For anyone that doesn't know Tekken but enjoyed this video/story, the guy that goes "Panda; Really" is Mister Tekken Himself, K. Harada, creator of Tekken. Puts the panda pick more into perspective. (My favorite part btw)
he is not the creator though he did help development as a producer and maybe even more, since back then video game staff did things outside what they were paid for eg. metzen writing lore and world building for blizzard games although he was originally taken in for art work related stuff. harada is considered the godfather of tekken
Massive respect to any players who plays the “worst character” ever. Seriously, you can see the effort and dedication at wanting to prove how WRONG people are!
I did this with Gen in SFIV and Reptile in MKX. People usually just listen to tier lists instead of making up their own mind through proper analysis and practice.
to be fair to that sidestep, he was at the farthest range where that step would've worked. by that i mean if it were at any closer range he would've been forced to block. that was still crazy spacing to be fair on Rangchu's part.
I love the sentiment but the more accurate thing would be less "Panda is actually good" and more "Rangchu had the skills and experience to win despite using an overall worse tool due in part to the situational advantage". Because in a competitive game, people play to win so the best tools are going to be used more often. Generally speaking, if a tool or strat is considered a gimmick or low tier, then there is likely a reason why it's considered a gimmick or low tier. Perhaps it is inconsistent or unreliable, or requires the opponent be unaware or is very situational or has terrible odds of winning. If the option was actually or secretly good the whole time, then people would use it and it wouldn't be considered a gimmick or low tier. In the case of Rangchu and Panda, Panda does have some serious weaknesses that keep her low tier compared to top tiers like Devil Jin. An important aspect to consider is that because of the meta, it's very possible most players trained and practised against top tier picks like Devil Jin and therefore were more familiar against him. While since Panda was rare, few players had experience against her. Rangchu therefore had the experience and practise in fighting top tiers like Devil Jin while they didn't have the same experience against Panda. So yeah, mad respect to Rangchu for his skill and knowledge of the meta.
@@FraserSouris devil jin stopped being top tier since the uf4 and b21 nerfs, now hes kinda meh. But yeah at the time of the making of this video he was top tier and the difference in match up knowledge def made a difference one way or another
Agreed, it was a solid video. I usually don't watch long videos of this type, but it held my attention. I used to play Tekken as a kid. Good memories haha.
He is literally like some anime main character from those Pokémon or yugioh type shows I use to watch as a kid everyone doubts him but he uses a weak character and wins
@@Hyajae yes cause ash never use his brain when battling people, oh i mean all the trainer, they just use some shit called trust to their pokemon, and if ash win the tournament, the anime will end so ash win the tournament will never happen, lol
You can turn this into a shonen anime, the plot point of him looking for a main, and Panda just being a place holder. Then realizing Panda is his main but he didn't pick it up against his heroes because he wasn't sure of himself would be golden
@@krusher181 you're using weeb wrongly though. Weeb is a term for people who does things as if they are japanese. It's not about liking anime or not. People who like anime may better be called otakus.
picking a low tier character is like a double edged sword The character is shit. But because its shit that no one plays the character, no one knows how to counter against the character
or Rangchu's parents: " Chu-Chan , where have you been?" Rangchu: "I am bestest Panda" gives parents $7,500 Rangchu's parents: "Panda-chan, welcome home"
Damn I can really relate to rangchu when he stopped playing panda for stronger characters then going back to panda when he realized he's best with his main
Can't belive my eyes. I've played tekken in the past but never really followed e-sports/fighting games tournaments, and here I am, watching this, like, two years after... glued to the screen, rooting for Rangchu, my heart is pumping as if I was in the crowd that day. What. a. legend.
Tai-Lung: Is that the Wooshi Finger Hold? Po: Yep Tai-Lung: Shifu never taught you that, you’re bluffing. Po: Nope, I figured it out myself, SKADOOSH ... ... ... r/Swoosh
It's more like the opponents studied the wrong subject. They werr obviously never prepared for a Panda cos no one played her well enough to get far. Yu could see in both DVJ fights from Knee and Qudas that they had no answer for Panda's mid poke > Low charge.
@@YasaiTsume hey you seem to know tekken stuff. i dont play tekken, but i want your opinion on this: assuming people get knowledge on panda MU, do you think rangchu could still get top places?
@@DeltaFrazzle Nah. He's a really good player but once the opponents study the hell out of panda he'll find it verrry difficult to get in top positions again.
Exactly😏. Since not many played panda,they probably didnt the moves or the advantage of those moves. Rangchu could see the use that unpredictability and underestimation of panda to the full degree.
The next video should be dimeback's journey in Last chance qualifier twt 2018. There's an emotional story right there. Even the commentators could not hide the aprehension and anxiety it brought.
@@ashurad_fox5991 i guess yeah, but if youre rangchu in south korea, it makes more money to work at mcdonalds since minimum wage is about 7-8 dollars (8000 won) an hour so he was losing money the whole time. good thing he has team sponsorships i would assume.
@@ashurad_fox5991 More often than not the parents are right though. Not many people who are NEARLY good enough at video games to win *money* with their level of skill.
when you choose unpopular character, they will have trouble fighting against you, because they have no experience fighting that character or using that character.
@@MrHyeqarl correct, Panda has all of that, but also higher reach than usual. So many pro players don't know how to re-calculate the distance they need to keep between both characters as usual.
I love it when meta slaves get wrecked by off-meta. It makes Rangchu's accomplishment that much more impressive. You can make off-meta work, most gamers aren't willing to do what it takes to make that happen.
I love the sentiment but the more accurate thing would be less "Panda is actually good" and more "Rangchu had the skills and experience to win despite using an overall worse tool due in part to the situational advantage". Because in a competitive game, people play to win so the best tools are going to be used more often. Generally speaking, if a tool or strat is considered a gimmick or low tier, then there is likely a reason why it's considered a gimmick or low tier. Perhaps it is inconsistent or unreliable, or requires the opponent be unaware or is very situational or has terrible odds of winning. If the option was actually or secretly good the whole time, then people would use it and it wouldn't be considered a gimmick or low tier. In the case of Rangchu and Panda, Panda does have some serious weaknesses that keep her low tier compared to top tiers like Devil Jin. An important aspect to consider is that because of the meta, it's very possible most players trained and practised against top tier picks like Devil Jin and therefore were more familiar against him. While since Panda was rare, few players had experience against her. Rangchu therefore had the experience and practise in fighting top tiers like Devil Jin while they didn't have the same experience against Panda. So yeah, mad respect to Rangchu for his skill and knowledge of the meta.
It gives me an Infiltration Vs PR Balrog (Hakan vs Balrog) feel… Hakan was this character that everybody saw as a low-tier brick with some nice SPDs and grabs, but then people remembered, there wasn’t really a solid counter to him… Which caused Rog to start silently sweating bullets As weird of a gimmick he has, Hakan is still one of my favorite character designs, and he does have some decent moves I think
Sometimes people down play those characters because of the handicap they present is not viable, like panda, who has a longer range but it is slow, compare to Jack, that has a similar range and it is faster, the clear option is there, what this guy did was use those handicaps and made then into its core mechanics, much more dangerous than not knowing what your opponent is like
UpsideDown Deku nah the host of the show is just shit and doesn’t know fighting if it was front of his face. He only likes flashy guys. While Panda is a good fighter! He even shoulder thrusts for his tall size and can throw every conventional strike
I think that one of the things that gave him some adventage is that most pro players were used to play against the main characters. They werent totally ready for fights against such a weird character, panda's moves seem kind of slow and that could sneak throught opponents blocking reaction timing. Panda's moves are less ortodox than what theyre used to fight against.
It could be- if it weren't for King and his dedicated player as well as some other slow hitters that are more 'mainstream'. Panda Express mowed their asses down out of the blue.
The craziest thing is that every time he doubted himself and his character he lost to the elites but when he decided to finally pick panda you see Knee with devil jin being more cautious and respecting his gameplay, seems that everyone had realised it but him, even his rivals
Underdogs always make me smile no matter what they do ... the amount of effort and hardships just to get reach their dream is so heartwarming and inspiring. Kudos to you Rangchu, congratulations!
I think it gives us all hope when someone who’s not “the chosen one” becomes chosen. And anyone who wins with low tiers is very interesting to me - someone who’s been a big fan of physical sports my whole life. I absolutely love when someone is less strong/less experienced and finds some mental way to win. That’s what esports and something like football/soccer have in common... there’s a lot going on mentally that we can’t see. The more you watch, the more you can pick up. Hungrybox is honestly the reason I got into esports... and I actually got into smash too, after never giving it the time of day (grew up in the melee days and it was too elitist for me). Not that hungrybox is my favorite, but learning of his story made me really wanna see something like that happen in real life. Same reason I like watching a good football/soccer match of two teams I don’t follow. Ajax FC just pulled two major underdog victories in the champions league, for example. Not a huge fan of Dutch football or anything, but... something very satisfying about them beating both Real Madrid and the team with the most dangerous tournament player (Ronaldo), Juventus.
If you want undergdog check Andy Ruiz vs Anthony Joshua. Its is the biggest upset in heavyweight boxing since Tyson losed against Douglas In one cornerwe have a undefeated giant of muscle, world champion of 3 diferent cathegorys, he has strenght, he has speed, he won a Gold medal in the olympics. In the other you have a short fat boxer with one defeat in his record that even when he was in the olympics he couldn´t win. Everyone tought that it was gonna be easy, it was only a warm up fight to Joshua until his fight against the other heavyweight champion Wilder was negotiated.The odds where 21-1 in Joshua´s favor. The first 2 rounds where as expected but Andy was doing a better fight that most people tought, in the third round Joshua was able to drop Andy in the floor. Everyone tought that it was over ,even when they saw Andy getting up everyone tought that the rest of the fight was a mere formality,Joshua also tought that so he went close to Andy to finish the fight, but he forgot one thing, a thing that its wildy know in any combat sport. Be careful when you have a mexican corned I don´t know if is the food, most likely the culture but a lot of mexican fighters fight harder after a down or at disadvantage.When Joshua step close to Ruiz, Ruiz didn´t back up and went straight into a brawl dropping Joshua to the floor.And again in the same round. The fight changed in Andy´s favor since that round but he didn´t get careless he piled the preassure slowly until the seventh round when Joshua was totally spent and ko the biggest Draw in boxing right now. It was amazing
I think they owe it to him to change the name of Panda to Rangchu for tekken 8. This is literally a love story, the underdog who took one of the worst characters and practiced for years to achieve his dreams, and finally doing so after realising how well he and his character click together.
Maybe you'll fail with panda...but you could take off with any other character. It's all about finding the right one for you my guy, just like Rangchu did.
I dont understand how they didnt know haha. These tournaments usually take more than 1 day If he didnt tell them, they probably are against he playing games
@@OilFreeFeathers there is low tier in Tekken. The only difference is that low tier in Tekken doesn't mean they're always going to be automatically stomped by high tier like in other games, because the game is very well designed to not have that happen.
Tier list aren't really something you should look too deeply into. Every Tekken character is very much viable because Tekken has pretty much very good balancing. Bears are just considered "low" tier because of their hurt box and many unsafe moves. Even Yoshimitsu, who almost no one plays, has pros dominate with him, look up Eyemusician, he does a crazy Yoshimitsu.
@@yamaxanadu7933 yup dedicating your time on your favorite character the result is you can pretty much can kick everyone ass regardless of tier on tekken
I just find it hilarious to see such a goofy panda taking down a literal devil. Like, the panda would be rolling around and doing corny disco dances while wearing girly pink clothes after beating one of the nastiest looking dudes in the roster.
It’s been so long since I played Tekken. I remember back in the day how heated games got and how EVERYBODY knew Panda sucked. This video brought back so many memories, and it was incredible to see this young player dominate with a non meta character. Thank you.
A special on Green Arcade, its history, owners, legacy and why it closed down would be super interesting. Also a special serial on notable legacy arcades around the world could work too.
I have always wanted to get into Tekken. My only "fighting game" experience is UFC 3 (top 200) so I am familiar with face buttons being a respective limb and I am familiar with a 3D environment, but Tekken seems so difficult and technical to get into, especially with it being my first real fighting game.
I don't play the game, and probably won't be at all, but this is soooooo interesting! It's so cool to see a so called "low tier" character being used in such amazing ways!
this game does a good job in that regard of justifying "one tricks" haha, there are some character specialists out there that are crazy scary to fight against.
@@aspreedacore likewise, there are probably Xiaoyu players that have played her way before I have competitively and have so much legacy skill over me haha
I remember when Rangchu beat Knee that a lot of people were hating on Rangchu cause they wanted a Knee vs Qudans grandfinals. There seemed a lot of disrespect that even Harada didn't believe it, making a remark that seemed uncalled for. There was the whole tasty Steve thing misunderstanding too. Fans who play the game understand how amazing this bear player is. Rangchu IS a beast of a champion.
@@StriderVM I don't watch Tekken so I know nothing about the players, but for me personally even my favorite top players losing to some no-name with a shitty character would be hype
Maybe don't focus on a tiny group of people hating? Rangchu got respect from the overwhelming majority of the community, including the players he beat, and Harada just made a harmless joke as is typical for him, don't forget he is also the one that chose the bears to be part of Tekken 7 despite them not being popular or universally liked, so he obviously likes them.
Guys, he isn't just a panda, he is the dragon warrior.
That made my day...take my like!
Best around his not a panda his THE panda
KUNG FU PANDA!
SKADOOSH
It was all because of "inner peace"
He probably watched all Kung fu Panda movies and unlocked his inner peace
Jahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
ha
Mo fuckinnnnnn dragon warrior
So true he finally opened his inner peace.
😂😂😂
He didn't choose the Panda, the Panda chose him.
one legendary comment here to a legendary kid smashing all Meta Users in a Tournament 😂 I'm literally having Goosebumps man 😂
This was one of the best comments
x.x
noice
You're goddamn right.
Panda: *looks at the tier list*
Also Panda: that tier list can't stop me cause I can't read
well he is a panda
😂😂
[SMUG BEAR NOISES]
@@amazing-medo3883 panda is a female. Kuma was the male
Funny
"Panda? Your a Panda! What are you going to do big guy, sit on me?"
- Guy who was later sat on by a Panda
What time stamp?
@@jaspionccv9426 u never watch kungfu panda before?
@@haneefdaniel6572 no
LOL i was looking for this!
I LOVE the Kung Fu Panda References
Devil Jin: Tops the Tier List
Panda: Eats the Tier List
This is the comment
Panda did!! yeah...
Wasn't Evil Jin always pretty garbage? Usually Jin and Kazuya top the lists I thought.
@@DamnZodiak Devil Jin is quite good
Panda ate the tier list cuz he thought it was dumplings
For anyone that doesn't know Tekken but enjoyed this video/story, the guy that goes "Panda; Really" is Mister Tekken Himself, K. Harada, creator of Tekken. Puts the panda pick more into perspective. (My favorite part btw)
So that event had the creator himself, but the prize was 7.5k? Damn talk about profit margins.
he is not the creator though he did help development as a producer and maybe even more, since back then video game staff did things outside what they were paid for eg. metzen writing lore and world building for blizzard games although he was originally taken in for art work related stuff.
harada is considered the godfather of tekken
4:42
@@VincitOmniaVeritas7 u beat me to it😂
Rangchu was just a ROCK.
Don't know if he was nervous or just not fazed at all.
Massive respect to any players who plays the “worst character” ever. Seriously, you can see the effort and dedication at wanting to prove how WRONG people are!
Too long, just says, "git gud".
When i played Soulcalibur 6 i picked voldo particularly because he was the worst character at the time. I ended up pretty good at j*ckstrap man
Legit why I mained Donger in League. When the rework happened I became a demon.
@@AquaLucario I got my first pentakill in league in a normal game with donger. It was actually 3 pentas in a game.
I did this with Gen in SFIV and Reptile in MKX. People usually just listen to tier lists instead of making up their own mind through proper analysis and practice.
When they say "don't pick the panda" and you pick the grizzly in disguise.
In Germany , we call people like you "Satansbraten"
@@gsdeniz2081 In Yermany , we call people like you "Hergenflergen"
@@sub7se7en rip English and Germany
@@sub7se7en rip English and Germany
When you don’t pick the panda and get SKADOOSH’d
"I am not good at sidestepping, and you don't need to do that with Panda"
Much, much later
"LOOK AT THAT SIDESTEP!"
to be fair to that sidestep, he was at the farthest range where that step would've worked. by that i mean if it were at any closer range he would've been forced to block. that was still crazy spacing to be fair on Rangchu's part.
That sidestep was the ultimate mixup
Not good at sidestepping could mean he doesn't do it well consistently. So maybe that's just the few times he gets it.
@@traplover6357 Yeah I'm sure, I just know I had a laugh about it
That is true development right there
*Never before had a panda been so feared, **_or so loved._*
Kung fu panda??
@@6969GoToSleep exactly
Dude , Kung Fu Panda, do you live in a cave? No offense
@@grandcity7320 do YOU live in a cave? It's a quote from the damn movie dude
Have you never had panda cheese?
Lesson learned:
"Never give up on your main character whether its strong or not."
Unless its melee bowser lmao
I love the sentiment but the more accurate thing would be less "Panda is actually good" and more "Rangchu had the skills and experience to win despite using an overall worse tool due in part to the situational advantage".
Because in a competitive game, people play to win so the best tools are going to be used more often. Generally speaking, if a tool or strat is considered a gimmick or low tier, then there is likely a reason why it's considered a gimmick or low tier. Perhaps it is inconsistent or unreliable, or requires the opponent be unaware or is very situational or has terrible odds of winning. If the option was actually or secretly good the whole time, then people would use it and it wouldn't be considered a gimmick or low tier.
In the case of Rangchu and Panda, Panda does have some serious weaknesses that keep her low tier compared to top tiers like Devil Jin. An important aspect to consider is that because of the meta, it's very possible most players trained and practised against top tier picks like Devil Jin and therefore were more familiar against him. While since Panda was rare, few players had experience against her. Rangchu therefore had the experience and practise in fighting top tiers like Devil Jin while they didn't have the same experience against Panda.
So yeah, mad respect to Rangchu for his skill and knowledge of the meta.
@@cdogthehedgehog6923 unless its smash low tier in general
@@FraserSouris devil jin stopped being top tier since the uf4 and b21 nerfs, now hes kinda meh. But yeah at the time of the making of this video he was top tier and the difference in match up knowledge def made a difference one way or another
Saiki pfp 🥵
Rangchu got a visit from Master Shifu during his first lost.
I only use Jin or Devil Jin but I used him in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Bruh
To true
Too true
Underrated
This guys story is awesome but big shootout to the editor that made the pacing of the story so good that 20 minutes felt like 5.
Yh tru
Agreed, it was a solid video. I usually don't watch long videos of this type, but it held my attention. I used to play Tekken as a kid. Good memories haha.
@@ThePuerile never played it but was inspirational
yes big shootout. gonna do a drive by
Wow! I didn't even noticed it's 20 mins until you said it. No fancy edits yet so effective
He is literally like some anime main character from those Pokémon or yugioh type shows I use to watch as a kid everyone doubts him but he uses a weak character and wins
Mittens The cat :/ Like when Yugi uses Kuriboh lmao
Oh sure... as a kid ;)
Wait, ash never won the Pokemon league though...
@@Hyajae yes cause ash never use his brain when battling people, oh i mean all the trainer, they just use some shit called trust to their pokemon, and if ash win the tournament, the anime will end so ash win the tournament will never happen, lol
@@MrDrSonGoku I see what you did there
You can turn this into a shonen anime, the plot point of him looking for a main, and Panda just being a place holder. Then realizing Panda is his main but he didn't pick it up against his heroes because he wasn't sure of himself would be golden
The shonen / strategy game anime similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! where the animation style changes between the "real world" and the game graphics
Devil: *whiffs*
Panda: "you have lost 3/4 of your health privileges"
UNDERRATED NEEDS MORE ATTENTION😂😂😂😂😂
Very good😂
HAHAHHHHA
the devil wears pranda
Aint gonna lie i dont play tekken but the dude story was so anime... low tier beating the best.. good stuff.
I usually call people weebs for saying everything is like anime... but you get a pass.
It’s not a terrible comparison.
@@krusher181 you're using weeb wrongly though. Weeb is a term for people who does things as if they are japanese. It's not about liking anime or not. People who like anime may better be called otakus.
@@xecillmaze4740 That was such a weeb thing to say haha
@@mmfvdw more of a perfectionist thing. Not even a weeb thing by definition.
Weiss Frost it’s definitely a weeb thing by connotation tho
Rangchu: I’m not good at side stepping
Also Rangchu: *Proceeds to side step and dodge every hit*
Lmao.
Lmao
it is a phillosophy in countries like India & Japan that
"what you CANNOT do, YOU MUST LEARN TO DO"
MAI INGRISHU IJ BHEERY BADDO
sorrymasu
P V he’s korean
@@TEXAS2459 can't even distinguish between japanese and korean
picking a low tier character is like a double edged sword
The character is shit. But because its shit that no one plays the character, no one knows how to counter against the character
That's how i made all the Pauls and jins cry at the arcade, with my julia during tekken 3 days
@@KanishQQuotes haha thats funny XD
he was confident because master oogway chose him
Thank you adolf very cool
Yes Adolf yes
Your in the wrong century hitler
go back to your bunker Mr Hitler
come to death star
Ranchu's parents: the heck you've been at?
Ranchu: won a competition
Parents: How much was it?
Ranchu: $7,500 U.S Dollars
Parents: Keep doing it
with a bear
or
Rangchu's parents: " Chu-Chan , where have you been?"
Rangchu: "I am bestest Panda"
gives parents $7,500
Rangchu's parents: "Panda-chan, welcome home"
@@PhirstPlays Uhh, wrong, Rangchu is Korean, they don't use -Chan etc there.
LumaRczech .. It’s a joke dude
Damn I can really relate to rangchu when he stopped playing panda for stronger characters then going back to panda when he realized he's best with his main
Damn man
I feel that as well
Never give up on the things you already have
This is why I always play as G&W in smash bros
It's a blessing and a curse. **Cries in DK main**
He decided to go Panda all the way.
"What's he doing?"
"He's beginning to believe."
He's.... He's the juan
Morpheus?
@@RedmayneDeadmayne juan
I came to the comments for comments just like this. Thank you daddy.
Fuckin' but so true
*Deviljin meets panda*
*"Finally a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"*
lol Tai lun
Was I supposed to laugh?
no
if you don't feel like it
@@dontknowdontcare1934 if you found it humorous, i guess so?
Um it's ok maybe amazing but not legendary brah like come on
Harada: "Panda.. Really???" It's like he purposefully made Panda trash that's why he's suprised lmao
Pretty much.
@Rana but he got beaten by knee and qudans? He didn't give up. That's how he won. Not just by not knowing the match up.
Sounds like something game creators would do
Idk why Harada put animals in the game anyway and not expect them to be used in tournaments and win.
as long as he doesnt use panda against Harada and win its fine, he wont get additional debuff lol
13:50
Devil Jin : Panda you like flying?
13:59
Panda: No I don't but I know you do.
Underrated comment 🤣
Omg this was super funny ,😅
HahahH best comment ever
this is the best script they could have
😂
But honestly: Fighting Panda at this level of play must be like writing a test in german public law when you studied for algebra.
Devil Jin:
Panda: *imma bout to end this man's whole career*
@I Love You But you runied his streak
Supa hot fire's refference😂
GoBanaenae what career?
Funny is that the last match opponent his screen is Panda opening his paw sort of like ima about to end u 😂😂
Rangchu wearing mask during matches, damn he was already prepared for everything.
Lol I was thinking the same thing. He stays virus free 24/7
Panda's are nearly endangered so he doesn't want the pandas to go
He's preparing for covid19
1 year ago? Yeah I highly doubt
lol
Rangchu: * plays Panda in Tekken World Tour *
Tier List: *IS THIS A PERSONAL ATTACK?*
*"Metas are made to be broken."*
-Hungrybox
Or eaten in Panda's case.
And slept on for hbox
Why did I watch this full video even tho I’ve never played a game of Tekken in my life
GREN im asking the same question
Cause you high bruh!!
Aaron mann I don’t smoke bro. The video was genuinely interesting 🤣
Never in my life lmao neither 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@TxcGren it was a joke but ok. I watched it because I had nothing better to do at work on break.
They always asked "Why panda?"
But they never asked "How's panda?" T_T
Thats panda?
@@fajaradi1223 no la, zebra bear
@@sailangexpert6090 no lah big piano dog
@@legobatman2440 🤣
NWJEISKEKDOODDK
I can just imagine that panda holding deviljins finger in the wushi finger hold, and.... *Skidoosh*
I know that Reference !
You must be thinking of Kung fu panda young one
Lol this made my day
😂😂😂
Not that panda😀😀😀
Can't belive my eyes. I've played tekken in the past but never really followed e-sports/fighting games tournaments, and here I am, watching this, like, two years after... glued to the screen, rooting for Rangchu, my heart is pumping as if I was in the crowd that day. What. a. legend.
You, the dragon warrior, a PANDA?! Don’t get me even started...
[A few moments and tournaments later]
Please, have mercy.
SKADOOSH
Tai-Lung: Is that the Wooshi Finger Hold?
Po: Yep
Tai-Lung: Shifu never taught you that, you’re bluffing.
Po: Nope, I figured it out myself, SKADOOSH
...
...
...
r/Swoosh
It's Kung-fu Panda
Ik
@@ThunderJimmy Tai Lung
Basically, if you can win with the lousiest character with the highest "handicap", it simply shows how good you are.
A big part of it was likely the lack of matchup knowledge his opponents had, he tried better characters and failed many times.
It's more like the opponents studied the wrong subject.
They werr obviously never prepared for a Panda cos no one played her well enough to get far.
Yu could see in both DVJ fights from Knee and Qudas that they had no answer for Panda's mid poke > Low charge.
@@YasaiTsume hey you seem to know tekken stuff. i dont play tekken, but i want your opinion on this: assuming people get knowledge on panda MU, do you think rangchu could still get top places?
@@DeltaFrazzle
Nah. He's a really good player but once the opponents study the hell out of panda he'll find it verrry difficult to get in top positions again.
@@kakinator2365 *facepalm*
make the opponents think they are stronger than you
-the art of war
Exactly😏. Since not many played panda,they probably didnt the moves or the advantage of those moves. Rangchu could see the use that unpredictability and underestimation of panda to the full degree.
Or have something off the chart unknown to the system
you two are the smartest in here- guy isnt a fighter, he's a god damn tactician!
That's Sun tzu
Dude it is one of the basic stratagems.
I know right...
And now Rangchu did it again in Tekken 8, using the bear to win TWT Finals for a second time.
Finally some tekken on this channel, was waiting for this
You said it
The next video should be dimeback's journey in Last chance qualifier twt 2018. There's an emotional story right there. Even the commentators could not hide the aprehension and anxiety it brought.
I was thinking that too lol.
@@djtimes7891 as everybody should
I can tell by the pfp
Rangchu: Here have my 7k
Parents: Where did you get this?
Rangchu: Playing Tekken, can I play Tekken all day now?
Parents: "You can't get money by playing video games! Get a job"
Pro gamers: "Are you sure about that"
@@ashurad_fox5991 7k in one year, damn...
you make 7k in 3 months working at mcdonalds
@@ashurad_fox5991 i guess yeah, but if youre rangchu in south korea, it makes more money to work at mcdonalds since minimum wage is about 7-8 dollars (8000 won) an hour so he was losing money the whole time. good thing he has team sponsorships i would assume.
I hate Asian parents.
@@ashurad_fox5991 More often than not the parents are right though. Not many people who are NEARLY good enough at video games to win *money* with their level of skill.
when you choose unpopular character, they will have trouble fighting against you, because they have no experience fighting that character or using that character.
True,but it's unpopular for a reason
Ng Wen Kang lame attack, lame combo, lame appearance.. of course Hahahahaha
@@MrHyeqarl correct, Panda has all of that, but also higher reach than usual. So many pro players don't know how to re-calculate the distance they need to keep between both characters as usual.
@@Smileater if its long reach jack is better.
That's their fault for not knowing the match up
I love it when meta slaves get wrecked by off-meta. It makes Rangchu's accomplishment that much more impressive. You can make off-meta work, most gamers aren't willing to do what it takes to make that happen.
I love the sentiment but the more accurate thing would be less "Panda is actually good" and more "Rangchu had the skills and experience to win despite using an overall worse tool due in part to the situational advantage".
Because in a competitive game, people play to win so the best tools are going to be used more often. Generally speaking, if a tool or strat is considered a gimmick or low tier, then there is likely a reason why it's considered a gimmick or low tier. Perhaps it is inconsistent or unreliable, or requires the opponent be unaware or is very situational or has terrible odds of winning. If the option was actually or secretly good the whole time, then people would use it and it wouldn't be considered a gimmick or low tier.
In the case of Rangchu and Panda, Panda does have some serious weaknesses that keep her low tier compared to top tiers like Devil Jin. An important aspect to consider is that because of the meta, it's very possible most players trained and practised against top tier picks like Devil Jin and therefore were more familiar against him. While since Panda was rare, few players had experience against her. Rangchu therefore had the experience and practise in fighting top tiers like Devil Jin while they didn't have the same experience against Panda.
So yeah, mad respect to Rangchu for his skill and knowledge of the meta.
@@FraserSouris You just reiterated what bro above said lol
It gives me an Infiltration Vs PR Balrog (Hakan vs Balrog) feel… Hakan was this character that everybody saw as a low-tier brick with some nice SPDs and grabs, but then people remembered, there wasn’t really a solid counter to him… Which caused Rog to start silently sweating bullets
As weird of a gimmick he has, Hakan is still one of my favorite character designs, and he does have some decent moves I think
@@FraserSourisImagine writing an essay to counter someone only to end up saying *exactly* the same thing. 😂
he didnt try to counter the argument but to specify it@@bens.8787
I always think. If you play more uncommon characters, then people have less experience on how to counter those opponents.
Sometimes people down play those characters because of the handicap they present is not viable, like panda, who has a longer range but it is slow, compare to Jack, that has a similar range and it is faster, the clear option is there, what this guy did was use those handicaps and made then into its core mechanics, much more dangerous than not knowing what your opponent is like
I kinda agree with both of you here
UpsideDown Deku nah the host of the show is just shit and doesn’t know fighting if it was front of his face. He only likes flashy guys. While Panda is a good fighter! He even shoulder thrusts for his tall size and can throw every conventional strike
It’s never the charters but the players people always forget that
That's the strat
15:38
"We have an animal of a champion here."
I see what you did there 😂
I think that one of the things that gave him some adventage is that most pro players were used to play against the main characters. They werent totally ready for fights against such a weird character, panda's moves seem kind of slow and that could sneak throught opponents blocking reaction timing. Panda's moves are less ortodox than what theyre used to fight against.
I agree
I was about to say this. It could be.
It could be- if it weren't for King and his dedicated player as well as some other slow hitters that are more 'mainstream'. Panda Express mowed their asses down out of the blue.
They literally said that in the vid.
And that’s the beauty of it.
The craziest thing is that every time he doubted himself and his character he lost to the elites but when he decided to finally pick panda you see Knee with devil jin being more cautious and respecting his gameplay, seems that everyone had realised it but him, even his rivals
Underdogs always make me smile no matter what they do ... the amount of effort and hardships just to get reach their dream is so heartwarming and inspiring. Kudos to you Rangchu, congratulations!
I think it gives us all hope when someone who’s not “the chosen one” becomes chosen. And anyone who wins with low tiers is very interesting to me - someone who’s been a big fan of physical sports my whole life. I absolutely love when someone is less strong/less experienced and finds some mental way to win. That’s what esports and something like football/soccer have in common... there’s a lot going on mentally that we can’t see. The more you watch, the more you can pick up.
Hungrybox is honestly the reason I got into esports... and I actually got into smash too, after never giving it the time of day (grew up in the melee days and it was too elitist for me). Not that hungrybox is my favorite, but learning of his story made me really wanna see something like that happen in real life. Same reason I like watching a good football/soccer match of two teams I don’t follow. Ajax FC just pulled two major underdog victories in the champions league, for example. Not a huge fan of Dutch football or anything, but... something very satisfying about them beating both Real Madrid and the team with the most dangerous tournament player (Ronaldo), Juventus.
Like Germany in WW2
Thanks! Sub me lok
If you want undergdog check Andy Ruiz vs Anthony Joshua.
Its is the biggest upset in heavyweight boxing since Tyson losed against Douglas
In one cornerwe have a undefeated giant of muscle, world champion of 3 diferent cathegorys, he has strenght, he has speed, he won a Gold medal in the olympics.
In the other you have a short fat boxer with one defeat in his record that even when he was in the olympics he couldn´t win.
Everyone tought that it was gonna be easy, it was only a warm up fight to Joshua until his fight against the other heavyweight champion Wilder was negotiated.The odds where 21-1 in Joshua´s favor.
The first 2 rounds where as expected but Andy was doing a better fight that most people tought, in the third round Joshua was able to drop Andy in the floor.
Everyone tought that it was over ,even when they saw Andy getting up everyone tought that the rest of the fight was a mere formality,Joshua also tought that so he went close to Andy to finish the fight, but he forgot one thing, a thing that its wildy know in any combat sport.
Be careful when you have a mexican corned
I don´t know if is the food, most likely the culture but a lot of mexican fighters fight harder after a down or at disadvantage.When Joshua step close to Ruiz, Ruiz didn´t back up and went straight into a brawl dropping Joshua to the floor.And again in the same round.
The fight changed in Andy´s favor since that round but he didn´t get careless he piled the preassure slowly until the seventh round when Joshua was totally spent and ko the biggest Draw in boxing right now.
It was amazing
@@Motorata661 i would probably check on that. Thanks!
Rangchu is like a character out of an Anime.
Yes a shounen anime
When he takes of his mask he turned to be a womanizer
Evolve of Pikangchu
maybe because anime is somewhat based off of real life people?
*Knee has left the chat*
*Qudans has left the chat*
*Rangchu promoted to admin*
JDCR has joined the chat
Lil Majin has joined the chat
*I LEFT THE COMMENT SECTION*
Thank you for the likes!
I think they owe it to him to change the name of Panda to Rangchu for tekken 8.
This is literally a love story, the underdog who took one of the worst characters and practiced for years to achieve his dreams, and finally doing so after realising how well he and his character click together.
Gets inspired..
Starts playing panda..
Fails miserably.. 😂
Hahaha relateable....but I never stopped
Ahgase4life lol😂
Maybe you'll fail with panda...but you could take off with any other character. It's all about finding the right one for you my guy, just like Rangchu did.
What my brother did
I was so confused why he suddenly went panda after watching utube
Den dis vid explained it all-
An ahgasae 💕
Devil jin: i am the top tier
Panda :hold my bamboo
I don't like devil jin bcoz he's slow
Lol more like: hold my inner peace
dad panda:'sometime he eat my bamboo furniture'said the goose😅
Funniest comment I’ve seen in a while hahahahaha
@@neelamverma8167 well its a trade off for being a jack of all trades but hey he is only for advanced players
Devil Jin: just got beaten up by a panda. A CUTE FLUFFY PANDA
With a sunflower bag. 🤣
"What are you going to do, sit on me?"
He is the dragon warrior
Not just a panda, The Panda~ XDD
Whos here after Rangchu did it again with kuma?
Ranchu: brb
Parents: ok...
Randchu: **comes back with $7k**
I dont understand how they didnt know haha. These tournaments usually take more than 1 day
If he didnt tell them, they probably are against he playing games
@@SAMX2007 r/woosh
@@SAMX2007 he could be not living w his parents
@@cjhl0383 r/wooooosh the r/wooooosh
@@cjhl0383 r/im14andthisiswooosh
This is amazing. Its like seeing the underdog make a classic comeback. Im happy he believed in his panda and took over the world with it.
Turn it into movie lol
Oh look, the actual Low Tier God.
Daniel Biggins get that ass banned
Daniel Biggins
There is no low tier in Tekken.
That panda was godlike
@@OilFreeFeathers there is low tier in Tekken. The only difference is that low tier in Tekken doesn't mean they're always going to be automatically stomped by high tier like in other games, because the game is very well designed to not have that happen.
Daniel Biggins
A literal low tier god......amazing
He's like a protagonist in the tournament.
Well the panda is the Dragon Warrior so I'm not surprised
😂😂😂😂😂
You made my day😂😂😂😂😂😂
Best comment
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Cooolllll
It's so anime man 😂, like protagonist only has weak card but managed to make it strong.
U talkin abt yugi? With a kuribo
@Djasko M SALTY!
Djasko M The fuck are you talking about, angsty teen? That guy's "channel" has literally nothing.
Djasko M what?
Djasko M damn, your posts is r/edgy worthy
Rangchu is the true Low Tier God.
And even more likely to show sportsmanship at an event. Hmm
I get the joke, but the almost feels insulting lmao
He looks like prince
@@junkjams596 ltg is a dick
O N G O D 😂
Hey guys! Appreciate you showcasing our machine! It was a pleasure building it for you guys years back!
"Hello, Tier List?"
"List broke"
"Understandable, have a great day"
tires don exits
Tier list aren't really something you should look too deeply into. Every Tekken character is very much viable because Tekken has pretty much very good balancing. Bears are just considered "low" tier because of their hurt box and many unsafe moves. Even Yoshimitsu, who almost no one plays, has pros dominate with him, look up Eyemusician, he does a crazy Yoshimitsu.
@@yamaxanadu7933 yup dedicating your time on your favorite character the result is you can pretty much can kick everyone ass regardless of tier on tekken
@@Rationalize_Nuking tires don't exist? Fucking tires...
Just like Mortal Kombat and SF all characters are viable if used correctly.
Why do i feel like his story seems fit for a manga or an anime adaptation..??😂😂
Eric Freak FACTSS
It's kung fu panda
Same for me in one time
Yeaaa and they transform on their main characters to fight against
Reminds me a little bit of "Tales of demons and gods"
I just find it hilarious to see such a goofy panda taking down a literal devil. Like, the panda would be rolling around and doing corny disco dances while wearing girly pink clothes after beating one of the nastiest looking dudes in the roster.
Alpha Male gets Ko-ed
It's basically what happened in the first Kung Fu Panda movie
13:59 Perhaps the most badass moment in Tekken history
It’s been so long since I played Tekken. I remember back in the day how heated games got and how EVERYBODY knew Panda sucked. This video brought back so many memories, and it was incredible to see this young player dominate with a non meta character. Thank you.
History will repeat itself.
*i knew it was over as soon as he put on that face mask*
No one cared who I was until I put on the mask
Y e s
Swannie you are a big guy...
A special on Green Arcade, its history, owners, legacy and why it closed down would be super interesting. Also a special serial on notable legacy arcades around the world could work too.
He was wearing a mask even before the covid panda-mic. He was ahead of his time.
No it’s normal to have a mask on in China and COVID was around December of last year btw loved the pun
we have to wear mask in korea because some place the air is not healthy from industrial gas
The reads
INAFF
@@flumexxkaixx5734 lol Americans don’t understand anything outside of America xD
For people who don't play tekken.
This is basically like becoming the best smash player in the world with LITTLE MAC.
NO WAY WHAT
Big facts
No its not lol
With peach
You mean maining Kirby in melee, if that is, then holy hell fuck me, that is one mad lad
if rangchu got sponsors and the prize pools were more money then he could totally live off tekken
If people gave me money, I could literally live off doing what I love.
@@JHMninja89 fappinf
Stupid comment
this comment is dumb : |
Anybody should get to live off what they love.
Ok I've never played or watched Tekken but damm those highlights were hype
Welcome to tekken the smoothest fighting game out there.
@@kagerou254 ty, will do
I have always wanted to get into Tekken. My only "fighting game" experience is UFC 3 (top 200) so I am familiar with face buttons being a respective limb and I am familiar with a 3D environment, but Tekken seems so difficult and technical to get into, especially with it being my first real fighting game.
John Skorgen its like playing an instrument. takes a while to learn but when you learn enough to pretend you're good, it can be really fun.
@@nohat1375 but it will attack and counter too
If Tekken can have a Panda champ, Melee can have a Kirby champ
This vid made me wanna cry for ranchu n I don’t even play tekken... feels good man
Jaylen Patterson same here bro!! I’m an FPS type of gamer, and this made me very happy for him. 😭
I don't even play these types of games, but damn this video is fun to watch.
Cursor same lmao
I played tekken so much while I has ps2 😂😂
@@naughtygamer68 was it a good experience?
Cursor it’s a great video itself
@@jk45m58 it is
Watching this after the episode on Qudans makes it so much more epic
exactly. First we learn about how a legend reborn, now we learn how a young blood beats the legend..
with a panda
Same same
Saaaaameee!!!
the vanish king returns, and how to make him vanish again....panda style
It’s not about the character, it’s about how good the skill is👑
Tell that to Overwatch players lol
used to play tekken 3 with my sister and she picks panda and I'm like "a big punching bag this is gonna be fun" and she wooped my ass in the game.
My friend would spam Eddy in Tekken3 and press whatever he want and he would start flipping everywhere
So hard to evade or hit him
@@psk5896 I hate fighting eddy 🤣
@@ozkrz4676 💯 dude lol😂
i had the same experience against my sisters who couldnt play for shit. lol
This is a clear message for me:
Meta is an excuse for me to not think and try differently.
That is why I main'd Arthur in mvc3
Because, fuck meta.
Maybe he wanted to point out something? "It's all about skill."
But he lost when playing other chars?
Archardor because he didn’t practise as much on them , are u dumb ??
@@archardor3392 each characters have their own perks - reach, speed etc.
"Anything is possible, even the worst character can change things" i guess he trying to say that too
Probably lol
I don't play the game, and probably won't be at all, but this is soooooo interesting! It's so cool to see a so called "low tier" character being used in such amazing ways!
Nice pfp 😌
Everyone: *mainly uses devil jin*
Rangchu: *uses panda*
Everyone: WTF DID YOU JUST BRING TO THIS CURSED LAND?
Rangchu : " what? It is in the roster"
13:58 *"Skadoosh"*
Skdaddle skduddle your boddy is now a noodle
cobanermani456 :(
Yeah that was amazing come back
07:33 tho
admiralc
Devil jin: i am the top teir
Panda :hold my beer
hold my bear
U mean bamboo
*tier
hold my sunflower purse
bamboo, "hold my bamboo"
He a savage for winning the world tournament with a panda. Respect
"I fear no guy who try 10.000 character at one time, I fear a guy who train one character 10.000 time"
this game does a good job in that regard of justifying "one tricks" haha, there are some character specialists out there that are crazy scary to fight against.
Nice change in the original quote I like it
@@ScorchedEclipse its true , i've got over 100 juri days in sfv and there are still juri's that run circles around me!!
@@aspreedacore likewise, there are probably Xiaoyu players that have played her way before I have competitively and have so much legacy skill over me haha
Say that until you know Knee.
Qudans and Knee vs Rangchu: "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"
I understood that reference.
I remember when Rangchu beat Knee that a lot of people were hating on Rangchu cause they wanted a Knee vs Qudans grandfinals. There seemed a lot of disrespect that even Harada didn't believe it, making a remark that seemed uncalled for. There was the whole tasty Steve thing misunderstanding too. Fans who play the game understand how amazing this bear player is. Rangchu IS a beast of a champion.
Wtf thats so stupid. Who doesn’t love a good upset??
@@2FadeMusic Knee / Qudan bandwagoners?
@@StriderVM I don't watch Tekken so I know nothing about the players, but for me personally even my favorite top players losing to some no-name with a shitty character would be hype
Maybe don't focus on a tiny group of people hating?
Rangchu got respect from the overwhelming majority of the community, including the players he beat, and Harada just made a harmless joke as is typical for him, don't forget he is also the one that chose the bears to be part of Tekken 7 despite them not being popular or universally liked, so he obviously likes them.
People put money on it. When upsets happen, when an entire half of a betting pool gets thrown off the table, people start showing who they really are.
This man is probably the sole reason panda is in Tekken 8
Most likely. They won't take out the characters the pros use. Unless you're making mortal kombat...then you just do whatever you want apparently
And harada said bears are fun@@andrewmaynard7569
Love that you guys are covering Tekken!
Devil Jin: How could i lose to you? You're just a big fat stupid Panda.
Panda: No. I'm not a big fat panda. I'm THE big fat panda!
Why that pfp tho
@@Fizz-Q They're dragons and he's a dragonsLAYER
Skaadosh
*_"Its not a Big Fat Panda"_*
*_"Its THE Big Fat Panda"_*
- A Big Fat Panda
Who u callin tubby?
- the big fat panda*
IM NOT DYING YOU IDIOT... dragon warrior
If there's no bear in Tekken 8, we riot
We good
@@Freshwater121 Not only that, Kuma is a Heihachi. We live in a good Tekken timeline
So, Rangchu is the Rocky Balboa of the Tekken community?
Solomona Leiato Nah Jimmy J or lilMajin is rocky
Nah thats Lil Majin
@Benjamian Hausmann steve is fucking op
@@Aflay1
**CAR CRASH NOISE INTENSIFIES**
Harada: **removes panda**
Rangchu: *It's Kuma time*
Tekken should come up with a crowd funding like dota 2’s the international.
The balls to do that rage drive in that situation at 13:59 still gives me chills.