For those of us who are so daunted by moving up the gold teir to killer. I thought a cool feature might be an invite to killer teir. This of course would be a power held by someone higher in the ranks like a killer teir themselves, or IG staff like @rukizzel or @BlitzedKraig. Like if I challenge someone like Maximilian or one of the developers and obliterate their shadow and I am already in the gold teir, the developer I beat would have the option to award me with an invite to killer teir. This would of course be regarded as an honor in the KI community, but still a chance for us little guys, stuck in a rut to catch a big break. What do y’all think?
No. If you want a rank, you need to earn it. Otherwise the rank is pointless so why would you want it in the first place? I haven’t had the chance to get a pro star yet. Do I want someone to give me one? No. It would be unfair. Earn it or don’t have it.
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But then there would be more fraud killers then there is now.
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I would just tend to think that the players who can’t normally make it into the Killer tier probably wouldn’t be happy getting placed there…that’s kinda like putting them in a shark tank that they aren’t really ready for.
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Just cause you can beat someone in killer tier (or even worse, their derpy shadows) doesn’t mean you yourself are ready for killer tier.
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Yeah… I don’t play ranked KI, but I am stoicly against participation awards in a competitive environment. If one can’t make it to Killer on their own merit, they aren’t Killer material, and have no business drowning outside their rank.
Especially the Shadow thing. That’s nonsense.
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Yeah i reckon that would be true. Just thought it would be a cool feature.
Why do we even have shadows?
They’re hardly a faithful representation of the player and it’s obvious to everyone. If the shadow was worth anything there would be no such thing as a retribution fight which you already get to do whenever your shadow is beaten.
I thought that way at first too, but once a shadow gets about 10 or so recordings against a certain opponent, it starts behaving the way the player does to an extent.
It’s interesting to watch a shadow evolve that way.
Absolutely not.
I think i played some 2200 games in Gold to get to Killer and even now, i get 2-0’ed by other Killers and have to grind with Golds. I get why it’s a cool idea, but it’s like a participation trophy. The top of the mountain is hard to reach.
For me, my shadow is my mirror in training. Exactly what i do right and wrong with a matchup, and there’s no interpretation (if IG is to be believed) because if i haven’t done it, it won’t do it. Has been a unique way for me to find holes in what i’m doing in certain situations.
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Can someone explain what Killer teir is and how do I get it? Is it a special honor only devs can hand out to the best of the best? I am stuck in Killer tier and I don’t know what to do to get to Killer teir. Thanks.
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Have you considered changing your GT to something like SasuKappa? SasuKa99a? Something along those lines? 
I like it. I might consider it if I have some extra money. I can make an alt. I’ll do it.
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Killer teir is earned by climbing the ladder in ranked league and I’ve been stuck in gold for ages.
Perhaps you are a Gold level player? Nothing wrong w incentive to improve. You should hit up the Replay Analysis thread. You’ll make Killer when you consistently play at Killer level.
Replay Analysis is a huge tool for improvement, and an immense act of kindness and community service.
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Sounds like a place for me to hear to next. Thanks for the top. I’m just losing motivation because I pretty much always get powned by killers.
Levelling up ain’t easy, and a huge part is because we can rarely actually identify where we are making mistakes, and moreover WHY we are making them. Keep an open mind, and don’t let your ego get in the way of advice, and this thread could be an immense asset. Best of luck to you!
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How do I get the video into the thread? Do I use the game DVR? Can I upload to the cloud out something?
Best way is to record via typical non game method, DVR, stream archive, what-have-you. I thought there was instructions in the thread, might be misremembering… I’m sorta techno-illiterate, soz I can’t suss out step-by-step.
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Can I upload something from the Xbox app? A buddy of mine DVRd a fight that had a double ko. I wiped out his red bar and he wiped out my green bar. Itv was awesome.