So, I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there who was boycotting Tekken, and if so why. I persoanally am refusing to participate in the purchasing of this set, mainly for two reasons.

One, I cannot stand Tekken, but that alone would normally not stop me from buying the sets. The main reason I'm refusing to buy this piece of trash, is my second reason, which is the fact that I hate how this piece of crap managed to find it's way into this game before several other far more deserving titles, so until I see a new license that I deam more appropriate enter the fray, I will not purchase or own one single Tekken card.

Now that my small rant is done, let's see some names, and hear some comments.

troll posts are great right?

I am not going to buy boxes of Tekken becuase I don't buy boxes for a license I do not like. I will however buy singles from eBay or CoolStuff and trade for any of the really good cards in the set. So I am not ignoring the set althogether, but not getting boxes.

I'll begin by saying that choosing to boycott Tekken is your choice, but I don't like the spirit of this post.

If you care about UFS as a game you should want all of it's product to sell well regardless of your personal preference. Selling sets is important to the health of any game and UFS is no different. Think of it this way, if people did decide to strongly boycott Tekken (Which they wont) as you are proposing, that could mean an end for UFS or at best more cutbacks, etc.

Ironically, if you want new licenses in UFS the best way to get them is to buy product and encourage others to play and buy as well. The bigger and more influencial the game gets the more likely picking up new licenses will become. What you are doing is counter intuitive to this.

Additionally, for every one person who doesn't like Tekken there are many more that will. In fact, I'm positive that the introduction of Tekken will bring more players to UFS that weren't currently playing. I personally will be buying a good amount of it regardless of my feelings for the title, because I care about the health of UFS and want it to continue succeeding and doing well. Plus, it would be awful to limit and cut oneself off from such a large portion of cards.

Last, I have 3 old friends who have never played UFS, but did play Tekken. One was extremely good with Paul Phoenix. I very much look forward to mailing him a Paul character card and pieces of his support. Who knows maybe it will be his segway into UFS.

This has got to be the absolute worst post ever made.

PaulBittner said:

^This man speaks the truth.

PaulBittner said:

Oddly enough, I agree with everything you say, I still will not buy boxes for a mediocre license. I have always hated the Tekken franchise, the only remotely decent title in the series was 3, before the utterly ruined it by changing characters movesets. This was one of my 2 biggest worries with UFS, that they would pick up licenses for Sub-Par games like Tekken, Mortal Kombat, KoF 2006, before getting lisences for the really good ones. Some of those have now happened. To the same affect I don't buy boxes of Soul Calibur either.

Again I will buy singles, but FFG will not be directly making any money from me with the release of Tekken.

MarcoPulleaux said:

Spoken like the admitted Tekken fanboy you are. Nothing wrong with that though, you've posted 1,000 reasons why you love the series. If there's one thing I can say for you is that you can't ever be accused of being a front-runner when it comes to the series. You've been nuts about it since long before I ever met you at the Purple Cactus and I'm sure you'll be one of the first to beat me at it, if you play the PS3 version online when 6 comes out.

If the guy wants to hate on the series it's his choice. Personally, it's no secret that I'm not a huge fan of the series, however I'll still buy it, because unlike ShadoWar it is still an established FIGHTING GAME IP, and that's what got me into this card game in the first place. I think we can share a common ground without compounding an arguably negative thread with more negativity.

I do have to slightly disagree with Paul's perspective though. While I totally agree that you should support the game if you wish for it to remain healthy, stats ARE kept about what purchases are made. I refused to buy a box of ShadoWar, however, that didn't stop me from buying a TON of SCIV (almost as if to make up for it). Obviously, with their being only one set at a time now, the option isn't the exact same, but you know what I mean. The most financially savvy thing for FFG to do is crunch the numbers and say, "wow this isn't selling..but that is". Have Tekken be your "this", but for the sake of the game buy some of "that".

Tekken does suck, as it ranks up there with most 3d fighters as absoultly awful. None the less I'll pick up singles here and there, because you know there's gonna be ones we'll need.

****. I'm excited about Tekken, because I tremendously enjoy playing oofs and, based on Set 12, James Hata has his head screwed on straight when it comes to designing this game. I've got high hopes for Tekken, and honestly think boycotting it is the dumbest thing you could do, unless everyone in your area is 100% happy with where the metagame is right now.

If there's anything that pisses me off, it's that I heard from a reliable enough source that James will not be allowing stupid characters suck as Gon, (the only one i wanted to play) the Boxing Kangaroo (the only one one of my friends wants to play) and lastly Kuma, which I believe this source said he wanted to play greatly. This pisses us all off, just because ONE person doesn't like us, and makes me extremely upset with James and this set.

Also, I suppose this means we won't be getting the awesome Hyena from KOF2006, because he's a 'joke' character?

I for one plan to be buying a lot of Tekken when it comes out...and I never really liked the game franchise. It's about UFS. It's about having fun. and it's about supporting a game that is worth playing.

If you want to cry like a baby about how you don't like Tekken that's your choice. You just leave more for the rest of us. Besides...with the current improvements in set 12, this set should be something interesting at the least.

What a bunch of whiny *******. IMO Tekken is a great game as well as MK. While my opinion doesn't make them good, yours doesn't make them bad. How about you little girls quit whining and either play or STFU. If you don't like it fine, but don't go bashing it just because your monthly visit is at hand. Most of the posts I see on this board are nothing but negative, whining bull. This is what's making people not want to play. Not the liscense. Aside from SC and SF I think the other games are horrible, but that doesn't make me not want to play. I love the GAMEPLAY and meeting new people(which is what this game SHOULD be about). ZOMG THEY DIDN'T PUT IN MY FAV CHARACTER. LIFE IS HORRIBLE. /wrists

Tekken is the only licence they've released for UFS that I genuinely care about, so you can bet I'll be buying plenty of it. In fact the only thing wrong with it is that it's only a 99 card set, would have been great to see a full size set like they did for Darkstalkers. Plus the new release schedule means I'll have to wait ages for a chance to play as any of my favourite characters (Bryan Fury FTW). So OK that's 2 things, but still...

Having never played Tekken before, I can't say Iwas overly bothered when they said it was the new license.

However, does that mean I won't be buying any? Hell no! I plan on picking up several boxes of the set, and who knows which characters I'll end up playing. Set 12 was a great release and frankly, if James has done the same with this set, it'll be well worth getting even without having a huge interest in the characters.

Would I have preferred another license? Possibly yes, I'd love to see DOA in UFS, but I also know and accept that Tekken is a huge property, and a great addition to the UFS portfolio.

Definately will NOT be boycotting Tekken

Kevin

I'm so lost and confused why people argue and debate over which is better; 2D or 3D... personally I don't care and neither should most of it's playing fans. it's a fighting game, bottom line is; FIGHT PEOPLE. true I prefer the 3D versions because of the more realistic feel of being in an arena environment, but yet 2D has it's perks over 3D by adding tehcnicals where you can evade or block anything at said zone. Another reason I love 3D fighters is because when you're blocking you have to watch your back as well... too many times has countless players hopped me while I blocked five attacks to get caught from behind as penalty.

I'm not yet a fan of Tekken but what I've played at arcades and have progressed from previous titles of Tekken I admit it feels just like playing SoulCalibur4 (partially because of the same company, Bandai Namco) just you have to be closer and do more technicals with traditional martial arts.

For the part about bashing Tekken for being a 'poor' choice for this game, I would definitly feel the same about Mortal Kombat. I played it and did not enjoy it too much, 'cept for Baraka... he rocks. However that won't stop me from getting one or three boxes of that set for the good cards that will make <so so> symbol better in <so so> way. If I were to choose a game instead of Tekken I would definitly choose a full set of Samurai Showdown for their newest coming out, or I would prefer to see Dead or Alive to make a premier.

But to end my rebutle, don't diss a fighting game because of small trivial matter. You play the game to have fun and fight others instead of getting arrested so enjoy it for that. if not then be quiet please and do get arrested.

Posts like this should be deleted.

I am sorry for your loss of refusing to buy a UFS set because you "hate" the Tekken franchise. I want to know why you hate it sooo much? You owe us that much you friggin TROLL. As a UFS player I could care less what the hell liscence is used. If there are good cards in the set, I buy it, simple as that.

You clearly are not a serious player, more like a collector. You must also be somewhere around the age of 12. Just go away.

Wow, way to p**s on everything I'd been talking about when it comes to the positivity of playing UFS, honestly, it's fine if you don't want to play or buy the Tekken set, but did you really see the need to tell everyone about it?

I can't wait for the Tekken set, the cards look fun, I love the characters (there could be more of them, but we'll live ) and the set looks great. Also, if you boycott the Tekken set, you'll be putting yourself at a disadvantage surely by not playing the newer cards that could possibly counter the older ones? I'll certainly be buying me some sexy Christie sauce

Viewtiful_Joe said:

Speak the Truth

This reminds me of all the people who were saying stuff like "OMG if they make Shadowar I'm going to quit, its not a fighting game and this game is just fighting games" "I'm not going to buy any Shadowar" "they are going to make the Shadowar cards over powered so people buy it". Yawn, most of those people bought Shadowar and loved it. I mean did you see anyone complaining about Shadowar after it came out? No. This is the same situation who ever is saying "wah I'm not going to buy Tekken" is going to end up buying it anyways.

I don't like Soul Calibur but I bought some of the set since there are decent cards within, however I purchased much less than I bought of ShadoWar.

Paul is right, if this set doesn't sell, (which it most likely will, Tekken is a huge franchise) FFG could look at it and go "Well, I guess people don't want new licenses, why should we bother wasting money acquiring licenses when we can just release more of what we already have." The same goes for any new license.

Of course the OP with his very troll-like post is also most likely the type that would whine and moan that he is getting beat by some new tekken cards and since he refuses to play them in his deck he has no answers.

Meh.

I don't build Soul Calibur characters, the only one I ever got close to was Hilde, but lost interest as I find the entire property very bland and uninteresting. This does not stop me from admitting that many of the cards that can increase the viability of a deck come from a license or set I dislike.

Being closed-minded makes for a boring life.

I am not a fan of SC or SNK, but I bought loads of that, and I will do the same for Tekken, a game I haven't even looked at since Tekken 3.

The joys of living in the "free" world is that we have the right to make our own choices for whatever reason we see fit. If someone wants to boycott Tekken becuase they think the license sucks then great, that is their choice and they are welcome to voice that opinion in a public forum. We won't all agree with it, but you can't take away the right.

If you ask twenty UFS players which license they would like to see in the game you will get so many different answers, I would love to see Rival Schools or Guilty Gear added, but for me I don't mind which licenses are added, it all moves the game forward and appeals to a new area of players. If Tekken brings in yet more players then that is a good thing.

JDub said:

Cough, cough... I like this post/reply right here... Looking a the trend it seem's that the general public, and myself, of ufs 'ers are just a big bunch of complainers that complain about just about anything that comes around... Then again when the topic of complaints comes around to prize supports and opening absolute jank out of 3 boxes due to ultrarares and poor distrobution, I kinda think we have a right to.

Getting back on topic, I think Tekken is a great eddition to ufs, though I have to admit there hasn't been a decent addition to Tekken series after Tekken 2/Tag. I will buy one box as thats all I can afford right now and probably be for the future, but overall I am looking forward to it. I just hope they don't mess up the play styles for the characters and hope they make the set with loads of combo's, as thats whats Tekken all about.

Also I second Rival Schools, DOA, and may I add GG and BB for new licenses to delve in.

Okay, I think I need to re-interject myself into this conversations. First of all, I did not mean for this to be a negative post, and I apologize if it came off that way. I understand that Tekken is one of those franchises that you love or you hate, as there is a ton of controversy on this series in that sense. I just wanted to see how many other people felt that it was less deserving of a franchise to enter UFS as allot of the other series mentioned around the boards could have been.

Yes, it is my choice if I want to skip this set, and no I will not whine like a prissy little girl when I start getting smacked around by Tekken cards. I definitely care about UFS and will continue to support it by buying previous sets, like Soulcalibur and Shadowar, and continuing to play the game on a regular and competitive basis as I already do. I'm not going to hold it against people who purchase the set, it's your choice plain and simple. So don't hold it against me if it's my choice to not purchase the set.

Tekken rules, and it is one of the most successful fighting game franchises on the entire planet. Up until street Fighter 4 came out, it was pretty much the top dog of the fighting game world. If you don't like the game, whatever. everyone has their preferences, but trying to say that tekken is a inferior product to some other potential ones(probably guilty gear like half of the planet, a game I absolutely hate and would not enjoy seeing but I understand would be good for UFS to have) is ridiculous, because Tekken once again, the 2nd or third best selling fighitng game franchise ever last I checked. So step off homies.