That Blasted Salami: Wavedash (Arya and guests)

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Hello!
1:40 How do you juggle work, family and practicing Tekken?
5:50 How much do you practice?
9:40 Tekken is a social game ★
11:49 How do you split your time to improve, if you have 6 hours? ★
16:40 Which character did you study for TWT? 
21:54 Zoom alert popped out
22:11 The advantage of choosing Katarina ★
25:42 Katarina is a “Tekken 7 Character” ★
27:27 What are the most important tools that the character needs to be good in T7?
36:08 What is a constructive mindset for improvement? ★
42:48 Which match gave you the most trouble / memorable moment in Group A?
50:25 How was the Match vs Nobi? ★
59:03 Meeting Ghirlanda’s daughter 
1:00:43 Cassandra wants to go to EVO
1:01:55 Sponsorships, difficulties with tournaments (issues with tournaments) ★
1:09:13 Thoughts about Tekken 8 ★
1:18:01 Importance of cultivating constructive / positive interactions in the community ★
1:23:25 Cassandra sings
1:24:41 Cassandra rocking the Spag glasses
1:25:58 Shout outs
1:34:06 Other tips for improving

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Time's Scar - Chrono Cross: 0:00
Post song chat about Yasunori Mitsuda and JRPG music 1:54
Battle B2 - Shin Megami Tensei IV 3:54
Post song chat about Atlus, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei 7:01
Looking back on our picks 14:12
Outro: 14:52

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Chinatown - The Revenge of Shinobi by Yuzo Koshiro 0:00
Post song chat about Mega Drive music Yuzo Koshiro 2:48
Bonus Level - Skullmonkeys by Terry Scott Taylor 7:12
Post song chat about how gaming changed in the 5th gen 9:30
Outro 18:24

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TRACKLIST:
1.) Destroyed by Fire - Shinobi
2.) A Rain of Light And Shadow - Shin Megami Tensei V
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LET'S GET SWAPPING 0:00
Destroyed by Fire - Shinobi - Fumie Kumatani 0:20
Post song chat about the Shinobi series and ninja games 4:29
A Rain of Light and Shadow - Shin Megami Tensei V - Ryota Kozuka 10:12
Post song chat about Shin Megami Tensei V and level up music 13:55
Outro 21:36

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TRACKLIST:
1.) Rave On - Killer7
2.) Underground - Deadly Premonition
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0:00 Intro
0:56 Rave On - Killer 7 - Masafumi Takada
5:30 Post song chat
12:10 Underground - Deadly Premonition - Takuya Kobayashi
14:52 Post song chat
21:56 Outro

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0:00 We're back!
0:58 General thoughts on Tekken 8
07:53 Heat System
24:32 Forced 50/50s in Tekken 8
33:00 Chip Damage
40:55 Rage Arts and Comebacks
49:59 Combos in Tekken 8
1:05:45 Throws in Tekken 8
1:17:50 Chickens and Complexity
01:25:00 Jin Kazama in Tekken 8
01:41:52 Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 8
02:05:20 Heat Smashes
02:08:19 Claudio Serafino in Tekken 8
02:21:23 Round-up

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TWT Finals predictions 01:30
Leroy hype 07:13
Gender issues in fighting games 13:40
Back to TWT predictions 27:10
Are characters in Tekken too similar? 34:40
Why Armor King struggles 43:30
Character trends 50:20
Tekken tips: Consistency over damage 54:27
Tournament, long-play and online tiers 56:56
Screw vs Bound 01:13:20
Season 3 top tiers 01:24:11
The limits of human execution 01:28:50
What Lars would sound like in Swedish 01:37:33
Katarina's VA 01:48:00

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Sephiblack and Legendary Mihawk join FrameWhisperer and Arya to discuss TWT Finals 2019, Leroy, Ganryu and Fahkumram, the "Global Tekken Race", the 3.10 Balance Patch and Miguel's shortcomings in Tekken 7

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Wavedash 04 - Sephiblack joins us to discuss Leroy and his effect on Tekken 7

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Dinosaur joins TheMainManSWE, Frame Whisperer, Sephiblack and Legandary Mihawk to discuss whether Tekken is too bloated as well as discussing Rangchu's Season 3 tier list

03:13 Is Tekken Too Unapproachable?

12:24 Should movement be tied to execution?

21;23 The difference between “depth” and “stuff”

25:59 The effect of large movelists

34:48 Training wheel characters

44:22 Frank Tekken

47:53 Was Leroy intentionally overpowered?

50:20 The amount of stuff you have to learn 

54:47 Generic moves are often the best moves

01:01:12 Is it better to remove or normalize generic tools?

01:03:38 Why Gigas is so “weak”

01:09:50 Simple characters tend to do well in tournaments  

01:14:58 Normalizing crush moves

01:19:58 Focusing on character archetypes so players can express themselves

01:24:28 Should characters be balanced around community feedback?

01:32:55 Is Tekken 7 balanced?

01:47:57 Rangchu’s tier list

01:49:05 Xiaoyu is overrated

01:54:14 Is Zafina top tier?

02:01:01 Mid-tier Lee – strong but hard to use

02:03:20 Dragunov is overrated

02:08:58 The Goose is loose

02:12:16 Is Law overrated?

02:26:22 Marduk in tournaments

02:26:55 Ganryu too similar to TTT2 version?

02:28:53 Heihachi is underrated, but perhaps the hardest character in the game

02:42:16 Is Negan good now?

02:47:44 Lei and Miguel are underrated

02:49:30 Bryan is underrated, but his jab sucks

02:53:25 Asuka isn’t very effective at the highest level of play due to her inability to punish minor whiffs

02:54:30 Claudio is simple and has strong space control

02:59:03 Josie is risky but easy to use and also has excellent block punishment 

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In the first episode of Fightin' Words Joe and Arya discuss their favourite games, finding a family in the FGC, the death of arcades, Street Fighter V, Death Stranding, the Star Wars sequel trilogy and rank From Software titles

00:50 How Joe and Arya know each other, making friends in the FGC
03:06 What needs to be done to help boost the FGC?
08:15 Should Fighting Games have a mandatory level of execution?
11:22 Preference: Street Fighter IV or V. How SFV's meta changed over the years
19:00 Street Fighter V netcode
20:28 The Garou rollback resurgence
21:58 Arcades in the late 90s / early 00s - CVS2, KoF98, Third Strike, Soul Calibur II
25:05 Street Fighter V technical issues
26:04 Intentional input delay, variable delay
28:30 The FGC should be more unified
34:06 The death of arcades
36:30 Finding a family in the FGC
39:07 Killer Instinct was incredibly ahead of its time
40:42 Top 5 games
44:00 Why Silent Hill 2 is so important to Joe and Arya
50:00 The golden age of gaming (1997 - 2004)
52:00 Catching lightning in a bottle
53:19 The Star Wars sequel trilogy
01:09:10 Splitting the story across multiple forms of media, Final Fantasy XV
01:10:33 Visionaries need a check and a balance
01:12:25 Death Stranding
01:18:51 Ranking From Software games

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Spaghetti Rip joins FrameWhisperer and Arya to discuss global playstyles, Season 3 balancing, how Spag got his name and the importance of flossing.

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TheMainManSWE, FrameWhisperer and Arya are joined by Spaghetti Rip, Mihawk, and for the first time on Wavedash, Fergus to discuss how and why public opinion on Tekken 7 has soured recently.

Timestamps:

02:25 Fahkumram - general opinions
21:43 Balancing based on tournament wins
26:50 Fahkumram’s command throw
37:02 The diminishing role of movement in Tekken
49:26 Unnecessary buffs in 3.30
01:03:37 The delicate balance of simplification
01:16:40 Alternatives to buffing Hellsweep / Godfist
01:19:30 The need for transparency
01:24:20 Focusing on fundamentals
01:39:09 Balancing around low level play
01:46:54 3.30 Devil Jin and Qudans
01:50:40 Global playstyles
01:56:25 Devil Mihawk
01:59:20 Fixing the online ranked system
2:00:41 The effect of COVID-19 on the FGC

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Ryan Hart, Dinosaur, Sephiblack and Arya discuss how developers and community can work together to create a more positive and welcoming environment for fighting games.

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Top competitors, commentators and content creators from around the world come together to share their thoughts on the recent controversies surrounding Tekken, and try to find constructive solutions for them.

00:40 Positive Solutions & Introductions

04:41 Arslan’s thoughts on character balance

24:35 Should all characters be tournament viable?

36:36  Transparent patch notes

47:55 Stealth changes

57:57 How much should Bandai Namco listen to their community?

01:04:33 Should pro-players have a big hand in balancing?

01:18:32 Modernising Tekken

01:36:27 Should tournaments be best of 5?

1:41:44 The trend towards volatility

2:00:15 Summarising Positive Solutions

2:02:17 Season 4 or Tekken 8?

2:07:24 The witch hunt on Michael Murray

2:23:47 Thoughts on the Tekken community, recent patch etc 

2:34:41 Training mode and tutorials

3:01:30 Difference between Western and Eastern communities

3:19:28 Lack of empathy online

3:28:22 What needs to get improved in Tekken 7

3:47:02 Is Law top 3?

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0:00 Recorded in May

0.22 Introductions

1:25 Is Akuma a good addition to Tekken?

3:41 What does Akuma bring to the table? Akuma - yay or nay?

6:01 What drew GoukiAkuma to Akuma

7:03 What drew SuperAkouma to Akuma

10:23 The Wong factor

12:34 Which Akuma players inspire you?

17:05 Cross ups in Tekken

19:26 The good and bad things about Akuma

25:00 Does Akuma require too much labbing?

33:14 Akuma going against the grain

35:29 Fated Retribution Akuma

39:43 The best Akuma players in the world

40:10 I. SuperAkouma’s Akuma

40:34 II. Caiper’s Akuma

41:04 III. Awais Honey’s Akuma

42:49 IV. GoukiAkuma’s Akuma and the value of Shoryuken FADC on block

45:06 V. Farzeen’s Akuma and child prodigies

47:54 VI. Rickstah’s Akuma and slow-mo

51:32 Kuma vs Akuma

55:33 VII. Atif Butt’s Akuma

57:03 VIII. Chikurin’s Akuma and his new power-crush

59:18 Top 5 Akumas

01:00:06 IX. Kashi Snake’s Akuma and Pakistani Tekken

01:02:37 X. Bilal’s Akuma

01:05:00 How Akuma has changed since Season 1

01:06:33 Were Akuma’s nerfs since Season 3 justified?

01:11:01 Has Akuma’s identity been diminished?

01:15:56 Akuma’s S2 unescapable ki-charge Raging Demon

01:21:12 Listing Akuma’s recent nerfs

01:23:50 Punish hellsweeps with EX air fireball

01:25:10 Akuma’s useless moves

01:28:38 The rationale behind nerfs on red fireball and ff+4

01:37:07 SuperAkouma’s famous comeback vs Chikurin

01:40:26 Is Tekken 7 balanced?

01:43:48 Homogenisation in Season 3

01:46:18 Season 3 changes were more cosmetic

01:48:42 Balance =/= fun

01:52:43 The need for better netcode

01:59:13 Akuma’s bad match-ups

02:20:18 Akuma’s good match-ups

02:36:35 Akuma vs Geese

02:37:22 Akuma vs other top-tiers

02:39:52 What if Akuma had less health like in Street Fighter?

02:42:13 Why doesn’t Akuma’s d+4 cause a stagger on block?

02:54:15 Akuma (and Mishimas) are genuinely hard to play

02:57:56 60 homogenized characters, or 30 unique characters?

03:00:12 Has balance in Tekken 7 come at the cost of homogeneity?

03:05:21 Panda slaps back

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00:00 Recorded in May

00:30 Introductions

01:24 General thoughts on the Strive Beta

04:13 The wall-break mechanic

16:07 The perception of Guilty Gear being too difficult

20:58 The untapped potential of tutorials

23:05 Bringing in new players to FGs

25:57 Fighting games are for boomers

27:52 NRS are ahead of the curve

28:55 Engagement

30:44 COVID forcing developers to reconsider FGs as a complete package

33:17 Characters run fighting games

38:35 Developing a package that CAN attract new players, instead of a game explicitly focused on attracting new players

43:47 Guest characters as marketing tools

46:12 You can’t compare Terminator to Negan

47:42 Fahkumram and Leroy

50:37 Leroy “destroyed” the Tekken scene

53:29 Kokonoe “destroyed” the BlazBlue scene 

54:48 Tekken fans have short memories

01:00:21 Outrage culture & listing the problems with Strive

01:02:44 Rollback in Strive is bigger than Guilty Gear / listing good points

01:04:05 The command list in Strive is amazing

01:07:54 Fuck the GG vets

01:09:04 Why BlazBlue is more complex than Guilty Gear now

01:13:16 Thoughts on GranBlue Fantasy Versus

01:15:02 The effects of no arcade release

01:17:10 GBVS patches

01:18:51 GBVS had a vision…(until Zooey came out)

01:19:55 Why does Ferry have a DP?

01:23:18 #NotMyStreetFighter

01:26:19 GBVS as a secondary game / challenges of writing Tekken Overviews

01:28:18 Eddy, Zafina and Akuma

01:32:59 Capcom vs SNK 3 / Tekken X Street Fighter / Tekken 8

01:36:12 Season Pass: Remove Noctis, Negan and Chloe

01:39:56 Events hard-carry promoting fighting games

01:45:39 What do recent ArcSys games say about the direction they’re going in?

01:46:58 Should Strive have been a new IP?

• 01:47:33 Intermission -

01:48:53 How many new FG I.P.s have there been in the past 10 years?

01:52:37 The removal of Gatlings in Strive

01:54:29 Strive changes betray a lack of confidence in GG

02:07:22 Airdashes in Strive

02:10:33 The trend in modern fighting games towards volatility

02:11:43 Will Strive undergo a massive overhaul before release?

02:16:03 The first version will be rough around the edges

02:20:42 Setting pride aside

02:24:33 Hopes for Zato in Strive

02:28:41 Rev 2 Story Mode was for people who lurk GameFaqs

02:31:02 CHRISTIE IS HER OWN CHARACTER #WaitingForMileena

02:35:44 Being in the public eye

02:37:55 Complexity isn’t what’s turning people away

02:39:10 Let’s cut the dumb-shit for 2022

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0:00 Intro
2:53 Why do you play Steve?
7:16 Steve's history
9:29 Dinosaur's list of Steve tools in previous games that were either broken or terrible
18:37 Dinosaur goes extinct
19:10 What is the weakest iteration of Steve?
33:21 Did Steve see any tournament success despite being strong in Bloodline Rebellion?
36:51 Steve in Tag 2 wasn't a good fit for the system
42:20 Steve in Tekken 7.0 and T7 Season 1
45:14 Steve in T7 Seasons 1, 2, and 3
1:11:44 Do you use manual FLK~WS+1?
1:14:24 Thoughts on his new S3 low?
1:20:28 Round up on T7 S1-3 changes, what was your favorite version between the 3 seasons?
1:29:17 Comeback factor isn't always based on strong mix-ups
1:31:49 Thoughts on Steve's matchups in T7?
1:51:56 Steve's 1 jab has the worst range in the entire game
2:04:50 Steve benefits heavily from the system in T7
2:06:28 Low parry activation times?
2:08:52 When do you use Steve's evasive options? (sidestep, weave, side weave)
2:17:38 On paper, b+1 is strictly whatever. What makes it so special?
2:23:45 Who are your top 5 Steve players?
2:34:38 What advice would you give to a beginner or intermediate Steve player?
2:47:47 What nerfs, buffs, or changes would you like to see for Steve?
3:14:40 What direction do you want to see Steve headed towards in the future?

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0:00 Intro
2:04 Why do you play Hwoarang?
5:34 What do you think about his Fated Retribution redesign?
9:53 Hwoarang's history, Tekken 3 to now
23:15 The "Hwoarang is OP! oh wait...no" cycle
27:23 Has Hwoarang ever gotten a tool that completely changed him?
38:25 Starscream's opinion on Hwoarang's punch parry
43:30 Thoughts on some of Hwoarang's new tools in Season 3?
46:33 In the current meta, what are Hwoarangs major strengths and weaknesses?
51:42 Just sidestep to the direction of Hwoarang's stomach!
53:25 Back to strengths, weaknesses, and match-ups
1:50:00 The Pakistani community's ban on Fahkumram
1:58:17 Dinosaur pinpoints what made Leroy and Fahkumram so strong
2:18:37 Is Baek redundant now?
2:23:03 Hwoarang and Baek differences
2:26:55 Top 5 Hwoarangs?
2:42:35 Advice for players looking to pick up Hwoarang or learning how to fight him
2:52:50 What buffs / nerfs / general changes would you like to see for Hwoarang?

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We discuss what we want to see in Tekken 7 Season 4, focusing on balancing changes.

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Ryan Hart, Dinosaur, Starscream and Arya take a trip down memory lane.

0:00 Intro
2:22 The Tekken 2 meta
4:47 A trip down memory lane
13:50 Ryan Hart the fightstick wizard
15:27 more fightstick talk
17:50 The Tag 1 scene
20:43 How Ryan Hart learned about wavedashing for the first time
23:40 How strong sidestepping was in Tag 1
26:10 The spread of wavedashing
28:44 The generational divide between old and new players
34:14 Older Tekken games felt more unique
36:17 Movement is something that keep players unique, even today
37:34 The amount of media out changed the way people learned 
45:48 Tournaments then vs now
51:15 How did EVO change competitive fighting games?
54:00 Maybe salt on its own is a good thing
54:30 Tournaments have gotten away from finding out who's the best
57:18 The Tekken 4 days
1:01:10 What did Ryan Hart think of Tekken 4, as a Mishima main
1:03:56 What did Dino think of Tekken 4?
1:05:52 Current Jin's initial reception
1:09:50 When did people start figuring out Jin was ridiculous
1:14:30 Starscream's dominance in UK Tekken 4
1:25:32 Tekken 4 was the only time everyone didn't move on to the newest Tekken
1:26:50 "For the grand"
1:30:20 Back then, tournament format wasn't standardized

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Arya, Spag, Frame & Fergus are joined by a new guest to Wavedash - Celina to discuss some of the technical and social barriers with getting into Tekken and fighting games.

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King Jae, Cuddle Core, Spag and Arya talk about the unique challenges that life as a Tekken content creator brings.

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Cuddle Core, Celina and Fergus discuss how women are portrayed in fighting games, especially Tekken.

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Old men continue reminiscing about old games

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We're joined by 2 Nina specialists to discuss the deadly assassin.

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Arya is joined by MainSpagSWE and Manghetti Rip to share their thoughts on Season 4.

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By Mr Ando / Song link: https://soundcloud.com/kuwabara_kuwabara/1-2-dosukoi

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Speedkicks, Dinosaur, Spag and Arya share their thoughts on the role of movement in fighting games and Tekken design philosophy.

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Leon Massey and TheoryFighter join me to discuss their thoughts on Guilty Gear Strive after the February 2021 open beta.

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Arya and Hannah talk about Kojima's masterpiece - P.T. and the birth of "domestic horror".

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