Commenting from one nerd to another, just saying this was fun

Tekken 8 is the epitome of “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”

Literally everything he’s talking about is what everyone is complaining about in tekken 8 lol

lol it will be a shame if you don't do another one of these 🐐🐐

My dawg Ain't even trying to be a professional or a KZbinr 😮‍💨😮‍💨 his aura is doing this alone 😮‍💨😮‍💨 no effort, no grind, no adversity 😮‍💨😮‍💨 stra8 Aura 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😮‍💨😮‍💨

I'm so down for this series

Chat: “what do I do if xyz?” Speed: “ *BEAT HIS ASS!* “

Def had to start going to offline tourneys + online ones bc the negativity online is toooo much. And I’m just new and tryin to grind, so I just had to purposefully find contact with real people to stay motivated. (Also do you have a metafy or listed coaching services lol)

Got me to sub to Phi Go on Spotify - I wanna hear that shit while working out

"Worse players can now beat better players in tekken 8 because the game is dumbed down" - Speed proceeds to constantly beat the shit out of this good Law player for 51 minutes. How is this possible if tekken 8 doesn't reward skill? Did Speed get very lucky like 51 minutes straight? This game gets so much unnecessary negativity off of people who are mad that they are losing and then proceeds to quote the pro players criticism of the game to justify their loss even though it doesn't even apply to them. I really love this game. I really like my local community. I hate this game's online community.

This is a podcast man. Idk what to tell you

I thought it's not a podcast, but an Xbox.

I hope there's an episode 2 eventually. This was fun to listen to

I want to make a Rush Hour joke/reference, but not that Rush Hour, the Aphromoo/Doublelift Rush Hour.

As a completely new player to tekken and honestly fighting games in general. Phis discord has kept me going when quitting would have been so much easier. To have so many positive people in one place that are excited and happy to help me learn how to play, learn how to get better, its been a safe haven for me.

I don't have a local scene so social media is the only way for me to really engage with the community and the negativity gets to me pretty quickly on top of generally being bad at socializing online. Content from you, Phi and Brawlpro usually get me back to playing though so shoutouts for being cool ass dudes.

FUCK YEAH, speedkicks content!! I’m so down to hear more from this legend💥

yo speed would love more of this, as a fellow nerd

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Im a die hard MK fan and all the hype surrounding T8s release got me to pick it up and i got to say this is like one of my favorite games of all time. I think ive played it every single day since release. I know it has its problems but im still just straight up having pure fun. I love tekken 8 and i can't wait to see what the future has in store.

"AY LISTEN TO ME LISTEN TO ME.... if it's for money I would like to sit down and have the game say 'speedkicks wins' but this for fun" got me crying lmao i aint even know speed had a youtube

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guessing heads or tales isnt fun or skill based and i dont want to play it or pay for it

54:28 - this was great!

Really Like the idea of this! Hope you keep it up

This is so dope! I love the more positive spin on Tekken 8. Sure a lot of stuff could be better balanced but it's a super fun game nontheless! Keep it up guys! <33

I CAN'T BELEIVE PHI SAID YES. I'M SO HAPPY. CONGRATULATIONS TO PhiKicks!

50:20 yay

I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s only OG tekken people that are super mad about some of the paywall stuff. I don’t think it even matters. I’m new to this, and this is my first of all of the tekken games ive played. I think people need to step out of their wall system and see it for what it is. They literally give the largest day 1 roster of all of the games out there. You can make your character look like anything you want without paying a penny. Even with the stage not being free, you don’t even need to buy it because you can still play it against people online. I completely understand why they are trying to make a little extra money like the other games do. Remember in games like streetfighter you barely even get a custom or alt costume. My answer is just don’t buy it, and they will understand that people are not buying it and won’t do it in the future. The negativity really makes things suck in the community.

I’m a nerd then. The more I know…

HELLO

Luke Sidewalker is a lagswitching cheater. He was manipulating the rollback frames& delay frames during the sets and it's obvious. Red signal flashes at the end of a rounds. He's a cheater.

I appreciate both of you as a counterpoint to the wave of negativity around this game. This game has flaws, but I enjoy it more than 7. And we should all be realistic about how bat mtx is in gaming in general.

i'm in my 30s, picked up t7 after watching the netflix show because it made me feel nostalgic about playing t3 when i was 10 and found out another friend played it too… didn't really like the game much but enjoyed the learning process too much to care and also 8 was already announced by then and it looked cool enough that I figured I may as well get the practice in while I wait for the new game. Now I'm here and while there are definitely things I dislike about 8 (it feels like phantom range has gotten much worse and it's much harder to tell when things are high, low, or mid without labbing… not a fan of mtx but at least it can be largely ignored) I'm otherwise having the time of my life. T8 is fun! Dunno if I'll ever be part of the community in the old school sense--i'm a bit of a curmudgeon and hate everyone by default until proven otherwise LOL--but I'm sure there's lots of others like me out there who are just having a good time and being nerds about tekken, just quietly.

Proud nerd here to say, great video🫡 Ep2? Need that

Nice podcast, this positivity around the game was very much needed. Maybe for a future episode you could invite Maximilian since he wanted to discuss the state of Tekken with Phi. This (not) podcast is the perfect opportunity for this discussion.

I just want to say thanks for this guys. I'm a nerd about fighting games too, and I appreciate Phi's approach especially because I like to (over)intellectualize them. It's refeshing to hear high-level players speak well of the game. I'm new to Tekken with 8, and while I'm secure enough in my own opinions to not let the howling mob turn me away from a thing I really enjoy, the constant whinging does nag at me. I sometimes wonder if I don't know enough about the game to know how bad it is. Upbeat realism is best. Great video.

The fact the stage music in Jukebox is paywalled upsets me more than the paid stage

okay but hear me out. what if we did have a speedkicks + phidx podcast?

community only negative because game is bad. People who spread negativity around the game are actually helping it since it makes it more likely devs make bigger changes for season 2. If big content creators invalidate legit criticism and be overly positive about the game while the game is objectively heavily flawed the further development of the game is hurt.

Phi needs to learn how to take anonymous criticisms or find a new vocation. He amplifies any "hate" he gets by constantly broadcasting it over every channel it and it's honestly kind of cringe. Anonymous trolls exist in this space. Ignore it and keep doing your thing. Most people love you, including the critics.

Halfway in, and I've got to say. It's because of these two that I'm having the most fun and success I've ever had with Tekken since I started playing all the way back in T1. Between Speeds coaching, pretty zen approach to it all, and Phi's content, analysis, desire to help and especially his community. I know morons saying dumb shit is easy to remember, but don't let it distract from the good you guys are doing for a game that needs it. This joint would be a lot shittier without you. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Speedkicks' point about negativity in this new social media era doesn't make sense to me. From what I've seen as a basically brand new player who hasn't played since Tekken 5, 95% of the toxicity I see is from boomers who've been playing Tekken for 20 years and presumably would have been on those forums speedkicks was talking about. Like that guy Phi mentions who said he "hasn't bought the game and never will" is clearly a miserable 30+ year old, right? No "social media era" player would be that jaded. I think this behavior is universal in gaming culture now, I think it's just jaded old mfs who grew up playing games, who now have miserable shitty lives and jobs and responsibilities, and nothing is able to match up to the nostalgia they've conjured in their heads about how great games used to be. And because we're all on social media we all have to listen to these dumbasses whine, but I don't think it's an FGC or tekken exclusive thing related to a loss of arcades or a more centralized community, social media just gives these people an outlet.

Been having a good time playing tekken . My homie classified me as a casual tekken player but the games been good for me.

Yo Speeds please keep this not a podcast series with Phi You guys have great synergy and I’d love these. Your topics are on point too

Great fun high energy podcast guys. Appreciate the nuance positive opinion. @PhiDX As someone outside of the Tekken community I only noticed hate towards you after you made a claim about only top tiers having forced 50/50s, a take that a lot of players felt was objectively false. Otherwise seems like most of the community likes you man! As a legacy FGC player I find the direction of modern fighting games very interesting ( and frustrating lol at times) which is why I tuned into this. Later guys

Phi, saying that the negativity is just from the loud minority, is digging your own grave. Have you considered that the people that participated in your poll were YOUR community and would generally agree with you? I have multiple discord servers I'm a part of here in the Philippines and everyone hates Tekken 8. I can count in my fingers the ones that love it. I respect your opinion about the game, but don't you think it's time you should acknowledge that maybe... just maybe...the majority hates it?

this game is fun ... as a new tekken player///

Only 12minutes in and i'm already hard nodding along like 'Facts. Facts'

As someone whos a bit older than Speed I really do miss the days of being on SRK and lurking TZ haha. shit was a great era to be a fg lover I made alot of my best friends to this days on those forums