This EVO Decision Was Extremely Tough, But Necessary

Will be starting a new series with my EVO journey soon, I apologize to all the Quan Loyalists I just cant do it anymore competitively, but Quantent will still be posted here regularly. I appreciate the support!
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[@PNDKM]

VERY excited to see how far shujinko can take things. You're always a treat to watch in this game.

[@shujinkydink]

Appreciate you stopping by, I will make the best run possible!

[@ZaryasBestFriend]

Congrats on resisting the lure of Johnny. You are a true champion.

[@duatchol7710]

Listen man, you didn’t pay for just quan chi. You paid for the whole cast. Have fun

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

If you're training for a tournament it's about winning not having fun.....

[@duatchol7710]

@@Forever.Remain.Nameless where’d you get the idea that these are mutually exclusive?? That boy SonicFox was grinning ear to ear after each round during his championship run lmao

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

@@duatchol7710 sonic is a different kind of beast, not many players are on his level so if you're seriously trying to win the tournament you have to focus in on your main and the matchups....

[@duatchol7710]

@@Forever.Remain.Nameless that part makes sense. What about that prevents you from having fun? Isn’t labbing a part of the experience? Some of the most hours I’ve spent on this game was early on tryna time combos perfectly

[@daktheavking9357]

Glad I main JC is every MK

[@Luqas808]

"as far as these old hands can take me" 😢. Wish you all the best

[@irvingp6859]

😂

[@gooniest]

actually happy to see you land on Sindel of all the characters, good luck Shuji!

[@NicholasWhite]

Love your content and exploring your thought-process. Best of luck at EVO! Hope to see your matches against the best of the best!

[@OpTiiMysTiC]

Ehhh yo good luck on your Evo torni. May the quan be with you. Whatever you do don't pick The trash Quan.

[@stealthbastard8837]

I don't remember being bored so quickly with any other MK game than with this one.

[@irvingp6859]

Ya I hate to agree with u but I can't even watch it anymore, I just watch this video to support n see who he picking

[@raulrana7666]

Good luck, man!

[@djmonsterbane]

hell yea dink can’t wait to see you play 🙏

[@harveysidhu7030]

Aww, I can both feel and see your pain. I feel like no one should have to give up the character they want to play as for the sake of competition, it just feels like you've been wronged. But Bravo, for sticking with Shujinko. You'll definitely be the most respected player out there representing him. Sad you didn't consider Kitana, she does beat Sindel for meterless damage but you made a wise decision regardless. All the best of Luck Dink at EVO 💚💚💚 , give those young whippersnappers a good beating

[@angelsilva7207]

As long as we get at least ONE Shujinko at EVO, I’ll be happy 🤞🏽

[@KH-ie1kv]

Good luck! Sindel is my secondary and I think you made a good choice. However, we'd always love to have you in the Tanya Klub! Her range is so fun.

[@Fer_mk]

Good luck. Jink😁

[@PsychicJaguar19]

It’s always important to have a secondary or even tertiary character in fighting games, to make the game more fun and navigate through bad match ups. Good luck man we’re rooting for you

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

NO QUANFATHER WHY Edit; I didn't watch the video. Now that I did I mean I'd love to see the classic Shujinkudink do it again. Your my favorite classic player and I'd love to see you make atleast top 10

[@Stanlos]

Will it be....Li Mei????! I am hoping! The excitement and pure joy Dink expressed upon seeing her reveal touches me to this day.

[@isctaylor109]

Bottom line: NRS NEEDS to buff Quan. People paid EXTRA money to play him. He doesn't have to be top 3, but he should at least be viable.

[@Will-ud1kg]

Have Fun at evo man, you’ll do great!

[@evil5150]

cool man. do your thing

[@michaelcarrig627]

You have the right to win and no one should judge you for it. Your content is great and your Quan is saucy.

[@HoneyBeeCMNDR]

Good luck at evo! If you wanna play some games feel free to hit me up!

[@shujinkydink]

Appreciate it my dude!

[@LemonLad]

It hurts me to see this - I honestly think this character is underrated and not bottom 1 even giving his cursed defensive options. But I respect you swapping out since you're travelling and spending for the event, however you feel you'll get the most out of it is the best choice. As a huge inspiration over the years to play this character, I hope I see you back with Quan when he is in more of a place you find competitive.

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

No one's forcing you to be a character loyalist. Being competitive and being a loyalist is always a silly combination to me. You either want to win, or you just want to have fun and play your favourite character, you can't always do both. I think this attitude is what keeps people like Honeybee back. He's clearly a great player but sticking with reptile hurts him and he's forcing it on himself, no one else is.

[@irvingp6859]

Bruh u took the words out my mouth ,so sad to see people try to be character loyalist ,even sonic, rewind had to have multiple characters to deal with match ups ,I had to stop watching n unsuscribe to watching honeybees reptile 😅it was so boring to watch him barly make top 8 consistently online, overall I can't watch the game anymore to be frank

[@TheClemmons352]

Good luck on the journey!🫡

[@saeed7099]

Oh! We got 1 out of the 165 mk1 evo entrants

[@ManaPowerGames]

Glad that the options are so open and of course up to you. Before the last patch would be the peacemaker khameleon combo haha or Johnny of course

[@milhad.salihi]

I'm surprised they didn't make his D1 a high :) Good luck in the tournament!

[@BadFriendEric]

This is truly tragic but I respect it. Good luck dawg.

[@theprinceeso1538]

I also dropped Quan My team was Quan tremor, and my god the skill, brain power and effort you have to put in to get a win Vs my main team which is Shao (insert Kameo) is insane.. don’t get me wrong shao has some horrible matchups he has to work hard in, but Quan… he just never feels “comfortable” especially the second someone gets in

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

Represent for us "old timers"😂

[@FriedSpicyChicken26]

But WHY does Shujinko have different inputs for his copied moves instead of just making everything the same across the board?? Shujinko is already a difficult kameo to master, why make his inputs even more difficult to input?

[@IC2I]

Because Shujinko has moves by himself for the usual kameo inputs so the inputs can't overlap.

[@lifeonleo1074]

This is EVO , play whoever will make you win. You can play Quan for streams, but for turnaments play the mata.

[@GLOCKCHESTER131]

I should’ve registered for evo this year I know ur gonna do well bro the Shang x shu is a great combination they gonna love it 💯

[@lsensael6446]

Excited to see you perform at EVO

[@zewelanjimutembo3659]

All the best at EVO ....... You should also give Shang a shot

[@alanlupercio1395]

I barely made god rank last night with Quan and it has been a struggle bus. I still like playing as Quan but yeah I feel like they should give him a few more things.

[@sobhanamini3776]

I dont think he needs more moves,he already has many many moves,they just need to make the existing ones better

[@angelsilva7207]

Personally, since Liu/Shujinko is my main team I play in the game, I would love to see it represented at EVO but I’m also interested in seeing the sauce for Sindel/Shujinko!

[@zombietaker9936]

This update screw it up. I was using peace and he was my strong second character. My viewers were even in shock because I explain why he is so bad now and so I have Johnny as my second options cause my main is nitara but of course not all matchups works with nitara and now I’m trying to lab another character that can help me play safe either sindel or Liu for projectiles

[@irvingp6859]

Ya I was a peacemaker also ,I left ashrah cause she so boring, after these patches am done ,this game all over the place

[@angelsilva7207]

Hey, you can’t go wrong with Johnny/Shujinko. That was the first pair I had Shujinko with before landing primarily with Liu

[@terry.1428]

Think we can all agree Quan is midtier at best while Sindel is undeniably toptier . Still two of the sickest characters in the game tho Also props for repping Shujinko, he’s EASILY the most interesting assist in MK1

[@deandrec3450]

Why haven't you tried seriously using Kitana? Also, try some Reiko. I think both of those characters might suit your playstyle a bit, in addition to who you already play. That would be a solid 5 mains that you could use. Make it 6 if you ever pick up Li Mei again.

[@cheapmovies25]

With the new Sonia buff you might have a little bit better mix ups but that's the only thing I could say to try all this sucks

[@darth_adament6719]

See you in the pools my friend :)

[@angelsilva7207]

Sorry to hear about your breakup with Quan. I know he’s been your guy since forever ):

[@angelsilva7207]

Liu Kang/ Shujinko = 🔥 A top 3 team for Liu for me at least 🗣️

[@kanasas2]

So much fun tbh

[@codeegirl]

What happens if there's a big update right before an event?

[@irvingp6859]

I think those 2 to 3 updates they did recently killed the game, it yells confusion ,panic ,that completely tuen me off to play the game ,atleast until tekeda drops ,n homelander still bugged 🤦🏽‍♂️,so sad ,I would never travel for this game to play ,this is a Hennessey n play KL have fun game 😢

[@giorgiotedesco1962]

Sad decision remaind me of a kuma story i Heard once

[@Mohaking_Og]

How do u get that quan chi skin where his voice is distorted or something ?

[@vincente5609]

Right there with you I had to drop Geras I mained him from the start and love playing him but he just sucks so bad that it started to really fustrate me and make me not like the game.

[@dannyyarbrough5938]

I’ve had to move on from him too, although he is my favorite MK character and I love him, he just loses to too many others and it sucks! If he had a couple better strings and better pokes he’d be mid tier but without that he’s just not good enough even with all the armor he’s still bottom tier!

[@IanOrGoregy]

Say it ain't so!

[@pancake3576]

Quan's pokes need to be plus 1-2. he still not plus lmao, but can give him the ability to d1/3/4 backdash.

[@sobhanamini3776]

I recently noticed kelso2times and roethor droped Quan chi but u know he is bottom 1 when even the Quan father drops him Geniunly asking is there a single person playing Quan now?

[@kanasas2]

I main Liu with a bunch of kameo including shujinko . I was hoping to see that because I play it obviously but sindel makes sense lol I can't stand fighting her with liu because she dominates that range you were speaking on lol.

[@donovannutting4811]

So sad to see it but it’s not at all like it’s your fault Dink. The way I figure, a fighting game is balanced when you can more or less pick any character and still have a chance, and that’s just not the game Mk1 is sadly. Hopefully it’s a wake up call to NRS to give EVERYONE some much needed power

[@THEBLACCZOMBI]

*Told you years ago Shang was the best sorcerer lol*

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

I think you should give Ashrah a go.

[@Pandercolour]

mk1 has almost no showing at EVO, why go at all?

[@isaacalves97]

ngl i would have unsubscrived if you picked jonhy cage as your secondary.......you are very lucky mr dink.

[@TrollsGetMad]

i felt like when i saw you in tourney it was shujinko that was the main problem. he was not useful at all from what i saw.

[@erk489]

Your one of the 2 people playing MK at evo

[@Yetskiii]

:( ........ I get it but.... :(

[@Stanlos]

Thank goodness it is not Johnny.

[@JakeKatsune]

Shujinkel 😌

[@hanitschi]

dink out here solo maining shujinko

[@Cali-chef]

Sindel is solid.

[@heraldofgalactus4800]

I hope they make Shujinko better. A lot of the time, you are basically playing without a cameo. His charge mechanic just sucks.

[@kanasas2]

It's annoying especially since his effectiveness is based on a matchup. That's why I use Liu with him because Liu can fight solid without a kameo

[@macaroni_SPK]

Man go li mei mavado. Or someone who can capitalize off her ex db3. Punishing pokers is op. She has get frames. Stagger game. Good zoning. I think youd dominate with her

[@JosephDGuedes]

Shang Shujinko is kind of a big good team….

[@michaelmccoy1794]

He needs buffs in many regards, but as far as I am koncerned, from the fog (tentacle grab) should be 1 bar. Get real, NRS. 🤬

[@SuperJJParker]

If you are really trying to do well at evo you need to drop shujinko.

[@nocandoslurms433]

I say this with love, but I think a character change right before the tourney is a terrible idea. A secondary I could see, but not this.

[@4thT]

It's not your fault...

[@mckickz665]

Sindel

[@cheapmovies25]

Go with Geras or sub zero...jk

[@Wingmanriky]

He's just mid..and for him to so called be boss level why tho