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Re: why is this group DEAD????

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From: Philip John Stroffolino
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 18:31
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>how come we have so few msgs in this newsgroup?  i mean, there are usually
>people playing MK when I go to an arcade.  SF2 is almost dead but
>there are still a lot of msgs in alt.games.sf2.  could it be that MK
>is so simple that we've found out all the tricks, combos in it?

The popularity of SF2 has diminished greatly, but there are still many
die hard fans out there.  SF2 also has a lot more subtleties than MK -
by that I mean that many questions of the type, "what would happen if"
or "what is the best thing too if" still seem open ended among players. 
MK intercation is much cleaner and predictable, and most of the best
combos/strategies have been more or less exhausted.  One of MK's
strengths, character balance, is also a weakness when it comes to
promoting discussion.

Are there any tricks/combos left to discover in MK?  I doubt it.  The
devastation that is possible seems to be maximized in the FAQ.  Even the
discovery of obscure bugs seem to have been exhausted...

I mean, there is only so much that can be discussed about ping pong.  It
is much more fun to play.

Maybe someone could post some MK fan fiction?

Phil
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From: Philip John Stroffolino <ps...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: why is this group DEAD????
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 14:31:18 -0400
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