ON THE MIC | Franz: The World's Best Doctor Mario Player
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Doctor Mario is the 11th ranked character on the last official NTSC Tier List, and even though that list was created in 2015, that would still place him solidly as a mid-tier character. In fact, most top players in today’s day and age don’t even consider Doc to be a character worth playing in a tournament setting.
But despite these seemingly apparent weaknesses, there is a Doctor Mario player who finished his last season as the Number 14 player on SoCal’s Melee Power Rankings and also took home some pretty insane tournament placements in 2019. He also just got ranked 82nd on 2019’s MPGR, becoming the most recent solo Doctor Mario main to rank in the Top 100 since the days of Shroomed’s Doc back in 2013/2014.
This guy is now the best known Doctor Mario player in the world, and he just got funded to attend 2020’s first major tournament of the year, GENESIS 7.
How is he able to hold the title as the best Doctor Mario player in the world?
Well, his name is Franz, and he’s joining me on the channel today to help to answer that very question.
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♫ Music ♫
石凛 Rin Ishi - Cute Bossa
石凛 Rin Ishi - After Hours (feat. cherrygrove)
cookie monster galaxy - a million ways
A June & J Beat - Saturday Night Movies
Panthurr - You're
This kid is so smart
Truly,
*A Doc main*
He's insane!
**A Doc main**
A Doc main
I’ve never seen anyone mash like that, I’m a shameless Faldo main, but before I got into the competitive scene I maimed Doc religiously, it’s refreshing to see how good and motivated you are with him. Much respect and congratulations on breaking top 100 bro
His mash is honestly so wild, it blew my mind when he told me about it!
As a Luigi main, I respect his mash so much
Faldo... maimed... LOL!!
I agree with you though!
Franz and I are from the same city so I always love seeing recognition for my boy. Kids a nut
Shroomed wants to know your location
Sad that he dropped doc
His doc hasn't been relevant in years, get with the times boomer
Alex A woahhh there zoomer I was just tryna meme
I'M DAJUAN ENERGY MCDANIEL
I was surprised he was able to incorporate Doc's reverse cancel Up+B 4:57 and he did it one more time. Super cool!
Franz is sick!
Your content just keeps getting better and better, thank you so much for the quality melee vids
Thank you for the support Colton! I think this year will be a good one for the channel!
Franz has a really nice voice
Went to middle school with this kid crazy to see how far he got
This dudes content is crazy good
Thank you!
Awesome video
Two of my favorite things!!!
Love the growth of smash content everywhere. Amazing video btw!
Let’s go Franz!
I remember playing this kid at locals. he'd fuck everyone up with his doc.
Now he'll be doing it at majors!
What is going on with the no mustache Doc in the thumbnail?
Don’t worry about it
I play Doc like a poor man’s Falco.
did he actually say that falco loses to doc? can he maybe further elaborate this? because i feel really helpless against falco
He had said that Falco/Puff are difficult matchups for Doc, and a secondary may be needed if they're familiar fighting against Doc!
@@turndownforwalt ooooh thats really weird because puff feels free to me while falco feels the opposite
Palika is actually super legit. Too bad he can’t beat Link.
how many times i gotta tell you, link is the best character, it isn't fair to judge me on my ability to beat him :(
Hey... Hey Walt...
Can you find a shnice rising Roy to get on the mic? Are there any?
I'm not too sure! It'd be a cool guest to have though!
yeah ive heard theres a pretty skilled roy out there in cali... he can beat almost any fox
@@gregjenko2938 i hear there is a rising roy called zain around
LETS GO PALIKA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
WOOOOOOO~
Did Franz like have a script?
Mattysacs yeah, i would’ve stumbled across my words, trying to explain my thoughts through a live interview
I share my questions with the interviewee in advance, so they can choose whether or not they want to script it out (or at the very least have notes to reference). Having some notes/script definitely helped me with the final edit!
Legit would bet that shroomed would be better after a month of derusting especially after top 8ing at g7
It's possible! But I don't think that discredits Franz's ability at all!
turndownforwalt true true, great job on this video and the channel overall tho. I think this is very high quality content
FRANZ: for TOP 8 or /64( in Genesis 7 :O
I'll be rooting for him!
Shroomed is better in my opinion but he Mains Sheik now
Dr. Mario has great tools but gets outshined by the top tiers.
I hope that pun was intended!
I can only hope to see Franz get higher and higher
I think he has what it takes!
BRUH UR CONTENT QUALITY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME
Luv u bb
he was a falco main but his parents always knocked on his door and asked in an angry way: are you doc yet!?
Idgi
Franz are you considering streaming melee at sometime?I would love to see you training for tournements or playing netplay online ! Doc mains rise up! (great video btw)
Franz actually told me prior to our uncut interview that he doesn't have Netplay, which makes his performance even more impressive to me!
@@turndownforwalt lol that's just insane 😂😂😂
ill consider a subgoal someday for a gaming setup/netplay setup
Shout out to Stomach Flu. Even though I was a pretty low level player when living in SoCal He was the biggest homie and always had time to show me a thing or 2. Also sickest up-B cancels out of anyone ever to touch the character!!!
This is so sick! Franz is a real one, as a player and person, I can attest to that. Thanks for your work!!
It was so awesome to interview with him! Appreciate the support!
Franz you gave me great advice recently. Thank you. I've been playing Doc for years now. I've been playing locals at VSGC in Fl and bring the Doc and Samus! Go Doc!
@turndownforwalt
I posted a potential new Melee glitch PLEASE check it out and let me know if you have ever seen this/ would want to do an analysis. ua-cam.com/video/5jzOPch7WrE/v-deo.html
How interesting
@@vgmasta5348 Hey bro 👍
Walt once again doing what others wont. Glad to see the spotlight on this Franz dude
Franz is so sick! This was a fun piece to put together!
To my fellow docs out there, continue to keep doing your duty and save lives
This video is amazing, the content is super interesting, but I just wanted to let you know that I personally felt like after the 9:00 mark, it was beginning to be quite hard to hear everything due to the music. I think just toning it down a bit would be amazing for future videos!
Otherwise, great content. First time commenting on UA-cam, I believe, but I just wanted to let you know that!
EDIT : For a better idea, at 10:00 and forward, it's worse, although still audible!
Noted! Sometimes background music can be tricky with drastic volume changes, but I'll try to keep a better ear out for that in the future!
Thanks for your first comment, hope to hear more from you soon!
LET’S GO FRANZ!!!
My first character that I won in quickplay was dr mario.
qerb next!
Good suggestion! I'll try to reach out to him!
Players that play obscure characters in melee are so interesting, I hope they succeed. They chose an harder path, but they make the game evolve this way. I love Axe and Amsa for that reasons !
Can we get one of these on A Rookie (worlds best mario) or maybe the homie Kuya(cfl Link main) thx
Great suggestions! I'll try to reach out to those two in the future!
turndownforwalt can’t wait :)
The reason I play Doc was because of his match up status being completely dead even…not very overpowered but not pitifully weak. Also because I wanted to play a character that not a lot of people have seen and Doc felt like that character since the characters around him (Pika, Samus, Yoshi, Luigi) seem to have bigger spot lights than him.
2:31 So I'm super new to melee but is he saying that there's like advanced bots that mimic top players?
go squirrels
franz is the homie played some sets with him in highschool tournaments
my doc is better
Same
This was really cool! :D
Glad you enjoyed!
Hidden threat Palika$ shoutout fiend era
Okay, so basically Doc is similar to Akatsuki in UNIST.
Good shit.. I really want to pick up Dr Mario so this is a godsent
Do it! Doc is super fun!
Your quality is amazing
Thanks a bunch!
*Highest ranked solo doc main
all the script reading makes the commentary a little dry. besides that epic video :D
I think I'd rather have some of their responses scripted (or at least with notes), just to make sure there aren't a ton of hiccups in the live interview. Thanks for the support!
@@turndownforwalt yeah i totally get that. keep up the good work
am I really gon try to pick up doc again 🤔
DOC MAINS RISE UP
I'm a Doc main. It's doable. People act like Doc isn't viable just bc most people prefer to play Sheik (😴) but he is. He's solidly mid tier. He's the most satisfying character to use. You just have to earn everything. (Except cheese, but Doc deserves it 🧀)
Nice
Lets go Franz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually had a chance to see Franz live a few years ago in OC at eSports. Really fun to watch, knew the game then, and knows even more now. Glad he’s on the rise.
mmm, yummy yummy content
Very yum yum
yeah
Franz hands are so small, he makes the gamecube controller look like an Xbox 1 Controll. Absolute skilllllz
what doctor mario says to other players is that you DOCTORED the hitboxes in the metadata and are a cheater.
hey u should put these on spotify
I'm not sure if I'd be able to post audio versions to Spotify because of the background music, but I may be able to use SoundCloud!
turndownforwalt oh ok, gotcha. Awesome vids tho!
Good quality video keep it up!
Thank you!
Franz is a freeakin beeeast and this video esp the ending was great. Can't wait for Franz rising even more once he's switched to a viable character.
Jk (kinda :P) No but, it's definitely inspiring to see Franz, and slightly makes me question my choice to switching to Falcon. But then I'm reminded of Doc vs Falcon and Jiggs and I'm good again. LOL. Congrats to 82nd. That's wild for sure.
Schlimm! Let's get you on the show dude!
I live near this dude. I played against him a few times at some locals a years ago.
Good to see you interviewing the one top 100 doc main
Why is this shit do high quality give yourself a pat on the back
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
@@turndownforwalt The video was great I canrlt believe a doctor Mario is making it in melee
Would love to see more low tier main spotlights. I main Link myself so there's a suggestion for you. Many things mentioned in this video ring true for me as well. Also, shoutout to Eagle.
Kuya would be amazing
lets go franz 🥳🙌
Do Kurv next plz!!
I'll shoot him a message!
turndownforwalt Awesome :D Keep up your exellent videos!!
this is dope
Relno
Please
That's a good idea! I'll have to see if I can get in touch with him!
turndownforwalt 😍
Good to see a shoutout to fellow UConn alumn Palika on here.
Hoping to see his name pop up in an upcoming top 100 at some point
Franz and I ended up talking about for a little bit more after the interview, and I found it so interesting because I hadn't heard of him prior to our call. He seems like he could really be on the come up!
turndownforwalt I hope so. We never overlapped in school so I never got to play him, but I’ve heard the tails of him cleaning up at our UConn weeklies.
Another smash hit! Cant wait for the next installment
Definitely looking forward to the next one!
Franz is dope 🔥🔥🔥
He certainly is!
Surely Doc loses to Pika and Yoshi
Or should I say Doc loses to Amsa and Axe
I think on paper Doc is slightly favored versus Pika/Yoshi, but you're right when it comes to Axe/aMSa - they're both just too good!
turndownforwalt I often find it hard to consider match ups against Yoshi and Pika for that reason. It’s hard to analyze characters objectively when there’s only one player that can play them at the top level. It means you have to consider the players strengths too, as well as character unfamiliarity. It’s something I’ve always found very hard.
I think it's probably closer to even
Pippin Covington generally I don’t consider “even” an argument when considering matchups. Like obviously most top tier match ups are “even” at top level, I just enjoy theorizing which character would win giving entirely even circumstances
Doctor Mario 20XX
The year is 20RX
I love you tdfw
SUBBED
NUT
Franz is going to get a PhD in the future
You know, since he is a DOC main
nice