Maximilian Dood on the past, present, and future of Fighting Games | Trash Talk

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In 2007, ‪@Maximilian_Dood‬ pointed a camera at an arcade cab and recorded himself playing Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. 18 years, 8.4k videos, 1.86 million subs, and 1.5 billion channel views later, and Maximilian Dood has become the leading figure in content creation in the fighting game community. With his infectious passion, Max has brought hundreds of thousands of new people into the fold of fighting games and gaming culture as a whole. On this episode of Trash Talk, we discuss Max's humble origins, his journey to reach where he is today, and Max's perspective on the past, present, and future of the fighting game genre.


Episode: Trash Talk #16 Recorded on: Jan. 11 2026

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Edited by ‪@nugieboy‬

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00:00 Maximilian Dood is from the original generation of Content Creators
3:31 Lightning Round
7:44 Most Overrated Fighting Game
10:09 Tekken 8 currently
13:29 The beginning of Youtube
17:05 Killer Instinct and Max's first "Local"
21:41 What Rollback changed about the FGC
24:02 The Online Warrior
26:51 You are as good as your last result
29:45 From Shaky Cam to Modern Content Creation
34:18 Call of Duty and AVGN Influences on Assist Me
42:01 Partnering with Capcom
47:30 Full committing and struggling
51:31 KI and the advent of Reaction Content
57:16 Content Creator vs Influencer
1:07:40 Max can be doing so much more than Fighting Games but
1:14:49 Avoiding creating negative content
1:20:50 Hitting the wall and the joy of the discovery period
1:22:55 Why views on fighting games are down
1:31:01 Casual players are important
1:33:06 The Biggest Surprise in the modern era
1:42:10 Patch culture
1:51:58 How Max keeps things fresh
1:56:12 The future of the FGC
2:03:59 On Max's future involvement with EVO
2:09:09 Will the FGC continue to thrive?

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