During a official Mortal Kombat 11 Professional competence of the January 16 tournament, finalist Titaniumtigerzz was disqualified after jokingly calling developer NetherRealm Studios labeling his variation Sheeva, a custom move set that shows a custom name for opponents, as “WhyDidNRSdoThis.”
The disqualification caused an uncomfortable moment in the stream. When the official broadcast aside from the first 8 games after a few minutes, commentators Housam “Mitsuownes” Cherif and Miguel “Darth Arma” Pérez were left looking for words to explain what happened.
“Unfortunately, we seem to have a little problem here, and someone is being … we have a situation,” Perez told viewers as he and his partner seemed to hear the producers on their headphones. “I don’t know what we can say publicly, but we definitely have a situation here.”
Shortly afterwards, Pérez said that Titaniumtigerzz’s opponent would advance even though the match has not been officially decided. No reason was given, but Perez continued to remind everyone to “follow the rules … everyone must be respectful,” which meant that this was why Titaniumtigerzz had been disqualified without going out and saying so. . NetherRealm Studios and parent company WB Games have not responded Kotakurequests for comments.
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The name of the variation, according to Titaniumtigerzz Kotaku, was supposed to be a very mild critique of Sheeva’s strengths.
“It had to be fun, because the character I was using is basically extremely easy,” Titaniumtigerzz explained to me via DM. “The joke was,‘ Why would they be such an easy character? “”
Sheeva has been a hot topic in competition Mortal Kombat 11 lately because of his Stomp Dragon Drop attack. Titaniumtigerzz says the movement, which is unlockable, can be used in almost any situation to place Sheeva in a more favorable position. It has become a problem that the best players have devoted entire videos to explaining how to overcome this attack.
Titaniumtigerzz and his opponent were not immediately informed of the disqualification and continued to play their off-stream set for a few minutes. After receiving a notification, he allegedly remained in the dark as to why he had been disqualified and was not given the opportunity to rectify or challenge the situation. Titaniumtigerzz says a tournament moderator has told him the decision had to do with his variation name.
“I was banned from the first game where I used the name,” Titaniumtigerzz said. “No opportunity [to change the name] it was given and no one came to me. I would have changed it instantly if I had been given the option. “
While official standards of Kompetition Pro do not specifically mention such protests, the code of conduct section gives organizers the discretion to disqualify players for any reason.
Since disqualification, the label #WhyDidNRSDoThis has spread across the mortal Kombat community on Twitter, and Titaniumtigerzz said so Kotaku he has 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 won’t stop him from playing in future tournaments.
“It’s professional competition and I’m a competitive player,” Titaniumtigerzz explained. “I might hate how they do things, but after all it’s their game and I have no other choice.”