How This Client Went From Diamond To Challenger (Interview)

[@snowblack3289]

Curtis's genuine happiness for Steve is awesome to see. Remember boys the grind pays off.

[@lilpp4791]

I can smell him from the screen

[@SirStirAlot]

would like more content like this where we get some stuff that helped them to climb over their hurdles, im sure alot ppl will find alot to relate to from this type of interviews when often the point from point style curtis often does only resonates on shallow level as is for my case, interview style fits me so much better where i can figure stuff out easier :>

[@youcandrewitfriends]

Yo are you weeblyalt? I’m the cass player that just played in norms if you are lol

[@SirStirAlot]

@@youcandrewitfriends nah sorry mate :p

[@drunkenjanna1003]

I feel like Curtis would kill me if I was in his academy (I'm still trying to get in...) because I somehow managed to reach 750LP grandmaster and my top 10 most played champs were things like: Sion, Janna, Pyke (mid), Gragas, Heimer (support), Khazix tank (mid), Trynda (mid), AP Varus (mid), Seraphine (mid) and Rakan (top)

[@wigeusz4903]

I recommend ap rakan mid or ap ezreal.

[@blanky9037]

Lol that sounds fun can I have your op.gg(s)

[@CoachCurtis]

WATCH OUT!

[@spencerlafferty7467]

More interviews please, Coach. I love Steve’s Unit of Measurement idea, it’s genius, and it helps to really hear where he gets caught up. Now that I’ve heard them verbalized, I’m realizing I make a lot of the same mistakes, ones I hadn’t noticed before

[@boral337]

Hey man, Im actually focusing on climbing in dota, but your videos have helped me a lot, specially the mentality and concepts behind mastering heroes. Just wanted to say thanks. Keep it up!

[@AyeitsMause]

Going full soyjack on the thumbnail 😂

[@itisfalcone]

HAHAHA

[@BeingIntentionalClay]

glad to see steve doing well. been a fan of his since he was a pro in brawlhalla and this man has struggled witha lot. good for steve im happy that hes happy, healthy, and successful. THanks to coach curtis for being the best youtuber on the whole damn internet too

[@kingz7151]

Excited to watch through this, great job Steve!

[@berkbabo]

Love how curtis is smiling like a proud dad through this interview

[@AaronSheffield2014]

Really love this format! Reminds me of way back to BBC #1 where you talked about wanting to showcase the stories of Solo Queue players

[@SiMeGamer]

I don't know where else to comment this since I'm not part of your payed program (so no Discord). The thumbnail looks really bad imo. Not only do I personally dislike these reaction faces, but this one is particularly bad. It kinds makes my face cringe when I see it in my subscriptions, especially on my phone. I hope you update it with a better bust 👤 image that isn't that forcefully cartoony. Love the video though. It was interesting to hear someone who went through the process :]

[@vihernesnavegador9304]

I really like this !!! congrats Steve ! saludos desde Argentina!!

[@xahrie8185]

Pretty cool to see. Im very excited that your uploading a very different style of video compared to your usual content. But I do have one question: Why should I go on a secondary account to learn a new champion. I have lost 600 LP on my main in the preseason my learning Jinx and Zeri Bottom (not Mid). And after this loss of LP I was climbing all the way back. Why is this a problem?

[@amender2076]

well the point is because you will climb faster if you don't waste your time reclimbing the 600 lp and are good at the champ when you play on your main with it, rather than deranking to rerank up

[@amender2076]

also can be demoralizing to get stomped learning a new champ and creates very negative environment for your games and a bad time

[@Amaling]

On God this is the best League channel on the planet, I feel bad for players of other positions not having a resource like this

[@linkas7518]

As an adc player I can confirm. I am jealous.

[@BlakesLounge]

Yo, i remember him from scrims! Davenport university vs Aquinas, really good games!

[@WooHooLadttv]

wow that failure speech left me really thinking deep about how to take a negative feeling and turn it into a net positive, thanks :)

[@idsea]

I wonder if Steve meditates cause he seems so reflective. One of your best videos so far for sure. This is some deep stuff, even if you think outside of league.

[@Stevenator546]

I don't madidate, but Curtis and I actually had a discussion just a few days ago about looking into it and potentially starting to. I'm someone who's brain never turns off, so its a double edged sword that keeps me up at night and doesn't let me relax too often, but it means I have the chance to reflect alot.

[@idsea]

@@Stevenator546 Oh wow I didn't expect a reply from you personally. Congrats on reaching one of your goals! I would highly recommend you giving meditation/mindfulness a shot. Check out Michael Gervais if you're not fully convinced :D Gervais is a High-Performance Coach for the NFL and also coached Felix Baumgartner when he did the stratosphere jump. A lot of what you've already talked about in this interview reminded me of what Gervais said (mental blocks, being more in the present, awareness of emotions). Also, there's lots of different meditation styles! The typical focusing on breath / one pointedness of mind is just one of many. It doesn't need to be a double edged sword!

[@Pentton]

kudos to Steve, what a wholesome dude

[@yerorey1771]

21:22 - Like pixels... the smaller they are (Higher resolution), the better it is to see it ~ kind of

[@tsenwrath5979]

Coach, ready for my interview when you want to talk to the guy who went from gold to iron level play. 🤔🤣

[@esbarkel8501]

Please do one with people like me! Bronce reaching silver! QUALITY CONTENT

[@kokirisage4381]

Coach please make another RYZE GUIDE

[@chj3106]

Coach Curtis I have question if you could help me or anyone in the comments. I have most mastery over fizz I play him probably the best I as a person can, but the highest I achieved is gold 2 with him. While when I play jungle I am able to achieve Gold 1 playing picks like khazix, evely, and nunu. Should I continue trying to perfect fizz more to reach diamond, or should I switch to jungle, which gives me the best chance? Thank you guys love your videos and love the community.

[@bruh70billion95]

Play whatever you enjoy the most and try and improve everyday

[@meiti2000]

Do what's more fun.

[@michaelkirchner6991]

curtis looking handsome as hell

[@danteafkCamelotUnchained]

dudes' playin from a prison cell

[@kayle_1v9]

great video, i feel like i got so much more understanding out of this video. thanks for the great content curtis

[@monavanderwaal4723]

title: "diamond to challenger" me: 1k games already and stuck in p4 for months trying to get to diamond :D :) =-) -feels bad-

[@samseloo4962]

Yo Stevenator was one of my favorite competitive brawlhalla players

[@Stevenator546]

[@ronfigge6894]

Great interview Coach Curtis and Stevenator!! You are amazing Steve and I've known that since the day you were born. What a great attitude you have about LOL and your journey! Although not all of it has been rosy, I have seen your growth and it is fantastic!! Thanks, Coach Curtis, for all you have done to aid Steven in achieving this goal!

[@ronfigge6894]

Actually Momenator comments, but was signed in as Dadenator!!

[@krashpatel5451]

Coach you posted so much back in 2020 and 2021 will you be uploading more guides and content soon? :(

[@henriquesousa9683]

I mean I feel it's possible to reach high elo with weak champs. For ex I'm grandmaster swain. But at some point I feel the champ is too weak to consistently win.

[@yasuosyndromee1136]

Even my dog can get challenger in NA servers🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@finnhoper342]

Hey coach i rly like vedio so much i really want someone like u who can do this review but on jung not mid pls recommend to me

[@leandromagalhaes7580]

Amazing video much love to both of you!

[@OutplayedChad]

When your expecting to see 100s of comments but there's only 30? Fantastic Vid, thanks coach!

[@MoonHeart8]

hey coach this video brought up a question from me. You say how Steve lacked an “identity” in his champions and as a result couldnt climb. Does this mean it is best to have an identity in ones champ pool? (Ex: playing roamers, playing control mages, etc.)

[@KLR_BAN]

Make your damn bed Steve. Gaddammit we need to be better🤦🤣

[@Stevenator546]

YO IT WAS LIKE 11 PM MY TIME, NOT MY FAULT CURTIS IS AUSTRALIAN

[@creqr]

I remember stevenator from brawlhalla, cool to see him succeed in league

[@imdabay8582]

Has coach Curtis hit challenger on a non OCE server?

[@nicknolte5700]

Damn steeve u mande me cry at the end XD. congrats to you and to you curtis, amazing person, best league content iv seen by far

[@daevo4905]

While I stopped league a long time ago at a very respectable rank your videos still help me to push my limits in dota and come back time and time again to get better and better. Thank you for your great videos. They're truly inspiring not just for league, but for esports and because of the general nature and holistic views apply to any other discipline aswell. Your ideas and words resonate with so many things that I was able to experience myself during my initial climb of getting good at video games. But I have never taken the ideas apart and analyzed tham as thoroughly as you do. This is a great refresher on all the things that I had a glimpse of while grinidng hard myself. And there is so much useful added background knowledge and thought experiments and applied principles that it really helps inspire oneself and refocus on what's important. Great work. Nothing else to add.

[@michaelkirchner6991]

Curtis could you do a video where you break down chovys laning and him as a player. Would mean the world

[@Dostendite]

LMAO that thumbnail

[@KennethBoneth]

You can tell Curtis sincerely cares about these people

[@amirhosseynokhovvatian256]

hi sir can u please create some vlad guide?

[@HanyuuHOLO]

Every single video on this channel is a jewel

[@Pfannkuchenkanone]

Thank you Curtis for your Videos I have learnt a LOT and you are just such a nice person...there is no one out there on KZbin that provides this sort of in-depth content and I'm so thankful for all that you've done!!!

[@divineneos4392]

Hey quick question everyone. Im watching coach curtis videos, analysing my vods and actively trying to improve and not tunnel on stuff. What more can i do, what can i study, are there any drills i should do etc. to get better? Im bronze btw and feel hardstuck..

[@lefroste6370]

dont watch all that when youre bronze,watch his video on how to get out of bronze and silver and focus only on that video and nothing else

[@angusburg3r]

This guy looks like kayle1v9 lol

[@alessandropoussart-mulas]

Hey curtis, I was considering joining the wait list for the mid lane academy but I wanted to ask if its limited to midlane only. Im a top lane main.

[@flyrehash5124]

he only coaches mid lane but it's worth role swapping from top to mid for his coaching tbh

[@vyrex3811]

is he euw or na ?

[@Stevenator546]

NA

[@georgemaurolpoylos5647]

When is the next MLA opening?

[@ivailoivanov01]

Amazing interview!

[@ivailoivanov01]

Banger

[@asves4536]

Great interview

[@MakkaP]

Hey Curt, ex high diamond here. Im 22 and feel like its too late for me to try and get back into league competitively and to push to become pro. Whats your take on this? Is there an age cap to being at the top?

[@Pfannkuchenkanone]

No, don't believe what you hear from others. For some ppl this might be true but at your age you can definitely reach Challenger very quickly if you put in the work and from there you can decide if you have what it takes to go pro. I mean there's only one way to find out and I think you should try. You may "lose" one or two years of your life but still better than regretting not to have tried :) good luck!

[@Pentton]

biggest reason people plateau when they become adults is that they don't have the hours the teenager has to put in work. use the adulthood as an advantage and use the limited hours more profound instead of just spamming games on autopilot with random champs.

[@lefroste6370]

there isn't but if it doesn't work out then its gonna be pretty tough

[@flyrehash5124]

Coach is usually pretty brutally honest with people who want to go pro (see his BBC podcast for examples), and he would tell you to give up... not because he wants to destroy your dream, but because he doesn't want you to have false hope and waste a lot of time trying to achieve it if you're not already top 10 challenger there is NO way that any team is EVER going to pick you up over a 16-18 year old who is already in challenger (possibly multi-season challenger). even trying to break into challenger from high diamond is going to take at least 2 years, by then you'll be 24 and even MORE unlikely to get picked up sorry dude. I think most people wish they could have gone pro at some point (myself included), but it's just not in the cards for us

[@KennethBoneth]

@@flyrehash5124 its a hard truth but in this case its just better not to waste your productive years trying to do the impossible.I agree

[@shyrakete294]

Another vid pog

[@Maurdeur]

I love u man but for the love of god without a beard u look better

[@blanky9037]

Haha I like his beard I think that's preference but he's not here to look good for us (even tho he does :) )

[@ButtPins]

Yess, I think it's true for a lot of people that this theme of control mixed with this "unit of measurement" analogy equals to how this game can be frustrating: When you think in low resolution/in a low unit of measurement and something goes wrong, it becomes very frustrating because you feel like you have no control of the situation because you literally can't perceive why things actually happened. Overall amazing interview, very great points and insights

[@peepeehero69]

The section about resets was interesting and it got me thinking that I don't really know much about when or why to reset for tempo or how the "push and pull" of the game works. Would be an interesting video concept imo. I don't think there's really much content about this on youtube at all. Excellent video though, love the new type of content and the uploading more frequently!