[not_real_acct]

> As a kid who ruined their studies because of this game, wanting to meet Boon after learning about the Noob Saibot backstory was it!

I met Ed Boon at the premier of Mortal Kombat II.

Talking to him was one of the things that basically convinced me to stop trying to work in videogames. Up until I met him, my dream was to make videogames.

I wish I'd taken pictures, the entire cast of Mortal Kombat II was there. This was at the AMOA show in Anaheim California, where companies that run vending routes meet up with companies that sell things like arcade games and pinballs and jukeboxes and vending machines.

[Li7h]

Do you mind sharing what Ed said or did that convinced you to stop trying?

[self_awareness]

As they say, never meet your heroes.

[hipjiveguy]

so this was really a positive moment, just not what you expected?