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In a previous article, ree...@rodan.syr.edu (Ronald E. Eddy) says:

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>In article <1993Nov5.1...@newstand.syr.edu> jrta...@rodan.syr.edu (Jack R. Tallent) writes:
>>	I regularly play the same person every day during lunch.  I usually
>>play Raiden against his Liu Kang.  Before I begin, let me just mention that
>>this guy double kicks the shit out of me on a regular basis and does fire ball
>>flying kick combos as well: both very effective combos.
>>	Well, today he was crying 'Cheap!' because I backed him into a corner 
>>and flying tackled him three times in a row.  Is this cheap? (Be honest, as I
>>will not do it any more if the consensus is against this move.)  Is this move
>>really 'unblockable' as Liu 'crybaby' Kang was claiming?
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>The reason I am crying 'Cheap!' is because if the move is executed with
>the proper speed, it is unblockable, and you can use it repeatedly to totally
>finish off the opponent.  The only way out of the corner is if Raiden has the
>slightest hesitation, which gives the opponent a chance to step out of the
>corner and block, or to jump over the incoming dive.  If the dive is done
>quick enough, there is no way out. This in *no way* compares to the double
>flying kick or to the fireball/flying kick.  Yes the opponent is helpless
>for ONE hit, but ONLY ONE hit. Raiden's dive into the corner is comparable
>to Sonya's leg grab and the freeze/throw combo of SubZero.  If they hit
>you with one of these moves ONCE, then with proper execution (which anyone
>who is fairly decent at the game should have) the opponent is defenseless
>for repeat attacks until dead. With Raiden, you don't even have to get
>backed into the corner (which I wasn't).  If you are on the outer-third of
>the playing field, Raiden's dive will put you into the corner, in that oh
>so defenseless position.  In other words, if you make *one* mistake
>against Raiden, you are dead (at the discretion of whoever is playing
>Raiden, of course)  If you make a mistake against LK, then you get hit one
>extra time, and the fight goes on.  
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>One other thought.  This isn't the first time this has happened, and
>whenever it does, it always seems to be in the third round of a match.  If you
>are going to use an arguably cheap move, you don't use it in the third
>round of a match.  His argument is "Well, I didn't kill you with it", no
>you didn't (this time...), but you took so much of my strength that all you
>had to was spit on me and I'd fall over dead.
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>So, we leave this to the gods of the Internet to decide....
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Don't worry, just deal with it...find some way cheap to retaliate...or wait
till MK 2 is out (nationally)....


Bruce Lee always said "For every action , there is a counter action"

its true even when talking about mortal kombat...


>Ron (aka Lui 'crybaby' Kang)
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