"We Overwhelm You." - Competitive History of Ermac

[@PNDKM]

Happy New year! May 2021 be better for all of us.

[@ethanbazyhog]

Let's hope so

[@tc_kaballin2715]

Happy new years mate

[@Break531]

Your fans to yourself and Jake: "We overwhelm you." Thanks for all the content and here's another year to growth.

[@gary_lopez]

❤

[@Iqzzy-KO]

Happy new year! Hope 2021 is better! Can you do a vid on Reptile please? :)

[@tc_kaballin2715]

This is unsanitary. Ketchup is wearing yellow, now its impossible to recognise the 2 from each other

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

What

[@glawrk2861]

Mustard has a bigger beard. If he shaves, then we're fucked.

[@Blessed_V0id]

I totally agree. Ketchup should be rocking the Sektor Red, and Mustard should be rocking his Klassic yellow

[@cc4938]

I also liked his naming origin. The Midway team always had fun with their names. “Error Macros” were the cause of some glitches back then and they decided to name a ninja after them in Ermac. Pretty interesting.

[@w1r3d]

Was looking for this comment, by far my favourite name origin next to Tobias Boon

[@booce6969]

What a great way to start the year, a competitive history of airmac

[@RazuX5]

lol I remember when I thought his name was pronounced that way back in MK Trilogy until it got corrected in later games 😆

[@andreivaldez2929]

I used to jokingly call him that because of his teleslam.

[@CodyRockLee13]

@@RazuX5 For what it's worth, it makes sense given the origin of his name, "Error Macro." Error isn't pronounced ur-rer (at least commonly that I know of), but rather air-rer.

[@djb1ge]

@@RazuX5 I still pronounce it like that. lol

[@HomicidalTh0r]

Don't forget, in the hands of a professional, he becomes an AirMac Pro. XD

[@Nin_the_Shinobi]

It saddens me that NRS made a really cool looking Ermac design in MK11 and refuse to let us play as him.

[@justaguywhoplaysgames]

Yeah he looks so fuckin sick

[@squash589]

He's back in MK1 as dlc but NRS butchered his design :c

[@theskullboy8700]

@@squash589when I saw him I actually thought he was a straight up new character. That’s the mark of a bad design

[@squash589]

@@theskullboy8700 same thing happened to me when I first saw him in the KP trailer. We legit thought he's a new comer until he opened his eyes .-.

[@theskullboy8700]

@@squash589 so with the early story reveal. We were……….half right?

[@rdxgamer1772]

YOOO LETS GO my favorite rumor turned charecter. I loved playing him in mk9

[@Probably_Not_Ai]

I’m salty that mk9 isn’t downloadable on Xbox 1

[@dayyton3163]

@@Probably_Not_Ai Yeah i wish they would remaster it for current gen consoles bc i enjoy it a lot more than any other 2d mk game

[@Zyrikun]

@@Probably_Not_Ai it is now but only if you have the disc of the game

[@glassofwater281]

@@Probably_Not_AiI ordered the disc for mine and it was so much fun replaying it

[@namelessaccount4291]

I don’t even play mk anymore and I watch this

[@dayyton3163]

Same tbh 😂 It makes me wanna play mk9 again lmao

[@orangepeel4542]

I’ve never played lole

[@thebadwolf3088]

@@dayyton3163 best one

[@dayyton3163]

@@thebadwolf3088 trueeee

[@chummyweevil3948]

I don't even like mortal kombat and I can't get enough of these videos

[@RaikouRosario]

Ketchup : "I want to thank you for watching our videos and being patient" Me : "Ketchup isn't supposed to wear yellow 😤" 😂👍

[@raystinger6261]

0:48 - So unmasked Sub-zero is just a piñata full of legs? I knew it!

[@rhysddp1]

20:30 - Ermac: “Ca-Caw! CA-CAW!“

[@korvus1248]

Lol

[@cristinagomez3283]

Takeda: here we observe, in it's natural habitat, the Ermaccius Spectris. Distiguishable from its fellow Characters in the Ermaccius catagory by the glowing green eye on its chest, it is a predator who's hunting plan is to corner its opponent, before rushing it with strong attacks, using the souls it carries inside of its body

[@streetsatire3450]

I just want to say I genuinely love this series thank you for still doing it

[@RobertoAsanoNogueira]

All should fear a mage. All should fear a ninja. All should fear the ninja mage.

[@crystaljones1935]

Everybody else can fear them... I'd prefer to give him a hug. Poor construct has been through too much.

[@d_mn5420]

man, hearing you say mk9 "back in the day" makes me feel old, specially when knowing ermac since ultimate 3

[@jessehernandez8419]

Lmao truth

[@Fedor_Shtykov]

20:31 Ermac bird in his natural habitat.

[@merzhoykin]

"nothing about him was broken"? that character had one of the fastest uppercut recoveries on the whole game, only him and Rain had those tools. Ermac's dmg was insane.

[@richardleard5781]

Comboing from uppercut in MK9 was actually more related to height than recovery. Ermac and Rain could do it between many combos because they have specials that put the opponent very high, but in theory most characters had a way to convert from uppercut depending on height and position. Also I don’t think Ketchup meant Ermac was bad when he said nothing was broken about him in MK9. He was still good at various things (including his meterless damage), just there were higher tier characters better at those things.

[@fakename503]

Ermac was my first main in MK9. He's great at starting Combos but he really lacked any real damaging combos and whack/hard to input overheads and lows. I think one of his lows was like a back+attack, down, forward+attack which neither were cancel able at the end nor did any real damage without the last attack. I had to drop him for either Scorpion or my other real main, Raiden. But yeah, he was really basic. I think it was to balance his sweet specials. His teleport was punishable AF, only his air teleport was really what you wanted to use. He had one real full length combo which suffered when not striking mid. My buddies used to say, bro you just do the same moves. I was doing his best chain. Where the 'expert' characters had like 3-5 and better overheads and lows. Since he had the special that juggled, he really didn't have any other juggles. He was also pretty slow. He had a couple good but not really damaging quick starters. Basically the rest of his moves were so slow that you weren't catching anybody with them unless they wiffed. Again, Ermac's base combos were some of the weirdest inputs in the game. Design: 8/10 Move Set: 6/10

[@arthurkircoff461]

This video was such a treat. Was awesome to see myself as one of the two MK9 ermacs to watch. Really made my day.

[@xGamerBlake]

*We are many, you are but one!* Though in your case, you are the One Being with all of this knowledge you’re dropping.

[@ShiftyGuy777]

Hmm Ermac had a decent career, which im very glad he's my favorite pallete swap ninja. Deception and MK9 is still his best look.

[@xBiggs]

Hey, about those other Ermac strings in UMK3. They actually all have uses in competitive play. HK, HK, LK, bHK is a mid that does more damage than the HK, LP pop-up, so it is used in the corner because you can't launch the opponent. You can also combo an OTG lift from that string midscreen. The HP strings are very useful because they begin with a jab, so that means they can be glitch jab option selected. The HP launcher string is used midscreen and the HP kick string is used in the corner for the same reasons as the knee strings.

[@kennylynch9136]

Ermac is my favorite player in MK9 and X

[@afrikasmith1049]

Ermac was one of my favorite characters to use for in MK 9.

[@Brildagoat]

1:35 he had the exaggerated swagger of a white man

[@nikitaivachtchenko6375]

I kind of want to see a competitive history video for the Joker, considering he's technically been in two Mortal Kombat games. I guess you can fit in his appearances in Injustice 1 and 2 as well if you really want to.

[@tvanza7791]

Happy New Year to you, Mustard and your whole condiment crew! Thanks for all the things you guys do for the video game community. I wish you all a swell 2021 and look forward to ingesting more content as it becomes available!

[@tenka9522]

Thank you for the video ! I like the fact Ermac started with a rumor error macro, turned in a red ninja and finished like sorcerer master of souls ! He's not just a palette swap ninja and it's for the best. Cant wait to see the video for Smoke

[@INauseaI]

Perfect way for me to start 2021and thank you again for the gameplay feature! Spectral is and will forever be the most fun il have in a fighting game. Beautiful as always bro, all the best for 2021 ❤

[@I_Am_Darkseid]

LETS GOO I WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THESE! also when’s the next mk meta

[@angelsilva7207]

I’m hoping he does Deception.

[@nicholausstevens1262]

@@angelsilva7207 Same

[@daranyillh6446]

I've never understood why Ermac has an axe in Deception and Armageddon, it feels so aesthetically at odds with the rest of his design like "yeah here's our mystic ninja man, we gave him a battle-ax"

[@crystaljones1935]

My theory: Ermac themselves named the axe. They heard the phrase "killing them with Kindness" and wildly misunderstood.

[@sephlock4767]

What weapon would you want him to have?

[@PatriotaParaguayo]

​@@sephlock4767A rapier would be stylish

[@eltipogoa]

Great way to start 2021!! A competitive history of my favourite character! Happy New year from Argentina Ketchup and Mustard!

[@vaporghoul]

This definintly will make 2021 way better, love from all us Ermac mains

[@sheageeknami]

Happy new year dude! My fav character, thanks for covering him!

[@TheOneAndOnlyJell_O]

Netflix: “Are you still watching?” Someone’s daughter: 0:51

[@JIreland1992]

My favourite MK character. Happy to see he’s been consistently good throughout the years.

[@flyinggondolaproductions]

Imagine what kind of characters would be created if modern rumors lead to the creation of new characters

[@Podcito]

Much love Ketchup, all of the content you put out this year was top notch, especially the Competitive History series. May this coming year be a big hit for this channel and for you!

[@spyingvermin9395]

thanks for doing these videos cause i really love them and i really liked your speech at the ending as well

[@chickenwingbob2881]

The Mortal Kombat devs when they see a fake rumor: Wait that’s a good idea. Let’s add it in.

[@doublequarterpounder1]

this is my favorite series of MK content, keep up the awesome work man!

[@msblackoozaru]

thanks for your hard work this year, ive been following you guys since the end of MKX, one of my favorites videos this year is that long set Rain vs Fujin you guys did a couple weeks ago, 2 flash characters at high level is always something that im interessed! My brother is now living in London so we had a eye on the situation there all the year and i happy that you guys are slowly getting the vaccine, stay safe and keep your amazing job! shoutouts from brazil!

[@cheezelog3889]

Love this video! Been playing Ermac since MK Deception and had such a good time with him online! Sucks he didn't make MK11 but hopefully he will show up in MK12.

[@mikeestill1672]

Ermac is the rearranged spelling of the word "Cream"

[@SaintHierophant]

And "Cream" is the Stand of Vanilla Ice.

[@caidenl.7024]

I remember dressing up as ermac on Halloween 8ish years ago.

[@marcosvasquez170]

That part at the end really helped man, thank you.

[@kiddot9426]

Ermac the Red ninja he’s so fun to play his physic abilities are always a joy to play the tele slam has and always will be broken

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Got to love the squished roaches effects in that stage from MK Deception/Armageddon. 😂 Poor Ermac has a lot of roach blood under his shoes.

[@javoclean960]

Great video as always, happy new year and if 2021 has more great videos I’m all down for it. Ermac was the coolest character I had seen while growing up so I used Him in Deception, Armaggedon, 9 and X. When you talked about the variations I remembered when my brother and I did ermac mirrors me using mystic and Him sticking with master of souls. Hope he comes back soon, MK11 needs some of his style

[@SteampunkTomato]

If you want any character to be added, just spread a rumor about him being a secret character during the MK1 era

[@crystaljones1935]

So... y'all hear about the cheat code for SCP 076-2 in MKX? You never unlocked Abel? Amateurs. (Shameless attempt to convince Netherrealm to add Abel to the roster, he's built for this)

[@shadow-squid4872]

11:04 Hold on... COSTUME SPECIFIC???

[@PNDKM]

Yeah, some combos only work on certain costumes. Which is only MAJORLY applicable to the super crazy combos, but it still remains!

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@PNDKM Wow... is that intentional? Or is it just an oversight on the coding department/ just a bug?

[@PNDKM]

@@shadow-squid4872 just 3D MK things

[@mikaelamonsterland]

i really hope he comes back in mk1, he's so much fun to play whenever he's in these games

[@RoyArkon]

16:34 - Just to point out, Reptile was just under the top 10 in MK9, and he could've go toe-to-toe with the top tiers of the game, so he did cut it at the highest level. Excellent video once again, Ermac was another one of my favorites. Happy new year to both you Ketchup and Mustard as well. Keep the top notch content to the next year of 2021.

[@PNDKM]

Top 10 wasn't top 5 though. Anything around the top 10 mark is mid tier in mk9 IMO. top tiers were god tiers.

[@RoyArkon]

@@PNDKM I can see where you're coming from, the top 5 were indeed extremely strong above everyone, but the top 10 could still hang with the top 5 and so was Reptile, it just needed a lot more work. That's at least how I see it.

[@ShiftyGuy777]

@@RoyArkon I see your dedicated to Reptile which I don't blame he's also cool.

[@RoyArkon]

@@ShiftyGuy777 Favorite character ever, and he was viable in every game he was in.

[@ShiftyGuy777]

@@RoyArkon true Reptile has always been a solid fighter. Also he's viable in MK2? some say he's the worst character in MK2, I don't care he's fine there too. My favorite version of Reptile is Deadly Alliance.

[@brandonmuse5532]

ERMAC is extremely underrated as a character and playing him. I really liked him.

[@0hadd]

Recently as my dad moved to his new house after marrying, he got mk9 for his ps3 since we'd spend more time with more people in the house as much as they love me, they dont like when i pick the funny red ninja guy

[@thatonequeergundamfan71]

My family boutta hate me after i keep picking ermac in the mk 1

[@TheBallinCollin96]

Ik this is old but y'all did Master of Souls dirty. His vanish move is literally a better reason to play him than soulball. Soulball is awesome and like 45% of the reason I'd use MoS, but the vanish completely changes everything about his jump. Like, you can jump teleport, jump vanish, jump float ground pound, jump float teleport, jump float vanish, or jump and float>vanish multiple times and never touch the ground. You can throw his soulball in the air during that and instantly get a fat combo, and obviously NJP is the main tool. Literally made people quit with vanish.

[@Zouketsuki]

Another great competitive history video as always. Can't wait to see who you cover next

[@tjtheblindgamer]

Happy New year, listening to this video makes me want to try him out in mkx. Wasn't a big fan of MKX because I felt like there was just so many overhead and low mix-ups, which is kind of ironic because I am a Terminator player in MK 11. and I hope 2021 treats everybody better than last year

[@usamahhussein6591]

Love your channel ❤️ Quality videos as always

[@ItsAHat]

Great job with the series man, idk if you’re planning on it but you should eventually do a full video on all the guest characters

[@jermwormzzzmk1]

I love these videos!! Always look forward to the next one 😎

[@camgoodkicks]

Love these. Can’t wait for Liu Kang and Johnny Cage! Let’s get some thicc episodes!!!

[@zacisthedude1074]

Awesome video ermac is such a beast

[@axelking1183]

Great job 💕, can you do Kitana competitive history next?

[@JohnsDogTags]

My favorite fighter in any game series ever. I practiced Ermac in MK9 so much that I can still rehearse all of his combos in my head. I hope he makes it into the next mortal kombat

[@thehaunted8055]

The Mac needs to return

[@ninjahedgehog5]

FINALLY! A deception breakdown. Deception meta when?!

[@scottiebowii]

Mr Error Macro himself, this guy was a glitch in Mortal Kimbat Matrix!

[@RetroDoneRight]

enjoyed the closing. love the videos. keep it up!

[@alkalinemk1588]

Happy new year bros, if this is anything like the Fujin video we will be playing Ermac real soon 🤣🤙

[@goon5544]

I like the MKX gameplay where all characters and all variations have crazy good stuff so it balances out. Plus the runs combos and fast pace make it my top mk game ever.

[@rickyschmidt5272]

Seeing him in Deception is cool, I'd really love to see a MK Meta video for Deception. Also ones for MK2 and Deadly Alliance as well. I love these breakdowns!

[@Mali-rl4yg]

First video I watched Nd already love this series

[@makaveli7dayz172]

I loved playing ermac in mk trilogy, mk deception, armageddon and mk9, I didn't play him too much in mkx for some reason.

[@davidoom]

Thank you as always for your hard work.

[@Kaihass.]

My favourite character! Loved this video and this series. Would u do Tremor next?

[@_nRool]

I'd actually really dig a Dairou history of, I know its all 3D era games but h was in all three (iirc?)

[@PREDATORYHOTDOGS]

I find myself rewatching for the twentieth time. I have sourced a console. I shall defeat you ketchup

[@Spherical011]

“We are many you all but one.”

[@kentrader2489]

This breakdown was dope

[@Garrettsamuel98]

Happy New Year K&M, I would love to see a video on controller settings. I mean like (Input Shortcuts) (Button Shortcuts) (Release Check)? What are the positives, & negatives of having them on or off? Thanks Guys!

[@00mike91]

Legit best commentary on KZbin

[@GabeIDK1]

God I miss Ermac.

[@comando41_Jensen]

Reptile next 🙋‍♂️

[@RoyArkon]

Same here.

[@Mitchcraft.]

I remember all the error rumours surrounding his name. That was such cool times when it was all new. I kind of wish I played all the games between trilogy and XL I just was too busy and when it came to prior games I would learn every move and mean every move including all Shang Tsung morphs when he could morph in to any character. I was in my 20s by then though so working and clubbing every weekend. The 1st 3 games were during my teens so had plenty time to learn everything.

[@Jgt612]

I loved Ermac in MKX, Master of Souls was so fun, guess wrong twice and that’s round over

[@Kanzuki]

Ermac has always been a fun character to play. Great video.

[@w1r3d]

Man don't we all just LOVE Error Macro, the best invalid argument value in all of MK code

[@theberserker7305]

Bird Ermac isnt real he cant hurt you Bird Ermac: 20:30

[@dylanhassell5761]

Great video. So detailed. I love this series. But, every time Ketchup wears yellow my brain just says something's wrong lol

[@1Luiichi]

i remember growing up as a kid and ermac was my favorite fighter before i fell in love with scorpion. those were the days

[@GeneralCba]

master of souls was insanely fun

[@vaporghoul]

that vortex is just MMMMMMM

[@RJ-rp8yd]

Master of Souls was so scrubby.

Thank you! All the best wishes for 2021 from Easter Island.

[@Neco_arcueid]

I started picking up mkx and did not feel all to good about it as I was struggling and kept getting laugh ed at and told that I was boring by players, but this video really makes me want to try it again and use ermac.

[@Repetoire]

I love how at 0:54 subzero explodes into 7 legs 🤣

[@VRHyoumaru]

I only just now realized the UMK3 select screen at the start of the video has Smoke in Rain's slot, wonder what that's from.

[@Euro.Patriot]

I thought you meant Robot Smoke. Wtf.

[@francisxaviertremblay4901]

Love your history series, can't wait for my man scorpion to get the treatment too (unless im dumb and didnt seen it when i checked 😂) Great job!

[@2ts706]

Reptile next pls

[@RoyArkon]

My wish exactly.

[@mundaney]

Thank you for this!

[@davetorres3906]

Great series, Kano next please

[@Sadako2602]

I'm in no way interested in Mortal Kombat or fighting games in general, but the video was so good I had to watch it until the end.

[@crom5629]

That is so strange lmao

[@adamg4754]

MK9 Ermac was the best no questions asked

[@galio7741]

The first MK character that i ever played and my number 1 favorite.