Sort of boring but well done. I like it.

Very nice effects and sprite editing on Cyrax. But I think the background is kind of stupid. It looks like you took a photo of some place and put a MK ground on it. Not very nice.

I will copy Xybis quote:
"The Ermac sprite is now officially a sprite that has been overused" and his right =/

I think im a hypocrite when I say that.

it's cool except for the background

that entire thing is great, i dont know why people make such a fuss about life bars and timers, because when you play a mortal kombat game, perform a fatality, guess what, the life bars and timer disapear, weird but true, but i will say this is excellent, or as shao kahn so famously said, superb

I like it a lot, good job man keep up the good work.

What the fuck? Well obviously you haven't played any Mortal Kombat games. Because in MK1, MK2, MK3, UMK3 and MKT the lifebars and timer stayed on the screen during a fatality. This doesn't look like an MK4, MKG, or MKDA fatality to me. So they belong on the damn fake. Bum.

noob_sareena Wrote: that entire thing is great, i dont know why people make such a fuss about life bars and timers, because when you play a mortal kombat game, perform a fatality, guess what, the life bars and timer disapear, weird but true, but i will say this is excellent, or as shao kahn so famously said, superb

um i have been playing mortal kombat all my life, and i do know back then the life bars stayed up BUT why make a fuss over them, its soppused to be a fake, not soppused to look like it was in one of the older games, damn liven up

First of all, if you knew they stayed up then WTF did you say they went away for? You're wrong so face it

Second of all, the damn point of fake pictures was to trick the audience into thinking it was some additional secret to the game, THEREFORE making it exactly like the game. Of course it's supposed to look like the older games, you knucke head. It's supposed to be believable!

noob_sareena Wrote: um i have been playing mortal kombat all my life, and i do know back then the life bars stayed up BUT why make a fuss over them, its soppused to be a fake, not soppused to look like it was in one of the older games, damn liven up

Holy crap, that was funny. Can't remember the last time I heard that one.

balkcsiaboot Wrote: ...you knuck[l]e head.

Noob sareena, when making fakes you at least try to make it look real, like if the pic was straight off the game. Thats why people add shadows too.

MaRcElunbeatable Wrote: Noob sareena, when making fakes you at least try to make it look real, like if the pic was straight off the game. Thats why people add shadows too.

oh ok, atleast you thought before posting something intelligent marcel, but those two were in previous mortal kombat's i thought he/she was trying to make it look like it came from 4, g, da or te where they werent in them together, my bad, thanks marcel

K. I seriously have no fucking clue what you just said. blacksaibot knows more about fake pics, so I would argue w/ him if I was you.

noob_sareena Wrote: MaRcElunbeatable Wrote: Noob sareena, when making fakes you at least try to make it look real, like if the pic was straight off the game. Thats why people add shadows too. oh ok, atleast you thought before posting something intelligent marcel, but those two were in previous mortal kombat's i thought he/she was trying to make it look like it came from 4, g, da or te where they werent in them together, my bad, thanks marcel

Lifebars and timers are neccesary in fakes usually, like has been said, they help to make the fake look as if it were actually a screenshot from a Mortal Kombat game. Which is the general idea, to make the viewers think it was some sort of secret. Of course, today we are all pretty much aware that its not, but I believe its still important for the fake to look authentic. Also, in an artistic sense, the lifebars and such and a nice feel to fakes. Without them, and other basics, fakes seem dull and usually there is too much empty space. Anyway, this fake looks for MK3/UMK3 like given the background and the sprites, so lifebars are needed for authenticity.

Okay, on to this fake then. Interesting lifebars, they are alright I suppose. I feel they are sort of thin/small though, I'd rather the text be inside the lifebars if its white. If you do put it on the outside I always like it to be another color, putting more accent on the names. Timer and win tokens are there, its a pretty nice setup overall. The shadows look done correctly, they change tones as they go up on the border, and they aren't cast on top of the water. Good job there.

I guess that sprite is sort of overused, but this does look alot like it could be an in game fatality. The effects on Ermac's arm are really nice. I like the color transition, it has just enough of the 'glow' effect. I like how you slowly changed the color of the effect, its a gradual change, not too abrupt. The angle was well chosen, it follows the arm's position very nicely. Though, I do think the effects color could have been somewhat bolder once it had came in contact with Cyrax, just to show that it had.

The Cyrax edit isn't bad, I guess the character choice was interesting in itself. The oil looks pretty good basically, but I don't like that 'blue' sort of look it has on the arena floor. Perhaps some blue is okay, but I never have cared for it in large amounts. Also, it looks sort of 'flat' on his legs, but you used a good amount of it. It doesn't look overused, seems like a perfect amount. I like how it looks as if its 'dripping' from his waist, nice touch. The 'soul' doesn't really look badly positioned, but I don't particularly think that expre-ssion is right for this fake. I'd rather see a more anguished look upon its face, this just reminds me too much of a skeleton and not a soul.

Okay, as for the background. This does have a very MK3 sort of feel to it, since it has the city in the distance. But it doesn't feel all that MK to me. Alot of the locations in MK3 looked ravaged, or even destroyed. I think some of those elements would be neccesary here to give this a more MKish feel. A couple of suggestions would be to add some burning building to that city, it looks all too peaceful for a MK scenario. That ship could even be sinking or on fire itself, that could be an interesting idea. The sky is okay, it isn't too bright or flashy, it looks like its dusk. Anyhow, add some destructive elements to your backgrounds to give them a better MK feel. Other than that, this is a very nice fake, good job.

well, i may not be as an expert but, couldnt you just go to cyrax's win tokens, copy them, then paste so cyrax will still have two but ermac would have three, just a suggestion

Crow calm down... it's just a fake picture. No need for an essay.
You're like TimsMK now raising his rank, and for what? =/

balkcsiaboot Wrote: Crow calm down... it's just a fake picture. No need for an essay. You're like TimsMK now raising his rank, and for what? =/

Excuse me? Well, I know if I were to submit something I'd like something better than "You suck, and so does this fake." Or "Great job!". Besides, this isn't even a submitted item, so it won't get 'rated' anyway, and I don't reply to get dragon points. If I did, I would avoid threads like this. Furthermore, its been quite obvious alot of people here have been trying to abuse the ratings system, the mods DO know this, that's why points aren't given out here anymore. So like I said, I know all this, and yet I still reply the same as I always have. People's respect and gratitude are more important to me than getting a load of dragon points, which is why I still post here, I don't mind that this forum isn't rated anymore. Points or not, people will always appreciate the comments, and that's what's important.

~Crow~ Wrote: Excuse me? Well, I know if I were to submit something I'd like something better than "You suck, and so does this fake." Or "Great job!". Besides, this isn't even a submitted item, so it won't get 'rated' anyway, and I don't reply to get dragon points. If I did, I would avoid threads like this. Furthermore, its been quite obvious alot of people here have been trying to abuse the ratings system, the mods DO know this, that's why points aren't given out here anymore. So like I said, I know all this, and yet I still reply the same as I always have. People's respect and gratitude are more important to me than getting a load of dragon points, which is why I still post here, I don't mind that this forum isn't rated anymore. Points or not, people will always appreciate the comments, and that's what's important.

But BS does have a point.
I do write a fair bit, but its all in a list and its pretty straight to the point.
Your replies are very, very good, but its so hard to weave through the waffle to find the main points.

It really is like an essay .
I didn't do it to raise my rank, I do it because it is better than it sucks etc, and I agree with you. But do the author a favour and make it easy to read!!!!! .

Anyway, lol, you are full of good advice and tips, but when are we going to see these in action? Submit/post something Crow .

shaddap and go drink your cup of cocoa

TimsMK Wrote: ....Anyway, lol, you are full of good advice and tips, but when are we going to see these in action? Submit/post something Crow .

ermm wow ermm ok anyway thanx alot crow, u are da man on explaining whats right, whats wrong and how i could make it better thanx man, also thanks to the other peeps who have posted constructive crit, anyway as always i kinda agree with everything uve said crow, i originally had 2 versions where the glow coming to cyrax was brighter, but it kinda masked the skeleton/soul thingy.

and as far as im concerned crow can write however he likes, he explains whats wrong with the stuff in depth which is brilliant rather than just saying "bg sucks" or "blood is kinda crap" or stuff like that, the way crow comments (in order to greatly assist the original poster) if he were to put it into bullet points it would still be just as long cos from what ive read of crows posts (in the threads ive made) most if not all of what he says is valid and useful.

MaRcElunbeatable Wrote: shaddap and go drink your cup of cocoa TimsMK Wrote: ....Anyway, lol, you are full of good advice and tips, but when are we going to see these in action? Submit/post something Crow .

Speaking of which, haven't seen much stuff from you either .

I stop giving people long ass replies when I saw that they only read but they don't do. I also been busy

TimsMK Wrote: Speaking of which, haven't seen much stuff from you either .