Ay, thanks for the kind words. It took a LOT of work to get to this level of proficiency. I may have achieved great heights but there's always room for improvement so the work continues 👍

@@Zana_G you are truly amazing hope you get even higher one day, best of luck to you 👍🏼

@@abrahamzee2977 Yo thanks. Maybe some day, it'll take a LOT of work to get both better RNG and execution than this one. I had a deathless run in the category that was much slower, it'd be quite the feat to get one that's both fast and deathless.

Appreciate that you know this game but present kids don't know what this game😅😅......

Hell yeah! Glad to hear it on your end too... God Hand could always use more love.

It's weird, most of my best runs didn't have many viewers while live.

Hopefully the ride isn't over yet, I might come back and reach for a sub 1:55...

Glad to hear it! Hope I'll be back to doing runs soon.

Well, not ~every~ time. There's some deaths in this one. A few PBs back there was a deathless run in this category but the extra caution meant slower approaches and it chewed up so much time.

My style is impetuous.

Yeah, a lot of people talk about High Side Kick Cancels, but the real MVPs in KMS are Charged Punch, Handplant Kick and Rocket Uppercut.

Tyty

There is a challenge called God Foot where you play through the game without ever using arm based attacks. It's a more of a bother than it sounds like it is.

Ay, thanks for the kind words. Yeah, it took a lot of practice, determination, and just plain being stubborn to get to this point.

@@Zana_G HI,zana any tips for that spamming kicks i keep losing control of spamming it ,thanks in advance

@@farilnurdiansyah2848 Because of speedrunning I was forced to practice it constantly... the best thing I could suggest is to practice on the wooden training dummy. Maybe make sure your controller has no input issues. If I could see your attempts I could probably give more detailed insight.

​@@Zana_G same when i spam enemies on wall, after 2 kicks they fell. Don't know why

Ay thx for the kind words.

Yo thanks for the kind words. It's more motivating than you'd think.

Tyty, much appreciated 😁

Actually, I think I might beat it again 😏 you never know.

Tyty

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Ay thanks! Took a lot of work to get to that point but with more work it could always be better.

Yeah this is definitely one of those games that really requires you to be stubborn to get good. It takes SO MUCH practice.

Thank you for your kind words! It took a lot of practice to get to this level. Elvis's jump is definitely not one frame but it usually comes down to the fact that his attack timing is predictable, you can never know which attack is coming, but you can often know when it will come. That makes many attacks far easier to dodge. Having said that, I don't even dodge the jumps optimally. The Japanese runners are a lot more practiced on dodging it with the small number of i-frames that your sidestep has, and that's way better.

I always play on real PS2. You'll be glad to know however that I don't remember there being any noticeable input latency on the PS3 version, however I still have that available so I could test it.

I spent more than 1k hours just practicing for this one category. But yeah speedrunners push the limits as far as they possibly can and that is a guaranteed way to find serious flaws in a game. Still my favorite game, though.

I actually used to play Tekken competitively, the people it forced me to be around made it very not worth it.

ty for the kind words!

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I try, man.

Yo, thx for the love. 💜

Yeah, most players forget that even in KMS you can still use God Hand and Roulettes in stage 1-1 because Olivia hasn't placed the sign on your back yet. Perfect reason to use every resource you have until the restrictions actually happen.

I wouldn't say it's nothing, speedrunning is a different beast and requires specific strategies to go fast but that doesn't mean that the methods would necessarily be optimal for normal gameplay.

Ayy ty ty. Might work on improving this sometime. Not sure.

Kick, duck, repeat.

Tyty, it's nice when people notice my hard work.

Y'know, from a performance standpoint, when I look back at this I think my gameplay at this point is nothing special - this is how Azel fights go. However, viewing it from how the movement looks, yeah it looks pretty slick.

I try, I try. But I'm sure with more proper effort I can improve even more.

The game never gives you Double God Hand under any circumstances, you'll only see that in videos where the game has been modified. NG+ just makes it so that most of the attacks in the game are available in the shop right from the start (there's a few exceptions) and most money sources are doubled.

@@Zana_G thanks brother! Do we get money as well like from the beginning of new game post ending. What kind of modifiers are that?

Far from it, there's still some deaths in there. Never forget there's always room for improvement. 👍

Well technically you didnt use it in game, but I was referring to your skills.

@@nicktronson2977 Thank you for the compliment! There's also a fair amount of luck on display in this run as well, as with every speedrun you can't just have skill, you need the RNG on your side to some extent as well.

I don't know... I'm good at the game, but am I cool?

I would if it were fast but it's very very very slow.

@@Zana_G You make a fantastic point

I don't know what you mean at all. Sorry.

@@Zana_G very well, have a nice day 😔

By placing the second hit you intend to do on the Triangle button then alternating between the two, Square -> Triangle -> repeat. Left Jab -> Straight is 6|0 frames to 7|1 frames though so it's a bit awkward at first but you get used to it pretty quick.

Yeah I'm a dumbass, it just clicked after I asked the question. Funny how I have completed a KMS run on Normal a couple times and yet never thought of that@@Zana_G

@@TechniqueSan It was a while of speedrunning the game before I thought to do it, too. And a much longer time before I decided to finally push myself to start trying to apply it in runs. Now I absolutely cannot function without it.

No idea what you mean, sorry.

Its okey dont worry I was also surprised to find a shortcut on stage 2

Ayyy ty ty

This run is real hardware, so controller. Emulator is currently not allowed on the leaderboard because it does not run the game accurately enough.

@@Zana_G so you have litterally the ps2? Gg. Madlad.

@@pocleaf Yep, real hardware, actual PS2.

It's just the High Side Kick. You start with High Side Kick 1, I upgrade it to High Side Kick 2 in stage 4, then to High Side Kick 3 in stage 7.

@@Zana_G thanks man, I was playing god hand some days back in normal difficulty, in stage 1 itself in elvis house, in that jewellery room, I was in transition between level 3 and level die and then I cannot deal with crowd fights, especially with those 2 alexander guys 🤣🤣 , I cannot peacefully hit one guy one by one, any tip on that?

@@studywithramprasathrp3093 It would be hard to say why you're having problems without seeing how you approach the situation. Do you have any gameplay footage I could look at to see where you might be going wrong?

@@Zana_G thank you so much for your kind response sir... I don't have a footage... Btw thanks 🤟

Nope, real hardware. Emulator is not currently allowed for the leaderboard.

Ay tyty.

That'd be because it's the Kick Me Sign category. Olivia places the sign on your back at the beginning of stage 1-2 and it remains as long as you don't use the God Hand or Roulettes.

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RAWR!

NG means New Game (rather than New Game+) and KMS refers to the Kick Me Sign, which is the sign Olivia places on Gene's back at the beginning of stage 1-2. To keep the sign on his back you must not use roulettes or the God Hand for the rest of the game.

@@Zana_G so New Game+ is new gsme with all abilities unlocked?

@@FakhriHeavenly on a NG+ run money gained from enemies and drops is doubled and almost all of the attacks are available for purchase at the start of the game.

@@Zana_G thx for the explanation bro

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... k?

I'll talk how I want to, thx.

That's just a basic High Side Kick Cancel, you just use dodges to cancel the High Side Kick so that you can do it repeatedly.

Tyty, takes a lot of work to prepare for something like this.

It took a LOT of practice to get there, if you keep pushing you'll make it through.