Tekken's Banned* Bottom Tiers

I just want to apologise for this video taking so long. In reality it wasn't THIS video that took 5 months, this was more around 9 weeks - coming off of several months of videos that just weren't any good at all. I would hope, and also expect, that to be the longest period without an upload ever. I am still alive, yes I am bald, I've been bald for an entire year now please stop coming into my stream and asking why/when I went bald.

Gon was simply banned because Mishima mains were seen running out of the venues crying when they were told Electrics were now useless

Gon is that terrible awful situation were your going to class to take an exam and suddenly out of nowhere that final thing your teacher told you about might be on the test was actually the whole test to begin with.

I was told once that "if it's on the internet, it will always be on the internet" but what I find is that entropy and the internet dark forest theory creates a reality where old stuff is becoming exponentially more difficult to find with every year that passes Pretty sobering to think about If a guy through a dead forum complains about Gon, but no one is there to read his post, did he complain at all?

OH HELL YEA

The AsumSaus thumbnail joke at 15:51 got me good

the balatro Nope! at 1:38 made me flinch in anger.

In a sense, I guess they were banned from T3 for the same reason chess tournaments have dress codes. It's not that playing a grandmaster match wearing an ahegao hoddie is unfair or cheating, it's that it's not in the spirit of the game. What that "spirit of the game" is is what's open to interpretation and has some people foaming at the mouth over the mere existence of Happy Chaos, while others simply accept it. Where that line gets drawn is always going to be somewhat arbitrary, and is going to change over time.

7:45 Anyone that is a fan of Maximilian knows about Biofreaks, also I was today years old when I learned about a slur that's been around since the Korean War. Thanks I guess Leon.

Your editing and animation is so damn clean, those 20 minutes felt like 5 at most. I don't know the first damn thing about fighting games but your videos are so captivating even someone who'd lose to Gon like me can enjoy them.

You have no idea how many Tekken characters who fit the bill of 'They're not winning, you're just losing' applies to. Hwoarang is one of the the worst characters in T8...if you lab him for 30 hours...

Great video! I have fond memories of playing Dr. B back in the day. These two characters getting banned makes me think of the ban on wobbling. At the time, I thought it was a stupid decision. Nerfing a character that was almost a non-presence at major tournaments struck me as just whiny players being whiny. But at the end of the day, a game needs to be fun. I remember there was a lot of talk about Eddy & Christie's b14 in Tekken Tag 2. People defended it by saying that it was possible, with tons and tons of practice against that specific move, it could be overcome. Kind of. But did that make the characters fun to fight against? Or negate the fact that it took almost no effort to cheese b14 combos but tons of effort and concentration to counter them? Maybe not. It's a difficult one. There have been numerous online Keyforge tournaments that banned Heart of The Forest despite many other cards being more powerful, but people just straight up despise that card and the restrictions it forces on both gameplay and deck selection. It doesn't matter how much you can point fingers at people being whiny. If all those people stop playing and the game dies, is that the better outcome?

The animation quality on these vids are insane. Love your stuff!

Other notes: * Gon is one of the few characters not added to Tekken Tag Tournament 2. There is no sign of a Tekken Tag Tournament 3.

Amazing video quality, holy shit the 3d modeling just for a video is crazy

The way you tell these stories is absolutely phenomenal. Honestly, i go back and re-watch so many of your videos just to see the funny animations and listen to these great stories told in such an interesting way. Taking the knowledge and making a fun story out of it, or a lesson, or something else always makes my day better when i listen and watch your content. Keep doin what your doin, its great!

18:47 Generally I agree with the shirt's mindset, but having a pushback on it so it doesn't get out of hand is good, too. The amount of times I've see someone say "git gud" as a catch-all shutdown of even valid criticism is obnoxious. Good vid.

I've heard that there's a pretty significant number of people still actively playing Tekken 3 in India. something that could've helped to get info on the competitive scene

Great video Leon! There is something about the design of older fighting games that I kind of miss. Things being less intended for the competitive scene, but said scene adapts anyway and the weird revelations that come along the way. the weird awkward characters that play fast and loose tend to be a lot of fun to explore and play.

Wow; the editing on the KBD section! And I didn't know about the nitty gritties of the gameplay of these two. Thanks for sharing! Great video!