it's just arslan ash, nbd
The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
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Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#42The arcade shown in the video is a lot fancier (those high seats) and cleaner (even with all those electric meters) than the ones I have been to around 20 years ago. There were two small arcade shop in my village bazaar. Each with 6 machines. They were dark and small. I went there once as a kid and then was strictly told by my father to never go there again because 'bad people' go there. Found out lot later about the…
Thanks for sharing, of course. I think your story would have been even more relatable for some readers (definitely myself) if you had mentioned roughly what year, and which country or at least part of the world you grew up in. I have no idea if that is radical of me (doxxing etc), just wanted to mention it.
As the other reply says the CD shop thing should’ve been a big hint for example
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#43Wow this was really interesting. As a semi-competitive player during the Tekken 3/TTT1 days one of the under appreciated parts of getting good at an international level is diversity of arcade "cultures". What this means is that your arcade generally provides the same players again and again, and performing well against those players provides little guarantee against players in another arcade who've developed entirely…
I'm not sure your analysis holds water because the population of Pakistan is 250 million. Almost double Korea and Japan combined.
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#44The redbull "Rise of Arslan"[1] and "Unfold"[2] (includes a short video) has a better story on Arslan. It's a truly inspiring story on all the hurdles he came over due to his family background and being a Pakistan. During Covid, he gathered top players to practice together to keep being at top of their game.
[1] https://www.redbull.com/int-en/arslan-ash-pakistani-tekken-l...
[2] https://www.redbull.com/pk-en/unfold-the-story-of-tekken-leg...
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7VnPVzuMto - for those more into videos
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#45The arcade shown in the video is a lot fancier (those high seats) and cleaner (even with all those electric meters) than the ones I have been to around 20 years ago. There were two small arcade shop in my village bazaar. Each with 6 machines. They were dark and small. I went there once as a kid and then was strictly told by my father to never go there again because 'bad people' go there. Found out lot later about the…
Thanks for sharing, of course. I think your story would have been even more relatable for some readers (definitely myself) if you had mentioned roughly what year, and which country or at least part of the world you grew up in. I have no idea if that is radical of me (doxxing etc), just wanted to mention it.
The local arcade in bazar has to be 90s to early 2000s. Then it was around 2010s when I noticed absence of arcade shops. And I am from Pakistan and have lived in Punjab (which is size of UK) for almost all my life in its different cities. Lahore is one of the largest cities.
A fun saying about Lahore is that "if you haven't seen Lahore, you are not even born yet" (original line is in Punjabi).
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#46Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#47Wow this was really interesting. As a semi-competitive player during the Tekken 3/TTT1 days one of the under appreciated parts of getting good at an international level is diversity of arcade "cultures". What this means is that your arcade generally provides the same players again and again, and performing well against those players provides little guarantee against players in another arcade who've developed entirely…
I'm not sure your analysis holds water because the population of Pakistan is 250 million. Almost double Korea and Japan combined.
The number of players is probably very different
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure your analysis holds water because the population of Pakistan is 250 million. Almost double Korea and Japan combined.
The number of players is probably very different
For number of arcade players, I imagine that developed country people just buy consoles and play various games, meanwhile developing dense city people go for arcade shop.
Re: The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken (2022) [video]
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure your analysis holds water because the population of Pakistan is 250 million. Almost double Korea and Japan combined.
The number of players is probably very different
There could be more or fewer players in Pakistan. You don't know unless you know.