• edwardbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    5 months ago

    I can’t believe this. I never thought there is a second person who has lived through the need to learn Tekken.

    Story time! Back in ‘16, I used to work in a coworking space. Every Friday night there was a “retro” tournament, where one of the guys that works for the coworking space popped an old PS2, put on Tekken 3, and we would have a serious AF tournament with bets, prizes and the coveted Slack title “Undisputed Tekken 3 champion”. Fuck did I want that flair bad. The current holder was this really weasly looking guy, who was sorta creepy. Gave shoulder rubs to all his female coworkers kinda type, y’know?

    I had to beat him.

    Sadly, I was pretty trash. Outside of doing a few basic moves with Brian, there was nothing I could do. Forshadowing, for everyone that knows how to play Tekken 3, later I realised he was an Eddy cheeser button masher. He whooped my ass, I couldn’t come near him at all.

    First thing I did when I got home was to check ebay’s listings for a PS2 and Tekken 3. I decided on a main, Paul Phoenix, and picked Xiaoyu as well. I played for hours upon hours, days, weeks. I watched videos of the best tekken players to figure out the timing of juggle combos. I invested a stupid amount of time to really improve my Tekken skills. Not a pro-level for sure, but the more I played and watched videos, the more I realised that this guy sucks, and he’s just a cheeser.

    I still participated in the weekly tournaments playing Brian, weakly like, to not reveal my true self until I was ready.

    One day, I felt it’s time. We did a best of 3. I destroyed him, and then the announcer on the tv screen said “Perfect”. Literally no one cared, but my heart was beating like CRAZY. The flair was mine.

  • Varyag@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    I am currently going through this moment, even funnily inspired by this meme. I’m seeing a lot of hype about Tekken 8, and I want to play it but I can’t afford it right now. So I’m emulating T5DR and learning the basics for when I can get the game. Learning Heihachi (for Reina) and Lee.

    I usually prefer Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive, but bith those series are dead, so if I want to play a 3d fighter I have to get my hands dirty.

    • RinseDrizzle@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Old schooler since Tekken 1. It was always king of arcade fighters in my mind. Love the way each button corresponds to a limb. Combos always felt much more intuitive because of this.

      Definitely still big on like, Street fighter, mortal combat, and other fighting games in general, but the sheer absurdity of Tekken lore helped put it over the top for me. Who else let’s you play as a pet bear, or insect moon ninja thing?!

      Not even that good at it, but we do have fun! Perpetually stuck between too good to play with irl friends, not good enough for online or try-hards.