During a official Mortal Kombat 11 Professional competition on January 16, the Titaniumtigerzz finalist was disqualified after jokingly calling the developer NetherRealm Studios labeling Sheeva – a set of custom moves that displays a custom name for opponents – as “WhyDidNRSdoThis”.
The disqualification led to an awkward moment on the flow. When official broadcast removed from the first 8 matches after only a few minutes, commentators Housam “Mitsuownes” Cherif and Miguel “Darth Arma” Perez remained looking for words to explain what happened.
“Unfortunately, it seems we have a small problem here and someone is … we have a situation,” Perez told viewers, while he and his partner seemed to be listening to the producers in their headphones. “I don’t know what we can say publicly, but we certainly have a situation here.”
Shortly afterwards, Perez said that Titaniumtigerzz’s opponent would advance despite the fact that the match was not officially decided. No reason was given, but Perez continued to remind everyone to “follow the rules … everyone must be respectful,” suggesting that this was why Titaniumtigerzz was disqualified without going out and saying so. NetherRealm Studios and parent company WB Games did not respond Kotakurequests for comment.
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The name of the variation, Titaniumtigerzz said Kotaku, was supposed to be a very slight critique of Sheeva’s strengths.
“It had to be funny, because the character I was using is practically extremely light,” Titaniumtigerzz explained to me through DM. “The joke was, ‘Why would a character make it so easy?’ ””
Sheeva has been a hot topic in competitiveness Mortal Kombat 11 lately thanks her Dragon Drop stomp attack. Titaniumtigerzz says that the movement, which is unlockable, can be used in almost any situation to put Sheeva in a more favorable position. It has become such a problem that top players have dedicated entire videos to explaining how to defeat this attack.
Titaniumtigerzz and his opponent were not immediately informed about the disqualification and continued to play their set-off stream for a few minutes. After being notified, he was allegedly left in the dark as to why he had been disqualified and was not given a chance to rectify or challenge the situation. Titaniumtigerzz says that a tournament moderator has since told him that the decision is related to the name of his version.
“I was banned even in the first game I used my name,” Titaniumtigerzz said. “It simply came to our notice then [to change the name] it was given and no one came to me. I would have changed it instantly if I had been offered the option. ”
While the official rules of Pro Kompetition do not specifically mention these types of protests, the code of conduct section gives organizers the discretion to disqualify players for any reason.
Since disqualification, the hashtag #WhyDidNRSDoThis spread through The deadly beating community on Twitter and said Titaniumtigerzz Kotaku received a lot of support from colleagues who disagree with the decision. He also said problems with Mortal Kombat 11 and last week’s disqualification will not stop him from playing in future tournaments.
“It’s pro competition and I’m a competitive player,” Titaniumtigerzz explained. “I might hate the way they do things, but at the end of the day it’s their game and I have no choice.”