I actually saw this before it was posted as I always follow ATP because I think Aris is a pretty well spoken guy and the concepts they talk about in Tekken are really interesting. Plus it's just an entertaining podcast in general.
When they started talking about DOA I lol'd. I don't really find what they say insulting at all. From their perspective they're right, but I think a person views things differently as a person who has 'just' played DOA. IAs we all know, DOa isn't like most fighting games and it's treated differently. I personally don't really play fighting games, but I play DOA. Btw, I'm not even one of those crazy otaku 'play it for the girls' anime type nerds as I'd play DOA if it was just polygons and nothing else.
From my perspective DOA as a 'fighter' is just different. Everything can be held. Nothing has ever been super guaranteed, but this is just a testament to the game as it's all about predicting your opponent, recognizing their pattern, and making guesses. A lot of people say DOA is random, but I'd like to point out in DOA4, even though a lot of peeps like to bash that game and claim DOA3 was ultimately better, the game was still skillfull. How? Because the top four players of that game always placed consistently without fail.