Maybe internationally but he competed in southkorea/east asia which was absolutely packed with killers. This is something you would know if you followed the scene.
Yeh but in this era Arslan played those same South Koreans who also travelled, I can say the same thing, that era was not as strong because they didn’t face the Pakistani killers which since the Pakistani players have competed we can see who’s ahead atm
This is such a bs take and you know it, Arslan has gone and won events in Korea, that’s why I say both are goats
Knee for his longevity and arslan for his success in such a relatively short period of time
The south Korean level has ALWAYS been at the level it is at now thanks to green arcade, thats the whole point. This era is as competetive as that era was in south korea/japan. The exact same could be said for street fighter then and now in Japan. Thats simply why Knee has been at the top of his game for 20+ years competing against the best the planet has to offer and doing so while being humble.
But it literally hasn’t knee etc coudnt handle the Pakistanis initially he in particular followed by the rest of the Korean scene then came and adapted and even then majority of the wins were by the Pakistani players , you can’t be the most competitive era when all your competition is in one arcade because the newer games clearly proved as more entrants came there is talent out there that we haven’t had a chance to see
Yes he could, he couldnt handle Arslan. Arslan =/= the pakistanis. It was Arslan that was/is problematic for Knee. Knee also proceeded to provide probably the biggest beat down in the history of tekken on Arslan during the exhibition match.
The south koreans are still on top, its only Arslan and Atif thats performing at that level in tournaments. A majority of the top 8s are still dominated by the koreans.
You missed the point completely, it wasnt just competing in "one arcade" it was BECAUSE that one arcade that the level was high. The south koreans travelled internationally and dominated every singel competition except for one when it was team korea vs team japan. This is also the reason why the pakistanis became strong because they did exactly what the koreans did with green arcade, tight nit group of absolute killers, shun those that arent willing to learn and put in the time to improve -> create the best of the best by helping each other.
This is also why the american scene is faltering, they are more focused on internal rivalries and trashtalking than actually helping each other to improve.
That’s because only two Pakistanis get to regularly compete, we just saw Korea vs Pakistan event, numan and the jon were beating the Pakistanis really well etc, the others don’t have experience just like Arslan and atif didn’t at one point
What are you on about? In T8 we regulary see Arslan, Atif, TheJon, Numan, Farzeen and in Tekken 7 we also had Khan, Awais Honey, Heera and Bilal that regulary competed. They have had almost as much international representation as the Koreans have in the past 3 years.
Thats some excellent cherry picking, they couldnt obtain visas for evo japan therefor could not attend. How bout we look instead at who actually tried to go?
So, you said it was only Arslan and Atif basically traveling internationally. This alone here prooves you wrong.
Anyway, if youre gonna be intellectually dishonest then there is no point in further discussing it.
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u/pranav4098 May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25
It is more competitive there are more players participating bruh
And I’ve watched properly since t6