Tournament: The Mindset of a Top Player

[@cheewee1039]

it was an honor to play against you guys, and it was awesome to see you comeback to osu!mania, even though it's only for a couple months lmaoo also great video as always, one of the few videos that i've fully watched without skipping, despite it being this long

[@EtienneYT]

Gg's my dude! Maybe if Etterna ever has tournament support in the future, I'd love to see you over on that game haha.

[@tlocto]

how the fuck did you get that 997

[@9y2gt8wc07wxpfcs]

ur the final boss

[@caughtintheweb0]

@@tlocto He's insane at LNs, literal god even in 7key

[@absurddive]

@@tlocto #JustCheewee10Things

[@npesta]

this was a super great video, thanks for making it, really gave me some insight on tournament play which I haven't seen explained to this detail really ever. You've been killing it lately!

[@creeperarmor8078]

oh yeah almost forgot that kenos is a mania player

[@mancool9122]

Npesta

[@Jamixiy]

omg its you!!1! aaaaaaa

[@Novristxch]

Do that pro release!

[@justsomeoneelse5942]

Yeah, he has

[@nozre368]

Can't believed this was a 55 minutes long, I thought it was 10 minutes long

[@0tuken982]

Yooo what's up i follow you on insta I knew i recognized the name

[@Yeoul77]

Man I'm playing an osu! grand finals match next week and this actually helps me a lot amazing video as always

[@standarrow9759]

Goodluck

[@akkico]

goodluck

[@Kuchen.]

Gl

[@mercamia]

how was it tho homie?

[@Yeoul77]

@@mercamia Lost 1 point in the TB to the best player, lost 1 point in TB to the second best player, ended up third. And the 2 best players ended up playing a TB together too lol

[@YashBudhiraja]

your voice is like twice as deep in the morning wtf

[@sofyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

for real!! i was confused at first until i realized it was him :-O

[@KudosK42]

After Tournament stress LUL

[@lonelyplanet120]

Damn

[@theaverageplayer1656]

Etienne is corpse in the morning

[@somethingsomething9006]

I'm the same way, I'm higher pitched than most guys in the afternoon but I'm a bass in the morning lol

[@Halogenvsrg]

This was a really cool format; this was something that I had wanted to do in the past all the way back in SOFT2 back when I did my whole Group Stages reel. Enjoyed watching the whole thing -- the pre-GF vlog was an awesome touch. Like others said, it went by quite quickly.

[@XepherIo]

Man, the time zone difference really fucking sucks. Imagine waking up to immediately play o!m lmao

[@DragonstoneWolfe]

What I don't get is, why is the winner's side of grands being forced to play at a worse time zone for them? :

[@unor1ginalname]

@@DragonstoneWolfe I'm guessing they agreed on the time and asia vs america is always "Team sleep deprived vs Team Just Woke Up" so lul

[@XepherIo]

@@DragonstoneWolfe maybe it was the other way around on the semis, idk :/

[@DragonstoneWolfe]

@@unor1ginalname He did say "we got screwed for the second time this tournament" when they got that time, so I can only assume it was random or predetermined?

[@ZeNyfh]

i got that in speed of light 1, i woke up and was 2 mins late to the match, the other player didnt show up at all so i settled in a win, i practiced a bit and then got shredded by bojii 30 mins later

[@cagofuego]

7:13 OMG I'm there!!! Etienne you literally killed me in SoL lmao

[@javiertroncoso5654]

VIVA CHILE MIERDA

[@sydosys]

oh hey ive played u in a multi before

[@quisaz_haderack]

loved this video, seriously, great job!

[@qqqmint3865]

this tourney was an absolute blast to commentate, you guys did a spectacular job! love the video format too

[@timebombed]

This was such an amazing, well-put together video, definitely gives great insight and light to the tournament scene of osu!m and easy to understand for those who haven't played a osu!m tournament before.

[@fizzy_blizzy]

Very well made video. I don't even play 4k games mainly, but due to how good you are at making content and keeping me entertained for almost an hour, watching this video was awesome. It was very enjoyable watching your experience, and congrats on 2nd place!

[@Vincent4399_]

I have such a honor reffing all grand finals matches. Thanks for the vid, etienne

[@p0keyy]

Man, this was such a fucking great video man. Was an incredible 55 minutes of watching that flew by so fast. So interesting to see the behind the scenes and thought process of a top player playing in a tournament. Thanks for the time for making this video, hope to see you in another tourney and the journey being shown!

[@RaveilleArcade]

It was great being able to commentate this tournament, and pretty daunting (but also equally amazing) to commentate with you for one match 👍👍👍

[@Logan_636]

51:07 "fighting all the way from losers since round of 16" dsakjsdajhk damn I knew my blatant untimely misspeak would end up here. Glad you, toaph, and everyone involved played and had fun! Amazing documentary.

[@kosmicgr]

I just subscribed this morning, writing this comment right before the Grand Finals match and it was a fun watch. Seeing how these games are played in a tournament setting certainly was interesting.

[@Samuel-en1ze]

I genuenly enjoyed this video even tho I don't play mania myself. Your voice is really relaxing and it shocked me when I saw that I just watched a 55 minute video. Great video and you come across like a really chill dude.

[@allela9253]

how does etienne make 55 minutes feel so short

[@destrax3739]

I'm genuinely dumbfounded on this myself. I clicked on this thinking it was gonna be 15 mins long and didn't even realize

[@minimizzedosu8410]

The reason why this doesn’t feel like 55 minutes is because etienne is so entertaining to watch that you forget about time

[@berumeru]

40:46 The way you went from :D to :|... felt that

[@Whack0]

Sadly I wasn’t able to watch the tournament you were playing in, but I’m excited to see a video about it.

[@aarondillon5986]

Wow man you did a great job with this video! Such a cool thing to get your perspective as a player in the tournament. Also, kinda refreshing to see an honest and straightforward showing of all the ups and downs that come along with these kind of events. Like dealing with your teammates emotions and struggles as well as your own and how you deal with them...or maybe don’t deal with them hahaha!

[@Patashu]

Interesting to see how so much of it comes down to exploiting strengths and weaknesses in different people's skillsets, because even the best players in the world are certain kinds of good. Especially interesting that the song set is dependent on how far into the tournament you are - I've seen rhythm game tournaments that do it and tournaments that don't, and it has a huge impact on who can win at different points. Very informative and entertaining video!

[@aurum7695]

man, wish I wasn't too busy with school to follow you on this journey. Such an amazing video, my favorite video from you by far.

[@sorriiez]

Watched the entire video and it was really good. The commentaries from you and video structure is *perfect* . Keep it up.

[@onlyatroller]

You've inspired me to try to become a tournament player in the very distant future, This content is amazing!

[@inversionist5928]

Good job ETienne, i was in your semifinals stream facing regular teams, and it was intense lol, i had to open 2 tab to see tourney stream too

[@Deezissus250]

Dude that worlds fastest gamer video is how I found your channel via that description

[@ryanjannakhuang]

I've experienced cold hands a lot too, back when I did piano competitions and again in the one mania tournament I completed in. You're not alone

[@TheTrickyChicken]

Damn, I'm not even a mania player, but your videos and style are always such a joy that this video just flew by.

[@Simrasil_]

Very cool to see a behind the scenes of a tournament like that. I mainly play osu! standard but for any rythm game I think it's fair to say that it's as much a mental game as it is physical and the mindset plays an important role for overall performance. Really well made video, I thoroughly enjoyed it even though I don't really play 4k myself!

[@sierraspritemist8464]

The vlog was honestly really entertaining lol.

[@GrifGrey]

It's criminal how underrated you are.

[@derekconwaygd]

38:42 CATIENNE POG

[@ItzSebas-]

dude i really like your videos they are so relaxing keep up the content :)

[@gloomygl]

Goated vid, was glad to even be a part of this tournament as a viewer.

[@Baylow]

This was a fantastic video crazy good structure and super enjoyable :)

[@Baylow]

prior to this i didn’t understand mania or etterna at all but now i feel like i have a grasp of how they work and they seem really interesting and fun

[@Baguette2Pain]

Imagine playing LN seriously for the first time on a grandfinal, what a match !

[@Mihaugoku]

the osu! tournament experience: - "what are those schedules" - "why are the brackets so weird" - "why am i so nervous over this game" - "oh it's late in the tournament? i give up"

[@weebuhdee8615]

This was super entertaining, keep up the good work :D

[@pimoux5126]

Congratz WFG and regular team ! 👏👏

[@Tophius]

Man, regardless of the ending and knowing I can't read minds, I'm still sure Toaph was over the moon getting to Winner's Finals with you. The fact that you got that far is amazing, especially on a rhythm game that's not your forte. Huge kudos, man

[@crepium8520]

I am starting out with 2 taiko tournaments, Taiko Tournament Mexico and Intermediate Global Taiko Showdown. I just lost the first one out of nerves when I could recover at last game, I just joined the tournaments to make the goal to myself to beat nerves in general. After watching this is a certain relief and inspiration to find a different aproach to these tournaments as it boils down to accuracy which is merely what I dont have. Thank you for making the video, I will try to get even farther than 8ths now with even a different gimmick than the first tournament.

[@lovelyn7211]

Absolutely loved this video, GGs!!

[@TFD500Official]

that voice is really deep in the morning, jfc... reminds me of pishifat, quite nostalgic :3

[@sherry93175]

Still come back to this video after 2 years, it is a shame he left the VSRG scene, this is a pristine documentary on o!m tournaments presented in such a humble and down to earth tone.

[@charchar4910]

Amazing video Haven't even finished watching but I know it will be

[@danbalasescu9078]

If you’re interested - what are two things you’d like to change about osu!mania in osu!stable to improve your experience with it? Rules are: you can’t pick notelock nor hold note release timings. As for osu!lazer, anything goes including notelock (which should already be improved), so feel make a list, but I’ll dedicate some personal time into attempting to make any two top suggestions possible for osu!stable, time permissible of course.

[@yuragi3791]

Damn what a great video

[@Khannyn]

Amazing video :))

[@Nocturnal_Spectre]

Awesome work man!

[@Snaxophone]

Captioning said “Jump Troll Simulator” talking about staple on smile, pretty fitting

[@nico777plays]

Etienne with KaneMining in team tournament 2023🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@aoshi9254]

Your keyboard is so satisfying on dark sambaland

[@xDewritos]

Cool video, watched till the end

[@Sebekm5]

I just love your content

[@Imaproshaman7]

That was really neat.

[@tidek9545]

I like how detailed rice maps are named and LN is just LN and hybrid is just hybrid xD (saihate is a hybrid pick bro) Otherwise nice vid

[@miwiki6]

5:01 love nate's team name

[@M4TTYN]

interesting vid and insight to hope more play mania! *and taiko and catch* ... maybe one day.

[@deretwaktu]

your voice sounds so deep in the morning wth

[@cusimusic1202]

Man, I sure am THRIVING rn

[@Shaunss]

i dont normally comment on vids but this one was really entertaining

[@awesomejulianpro]

7:14 se llama cago fuego y me pareció chistoso el nombre por lo que he considerado compartir con ustedes este timestamp para que los demas boludos que vean al eitin les de gracia tambien ..... y dejen de decir que no le sé al chitpost

[@overdahedge2014]

what you did with the transition at 23:23 sounds sick, nice one

[@-storm7-969]

A wild b0tch3d has been spotted, episode 2(I believe?) :ehpeek:

[@verlatenn]

Dictate - Militant + DT is really fun

[@Male_Parent]

I always get cold hands during longer play sessions. I thought about buying fingerless gloves but I just haven't had the time to go to the store in a while. I do wish osu mania would add the colored notes like eterna. Or at least give the players the option to skin those in. If I get the time I'll program some sample code and put it into osu lazer if it's not already in there. :v

[@darkflightdreamer1698]

gamer

[@kazii.9547]

big pp

[@theaverageplayer1656]

15:09 oooof what happened there? Is the match on twitch? I need to know what happened yikes.

[@seb16x2110]

cheewee so fucking good jeez

[@BacchusGames]

I s2g I would play the hell out of etterna if it had a tourney variant

[@roach1898]

huh, never thought the single colored column can be that problematic and impactful, while im the other way around trying to play etterna and confused with the multi colored note on a single column

[@taggerung_]

Snap coloring is pretty useful for accuracy and reading technical patterns

[@xxsummer666xx4]

osu tournaments are really fun when they're going well, but really stressful and demotivating when they aren't

[@Random-ud4oy]

SoL2 looked really fun

[@lucasiog]

Oh fuck lmao this was an hour? Went by so quick

[@pixie5732]

Oh hey thats me in qualifiers!

[@tynarvo2176]

Today is very epic

[@2tallforfood]

So etienne and supa hot fire are not the same person?

[@lfsv0bj907]

I dont even play mania and tourny but I still finish this video.

[@demise.8748]

Had the same thing with cold hands happen to me too today. Although it was my first tournament ever, but yeah nerves can kill your hands.

[@kabluei]

Picking this video over a disney classic every time

[@parfein]

Tip for warming up hands: run them under warm water

[@wendystuive9049]

etienne needs to make more vlogs!

[@NaomiSS_]

Nice try! Really enjoyable video!

[@ampersand64]

Fun fact: no one has finished watching this yet Edit: some people have finished the video now.

[@Whack0]

True

[@zachmtb370]

true

[@PokePokePoke]

True

[@DimGG]

Etienne has

[@yuiko335]

@@DimGG true

[@BadWallaby]

Have been interested in tournaments for a while! Haven't competed in a rhythm game since DDR Max 2 in high school haha

[@osu_fishy]

TIL Etterna does not have release timing... wtf, I literally been playing it with that in mind, no wonder mania feels just so different.

[@justsomeoneelse5942]

On sliders there are release timings right?

[@larc6534]

26:07 HYPE

[@SPVLaboratories]

now i know what artie from glee has been up to

[@popegadget4363]

etienne eating cheerios asmr video when

[@9y2gt8wc07wxpfcs]

u deserve more views

[@Meloons]

awesome

[@awakehopps]

i remember someone asking in our mania dc server if czech players will play this year... i dont think anyone played :(

[@gloomygl]

Oh fucking Pog.

[@yuribertulucci6354]

imagine a hour long video from etienne

[@Cmmf_]

TEAM 80 BUCKS LETS GO

[@55Minus]

What the fuck your morning voice is DEEP

[@msou8400]

I might try etterna some day

[@thesaltyspoon7483]

The Mindset of a Top Player: Tilt

[@skippygippy3999]

Lmao swarmsii's team name really hit diff