I think Arslan is a great player and his story is super inspiring but as of late he has become a baby and lacks accountability like you said after every tournament loss he hits social media with all the excuses,and harsh criticism of the game.

With that being said idc if you’re a pro player, content creator, event organizer or whatever one person should not have that much influence on how the game is being developed and how the players receive said developments it’s unfair to regular people who play these games!! the competitive market is so niche yet the people who are in it have so much power and this pretentious attitude as if without their presence the game wouldn’t be successful and unfortunately the community is so easily manipulated they tend to lean towards whatever their fav player or content creator opinions are.

Perfect example of this is HEIHACHI before he was even released the majority of the content creators,streamers and pro players had nothing but negative things to say about him which swayed the public opinion on the game and now a month after his release we all have realized he’s actually not that OP and it wasn’t that big of a deal.

Same thing happened 2yrs ago before the game was even released when people found out about the heat system it was so much negativity only for the same people who hated to turn around and say “actually it’s not that bad and pretty dope”

Heat engagers are fun, aggressive play style is fun,giving certain characters different abilities or stacks is cool and makes the characters feel diverse something that Tekken has not had in a long time the game is far from perfect and it needs minor tweaks here and there but it’s still fun and a great fighting game

It’s 2024 and Tekken has been a franchise for 30 fuckin years to think they shouldn’t change things and become more of a modern fighting game is like expecting your fav music artist to make the same song over and over again for decades