead coming first and the low complimenting afterward and then vice versa Just adding to all the fun fun blockables in this game and you know, it just wasn't enough You made Cease made those great adjustments there at the end and I was seeing a lot more armor coming out of cease every time Natar took to the sky right above him, but unfortunately just wasn't enough to Keep that momentum going and at the end there came down to deoxys Recognizing that here's my attack that back for I believe it's back forward to just coming in close the gap and Seal the deal Oh my gosh just matched right here pulse versus b-dog the mirror of Johnny cage This is to make it into topic. Yes, it is loser's quarterfinals We saw pulse going down to rewind a little earlier in the winter semifinals And we saw b-dog making an incredible run so far on the loser's side Taking it over splash taking her over blue linkies and now Facing off against one of the most consistent players We've seen in terms of online tournaments, you know Tencho you were there. Oh, yeah the whole time pretty much We're talking kalo we're talking iK fk big shout-outs to spooky and tenno productions and you know pulse just Getting ready making a name for himself and you know in preparation for east coast throwdown Definitely didn't want to go down the way he did against rewind that was That was pretty free We got to call it how we see it guys it was pretty free And uh, but not out of it yet still still able to make that come back here for the top eight on the loser side But he's got to go through a very determined. What is letty doing over there? Wait, wait, what does what does letty got over there? Can we get a zoom in? Let's get to I don't I don't know if we have access to that, but I don't know what he's holding up But like um a sign it's some type of sign. I can't quite see His phone's dead anyway.  He wants us to see it says, uh, can I repeat it? That's fine.  He's just keep he's gonna simply just rebuild himself and cyber linkway initiative is too strong And forever twirling twirling towards freedom. We got Johnny cage out here though. All smiles between these two Yeah, this could be an interesting mirror. Um, I I can't remember last time post some b-dog. I actually met up in an online term inside of things I mean But I feel like they play pretty frequently So I don't remember a lot of b-dog during mk 11 Definitely. Yeah, not like I I I remember b-dog. Yeah, occasionally here and there But I remember b-dog being a little bit more prominent During the injustice two days And I don't know if it was just like taking a break or focusing on life or whatnot But you know, that's what's so fun about a new game finally being released is that you get to You know get another crack at it, you know the even playing field Everybody's just starting the games do the meta's not really developed and you know, he's starting with his best foot forward In johnny cage. I don't know if he knew johnny cage was going to be a good character But looks super duper comfortable Has Johnny cage ever not been a good character? Like mkx. Oh, no, no, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just remembered the roar crowd I'm so sorry that is out there laughing. Remember that infinity. He found like a week two, man. I'm so sorry I help me. I figured it out. I was thinking like late phase of mkx, but yeah, he was still strong DJ I know but like the uh, uh, the fisticuffs. That's right. DJ T This the commonwealth just uh, yeah, I was like, what's this character? Oh, he's having a great time Just tons of chip, but yes, johnny cage always a fan favorite And of course he's going to be great in the game where he's the main character mkx Not going to be and I guess he's technically a main character in this We saw a lot of johnny screen time when it came to the mk1 story Definitely so the walkup actor still got it and showing That's some big damage, but this is going to be a mirror all the way around is johnny cage Tunglao for both players Holtz is going to be with the pink shirt and b-dog is going to be in the blue one. I'm sorry is that black? It's all right. It looks black to me. It looks black to me. I thought it was a little navy blue at first But then it was just stating my fault my fault guys. It's all good I mean, there's a lot of blue in the background. These beautiful snowy mountains good uplocked air from b-dog Holtz going for a ride here Holding on to his groin as he's just gasping for air the forward throw cunglao coming in with the assist Swiping him with the hat and saying i'll see you in a little bit when my low hat is back, which is always The movement between these two the neutral is going to be insane why? And it's just like a constant. Oh, baby the back three taking them for a ride here But does come off that breaker They slowly try to build that meter up little by little and it's just constant checks with the low cunglao hat It's it's it's very hard to call out like you can call it out as you've got like a bar You maybe amplify the shadow kick to get through Yes Yep Oh, but he said I don't want to deal with none of that you consider with the shadow kick weight frames And that's the difference between holding it and not holding it, you know not holding it throws it out way faster Obviously, and you know one option definitely beats the other The back dash from polls feeling himself drops the end, but that's okay. We picked those right back up and We've got such a life lead. We don't have to sweat it It makes sense. This is four top eight. This is four top eight. These boys are definitely nervous People hurry and go come around the clip too Doesn't get the follow-up there on the second hit of the string You hate to see it just didn't dash enough here I'm gonna be honest guys expect to expect some drops because these boys are definitely nervous super nervous I wonder if a jumping kick would have been a little bit better Speaking of kicks Another one. All right, it's a throw. It's gonna allow the same real bad. He touched my breath. I'll get back into it He didn't make a phone call. I'll be right back He's been with what's just so matched with back three How to deal with four three use back three. That's nice, too. Yeah, you use the very unsafe back three Don't worry. See how that ends up Oh, we go right right now hype right back at him You should have did it. It would have been so it would look so good double Oh, you had to break Hyped it up hyped it up.   What are you whipping for you're gonna get launched Uh color's not even like a crack or a smirk Johnny just stone phase ready to go right back into it. What are taking that little second? We got a sign for Pulse in the crowd. Ramos Pulse. Big shout out to Pulse's brother, Christophoson in the crowd. Oh, I just heard there's a brother. Yes, there was. Christophoson is the older brother and he gets really offended when people assume he's the younger brother. Well, I could only assume why in short of that, by the way. So, yeah. Down four, keeping him in the corner. Pulse feeling the crowd. Feeling the brotherly love in the crowd. Powering him up back to back forward throws. Just keeping him in check in lock constantly here. What the Kung Lao hack came out in time. That move is too fast. I noticed something right there actually. So that he did that in the last match where I saw that the Kung Lao action did activate in time, but just didn't he got the hit. He used a different button. So that time, I think this is actual tech where after a pair, if you commit to the low hat, you'll be fine. And Pulse, definitely doing the homework here. You can't be with him. He's always definitely going up there. Comes a shadow kick accompanied by a Kung Lao hat that you are holding that's going to make pretty much everything safe. Backing off. Very different. Yeah, good awareness. You've got to keep your eyes on the screen all over the plate, on the ground, in the sky, your meter, your cameos, everything. Oh boy. Super duper plus on hit. Doesn't get in there in time. It just lets Pulse jump out of there. Big kick to the face. Oh, he's definitely trying to wake up with something, but he got blown up immediately. Yeah, no armor. No armor on whatever he was trying to wake up with. Back three. What is with back threes and beat off? That's what the beat stands for. Yeah, beat three dog. Beat three dog. That's the name change right now. No answer, but just a little hat. Antire, baby. Easy peasy. Antire. The crowd is getting loud. And by the crowd, I mean three people who are really, really pulling for Pulse here. Both taking the secret ones. Drink awarded to synchronized drink. So Pulse not using the headphones, but he's got his own headphones. Always listens to music when he's playing. Always. He'd be jamming. He's jamming. I actually didn't know until Pulse has a great list of music. If you're a fan of like early 2000s alternative rock, go into his stream. That's all he plays. It's incredible. And I'm like, you were born after a lot of this music was made. So I double respect it. Pulse is a very calm individual. He plays a high level character, but the height, like intensity character. Brother, if you throw out another back three, I'm just going to walk to the stage and ask why. What are you doing? How are they hitting so much? So good. He just feels it. He knows. It does help. They play the same character. I know all his moves. Thought maybe a throw was coming in that scenario. Let go a block instead. Here comes a mid. And it's been like a constant check here on that wakeup. Down fouring.  It's your turn. You're super plus. And if they wake up with that shadow kick, it's going right over. You've got to punish the other way. And that's true for French and Hoda, the knee and have to be a decent amount of damage. Or set up afterwards, then get the combo. But he waited. But didn't get the punish. What's going on? Oh, the first one blocked. Whiffed it out. Whiffed it out.  Nice block with a low minus four on that one. A low hat is plus two. But he poked. Nope. I was going to say, neither player wanted to press a button. Nancy's to jump over to the side. Who tried to empty himself? Pulse is success rate with jumping out and kicking. Like 100%. All over it. Nice down four into more plus frames. What are you doing? It's my turn. It's never yours. Wait a second. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. Poles going for a ride. I don't like this. Anties. Love it. Love it. Love it. They're anti air stand one. No problem.  Stay hydrated, my friends. One more. Vamanos for Pulse. Vamanos Pulse. Vamanos Pulse. Got the Peruvian flag on there. Shout out to their heritage. I love seeing the representation there. Latino. Latino Heat. Yes. Latino Heat, of course. My back into it. Yes. Two one in favor of Pulse right now. Armors right through. That's what I want to do with it. Oh, getting a lot of it. Oh, that down one didn't get like checked back. Instead decided to go for his turn and that spelled disaster here for V-Dog. He finds himself in a bad spot. Very bad spot right now. Pulse is definitely cooking and he's on a full momentum shift right now. So that was an empty jump. Trying to bait out an up block. Neither player decided to commit to either thing other than just jumping there. That's a couple once again. Pulse. Trying to fight it back out in the water. He's looking very troublesome. Stagger's in the back up into four and three. Pulse is one away from making top eight. Loser's side. Our first stop of the pro competition. But V-Dog is the reason why he got here. And he's about to show off. Why? 355. That's right. V-Dog has been tested time and time again. Don't count him out just yet. Oh my, he did not duck. He ducked. He ducked and punished it perfectly. V-Dog coming off that bar of breaker. Tons of resources spent there. V-Dog fishing out that shadow kick. V-Dog getting a huge punish here. Trying to get the first round in this game. Number four. And he does. Very well complimented with the Kung Lao low hat. V-Dog showing that he can still do this. Pulse needs to close his out right now. Because I can see V-Dog taking this all the way back. And this is exactly what Pulse is doing. Shadow kicking him and keeping him in the corner. Keeping the pressure on. Didn't get there in time. How? He has two bars to work with misses the conversion. But he gets to pick up this time around. V-Dog. Nuts. No. Big punish. No. This is it. Doesn't get it. Low hat. Oh baby. V-Dog misses it. But no. He got the punish this time. Got the second hit to connect there. This is not good. V-Dog not going to build enough bar to make that breaker. And the throw. Perfect opportunity to go there when he's just holding onto block for a dear life. This is where Pulse can do it. Oh my God. But no. Get shimmied. Gonna break three bar spin. We're about even on life. Two hats on the way. Had to block because there was another one coming. Good blocking. You over here. He does spin. Does it connect? The Perry Pulse makes top eight here at ECT Loser Side. Let's go. Pulse loved to see the representation here. Yes. We didn't have a great start here on the winner side. But definitely making waves on the loser side. And the max is as far as Pulse can definitely go. He can definitely do this. Taking it all the way. This is someone who is very well practiced, very well versed in all these different matchups.  I love to see it. I love to see the guys who just come out and support everything, making it as far as possible. Pulse, man. Pulse. It's best coming from you because I know you watch this man time and time again at MK and Jay's practice. Right? Practice, grind and try to get better. And seeing him make a big stage like this, I know this means a lot to you as well. Oh, yeah. But Pulse, like I said, one of the favorites of the tournament, like I said, it's been so consistent on the line. Made it top eight. It's on the loser side, but nonetheless, it's top eight. And he's there. Top eight? Top eight? A ton of points. Some great cash to take home to say, hey, this was all worth it. And we're going to the instant replay. The Johnny Cage mirror, of course, Pulse rocking the Johnny Cage and the pink and B-dog, the Johnny Cage. Not the Johnny Cage wearing the black, but the Johnny Cage going for the back three over and over and over. Damn. He was making sure that little bit extended. It was close. And Pulse is the one who came out on top. I feel like B-dog just didn't really adjust towards the end when it came to a lot of the jumping out that Pulse was refusing and not stop doing. And he just didn't bite. He didn't bite on a lot of things that B-dog was fading out. There was the up lock that B-dog kept thinking about, kept saying he's going to do it this time. He's going to do it this time. But Pulse kind of kept that composure. And that was really key here at the end. I love how it just warps him down. It just goes right into the animation. Tons, tons of damage. And just enough, I saw it. I saw his whole body just shift into the air. You can even see Ludi jumping in the air in slow motion. I'm definitely going to represent the boys. Oh my goodness. He's going to goons. He's going to goons on the back. It's King Gambler going against B-D-G. Big Daddy G before Gio. I want to say Big Daddy G is one of the only smokes I saw this weekend. Dwayne number one. Dwayne number one also. Yes, right. He actually took down Scar to lose us. That's right. Dwayne number one. I wanted to see more of that. And I don't know who Dwayne number one lost to later on in the bracket. But Big Daddy G, the only smoke left to potentially make this top eight appearance. He's got King Gambler in front of him. This is a tough one. Definitely a tough one indeed. So I think being the smoke player, everyone talks about how Raiden, Baraka, and Johnny Cage are just so overwhelmingly good. But that means that those three characters are immensely on everybody's radar. Yes. I don't think anyone was really labbing against Gears. I don't think everybody was really labbing against Smoke. Not to say that they didn't put the time in or even know about it last night, knowing that Big Daddy G is still in the tournament and making it this far. But I think he's got a little bit of an edge coming into this matchup. Definitely. But you know, Smoke is one of those favorites in on-line KL side of things. Smoke is arena. It's a classic that we all hate, especially that's on the on-line side of things. So you have that experience. But yes, at a high level, the Wayne number one and BDG are playing on a level I have never seen. Yeah. Definitely. And BDG is in this position for a reason. But the most is ever going to be high for this matchup right here. Ninth place is nothing to be happy about. It hurts. Like, I wouldn't say that. Hold on. Nothing's worth to get in ninth place and then top eight happens immediately afterwards and you're just right there like that would have been me if I didn't make that mistake. Tell me that's not a good thing. Tell me that's actually not bad though. If I didn't drop that combo. You're going to think about it the whole top eight. Then eventually you're just going to probably walk out of top eight.  When you just strive for so much as a competitor, that was so well calculated here. This easy stand one to anti-air him as he threw the smoke bomb into the air.  But this is going to be tough. I would say G because Gambler is one of the best defensive players that we have here in the scene. But as soon as I say that. As soon as you said it. As soon as he said it. Bro, I didn't know what to deal with either. Man, just threw him while invisible. Nice challenge. One thing you guys need to know at home. Never grab these. This is not worth it. He's always looking for it. Man, the man stuck a lesson. Check with the knee. Exactly right there. That's it. That's the way it works. That's really out of the gate player tendencies. Obviously, it's not beyond Big Daddy G to slowly adjust during the set and start blocking a little bit more. But I feel like everybody has that core starting point of how much am I going to be looking for? And Big Daddy G is very hot. Always looking for that. Bro, you cannot see what he is doing. Please tell me how do you block what you can't see? I'll just turn off the PlayStation 5. Wait a second. Another knee. More frames. That's what's unfortunate. He's dead. Wakes up with the shadow kick. It's amazing. Wait a second. Siren's going to help him out. Then get the full air combo. But the armor right through. Put it in his neck and twist it. And that is going to end. Yo, BDG tied us up in rounds. Yeah, I thought that was a complete wash in that first round before King Gambler. But again, the adjustments are not beyond him. Didn't see the wall. Didn't see smoke. Saw the hat and said, I don't know what to do here. Do I just sit here? Do I jump? And we're seeing the cycle of options going through. Like we saw it earlier in the match of BDG versus GERD. And King Gambler is experiencing that right now. He gets to pop up there from the overhead. He's blocking a lot more right now. Yep, he is. And gets flipped by the poke into the special. There's going to be so much chip damage in the air. And you guessed throw, but a 4-3 was coming and said that 9-3 need being at this point. Oh my goodness. King Gambler's like the first place. Not fishing out the throws. Not fishing out the throws.  And BDG lives that. Definitely. Lives, breathes it. Like please try to throw me. Wasn't looking for it at that time. Instead was looking to just poke back. Poke it up. Fixed the sturdiness. It's too much money. Nice blocks, but you can't block forever. But wait a second. Making a block while you're visible is insane. Blocking the overhead. Nice down poke. Checking immediately. 4-3. Try to down two for Dick Halt. And guess what, Syracuse saved with a bomb. Wow. Goal phases right through. He's got to get the sweep momentum right there. Big jump. Oh, the Kung Lao hat. Just let go a little too early. Probably because of the force cool down. Oh, big work button is coming out of BDG. Look at the damage. Look at the damage. 10-2. 43% nearly. And on top of that, more pressure, more chip gets the trade. But of course, right up close, the trade always going in the favor of Johnny Gage. Uh-oh. The throw doesn't have two bars to spend. This is a huge comeback. He has a mount. It's definitely not going to help him out.  I just wanted to make the connection. Keep him a little closer to the corner. Low crushing under that. Down one. So Gamble are going to be a little bit more hesitant on checking the next time around most of the time. Bringing a little closer. Yes, right on my feet. Nice little delay wake up from Gamble to kind of mistime any of the open setups that smoked out going. That was a reaction to the overhead, the follow-up where he goes completely invisible. Plus frames, more plus frames, more plus frames into a low. Yeah, the low is a nice little check there. In case you think, okay, you might try to loop the cross plays again. Here's the low. That means tons of damage. Next thing, the stagger. Nice poke. Sideways locked down. Armors through. I tried to press something right there with Gamble. I guess he would have thought that it was the one we used here in invisible and not the armor type. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely confusing the two just slightly. It becomes the Cyrex net, but nobody's biting. Nobody's taking the bait. Nobody's getting hit for a full top open full screen. Oh boy. The anti-air from smoke especially very good. He lunges forward very slightly with either the stand one or the four one. They can do so much work. But here's Splash coming up to say, Hey, brother, I need you to focus. King Gambler finding out that Splash might play smoke. Splash playing anyone else besides Kung Lao. Not sure, but could have a little bit more knowledge looking into this matchup. Certain things that he might not be respecting. Certain things that he needs to start disrespecting. Something's not noticing, but it's always raised like from the crowd. You might notice something that the player does not notice an in-match at all. You can just tell them, it doesn't just switch right then right there. It always reminds me of like tennis at a high level. The coaches aren't really allowed to say anything during while you're playing obviously. But that insight of what you see from the outside can mean a lot of difference. Focus to throw. Brother, survive on you. Focus to armor this time. All right, the low hat to low. The stab demands kneecaps, left hands. Right through the fabric. No, it spins into box. Gonna get the light off this. Also, max damage right here. Oh, no, he does the hype, didn't he? Oh, no. That is so unfortunate. Luckily, BDZ does not have fatal blows, so it's not gonna be to kill. But look at that damage. Tons. He's got armor. Tons. Oh, he went into it. He was so sure he was gonna let go or it was gonna cool down all the way and then let go on its own. And he was like kind of trying to follow it to close the gap here. Very unfortunate for King Gambler. Cyrex gonna keep his rising star nice and safe though. He's just making the runway with the smoke right now. Because of so much trouble. Oh, this is slightly... Oh. I almost feel like BDZ doesn't want to play in that close range. Normally, he did against Gerr previously, but again, Shotty Cage just says, I don't really want to be in down one range. Don't want to be far away. I want to come in for mix and I want to use my longer range button, so I don't have to really contest against your super good daggers. Oh, poking the special. Yeah, you got to keep blocking, my guy.  That doesn't give special purposes. Nice flawless block. But man, the impression is on for Gamblers. He doesn't want to turn him invisible again because you got to guess for game, the throw. Oh, my God. He blocked the lunge over here correctly. Go, Gamblers. The hack coming in here. Gets the anti-air conversion. Going into the fader, I'm assuming, but it's not g