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Honestly I would love to see a interview with Maximillan Dood. Him and Woolie were the biggest reasons why I enjoy watching and playing fighting games (even if I'm not good at playing them lol)
Too many people stuck on RIP to the SBFP. Flash in the pan, lightning in a bottle, so many ways to say amazing things don't always last forever. Pick up, move forward. The boys are doing amazing things in their own right and this doc of Woolie standing on his own is proof. Paying respects at a grave one a year is sentimental. Setting up a campsite in the graveyard to stare at it is just mental.
I agree on everything but the flash in the pan stuff. They've been at it for so long that me and alot of other people who watched them graduated, had a kid, got a house etc. The joke about them being like our divorced parents got made for a reason.
This was great. I always forget how much I miss the Best Friends until I see something like this pop up. It's crazy to think that it's been a year and a half since they stopped making content together. Feels like it happened yesterday and five years ago all at the same time.
I love hearing Woolie talk about fighting games. Seriously, he is the one that got me into fighting games and I could never thank him enough for introducing me to a genre of game that I love, to the point where in my group of friends I'm the fighting game guy.
Woolie's always been a real one and has been my favorite out of all the Best Friends back when he first popped up in their original Marvel 3 video for Machinima and just wiped both Matt and Pat's asses on the floor. Can't believe it's already been past a decade. Keep it tight, Woolz.
woolie is honestly so charismatic. he doesn't feel fake, or like he's exaggerating any of his opinions to sound interesting. he's just an honest fanboy and it warms my heart. And also I will steal that sweater.
Woolie honestly got me back into fighting games. I used to play them a lot as a kid, but I was never terribly good at them. Then when I got older I was like 'Oh I just can't play them. I'll never be able to.' But seeing them all just fuck around with games they hadn't played before and seeing, especially, Woolie's Scrub Guides videos made me go...You know what. No. I can play them and I'm going to play them. Even if it takes me ages to crawl my way out of the pit. Especially if it does, honestly! The journey's great! And like that's helping me with anxiety issues I've got in general. In addition to getting me back to playing games I've honestly always really adored. So for that I'll always be grateful. He got me going back to something I loved and helped me figure out how to learn and how to keep motivated. Means a lot.
I feel the same way man, I sucked at them when I was younger. My dad and I used to always play Mortal Kombat and he’d bully me with Raiden.. after his death I made it a point to learn to master Sub. MK9 was the re-start I needed, then MKX and now with MK11 I’m the best Sub in my local area and even in KL ranked sets I consider myself pretty badass 😌 Fighting games really do force you to level up
I think the most important thing when trying to bring people in to fighting games is ease, don’t get flashy and discourage them, take it easy let them learn the controls and take a few rounds to build that I can do attitude. Or that’s my approach with getting my nieces and nephews into fighting games.
SBF got me into fighting games. It showed the wide world of the different games and the most important part: it's all about having fun and discovering new things.
This is all great, but Zubaz being MADE OF MEMES is amazing every time I think about it. Found in utter obscurity, long-rejected, he was given his very nature from a meme. He survived through the power of a meme. He ASCENDED to become a meme. Monsoon would shed a tear.
Us fans of you salute you Woolie. We all felt at a loss when sbfp ended but you’re keeping that dream alive and Reggie couldn’t be a better co pilot! LET’S GET IT ON NOW SELECT AND MAKE YA FIRST PICK!!!
I only had an older brother and sister when I got into video games. When we used to play fighting games I was the only one who did anything beyond button mashing, so eventually everyone stopped playing. I wasn't any good, I just knew what the buttons did. I then ignored fighting games for years until I started watching people like Max and SBFP. Now I'm actually starting to get back into the genre slowly. It's amazing how seeing someone I like play a game can actually induce me to buy a game way more than the flashiest trailer or high review scores.
Maddentown's golden boy getting a much deserved spotlight for his years of work. Love Woolz's content and his genuine personality, awesome to see him in something like this. Much respect to HBTB for interviewing him.
i first found out about Woolie in 2014 when he was on Co-Optional. i've been a loyal follower ever since. i actually got a chance to fight him finally in Tekken 7 earlier this year and i saw a clip of it here and had a "look mom! i'm on tv!" moment to myself just now lol.
Not gonna lie, I didn't think Woolie would be the best friend I'd become so invested in since he was a 'side character' for such a long time. There's just something about him though. He's like a stable, yet fun older brother.
The whole "try hard" concept is really interesting to me. I had the whole fighting game hangout experience with my cousins and later on in college with my friends and in both situations, everybody in the group were at an extremely high level where my goal would just be to stay on the sticks as long as possible. It was still super casual and jokey, but the thing that would always keep me coming back was the idea of finally beating my cousin's unstoppable Scorpion. I think going from that to a legitimately casual setting can be why people like me show up and unintentionally suck the fun out of the room with the "MUST WIN" attitude.
The genre is pretty intimate since it can only be played with 2 guys, so I think newer/casual players just feel uncomfortable with that kind of attitude even though it is almost a requirement to make any progress.
People love fighting games by seeing them for the first time, but when they actually pick up the game, they realize how much of learning and practicing has to go into them. I think thats why I mainly only play Tekken. I am lazy, so most of my skill carries over into the next entry. No need to learn from scratch with each entry, despite there being much to learn.
It's crazy that I've been casually playing tekken since 2 but knowledge from t2 has almost all carried into t7, I Dunno if theres any other series that does that
@@Wazzen563 i thought air dashers would be a whole new world for me but honestly, fundamentals are fundamentals. they even carried over into tekken a tad bit for me, but that element of a third dimension as well as a crushing system took some time for me to get used to.
@@funakiexpressV2 Yeah tekken is definitly a loyalist/legacy game. I put some time into tekken 3 and that knowledge is what i mostly used in later installments. its only with 6 and Tag 2 that i tried to get a bit better and then with Tekken 7 I actually started getting decent enough to even make some tutorial/ guide videos. One thing is for sure, at least 90% of our skills will carry over to Tekken 8.
He got me back into fighting games along with Max and jmcrofts and some others. Learning that a stick made it possible for my old hands to play games again was wonderful, but it's the passion of the community that really pulled me back in.
YOOO! Woolie is the absolute best. He is THE reason I got into fighting games and sharing his content got friends into fighting games. I could never get into them and didn't understand how they worked, but his enthusiasm and knowledge got me in. I could have never imagined that games like Tekken 7 and Skullgirls would be a necessary part of my weekly routine, but Woolie got me in and kept me in.
I never really knew about woolie/SBFP before meeting him at dreamhack montreal, he asked to play me in tekken and we just had a fun set and some good banter. Woolie is the nicest dude ever and after my friend was freaking out like "yooo thats woolie" I had to check all his stuff out.
Woolie does his job so well that he already got me into a new fighting game. Watching this doc I noticed a clip with a character wearing the shinsengumi uniform, found out about Last Blade and just downloaded it to play on fightcade. A fighting game about the Bakumatsu is something I didn't know I needed until I saw it
FGC heads always gave me that old school big brother vibe that i could be myself around. I never got that in other communities, where everyone gave me the annoying little cousin vibe. Its great how the FGC friends I’ve made were all OG’s who played for the love of the game and didn’t move onto whatever was hype like kids nowadays.
I love the memory this video gave me of being a kid watching two best friends and watching the latest friday night fisticuffs and it was Garou: Mark of the Wolves. And watching the video just falling love with the game and getting a emulator that day.
Something about fighting games brings me a simple joy. I don't play online or even casually with friends, but there's a wonderful feeling when I can just turn on Central Fiction, go into training mode, and re-confirm that I still remember the exact way to break my fingers so I can do semi-proper Naoto combos. Good on Woolz for pushing FGs as much as he does for a dedicated audience, it honestly feels like he's smartened the formula up enough that it doesn't feel like a general blanket cover anymore. Also did "Get Out of Fighting Games" become a thing yet, where he just showcases some of the...shall we say less put together FGs?
I guess I'm one of few odd fans who got in the old channel via Fighterpida and was happy that FNF became a thing and having SMS to show to the public garbage old fighting games out in open to watch was the best content from Woolie the hardest working fighting game peddler next to Max.
Friday Night Fisticuffs was my gateway into the FGC. I own all the fighting games possible and was hosting hangouts. I wish I could now. Once Covid is over I will certainly start again.
I've tired getting into SFV idk how many times now but my brain just can't comprehend putting in so many commands on time. I'm used to simpler games like Chivalry and Mordhau, where whiff punishes and combos are a single button
225 episodes of fighting game goodness are there waiting for you in a nice playlist. That's one of the best things about the Best Friends, all of them -- even now on their own channels -- arrange all their videos into neat, easy to find playlists. PS: Watch the Super Best Friends Brawl videos too, in particular, The Smash Bros. 64 episode is legendary!
I never heard of this dude and wasnt going to watch the whole video.. but damn it was a good documentary... I mostly game RPGs/MMOs/Horror games but I recently picked up MK11 aftermath, I havent played a MK since MK3... I love and missed fighting games... the matches are quick but yet I spend HOURS gaming. Fighting games will always have a place in my heart
I know it’s a time that’s passed, but this really made me nostalgic for SBF man.....sigh. Especially the Friday Night Fisticuffs. Excellent interview tho.
For me it was Sajam's video on the different way ppl learn fighting games... I had tried getting into various fighting games multiple times (by myself not a hangout environment) and always got discouraged. Sajam introduced me to the epiphany that you don't have to start off as a lab monster to learn a new game/character. Just pick someone you like the look of and screw around with them for 5 minutes... in that time try and find their best anti air and maybe 3 key moves. If that character doesn't play like how you thought reselect and repeat. Got someone you are cool with? cool. Head online for exhibition matches or play the arcade for fun/warm up. Over time I learned that I like command grab/bruiser characters and that saves me time going forward. Before that I would pick up a game (like say tekken for an extreme example) and think that I HAD to lab as a prerequisite to enjoy the experience and learn. I would youtube tutorials for hours on that character before I even touched them. TLDR: I learned that I'm not a lab monster and there are different ways ppl approach fighting games.
I gave Mortal Kombat X a try after seeing Woolie play Kotal Kahn on fisticuffs. He looked fun and easy enough to play; and I got surprisingly far by abusing uppercut + airthrow. Unfortunately I hit a wall and this was before the netcode fix.
After I got MUGEN on my PC and started adding custom made edits, I felt like that was everything I could do in a fighting game. I feel like Smash Bros is still the only fighter that doesn't rely on pure health meters but I could be wrong.
You know, as much as the Zaibatsu disbanding was sad, I AM glad to see that every former member is making more of the content they wanted. Woolie gets to make more fighting game based content to introduce new viewers to the genre as well as keep that energy alive. Pat gets to stream more and lets his outrageous personality and sense of humor (as well as his amazing chemistry with Paige) carry him forward. Matt gets to make his informative, well produced review based content as well as dive into all the really bad obscure games he wants. and Liam gets to focus on sharing his infectious optimism about great game design.
Ive always loved fighting games. Theyre my favorite genre. Wooley and friend really gave me some glimmer of hope that the fgc will continue to get bigger. We're still pretty niche but its my hope that one day we'll get as big as a new rpg. Imahine a fighting game with the effort and budget of a witcher 3 or a god of war. Its a dream we can all hope for.
