Ever since that "Tekken fans, you with me?" video you dropped where you mentioned that you lost your job, you been grindin on the content scene for Tekken and have had insane growth. When you feel down, there's no way to go but up. Keep that shit up, Phi!

I'm GoD in my demotion matches and 1st Dan on my promotion matches

I really don't understand why you lose more by losing to a higher rank

this validates the feeling i've had since launch. it is literally better to lose your demotion match on purpose and then just win the next match than it is to win the demotion match

"The other reason I think you shouldn't care about rank too much is Tekken is really hard... and it's not the kind of game you can just blind queue and automatically improve" This hits really close to home and I'll share my silly noobie anecdote. My initial goal when I started T8 (I had a bit of T7 experience) was to hit red ranks and see how I liked the game. Shooting up to the top of orange rank in the first week of playing, it felt like the job was done! The mountain was climbed! I was basically there! Eight weeks later and I was struggling more than ever trying to get into red ranks. Somehow despite playing an amazingly strong character, and playing everyday, I just couldn't make it happen. Why oh why couldn't I achieve the goal I was striving so hard for? Meanwhile people on Twitter posted their wonderful photos of their own progression. It dominated my thoughts as I compared my progression to so many other people. It was only once I took a (literal IRL vacation) and stopped playing for a few days that I was able to see the larger picture. The rank truly meant nothing when examining my progression as a player. I had lost many points trying new things, practicing defense, learning matchups, but did those lost points represent me getting worse? Not at all, but it sure felt that way in the moment. The first session back, I didn't dwell on my losses, I fought for my life in several sets, and finally achieved that elusive Garyu. In hindsight, it means so little in terms of my individual skill, and I remember specific punishes I was proud of (e.g: The first time I ducked Victor's gun on reaction) far more than the specific match that promo'd me. It was only once I stopped caring so much that it stopped feeling insurmountable. Much love Phi, your content is so helpful in so many ways, and mentality is something we can all improve on.

if someone has problems with metchup, especially with an unpopular character and the lab does not help, I recommend that you start playing this character even for fun and see how your opponents deal with this character, and you start to see the good and bad sides of the character just by playing and having fun, when you return to your main, metchup will be much easier, This is also a more enjoyable learning method and prevents you from getting burned out by playing one character all the time. when you return to your main and encounter this metchup in ranked matches, it will be like playing chess against yourself, you will ask yourself in the middle of the fight what you would do in your opponent's place, a strange but satisfying feeling

Hey buddy, I've been watching your videos for some time now (actually, since T8 launch) and I just want to thank you for your time on doing it. I really like your mindset, and how much care you put in what you do. So, thank you, keep it up. Cheers from Brazil 👍🏻

It def gives me a better understanding of the rank system. Def appreciate your emphasis on the learning to get good. No matter what your rank is. It will fluctuate depending the player's intent for their sessions. Again- been takin notes and always appreciate your classroom discussions PhiDX. Cant wait to run into you in the future.

What you said about improvement not necessarily (and/or not immediately) being reflected in your rank really resonated with me. I kept such a hard focus on improving my execution, learning matchups and optimizing my stuff with Leroy that I played very incosistently or flaky in most matches. A couple of weeks down the line though, I suddenly start winning like mad (compared to before). Things started working, started clicking and came together much more fluidly. I was surprised because I didn't see it coming (I actually thought I had been doing something wrong :D) but some day it just started happening and the stuff I had been practicing paid off.

PhiDX is the sensei of all Tekken 8 newcomers, love you man

Good stuff. I had a bad Friday and went down to high shin from mid ten; yesterday, no plan or focus, and surprisingly went shin to mighty. Read the player, speed your read, know your unsafties and use when can.

PhiDX with another great video. Thanks for all you do for the community! I started watching your videos at the start of Tekken 8 when I literally have never played Tekken or even watched Tekken before, and your videos gave me the itch and drive to buy the game! Now I'm loving it!

i was watching you live when you were recording data on stream, solid freaking effort!

Love this channel, no over the top performing for the camera. Just good solid tekken info

thanks to your coaching and watching others in the Sajam tournament I have gotten Flame Ruler on my very first time playing any fighting game, I really appreciate all your videos explaining the game to newcomers. I think I can get to blue ranks in a couple days, but its good to know that rank doesn't mean everything and I had fun getting where I am now anyways.

Commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for the content, you're a big reason I've stuck with this game and gotten through the early ranks

bruv what the hell man this is too much work for a video 😅 im glad tho because someone had to do it. Love your content this is amazing

Already watched it in the stream so I'm just here for the algorithm .

Thanks for explaining this. I was wondering about this for awhile because i had been demoted from Tenryu back to Shinryu, but because the points i lost in that match literally put me at the edge of Tenryu rank when, i won my rematch, i got that buffer in points plus the added win points and i was sitting here scratching my head.

PhiDX i really appreciate your content and research. This is my first tekken and i learn so much from you. From mindset to combos, from combos to neutral. Your content is amazing for new tekken players, thank you so much for your work!

Insane work man, thanks for all the things you do for the community!

Respect. The breakdown and then the end are owed a subscribe for sure!

Thank you Phi, this video REALLY helped to open my eyes about how I feel towards ranked lately ❤

Impressive work to analyse all these data! That's so helpful. Huge thank you for your hard work phi, really 🥰

Finally some clarity! Thank you so much for spending time on figuring this out for the community. And thank you for your insight on how to deal with ranked mentally. I do hope Bamco puts a streak indicator at some point.

Awesome video bro, thanks for the great content. In the vein of mastering the hobby as a craft or skill, that is exactly where I get my fulfillment. Ranks can change and reset, and games change and come and go, but the forever project, like learning in life, is honing your own skills, and then you can take those skills with you and apply the fundamentals across whatever context you choose. For fighting games, I think of building out a set of core skills similar to competitive FPS games, and then I can take them to T8, MK1, SF6 and so on, so I worry way less about my individual rank in any one game. I find it helps prevent raging or getting burned out.

I think you're the best teacher of Tekken on KZfaq not because of your (very strong) game specific knowledge, but because of your philosophy. Having the right attitude to learning and the ranked system is just as important as technical skill. Thanks dude, keep it up.

Dude you've been a huge help with all the info you practically just giving away, thank you so much dude your awesome!

the last time I clicked this early I got whiff punished

It's just ridiculous. Losing to technical weaker opponent it should hurt more, not less.

That makes things far clearer, I had so many goofy theories like in game performance impacted points (like perfect rounds) 6-0ing people. All sorts of things like that. So this helps a lot, thank you for the clarity with this all!

Love the detailed work you put in Phi! Thanks a bunch on the rank info 😊

You're the man PhiDX. As an avid lover of fighting games, but only a viewer, never a player, your guides and knowledge, are second to none. I only got into this Tekken, because I saw your guides, and I was privileged to meet the voice actress of Azucena. So from the bottom of my heart and the strength of my fists, I thank you wholeheartedly and I am forever in debt to you and all the legacy players who actually teach, mentor, and nurture the fire in us newcomer's to be a better fighter. So thank you my guy, I got your back on everything my dude. May your fists be granite, your nerves be like steel , and God bless. I pray that you continue in your success, not only in the game, but in all things you pursue in your life! ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

The weirdest part of the system imo is you drop very little points by losing to players of lower ranks, which makes those matches super low risk (since you're a higher rank, so likely a lot better already) and incentivizes farming them noobs. At the same time, receiving a beating from higher ranks is incredibly punishing. There's definitely a better balance to be found in numbers which propels you locking in on higher rank matches while also not treating lower ranks as promotion fodder.

Even though i have stopped playing ranked matches for undisclosed amount of time, i always find your videos to be very informative and helpful, with this one not being an exception. So here's a comment, like, and sub to hopefully aid you in spreading knowledge about Tekken to ever wider audiences.

Shoutout to this video and PhiDx as a whole for getting me into trying Tekken ranked

This is insanely valuable work, been scratching my head at those nonsensical points since the game came out !

I always wondered why sometimes I would gain more points than usual after a match... Thanks for explaining it all to us. As a newcomer I feel spoiled having you around to explain Tekken 8 to us 😂

I love this video. It shows a lot of numbers and time you've put into the notes to show players how the ranking system works. But yet again the main focus is to just enjoy the game as it is and don't be bothered by the rank itself.

You have been nothing less than crucial in my learning and fascination with Tekken, alongside mindset tips. Keep up the good work!

This ranking system is very stupid. If you're near a demotion, you're often better off throwing the first match against the next scrub you go against, de-ranking, then beating them and getting the big rank up buffer bonus. Any ranking system where it's often more efficient to _lose_ vs win is broken. I don't know why they don't just use ELO like chess.

You can’t beat the unemployed allegations after this one bro.

This was very helpful. Thanks for putting in the work

Bro your doing the job of Tekken community managers out here, thanks. I wonder if someone from Tekken would confirm this and give you credit… nahhh they don’t care lol

In all honesty tk7 ranked system was so much better.... it was more of a challenge and also the pt system was consistent. As soon as you reach dark blue you lose the same amount of pts you gain for winning and it felt like a good marker for where real tekken was starting. Also when you got demoted it put you in the middle of the rank bar instead of the end which means you grind back to the rank. Some people hate that but to me it was more of a grind and i liked it because it helped me get better as a player. I dont like how i made Tekken King so easily. I felt way more accomplished making Yaksa in tk7 than i did making it to Tekken King in 8.

Very well put together video, I appreciate the information so much! Good shit

Amazing video. Super-awesome stuff, dude. Thank you for all your hard work!

nice food for thought! Main goal on any videogame should be just to have fun with it. Celebrate the learning process and you getting good at a game one step at a time. I really appreciate your videos, keep it up! 😀

I love your content bro I wanna personally let you know that this typa information is what makes the world go round. Very informative and you put your own perspective into the subject as a whole and your take on improvement is very great .

DUDE!!!! thank you for explaining this to me because I was going crazy on trying to understand this system 😅

Thank you so much for your work and dedication to the game and community. Appreciate it man!

Street Fighter 5 had a similar system where ranking up at the highest levels just became a massive grindfest. You would mostly farm people lower ranked than you for peanuts per win, while risking massive losses if you dropped a match here and there. I like the way sf6 did it. There's a similar biased points-based ladder system where you can climb over time even with under 50% win rate. After that, the game really begins in Master rank, where they introduce a zero-sum rating system. This avoids the problem where an extremely left-skewed skill distribution inflates ratings in a zero-sum system, and it keeps things a lot less grindy at the highest ranks.

PhiDX, you are such a saint for the casual/noob crowd. I wish your videos/content existed back when i played in 5&6. Playing 5 & 6 in the arcades was way less forgiving compared to now. Never made it past 4th Dan (the people in arcades were also a lot better than the average player online these days). Yet i’m a purple rank in 8. I realised the rank system is super complicated but the buffer is so generous - there was no generous buffers in the old skool days. It’s as you say, rank doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters about rank is that the higher you are, the better the opponents you get to play, which is the main thing i care about rank, love to play against good opponents.

Great info! I'm currently battle ruler and got completely dumpstered by 4 players in a row with 250k points while on their alts, around 90-100k points more than me (my only gripe). About to get demoted, but I'm not too mad as I can take this as a learning experience for what's to come. That replay function comes in handy too!

This video came at the perfect time. After some time off tekken just because of work commitments I finally jumped back in today. Being hard stuck at vanquisher I was getting a little tilted (or shall we say a lot). It's hard not fo care at times but after a while I met a player around the same skill level we jumped into player match and I was reminded of the fun the game brings. That moment and this video solidifies that fact that rank doesn't matter

Massive research project! I agree that no one should get hung up on points enough that this should matter, but having the information for archival or comparison purposes post-patch or in future games can still be a great frame of reference. Lotta hard work, but ultimately important stuff; thanks again for the community service Phi!

I noticed some of these concepts as well. Appreciate the breakdown.

Thank you for the video! Helped me a lot in understanding the ranking system.

Thanks for this vid I was wondering about this! 🔥 Also you were in my pool a couple weeks ago LETS GO!!! 🎉

i have been having trouble in orange ranks with bryan but i start getting demoted from eliminator back down to vanquisher some days and that gets in my head, i start getting tilted and mad and playing off. understanding the system can help realize that everyone has these problems, yellow, blue, gold, whatever rank you are and to just keep playing being the thing to prioritize. thank you phidx

Thank you for making this I was confused 😅 I appreciate all your videos keep it up 💜

hey, thanks for this. i have been trying not to let the ranked stuff bother me, but not getting where it was pulling these numbers from was THE issue that kept it stuck in my head. it's a lot easier to put something away if i understand it. getting thoroughly outplayed was so much easier to deal with than the seemingly random numbers. but now i know so i don't have to care.

Brooooo thank you so much for explaining I was so utterly confused by the streak system and points at blue ranks. Didnt really play T7 online so I really had NO idea wtf was going on, it felt completely random at times

I wish you all the success in the world Phi. You are a great content creator and you seem like a great person as well.

Good shit bro. You've helped me immensely with your indebt analysis. You've really been a god send in understanding these buttons bro. Respect 👍👍

Thank You 🤩🙏🏼 It explains alot what is happening in Rank 😅

Thank you for going through the trouble for this. Online ranked queues are always so stressful if one starts to worry about rank and the score given to them. I'm glad they went with a bit of a looser system like this that's easy to disregard but still gives a fun badge for the progress.

Thanks for the info I definitely had questions about points

Fantastic video sir! You hit a lot of points that I agree with. Keep up the good work!

Glad you made this video, very enlightening!

Glad you elaborated on streak benefits

Takes a lot of effort to make these kind of videos, thank you so much for all this work

long time viewer first time subber not for any reason outside of laziness. You are my favorite tekken content creator in general at the moment and i share all your helpful videos to my friends who need some assistance so sorry for being lazy.

I was so lost with the ranked system, thank you Phi for the great explanation!

This is an amazing vid, really informative Phi, ty :)

Thank you for clearing it out, i have always got confuse part, But Also agree on the ranked part making people playing game or as they say making their cosutomer happy

Thanks again for your daily hard work and very high value content!

This is awesome 😎, thank you for the work put into this video.

Hi Phi, I love your content, keep it up! Improving is such a fun thing and you teaching people how to improve is very valuable!

been watching your videos since tekken 8 launch and theyre helping me out a lot 🥶

The dedication to tracking this down is wild, mad props Phi! Especially considering it really boiled down to “stop worrying about it so much” 😅

i always leave a comment just bc phi politely asks in the start of his video rather than randomly interrupting the video to ask later on like so many creators do. Great video phi :)

This required a lot of work. Thanks for the breakdown.

Man, this explains why me and a bunch of other guys in my friends list keep pinging up and down blue ranks. Thanks for the vid. Hopefully your hard work will show how big of a meme these dang ranks are

Thanks for making this! The community appreciates it

Thank you for once again informative content. This is dope

omg you are the best ! what an hard working player

You’re the man… was definitely on the verge of giving up but the relatability just saved the day 👌🏽

Thank you so much for making public what I've been trying to say for so long in exactly how I feel it is! Ranks don't matter what's important is if you're improving or not and only you can know. So many players will do insane things to keep their rank and show it off like you mentioned like blocking other better players or cherry picking etc. Then they post all sorts of crap online. This is all unhealthy behavior to say the least. And like you said ofc we're only human ofc we have pride and we want to rank up, but in the end it doesn't really matter. What's important again is your own personal growth and improvement. This kind of content promotes what the game really is. A martial arts sim that promotes discipline and skill regardless of how high your rank is. Thanks again!

Loving your dedication to making high quality information for T8, keep cooking king!

Awesome breakdown, thank you!

Great video I love these tekken deep dives.

You literally are the best! This was so helpful! Thanks because I definitely was feeling down about not being able to get out of Rajin! 🙄🤣

We appreciate your hard works, man.

The amount of data is crazy. Good job Phi o7

Great video as always!

Finally some serious data explanation ive been looking for this since day 1

Happy to hear you and other YTers keep saying, "Rank doesn't matter." It is encouraging to hear after getting destroyed in ranked, and then taking a break to watch some Tekken YT videos.

Interesting video, I do love me some stats. Never really cared about ranked although I do play it a lot. I guess I just use as a representation of where my understanding of match ups is. What characters do I get, which ones to lab etc. As an older player that’s been playing since literally the beginning I always feel like I should be higher in rank or hitting more milestones so I do understand that push and pressure too.

Thank you bro I really appreciate yo vids!