Although the tournament wasn’t streamed due to time constraints, it was intense.
Full results for UMK3 from Summer Jam:
1. Mr Bass I Got Bass
2. REO
3. AC1984
4. Sans Power
5. Shock
5. 9.95
7. iloveu
7. Tim Static
9. Al Dagod
9. Hubbs
9. Sweet Johnny Cage
9. BlueIX
13. Comeback Kyle
13. Dark Rob
13. Summoning
13. STORMS
R3O sent Shock to the losers bracket and Simon finished him off.
Videos are being uploaded slowly but surely. I am having trouble IDing everyone in the videos, so if there are blanks and you know it was you, or matches are mislabeled, please post in the comments so I can fix them.
MKII from Saturday (waiting for finalized results)
UMK3 list up date and now MKII will begin to have a list as well. I will prepare MKII as soon as a couple more confirmations are made. MKII is slated for Saturday, probably any time since it’s a pure side tournament, $3 entry fee. UMK3 most likely Sunday mid afternoon, $5 entry fee.
UMK3:
1. Shock
2. 9.95
3. Summoning
4. iloveu
5. AC1984
6. SweetJohnnyCage
7. LI MAverick
8. DarkRob
9. Comeback Kyle
10. Julian
11. DreemerNJ
12. BlueIX
13. Kona
14. Flare
15. Steve N.
16. Al Dagod
17. JusDave
18. Malevolencia
19. Juggneetto
20. REO
21. MRIGOTBASS
22. Sans Power
23. Kazi
24. TimStatic
25. STORMS
26. DCIGuy
27. Compy
28. Jeron
MKII: (tentative)
1. Summoning
2. Julian
3. Shock
4. DCIguy
5. Steve N.
6. DreemerNJ
7. Tim Static
8. Comeback Kyle
9. AC1984
10. Compy
11. BlueIX
On Monday, July 19th, 9.95, Dark Rob, and Tim Static were privileged enough to be asked to do an episode of the Podcast, Podsumaki, representing 2D MK players and the MK Community. Shock was supposed to be on, but unfortunately, could not make it. Next time though!
The episode is very long… almost 2.5 hours long. It’s worth a listen as the podcast is funny, and very informative.
Today is a very special episode with some very special guests. We’ve got three moderators and tournament players from three Mortal Kombat websites. They came on to discuss the classic games, the potential behind the Mortal Kombat reboot, and the recently growing Mortal Kombat tournament scene.
Your friendly neighborhood Wry Guy is running short on time, so you won’t be getting any extensive notes. Be warned though. This episode is very, very long and is largely controlled by our guests. Don’t worry, we’re still there to talk bullshit. Unfortunately we were TOO WEAK against the incredible knowledge these guys throw at us.
Guest Hosts for this week: 9.95, Tim Static, Dark Rob
Guesting From: UltimateMK.com, ClassicMK.com, MortalKombatEmpires.com
Download Podsumaki Episode 09
Episode Highlights
- Bulkmailer and Char Aznable get their listener questions answered by the MK pros
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, the tournament worthy Mortal Kombat we never knew about
- The growing Mortal Kombat tournament scene
- Analysis and fears of why the Mortal Kombat reboot may not be good
I hope everyone enjoys it, and a very special thanks to KD Alpha, Wry Guy, de BLOO, and RAB for having us on. -Phil
UltimateMK.com will be hosting UMK3, and possibly MKII tournaments at Summer Jam this year. Mostly like MKII will take place on Saturday as a free side game (or at most a $3 entry fee), and if we have time, maybe a free PSX MK Trilogy Tournament, but that’s just an afterthought for now. Big thanks to Big E, who invites to all the majors he runs and we try to be there as often as we can to ensure a smooth tournament with all the necessary tools is possible for the dedicated players who turn out.
UMK3 will be hosted on Sunday and at the very least the top 3 will be streamed. I’m hoping we can get the semis for at least the losers streamed as well, but we’ll take the Winners Losers and Grand Finals. It will be played on MAME, and projected on our own smaller setup (50″ on the wall) for casuals if there there is room, otherwise, it’ll be run on a TV.
We will supply at least 5 different dedicated UMK3 arcade sticks based on our personal inventory, and at least 2 PSX gamepads. Remember, gamepads are very annoying to configure over and over in MAME when someone wants their shoulder buttons a certain way, so please be prepared to play on a specific configuration. We will try to get that squared away if possible early on, so if you have a specific gamepad you wish to play on that you will use for other games, we will need to configure it and make an additional setup for you. It might be best to try what we supply first and see if it works for you.
Right now, for UMK3 we have at least 16 players expected, with more to come so we’re looking at:
UMK3:
1. Shock
2. 9.95
3. Summoning
4. iloveu
5. AC1984
6. SweetJohnnyCage
7. LI MAverick
8. DarkRob
9. Comeback Kyle
10. Julian
11. DreemerNJ
12. BlueIX
13. Kona
14. Flare
15. Steve N.
16. Al Dagod
17. JusDave
18. Malevolencia
19. Juggneetto
20. REO
21. MRIGOTBASS
22. Sans Power
23.
24.
If this list holds, we’ll most likely exceed 20 with additional players. If any players are missing from the “likely to be there” list, let me know. If the tournament reaches 32 players, Eric will throw in another $50 to the pot.
We are planning on doing some more casuals on Sunday July 11th, with me, Phil, Rob, and Simon. Hopefully we can perfect the streaming method this time. The time I’m looking at to start no later than 8PM EST and run til midnight the latest. Since we have all day to set up, we should be able to get things started earlier. It will probably be the last time we use ustream before we move to Justintv.
Approximate start time is 8PM. Shock, 9.95, Dark Rob and LIMaverick represent some more stream testing for UMK3. We’re going to attempt to do direct video feed with a mic or webcam tonight on the players.
It’s looking a lot better. I’m liking sweeps, uppercuts, the jabs, canceling, juggling. Mileena’s roll hits normally from a distance it seems, but the flip it makes them do is like Rain’s MKT Lightning, which is weird, and for some reason they don’t flip when getting hit by the Forceballs, which again I don’t understand. In fact, I don’t know if the Forceballs will be as dominant as they were in UMK3, gotta see more. Sub’s slide making them flip and having juggling properties similar to whatever game that was in previously is a good add for him. Scorp looks to have possibly the forward teleport, air throw definitely, but that stupid ass overhead pop up. If that can’t be blocked low, I’ll say fine, but smashing someone down like a frigging basketball is idiotic. Cage’s counter move looks good, and he gets a jab juggle to flip kick after. XRay supers seem interesting for now. Glad to see a lot of old special moves return like the Ground Freeze, Scissor Takedown, air throws, etc. Not a whole lot of blocking displayed, but it is in there and it looks like the character actually responds to the contact of the hits, where as in the previous games they were plagued by poor collision response during blocking.
That’s it for now, I’ll have more thoughts as I watch more.
1. Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli
2. Shock
3. AC1984
4. Chin
5. John “SweetJohnnyCage” Gallagher
5. Sci cvs2
7. Alex “blueNINE” Smith
7. Rob “Dark Rob” Schillaci
9. Nose
9. Oscar Camarena
9. Seas of Cheese
13. Jeron “Hiro” Greyson (EMP)
