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Should Kung Lao Be Banned This Weekend at Combo Breaker?


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Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
The core decision here, which was discussed at great length with staff, players, ESL, and NRS, is the viable option available in an unfortunate situation.

Appreciate the feedback.
Good luck guys, we're all super hyped for the tournament and I hope this decision works out.
 

D_Matt_Ma

Sheeva isn't Goro's wife. Goro is her husband.
Sigh, it looks like bugs that make characters too good are addressed, but the ones that make characters bad (like magic whiffing for Shinnok and Jackie moves) don't get the attention. Sigh indeed... sigh...
 

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
Awful decision & I'm already seeing people poke holes in how vauge & nonsensical this shit is.
Exploiting glitches is cheating no matter how you want to slice it. I'm glad the character isn't banned. Thank sweet baby mitt romney.
 

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
We had the same decision to make at NWM. This is a tough spot for any TO to be In and I support @Rocksteady 100%. I challenge a Kung Lao to win with this because even with it they haven't done shit.
Prob because not many knew about it and haven't fleshed it out. It definitely has its uses. Especially against characters that knock you down far away.

But yes, I am happy. Exploiting glitches is never ok and it would have really sucked to see Lao banned. Justice was served on this day.
 

RM Jonnitti

Hot Dog
so i tested this out on the pc version which isn't patched yet and this still exists. so KL players have have been doing this subconsciously and haven't done shit still. no reason to ban it.
 

RM Jonnitti

Hot Dog
I have never seen this glitch happen to me and I play lao since release
trust me its there. if you really want to see for yourself you can delete all your mkx data and unplug your shit from the internet and test it out. guarantee you this still happens. unless for whatever reason this only happens on the pc version and the current version on consoles but that would jsut be silly
 
trust me its there. if you really want to see for yourself you can delete all your mkx data and unplug your shit from the internet and test it out. guarantee you this still happens. unless for whatever reason this only happens on the pc version and the current version on consoles but that would jsut be silly
Im not denying it. Just saying I have nevet had this glitch happen to me and I look at my meter all the time.
 
We'll just agree to disagree
Banning Kung Lao was the only other option available. You think that option is less damaging? Kung Lao isn't banned, and they didn't even say the glitch can't be used. They just said it will be monitored and cannot be abused.

I'm not sure what you expect.
 

C9-Keiji

Noob
so i tested this out on the pc version which isn't patched yet and this still exists. so KL players have have been doing this subconsciously and haven't done shit still. no reason to ban it.
Paulo already confirmed its been in the game since pre release just people were to focused on crying about other shit to notice.
 

BenGmanUk

Get staffed bro
Seems like the right decision. Banning this but not MK9 Cyrax seemed absurd to me.

'Abusing' it is a little subjective though. Doing one wake up tele and winning a game with an x-ray where the meter wouldn't' otherwise have been available could be an interesting discussion. I wouldn't want to be that judge.
 

Take$$$

gotta take it to make it
If Ermac was banned, then Kung Lao gets banned, simple as that.
Ermac wasn't banned, it was just one variation. While yes variations make characters very different, they could still play Ermac. This is an entire character we're talking about here, not just one variation. Huge difference.

Although to be fair, a lot of people here wanted to wait and see with spectral ermac rather than an immediate ban. At least from some of the posts I've read.
 
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Seems like the right decision. Banning this but not MK9 Cyrax seemed absurd to me.

'Abusing' it is a little subjective though. Doing one wake up tele and winning a game with an x-ray where the meter wouldn't' otherwise have been available could be an interesting discussion. I wouldn't want to be that judge.
If someone won their match with an unbreakable move (X-ray) that they should not have even had enough meter for, I feel that would be a very easy decision by the judge hahah