Wavedash 14 - OG Tekken Part 1 ft. Ryan Hart, Dinosaur, Starscream

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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