ON THE MIC | Franz: The World's Best Doctor Mario Player

[@defaultoandores626]

This kid is so smart Truly, *A Doc main*

[@turndownforwalt]

He's insane!

[@hypertotodile3604]

**A Doc main**

[@hypertotodile3604]

A Doc main

[@X0v3r]

BRUH UR CONTENT QUALITY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME

[@turndownforwalt]

Luv u bb

[@Conqlusion19]

he was a falco main but his parents always knocked on his door and asked in an angry way: are you doc yet!?

[@Frank7489]

Idgi

[@SailorWhyachi]

I can only hope to see Franz get higher and higher

[@turndownforwalt]

I think he has what it takes!

[@lupomagnotto8306]

I’ve never seen anyone mash like that, I’m a shameless Faldo main, but before I got into the competitive scene I maimed Doc religiously, it’s refreshing to see how good and motivated you are with him. Much respect and congratulations on breaking top 100 bro

[@turndownforwalt]

His mash is honestly so wild, it blew my mind when he told me about it!

[@patternsincereal8289]

As a Luigi main, I respect his mash so much

[@solidariusgaming2854]

Faldo... maimed... LOL!! I agree with you though!

[@FirePuff12]

This is so sick! Franz is a real one, as a player and person, I can attest to that. Thanks for your work!!

[@turndownforwalt]

It was so awesome to interview with him! Appreciate the support!

[@dovesoap5026]

Franz and I are from the same city so I always love seeing recognition for my boy. Kids a nut

[@murky16]

Shroomed wants to know your location

[@Me41687]

Sad that he dropped doc

[@alexa9433]

His doc hasn't been relevant in years, get with the times boomer

[@murky16]

Alex A woahhh there zoomer I was just tryna meme

[@turndownforwalt]

I'M DAJUAN ENERGY MCDANIEL

[@AxiomApe]

Franz you gave me great advice recently. Thank you. I've been playing Doc for years now. I've been playing locals at VSGC in Fl and bring the Doc and Samus! Go Doc!

[@AxiomApe]

@turndownforwalt I posted a potential new Melee glitch PLEASE check it out and let me know if you have ever seen this/ would want to do an analysis. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5vdgIOZnZyKqKc

[@vgmasta5348]

How interesting

[@AxiomApe]

@@vgmasta5348 Hey bro 👍

[@iDRUM211]

Shout out to Stomach Flu. Even though I was a pretty low level player when living in SoCal He was the biggest homie and always had time to show me a thing or 2. Also sickest up-B cancels out of anyone ever to touch the character!!!

[@florianthimm1]

Franz are you considering streaming melee at sometime?I would love to see you training for tournements or playing netplay online ! Doc mains rise up! (great video btw)

[@turndownforwalt]

Franz actually told me prior to our uncut interview that he doesn't have Netplay, which makes his performance even more impressive to me!

[@florianthimm1]

@@turndownforwalt lol that's just insane 😂😂😂

[@franz445]

ill consider a subgoal someday for a gaming setup/netplay setup

[@ColtorTheSavior]

Your content just keeps getting better and better, thank you so much for the quality melee vids

[@turndownforwalt]

Thank you for the support Colton! I think this year will be a good one for the channel!

[@jcruise24]

I actually had a chance to see Franz live a few years ago in OC at eSports. Really fun to watch, knew the game then, and knows even more now. Glad he’s on the rise.

[@SquattingxBear]

Walt once again doing what others wont. Glad to see the spotlight on this Franz dude

[@turndownforwalt]

Franz is so sick! This was a fun piece to put together!

[@ericwitney5086]

Your quality is amazing

[@turndownforwalt]

Thanks a bunch!

[@LightsJusticeZ]

I was surprised he was able to incorporate Doc's reverse cancel Up+B 4:57 and he did it one more time. Super cool!

[@turndownforwalt]

Franz is sick!

[@justaviewer4288]

To my fellow docs out there, continue to keep doing your duty and save lives

[@aidanakbar1789]

Good to see you interviewing the one top 100 doc main

[@RoronoaDLuffy-iu4yx]

Players that play obscure characters in melee are so interesting, I hope they succeed. They chose an harder path, but they make the game evolve this way. I love Axe and Amsa for that reasons !

[@ahmedsaeed3494]

This dudes content is crazy good

[@turndownforwalt]

Thank you!

[@williambonneterre445]

This video is amazing, the content is super interesting, but I just wanted to let you know that I personally felt like after the 9:00 mark, it was beginning to be quite hard to hear everything due to the music. I think just toning it down a bit would be amazing for future videos! Otherwise, great content. First time commenting on KZbin, I believe, but I just wanted to let you know that! EDIT : For a better idea, at 10:00 and forward, it's worse, although still audible!

[@turndownforwalt]

Noted! Sometimes background music can be tricky with drastic volume changes, but I'll try to keep a better ear out for that in the future! Thanks for your first comment, hope to hear more from you soon!

[@JasonPegis]

LET’S GO FRANZ!!!

[@CrackshotSSB]

Good quality video keep it up!

[@turndownforwalt]

Thank you!

[@sonton2042]

This was really cool! :D

[@turndownforwalt]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Darentei]

Would love to see more low tier main spotlights. I main Link myself so there's a suggestion for you. Many things mentioned in this video ring true for me as well. Also, shoutout to Eagle.

[@pippincovington1348]

Kuya would be amazing

[@blankhorizons9847]

Went to middle school with this kid crazy to see how far he got

[@plasticbudgie]

Franz hands are so small, he makes the gamecube controller look like an Xbox 1 Controll. Absolute skilllllz

[@hitagi8308]

Another smash hit! Cant wait for the next installment

[@turndownforwalt]

Definitely looking forward to the next one!

[@tomiathisflex7706]

Awesome video

[@androo699]

Franz has a really nice voice

[@thewaterbear]

Two of my favorite things!!!

[@turndownforwalt]

[@JRTHP714]

My first character that I won in quickplay was dr mario.

[@tommykoba6961]

Good to see a shoutout to fellow UConn alumn Palika on here. Hoping to see his name pop up in an upcoming top 100 at some point

[@turndownforwalt]

Franz and I ended up talking about for a little bit more after the interview, and I found it so interesting because I hadn't heard of him prior to our call. He seems like he could really be on the come up!

[@tommykoba6961]

turndownforwalt I hope so. We never overlapped in school so I never got to play him, but I’ve heard the tails of him cleaning up at our UConn weeklies.

[@bren4822]

franz is the homie played some sets with him in highschool tournaments

[@christiancastaneda9601]

Let’s go Franz!

[@applekidd2755]

2:31 So I'm super new to melee but is he saying that there's like advanced bots that mimic top players?

[@nnarcus]

Good shit.. I really want to pick up Dr Mario so this is a godsent

[@turndownforwalt]

Do it! Doc is super fun!

[@joshcummins3916]

I live near this dude. I played against him a few times at some locals a years ago.

[@apextaro4703]

Love the growth of smash content everywhere. Amazing video btw!

[@Stuart_Dooley]

The reason I play Doc was because of his match up status being completely dead even…not very overpowered but not pitifully weak. Also because I wanted to play a character that not a lot of people have seen and Doc felt like that character since the characters around him (Pika, Samus, Yoshi, Luigi) seem to have bigger spot lights than him.

[@GraViTyAboVe]

Lets go Franz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RinIshi7]

Nice

[@thebigdug]

What is going on with the no mustache Doc in the thumbnail?

[@turndownforwalt]

Don’t worry about it

[@amirhurwitz1789]

lets go franz 🥳🙌

[@SchlimmShadySmash]

Franz is a freeakin beeeast and this video esp the ending was great. Can't wait for Franz rising even more once he's switched to a viable character. Jk (kinda :P) No but, it's definitely inspiring to see Franz, and slightly makes me question my choice to switching to Falcon. But then I'm reminded of Doc vs Falcon and Jiggs and I'm good again. LOL. Congrats to 82nd. That's wild for sure.

[@turndownforwalt]

Schlimm! Let's get you on the show dude!

[@jaredbowers9503]

Franz is dope 🔥🔥🔥

[@turndownforwalt]

He certainly is!

[@quinn1539]

I remember playing this kid at locals. he'd fuck everyone up with his doc.

[@turndownforwalt]

Now he'll be doing it at majors!

[@joeschmoe4376]

Hidden threat Palika$ shoutout fiend era

[@JM43438]

did he actually say that falco loses to doc? can he maybe further elaborate this? because i feel really helpless against falco

[@turndownforwalt]

He had said that Falco/Puff are difficult matchups for Doc, and a secondary may be needed if they're familiar fighting against Doc!

[@JM43438]

@@turndownforwalt ooooh thats really weird because puff feels free to me while falco feels the opposite

[@iwonderwhereuwent]

this is dope

[@Pslamist]

Hey... Hey Walt... Can you find a shnice rising Roy to get on the mic? Are there any?

[@turndownforwalt]

I'm not too sure! It'd be a cool guest to have though!

[@gregjenko2938]

yeah ive heard theres a pretty skilled roy out there in cali... he can beat almost any fox

[@user-md1ol7nj7h]

@@gregjenko2938 i hear there is a rising roy called zain around

[@laserrun792]

Can we get one of these on A Rookie (worlds best mario) or maybe the homie Kuya(cfl Link main) thx

[@turndownforwalt]

Great suggestions! I'll try to reach out to those two in the future!

[@laserrun792]

turndownforwalt can’t wait :)

[@utjason35]

Why is this shit do high quality give yourself a pat on the back

[@turndownforwalt]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@utjason35]

@@turndownforwalt The video was great I canrlt believe a doctor Mario is making it in melee

[@bravadoavocado2382]

Okay, so basically Doc is similar to Akatsuki in UNIST.

[@ethangoodman2870]

hey u should put these on spotify

[@turndownforwalt]

I'm not sure if I'd be able to post audio versions to Spotify because of the background music, but I may be able to use SoundCloud!

[@ethangoodman2870]

turndownforwalt oh ok, gotcha. Awesome vids tho!

[@Kevincc95]

yeah

[@HunyBearLink]

Palika is actually super legit. Too bad he can’t beat Link.

[@palikadude]

how many times i gotta tell you, link is the best character, it isn't fair to judge me on my ability to beat him :(

[@braxinIV]

I play Doc like a poor man’s Falco.

[@toontownveteran]

LETS GO PALIKA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

[@turndownforwalt]

WOOOOOOO~

[@capsuh]

am I really gon try to pick up doc again 🤔

[@turndownforwalt]

DOC MAINS RISE UP

[@pippincovington1348]

I'm a Doc main. It's doable. People act like Doc isn't viable just bc most people prefer to play Sheik (😴) but he is. He's solidly mid tier. He's the most satisfying character to use. You just have to earn everything. (Except cheese, but Doc deserves it 🧀)

[@TWilkinson89]

qerb next!

[@turndownforwalt]

Good suggestion! I'll try to reach out to him!

[@dariusmartinez4078]

SUBBED

[@turndownforwalt]

NUT

[@cedriclefort8790]

Do Kurv next plz!!

[@turndownforwalt]

I'll shoot him a message!

[@cedriclefort8790]

turndownforwalt Awesome :D Keep up your exellent videos!!

[@JunkJunk42]

Did Franz like have a script?

[@franz445]

Mattysacs yeah, i would’ve stumbled across my words, trying to explain my thoughts through a live interview

[@turndownforwalt]

I share my questions with the interviewee in advance, so they can choose whether or not they want to script it out (or at the very least have notes to reference). Having some notes/script definitely helped me with the final edit!

[@cross25011990]

FRANZ: for TOP 8 or /64( in Genesis 7 :O

[@turndownforwalt]

I'll be rooting for him!

[@jojowastaken]

I love you tdfw

[@turndownforwalt]

[@Deezissus250]

Legit would bet that shroomed would be better after a month of derusting especially after top 8ing at g7

[@turndownforwalt]

It's possible! But I don't think that discredits Franz's ability at all!

[@Deezissus250]

turndownforwalt true true, great job on this video and the channel overall tho. I think this is very high quality content

[@7dogguy]

Shroomed is better in my opinion but he Mains Sheik now

[@bobbing3778]

Dr. Mario has great tools but gets outshined by the top tiers.

[@turndownforwalt]

I hope that pun was intended!

[@obsidianskin9502]

all the script reading makes the commentary a little dry. besides that epic video :D

[@turndownforwalt]

I think I'd rather have some of their responses scripted (or at least with notes), just to make sure there aren't a ton of hiccups in the live interview. Thanks for the support!

[@obsidianskin9502]

@@turndownforwalt yeah i totally get that. keep up the good work

[@justinnwright]

go squirrels

[@adwardosa5575]

*Highest ranked solo doc main

[@Me41687]

Franz is going to get a PhD in the future You know, since he is a DOC main

[@turndownforwalt]

nice

[@algar6616]

mmm, yummy yummy content

[@turndownforwalt]

Very yum yum

[@xlilsasuke4x]

Relno Please

[@turndownforwalt]

That's a good idea! I'll have to see if I can get in touch with him!

[@xlilsasuke4x]

turndownforwalt 😍

[@dante224real1]

what doctor mario says to other players is that you DOCTORED the hitboxes in the metadata and are a cheater.

[@tommykoba6961]

Surely Doc loses to Pika and Yoshi Or should I say Doc loses to Amsa and Axe

[@turndownforwalt]

I think on paper Doc is slightly favored versus Pika/Yoshi, but you're right when it comes to Axe/aMSa - they're both just too good!

[@tommykoba6961]

turndownforwalt I often find it hard to consider match ups against Yoshi and Pika for that reason. It’s hard to analyze characters objectively when there’s only one player that can play them at the top level. It means you have to consider the players strengths too, as well as character unfamiliarity. It’s something I’ve always found very hard.

[@pippincovington1348]

I think it's probably closer to even

[@tommykoba6961]

Pippin Covington generally I don’t consider “even” an argument when considering matchups. Like obviously most top tier match ups are “even” at top level, I just enjoy theorizing which character would win giving entirely even circumstances

[@LiteralGraphic]

Doctor Mario 20XX

[@turndownforwalt]

The year is 20RX

[@JM43438]

my doc is better

[@turndownforwalt]

Same