THPS Podcast

Thugg is credited as being the first to discover three techs used in modern gameplay: finding BHRA and Air Buttslap(ABS) as well as THOP's(thugghops). He further had an influence in the findings of regular hops as well, most of this was all during the “dark ages” of the THPS franchise from 2010-2012. He is always looking to find even more new techniques. Most recently he participated in the Baltimore improv competition and took 2nd place. He has been a member of the PHUN clan since its birth in 2009. His THPS career started on THUG1 in 2004 on PS2 and he has always been interested in all playstyles such as provs, transfers, koth, ctf, whoring and tagging. He has further been in 8 team transfer videos with the Phun clan.

Slim is a longtime THPS player, lifelong SiN member and recent returnee to THUG Pro. He has been around the community for many years and has helped reignite the SiN Clan in modern day. He is very well known and highly respected for his exceptional gameplay and improv skill. He also is known for creating the user-created variant of firefight on THUG1 known as "slim firefight".

Maxfli is a very well-known player of the series, whose history stretches back to the days of THPS4 online. He has just recently returned to the community this February after a very long hiatus, yet his name was already known by many who have never met him. He was ahead of his time in 2003 to record candid gameplay from THPS4 days, which includes classic THPS4 whore lines, improv, as well as gameplay from other THPS legends. He is also known for his double videos with Brazbox, as well as his recent graffiti tag video in Carnival. Likewise, he intends on producing more graffiti tag videos in the near future.

Maxfli was part of the elite aSS clan on THPS4 in 2003, and he has just recently rejoined the team this past month upon its revival. This was a fitting decision for him, as the aSS clan represents the style of gameplay Maxfli has always pursued. Recently, we have also seen Maxfli transition from THPS’ biggest posing victim, to the victim of Evil Nacho in the Nachomania series.

Draco is an amazing player of the series, cited by many as one of their favorites of all time. His skill and play-style is incredible: he was playing at a level beyond most others back as early as THPS3. His videos are the stuff of legend, and multiple people declare those as being their top old school videos of all-time. As an example: his Carnival level no manual is absolutely fabulous and holds up even by today’s standards!

Draco played in two of the most elite clans of all-time: tXo and tLT. And for good reason based on his skill. He has recently re-emerged on the scene after a very long hiatus.

Dana was the Senior User Interface Artist/Designer at Neversoft and worked on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. He also has been commissioned for his amazing talent as an artist by Tony Hawk himself, doing artwork for Birdhouse skateboards as well as the Tony Hawk Huck Jam Series. He further has done artwork for the upcoming Pretending I’m A Superman documentary on the history of the THPS franchise.

Dana currently works for Infinity Ward as the Senior UI Artist/UI Art Lead. Their most recently shipped game is Call of Duty: Warzone.

Tyler is a super fun and highly active member of the current THPS Community. Here are some highlights from his THPS Community involvement:

Is a well respected speedrunner, he held the World Record for ‘Story Mode Normal’ on Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland for several months

Is a moderator for the THPSX Discord as well as /r/THPS: the primary sub-Reddit devoted to THPS

Has a highly successful YouTube channel with over 4,000 subscribers with over 920 videos including his great ‘Let’s Play’ series specific to the THPS series

Has one of the most comprehensive collections of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater physical memorabilia in the world: including games, swag, skateboard decks and more.

Invisbleman was one of the founders of the tXo Hosted Site: the Glitch Vault- a site focused on exposing the various glitches in each game with a comprehensive database of the glitches complete with screenshots and detailed instructions. He was very known and highly respected for being a master at glitching and he was one of the first people to get into the modding scene. He played around with hex editing, and released tools for modding very early in the series. You could often expect to see him show up online with a monster Create-A-Skater, or a heavily modified CAS of some variety with all sorts of craziness. He was part of the tXo clan and was always sought out by people to have him share his secrets of how he did certain glitches or modified Create-A-Parks, or Skaters.

Nacho is a well-known and highly respect member of the THPS Online Community...a few notable accolades of his involvement:

He was the leader and creator of Team .tHO., possibly the most prominent THPS clan aside from tLT in the later 2000's.

Creator of the NachoMania video series.

Editor of the tHOTV video series, which featured professional-grade video editing and changed the way players thought THPS videos could be presented.

Founder of THPS-Online.net, which became the primary hub for the online community after tXo and THLiVE went offline.

Videos Featured in this Episode:

tHO TV 1: https://youtu.be/pu5fZz1uKns

Nachomania Volume 7: https://youtu.be/8kPoODyrrOc

tHO TV - The Reunion - Trailer: https://youtu.be/C7K5xE2lOlU

MistaFreeze is an exceptional and formidable player with fantastic videos and content produced back when the games were released, spanning all the way through to today. The THPS Podcast is his brainchild and he conducted 19 great episodes for the community to enjoy. He is one of the only, if not THE only, player known to score over a billion points on every level on Pro Skater 4. Super well-rounded in his play-style, humble attitude, and just a fun guy to hang out with...his accolades and contributions to the THPS Community go on for days.

If there is one player in the THPS community who embodies the term 'consistency', it's Guy2K. For over 15 years, Guy2K has shown what it means to push the envelope, whether it's scoring a billion points, tagging an entire level, landing sick transfers or collaborating with other players, this avid Boston Bruins fan and creator of the 'Air Born Addiction' video series has done it all with an infectious attitude that makes him fun to play with.