Yeah, huge Mortal Kombat fans love Mortal Kombat character. I'm sure you could find stuff like that for every MK character over there, many of them even say they loved MK3 Stryker...and they didn't even like him because he was so lame, they legitimately thought that version was cool. One of them even points out how they haven't actually changed him all that much. MK9 Stryker is still lame, and the way that game tries to push him is pretty funny. And like I said before, his old backstory is actually more interesting than what they gave him in MK9.
Chris Redfield in MvC3 is a good example of what they seem to wish Stryker was. He's got a better design (both his normal and alt) and he's got a more interesting move set...and one of his strongest moves isn't a flashlight.