I just want to apologise for this video taking so long. In reality it wasn't THIS video that took 5 months, this was more around 9 weeks - coming off of several months of videos that just weren't any good at all. I would hope, and also expect, that to be the longest period without an upload ever. I am still alive, yes I am bald, I've been bald for an entire year now please stop coming into my stream and asking why/when I went bald.

Gon was simply banned because Mishima mains were seen running out of the venues crying when they were told Electrics were now useless

Gon is that terrible awful situation were your going to class to take an exam and suddenly out of nowhere that final thing your teacher told you about might be on the test was actually the whole test to begin with.

I was told once that "if it's on the internet, it will *always* be on the internet" but what I find is that entropy and the internet dark forest theory creates a reality where old stuff is becoming *exponentially* more difficult to find with every year that passes Pretty sobering to think about If a guy through a dead forum complains about Gon, but no one is there to read his post, did he complain at all?

OH HELL YEA

The AsumSaus thumbnail joke at 15:51 got me good

the balatro Nope! at 1:38 made me flinch in anger.

7:45 Anyone that is a fan of Maximilian knows about Biofreaks, also I was today years old when I learned about a slur that's been around since the Korean War. Thanks I guess Leon.

Your editing and animation is so damn clean, those 20 minutes felt like 5 at most. I don't know the first damn thing about fighting games but your videos are so captivating even someone who'd lose to Gon like me can enjoy them.

The animation quality on these vids are insane. Love your stuff!

In a sense, I guess they were banned from T3 for the same reason chess tournaments have dress codes. It's not that playing a grandmaster match wearing an ahegao hoddie is unfair or cheating, it's that it's not in the spirit of the game. What that "spirit of the game" is is what's open to interpretation and has some people foaming at the mouth over the mere existence of Happy Chaos, while others simply accept it. Where that line gets drawn is always going to be somewhat arbitrary, and is going to change over time.

Other notes: * Gon is one of the few characters not added to Tekken Tag Tournament 2. There is no sign of a Tekken Tag Tournament 3.

You have no idea how many Tekken characters who fit the bill of 'They're not winning, you're just losing' applies to. Hwoarang is one of the the worst characters in T8...if you lab him for 30 hours...

Great video! I have fond memories of playing Dr. B back in the day. These two characters getting banned makes me think of the ban on wobbling. At the time, I thought it was a stupid decision. Nerfing a character that was almost a non-presence at major tournaments struck me as just whiny players being whiny. But at the end of the day, a game needs to be fun. I remember there was a lot of talk about Eddy & Christie's b14 in Tekken Tag 2. People defended it by saying that it was possible, with tons and tons of practice against that specific move, it could be overcome. Kind of. But did that make the characters fun to fight against? Or negate the fact that it took almost no effort to cheese b14 combos but tons of effort and concentration to counter them? Maybe not. It's a difficult one. There have been numerous online Keyforge tournaments that banned Heart of The Forest despite many other cards being more powerful, but people just straight up despise that card and the restrictions it forces on both gameplay and deck selection. It doesn't matter how much you can point fingers at people being whiny. If all those people stop playing and the game dies, is that the better outcome?

18:47 Generally I agree with the shirt's mindset, but having a pushback on it so it doesn't get out of hand is good, too. The amount of times I've see someone say "git gud" as a catch-all shutdown of even valid criticism is obnoxious. Good vid.

Amazing video quality, holy shit the 3d modeling just for a video is crazy

The way you tell these stories is absolutely phenomenal. Honestly, i go back and re-watch so many of your videos just to see the funny animations and listen to these great stories told in such an interesting way. Taking the knowledge and making a fun story out of it, or a lesson, or something else always makes my day better when i listen and watch your content. Keep doin what your doin, its great!

Great video Leon! There is something about the design of older fighting games that I kind of miss. Things being less intended for the competitive scene, but said scene adapts anyway and the weird revelations that come along the way. the weird awkward characters that play fast and loose tend to be a lot of fun to explore and play.

Every single video of yours I see I keep being further impressed by your amazing editing! Fantastic work!

The amount of animation in this video is INSANE! Amazingly clean and informative work, awesome stuff!

Wow; the editing on the KBD section! And I didn't know about the nitty gritties of the gameplay of these two. Thanks for sharing! Great video!

I really love editing and production value on this video. Great job!

leon massey videos are always worth the wait

The animations and 3D spaces are great. Awesome video!

7:48 gonna be honest here, I had no idea that was a slur (tbh this is the first time I've seen it in any context), and I can't figure out how it's supposed to be a slur, so I can definitely see how, if the devs had a vaguely similar-ish background to me (Midwest and/or 90% WASP populated town) they'd have no idea that they were being offensive.

i haven't caught a massey video in a long time, it's insane how much visual flair your videos have gotten over the past while. super engaging stuff

I've heard that there's a pretty significant number of people still actively playing Tekken 3 in India. something that could've helped to get info on the competitive scene

This hit my algorithm and just want to comment to boost it and say this was an excellent video. Love the editing style!!!

7:47 in their defense, i literally have never heard that slur in my life and would not have thought of it as one and that's in 2024

Awesome edit man, these 3D models and background animations are very cool.

Gon but not forgotten ❤

welcome back to your channel Leon massive

This video was amazing, I absolutely love your editing!! More Tekken videos pleaseeeee

0:48 IS THAT RAKUGA KIDS

It makes me happy to see one of these videos finally get some traction again. These last few haven’t done great, and it makes me sad to see an essayist of Leon’s caliber not get much attention

I love Leon. I come here for the story, I leave with the knowledge of More Slurs seriously though, amazing video, Ive always been so fascinated with Gon and i even read the manga cos of how much I love this lil agumon guy and this is more than I ever couldve dreamed of Also, fucking fantastic editing as always the stair clip made me bust out laughing

Hey, Leon. Just wanted to say I’ve been watching your stuff ever since the Twelve video, and I’m super impressed by how much your craft has evolved. Keep it up.

The 3d spaces you create, for the background and other things, are really cool 3:28 I like how Gon walks offscreen when the camera wasnt focusing on him anymore

Man the production alone on this video got a like from me. Great little external animations, 3:30 I love the personality you gave him when the spotlight goes off and he wanders out of shot is just brilliant.

Amazing video dude, hope you're doing well. The production quality is awesome.

Man, I would've watched this video even if it was just game clips and site screenshots but the editing here made this such a nice experience, easily worth recommending and coming back too 😁

I thought you'd mention the fact that Dr.B has an entire moveset of Heihachi, but only under some weird circumstances. It's called ''True Stance'' and there's like about 2 ways to get into it, but in true Dr.B fashion, it's very difficult to pull off, especially during a match.

Hell yeah, I've been loving Tekken 8 and it's been a long day at work. A Tekken video from you is like a miracle lol

Great video! Well written and cool editing. I have never actually seen that basement stage in Tekken 3 before! :o

I was a teenager when Tekken 3 was a thing, and it is what got me into the series and one of the games that made me actually devote effort to learning how fighting games worked. Thank you so much for this, I love this video, and how it makes me feel.

i'm such a layton fan, I instantly recognised the song used. HUge W Leon. I love it when you add layton music to your vids

Your editing has become absolutely godlike!

What a great 20 minute video that I definitely sat through all of. That one part, where you said the thing? Egad!

Nice video! Very informative! I like how Dr. B is just a cardboard cutout and Gon is fully animated. I personally love joke characters because they stand out from everyone else. Why choose from a bunch of punchy dudes when I can pick the kangaro/dinosaur with boxing gloves, old man or bear? Joke characters are fun to play and funny to win with. Besides, if "being annoying" was justifiable reason to ban characters, half the roster of every game in existence would get banned.

The presentation of this one was amazing!

You're right, I'm not putting Chun li Figures into jars. Im putting Marissa figures into jars.

2:50 I love watching a seemingly random video about a game I’ve never played only to find out it’s actually detractor style content, dood

I just wanted to say that I see the incredible editing haha, I see you. Great work as usual!

This was a funny and good watch, thanks. Funny to see listen about a low tier character being banned simply because they play differently and have a subset of rules/knowledge within the game especially these days considering some of the seemingly broken things fighting game characters can do these days

That little Balatro Wheel of Fortune "Nope!" hit SOMEONE right in the recent PTSD, I know it

THE GLORIOUS EGG MAN IS BACK

Great video man! I hope the people from the Classic Tekken Discord server ended up usefull to you in the research and in footage (maybe im wrong but from the gameplay footage maybe its from the matches you had in there with us?). Im the one that just luckly guess that you were working on a Tekken 3 video because of a joke LOL. ps: love the Gon 3D model

This is the first video I´ve seen from you, and I just gotta say I LOVE your editing in this!

7:30 Legend Of Mana music? Good taste as always Leon

You put WAY too much effort into this video and it's animations and I love every second of it.

Yaaay more Leon! Always a pleasure 🙏

Yesterday was a great day to subscribe lol, I will forever expect daily uploads. Jokes aside thanks for the pleasant surprise

My favorite quote: "And bending down beside the glowing bars Murmur, a little sadly How Gon fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face Amid a crowd of stars."

Love the kings field IV ost used

damn the direction of the video was great

The cardboard cutout is pretty funny on its own, but honestly you probably could've used the scientist from Half Life and nobody would bat an eye

Peak Leon Massey talking about Peak Tekken? Truly a great evening

Every time I think I can't love you more, you do something like throw a balatro reference in

Cant believe you balatro wheel of fortune noped me within the first 2 minutes, I HAVE PTSD MAN YOU CANT JUST FLASH THAT

1:39 BALATRO MENTIONED :D awesome video as always... ive been in the "dont really give a fuck about tekken" crowd my entire life but this still kept me engaged all throughout. keep up the good work!!

BALATRO NOPE! NORTHERNLION IN BACKGROUND!!

gon was unironically my favorite character in t3 and i wish he'd get brought back for t8

Hi, this is that random 'Sparing' discord user from the video :d I'm one of if not the most long-lasting Tekken 3 online diehards and I have my own take on what a modern tier list with a dedicated player base would look like, it's in my profile description if you are curious Also one of the high level Indian tournaments was taken by a Gon player recently, it's in one of their still active archives But by no means do I take away from this video, the 'there was never a universal rule set' aspect is present to this day, it was interesting to see the topic tackled

the editing is crazy good...

Thanks for a well edited and enjoyable video, do you mind writing the music credits?

I know I say this every video, but I REALLY like your animations Leon. You've got like, a good idea of comic timing and composition, and the choice of framerate is *just* janky enough to make them stand out but not unwatchable.

Gods, your editing style? Closest to divinity our world will likely see. Your voiceover is well accompanying it as well.

"you didn't even know [Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.] existed until just now" me, a SBFP Fan: "Don't cite the deep magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written."

Fantastic. There's already only a few pretty smart reviewers online essentially being the cream of the crop such as Joseph Anderson or Matthew Matosis that, in spite their gaming history, will never in a million years cover fighting games, and especially without even a smidge of the visual effort you now put into your own work. No disrespect to most other game analysts out there, but you're a rarity amongst an already small pool of well spoken, well researched, and well informed people who make some truly finely crafted content. Word salad to hopefully get your attention aside, I love your stuff! I hope to reach a similarly great presentation for my own videos someday. Cheers!

I think you snuck in a really good summary right at the end. The duality of the word "uncompetitive".

wooah the editing is so cool

omfg hiw was that N64 fighting game at 0:48 called again? childhood memory unlocked oO

And yet another example of why you make my favorite FG videos. The research, the editing, and the jokes are just so fucking good, dude. It's also funny as a Soulcalibur fan seeing that Yoda was so clearly better implemented than Gon based on Soulcalibur's actual game design alone.

banned characters spend ten years in the joint

Gons running animation always kills me. He puts so much effort into it.

this video is very funny to me because when I was a casual playing tekken 3 way way back when I was like, idk 5 years old, I do remember both of these characters being infuriating to deal with, and when they were selected I did have less fun with the game, so ya know, I can see the reason for the ban lmao also idk what move it is, but I just remember being chained stunned by dr. b's remote, and until I actually go back and play tekken 3, I'll never know what was even going on with that move, or if I'm just misremembering something entirely

I remember using Gon to beat the beat-em-up mode for Tekken 3

American here. Never heard of zipperhead. Had to look up what it meant. I think it's pretty safe to say the devs didn't know it was a slur.

Feeling extremely validated after almost a decade of arguing for the competitive viability of Smash Bros. with people who have likely never known Street Fighter without the Capcom Pro Tour, and appear to assume the CPT emerged fully formed in 1991.

The editing in this video is so high quality

We love a leon massey upload. Certified lunch video material

I blame Gon for why Tekken 3 got no re-release. The licensing is only the PS1 version and Sony forbidds publishers and developers modifying PS1 games to be sold as PlayStation Classics.

Thanks for the vid

7:51 I fuckin love this game just for the maximillian dood boss rush, one of my favorite videos on the platform

The AsumSaus aMSa reference was brilliant!

yoo leon massey upload lets gooo

Me and the rest of DSP-gang won't take this slander lying down. Unlike Dr.B

I was just rewatching your vids LMAO

In short, Xiaoyu should be banned from ranked and tournament play.

I would do unspeakable things to Harada if they gave us DLC Dr B in tekken 8 where he's got like bionic legs and arms or something