How I Became The Top Kimberly At EVO 2023

[@Diaphone]

Just started a new YT channel for clips / videos that didn't make the main channel. The full matches from my EVO run will be uploaded there shortly so please subscribe / check it out! kzbin.info/door/p0dVho_Z6OC-3z7rNGkgLA Also yes - I'll still be playing Kim unless there is some broken DLC character that comes out.

[@Prezzii]

Your the reason I main kim and I’m loving it

[@NHParadox]

15:05 Master Kim here - Can Confirm the online $5 Kimberly pizza slice Wall DI Special is Online Certified but nobody falls for it at locals xD I cried.

[@Diaphone]

Full matches kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIGmgmurd75_fas

[@Thenongboonka]

I was looking for you on the live streaming stage everyday but couldnt find one. Im glad you represent Kim to this rank in Evo! So pround of you! Also super hype to hear you still stick with Kim 🎉🎉🎉

[@Bloo561]

The one time I wanna develop a ego and pop off is the one time I die, I will forever hold that L in Granblue Rising lol. Honestly though just so nobody gets it confused me and Diaphone knows each other for a good while and it was all in good fun. Congrats on your runs in SF6 and GBVSR.

[@Diaphone]

Much love ❤

[@bigdunks4eva]

i'm glad you touched on the psychological aspect of gaming. there's definitely a noticeable drop in my play when i'm frustrated, nervous or just in a general bad mood when i decide to play.

[@DaShonuff]

Congrats on that Kim placement man. I hope you don't stop playing Kimberly. I just got Diamond and there is so much to learn. Hope more Kim Vids are coming on how to deal with certain match ups.

[@greenman2264]

Killer peformance, man. Hope you see you doing even better in the future!

[@AustinT97]

Very good performances at EVO, Diaphone. The pop-off from BLOO with your reaction had me DYING.😅

[@CalebAdams]

The fact you placed where you did playing Kim is amazing man! You should be incredibly proud of yourself, bravo 👏🏻

[@ぼーし-q5q]

You're my inspiration for Kimberly. I have no confidence to play her but I want to.

[@shaqthegr8884]

- nothing is impossible, not if you keep training Zangief.

[@Soulclenz100]

Im glad you kept at it for Granblue i was rooting for you the whole time, you have helped me better myself as a granblue player and for that i respect you. Great job at EVO Diaphone, these are accomplishments to be proud of!

[@Blackbeard2k]

So you're actually the best kim in the world? Amazing!

[@deadfr0g]

I always knew he was the coolest cukimber!

[@Diaphone]

It’s tough to say just based on one tournament placement, but I certainly got an argument for it. If I had to choose someone besides myself, it would be jaccy from Japan, they are also #1 on the CFN leaderboards right now too. We both have things we do better than the other, I learn a lot from them 🙏

[@Blackbeard2k]

@@Diaphone Makes sense, figured I'd just take this moment to let you revel in it for a bit lol. Your community is very happy for and proud of you 🙌

[@BeeYawn]

I was rooting for you. Its incredible that you made it so high showing off Kimberly. Just wish you could've popped off in top 6

[@Latino_Burrito]

Holy crap dude I saw one of your videos AGES ago when I was starting to get into Guilty Gear and watched one of your guides. I hope you don’t take offense to this but I just assumed you were one of those content creators who was good enough at the fighting game they played where they could make educational content on it, however once they ran into a pro player they get absolutely washed. Yet here you are practically a pro yourself playing on the biggest stage! You have my respect. I also totally thought you were just a guilty gear specialist LMAO I’m sorry. Awesome job bro

[@Jtn53]

Practically a pro? He's been an actual pro since at least GGST

[@imoj]

This was a really cool video! Love that you stuck to Kim and I'm sure you'll become even stronger! Also that grandblue moment was nice, *never* pop off before winning the set!

[@Zoophilla]

Bro you cooked. Proud to be a Kim player and a supporter of u bossman!

[@Syldarion]

It was awesome to catch some of this live. Amazing sets brother. I don't play her, but I love watching your mastery with Kim.

[@muffinmonkeys]

I've never seen Diaphone as animated as when he got hit with the Wattpad button. @28:10

[@Rebel00852]

Nice upload, I liked the first person view of the monitor. Reminds me of my Magic the Gathering tourney days when you talk about the pre-match anxiety.

[@shockway1]

First time tuning in. I like getting recaps of big events and you did that well! Liked and subscribed. :D

[@illya0000]

hopefully you keep playin kim i’ve learned a lot from your gameplay

[@KKPanda]

Really cool seeing a "perspective" recap of EVO. Grats on placement, looked great out there.

[@kuros3]

Achievement. Just another skill of a ninja

[@-nomi.-]

this is the kind of commitment to a character you don't see much now. respect

[@drayden99]

I’ve been really hard on myself lately and hearing your confidence in your play is great. Taking a page from your book

[@cartergodley9754]

We do like it make more, please. Also, it was awsome to meet you at evo!

[@BigMujK]

Imagine being Diaphones pools, checking to see if you made it to the vid and then being called free 😂😂

[@Its_KZ]

Hey Diaphone! As a kim player AND very green to taking fighter games seriously (casually and i mean very casually played some games growing up) seeing you place pretty damn well with Kim is awesome. Used alot of your videos when I picked up sf6! Was able to catch a few of your matches at Evo. Excited to see your kim evolve in future tourneys 🤟🤟🤟 Mad respect!

[@Noelhall88]

Impressive run! We'll see u in the top 8 next evo!

[@newlifeenergy]

Bro you are crazy good 😅 I'm platinum star 2 and doing pretty well still have alot to learn after seeing you play great vids

[@Gabrol]

great video diaphone! very good analysis of kim matchups, tech and player adaptation, thank you

[@eichimaru4056]

Love that kind of content

[@DirtyOldmanOG]

Thanks for the video, because I didn’t get to se any of your matches while I was at evo. It was nice meeting you in person for the first time.

[@rhompbus]

I got a fist bump from you and said hi to the stream while you were in line at Evo lol lets gooo

[@ghostdoggtv]

The kendrick beef fucked up my algorithm so im not entirely sure if its relevant, but this type of tournament commentary is noice. Hoping for more 🙏

[@Peritestes]

Nice work!! I was cheering for you in both games.

[@fellipessf4]

I was waiting for this vid. Congratz man, you played really well! Sure to be prepared for playing well in tournament it's important, but being nervous really sucks. I think people who gets used to offline tournaments and not being nervous, can even beat someone better than him and go really far. I hope that will be your case in near future :3

[@RockBottom7626]

Sick matches. Bonchan was that barrier which you were honestly relatively close to beating. He just grinded SF6 so much and his Luke is from a mechanical standpoint the best in the business (yes, I would say even better than Menard, there is a reason Menard switched to Blanka against moke). But it is never an excuse for not winning, and I still want to see you take EVO with Kimberly next time :D

[@FinalbossLin_Street_fighter]

Kimberly is officially my secondary character so I love these vids

[@AggroSZN]

Congrats on your performance, I love kim but I couldn't hang as far as making her my main. Goodluck in your journey with Kim going forward. You already know who I'm waiting on....

[@Waffles2186]

Hey dude I was in your Pools 2 (day 2) didn’t get to play you but still saw you there I didn’t make it out of the second pool still had fun hope you did too.

[@karue7581]

Love your gameplay and these analysis videos! Congrats on your performance!

[@THTB614]

Good stuff on the run! Placing that well in a tournament as massive as EVO is just straight props. Also Ryukichi is from the SF4 days. They didnt play too much 5 from what i remember, but its great to see them back to playing.

[@SoFishtry]

Was great seeing you have such a good run (though I only caught the GBVS bits) congrats!

[@cosmogang]

Digging the background music. Kimberly is the best btw

[@ScottySkilz1]

keep up the good work

[@tomasgarcia7499]

Congrats man! It’s good to see you doing well.

[@artnos]

this is great content, we can live through and see your POV as a top evo player

[@DaPhenomAce]

Definitely wanna see more stuff like this. It was super entertaining

[@Playa-V]

Well done . This year’s Evo for SF6 was crazy.

[@firehammock3021]

This was a great video. Congrats on doing so well!

[@yawnfgc9277]

i like this format a lot this was really fun to watch!

[@JayDayKay]

bro is handsome

[@munchkin8465]

bro is adorable

[@abelmelo6409]

Nice content man, please always record your matches like this.

[@fabianofuba3099]

Congrats man! The Best Kimberly of The World. 🇧🇷

[@MechaMatchups]

This is great - thanks for the video! I never thought to record my matches in local tourments. I was wondering, what's your set-up to record this footage. I'm imagining some kind of tri-pod that holds your phone?

[@BigBabyLaw]

Vegas is expensive, but the food isn’t bad there! You didn’t go to the right places big dawg 😮‍💨

[@brizzleyoh]

I did not know you could tatsu after forward heavy kick…. Wow love that! I’m gonna try it out and see if it stops spammers from mashing out of the forward jump!

[@casualgamerdad2878]

Have been waiting for this video. Excellent run. I was rooting for Haitani's modern Chun in Top 6.

[@JDHackett]

That Marisa got straight up Bushinryu'd. Good shit my dude.

[@akimbou3459]

thats my goat

[@CheddarGetter]

Reynald had ChrisCCG and SonicFOX back to bacK? dayummmmm

[@netolcc06]

Congratulations!

[@wurlbfree1981]

Congrats 👏🏿 i was routing for you.

[@Regalman]

Congrats!

[@blastarrow6562]

Good job!

[@taxxxevasion]

kim believers we out here

[@Big-boy-Burrows]

Let's go bonchan

[@pazukunous]

18:56 lol that dude in the back left is not taking that loss well

[@keylimecookies]

Closing in on diamond 4 with my Ryu!!! I can’t wait to play with the best!!!!!

[@androtaz2621]

Damn dude you should be proud. You're a legitimate beast across multiple games. How many people get to say they got knocked out the bracket by Bonchan?

[@Zykles]

damn, now my "HOW I PLACED AS THE THIRD BEST KIMBERLY AT EVO 2023" is going to look mad unoriginal smh

[@PwnerGeist]

i was watching GBV and +r at the same time I didn't know that was you turning up over there

[@semja]

16:26 words to live by. Works in DBFZ all the time lmao

[@ryui-no9096]

Best Kimberly 👏

[@-ITH]

Fantastic.

[@Gianluciniho]

15:02 is so funny to me cuz i got hit the first time ever by this setup today and im diamond and got hit 3 times... the 4th time tho i got the game for it. we learnin bois

[@KingConan]

Hey, your audio technicas peeled just like mine…I’m not alone 😂

[@splittingskies9138]

Good stuff Diaphone. Humbled my guy in Granblue lol

[@DarlingAFK]

homie in the back left at 18:56 is SOOO pissed bro i need to see what happened there

[@axellis8333]

i like the talking thru it, any chance you compile the evo games into like a no commentary compilation?

[@Diaphone]

Checked pin

[@axellis8333]

@@Diaphone bless and mb, love your content

[@Bogoers]

dia against kudo in the top right you can spot a wild sonicfox also congrats on the placement

[@PoiPoi5189]

Well done Diaphone!

[@raven-crows]

17:17 So the issue where it automatically lowers the vid's quality is a youtube bug. I was nearly losing my mind because it happens a lot.

[@Tell_It_Right]

@2:08 "Oh now I remember I ended with a DP." Yeah, I'm sure you forgot that. 😂

[@rundown132]

Imagine if he played Ken, ez top 24

[@RuTo94]

15:01 I still do this set up but instead of using DI I just wait and jump a second time to see if they DI if they DI just punish them for it. If they don't do anything just keep pressure in the corner.

[@Eltanin]

Loved seeing you play but bro, you gotta sit up straight lol. Your gamer posture is kinda nasty whenever the camera cut to player cam

[@whatisorc]

Hey, it's kizzie kay

[@BRANDEDAWESOME]

What setup did you use to record your matches?

[@angelor9211]

They grow up so fast 😩💦👍

[@El-Burrito]

Shout out Simple Tricks!

[@homieswithjesus]

does the jab at 5:06 work for most characters or i just eat the knockdown

[@ahahaha3587]

Hey, what's that song beginning at 2:53?

[@PhilomathBret]

Do they somehow split the top players up into the different pools or could you possibly play Punk and Tokido in the first 2 matches?

[@GreenBro11]

Guile gotta be one of the worst Kimberly matchups. Anyone with a good projectile and strong reversal can really slow Kimberly down. Guile, Chun Li, Juri, they all have insanely good normals too that just dumpster Kim in neutral. You gotta play so patient. That matchup is hard at any level of the game.

[@ZumaB]

It's tough out here man. I'm hard stuck between diamond 4-5 because I just can't find a way to open people like Chun or juri up. Guile not so much. Honda and Blanka though are next level as well. It's really tough to play her. Then again this is my first sf I'm taking somewhat seriously so it also could be that.

[@azizkash286]

skill issue. Kim shits on guile

[@GreenBro11]

@@azizkash286 Did you watch the vid? Diaphone got sent to losers off Caba’s Guile. Now all due respect to Diaphone, Caba is easily one of the best Guile’s in the world but matchups are also important because it determines how hard you have to work to win. I don’t know what Guile’s your playing, but I think it’s fair to say he has an easier time in this fight.

[@jimmyuser10]

Skill issue. Kim shits on Guile

[@Diaphone]

I think the MU might be 6-4 Guile? Main stuggle is how freely he can DR back in to take up space... Kim doesnt have a good way to contest.

[@SethLOLOL]

goat

[@DemonSesshyy]

13:36 can you further explain this for me? please.?

[@kaiozen2268]

Im new to fighting games tournaments, do they always use ps5 and such in offline tournaments? what happens if I dont bring a compatible controller?

[@neon-lake]

every venue(the big ones specifically) should have spares available Depends on the game like for smash your stuck with nintendo stuff or u have to emulate but consoles r just easier and quicker to set up

[@sinetwo]

Hats off man! Having people walk next to the screen with their cherry gatorade and handbags must be really annoying. Or you're probably so immersed it just not a thing hah

[@ytfch-ef8zf]

Top kimberly sounds a lot better than the only kimberly lol.

[@neon-lake]

Highly doubt there was only one Kimberly in an event with 7000 players dude

[@coolman5242]

​@@neon-lakeExactly lol, there were 6 Kims in Top 96

[@championredd]

That bloo guy got so hype just to get bodied 😂yea bum take that fist bump