REUNITING THE ORIGINAL MORTAL KOMBAT ARCADE CAST! Ultimate Mortal Kombat Meet & Greet!

ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT MEET & GREET RECAP VIDEO! Got the phone call about 40 days ago that I needed to help organize and promote a special “Mortal Kombat” event in Nashville Tennessee on 7/24 at Game Terminal. You may recall my post about this arcade that got 135,000+ shares.
Today we had 6 guests representing 16+ characters that were all apart of MK 1-3. I had approximately 1000 ticket registrations for the event, and also personally hosted the Costume Competition and VIP Q&A Panel. All together it was a hugely successful event.
The in-house staff at Game Terminal is phenomenal. Patrick McKennon has assembled an all star cast of team members. Specifically his internal marketing team really took the lead on event registration, email blasts, printed collateral and overall logistics. Typically this would all be my responsibility, so having a huge local team to lean one was a huge benefit. Additionally the security staff, Game technician, Tournament Organizer and Streamer, and the bar staff were all 10/10. It’s all an extension of Game Terminal being a top, if not the top, Arcade Bar in the nation.
I learned a lot about the game from the people who helped make it including some fun facts about the real life gym in Chicago most of the characters worked at even while they were already famous as video game characters! Also it was Kano (Richard Divizio) who invented the catch phrase “Get Over Here” and it was Scorpion (Daniel Pesina) who was responsible for getting Jax (John Parrish) into the game. Daniel was the martial arts coordinator and advisor for the first two games, so when Katalin Ogrens brother, who was a fan of the game, walked into the gym in Chicago where Daniel worked, he “begged” him to “put his sister in the game” (because she was a super accomplished martial artist) and this is what led to Kitana, Mileena and Jade joining the roster in MK2.
Sonya (Kerri Hoskins) has been in 12 arcade games, she was also the cheerleader in NBA JAM, the cage girl and Mistress Helga in Revolution X, and even Maya in Killer Instinct.
Funny, I didn’t get a single autograph. Haha. I always forget.
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[@wolfpackzzshorts9673]

The first time I ever meet the original cast of mortal kombat I will always remember this day meeting my idols !! 🔥🐉🔥

[@Lion-O-Richie2040]

Sad

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Kitana is literally why I learned the kombat fan in hapkido. My heroes.

[@gioamore4518]

Kerri hoskins sonya i love

[@juliankanzuki2013]

Best Sonya, she's awesome. Need to bring her back for the games.

[@tabmok99]

Great job on everything you did to put this event together -- and you were an awesome host at the panel!!

[@bobuxcmdpt]

This looked like such an AWESOME event 👏

[@ninvdoonf8542]

I feel ashamed for not getting this in my recommended sooner! Good job getting the gang together! Also pesina in scorpion's mkx costume, omg

[@johnny19817]

Legends❤❤❤

[@JhonMarcos-e9y]

I think it's cool that the entire cast of the game meets up after a long time

[@Instant_Nerf]

MK ll GREATEST OF ALL TIME

[@demigodt34]

They look amazing

[@mr.shredder5430]

it should be called MK veteran day 😀

[@johnnada6117]

Epic

[@Savagemister]

That's friggin epic. I had no idea. Where did this go dowm?

[@JaredGuynes]

At GAME TERMINAL in Nashville this past weekend.

[@phoenixjason1978]

I'm in the background with the green face mask at about 33 sec mark! 😍

[@AZ-rg3rf]

Neckbeard central 😆

[@jommytommy]

Im here for sonya❤😍

[@fireboy1996]

Brother you thirsty.

[@NerdGlassGamingPA]

They are so all perfect people ! So great to see them

[@feetpovlover]

Oh man I've missed something very special!

[@babasemka]

OMG, this is making me cry

[@CruziliaAntiga]

No one does this kind of event for Killer Instinct or Pit Fighter.. *sad*

[@ProjectShinkai]

Jax still look hugh

[@MoneyManHolmes]

1:19 what is that object sticking up?

[@Instant_Nerf]

Anything scheduled for 2024? Where and when ? Thanks

[@lebolyon6952]

Arcade game dedicated wow

[@simply-tom]

Man, wish I knew about this. Didn't even know a meet and greet was even a thing for Mortal Kombat. I was one of the OG players since the days of MK, all the way to MK3. After that, I just lost interest because the game changed too much. Nothing beats the feel of the original MG though. It sped up in MK2 and of course, MK3 carried that over with more characters, enhanced graphics, and more moves.

[@victort.2583]

Eh, I don't know... arcade games are ok, I guess, but what about the foam-flinging? Hold on, Mortal Kombat? The original cast?? That's crazy cool! Awesome event, man!

[@forrestestep9764]

Hi every one have a great day!🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃

[@GustavoSantos-ep5jx]

Mortal wombat!

[@GodsJoseph13]

Whoaoaoaoaooaa

[@cecblastermods8729]

Awesome did you make the event?

[@JaredGuynes]

It was a team effort and took a lot of people to make happen! I did the initial concept, framework and promotion for the event, and on the day of the event ended up being the handler for the guests, the MC for the costume contest and the VIP Q&A Panel Moderator. My team also produced this video, which is why I am sharing it here on my channel. The Game Terminal team was amazing and did SO MUCH to make this all happen and honestly they deserve most of the credit in my opinion as I only worked as a consultant and contractor overall. :)

[@KLASH.K]

Hello

[@JaredGuynes]

Yooo

[@shahbazsheikh3545]

@1:01 Wait Liu Kang was played by a girl????