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This time around I caught up with STL’s Slips and Shin to discuss their opinions of the current Tekken community compared to the days of Tag as well as many other topics. Before that, MYK and I discuss MLG’s decision to exclude Tekken from their 2011 season and the EVO line up of games this year. Hope you enjoy it.

In this episode we welcome our guest ldMaxi and discuss many aspects of the Korean Tekken scene as well as his contribution to the Tekken scene world wide. Before that, MYK and I discuss how age and reflexes relate to success for competitive players plus much more.

If you have any suggestions for future guests or anything related to the podcast feel free to leave a comment or contact me at [email protected].

To say that this is a special episode of Avoiding The Puddle is a huge understatement. I’m honored to welcome on the director of the Tekken series, Katsuhiro Harada, member of the Tekken design team, Michael Murray and a special surprise guest, new Director of the Soul Calibur series, Daishi Odashima. Big thanks to these guys for coming on the podcast.

If you have any suggestions of questions either leave them in our comments section or send them to [email protected].

We're back again and this time we interview the legendary Tekken 4 Nina, Tomhilfiger. Tom gives a history lesson on how competitive Tekken started in America and how it changed after the Koreans began attending American tournaments. He also gives his "old man's" perspective of how Tekken has evolved over the years plus much more.

Before that, MYK and I discuss the latest TTT2 trailer as well as talk about the announcement of the new Soul Calibur game. As always, feel free to leave questions or suggestions in the comments section or contact me at [email protected].

This episode of the podcast features one of the best fighting game players in the US, Mr. Naps AKA Emphy. Naps is an expert player in multiple fighting games such as 3S, SSF4 and Tekken 6. He is without a doubt the best Bryan player in the Western World.

Before we get to our interview with Naps, MYK and I cover topics such as tournament confidence and what the actual meaning of "being good" is. Give it a listen and see what you think. If you have any suggestions for guests, the podcast or the web site in general, please send those to [email protected].

For anyone that has watched the stream of the finale for MLG Dallas, then you should know that ATL_Hoa came out of no where and dominated with Jack-6. In this episode, we were able to get ATL_Hoa aka Anakin to come on and talk about his MLG Dallas experience. Before we talk with the unknown American hero, Aris and MYK sit down and shoot the sh*t. They recap the MLG Dallas event in depth, the new TAG2 footage, and more!

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The long awaited Bronson Tran episode, two time Tekken National Champ, and also one of the original Tekken players in the US is finally on the show.  He was a hard man to track down, but Aris was able to finally catch up with him and bring you guys an episode full of smack talk and interesting Julia/Bruce strategies, such as never landing juggles.  Before we get to the Bronson segment, MYK and Aris recap MLG DC, and answers some of your questions!

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This past weekend was quite eventful with WCG Finals 2010 happening right here in Los Angeles; players from all over the world came for the final event. Aris and MYK were fortunate enough to be able to get some games in, footage, etc. In this episode Aris and MYK briefly go over MYK’s new sponsor over at BLGaming.com, the WCG weekend, an elaborate discussion on how the tier list works in Tekken, and more!

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Its been a while since the last episode, but without further a do we bring to you the SBO recap episode, episode 8! No guest on this episode, but Aris has recently returned from his trip to Japan for SBO/TGS over the weekend. Aris talks about his SBO10 experience, along with a bunch of other topics with MYK, and with one of the biggest announcements in the Tekken scene as-of-late, Tekken Tag Tournament 2!

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Today we have a very special unannounced guest on the show, a Tekken Tag legend, JOP! One of the craziest/out of control interviews to date, so you guys are in for quite a treat, but before that Aris and MYK covers some interesting topics. In the first half, Aris and MYK talk about the new Mortal Kombat, playing different fighting games to help your main game, and more!