Why are people hated for liking and using characters

[Khanjima]

I'm not a MK veteran and i won't pretend like I am, MK1 was the one game out of all of them that actually pulled me in and since then I've gone back and played previous installments.

And one thing I don't understand about this community is there is straight up no middle ground between anybody, You like and use the character the game literally offers people and you're basically just shunned immediately with no actual criticism other than "I hate you and your f*cking character because i suck ass at fighting them, please off yourself at the nearest convenience" And then when you do change characters the same people spew the same nonsense, its the most indecisive thing I've ever seen

[Juri's_feet_tho]

They are only liking characters they feel they can win with.

No one was using Baraka in MK11 like they were in MK1 that first month up until the patch.

Same with Raiden.

[Buckshot]

People feign character loyalty so they can downplay being meta followers.

[rikkan]

^ probably happens yeah.. also some people just like characters and they happen to be strong someday. Personally im just glad to have a break from matches being 50% scorpion like the last 10 years

[acowsik]

With MK games there is a definitive character tier hierarchy based on the meta and some characters are far stronger than others in terms of their matchups against other chars in the roster.

The chars that have the least amount of disadvantages based on specific kameo usage are the ones you see a lot online or in tournaments. But there are some who are called "character loyalists" who main a certain character purely out of love of their playstyle irrespective of their weaknesses.

[KripTed]

Because characters like Johnny Lame have been lame since UMK3. Literally the characters that noobs picked to win. Same with Gaiden and Liu Kang.

[Infevo]

Because MK1 is a kusoge in terms of balance and core design and characters like JC, Kenshi, Sindel, Geras are literally broken and to use them is to cheat.

[H4NS]

Originally posted by KripTed:

Because characters like Johnny Lame have been lame since UMK3. Literally the characters that noobs picked to win. Same with Gaiden and Liu Kang.

Check UMK3 roster, come back and edit your comment.

[H4NS]

Originally posted by Infevo:

Because MK1 is a kusoge in terms of balance and core design and characters like JC, Kenshi, Sindel, Geras are literally broken and to use them is to cheat.

Sikander, stop hiding behind fake profiles.

[hyphenM]

Because tiers (character is god tier or character is trash tier, take your pick).
Because I don't like the look of the character.
Because skill level required to play character.
Because <insert trash reason here>.

Only way to have a truly balanced multiplayer game is to only have 1 character or 1 weapon type, a mirrored map, or whatever. Basically people suck. Doesn't matter if they're great at the game, they suck in another sense unless the only things they mention are actually to do with game breaking issues.

Side note, I'm terrible at the game, so I'm not biased here.