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Alrighty, so I think I got something. The idea originally went 'what if there was a Shokan who was also a Ninja?', but then I'll admit it got a bit out of hand as I tossed in elements of Kano and Stryker. Anyway, let me know if anything's out of place, which it may very well be:
Name: Argo
Homerealm: Earthrealm (Formerly Outworld)
Appearance: Argo is a Shokan, the same race of four-armed Dragon/Human hybrids that Goro, Kintaro and Sheeva belong to. He is also, like Goro, a member of the Draco lineage. But while Argo certainly has muscle and is about as tall as Sheeva, he generally appears much slimmer and more agile-looking than his fellow male Shokan. His skin is a very pale yellow and his face is also rather gaunt. He wears his black hair in a sort of mullet/ponytail combo, with the sides shaven.
His attire could be described as a mish-mash of Outworld and Earthrealm influences. He wears a sleeveless black bulletproof vest, over which he wears a dark Crimson sash slung over one shoulder, as well as another sash worn around the waist, under a belt with the Shokan emblem on its buckle. He also wears a black stitched mask that covers his neck and the lower half of his face. He also wears woodland camouflage combat trousers, modern armoured fingerless gauntlets on each hand, and similar bracers on his ankles which leave his toes exposed. Finally, he wears a Bandolier over his other shoulder on which he holds his grenades.
Fighting Style: In kontrast to most of his compatriots, Argo's self-taught fighting style, a kombination of klassic Shokan arena brawling and Earthrealm MMA, relies primarily on speed and agility to make up for his komparative physical fragility. He is particularly fond of wall-jumps, rolls and similarly erratic movements to psyche out the opponent, enabling him to get up close to deliver deadly flurries of punches with all four arms, as well as swift grapples that can bring down even the heaviest opponents. In addition, thanks to the time he's spent on Earthrealm, Argo has learnt to use Human weaponry to make up for his lack of ability in the magic department. He can handle a gun (four of them, in fact), but doesn't usually carry them as they go against his 'silent and discreet' modus operandi.
Special Abilities:
Napalm Grenade- Some of his favoured weapons are Grenades which he can throw at different angles much like Stryker. However, these particular grenades spread burning napalm across their blast radius, roasting anyone who comes in contact.
Knife Toss- He is also equipped with small Throwing Knives as a more direct means of harming the opponent from a distance; for extra lethality, he can toss four of them at once.
Gatling Punches- Making use of his speed, Argo can dash at his enemies and throw punches from each of his arms at rapid speed, working a lot like a Gatling gun, hence the name. He can throw up to twelve of them at a time.
Trip-'N'-Fling- If opponents harass Argo up-close, they are likely to receive this. Argo dashes forward, crouches and throws a back-handed Clothesline at the opponent's legs with his lower left arm, making them do a frontflip, before punching them in the back with both his right arms to send them flying.
Spinal Tap- Argo's favourite throw, this requires him to get up close to his opponent and grab them with his upper arms. First he throws some Gatling Punches to their gut, then switches hands and throws some into their face, then flips them sideways and Suplexes them into the ground, head-first.
Fatalities:
-Explosive Pressure: Argo stomps one foot on the opponent's knee, bringing them to heel, and uses two of his knives to pin them to the ground by their ankles. He then grabs both of their hands from behind and pulls them back with his lower pair of arms, pulls their head back with his upper left arm, places one foot just above the tailbone and another on the ground to keep him stable. Pulling the opponent's arms and head back for as excruciatingly long as possible, he uses his last remaining hand to deliver a punch to the top of their back, the pressure of which causes their torso to literally explode, leaving only their head and limbs.
-Impromptu Missile: Argo pulls the pin from one of his Napalm grenades and stuffs it in the opponent's mouth. He then grabs them and crouches down, holding them lengthways on his back. He places one pair of hands under their shoulders and the other on their thighs, and then rips them in half. At this point, the grenade detonates and sets the opponent's upper body alight, making them look like a flaming missile shooting through the air.
Personality:
Unlike a lot of Shokan, Argo isn't particularly loud or brash. On the contrary, he's very much a reserved and calculating sort of fellow who prefers to think things through. Tactically, he's quite the pragmatist, and finds the idea of 'honour' in war laughable. If he can strike first, he'll strike first. If he can run away from Shao Kahn, he'll run away from Shao Kahn. That being said, for similar reasons, he believes gratuitous chaos and destruction to be a detriment, thinking it the mark of tyrants. Above all else, he believes in the right to self-determination, on all scales, which is one reason why he never particularly got along with the governments of Earth, either.
Backstory:
Since day one, Argo was a troublemaker in Outworld. Growing up an orphan on the streets of Kuatan, he learned to rely on speed and agility to escape punishment at the hands of King Gorbak's finest whenever he stole something. Eventually, he was caught and pressed into service like the rest of his race, but his skillset and tactical style set him apart from most Shokan soldiers. Eventually, he became one of the only Shokan to be selected for service in Shao Kahn's Intelligence services, tasked with covert information-gathering and the occasional silencing of dissidents. The whole time, however, he remained dedicated to his ideals of independence and following one's own destiny, and loathed the Emperor precisely because of his tyrannical style of rule.
On one mission, Argo was sent into Earthrealm about half a century before the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament to gather information on Earthrealm technology and attempt contact with any potential sympathisers. However, finding himself in admiration of Humanity's self-determination, he took this opportunity to desert Shao Kahn and stay in Earthrealm.
Sometime later, though he had managed to lay low, with rumours of his existence and the occasional sighting dismissed as fabrications, he was eventually discovered by tribal warriors somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. The warriors approached him with caution, thinking he was a demon. Argo discovered soon afterwards that they were fighting as part of a rebellion against the local government, and offered to assist them, sympathising with their desire for independence. After a while, he had established himself in the area as a well-intentioned but ruthless warlord, known as 'General Four-Arms', and had turned his small tribal force into a well-equipped, half-threatening militia via mercenary work and indulging in the illegal arms trade.
Things went quite well for him, as his penchant for stealth also made him quite enigmatic, and Earthrealm authorities often took his name to be a metaphorical description of his strength rather than a literal description of his biology (and he often hid his second pair of arms under an enormous longcoat, anyway). It was only after Goro's defeat in the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament that things changed; the Special Forces took notice of Argo's operations and, realising what he really was, sent in agents to capture him. Being used more to amateur militiamen and the occasional Russian or South African mercenary, Argo was caught off guard by their elite agents (acting without authorisation, the OIA not existing yet), to be drilled for intelligence on Outworld... intelligence likely to be fifty-odd years out of date.
Motivation:
Argo is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an idealist. In the grand scheme of things, he considers the leaders of Earthrealm the lesser of two evils, and only fights for it to preserve its independence. That, and if Shao Kahn wins, he'd no doubt face retribution for his desertion. In the end, he simply wishes to do his own thing without interference.
Homerealm: Earthrealm (Formerly Outworld)
Appearance: Argo is a Shokan, the same race of four-armed Dragon/Human hybrids that Goro, Kintaro and Sheeva belong to. He is also, like Goro, a member of the Draco lineage. But while Argo certainly has muscle and is about as tall as Sheeva, he generally appears much slimmer and more agile-looking than his fellow male Shokan. His skin is a very pale yellow and his face is also rather gaunt. He wears his black hair in a sort of mullet/ponytail combo, with the sides shaven.
His attire could be described as a mish-mash of Outworld and Earthrealm influences. He wears a sleeveless black bulletproof vest, over which he wears a dark Crimson sash slung over one shoulder, as well as another sash worn around the waist, under a belt with the Shokan emblem on its buckle. He also wears a black stitched mask that covers his neck and the lower half of his face. He also wears woodland camouflage combat trousers, modern armoured fingerless gauntlets on each hand, and similar bracers on his ankles which leave his toes exposed. Finally, he wears a Bandolier over his other shoulder on which he holds his grenades.
Fighting Style: In kontrast to most of his compatriots, Argo's self-taught fighting style, a kombination of klassic Shokan arena brawling and Earthrealm MMA, relies primarily on speed and agility to make up for his komparative physical fragility. He is particularly fond of wall-jumps, rolls and similarly erratic movements to psyche out the opponent, enabling him to get up close to deliver deadly flurries of punches with all four arms, as well as swift grapples that can bring down even the heaviest opponents. In addition, thanks to the time he's spent on Earthrealm, Argo has learnt to use Human weaponry to make up for his lack of ability in the magic department. He can handle a gun (four of them, in fact), but doesn't usually carry them as they go against his 'silent and discreet' modus operandi.
Special Abilities:
Napalm Grenade- Some of his favoured weapons are Grenades which he can throw at different angles much like Stryker. However, these particular grenades spread burning napalm across their blast radius, roasting anyone who comes in contact.
Knife Toss- He is also equipped with small Throwing Knives as a more direct means of harming the opponent from a distance; for extra lethality, he can toss four of them at once.
Gatling Punches- Making use of his speed, Argo can dash at his enemies and throw punches from each of his arms at rapid speed, working a lot like a Gatling gun, hence the name. He can throw up to twelve of them at a time.
Trip-'N'-Fling- If opponents harass Argo up-close, they are likely to receive this. Argo dashes forward, crouches and throws a back-handed Clothesline at the opponent's legs with his lower left arm, making them do a frontflip, before punching them in the back with both his right arms to send them flying.
Spinal Tap- Argo's favourite throw, this requires him to get up close to his opponent and grab them with his upper arms. First he throws some Gatling Punches to their gut, then switches hands and throws some into their face, then flips them sideways and Suplexes them into the ground, head-first.
Fatalities:
-Explosive Pressure: Argo stomps one foot on the opponent's knee, bringing them to heel, and uses two of his knives to pin them to the ground by their ankles. He then grabs both of their hands from behind and pulls them back with his lower pair of arms, pulls their head back with his upper left arm, places one foot just above the tailbone and another on the ground to keep him stable. Pulling the opponent's arms and head back for as excruciatingly long as possible, he uses his last remaining hand to deliver a punch to the top of their back, the pressure of which causes their torso to literally explode, leaving only their head and limbs.
-Impromptu Missile: Argo pulls the pin from one of his Napalm grenades and stuffs it in the opponent's mouth. He then grabs them and crouches down, holding them lengthways on his back. He places one pair of hands under their shoulders and the other on their thighs, and then rips them in half. At this point, the grenade detonates and sets the opponent's upper body alight, making them look like a flaming missile shooting through the air.
Personality:
Unlike a lot of Shokan, Argo isn't particularly loud or brash. On the contrary, he's very much a reserved and calculating sort of fellow who prefers to think things through. Tactically, he's quite the pragmatist, and finds the idea of 'honour' in war laughable. If he can strike first, he'll strike first. If he can run away from Shao Kahn, he'll run away from Shao Kahn. That being said, for similar reasons, he believes gratuitous chaos and destruction to be a detriment, thinking it the mark of tyrants. Above all else, he believes in the right to self-determination, on all scales, which is one reason why he never particularly got along with the governments of Earth, either.
Backstory:
Since day one, Argo was a troublemaker in Outworld. Growing up an orphan on the streets of Kuatan, he learned to rely on speed and agility to escape punishment at the hands of King Gorbak's finest whenever he stole something. Eventually, he was caught and pressed into service like the rest of his race, but his skillset and tactical style set him apart from most Shokan soldiers. Eventually, he became one of the only Shokan to be selected for service in Shao Kahn's Intelligence services, tasked with covert information-gathering and the occasional silencing of dissidents. The whole time, however, he remained dedicated to his ideals of independence and following one's own destiny, and loathed the Emperor precisely because of his tyrannical style of rule.
On one mission, Argo was sent into Earthrealm about half a century before the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament to gather information on Earthrealm technology and attempt contact with any potential sympathisers. However, finding himself in admiration of Humanity's self-determination, he took this opportunity to desert Shao Kahn and stay in Earthrealm.
Sometime later, though he had managed to lay low, with rumours of his existence and the occasional sighting dismissed as fabrications, he was eventually discovered by tribal warriors somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. The warriors approached him with caution, thinking he was a demon. Argo discovered soon afterwards that they were fighting as part of a rebellion against the local government, and offered to assist them, sympathising with their desire for independence. After a while, he had established himself in the area as a well-intentioned but ruthless warlord, known as 'General Four-Arms', and had turned his small tribal force into a well-equipped, half-threatening militia via mercenary work and indulging in the illegal arms trade.
Things went quite well for him, as his penchant for stealth also made him quite enigmatic, and Earthrealm authorities often took his name to be a metaphorical description of his strength rather than a literal description of his biology (and he often hid his second pair of arms under an enormous longcoat, anyway). It was only after Goro's defeat in the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament that things changed; the Special Forces took notice of Argo's operations and, realising what he really was, sent in agents to capture him. Being used more to amateur militiamen and the occasional Russian or South African mercenary, Argo was caught off guard by their elite agents (acting without authorisation, the OIA not existing yet), to be drilled for intelligence on Outworld... intelligence likely to be fifty-odd years out of date.
Motivation:
Argo is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an idealist. In the grand scheme of things, he considers the leaders of Earthrealm the lesser of two evils, and only fights for it to preserve its independence. That, and if Shao Kahn wins, he'd no doubt face retribution for his desertion. In the end, he simply wishes to do his own thing without interference.
Name: Jacob "Jack" Lockwood
Homeworld: Earthrealm
Character theme: Facefisted by Dethklok
Appearance:
Jack's a heavily tattooed man standing at about 6 feet 6 and built like a powerlifter, with disheveled neck-length black hair and a sizeable and equally messy beard. He’s perpetually clad in heavy black boots, worn out blue jeans, a stained white wifebeater, black fingerless gloves and a black leather vest with only a single patch, a white bull's skull on the back. Jack's tattoos are a pair of full sleeves depicting chaotic scenes of bloody kombat, men and creatures of all shapes and sizes engaged in a brutal free for all. Essentially, a stereotypical manly biker carried over into Mortal Kombat.
Fighting Style:
A brawler and pit fighter who eschews fancy martial arts and their flowery moves in favor of a simplistic but brutally effective approach to kombat bred from countless fights against a large number and variety of opponents. Some boxing, some wrestling, a few kicks, a lot of dirty fighting, Jack's approach to battle is plodding and methodical: keep motions simple and effective, relentlessly dog the opponent, cut off his angles of escape, force him to overcommit, create a quick opening (even a heavyweight's jab remains fast) and finish it as quickly as possible with a devastating attack generated with maximum power.
Special Abilities:
-Iron Skin: Jack dislikes weapons and has no access to sorcery or any kind of chi powers, but he has trained his body to mindnumbing extremes, allowing him to withstand considerable amounts of trauma of all kinds even when compared to other kombatants and their supernatural endurance.
-Freakish strength: As befit his massive physique and power-based fighting style, Jack is rather strong even when compared to other kombatants. He's able to throw massive opponents around like ragdolls and pit his muscle against things such as Ermac's telekinesis or the dark sorceries of those from other realms.
Fatalities:
-Victory Touchdown: When the opponent isn't even fighting back anymore, you're free to have some fun and that's exactly what Jack does. Taking a few steps back, he runs at his opponent full tilt, punting them high into the air before jumping up towards them, grabbing hold of their head and smashing it down as they crash into the floor, reducing it to a pulp.
-Accordion Man: With the opponent dazed, Jack places his hand on top of their head before pushing downwards with all his strength, crushing them into a vaguely man-shaped wobbly meat sack that can be readily compressed or expanded much like an accordion or other similar instruments, hence the name.
Personality:
Jack is nuts. He enjoys violence and conflict to an insane degree and smashing things to bits seems to be his main solution to any problem, often turning him into the aggressor as he prefers to escalate things when others are more than ready to back down or run away. Despite these less than admirable personality traits he's not such a terrible guy if you don't start crap with him, and he can be quite a cool guy to hang around with and have some beers n whatnot. Jack also loves his freedom and rather despises any who would lord over others, be them their superiors or not.
Backstory:
Earthrealm needed heroes, and Jack is certainly not one of those. Born to a deserting soldier and a gypsy witch for a mother, he never really felt like he fit in the world. Growing up in foster care was tough and he had to fight for everything, to get food, clothes, a place to sleep in, everything. Thing is, he doesn't see this as a sob story. He enjoyed it, and feels it was this kind of life that made him the strong man he is today. Dropping out of high school, he made money through mixed martial arts competitions first, then underground pit fights, enough to buy himself a motorcycle with which he could cruise around freely.
His life became a string of riding around practically at random, at times totalling the bike on stupid accidents, and making ends meet by fighting in underground kombat rings or beating up scumbags and taking their dough. It was everything Jack ever wanted, but after a while he started to feel bored. Things were becoming routine, much too samey. It was at this point that Outworld's armies broke through the realms. Jack had no idea what was happening, but found the situation new and refreshing, and threw himself into the fight with reckless abandon. It was his savage rampaging that drew the forces of Earthrealm towards this most unstable warrior.
Jack did not care for any organized resistance, or old stories about ages old conquerors and primordial magics, but selling the tournament to him wasn't tough. Go to a new world, fight new things, maybe pummel the invader's face in. Sure. He could do that.
Motivation:
Though his disposition is hardly heroic, the fact of the matter is that them Outworld pricks chose to invade his home and make a mess, so he's gonna do the same right back. That and this tournament thingy promises to be a hell of a good time. Go to places you haven't seen, beat the tar out of all kinds of weird things. Good stuff man.
Homeworld: Earthrealm
Character theme: Facefisted by Dethklok
Appearance:
Jack's a heavily tattooed man standing at about 6 feet 6 and built like a powerlifter, with disheveled neck-length black hair and a sizeable and equally messy beard. He’s perpetually clad in heavy black boots, worn out blue jeans, a stained white wifebeater, black fingerless gloves and a black leather vest with only a single patch, a white bull's skull on the back. Jack's tattoos are a pair of full sleeves depicting chaotic scenes of bloody kombat, men and creatures of all shapes and sizes engaged in a brutal free for all. Essentially, a stereotypical manly biker carried over into Mortal Kombat.
Fighting Style:
A brawler and pit fighter who eschews fancy martial arts and their flowery moves in favor of a simplistic but brutally effective approach to kombat bred from countless fights against a large number and variety of opponents. Some boxing, some wrestling, a few kicks, a lot of dirty fighting, Jack's approach to battle is plodding and methodical: keep motions simple and effective, relentlessly dog the opponent, cut off his angles of escape, force him to overcommit, create a quick opening (even a heavyweight's jab remains fast) and finish it as quickly as possible with a devastating attack generated with maximum power.
Special Abilities:
-Iron Skin: Jack dislikes weapons and has no access to sorcery or any kind of chi powers, but he has trained his body to mindnumbing extremes, allowing him to withstand considerable amounts of trauma of all kinds even when compared to other kombatants and their supernatural endurance.
-Freakish strength: As befit his massive physique and power-based fighting style, Jack is rather strong even when compared to other kombatants. He's able to throw massive opponents around like ragdolls and pit his muscle against things such as Ermac's telekinesis or the dark sorceries of those from other realms.
Fatalities:
-Victory Touchdown: When the opponent isn't even fighting back anymore, you're free to have some fun and that's exactly what Jack does. Taking a few steps back, he runs at his opponent full tilt, punting them high into the air before jumping up towards them, grabbing hold of their head and smashing it down as they crash into the floor, reducing it to a pulp.
-Accordion Man: With the opponent dazed, Jack places his hand on top of their head before pushing downwards with all his strength, crushing them into a vaguely man-shaped wobbly meat sack that can be readily compressed or expanded much like an accordion or other similar instruments, hence the name.
Personality:
Jack is nuts. He enjoys violence and conflict to an insane degree and smashing things to bits seems to be his main solution to any problem, often turning him into the aggressor as he prefers to escalate things when others are more than ready to back down or run away. Despite these less than admirable personality traits he's not such a terrible guy if you don't start crap with him, and he can be quite a cool guy to hang around with and have some beers n whatnot. Jack also loves his freedom and rather despises any who would lord over others, be them their superiors or not.
Backstory:
Earthrealm needed heroes, and Jack is certainly not one of those. Born to a deserting soldier and a gypsy witch for a mother, he never really felt like he fit in the world. Growing up in foster care was tough and he had to fight for everything, to get food, clothes, a place to sleep in, everything. Thing is, he doesn't see this as a sob story. He enjoyed it, and feels it was this kind of life that made him the strong man he is today. Dropping out of high school, he made money through mixed martial arts competitions first, then underground pit fights, enough to buy himself a motorcycle with which he could cruise around freely.
His life became a string of riding around practically at random, at times totalling the bike on stupid accidents, and making ends meet by fighting in underground kombat rings or beating up scumbags and taking their dough. It was everything Jack ever wanted, but after a while he started to feel bored. Things were becoming routine, much too samey. It was at this point that Outworld's armies broke through the realms. Jack had no idea what was happening, but found the situation new and refreshing, and threw himself into the fight with reckless abandon. It was his savage rampaging that drew the forces of Earthrealm towards this most unstable warrior.
Jack did not care for any organized resistance, or old stories about ages old conquerors and primordial magics, but selling the tournament to him wasn't tough. Go to a new world, fight new things, maybe pummel the invader's face in. Sure. He could do that.
Motivation:
Though his disposition is hardly heroic, the fact of the matter is that them Outworld pricks chose to invade his home and make a mess, so he's gonna do the same right back. That and this tournament thingy promises to be a hell of a good time. Go to places you haven't seen, beat the tar out of all kinds of weird things. Good stuff man.
ActRaiserTheReturned
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I can see Darrin shaking his hand and making an agreement of honor with Jack to not murder each other once their prone.
Penultimate_Pi
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Personally, I prefer that we have been given the ability to create our own characters for this RP. I think most people find it easier to interpret and play their own creations, even at the expense of some more official characters. So kudos to Zeus and props to you all!
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CAS1006 The Deadpan Snarker
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@Penultimate_Pi This I agree with.
I like Sonya and could possibly use her, but the reason I don't want to is because... It would feel awkward for me?
Like, I mained her in every MK she was present in. I know her character well enough in all versions. But somewhere I feel I'd botch her aspects. Like, I know her moves like the back of my had. (Dear god, my MK comboes in MK9 and MK X when I'm focused.)
I like Sonya and could possibly use her, but the reason I don't want to is because... It would feel awkward for me?
Like, I mained her in every MK she was present in. I know her character well enough in all versions. But somewhere I feel I'd botch her aspects. Like, I know her moves like the back of my had. (Dear god, my MK comboes in MK9 and MK X when I'm focused.)
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coGM
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@Penultimate_Pi This I agree with.
I like Sonya and could possibly use her, but the reason I don't want to is because... It would feel awkward for me?
Like, I mained her in every MK she was present in. I know her character well enough in all versions. But somewhere I feel I'd botch her aspects. Like, I know her moves like the back of my had. (Dear god, my MK comboes in MK9 and MK X when I'm focused.)
Same. I've raped so much ass with Ermac I should be in Jail. I've used him since his inception.
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This is the part where I admit that I'm actually quite bad at MK. And Fighting games in general. I just can't pull off those flashy juggly combos to save my life. This limits me to trying to psyche out the AI by spamming Cyrax's teleport (this is in MK9), and I still always lose a few Ladder matches. On Easy. Guess it helps that I've never played online or else I'd get consistently humiliated. :P
CAS1006 The Deadpan Snarker
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@HHShetland Sonya is one of the best characters for fundamentals who are for aggressive and defensive players.
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Penultimate_Pi
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I just can't pull off very many precision moves to create combos while under pressure. It all comes with practice, I'm certain, but I don't play it enough to warrant excessive practice, really.
HHShetland
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@HHShetland Sonya is one of the best characters for fundamentals who are for aggressive and defensive players.
I'll take your word for it since I'm largely ignorant about these sorts of things. :V
I'll admit that I've never been a huge fan of Sonya, though for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with gameplay. Her kiss-poison-dust attack has always bothered me, especially. I mean, she's supposed to be a no-nonsense SpecOps officer, so why the kissing dust? I understand that when she debuted it was back before female characters in fighting games were commonplace so it sort of made sense that, as the token woman, she was given a stereotypically 'feminine' attack (plus, it was a different time), but nowadays it just seems weird to me. It'd work a lot better on, say, Mileena.
That being said, I think her appearance in MKX is a massive improvement from the looks of things, since she actually uses military hardware this time (I don't even know if she still has the kiss-dust attack in that game). That, and her costume is significantly better.
CAS1006 The Deadpan Snarker
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I'll take your word for it since I'm largely ignorant about these sorts of things. :V
I'll admit that I've never been a huge fan of Sonya, though for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with gameplay. Her kiss-poison-dust attack has always bothered me, especially. I mean, she's supposed to be a no-nonsense SpecOps officer, so why the kissing dust? I understand that when she debuted it was back before female characters in fighting games were commonplace so it sort of made sense that, as the token woman, she was given a stereotypically 'feminine' attack (plus, it was a different time), but nowadays it just seems weird to me. It'd work a lot better on, say, Mileena.
That being said, I think her appearance in MKX is a massive improvement from the looks of things, since she actually uses military hardware this time (I don't even know if she still has the kiss-dust attack in that game). That, and her costume is significantly better.
She does not use the kiss of death in the new one, she has a lot of juggle and counter attacks, as well as just maneuverability to wreck shit.
But then you go online and see everyone using goro and jumping the entire fight to them just windmill spinning and I go "Why do I even try to be legit?"
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<Snipped quote by HHShetland>
She does not use the kiss of death in the new one, she has a lot of juggle and counter attacks, as well as just maneuverability to wreck shit.
But then you go online and see everyone using goro and jumping the entire fight to them just windmill spinning and I go "Why do I even try to be legit?"
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
low kick, upper cut
::Flawless Victory, Cheap Ass, WINS!!!::
HHShetland
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<Snipped quote by HHShetland>
She does not use the kiss of death in the new one, she has a lot of juggle and counter attacks, as well as just maneuverability to wreck shit.
But then you go online and see everyone using goro and jumping the entire fight to them just windmill spinning and I go "Why do I even try to be legit?"
That sounds pretty good.
But now I feel awkward because Goro is one of my favourite characters (again, based more on taste than gameplay experience). I'm one of those people who was pissed that he wasn't playable in MK9; I mean, I know he and the other bosses would have been way overpowered in online play, but they could have at least made them playable in arcade, maybe remove their super armour to make it more challenging or something.
When I found out he was DLC in MKX, at first I rejoiced, but then I foresaw the exact situation you speak of because I just know that a lot of those people only preordered the game/shelled out more money as a way of showing off the fact that they did so, in a display of classic Online Gaming One-Upmanship. The same logic that drives some people in Team Fortress 2 to pay over a thousand genuine, real-life, honest-to-your-God-of-choice dollars for a virtual flaming Kabuto (yes, really). Which is a shame.
CAS1006 The Deadpan Snarker
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3 mos ago
@ActRaiserTheReturnedMore like....
"Counter High " as Sonya.
Dive kick, leg grab, punch, military stance + 0, = Overhead kartwheel slam. = 27% damage.
"Ooh. He is using Combos. Fuck you lilchris1006!" Up down, Goro Dragoon Jump. Lands, repeats to get hit by a dive kick to counter.
"He is still being legit!?" Goro rotation.
Also, I hate TF2 because everyone on there is super dickish, like everyone is pissy about everything when you're just trying to have fun, it also has one of the worst fandoms ever.
"Counter High " as Sonya.
Dive kick, leg grab, punch, military stance + 0, = Overhead kartwheel slam. = 27% damage.
"Ooh. He is using Combos. Fuck you lilchris1006!" Up down, Goro Dragoon Jump. Lands, repeats to get hit by a dive kick to counter.
"He is still being legit!?" Goro rotation.
Also, I hate TF2 because everyone on there is super dickish, like everyone is pissy about everything when you're just trying to have fun, it also has one of the worst fandoms ever.
Also, I hate TF2 because everyone on there is super dickish, like everyone is pissy about everything when you're just trying to have fun, it also has one of the worst fandoms ever.
IDK what the crap servers you've been to because TF2 is the casualest shit, it's why I have so much fun with it, I only ever go into games to fuck around. If you run into a pubstomper who thinks he's hot shit because he's being a tryhard outside of his designated area, it happens, but TF2 is about as casual fun as it gets nowadays.
HHShetland
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8 yrs ago
I'm sorry to hear that your experiences with some TF2 players have left a negative impression, and I say that because I've dabbled in that particular area (Incidentally, I like the game, but I couldn't get it to run properly on my old 'computer'; that's not the point, anyway) and from what I've seen, they've been no worse than any other Fandom I've seen.
Long story short, from my experience, all Fandoms have terrible people in them, but they also have a lot of nice people. But almost without exception, the nice or at least ordinary ones get overshadowed by the crazies, the elitists, and the general wankers, and I find that regrettable. Therefore, for the sake of egalitarianism (and convenience), I just group 'Rabid Fans' under one banner, regardless of their origin.
Though I don't know why I'm saying all of this, considering that I seem to subconsciously avoid getting too 'involved' with Fandoms. :P
Long story short, from my experience, all Fandoms have terrible people in them, but they also have a lot of nice people. But almost without exception, the nice or at least ordinary ones get overshadowed by the crazies, the elitists, and the general wankers, and I find that regrettable. Therefore, for the sake of egalitarianism (and convenience), I just group 'Rabid Fans' under one banner, regardless of their origin.
Though I don't know why I'm saying all of this, considering that I seem to subconsciously avoid getting too 'involved' with Fandoms. :P
coGM
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4 yrs ago
To this day, no character will ever be as broken and unfair as MKT Noob Saibot. One wrong step and you fell to his Shadow Ball endless infinite juggle.
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