Skilled Tekken 8 participant SuperBrine goes viral after reaching God of Destruction utilizing Alisa whereas fully blindfolded with a sleep masks.
SuperBrine has been streaming his run on Twitch within the type of seven separate broadcasts, beginning in June 2026. The ultimate stream from this sequence, broadcast in early October, has turn into a sizzling subject throughout the combating sport neighborhood, as he was in a position to attain one of many sport’s prime ranks from Newbie whereas obscuring his imaginative and prescient with a sleep masks.
It’s a powerful feat regardless of the way you swing it, standing as a testomony to SuperBrine’s ability as a participant and Tekken 8’s laudable sound design — however, maybe unsurprisingly, his blindfolded run from Newbie to God of Destruction has sparked no finish of debate in regards to the sport’s issue and Alisa’s ease of use as a personality.
HERE WE ARE…
First particular person ever to get From BEGINNER to GoD rank 100% Blindfolded on LIVE stream
This took me alot of time and effort, however hell yea value it.
my complete run from the start to the top is SAVED in my twitch highlights.
a brand new youtube video incoming
#TEKKEN8 https://t.co/JhEpwWijjw
— SuperBrine (@SuperBrineTK) October 4, 2026
I bought the prospect to sit down down with SuperBrine to debate his self-imposed problem and discover out if it was legit or not. He confirmed that there was no manner he was in a position to see by means of the sleep masks (that are usually made out of thick materials with dense cushions on the eyes), and reiterated that he’d streamed his whole run reside on Twitch for all to see, so there was no manner for him to cheat.
As for the ‘why’ of all of it, SuperBrine stated he needed to show that he might do one thing unattainable, and is hopeful the problem will assist enhance his visibility as a professional participant. He additionally admitted that this enterprise was not, in any manner, meant as a criticism of Tekken 8 as a sport, regardless of the discourse surrounding his efforts on social media.
“My main purpose was merely to tackle a problem that most individuals will contemplate unattainable and show that I can do it,” he stated. “I wish to make clear that I did not do that to criticize the sport or counsel that it is poorly designed in any manner. It is truly the precise reverse. I genuinely love this sport, and I thrive on pushing my very own private limits by means of these varieties of maximum challenges. I’m deeply obsessed with it, and since my long-term plan is to pursue competing as my skilled profession, these sorts of challenges will instantly help my profession.”
Exterior of being unable to see, SuperBrine revealed that the toughest a part of this problem was that his eyes started to burn from being closed so lengthy beneath the sleep masks. This, on prime of being mentally drained from placing a lot effort into the duty, compelled him to take frequent breaks.
“The bodily toll was truly shocking. …Mentally, it required excessive persistence, with out it, finishing this run merely would not be attainable,” he stated.
Even a prime participant would have issue on ranked if blindfolded, so how did SuperBrine handle to tug it off? He informed me that he relied on his foundational expertise as a combating sport participant and a eager sense of how individuals play on totally different ranks, in addition to Tekken 8’s useful sound cues.
“It comes down to an enormous quantity of foundational expertise. Taking part in on a number of smurf accounts over time gave me an actual learn on the sport data gamers have at totally different ranks. Due to that, I knew exactly which strings and flowcharts would work and which would not. Past that, exact listening to is essential. You’ll be capable to immediately differentiate particular sounds understanding whether or not a transfer resulted in a wall splat or not, if it was successful or a block, and if you happen to landed a counter hit versus a traditional hit. In the end, it’s all about listening to the audio and understanding precisely the kind of participant you might be going through,” he defined.
For many who imagine that Tekken 8 is really easy that anybody can choose up a blindfold and a controller and get to God of Destruction, SuperBrine invitations you to strive it; but it surely’s not that easy, as a result of if it was, anybody would be capable to do it.
“Persons are free to have their very own opinions on it. There’ll at all times be constructive and detrimental ones, and I respect that. However turning this right into a criticism of Tekken 8 won’t assist the way forward for the sport. You possibly can’t attain God of Destruction blindfolded simply by selecting a particular character and hoping for the most effective. It takes 1000’s of hours of sport data, understanding what sort of gamers you’ll face and what degree of sport data they’ve, and relying fully on audio cues. If it was only a flaw within the sport or a simple character, another person would have finished it already,” he stated.
SuperBrine selected to offer himself this problem; there are a lot of different combating sport gamers who’ve reached prime ranks and even turn into execs regardless of having precise disabilities. As an example, the late great BrolyLegs was a prime Avenue Fighter participant who might duke it out with the most effective of them utilizing solely his mouth to maneuver his controller. And BlindWarriorSven, a blind Street Fighter 6 participant who misplaced his eyesight at six years outdated as a result of most cancers, won a livestreamed set at Evo 2-1 with E. Honda thanks the sport’s spectacular accessibility options that allowed him to ‘hear’ the place his opponent was at on-screen.
Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s Information Editor. With ten years of expertise reporting on video games and leisure, she’s bought a storied background within the combating sport neighborhood, influencer information, and viral on-line tendencies. Discover her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze.