Sparg0 Explains Becoming Lumi Rank 1 & Winning LMBM! | Lights Out Episode 88

[@k.r4659]

You did Acola and Miya dirty with the thumbnail 💀💀💀

[@monkeydjaime]

That's EE, my friend. Wouldn't expect nothing less.

[@tanmin8268]

@@k.r4659 at least they had the honor of being on the thumbnail 🤪😂

[@Inukitsoq]

This Reaper event sounds so cool, I love when TOs experiment like this

[@EEvisu]

Agreed!

[@flynnp2392]

Man, Sparg0 NEVER misses these features bro damn

[@EEvisu]

He asked me too, W mans

[@MasterAbeer101]

Congrats on Sparg0 on winning LMBM (with also getting 2nd in Rivals!) and getting number 1 in the world after so many years. Congrats to Light as well for getting top 4 in the world and performing great at LMBM, Light's supermajor win is getting closer and closer

[@NearFalls]

EE back at it again with the crazy thumbnails.

[@naveedahmedny]

Opening with a California wildfire joke is nefarious movements 😭😭😭

[@EEvisu]

im coping cause its not so far from me lmao

[@alh1618]

​@@EEvisu pls stay safe king

[@Abruzaza]

Light had me dying laughing bro really said “did you pass that test?” 😂

[@JonathanRodriguez-cl8gq]

I am so happy for Sparg0. It’s awesome to see a player that’s been wanting it for so long and has always had the skills. Just needed consistent results. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

''it's so hard'' says Sparg0 with 11 supermajor wins lol.

[@EEvisu]

He makes it look easy

[@dylanforster9405]

So cool to play poker with you, DADIC, and Light at LMBM! Hope to bring this to another major for you all!

[@Uran10]

Ignore EE with the sick talk, If you're sick stay home! There will always be a next tournament, but you never know if what you have could be deadly or fatal to someone else. DO not attend an event if you're sick, it is not worth it!

[@EEvisu]

Coward

[@Uran10]

@@EEvisu not cowardice, just being responsible for more than just myself. I'm not trying to be responsible for making someone's life miserable (outside of kicking their ass in bracket)

[@EEvisu]

@@Uran10 lmao tru

[@erickalvarez6486]

Doubt it will be deadly/fatal because of you feeling bad and get someone else sick too, but rather his inmune system was trash lol. The other person would die anyways, if that was the case.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@erickalvarez6486 After covid the general rule of thumb is to not attend tourneys when sick. Some airports may not even let you travel.

[@JusChez]

Only issue I have with the Reaper format is that if you keep winning all the way to the end, you can still only lose in 1 set and you lose the tourney. Minus that, it's pretty hype! I think if the last At Risk player had 2 sets to lost it would make it more fair.

[@BC0MBS]

GUYS a new Mexican Major Best of the Western: CLIMHAZZARD was just announced!

[@EEvisu]

I’m interested!

[@diek_yt]

¡Ven a México, ​@@EEvisu!

[@fytratey]

Sparg0 finally broke the number 2 curse.. We got Sparg0 rank 1 before GTA VI

[@n10tan1gam1]

🤣 Phil already making good on his word “It’s gon be different” in the first 60 seconds of the video Here’s the breakdown: -Miya’s eyes in the thumbnail were DEVIOUS -jokingly brought up the LA wildfires -called the wrong cohost Blatino Happy new year Lights Out! Happy for Light in the rankings this new year. Still wish he was #3

[@EEvisu]

Off to a good start!

[@Jero1020]

I'm promoting the "reaper has to wear a dark hooded cloak" agenda

[@Livinglikelary97]

I would pay money to watch light fight a CPU

[@Hermitage171]

Great episode. Always good to have Sparg0 on, and I also like the whole segment exploring that alternative tournament structure. Looking forward to seeing that in action tomorrow. I have another idea for an invitational, summit/throne type tournament structure with maybe like 8-14 players, which is simpler that the reaper idea, but maybe connected in a few ways. Stage 1: Round robin. Everybody plays one set against everybody else. No bracket luck factor whatsoever. The amount of hours needed increases pretty steeply with the number of players, so you could pick whatever number of players you want based on how long you want the tournament to be. But if you had like the ten best players in the world or anything close to that, pretty much every match in the round robin would be interesting to viewers. You could schedule it so that huge matches like 1st seed vs. 2nd seed wouldn't happen until near the end. Tally: Everyone gets a unique rank based on their results in the round robin. Number of set wins is the first factor, and then there are tiebreakers like number of game wins, number of stocks taken, and finally average time remaining at the end of each game (more time remaining is better). Stage 2: "Devil's bracket." Lowest score from the tally faces 2nd-lowest score. Winner of that faces 3rd-lowest, and so on all the way upward until the person with the highest score faces either the person with the 2nd-highest score, or the person who just beat the 2nd-highest. If I were constructing lumirankings from this, I would weight the round robin results at least as highly as the devil's bracket results. But the devil's bracket would be fun way to cap things off. Possibility of the lowest-scoring player from the round robin going on an insane run and beating literally everyone else in a row. But most likely someone with a higher round robin score would win. Either way it's kind of cool, I think.

[@hugodecroix294]

Sad Leo isn’t at the invitational

[@101academics]

Why?

[@hugodecroix294]

@ would be fun to have in such an interesting format

[@Uran10]

Light speaking facts on Steve!

[@lightspeedbeast]

Honorary 4th member at this point lmao

[@theKing.33]

Been waiting for this one 🥶

[@RollieBall]

This Reaper Tourny is gonna rule!

[@0607Darr]

Reaper format sounds super cool. I'd love to see it with a larger format of like 32 players. Maybe a cutoff where only players ranked within the top 100 are eligible to attend.

[@armakeen3576]

A japanese reuploaded the lumirank top 10, and most people in the comments were saying how impressive it is to see Light doing so well and getting 4th with Fox. It seems many japanese ppl respect him 👍 Here is the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp_ZZot8qJiomKc

[@DanielKimdanielkim90]

Cool creative format for the invitational.

[@pbz7572]

Sparg0 would be such a great permanent lights out member, it was great hearing him talk about LMBM. I hope Sparg0 & Cody Schwab talk about juggling two games at top level.

[@railgun222]

The Goat, EE, and Light? Instantly clicked

[@MilfSlayr]

Cosmos getting hoed again, shits rough

[@spagano12111]

The reaper invitational actually sounds super hype

[@walterjackson4715]

Light and kola have the same super power. The more messed up their dreads are, the worse they do. The more their dreads look good, better they do. No coincidence both of them just got ranked higher than they’ve ever been 😎

[@StrafinJr]

Light and Kola would have a free money glitch if they just streamed it’s insane 😂

[@brooklan_ny]

those 12G guys are real cute 💗

[@EEvisu]

Agreed

[@DrWavy-fq2qk]

Reallly looking forward to the new invitational system. It’s gonna be a breath of fresh air

[@EEvisu]

Agreed!

[@originoa]

Ay ee i jus got into elite w cloud (after years. First time ever). And i love smash and i love spargo and i love this show.

[@EEvisu]

Awesome bro!

[@originoa]

​@@EEvisu thank u goat

[@moonbeam2730]

W lesson taught in regard to what happened to all the circuits we once had

[@charles03y]

I can't wait for this Reaper event

[@sillypopcorn1006]

EE always brightens up my day

[@EEvisu]

:)

[@Uran10]

dw Sparg0 They can cancel me! Ban Steve!

[@Mrdd2d]

At the reaper, Gluto’s just gonna calculate how many sets he has to lose just for him to go 3-2 on light at least 4 times (with a clutch waft on every last stock ofc 😅)

[@Theo_335]

This thumbnail is 🔥

[@adrianant93]

Can’t wait for the inv EE, great pod

[@SadFace229]

I remember's Spargo's reasoning for Cloud being even against Steve, mainly how easy it is to get reversaled and lose a stock, but man, I'd like to see him grind the Steve matchup with Corrin. I think that matchup is even where a lot of what Steve throws out, Corrin can contest but she can't neutralize some of his tactics unlike Cloud. A couple other thoughts, Hurt versus the Light's Out Boys (including honorary LOB Spargo) are my favorite rivalies now. I picked up Snake to grind out just to understand how he plays and he requires a lot of work to setup. To play Snake against the fastest players in the meta, that has to be really, REALLY hard (I sympathize with Tweek more now with how much he works against you guys). But they better be careful, if they keep putting the heat on Hurt and if he gets some brain blast epiphany and figures out how to play Snake at their speed, they just might forge the next king of Ultimate in Hurt. Looking forward to this invitational. If anything, I hope this invitational sets a new precedent that pressures other invitationals to experiment to shake up the meta. You guys all have complaints, there's your platform to address them. I wish the Reaper TOs resouding success with this tournament.

[@BryGuyJohn]

29:50 Spargo has already flown to Japan and won a Kagiribi. Time to run it back. Luckily he’s the Steve slayer.

[@alh1618]

They need to bring Marss so he can take a couple of them out before top 8

[@3thhackz531]

the era of Spargoat has only just begun

[@Lvl7susceptible]

SPARGOAT

[@Dark-xy6vu]

Sonix has 4 majors. Port, GOML, CEO 2022, and Coinbox irl

[@armania_9064]

CEO and Coinbox were B tiers, majors are A tier, Super majors S, Premiere tier P. B tiers are Nationals.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

We're talking about 2024, not the previous years.

[@EEvisu]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 yah this

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@armania_9064i know ceo was a b tier but coinbox irl #1 was an a tier im pretty sure

[@Dark-xy6vu]

@@armania_9064Ceo 2022 was an A+ tier. Only the ones after. Ceo 2023 and Ceo 2024 are B+ tiers

[@DafasiPsy]

Absolutely love the new green thumbnail style on the right! Gonna click that shit so fast in 2025…

[@Sephiroth_H2o]

Im so happy for him,SparGoat

[@TerenceTanyi]

The reaper should wear a cloak 🧛🏾‍♂😈

[@SLVR_DREAMS]

Haven't been watching smash related stuff for a minute, anybody ever notice that light deadass looks just like the dude from counting crows?

[@LMD123-u6z]

😂

[@alejandroloza3720]

Hell yeah y’all need to come back to crown 🙏🏽

[@myahz8650]

MY GOAT SPARGOOOOO

[@tvftw1]

12:34 Light saying he thinks Sonix is better than him felt like a growth moment. Now if he actually makes it to Japan this year I might have to stop praying for his downfall

[@hugodecroix294]

The reaper format is very cool but if i understand correctly technically you can get eliminated in 1 set if you beat the reaper in the first round and he wins all of his match until the end …… kinda fells unfair for them to beat you after losing 1 set to you and them winning one set against you

[@Sancnea]

Hey you get a free ride to top 2 after winning just 1 set in that scenario. That sounds funny af.

[@hugodecroix294]

@@Sancneathat is true 😂

[@EEvisu]

its absolutely absurd and I love it

[@grimxdisstracks3178]

Ain’t no way

[@LuSiDious]

28:00 Traveling and lodging (and food)in japan is WAYYY Cheaper than 'Murica. US:More costs, payout JP:Less costs, no payout If ranking matters, JP If payout matters, US. But does smash really payout?

[@Senaru]

Nah Smash doesn’t really payout, and it still won’t help the costs for traveling across North America and especially flying to Japan.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@Senaru Depends on the sponsor

[@Weebfox]

Spargoat on top 🔥🔥🔥

[@rommel28]

That thumbnail cleannn

[@potatobagel]

Sonix did win CEO in 2022 (which i think was a major?)

[@EEvisu]

Out of date!

[@eyyy2271]

Man, I hope people come to Patchwork in Raleigh, we're trying to improve our region.

[@Syrup-n3t]

My favorite Hispanic black Horseman is finally top 5, go Paris!!

[@StrawHatPuffy]

I’m really curious how Light practices with CPUs. Like I want to know what his goals are what he trains for exactly against them. All the more reason to start streaming!

[@paulgrewal587]

Yo, can someone put a cap on the maximum tournaments per region that get to be ranked? Because this is stupid. It’s an obvious flaw in the system.

[@EEvisu]

nah, can't punish a region for being active and healthy

[@AnormaIPerson3121]

Are you planning to travel to japan as well @EEvisu?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I respect Raki for his Kazuya. He's beaten Doramigi with this character and went up 2-0 against Acola.

[@Aceplays679]

Sonix has won 4 majors/supermajors Ceo 2022 iirc Port priority Goml Coinbox irl (which I think counts cuz he had to beat spargo)

[@EEvisu]

we were talking 2024 I wanna say mostly but good list

[@Aceplays679]

@EEvisu yeah, I get ya. Also, Sonix was ranked first NA for the entire year just awhile ago

[@slickricky769]

Damn Sparg0 and Light should have gone to afterburner 2 top 5 players would have made it a major its already a national..

[@EEvisu]

they fumbled not inviting lights out, womp womp

[@JugoDeCaja]

I think we’re gonna need a group of remarkable people to fight that battles we never could…….The NA Avengers Initiative. I’m talking all our top dogs need to head to Japan and snag some super major wins. They practically giving them out like candy.

[@i.c6520]

Light has to train against rosalina lvl 9 cpu now 😢😢

[@peashooter6628]

He 3-0d Dabuz in losers quarters, he's good on that matchup goofy😂

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Japan also has an A tier the weekend after Seibugeki 18 lmao. They're having a break after that at least.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

It depends on how many people register for sumabato 55

[@pbz7572]

It’s now a super major. JP Majors. Every. Weekend.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@pbz7572 They dont got anything for a month now I believe

[@bradyexe3238]

Chat invitational at my house I gotchu💪 35:13

[@mrb-btw]

does light ever think he’s playing good

[@EEvisu]

Standards are high when you’re top 4

[@mukinabahtx338]

the unprovoked raki stray

[@EEvisu]

As someone who watches nearly all the Japan events, he boils my blood stealing wins my my boy snow smh

[@ObiTheOneNonly]

Light vs Cosmos? i will be seated

[@TonyStorm21]

What I find hilarious about the comments about Japan's tournaments is that for years it was the other way around, this side of the world had most of the big tournaments and they had to travel to even be considered in the rankings, but now that it's reversed it's an "actual problem". I dont mean no disrespect but the country where the game's bigger will always be at an advantage, that's why most games do regional rankings over world rankings

[@Senaru]

And you also forget to consider that when it was the other way around, tournaments outside of Japan still accommodates and flies many of Japan out for many years and STILL to this day. I don’t mean no disrespect but I don’t see this happening with non-JP folks wanting to travel there.

[@TonyStorm21]

@@Senaru that's because there's no money involved, by flying people here you are "helping the community" you're a good guy, and the good guy sells more, you're also trying to grow your scene, to make bigger events and trying to make more money, I'm not saying they're greedy or bad, I'm just saying money is a huge motivator here. But Japan doesnt need any of that, they've been perfectly fine doing their own thing for years and now that it's bigger, they're happy to continue as usual, there's also no money to win there as a player (besides sponsors)

[@Senaru]

@@TonyStorm21​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​​⁠I’m not trying to argue why Japan can’t accommodate like every other country in the world, ​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠I’m just saying that’s just how it is and how the actual problem here is how people ignorantly bring up rankings and just “go travel”without ever thinking about logistics + context for players. It’s way more difficult/resourceful getting to places outside of Japan going in or even around their own countries, and now that Japan is the hub of Smash/rankings primarily from having help to go abroad for many many years and getting stronger from this, you have to go Japan now to prove your status. The problem isn’t Japan has all these events and you have to travel there, the problem is everything BEFORE going there and how people don’t understand this. Japan not accommodating has some bearing in it and I’m not arguing why they can’t, I’m just saying that’s just how it is and it’s unfortunate for those outside JP wanting to take rankings seriously and lacking resources to do so. The regional/world rankings point seems practical at the very least.

[@TonyStorm21]

@@Senaru the actual problem is that regions will never be balanced and we want or hope they are, one will always be bigger and have better opportunities, be it NA, EU or Japan, for example no one flies more people than EU, because they're the smaller scene, they also have the most over the top productions out of the 3 regions, its promotion, pushing the scene to be bigger, which works very well. The fact that there's no pot winnings in JP means that as a core, their players have a different mindset, this is reflected on the fact that a lot of top japanese players's name arent even public, that doesn't happen here, our culture is to play for the love of the game yes, but also money and prestige, Leo went on to say many times that because of the Pot winnings, he HAD to win, for his family, and that's the same for many other players who want to make a career out of this, that rarely happens in JP, players like Tea who want to travel and be at the center of the spectacle are very rare, Yoshidora didn't travel for the longest time because he has a regular job and a family. Reality is, we cant have a world ranking without it being skewed towards a region, which as of right now, it's Japan.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@Senaru To be fair it's not like Japanese tournaments even accommodates their own local players to their events the same way NA tourneys do with NA top talent. And NA tourneys don't even accommodate most JP players. A lot of them are accommodated by their sponsors or via fundraising.

[@sauce8277]

Zachary low key invented Ultimate’s fundies we play today when he showed up with Wolf. That even players like Mkleo shifted toward. Surprised Spargo had a different perspective.

[@goldman1996]

Zackray

[@sauce8277]

@@goldman1996 auto correct

[@goldman1996]

@@sauce8277 yep

[@joelc395]

Crazy ass thumbnail

[@Diddykong8775]

Is Light going to Genesis?

[@EEvisu]

yes

[@Diddykong8775]

@EEvisu Tell him and Tweek they have yet to register. Gotta get my selfie with them bro.

[@danielgonzalez7153]

Where is light gonna stream? I don’t want steams but I would watch lights stream!

[@EEvisu]

When he streams we’ll post it!

[@danielgonzalez7153]

@@EEvisuHell yeah! 🎉 keep us posted

[@jeffreybrown8422]

I would bring my own cloak for being reaper if one was not provided.

[@shasburner-pq8be]

🔥🔥

[@gqboygboy6930]

SPARGOAT #1 AND ALSO LIGHT #4

[@rajeemameen5946]

What a thumbnail LMAO

[@ByoKora775]

Miya has picked up Steve, so he’s plays GnW, Steve and ROB tier w….🤦🏻, Acola isn’t any better tho he was doing it before Miya.

[@EEvisu]

Copy cat scene!

[@ByoKora775]

@@EEvisu facts bro facts, I believe in playing characters you like, I don’t have a main so I play or try to play every character in the game and obviously I’m really bad with specific characters such as GnW or Ken and Ryu but otherwise most of the cast I’m really good with although I’m definitely better with most sword fighting characters.

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@ByoKora775 Miya has been playing Steve for like 2 years now tho its nothing new

[@ByoKora775]

@ from what I remember he was only a GnW player but maybe I haven’t been watching much smash brothers lately and if so I have no problem admitting I don’t know what I’m talking about

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

@@ByoKora775 You good lol

[@eanderson9599]

Thumbnail is retribution for Pearl Harbor

[@EEvisu]

LMFAO

[@diek_yt]

Mexico had nothing to do with that

[@Jero1020]

LISTEN The reaper has to weare a dark hooded cloak.

[@velo7523]

Thumbnail is OD lol

[@lokks2130]

Kind of amazing that LVL Up Expo is stacking up to be a P tier for the first time. I don't think it's ever even been just a major before.

[@EEvisu]

we going all in this year!

[@chrisyeincarag4860]

Young buck from mexico? Isn’t acola younger lmao? But this episode is very funny

[@Hayha2830]

i feel like sonix is actually no.1 skill wise

[@EEvisu]

he's up there

[@lokks2130]

Same but he has to prove it. Sparg0's Roy has been a consistent answer to him.

[@Joshuak2k4]

Spargo said….why😂😂😂

[@sarahsloot2290]

Michael Jordan won the Flu Game. :) If you can get out there get out there Sonix!

[@Arctyx_Xo]

Light lowkey should secondary belmonts for ice climbers and luigi😂😂

[@EEvisu]

Is this Hazmatts alt?!

[@mek80010]

and wario

[@coolersspaceship7964]

Bro ngl if Light went to Japan, he’d get farmed. It’s good he doesn’t

[@EEvisu]

casual take

[@coolersspaceship7964]

@@EEvisumore like niggas are scared

[@ugosinache22]

PG is missed :(

[@Jero1020]

Hey guys just here to say that I LOVE the idea of the reaper format will watch.

[@RedMooseJesus]

The four horsemen of smash were considered that because their points were so close together. This season, the top 3 were very close, but there was a gap between 3 and 4. Light's punk ass is not one of the 4 horsemen. Bro can't even say he's best in NA after losing to two other NA players in the same tournament.

[@EEvisu]

u watch just to hate, wild

[@lokks2130]

light should not have been #4 lol raru's season was just better to me

[@HamzaKhan-mk5lb]

They were called the 4 horseman because for the majority of the year NA was always sparg0 vs sonix grands and Jp was miya vs acola. If those 4 all attended a tourney one of them was winning

[@peashooter6628]

​@lokks2130 did Raru have a winning record on Miya, winning record on Leo, winning record on Tweek, an undefeated winning record on hurt, a win on spargo, sonix, and on Shuton? And an A+ tier win? I don't think he does, very interesting...

[@lokks2130]

@@peashooter6628 ​ Uhh, Raru does have an A+ tier win. In fact he also has an S tier win and two B+ tier wins. He has better attendance than Light especially at supermajors and got better placements at most of them. He has a win on Miya, Hurt x2, Doramigi x3, Shuton x2, Maister x3 and Snow x5. I don't know the exact head to head records (I'm sure hurt and dora are winning at least) but if that's the only reason he got placed lower then the LumiRank is definitely overrewarding H2H.

[@tanmin8268]

I can see acola taking back his crown this year if he plays more tournaments. His aegis is Spargo’s biggest threat

[@peashooter6628]

Leo was 4-1 on spargo last season as well as Tea being 2-0 on spargo, I think Sparg0 has bigger threats, especially since he only played Acola once last year

[@EEvisu]

never!

[@diek_yt]

He took one set, chill

[@ZombieReese]

36:51 They will never financially recover from this.

[@EEvisu]

I'm just yappin!

[@ZombieReese]

@EEvisu I feel you but it still has to sting.

[@NeoGoroMajima]

EE I love you man but don't disrespect the goats like that in the thumbnail

[@EEvisu]

All jokes mah lol

[@fard7321]

Congrats to light for losing to syrup 🔥(also congrats for 4th bro better hit top 3 this season)

[@MikeyDLuffy]

Its funny how vocal everyone is about Japan having the easiest access to major tournaments now after the US has had that privilege for literally every year of competitive Smash since Melee