Really loved it. I placed my bets on Garry Whitta winning it but should have played closer attention to the TNT from the night before that he had 'no skill'

Sean Coonce was the heavy favorite but I knew Street Fighter ≠ mortal kombat, Glad to see Alexis winning it it all, hopefully somone of these folks have a better chance next time

Your thoughts?

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It was very magical and tense! They need to do something like this again.

Yeah, I hope they do more stuff like this. Inter-office tournaments and stuff. More MK too.

It was great but can we all agree that Alexis was a total ringer, he just tore up everyone bar Ryan and Jeff

It was fantastic. I had more fun watching that than watching Starcraft. 

I'm just really glad corey didn't win.

don't fucking talk about win asshole

I thought it was beyond awesome. Like, if Batman had a baby with Jesus and he grew up to have a three-way duel with Kratos and Clint Eastwood. That kind of awesome.

I had all my hopes riding on Will Smith to take it.  I assumed he had enough repressed anger at the taunting of failed Tested segments to really want some people dismembered in that tournament.

As such, I am extremely bitter about Alexis winning, and feel that he only barely qualified for the scrub league if at all.  Curse you.

I hope they continue it and even setup a TNT ladder with all the best community players vs the best Whiskey guys. Really get a competitive league going as this game is here to stay!

Yeah I would love to see more internal whiskey media tournaments going on. It was a lot of fun to watch, and the betting pool made it that much more fun. MORE!!!!

Also, really hoping for one of these in a month or two with all the same competitors, so we can see how they've improved, if at all.

Vinny going out in the first round was a tragedy, but it was an amazing league overall. I really hope they continue, possibly with Mike Tatum who has probably been practicing nonstop.

I think the tournament was one of the most entertaining things Giant Bomb has done in years.

Does Garry Whitta have some kind of neurological condition? Look at his face when he starts playing from 27.00 on.

It was awesome.  And even better, the victor wasn't a Scorpion player.

Whiskey Media: Providing quality video content during apocalyptic robot wars since 2011.

i hope the next one is a tag league, so then we at least get to see scorpion and someone else every time

plus the tag mode seems to be receiving no love in general, and it would be cool to see

" Does Garry Whitta have some kind of neurological condition? Look at his face when he starts playing from 27.00 on. "

Loved, LOVED the scrub league tourney!  I was so mad at myself I didn't get to vote, i found out through a retweet from Ed Boon's twitter and by the time i saw it was too late but i did get to see it from start to finish.

I would've voted for Corey the intern, but still...lol

So who ended up winning the free copy?  Anyone that post here?

Was Alexis really a scrub though? He seemed more than capable when compared to the rest.

It was extremely entertaining. Some of those rounds were seriously intense. And some were just plain hilariously bad. Me and a friend watched them together and applauded some of the victories. Was sad to see Vinny go early on... Where was Brad?

I bet on Alex to place. 

IT WAS A SURE THING.  HOW COULD YOU LET ME DOWN LIKE THIS ALEX?

What was it?

surprised Alex was out in round 1

I didn't think much to it, fighting games don't appeal to me at scrub level so I guess that's why.

I would have preferred to see them all play something like Chu Chu Rocket again. Now that was funny

I really enjoyed the "Scrub League."

In general, I'm REALLY enjoying the new Mortal Kombat.  I like how the combos are relatively easy to pull off and it makes the game a lot of fun to play.  Now if only the PSN was up so I could finally try the game out online.  In the past I had tried Tekken 6 and Super Street Fighter IV, and to no avail, I was beaten pretty badly.  I'm hoping this will be the game that finally gives me a chance to eek out a win here and there.

I actually bet on Alexis to win, Whitta to place, and Will to show.
I'd say that was pretty good guessing! Any word on when the winners of the PS3/X360 games are announced?

Was great fun to watch, hope we see more like this in the future.

This needs to happen again.

Drew let me down, but he is still the man. I knew I should have voted on Alexis purely for the fact the least amount of people betted on him.

It was a great event, however...there was a severe lack of Jeff yelling "THAT WAS A SLOBERKNOCKER" and other WWE phrases that for some reason I expected. Maybe they are saving that bombshell excitement for the next invitational!

" I thought it was beyond awesome. Like, if Batman had a baby with Jesus and he grew up to have a three-way duel with Kratos and Clint Eastwood. That kind of awesome. "

They did say that they would do more of these so lets keep our fingers crossed

I watched it on archive, and had the ending spoiled for me thanks to twitter, but even despite that I still had way too much fun. Apparently GB's taught me I can watch both SC2 and now Mortal Kombat and be completely enraptured

" @Lukeweizer: It was an office tournament with the winners getting a free copy of MK, it happened before the happy hourVideo posted in OP "

It was great fun to watch and would love to see something like that again, some time in the future!

I thought that it's just be pretty cool but ended up getting WAY into it.

One of the best things they've ever done, but Alexis wasn't a scrub at all, he gave Jeff a really good fight.

When Korey the intern said "full of win" all I could hear was "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh".
If you look closely on Ryan's face, you can see his immediate subtle reaction.

We need community scrub league. I don't like playing online because Live is full of dicks and people who are way too good, but would love to get some casual competition going with like-minded people.

" It was fantastic. I had more fun watching that than watching Starcraft. 

Hopefully there are more of these style tournaments, with the betting and prizes.

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Eff yes it was! I can't wait until they do another.

Loved it!
It was intense and awesome. It would be great if they did this like once a month or something (to keep the awesome production values as high).

Even though I am not a big fan of fighting games, I loved watching the MK Scrub League. There were some great moments where I was literally on the edge of my seat. 

Incredibly entertaining. One of the best events ever for GB I'd say. If they made this a weekly deal, or at least monthly, for members then my money is theirs!

It was super entertaining. Really hope this becomes a regular feature.