AvoidingThePuddle

About

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians or known as AvoidingThePuddle (ATP) is an online personality, fighting game player, commentator, and variety Twitch streamer.

Online History

Aris began his Youtube channel on September 9th, 2010. Prior to online variety streaming, he was well known for playing fighting games, particularly Soul Calibur and Tekken. His content initially includes fighting game tutorials and gameplay, later uploading content from his streams comprising of VODs and his personal approaches in life, streaming, and other current topics, with the assistance of his editor n0pants. He is also a world champion for Soul Calibur II World Game Cup 2004 and placed in other tournaments. Aris began livestreaming on Twitch on July 17, 2011, later transitioning full time in 2014 after facing employment challenges [insert vid]. In 2011, the website AvoidingThePuddle is created, featuring himself and other veteran fighting game players; the website and Twitch channel is named after a command in Tekken and Soul Calibur character Yoshimitsu.

Cross Assault Remarks

On February 23, 2012, Aris made controversial remarks in a conversation with Twitch.tv community manager Jared Rea during 'Cross Assault', an event held by Capcom. Rea brought up the issue of sexually inappropriate language alienating potential fans of the fighting scene, which Aris responds in the justification, “The sexual harassment is part of [the] culture. And if you remove that from the fighting game community, it’s not the fighting game community." ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} On February 29, Aris expresses his apologies about his remarks, addressing the extreme competitive nature of the FGC and how the traits are ingrained in the FGC ^[38].

Notable Emotes

atpRtsd

atpRtsd is an emote that references veteran player Street Fighter Alex Valle. RTSD is short for "Rush That Shit Down." This term originated when Valle observed his friend play Warcraft 2, his friend saying "rush that shit down," later adopting the phrase to express his aggressive playstyle. It is commonly used as a laughing emote.

atpBigot

atpBigot is an emote that references Papa John's former CEO John Schnatter's racist history. It is commonly used in moments that implicates bigotry.

atpQuan

atpQuan is an emote that references fighting game player BushinStyle6. It is commonly used as a sign of respect. [Insert BushinStyle pic]

atpSuspect

atpSuspect is an emote that references Smokey from the movie Friday. It is commonly used for moments when there is questionable content or "stoner moments"

atpMurray

atpMurray is an emote that references Tekken game designer and translator Michael Murray. Murray is often seen in interviews translating English for Katsuhiro Harada. This emote is often used whenever Murray is mentioned.

atpChar

atpChar is an emote that references veteran fighting game player, ATP website editor, and Twitch streamer Charles "insomnotek" Kim.

atpSuiken

atpSuiken is an emote that references a character Anshi Wang from the game Shenmue II ^{[10] [11]}. During the playthrough, Aris points out that the character looks like Tekken veteran fighting game player Suiken. [insert pic of actual suiken and anshi]

atpHarada

atpHarada is an emote that references Bandai Namco director, producer, and general manager Katsuhiro Harada, also best known for producing and directing the Tekken franchise. Notably, it references the picture which Harada wears a shirt quoting "Don't ask me for shit." (shown below).

This emote is often used whenever Harada is mentioned.

atpSeed

atpSeed is an emote that references Cagney Carnation from Cuphead in it's idle stance. During the livestream, Aris proceeded to copy the idle stance. [insert pic of cuphead stuff]

atpButthash

atpButthash is a retired emote that references a segment on Fox30 News. Jenkem is an inhalant and hallucinogen created from fermented human waste. It is also referred to by its slang term "Butthash." This emote is often used in response to questionable topics in terms of that

atpLaw/atpCop

atpLaw/atpCop is an emote that references Aris's love for the Judge Dredd franchise. The emotes are used as a signifier of a chatter getting banned due to poor behavior, humor at the expense of a ban.

Inside Jokes

Two Rule #1's

Aris has two rules when it comes to chatting in his livestream, or as he calls it "Two Rule #1's": Don't ask him questions and don't talk to him while he's playing. This would unfortunately get people banned in his chat for violating either of these two rules as newcomers would often make the mistake into doing so, especially if said chatter has a 'red name.'

Beard

Aris's beard has been the subject of being poked fun at as his beard is often compared to other fictional/nonfictional characters and personalities that share the same physical trait. Such examples include the crude polygon character Hagrid from Playstation 1's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

ESL

ESL, formerly known as Electronic Sports League, is an esports organizer that produces video game competitions. ESL is notorious in the FGC for poor organization in competitions and matchmaking, to the point that players often exploit the reporting system to gain wins. Because of its poor reputation, the term is used to describe something of poor quality.

Personal Life

Aris resides in Southern California. Prior to streaming and competitive gaming, he worked as an arcade attendant and at the library. From the leaked Twitch Earnings list, Aris has reportedly made $757,872.38 between August 2019 – October 2021^[37].

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References

^[1] AvoidingThePuddle website – "http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/about-us/"

^[2] https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed-updated/1100-4006/

^[3] https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/aris-aris-bakhtanians-releases-statement-on-recent/1100-4007/

^[4] https://kotaku.com/this-is-what-a-gamers-sexual-harassment-looks-like-5889415

^[5] https://www.destructoid.com/stories/sexual-harassment-and-fightin-drama-together-at-last--222877.phtml

^[5] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/women-are-gamers-but-largely-absent-from-e-sports/

^[6] https://venturebeat.com/2012/02/29/cross-assault-sexual-harassment-controversy-overshadows-on-screen-combat/

^[7] https://cuphead.fandom.com/wiki/Cagney_Carnation

^[8] https://tekken.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Murray

^[9] https://twitter.com/insomnotek?lang=en

^[10] https://shenmue.fandom.com/wiki/Anshi_Wang

^[11] https://shenmue.neoseeker.com/wiki/Anshi_Wang

^[12] https://twitter.com/bushinstyle6?lang=en

^[13] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/47j0xg/atprtsd/

^[14] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEcjnPhL6E

^[15] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/bt8win/can_one_of_you_stoners_explain_the_lore_behind/

^[16] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RTSD

^[17] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/cabdi5/atprtsd/

^[18] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCkRnOft5uQ WGC 2004

^[19] https://en.everybodywiki.com/Aris_Bakhtanians

^[20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8k8LflV5to jobs

^[21] https://www.facebook.com/Avoiding-The-Puddle-182073198472519/

^[22] https://www.reddit.com/r/AvoidingThePuddle/

^[23] https://www.twitchmetrics.net/c/23528098-avoidingthepuddle

^[24] https://twitchemotes.com/channels/23528098

^[25] https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Aris

^[26] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/9l5fgu/if_you_look_up_fgc_on_wikipedia_under_culture_all/

^[27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgl6zWNhO6I

^[28] https://www.reddit.com/r/AvoidingThePuddle/comments/mu4ziw/a_list_containing_all_of_atp_slang/

^[29] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBj3yx6dfQ

^[30] https://www.reddit.com/r/AvoidingThePuddle/comments/jzcscm/how_old_is_aris/

^[31] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qinkfqznWv8 aris dont llike questions

^[32] https://streamable.com/hm9znz

^[33] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/hkn0po/aris_denies_knowing_what_mr_wizard_did/

^[34] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/fqrc7p/aris_censors_wonkeys_article_about_murray_talking/

^[35] https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/fqscyb/aris_fails_to_censor_michael_murrays_views/

^[36] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UsNbsjpuLc

^[37] https://twitch.pages.dev/en

^[38] http://www.twitlonger.com/show/g65iqn

^[69] Tales from Shenmue II – "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2N8Xa9Ch4"