One important thing to note here since they have to abide by TWT rules: AK can't give JDCR free damage let alone give him the round since the TOs intervened and enforced the TWT rule that they will restart the round where the anomaly occured. AK and JDCR have to play the final round over again. AK can't throw the round because that's tampering and maybe even matchfixing. He would be disqualified not only from this tournament but possibly from the entire TWT.

Hotel PhiDX always looks like he's covering Tekken while on the run from the authorities. Love it.

It sucks bc it’s literally not AK or JDCR fault, it’s straight up just unprofessionalism.

I feel really bad for JDCR, I hope we see him in more tournaments.

I already kinda liked JDCR from his match with Lil Majin. But seeing how he handled this, my respect for the man has skyrocketed.

JDCR is AK’s coach last SEA game 2018 or 2019 i think. No way he will do this intentionally. People are just sore IRL losers to hate..

Regardless of how good and nuanced the rules might become there will always be room for error. I just hope that something like a controller connection check before matches for all controllers - bluetooth and wired, is implemented after this.

14:30 interesting how the connection notification popped up again when ak was losing

Any harassment towards any of the parties involved in this is small peepee behavior :) TOs have already taken responsibility and the players themselves are on good terms.

Insane. I cant even imagine what that feels like. The whole 9 minute break probably made a huge difference as well.

14:25 Dude, it could be prevented. I could see the system message happening prior to this round...

Before even watching the vid I knew exactly what this was about ☹️ Shitty situation all around but what made it worse was “fans” who weren’t endemic to the community being completely asshats with their reactions.

I unfortunately lost all interest in the tournament after this. Was so excited for JDCR doing so well with his new sponsor and then this happens :/

The mistake was too big to ignore and my interest in this tournament died the moment I saw it Feels bad to watch one of your favourite pro playes get treated so wrongfully and getting a meaningless apology after the damage was already done

Just force everybody to play wired and turn off the bluetooth. As simple as that. Usb cable costs 5 bucks or the TOs could have them for those who forgot. It worked at my small local where the average rank was reds/purples so it can work everywhere else.

Happens at 23:20 if you're impatient like me

Should be like a MMA match. You go back to the same place with the same health and same remaining time. JDCR was going to win that game, very suspicious act.

The truth is the person in the crowd who hit the home button knew what they were doing. Because they tried to do it at 14:29 also but were not successful. 2 times both match point in JDCR favor and mid kill combo. They purposely waited till the final round final match final combo to 100% was going to kill to hit the home button. The correct thing was to give the win over to JDCR because that combo was 100% going to kill AK.

I don't get that rule. lose a round when you pause/interfere? Perfect rule makes all the sense. Completely restart the round when a third party pauses? makes no sense. It favors the player who was losing the round every single time. when the game is paused by a third party why not just resolve the issue, then unpause with both players holding back for 3 in game seconds? This is way less disruptive and less time consuming. Obviously still not perfect but at least it has less impact in time, mentality, and game-state.

You completely ignored the message that popped up at 14:09 I think the timing of both occurrences seem a little too suspicious to be a coincidence

Cool to see you up there! I didn't wanna be weird about it but said I'm happy to see your content as I was walking off to see the next match!

The Organizers should've paused the Set to turn off Bluetooth after the game in which the Notification popped up. Why would they just sit there and allow that to happen despite that Notification warning that the game could be interfered with?! I'm happy that the Organizers have assumed the blame, as they should. But goodness, this situation is beyond ridiculous and shouldn't have happened at all.

The way people were treating AK after that were fucking disgusting. He did nothing wrong, just a bad situation.

These two are my favorite players and it's really sad that their bout had to end this way. This is not the first time something like this happened on a major tournament and it baffles me how there are still no precautionary process being followed to avoid these scenarios.

JDCR being the big brother with the handshake. He knew he has been in worse situation before and decided to move on right there and then

Just negligence on the part of whoever was in charge of making sure everything was setup and ready to go. If the rule is to remake it is what it is.

I swear why are so many of the majors held in the NA region? This gates so many players from having any chance to make it to TWT

No clue how important this is but death threats aint it chief

This incident has shown me that there's a lot of growing up to do still in the FGC. Anyone blaming AK is an absolute moron, and should not be welcomed into the community.

Crazy situation. I don't know what's going on with your mic tho - I assume travel recording struggles.

The timing on that is suspect

I'm just curious, would this even be possible if they played on PC without bluetooth? I get that it can be hard to get enough PCs for a massive tournament, but at least for on-stream matches surely it could be possible? Big props to JDCR for his reaction to it though.

I’m sorry but it’s too damn convenient that it happened exactly when AK was about to lose. It’s obvious that someone with or who supports AK did that on purpose. JDCR was cheated and this was an absolute disgrace.

AK knows that JDCR kills should've give him that. 100% that combo kills

Feel horrible for both the players, it sucks just as much for AK winning in that way and knowing that you stole a win from another brilliant competitor.

JDCR 😢

Around 14:09 top right, does anyone think this means something?

Overall i think the resolution was a bit lacking, for JDCR. He got nothing in the end, the travels cost for other tournaments most likely would have been paid by his organization. Also, the need to redo this rule, as now this went from a best of 3 games, to a death match .They at least should give the option to the 'winning" side to chose if goes to the last round or redo the last game. But in the end is not an appalling resolution.

In the end, this just muddied some good fucking tekken, everything will be smeared by this drama, and hope this never happens again.

wtf man that's heart breaking

the rule should be to resume match with same health as before

Justice for JDCR

Man this whole thing reminds me of Evo 2015 momochi vs Gamerbee, the literally last set of the tournament was stalled for a good 8 minutes due to an error , which completely killed the momentum that Gamerbee had going for.

Imagine AK and JDCR playing against each other competitively since Tag 2 until now

Nice analysis dude... u got me... Subscribed!

I think maybe the whole set should have been redone. But a similar event happened in Combobreaker and they reset the match the same way.

There should be a feature in the replay mode that would let them both continue the set right where the foul happened. Replay control is already a thing so it shouldnt be too hard to do, and it seems a lot more fair than a complete redo

jdcr deserves more. a reset round when youre clearly winning is nuts

JDCR should get some compensation

Legit felt bad .. like all that momentum is gone .. it completely changes jdcr mindset

Sucks that this exciting game had to end this but I really enjoyed the slow mo replays, and felt that I learned a bit. Awesome content.

Jdcr got robbed, period.

Small addendum/correction to 19:00 Fcdf1 from Drag isn't actually a high crush despite the animation for some reason, as soon as you input it from crouch he counts as standing

I loved tekken growing up bc “mash button beat friends”, but never seen breakdowns of gameplay about it. Will watch tourneys as a casual. Always click your vids, just subbed, thank you for what you do bro!

Man. The moment I saw that happen my heart just sunk a bit. I had a pause button being hit happen before in a match, and it didn't feel good. It's super disruptive, and it hurts even more when you're in a big event right there on the big stage. This wasn't any of the player's fault though, so that makes it even worse. I hope there's at least no bad blood between the two because yeah, I wouldn't hold a grudge over something like that. Being robbed of a honorable match, whether you win or lose, never EVER feels good. All that being said, though, people sending death threats and threatening violence are out of line. Stuff happens, as long as we can move past it and compensate the players, that should be enough. Yeah, it sucks in the end, but what can you do, really. Not like hurting someone will magically reverse things or give your favorite a trophy. People should keep that in mind. As long as there's compensation, as long as the organizers own up to it and pay up, that's it. That should be enough.

Similar to mma where the ref puts the fighters in the same exact position after calling timeout due to accidents, tekken devs should enhance and further utilize the replay feature that puts the players in a specific state and position based on a specific point in the match in case something like this happens, especially in big tournaments.

Appreciate the coverage phidx had heard bout the situation but waiting for your take, death threats is indeed wild wish we could be better as a community hot damn that’s crazy lol I’m a 90s baby so that’s some shit that I thought id only hear on a tv show, ready to assassinate of a game is unhinged work😳

Not 10 minutes into the video, and I learned that counter hits have a specific particle effect, and that heat burst does less chip while opponent is in rage... you's a good Tekken-Tuber, Phi!

JDCR was rugged. Sadly, It happened before in a SF tournament. They will never learn.

Man i love Dragonov's intro where he turns the camera. Like who you lookin at.

When I was spectating at the event, the organizers took an incredible amount of time to enforce the rule of restarting the round/game like other tournaments. There was a lot of talking between staff yet at the end it took away someone's chance at a win. JDCR def wasn't super happy when this happened.

That seemed intentional.

I just remembered these two fought when ak was just a little kid on tag 2

dang JDCR was just 1 more 50/50 oki away from winning of course AK could've gotten the right read and make a comeback but that would be super tough especially against JDCR either way sucks that this situation happened regardless

@14:34 Is someone trying to connect a controller? “Connect the device using a USB cable, or register it again” appears at the top of the screen.

what's the app you used to check frame data?

This is a dumb rule the other guy was clearly winning. Also if it wasn’t any of the players who caused the issue, why can’t they just continue the match? I mean we all saw kc jdcr winning. I mean ofc ak could’ve came back but he legit already got knocked down it wasn’t even mid combo. It would make more sense if it was earlier on in the match but Ak barely had health it was in jdcr’s favor. The commentator even said this is a last hit situation before the 3rd party interrupted. And ofc next round jdcr loses. Do only certain like major events enforce this rule ?I feel like I’ve seen it happen and I do recall some matches being restarted and some just continuing, but I never really thought of it much till now.

20:23 what app were you using that had the frame data? it seems useful to have :p

We saw the controller connect during the match and they didn’t even blink an eye lol

I'm not a decent Tekken player but if I'm right, at 23:24, JDCR could've extended the Hail Slicer string to reach the wall and kill Shaheen. The sad part is though, even if he inputted the follow up, the PS Home button was pressed a few milliseconds before the input was registered. Even as an AK fan, it really sucked it happened because if the PS Home button was pressed just a few more milliseconds, JDCR would have probably been able to kill and close the set. Things like this make me wish we make everything wired and turn off the bluetooth settings. This should be a lesson for TOs in future tournaments.

JDCR is a fucking class act and a champ for taking this in stride. Just bravo for being so composed and taking this so well.

With the amount of majors held in NA instead of the world its not even tekken WORLD tour anymore

The voice of reason in this community. I have always respected you so much since I’ve first met you. You’re the real deal.

Super sad for JDCR, one mix away from qualification and that happens :( hope he gets another chance to qualify, the man deserves it after this daylight robbery

20:22 Hey, can you tell which app you are using for framedata

As a JDCR fan this really hurts, feel so bad for him. My goat will come back stronger though. 🙏

what app are you using to look up the frames?

I wonder what "Helping JDCR travel to next qualifiers" mean. Will he pay out of his own pocket or something? or just cheer him up saying "GoGoGo! JDCR!"

I was 3 feet away from the stage, none of their admins had their eyes on the set or stage or screen. I let them know they fucked up…

A Playstation button was hit on a 3rd controller

😔 That for your well informed and level headed take 🙏

I know im late, but congrats on 100k

Whats the name of the app you used to check on the frame data? 🤔

I was so unbelievably bummed out about this whole situation for JDCR. I am certain that in that situation JDCR had the win before the controller prompt happened, the next hit in the string would have taken AK to the wall. I had little interest in watching the rest of the tournament after that incident as it felt so unfair for JDCR to have his victory (in my opinion) snatched from him. I've been a JDCR fan going on 8 years now and am deeply saddened for him by this situation.

A clear win for JDCR, what a G

By the way already aware of this unfortunate happening although Tekken 8 has Replay Mode I wanted to confirm whether or not would Dragnov's FCdf14 being able to K.O or Not?

Way back then like when I was at Kumite and at esports Arlington in 2019 & 2020, it was common that before every match, the player would check the Bluetooth devices section in the system and disconnect them all. I'm not saying it's TOs or players fault but Its important we do this before every match to ensure this doesn't happen again

As I said in another video, someone from the TO who’s in charge of ensuring that another party will not have any chance to interrupt a match should absolutely be suspended if not fired.

whats the app you use to check frame info for Tekken 8?

Yesterday they also "thought" they didnt random the map so they paused the game even though it was random

damn looks like olrek (notorious tekken plugger) was in in the crowd lmao. glad the whole situation was cleared up

It s a bummer but life happens and these types of things will happen from time to time

Someone tried to press the home button in the 2nd game right before JD won as well.

Sick sick analysis

This really frustrated me a lot since I am waiting a long time for JDCR to be at the very top again and this tournament seemed so promising for him up until that point. It must surely have affected his mental for the remaining matches. Never seen have it be this dramatic, to have the match be interrupted in the last seconds of the match. JDCR was robbed in broad daylight. Very reminiscent of the online pluggers who quit exactly in the final combo that would kill them. I hope JDCR stays strong and manages to qualify for the big main event🙏

Why is the bluetooth even on at tournaments? Or is it impossible to deactivate on Playstation?

spiderman thought he was saving the day

Heartbreaking all round

28:13 "to influence other tournaments so that their Bluetooth is ON"

Loving both players, JD vs knee got me into tekken(7) and fightimg games in general and i watch his youtube for years now. i enjoyed watching AK over the year alot, always was clear he is a beast but was missing exp. at the end of the day, as tragic as it may be, the only people you really can fault here are the organizers. how can this even be possible in this day and age? how can u fill a HUGE tournament with people interested in a competetive 1v1 fighting game and not even think abou this possibility? unbelievable!