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TTT2 - Feng/Wang Combo and Okizeme Video by ATP
December 11, 2013 07:41Subscriber requested video, Subscribe on! http://www.youtube.com/user/AvoidingthePuddle?feature=watch http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
TTT2 - Wang b+1 Neutralizer Parry Examples
December 08, 2013 21:08Subscriber video request. Subscribe on! http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
ATP Live Episode 27 - MYK and Rip
December 06, 2013 04:28Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle If you'd like to subscribe follow the link below. http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/ If you'd like to purchase an ATP shirt, I still have XL, 2X, and 3X sizes available. http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/t-shirts/
Twitch/PayPal Subscriber Giveaway Winners!
December 04, 2013 07:50Below are the winners of this week's PayPal/Twitch subscriber giveaways. There are quite a few cat facers now so I'm trying to think of new ways to show appreciation. Hopefully this content suggestion idea works out. Thanks for all your continued support amigos. Play on. Qanba Q2 Glow (Thanks to EightArc) = Omara95 Triton Kunai (Thanks to Mad Catz) = Catlord ATP shirt = Youcef Z ATP content suggestion = Alik_Luchador Winners: If I haven't already gotten in contact with you please send ...
SC2 HDO - Kilik Doom Kick Demo Plus Character Tutorial
December 02, 2013 10:30You can find both my Kilik Doom Kick demonstration as well as my Kilik character tutorial below. Play on.
Subscriber Giveaway - Qanba Q2 Glow Brought to You by EightArc
November 29, 2013 23:29I will be giving away a Qanba Q2 Glow arcade stick provided by Eightarc to a lucky ATP subscriber on Cyber Monday (12/2/13). I will cover up to $20 in shipping costs. International subs also qualifi! If you would like to subscribe and support ATP follow one of the links below. Thanks for your continued support amigos. Play on.
Insane Deal Alert - PS3 Mad Catz Namco TES + 2 Games For $60
November 29, 2013 06:47Namco is having a great holiday deal in a couple hours. A PS3 Mad Catz Hybrid TES plus two games for $60! With the money you save, maybe you can donate to your favorite Tekken site. CatFace.
Gosu Replays - EVO 2K3 TTT1 - JackieTran VS Kenbou
November 26, 2013 01:40This is one of my favorite Tekken matches ever. If you like content like this, make sure you Subscribe!
WNF 2013 5.3 - TTT2 Top 3 ft Commentary by Aris and Rickstah/Steve
November 26, 2013 00:43This was one of the most exciting WNF top 3s in a while. Big thanks to levelupseries for the upload.
TTT2 - Extensive Xiaoyu/Dragunov Combo Data by Payopayo84
November 20, 2013 12:25For those who don't know, Payopayo84 is a Japanese Tekken player most notably known for creating Combo Videos (Kung Fu Kitten is amazing) and the great 'I'm on your side' series of tutorials on his YouTube channel. This week, Payopayo84 put out an extensive, combo data Excel speadsheet onto the internet for his main team of Xiaoyu/Dragunov. It's really a large piece of work and interesting to look through if you happen to read a bit of Japanese and know Japanese notations. You can find the ...
TR - Winter Campaign Announced, Jun & Armor King Join the Roster
November 20, 2013 07:34New update on the official Tekken Revolution website describes the new Winter Campaign that is upcoming for the free-to-play game. The winter campaign includes various log in bonuses, DAN Rank cap being raised, bonus experience for players under the level 40 and also adds Armor King & Jun Kazama to the roster. The campaign is active from the 26th of November and lasts until the 3rd of December this year. You can see all the details of the new promotional campaign below.
Soul Calibur II Nationals Episode 6 - Semi VS FloE
November 19, 2013 06:58In this episode you guys will get to watch the third round match between Semi and FloE. Don't forget to subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/user/AvoidingthePuddle?feature=watch
Qanba Q2 Glow Arcade Stick Review by ATP
November 19, 2013 05:59The Qanba Q2 Glow arcade stick is available at http://eightarc.com/ for $134.99. Watch me stream live by following the link below! I'll be giving one X-box and one PS3 version away to my PayPal and Twitch subscribers thanks to Eightarc! http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
ATP Live Episode 25 - Rise of the Robots + MCZ KE Stick for $100
November 15, 2013 08:30MadCatz has joined forces with ATP to bring you a great deal ($100) on their new Korean Edition Arcade Stick. There are currently 4 sticks available at this price. Two for Xbox and two for PS3. Shipping cost will be calculated via PayPal by zip code. International purchases are welcomed. (Update: One X-Box KE stick has been sold and medium sized ATP shirts are sold out.) Check out the ATP Store by following the link below! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/atp-store/ Watch ATP Live ever...
ATP Live Episode 24 - Jimmy J Tran
November 09, 2013 21:37Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
Soul Calibur Lost Swords - Beta Test Version Announced
November 06, 2013 04:30A Beta(β) test for the upcoming free-to-play singleplayer only game "Soul Calibur: Losts Swords" has been announced by Namco Bandai. The open Beta test will start on the 14th of November and finish on the 18th of November. To get into the Beta test, you'll have to download the 4GB β version of the game on the Playstation Network when it becomes available. Additional information on the Beta test as well as new images of the game can be found below.
MASTERCUP.6, Japan VS Korea 7on7 & Nobi VS Knee Deathmatch Archive
November 05, 2013 11:21Missed out on all the big events last weekend? You can catch up with all the archives of the MASTERCUP.6 tournament, the Japan VS Korea 7on7 Exhibition in Namco Sugamo and the True Tekken God Knee [Devil Jin/Bryan] VS Nobi [Dragunov/Lars] deathmatch. Big thanks goes to MASTERCUP and the crew at Namco Sugamo for holding these events, you can find the videos below.
Soul Calibur II Nationals Episode 5 - Aris VS tieTYT
November 05, 2013 01:05Soul Calibur II Nationals is a series of videos highlighting certain matches from SCII Nationals held in February of 2003. If you like what you see, don't forget to subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/user/AvoidingthePuddle
TR - First Image of New Female Vampire Character
November 02, 2013 08:52UPDATE: Harada reveals more images of the character during MASTERCUP.6, Images added below. Here's a first glimpse of the new Female Vampire character that is coming to the free-to-play Tekken Revolution game. I can't really identify what magazine the image is from but it mentions "Tekken Sports Press" November 3rd Issue. Big thanks to Yuxiao Liu for sharing it with us through the Melbourne Tekken Group. You can see a bigger image of it below.
MASTERCUP.6 | Japanese 5on5 Tekken Team Tournament Streamed Live on Nov 3rd!
November 01, 2013 02:59MASTERCUP is back in full force! The latest installment in the large tournament series has amassed a grand total of 750 players to compete in the 5on5 styled tournament set to happen this Sunday, November 3rd. Among the large list of players are notable names such as Nobi, Knee, Qudans, JDCR, Help Me, Saint, moQ, Yuu, AO, Secret, Nin and even Tekken's own Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray join in to participate. The event will be streamed live over the niconico video site and I've added a...
SCII Nationals Episode 3 & 4 Plus Round 1 W/L Matches
October 29, 2013 03:55I may be able to get my hands on the old TTT1 nationals footage to try to do something similar for that game. Check out Episode 4 and the round one winners and losers match below! Don't forget to subscribe to ATP's Youtube Channel.
TR - Christie & Lee Added To The Roster On 10/30
October 28, 2013 08:58A new update for Tekken Revolution has been announced and this time, Lee and Christie Monteiro will be joining the roster. Both characters will arrive on the 30th this month along with new premium effects and costumes for certain characters in the PSN store. Additionally, there's also several new events for the game, chances to earn more login bonuses, tweak to some of the game mechanics and more. You can check it all out below.
Tekken Global Championship '13 Korean Qualifier Results
October 20, 2013 12:44South Korea has now found it's third representative player for the upcoming Global Championship tournament being held next weekend. CafeId broadcasted the 1st and 2nd Qualifier for the Global Championship and you can see the results should you happen to miss out. An additional reminder, CafeId will also be streaming the GC and both MarkMan and Team Spooky will provide English commentary for the event. The event schedule has also been published and you can find it all below.
RB5G - East & West Online Qualifier Results
October 20, 2013 12:01The RedBull 5G Competition has recently conducted their online qualifiers for both East & West Japan and we now have top 8 from both regions that shall proceed onto the offline qualifiers. The results are posted on the official site and I've taken the liberty of translating the names and inserting them below for everyone. Although there wasn't a broadcast for the online qualifiers, the finals for this event should be broadcasted on niconico and I'll have more details on it around December 1...
Soul Calibur II Nationals Episode 1 - Aris VS Misato
October 19, 2013 17:47I found a CD in my closet that has footage from Soul Calibur 2 Nationals and I thought I would share them with the internet. These matches are over 10 years old! Play on. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
ATP Live Episode 21 - Solo Mode
October 18, 2013 08:04My first crack at doing a podcast by myself. I had a lot of fun. Tune in for ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
TTT2 - WNF Replay on Youtube
October 17, 2013 23:51levelupseries finally started updating their Youtube channel with replays from Wednesday Night Fights. Check out last night's top three with commentary by Rip, MYK, and myself.
Soul Calibur II HDO - Trailer Impressions
October 17, 2013 01:48Thought I would share my impressions of the new SCII HDO trailer released today. Check out the trailer HERE.
ATP T-Shirt Status Update
October 14, 2013 18:13I wanted to let everyone know what the status is on the new run of ATP shirts. I received the shirts over the weekend and I am not satisfied with the final product. The image is not as crisp as it should be and for this reason I am having them re-printed. I will not settle for bullshit. For those of you who have pre-ordered a shirt, I apologise for the delay. I refuse to ship shirts that are not of the highest possible quality. I'm working out a time frame with the printer as we speak and w...
ATP Live! Episode 20 - Technical Difficulties
October 11, 2013 20:12Watch me stream live by following the link below! http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
TTT2 - Enemigo Jinpachi Tutorial
October 09, 2013 03:33Due to popular demand I did a Jinpachi tutorial. I missed a couple of small things but this is basically a beginners and intermediate level tutorial on how to win with Jinpachi. Play on. Watch me stream live by following the link below! http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
ATPLive Episode 19 - Now Taking Skype Calls!
October 04, 2013 16:59I decided I would fork over the $18 bucks and purchase a skype number so we can take calls on different topics. I think things went fairly well for the first try. Only a few hiccups. Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
Soul Calibur 2 - EVO2K3 Top Secret Strats - Aris (Voldo) X_SC2 (Ivy)
September 30, 2013 05:05Top Secret strats I shared with my stream chat today. Watch me stream live by following the link below. Play on. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Link to the match video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqhCnOL924
TTT2 - 9/28 News & Media Round-Up
September 28, 2013 00:49MC: Chanel, Knee, Nin, Saint & JDCR joins MASTERCUP.6 MC: Ryou (DVJ/AMK) VS Genkids (BOB/LEO) Tekken Emperor Deathmatches OH: Second Generation Tetsuo (LEI/LEE) VS Burimaru (KNG/AMK>BOB/BRY) Matches Uploaded TS: Knee (DVJ/MIG) VS JDCR (HEI/AMK) for 3rd/4th Place of Tekken Strike TS: Season 2 Saint (BOB/GAN) VS Jundding (EDD/CHR) Finals GC: Special Commerative Title Wanted
MASTERCUP.6 - Help Me!! and Qudans Attending
September 24, 2013 13:05This year's MASTERCUP.6 tournament in Japan looks to have some strong Korean players attending once again to try and take on the very best that Japan has to offer in the big 5on5 tournament series. Help Me will be returning to the Mastercup tournament after losing out to Shana's team just outside of Top 8 of MC.5 and Qudans will be joining Help Me and hopefully not dropping out like last time. The players are already registered up on the official website and it's surprising to see that they...
Last Chance to Pre-order The New ATP Shirt!
September 21, 2013 21:44Tomorrow (September 22nd) will mark the end of the pre-order for the new ATP Shirts. Though I will be buying a few extras, this is the only batch I'm planning on having made. If you are interested in purchasing a shirt, don't hesitate, place your order right away by following the link below! Thanks for your continued support. Play on. http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/t-shirts/
ATP Live! Episode 18
September 20, 2013 17:21Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
Top 8: Tournament nacional de Tekken Venezuela 14/09/2013
September 18, 2013 18:25Big thanks to Tekken Venezuela for the upload.
ATP Live! Episode 17 - What Makes a Game e-Sports?
September 13, 2013 16:49Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST by following the link below! http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle You can support this channel by subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
TTT2 US Global Qualifier Youtube Footage
September 10, 2013 18:02The legendary MarkMan has uploaded footage from the recent TTT2 US qualifier to his Youtube channel. These matches feature some of California's best players as well as commentary from MarkMan and myself. Make sure you check out some of the arcade action below!
ATP Live! Episode 16 Aris' Book Club
September 06, 2013 17:43Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
Tekken Revolution - Kuma & Miguel Added to the September Update
September 04, 2013 02:30The September 'large-scale' update that I documented previously looks to be gaining additional character inclusions according to new posts on Japanese media sites. Both Kuma and Miguel will be joining the character roster of Tekken Revolution and you can unlock these characters through Gift Points or by purchasing them. Additionally as a slightly related sidenote to this short update, Tekken Revolution is in Namco Bandai's Tokyo Game Show 2013 lineup so you may see some new announcements re...
ATP Live! Episode 15 ft Rip, and Rickstah
August 30, 2013 17:34Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
TR - September 'Large-Scale' Update Coming 9/4, Allows you to Purchase Characters
August 30, 2013 03:16New site update on Tekken Revolution's official website just arrived with details on the upcoming September update to Tekken Revolution. The most notable of additions detailed in the update is a new section under the "Playstation store" option which allows you to buy specific characters to add to your available character roster. Alongside this, they've added more costumes and premium effects for certain characters, the ability to create 'Premium session' rooms in player matches, specific us...
Soul Calibur 2 HD Online Will Include Spawn
August 29, 2013 18:54According to PlaystationLifeStyle.net, Soul Calibur 2 HD Online will include both Heihachi and Spawn as guest characters. Originally these characters were exclusive to PS3 (Heihachi), and Xbox (Spawn). For this reason they were banned in tournaments. Perhaps this ban could have hindered antiquate research on those characters. It will be interesting seeing what people can find out 10 years after the game's original release. SC2 HDO is scheduled for a Fall release on both PS3 and 360.
ATP LIVE! Episode 14 ft Mr.Naps and Rickstah
August 23, 2013 20:00Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the linkbelow. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
Tekken Revolution - New Update Coming September, Includes Feng & Nina
August 22, 2013 11:18The official Tekken Facebook page just put up several new images as well as some information on the upcoming update that is coming for Tekken Revolution in September. Featured in the images are both Feng Wei and Nina Williams which are going to be both added to the roster as well as new premium effects, costumes & stages. You can see the images as well as read the facebook post yourself below.
ATP Live! Episode 13 ft Aris, Rickstah, and Rip
August 16, 2013 15:37Watch ATP Live every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle Support this channel directly by Subscribing! http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/
TTT2 US Global Qualifier to be Streamed by Mad Catz!
August 14, 2013 22:01Watch live video from madcatz's channel on www.twitch.tv MarkMan and MadCatz have come to rescue once again and have undertaken the task of streaming this weekend's TTT2 Global Tournament! In case you are not aware, this tournament will be held on head to head arcade cabinets and will feature some of the West Coast strongest players. Confirmed attendees from Norcal include Bronson and Mr.Naps. Combine this with the washed up Socal scene and you could have a recipe for disaster. I think fans...
ATP LIVE! Episode 12 - TTT2 Global Championchips/FG Development
August 09, 2013 19:47I got a lot off my chest in this episode. This week I'm joined by Rip and Rickstah to discuss the TTT2 Global Tournament followed by the modern day development of fighting games and how it relates to the future of Namco titles. Watch ATP Live! every Thursday night at 8pm PST on Twitch by following the link below. http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle If you would like to support the show directly subscribe by following the links below. http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/subscribe/