Game Theory: How to BREAK Mario! (Mario Tennis Aces)

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Step aside bob omb. Keep on flying Bullet Bill. There is a new weapon causing damage in the mushroom kingdom, and this one is fuzzy, round, and squishy. One of Mario Tennis Aces coolest features is allowing you to break a players racket. But just how fast would you have to hit the ball in order to do so? And what other consequences would arise from that much force? Well that is what we're about to find out.
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[@memegumin]

Its confirmed! balls are the strongest weapon in Mario tennis aces, including... Some other type of balls...

[@Werd351]

Dark Megumin it's an y instead of i

[@memegumin]

@mads nielsen oops

[@itzaryvaca6844]

BONCY BALLs

[@cristinavanni8803]

Uh....... The Smash Ball!

[@DeathOnater7777]

Cristina Vanni y,y,ya...

[@Waluigi_Time778]

"Maybe you'll get to watch it in class" (Has flashback to luigi bulge) Nope

[@medge8845]

XAssassinX . . 69 likes and that’s not ok.

[@medge8845]

No u

[@punkperson]

Anyone else hearing that and are in quarantine currently like "huh maybe" lol because all that you need to do is just watch it like normal

[@puggyproductions906]

“Tell your math teachers, maybe you’ll be able to watch it in class” Me in quarantine with online classes: *watches it while doing math work*

[@jaylubke5376]

but it HELPS

[@kruel3462]

ngl i'm doing the EXACT same thing

[@joeym1230]

*insert funny Star Wars quote here*

[@larrypoppins6273]

@@joeym1230 which one? You're gonna have to be specific.

[@joeym1230]

@@larrypoppins6273 i honestly don’t remember I made that comment a while ago

[@blobcookie]

"Tell your math teacher about this. Maybe you'll get to watch this in class..." AFTER TALKING ABOUT HOW LONG LUIGI'S WARP PIPE IS?! *I THINK NOT*

[@axtrali4145]

“warp pipe” I love you

[@aadm4759]

Matpat: Mario is the strongest character in videogames. steve: hold my gold blocks... oh wait, you can't

[@stardj7373]

Kirby: hold my cake

[@yellowbananago]

This is such an underrated comment

[@lorddoggo7197]

*Picks up entire inventory of gold blocks with ease*

[@lorddoggo7197]

*also breaks bedrock with 1 punch with everyone else unable to break them with a freaking diamond pickaxe*

[@loyaltheoristgirl1018]

Nice one

[@samgardner7376]

You overlooked the obvious reason why they break at those speeds. They're playing with plastic rackets because Mario's hoarding all the coins.

[@dragonempress8367]

Poor Wario can't spend them on microgames

[@obeso84]

Either plastic or wood. Considering that Mario's hammer is made out of wood most of the time

[@PezzleStick]

I'm the weirdest human to exist... I just emagined Mario and stingy(from lazy town) morphed into one thing

[@foxeye245]

Then why does Mario’s racket break like everyone else’s?

[@gamerboss333]

Tanner Stevens he’s cheap

[@Agent_Platinum]

I have an idea for a theory: What is the actual nutritional value of the stuff Link eats in BOTW (including the specific animals the meat comes from)? How much weight would he gain in reality, and would the calories he burns off during his adventure actually offset all that?

[@ipostwater6491]

Ryan Reed sounds p cool

[@lamb6549]

Good one, but every player eats different amounts of food

[@hornetsch1374]

Would seem interesting!

[@zegirdor]

we dont know what is a By Owning The World v:

[@KIgaming.]

YES!

[@alyn_0447]

Well... I think I just finished my Physics Homework

[@L1terally_Re1_Ayanam1]

Alyn _04 lol yeah

[@skylar_scribblez]

Mat pat flexing on us all with his math skills

[@crystleclemons598]

Math pat

[@nightofshadowz9944]

I wish he was in my math class lol

[@stormcline424]

Are you new here if so go watch all of the other Mario theories

[@skylar_scribblez]

demon satan nope in a matter of fact this comment is a year old and I have been watching mat pat for many years before but thanks for the advice :>

[@derekrice1790]

OMG you are so right I really did not think about that 🤣👍

[@NikkiTheViolist]

So, basically what you're saying is that the Mario Tennis rackets have a severe design flaw where the handles are manufactured separately from the rest of the racket and rather than being properly anchored together, they have a simple weak adhesive attaching them. Alternatively, there's a tennis-racket conspiracy that intentionally introduces defects into the handle... Essentially, any entrepreneur-engineer Toad could make a fortune by revolutionizing the racket manufacturing process, unless the conspiracy exists .

[@ctomsky]

I bet they were made by Professor E. Gadd! (See previous Game Theory Episode about him)

[@royaldoggo497]

Wow

[@linkolek]

So I wasn't the only one to thnk that, huh. That makes me woder if any common wood? to aluminium / titanium / carbon glue can break under those forces?

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

Or, hear me out, third option: The rackets have been this way for so long that its become an official part of the sport.

[@NikkiTheViolist]

+linkolek I'm not sure exactly what glues would work, but there definitely are adhesives that can delaminate under those forces, and there's likely to be more between carbon fiber and wood (because usually the same adhesives work for both of those) (Thanks, class on fracture mechanics! Now I can look at a video game and tell what's happening in the game when an object breaks even though the game designers likely never thought of it.) (Edited because I misread something)

[@Inkyink]

I bet Bowser clicked on this video...

[@Conman648]

Stinkyink am I close!!!

[@aidengaming1539]

Or a sonic fan

[@bazinga743]

No because he’s a fictional character.

[@BurningBridgeStudios]

A Complete and Utter Failure I was going to dislike your comment.. Then I read your name.

[@bazinga743]

Burning Bridge Studios. Wouldn’t of worked anyway because you can’t dislike replies or comments.

[@D3LTA_TH3_D3M0N]

I told both of my math teachers in different classes (different days) and I told them his video was good for physics.. I forgot about the whole luigi balls thing.... ehhhhhhhhhhhh I got a 2 week detention...……………………………………... T^T *cries self to sleep* Im still really bad at maths.

[@maevarobert3367]

Bluefred AJ They really need some humor.... *hug*

[@tammyadams4939]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@strawberryseal1851]

Most of the people in the comments also need a spelling and grammar lesson

[@xRAINxOFxBLOODx]

Your teachers are assholes.

[@joykimber4090]

Tip show them Austin instead

[@johnviolette6342]

Scott cawthon after watching a theory- eh i’ll slip that in the game. Nintendo after watching a theory -*confused screaming*

[@theCodyReeder]

Seems to me that the racquets might have a sheer point that is designed to fail first, kinda like a fuze, perhaps to prevent injury to the player?

[@Andrew-gd3kz]

Woah, it's him

[@RingoDixie]

Awesome!

[@DiamondSG]

Hii

[@linuxnoodle8682]

hi

[@Cohozuner]

Don't tell Matpat that, his video would be way less overdramatic

[@TheMagicalTaco]

He didn't even mention that to hit a ball fast enough to break another person's racket, you would break your own racket Edit: yeah I was wrong thanks everyone for helping me see why

[@mollie.28.15]

Taco 5150 no it wouldn’t. The power is coming from the force u push the ball with, the ball isn’t hitting your own racket at that speed

[@anonymous-el7rl]

@@mollie.28.15 Yes it would; air resistance would slow the tennis ball down, so MORE force is being applied to your own tennis racket than the opponents. I guess the game isn't as realistic as matpat thought.

[@MasumiSeike]

Not nessescarly, if your opponents racket is already damaged, it don't need more force.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

anony mous No, because the initial momentum of the ball when you hit it is 0, not a negative quantity, thus the change in momentum is less, thus the force is less. Also, air resistance has extremely neglegible effect in these calculations. This is basic physics.

[@stove3517]

Think of it as this: Say the gorce needed to break the opponent's racket on a serve is 150. You hit it from going 0 towards the right, to 100 to the right. If you return it, with 100 force(A.K.A. -100), it will STOP in the game. You need to hit with DOUBLE the force the server hit it towards you(A.K.A. -200). So, they could over-compensate and hit it with too much force.

[@cammoore___]

As a tennis player, I can agree that these figures are very accurate!

[@bigsully9945]

shut up u don't know

[@lanceholwitt6661]

You work with Mario?!

[@alternateendingsandedits6854]

Would probably be confused because they speak Japanese and wouldn’t understand anything he is saying

[@greatestmiles]

Raquets are more likely graphite

[@Lucky-tc2sb]

*Wario gets a hole in his stomach* Wario:Y....you...you shouldve aimed for the head

[@mauidemigodpixelworlds2518]

lol avenger infinity war

[@coolsauce7771]

YaBoiGaming, I dont feel so good....

[@liamhasfriends1408]

[ZA WARUDO]... SHINEI, WARIO!!

[@oshawottmain7608]

Wario is an Avenger!

[@gracextra]

Yung Lucky IM STILL NOT OK

[@rradventures7095]

It's the weekend... I don't feel like listening to math and equations But it's matpat so I'll stay... (Edit: woah thanks for the likes! *senpai noticed me..* )

[@PezzleStick]

Exactly

[@camellia1942]

Its more physics than maths tbh.. but idk i have physics as my subject, not math..

[@JeiJohnson]

Physics is the combination of science and math. So... Hybrid or not... It's still technically math as it DOES involve PLENTY of equations and mathematical formulas.

[@GameTheory]

Your sacrifice has not gone unnoticed :)

[@viewyevening8719]

I feel you

[@phoenixwinward535]

Galactic empire: we got a planet killer Mario: where's my coffee and racket, gotta play some tennis

[@toothfairy10133]

“Maybe you’ll get to watch this episode in class” Matpat you already mentioned the OtHeR ePiSoDe three times

[@jeffreysherman8224]

"The challenger approaching from the rear..." Whoa! Chill, Dadpat! Little Matpat might watch these videos some day.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I would like to think that you are just using that name because he is Matpats kid. Please tell me he didnt go and make his kid a JR

[@alexabetwarda205]

Don’t worry, the new little theorist is named Oliver Julian☺️

[@benyourfriend3428]

+Erazm Yurasov nobody gives a damn first of all, and second nobody should trust shady links.

[@emmanuelzermeno1588]

@@Blasted2Oblivion what's wrong with that if he was a JR

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@emmanuelzermeno1588 the Jr 9n the end of a name is a bureaucratic nightmare in every case I have ever known. It's not bad in day to day but i have seen, on more than one occasion, a Jr put through hell and back because people will gather the information for the parent rather than the child for important paperwork.

[@Memetastic]

...yeah I think I'll just play Mario Golf

[@trashboat5492]

Yo hi

[@milka_butterfly]

Nice memes

[@radhair3049]

Oh, hi there

[@_sp1r4L_]

Hello!

[@dark3mperor]

Time for charmo reacts

[@drphantom7701]

Yo I swear I showed my teacher this before school and she said we can watch it! That’s legendary

[@AidenClaws]

👍

[@varianmetcalf8220]

Wait even with the beginning with the grinding and mention of that one luigi episode

[@drphantom7701]

@@varianmetcalf8220 well I showed her everything after that

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

10:39 Shows 7.4 cm squared. Says 7.4 cubic cm. As clear as FNAF is...

[@justaregulartoaster]

...or the grip is just... Glued to the rest of the racket. With weak glue.

[@xectzy_4823]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@gooseminecraft2499]

Eric Roethlisberger This is actually the dumbest comment I've ever read.

[@Mayday468]

*RhinoBro better than tennis balls as fast enough to destroy whole kingdoms

[@johannschmidt3389]

They're probably glued on because their racket got broken and they couldn't buy another one unlike Mario. I don't know, I haven't played Mario tennis before, only real tennis.

[@thecextreem4865]

Erich Roethlisberger no it would have to be strong glue because with weak glue any hit from a tennis ball 🎾 would break the racket, special or not And Yes, I did find tennis ball emoji

[@micahphilson]

Nintendo: We're going to put all the effort into this game to make it as absolutely realistic as possible! MatPat: *This is the most realistic Nintendo game of all time!* Nintendo: Well then... we can't have that now! *_YOU CAN ALSO RETURN THE BALL AT OVER 100,000 MPH!!!_* MatPat: .... (╯ಠ_ಠ )╯︵ ┻━┻

[@micahphilson]

Nintendo just can't leave anything alone. It wouldn't leave any fun for us theorists!

[@hatashikento2631]

Or the rackets they use are not made from any of the named materials and could be in fact weaker? a form of plastic maybe?

[@siamupenilefaoseu1305]

I zag

[@matrixmushroom2285]

Obviously the ball either has some kind of energy other than kinetic energy, (it sure looks that way) or it has an explosive charge, (it also looks like that.).

[@giannathepixie2566]

Table Flip 😂

[@Ooric301]

8:10 Uhh... with the constant reminder of Luigi’s... luigi, definitely not!

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

That's what popped into my head

[@kristabryan8889]

I’m literally watching this doing my solid mechanics homework. I was like what unit is shear strength again and then MatPat was like SHEAR STRENGTH IS EQUAL TO 207 MEGA PASCALS and I was like ooooo ... thanks MatPat

[@fieryelf]

So that means someone is cheating and sabotaging the rackets prior to the game's start. Probably is Waluigi because he's mad he's not in Smash.

[@fearless4him595]

Saboteur!

[@somethingAccurate]

Waluigi is in smash As an assist trophy SO PEOPLE SAYS THAT DOESNT COUNT

[@alexrowe7063]

As a waluigi fan that sounds plausible....

[@RiverShock]

Its probably the manufacturer of the rackets. I doubt they have any competition (the Mushroom Kingdom doesn't seem to have a super-diverse lineup of businesses), so even if they gain a reputation for shoddy rackets, people have no choice but to shell out for more of them. Yes, I know the main reason for your comment was just the Waluigi part, but it made me think. Sorry.

[@alexkiff1540]

A random Mario fan were you the person who put out a petition to remove MatPat from the internet cause if you were your gonna have a bad time (plays megalovania)

[@genericsidecharacter8915]

You should calculate how hard Mario jumps and punches to be able so shatter brick blocks

[@alexswin4387]

BENDY AND THE INK MACHINE CHAPTER 5 TRAILER RELEASED

[@lukethewatermelon]

Alexander Swindler and what Conection has this with the Comment.....idiot

[@nataliaborys1554]

I can already say - harder than most people can punch

[@alexswin4387]

Why,. Go to the search bar and type in Bendy And The Ink Machine Chapter 5 Trailer. Now hit enter or click the search icon and play the first video.

[@alexswin4387]

I mean the second video.

[@Aerynnh]

Matpat better at teaching physics than my physics teacher

[@phoenixwinward535]

Or Lucasfilm: we gotta planet killer Nintendo: hold my beer

[@ahalflifefan6000]

*Disney star wars: we gotta solar system killer

[@TheEnderMineMC]

As somebody who's worked with 3d models I know it's much easier to animate the racket coming apart at a segmented piece such as near the handle. So in your joke about being too hard to implement in the game is somewhat true as it happens so quick so wouldn't have to be as precise looking in-game and is only shown to represent it happening compared to promo photos which use higher quality models that are pre-rendered and don't have to worry about causing lag as they're just photos. It's like claiming the balls used to represent Mario's hands in 64 are what his actual hands look like and not just a representation do to limitation. This just shows despite rapidly advancing hardware, cuts like these made to only represent something and not it's exact physical properties in their world are still being made today, whether it be time constraints, memory, stylistic, or just not wanting to spend hours of modeling individual pieces and keeping a low poly count on the base model to improve stability. Long story short it's more likely promo images are more trustworthy to go on as it's more likely to better represent what's actually supposed to be happing as the modelers have a lot more control and less restraints on properly portraying what's actually happening in them. (However not all promo pics and renders are perfect since cloth generators, alpha channels, etc can act a little goofy and when you're rendering an extremely high resolution model it takes a long time and a lot of money so if something small messes up the company may just chose to use the image anyways rather than go back into the model, try to edit the issue and not make it worse and then hope it's fixed for the next render attempt.) Of course I'm no professional but going off my own experiences I really believe that's what's actually happening here.

[@exoticbutters8635]

ummmm cool 😓

[@dewydewback1376]

wow... that's a lot of words.

[@A3W462]

TheEnderMineMC you probably work with roblox models ha

[@A3W462]

TheEnderMineMC accually I read your name. You are a nine year old who bought Minecraft with his mom’s credit card.

[@RtistiqSkubie]

TheEnderMineMC dude,no lie... I honestly fell asleep. That essay was super boring trying to read.

[@atlantisneon]

Looking at the pictures of the rackets breaking apart and at their shape, I think it is more likely that the Rackets are made from wood. A little research shows that Ash is a fairly common wood that is used to make wooden rackets, it has a shear Strength of 10 MPa. Secondly, the racket acts as a lever. In this case I would treat it as a Cantilever. I don't have the expertise to count pixels and compare, but for sake of argument lets say the racket is 72 cm, this falls in regulation size and judging from the screen shots the racket is about 1/2 the size of Mario, it also makes for easier math. The "sweet spot" for a tennis racket can vary, how ever, if we assume that it is 1/4 of the way from the top of the racket and that the top of Mario's hand is 1/4 from the bottom that would mean we have a cantilever with a length of 360mm. To find the force exerted on the racket at the top of Mario's hand we use (Force*lengthFromOrgin)/CrossSection = (65N*360mm)/740mm^2 = 31.622N/mm^2 = 31.622 MPa Meaning the 65N the ball generates is about 3 times the force needed to break a racket made of Ash wood. Of course an actual racket would be made of laminated wood, for which I could not find a shear strength of and would vary greatly anyway depending on the adhesives used. Then again, it is 3am, I may be wrong about all of that.

[@itsgashagirl9251]

Future theorist here

[@loganstrong5426]

We could also consider that, because the cross section of the broken racket is solid, it may actually be made of two pieces and welded together. This would be weaker than a solid piece of metal, too.

[@lonlonmilk9694]

Logan Strong ,

[@100secks2]

r/TheyDidTheMath

[@Yuke1]

Thirdly, the player swinging the racket is also applying force to swing the racket toward the ball, which also gets amplified at the breaking point via above mentioned lever effect, further reducing the required speed for the ball to break the racket.

[@chibidemonics9669]

Me: I’m going to tell my math/science teacher Mat: tell this to your teacher Me: wait how did you know

[@xiaos3565]

All bow down to the physics, math and science lord XDDDD

[@strawberryseal1851]

Why do you have so many mouths

[@hailedspace25]

So to break Mario we just have to hit him really hard... *TOGETHER*

[@Baker4917]

HailedSpace25 what ever HAAAAAAAAA!

[@shadowpheniox1677]

Tfs 😂😂😂😂

[@beeframen3891]

HailedSpace25 yes hit that boi

[@LinnyUwU]

*WE*

[@curseofgladstone4981]

I understood that reference

[@Verdureplant]

The only game waluigi is respected in

[@bd-fb1ul]

Not really he was put in as a partner for wario

[@choiyatlam2552]

You should do Prince of Tennis in film theory. That anime shows the real power of tennis as a weapon of mass murder. Mario Tennis Ace crumbles in front of it.

[@monroerobbins7551]

What I got out of this: I want a Mario wrestling game with weight classes.

[@Milkcake00]

Yeeeeeeeeeessss

[@jevanking4768]

Excuse you Matpat, did you just body shame chain chomp ?!?

[@zoestahl7556]

*HE DID*

[@jcool8704]

Please stop chain chomp abuse donte $ 15

[@dalamdala]

How *DARE* He! Poor little chain chomp...

[@michaeldavies4186]

How DARE he!

[@strawberryseal1851]

He can handle it He's a tough cookie to crack

[@imightbeblaze]

Tell your teacher about this episode, maybe they’ll let you watch it in class.* coughs * didn’t you reference waluigi GRINDING on MARIO, also referencing your episode on measuring Luigi’s pipe?!?!

[@camlg]

I was going to say this thank schoo

[@Koisheep]

Better if you show him the ness is sans theory

[@debbiepedroza4081]

Ikr

[@Solifugae63]

Sans

[@zay9926]

BM11 Games xkkx

[@mariashadows1328]

"Momentum is equal too-" **Video starts buffering** I...have lost all momentum ;-;

[@oscar1012]

8:09 About a week ago I convinced my science teacher to let us watch your "is SpongeBob adopted" video in class

[@The_Crimson_King.]

Lol

[@hfnr_]

game theory but everytime matpat uses mario's height it gets faster *sun dies*

[@lancesfoodreviews423]

Avia * it would be faster than the ball

[@scotcheggable]

*universe ends, emporio kills pucci*

[@aries0329ab]

sun dies Rip

[@andrewsarmiento1372]

Avia * game theory but everytime matpat introduces a math equation the video gets 0.2 faster

[@KtheKing01]

Andrew Sarmiento *sun dies again*

[@incognito6998]

No matpat I can't show this to my teacher because you made to many Luigi bulge jokes

[@BlackPearl27]

*too many

[@MrStrykerprime]

@@BlackPearl27grammar nazi gtfo

[@jackspedicy2711]

BlackPearl pls leave

[@Bee-hs7nj]

Daniel Ayala Factsss

[@acerreviews5456]

@@BlackPearl27 grammar nazi

[@kermity_lmao]

"7.4 cubic centimeters" ²: am I a joke to you Yeah u said cubic instead of squared

[@worstwolf7369]

Yeah, I thought to myself. If he actually meant "cubic centimeters". (now that's a mystery to solve)

[@strawberryseal1851]

You look like Kermit the frog

[@mythicallymoist9772]

Matpat: Things are more expensive than ever! The Great Depression: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@mouthshovel]

Technically things were less expensive than they are now, but people had less money.

[@janehuskmann1914]

Wouldn't you be liable to breaking your own racket if you launch such a shot?

[@sawdustmuncher]

Not unless the racket is solid spider silk. no, nevermind it would breal

[@Zarvain]

I believe the problem comes when you try to return the ball, adding you force to it resulting in more than was sent your way to begin with...but with the numbers crunched, yeah, I don't think that ball is really going anywhere you want...

[@deletedkneecaps]

Wumbo I luv ur name

[@n.e.r.d.s3504]

Yes it probably would break the racket

[@kiannabuth670]

Yeah.

[@PhirePhlame]

"...no one can afford more than one racket in this universe." You actually do have multiple rackets, seemingly by default; this makes decision by KO that much more brutal, in my opinion.

[@PhirePhlame]

You also seem to have confused Special Shots (burns entire Zone gauge and breaks the racket in a single hit if not blocked by returning with perfect timing) with Zone Shots (burns part of the Zone gauge and breaks the racket in three hits at best).

[@PhirePhlame]

In short, I'd recommend studying the gameplay a bit more. Though I'm much more of a layman in the physics department (and thus am not the person to ask for a serious critique of that aspect), your calculations and measurements seem accurate enough to be believable.

[@pixelcat5725]

Matpat: I have seen some crazy numbers in this show and even was shocked. Mario maker: Hold my drink.

[@Timperlives]

imagine if he was a teacher

[@chickeninabox]

No.

[@aratusingtheinternet]

Yes

[@lindylou538]

Yes

[@Milkcake00]

He would be the best

[@ProfAzimov]

Thats just a Homework, a Math homework

[@fistbump4403]

* show this to your teacher, maybe you can watch it in class or something * *i tried to... then you started talking about walauigi...*

[@waluigist]

FistBump *too bad Waluigi time*

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

ima just go ta smash where you arnt wah.

[@waluigist]

jblockman_59 nunyabidnis you can’t beat me I’m waluigi

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

I'll meet you in smash in 20 min then

[@CristianMartinez-xw6pm]

Why did you spell waluigi that way?

[@Fire_Summoner]

On KZbin you learn how to break Mario. In soviet Russia Mario learns how to break you.

[@mathieuleader8601]

by putting you in the goulag

[@dian1545]

omg that's so true

[@brock6856]

Go to gulag

[@Aleks6010]

in soviet russia both of you are already broken*

[@its_mehflower9696]

1:41 just lovely. 😂

[@ArtSoLili]

So middle school was fudging dope because I gave it a try to my science teacher when I was in middle school to watch this so it can help us with the test and he allowed us to watch this on a Friday (cause he thought it was a fun day to watch it and he pushed the test to Monday) and it actually helped alot of students including me and 85% of the class got an A or B plus on that test so now he put this video on his "teaching my kid physics" youtube playlist for future students. Thank you matpat for making learning fun 💖

[@weaponizedpizza8825]

so, the one thing to take away from this, the mushroom kingdom makes really shoddy tennis rackets?

[@XianTheRetiredYoutuber]

Upcoming theory: The Mushroom Kingdom is in the same world/timeline as Fallout.

[@quyvette]

Xian nice try, but the mushroom kingdom is the precursor to adventure times land of Ooo

[@60quidplustax76]

shut up, please, i'm still in denial about that..

[@jemman2906]

I thought maybe Hyrule was in the same universe as ours in the future

[@someonestolemytoast2139]

I learn way more watching this channel than math class Take that lewis

[@chickeninabox]

No.

[@hey_itzsugrz726]

@@chickeninabox why 'no'?

[@KR-wl5yd]

What if those tennis rackets have some kind of special ability? I mean this world has magical mushrooms.

[@maddiecarney7577]

*It’s a me.... MARIO* playing a tennis

[@tyreakflippens4739]

It's a me... LUIGI

[@Mario-vs1qm]

Hey-a its-a me!

[@gonzostwin1]

Maddie Carney go home mario

[@katrinashekton5867]

@@tyreakflippens4739 ITS ME

[@katrinashekton5867]

Sry wrong thing

[@SomeAustrianGuy_]

*_Yea, but a Chain Chomp who plays Tennis is totally normal. xD_*

[@scaro5050]

Dad: “Go practice your serves today.” Me: *Watches this video*

[@scaro5050]

2:41 Yes, I’m real life it has happened to me many times before. I am a junior tennis player and I have been hit plenty of shots that forced my racket to snap in half.

[@chiiva846]

Wario, with gaping hole through him: ... Peach: *OH NOOOOOOOOOO*

[@gamingminds3293]

Imagine that the net dosent break but the shaft breaks.....nets of titanium

[@meganb11]

MatPat has taught me more math than my entire school career

[@norchilds]

100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000⁰000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Right

[@fuckthisstupidasshandleshit]

@@norchildsI can see why...

[@che0815]

anyone else wondering what the song they used for when he told the speed of the ball for carbon fiber? 11:48

[@nataliaszmil6553]

So Adventure time just ended, Could you please make a theory on Adventure time' s timeline???

[@matrix8995]

he probably won't people have be asking for him to make a adventure time theory for years

[@idrovepastyourhouse-9385]

Dude that’s something you ask for on film theory, find the right channel please

[@air_dealer]

How to REALLY break Mario 1. Play Mario Maker Enough said

[@jeffgoldblunt]

Mario plex

[@Lavamario1]

depends on the player

[@someperson3197]

Ur right

[@prismus6520]

In an unrelated note, GOSH THAT ROWLET PIC IS CUTE! (where’d you get that profile pic)

[@marcusrichardson6542]

Ok so been a long time channel lurker but I love the content matpat steff and team. Thanks for genuinely making learning fun. I was never engaged much in highschool yet I feel a lot smarter now because of your content. Anyone ever wondered if ninja gaiden has any theories to be found. Across at least 4 games I know of some very odd activities happen and I wonder what can your charcter do that trained people still cant achieve

[@miguelfreitas5343]

I wanna see this episode Austin style, with all the screaming and yelling and with Hall of the Mountain King blasting in the background as those huge numbers appear on screen 😂😂

[@BaronSterling]

Reminder that it actually takes multiple hits to break a racket in Tennis Aces, so the force would actually be less as the racket is damaged over time rather than breaking in one hit. Also, it probably would have been better to calculate it as if the rackets had broken at a hollow neck, as the official art shows, rather than basing it off of the cheap graphical trick used to split the rackets cleanly in half in-game.

[@DaNintendude]

Zone Shots take multiple hits, but Special Shots only take 1. But yes I agree that it would've been better to compare it to the artwork. And I doubt the rackets are solid on the inside.

[@BuNnyDuDeDaRoO]

Also note that it takes incorrect returns for the racket to get damaged in the first place

[@BuNnyDuDeDaRoO]

So that begs the question what tactics are the mario&friends attempting that differentiates a successful block from a broken racket

[@greenxlady4585]

To whoever's interested, there is a blog on the Internet called 'What If' by Randall Munroe which taps further into that last question: Just what would happen exactly to the ball at this speed? In that blog he talks about baseball and the ball travelling at 90% of the speed of light but I think the outcome would be similar. I highly recommend you read it if you want to know more about wacky science questions.

[@firenter]

Oh yeah, that was the first thing I thought of as well when I saw those ball speeds. MatPat's been reading some WhatIf if you ask me.

[@josieb6880]

That book is my jam!

[@user-ok9og3me5c]

ههههههههه

[@bluesherbet2741]

9:50 Just wanted to say thanks for putting that image in my head ☺🥰

[@that0ther1]

I honestly feel that MatPat is like a tutor.. I learn more from him than I do in school, and he teaches it in an american way, but I'm British and still understand him more than my teachers

[@Elysium.S]

OMG You mentioning watch game theory in class reminded me of the time I tricked my teacher to play the death star episode because i was in a microeconomics class

[@Video.clips4U]

Man i love this channel because it solves every freaking game mystery

[@bakrsalm2499]

Ikr

[@ABruun]

it doesnt tho

[@dian1545]

even if it's not a mystery and no-one would actually think of that

[@_elynas]

Sans is ness

[@Andre-Time]

Guys someone has been stealing matpats vids and uploading them this is legit illegal

[@glasshorse6893]

or ya know... considering how clean the break is for being caused by sheer speed, maybe it deliberately breaks along a certain point to avoid actual breaks in the racket

[@ashcasper1223]

I’ve learned and remembered more watching MatPat’s videos, than going to school. Like his videos on Genes and Traits definitely helped. Like, can MayPat be our teacher?

[@stamatis4699]

You know how bad I'm at tennis?...One time I tried to hit the ball I somehow got it stuck at that hollow part under the racket.

[@emmixo]

rodos stan why do I relate? 😂

[@thepanos_276]

Done it twice buddy i feel ya

[@sockman42]

oof

[@gamingwithbas5520]

I've actually somehow never done it. My brother has though!

[@charliebear2048]

I find that more impressive than anything

[@nicothescout1684]

yeah my teacher is going to let me play this especially when you talked about luigi's AHEM tennis balls if you know what I mean

[@_jappa_]

Dude I was thinking that too. 😄

[@melbaholloway6819]

same bruh

[@bingzingblingpow8196]

What do you mean tennis-oh oh... no

[@khrispham9075]

Sometimes I just love how much effort and video length MatPat put into promoting his sponsors

[@IcyAuron]

I just came back to this one after the big announcement, as for some reason, this is one of the videos that has stuck with me the most, and I was not disappointed.

[@isaiahholloway6287]

I like how the point at the end was to find how fast the ball would have to move to break the racket, but he said the ball would kill everyone and cause havoc. So you'd need to set off an nuclear reaction explosion to break a racket. I know you wouldn't need to do that, I just find it funny that to get a tennis ball to break a racket there, would need enough force to set off an explosion.

[@isaiahholloway6287]

@Jared Hamilton well since the part of the racket they hit the ball with is more fragile than the part that they're trying to break, the racket they hit with will for sure break. But I guess he just didn't mention it

[@leviahearn56]

My maths teacher loves u and always makes us sit in class and watch it and will always say " if u want to be a youtuber be a theorists"

[@michaelwang3208]

but he talks about physics not math?

[@felixsbakeria]

I wish my teacher did that!

[@Carlos-ld7cd]

Michael Wang physics involve math lol

[@lunadawolf1475]

You have an awesome teacher😂😂👏👏👏

[@Koblac]

1:16 bop beep boop (congrats if you know what i'm talking about)

[@dakkaboi]

Matpat is the main reason I WANT to learn physics because it’s always so cool when he gets going

[@ThePsychicCellPhones]

now that I'm currently taking a physics class, the physics discussed in game theory episodes make so much more sense and are more relevant to me lol

[@chrism7574]

That means you're not studying enough. This guy uses too many simplifications.

[@ThePsychicCellPhones]

well you're not wrong tbh. I didn't say I was good at physics .-.

[@rew1677]

Chris M wow your fun at partys

[@nicoleschnapp]

Chris M some of us aren’t genius’s at physics you know?

[@azuredragoon2054]

@StormyNormy apparently some people aren't geniuses at grammar either.

[@unhappylittleaccident6733]

Wow #2 on trending and you didn't have to show a dead body

[@PmanUwU]

Oh damn

[@anthonyleonofficial]

o h d a m n

[@elidarling9681]

*-O H D A M N-*

[@fisumethebest6765]

*_-O H D A M N-_*

[@pandakingrex2103]

*-0H DaYuM-*

[@SpringyGirl69]

Who needs school when you got mat pat I literally was learning about cells in school and I was like dude game theory pretty much taught me this

[@Aikisbest]

Im not sure what is cooler, the fact that I learned something new about a familiar subect (serve speed measurement specifics) or the fact that Mario games continue to follow real-life physics and/or phenomena.

[@mortalsno4086]

Plot twist:the tennis balls are made of concrete and lead

[@masapeeta4140]

And uses a p-balloon to bounce

[@octorust3215]

I feel like Nintendo is making their games more realistic so you stop calling them deadly lmao

[@dapixelboi3157]

Probably

[@ms.fish1238]

You could get a colleg degre make quantum theories but u make video game theory’s. I respect it

[@davidbloom9242]

i never knew that feeling in physics because i got out of it in high school ( =p), but i do understand about keeping units together since I'm a pharmacy technician & that's not something i could mess up

[@isaacwarnock7301]

Dear MatPat, Stephanie, Austin, Gaijin Goombah and any and all other members of the Game Theorists that I forgot/don't know about, Hi! It's me! Isaac! I realize that wording it that way makes it seem like we've interacted in some way before, but really I just wanted to make a reference to how Austin does all of his videos. In fact, I'll be putting in a few more references, so keep an eye out for them! (A clap and a half to any theorist who spots them all). Anyway, getting on topic, this is the first KZbin comment I’ve ever written and I’m writing it because I have a HUGE favour to ask. Like, the number of possible Mario Maker levels to the power of the cost of building a Death Star multiplied by the number of digits in pi huge. I have a game that I've loved for a long time, but I’ve always had trouble putting the lore together, so I decided to ask some professionals. Since I couldn't find any, I'll ask you guys instead. (Kidding!) The game in question is by the same people who created the "Kingdom Hearts" series. The characters in the game have appeared as side characters in one or more “Kingdom Hearts” games (I’m not sure which one/ones), but I want to know what actually happens in the game that focuses on THEIR story, called "The World Ends With You" (original Japanese title; "It's A Wonderful World"). The gameplay itself is fairly straightforward, and makes full use of the Nintendo DS’s features, such as battling across both screens and using the touchscreen really well for literally everything you do from battle to dialogue to using the menu. Additionally, there’s now a remake for iPhones called “The World Ends With You; Solo Remix”, but I haven’t played that, so I don’t know the differences, if there are any. (Also, there’s another remake on the way for the Nintendo Switch. “The World Ends With You: Final Remix”.) Unfortunately, the lore makes NO GOD DAMN SENSE to me. It’s like Scott Cawthon and Toby Fox teamed up to make the rageiest lore they possibly could. Or at least, that’s what it feels like for me. Except, they weren’t on the gaming scene at the time, so maybe that analogy doesn’t work… I dunno… Anyway, please, please, PLEASE, for the love of all that is cold, sweet and hard to flip (and may or may not sound like “Riot Smoke”) help me with this issue or I swear to Moana I will copy this into the comments section of every Game Theory, Film Theory and GT Live video you guys post until I see it happen! Sincerely, Isaac. P.S. I realize that it’s unlikely that this will get noticed in the KZbin comments, but I’m not on any social media sites and I don’t know the GT email address, so this is my only chance. If anyone can help me I would be IMMENSELY appreciative. Thanks.

[@wombatpandaa9774]

I'm commenting in hopes that the KZbins will promote your post more

[@cipher1579]

Same ^

[@tristanvisitacion5740]

^

[@oliverlemley9343]

same

[@isaacwarnock7301]

Aw, thanks you guys.

[@RetroBeetle]

I've only just started the video, and I'm calling it now: MatPat is going to use the racket strength in Mario Tennis Aces, compare it to the strength of IRL tennis rackets, and use that as a 'ruler' to determine how forceful the tennis ball is upon being hit. Using that result, he'll come to the conclusion that the ball could _kill_ any of the playable characters in Aces, assuming it doesn't break itself. Let's see how close I got.

[@firedoctor1]

Failure

[@lacklusterkidd]

RetroBeetle it’s like you wrote the script

[@pws3rd170]

@@lacklusterkidd except he was wrong as matpat used Mario's height to determine that everything is to scale and never actually talked about the length of the racket.

[@bulletnumber4357]

Are you pshcic if you are can you read my mind i will give you umm 4G

[@BuNnyDuDeDaRoO]

Well duh. Still fun. Anyways one thing i dont think he mentioned is the fact that the same shot that can kill can be returned (blocked) with the same racket. So rackets breaking has more to do with wrong technique from the player

[@ahadmrauf]

Love the physics throwback to the first What If xkcd blog post on baseballs thrown at near relativistic speeds

[@lyndseystrait1513]

11:40 😂 LOL did anyone else get a laugh seeing the fig newtons all over the screen?