THPS Podcast

Green started playing THPS on THPS4 in 2005. Back then he was best known for being the leader of kS, and co-leader of iSL following the kS and jT0 merger. kS released two well-received transfer videos, and iSL produced one as well. He took 1st place during the SoS3 improv tournament on both THPS4 and THUG1. He continued to stay pretty active in the community participating in the Get There challenges, tallying a total of 15 GT wins on thlive.net.

He took a long hiatus and returned to the scene on THUGPro. Since then he has joined the tLT clan, he won the Baltimore improv tournament, and has produced and been involved with multiple video projects including: a few improv videos, No Manual videos, and most recently was in tLTV 2020. He earned the top seed in the preliminary round of the i5 Improv Tournament.

sk8ace is a veteran player of the series and started playing THPS online during the Pro Skater 3 era. He became competitive in the King of the Hill and Capture the Flag scene during Pro Skater 4. He is one of the founders of the Super Noobs (SN) clan. He is still one of the top KOTH players in the community today.

He was asked by Krad and FreddY to create one of the first custom versions of the THPSX.com website, and he’s been involved with that site and efforts since. THPSX is one of the few community websites that was around through some of the series “dark years” and has provided forums, information, and more...plus it currently has the largest known vault of custom content for THUGPro anywhere.

ghost is an incredibly talented player who started playing casually when the series first came out and only got into the online scene, and the world of improv and transfers in 2016. He was the founder and leader of the $MG clan, which released two of the most critically acclaimed team transfer videos ever, and later became a member of Runs In Vain. During his cross country travels, Ghost has actually met up with 9 fellow THPS players, and has become extremely well versed in the meta of THPS with regards to improv and transfer techniques, we conduct a very interesting discussion on the current state of improv and all things THPS.

Chris Rausch worked for Neversoft as a Game Designer for Pro Skater 1 through Underground 1. Many will recognize him by one of his nicknames: Team Chicken: think: TC’s Roof Gap in School 2. Chris is currently the Creative Director for Nicalis, and previous co-founder of Supervillain Studios. He is a longstanding vet of the games industry, starting as a teenager with Virgin Interactive and 21holding his first lead design role at the age of 19. He played a massive role in the work that brought the Tony Hawk franchise to life with Neversoft. Chris has seen the entire scope of the games industry from high successes of massive triple-a games, to the rough and trying times of a scrappy start-up. Chris also was involved with and interviewed for the Pretending I’m A Superman THPS documentary.

Raoul Duke is a long-standing player of the series faithfully representing the European community for many years. He acted as a “lighthouse” for the european community. A member of the famous theot clan which was formed during THPS3- he was one of the first members to get invited at the onset of THPS4. He has never quite considered himself as a pro, but wouldn’t call himself casual either. He starred in the infamous THUG1 Video: THUG - Televizzle, along with multiple other great style lines videos, improv videos and was a great Create A Park creator.

Jess3 is an amazing player that started playing THPS Online on PS2 in the summer of 2005 and played continually through 2012. After a hiatus he returned to the scene in 2017 and began playing THUGPro and has been ever since. He is a proud member of the PHUN clan, since 2011, and is an alumni of the ,.SN. clan, since 2008. He was recently featured in the latest PHUN team video: PUREPHUN 5. He has made multiple gameplay videos including 2 current ongoing series: Everlasting: a long combo improv series, and Hot Sauce: an improvTV series. He is well known for doing weird Teleplants in improv runs and is one of the best King of the Hill players around.

prevzzy is one of today's top players achieving amazing high scores. He started this journey of being a top scorer in THAW around 2007, although it wasn't until 2018 when he played THUG PRO where he really became active and came to life. Since then he has achieved over a billion point combos on 29 different maps and 2 billion point combos on 9 of these. He's played a huge role in discovering various THUG2 engine mechanics that eventually lead to high scoring elevating to a level never seen before. He is the creator of in depth balance analysis videos, but he is the best known for his complex and creative lines that allowed him to get scores like 491 million on Practice, 1052 million on New Orleans with no balance meters or 2358 million on Pro Skater. He was the winner of OaS high scoring tournament, tHL graffiti tournament and most recently - andyTHPS' graffiti tournament. He has recently joined the SiN clan along with other top tier high scoring players who are now seeking to dominate THPS1+2 leader-boards.

FreddY and TheDodeman have a candid conversation taking an in-depth look at the new game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2!

Ralph D'Amato was a Producer and member of the original development team of the Tony Hawk's games at Neversoft from the beginning of the series up to Tony Hawk's Project 8. He was also the producer for the Neversoft game: Gun.

Ralph has also worked as Director of New Media for Tony Hawk Incorporated. He is currently a production director and has been producing apps since the start of the app store. He has worked with a number of celebrities and brands to successfully launch over 20 titles. He has worked with teams all over the globe. Ralph now heads up D'Amato Productions, Inc. and just released the documentary: Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story via Video on Demand on all major streaming providers.

This episode features a very special roundtable discussion on all things THPS 1+2 Warehouse demo! Our guest panel features: Mike, tyler, Guy2K, and George! We slice and dissect all aspects of the demo in a very different format from previous episodes. Showing and featuring gameplay from the demo and talking in depth about it.