How to Deal with Losing - Smash Ultimate

[@shantaeforsmash8287]

S+ Tier: Siblings using spammy characters

[@wonderface7131]

H*cking Kyle

[@Red_Pill_things]

Wolf isn't hard to beat lol

[@Chaotic4Neutral]

S tier: friend spamming smash attacks and/or camping like a little bitch

[@bombgoesboom8234]

SS+ Tier: your crush spammy character

[@speedypichu6833]

Pichu! (Isn't hard for me because that move being spammed in kirby side-b)

[@vexelharmonia791]

“I don’t lose. I either win or I learn.” -My motto that keeps me from going insane after consistent losses

[@gigabowser2031]

Vexel Harmonia I just had a really bad learn

[@austinwyant2928]

Namos0613 Bro this made me shoot water out my nose

[@arecib5751]

I win or lose TO THE SAME GUY THAT CLAIMS BEING THE PKMN TRAINER MADTER BY DOING THE SAME GIMMICK FOR FLIPS SAKE WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@yourlordandsaviorbeansock9534]

Huh, Imma use his, thanks

[@makomarko4679]

@@arecib5751 is that a Jojo reference

[@Azoonaloc13]

Online: C tier Teabagging vigarously after taking the stock off a missed input and then talking shit in the victory screen: SSSSSS TIER

[@toadgatter7512]

This is me not doing that but receiving end

[@fistqueen2670]

Oh you forgot that you ended up playing against a young link player spamming the hell out of that b button

[@aidanneal5688]

I played against a Mario and all he did was fair and whenever he got a kill he tbagged. After he lost he said "get dunked on"

[@fistqueen2670]

Aidan Neal Sounds like the typical premium online experience

[@Friendly_Boo]

When you get the KO hit and start tbagging. They DI and survive magically to take your last stock. Instantly turns switch off....

[@swordslvt]

April 1st expect to see *get gud* and an outro Gets actual advice Outstanding move

[@Exceed_HS]

Or you can do it the Leffen way: 1. Blame your character 2. Blame yourself 3. Main a top tier Now I win locals without trying, FeelsGoodMan

[@zawaray4229]

If that doesn't work you can always blame HBox

[@Yoshikage8008]

I use Dr. Mario so maybe I should have a 2nd main

[@fantasygaming8718]

@Primo Antonius "Cloud". As a Cloud main: Don't do it. You will regret it. He really isn't that good. Lower High Tier at best, which isn't bad, but some place him lower Mid-Tier, so uh, yeah, you won't win that much tourneys with him :) And Online, he loses to every single Projectile char, which is so annoying.

[@fantasygaming8718]

@Primo Antonius That's not true at all. I don't know on what kind of skill level you play, but to have a chance in tournaments, you have to play Cloud on a high level. Only picking him up and playing without practice doesn't work. If you talk about Online, I have no idea, I don't play that anymore, because there are only Ness, Lucas und Link Players playing the game in Europe Online. I hardly see other chars and fighting those 3 is just annoying. And the lag is so fucking awful. Also, Mega Man is not in Clouds favour. Tbh, I think that Mega Man is a Pretty good Cloud counterpick. At my locals, I have 0 chance against the MM. In Sm4sh, yeah, you could pick up Cloud without problems and win a lot. I just love Cloud, so I'm just glad he isn't "lame" anymore.

[@fgcnomad5135]

2 is a good Idea and I'll nvr win locals here seth the yoshi main attends ours -_-

[@hodstrat3722]

Seriously, banana boy is the only youtuber who give advice in an April fool day

[@shantaeforsmash8287]

It's April 2nd

[@claytoncoe838]

@@shantaeforsmash8287 Not where banana boy lives

[@hodstrat3722]

Gizmeow The Cat oh yeah my bad lol

[@randomusername1735]

Beefy Smash Doods did it too

[@TFWPLSSUB]

It's so common it's not even funny to not do an April Fools joke

[@shedew9]

Best way to deal with losing Win

[@i_swizzle]

That’s deep

[@herissmon9878]

Me when they Witch Twist combo and I use a FG Link 😂

[@EChere]

Echo S nah,the best way to deal with losing... Is to beat the shit out of them

[@meeples0972]

ECGaming _ nah you gotta do it the way all professionals do it *wank*

[@EChere]

Meeples 097 well yeah...that too

[@cactusboy1347]

I honestly thought this was going to be a joke video, but he actually gave good advice. Thanks Banana Boy!

[@ayar2]

not that many will actually follow it, still, what counts is the intent.

[@WatchDoggyDog]

It is a joke video cuz all fucking stupid tiers matter

[@imnotnuggets]

Step 1: throw chair Step 2: thats it

[@Hi-qw5wz]

imnotnuggets and punch your local cereal box

[@Greg-ix4nu]

Step 1: game and watch f tilt Step 2: that's it

[@kmwatso1]

Local cereal box Lol

[@fruitlion8]

In a world where it's very easy to compare ourselves to others, strangers or not, it's understandable to hate losses. It only hurts more online because people will do anything in their power to upset you, usually for the sake of a few montage views. Words hurt, even through a video game.

[@ivankastle8092]

I really appreciate KZbin showing me this at the top of my feed today. I had been doing great the last few days at Smash. I had been having fun and learning a lot even when losing. But today I just wasn't feeling well for some reason. I wasn't being able to read and punish my opponents and I was getting read like an open book. I got really salty after losing to a very defensive Lucina I usually win against. She was doing the exact same things over and over again, and while I saw many things coming a mile away, I failed miserably to punish them. As a result, I started getting tilted and playing worse. The match was even (mostly), but when I lost my last stock to an FSmash I actually saw coming, salt poured rapidly. I was really angry at myself and unconsciously yelled a couple times. Sad and unmotivated, I stopped playing and left. And when I reached my computer, I was welcome by this video. Thank you so much, BananaBoySSB! All your technical and mentality-related tutorials have helped me so much. Keep it up!

[@boomko1253]

This is really helpful for me. Im almost certain I have anger issues, but it seems to only come out when I play someone I don't see. (Examples being a CPU, online, etc.) At first, I feel mad at the person for causing me to lose, but then it gets worse, I start to get mad at MYSELF, and this state lasts too long. I don't know where it came from, but whenever I lose to something I was pretty confident to win, or maybe just lost in general, I feel like a pile of shit who is worthless. This had never lasted over a day, as I don't go to tournaments, but it lasts up to 30 minutes if I don't distract myself. (My Advice) Recently, I have been trying to calm myself when I'm angry, and a good strategy I have found is to think/talk to yourself or someone else about anything, ANYTHING else than the match. Of course, this doesn't work for anyone, but just talking about something that isn't smash for a sec, like plans later or something, really helps. Thanks for reading, and thanks for the video Banana Boy!

[@JD-gt9bd]

boomko12 I can relate to the second paragraph

[@boomko1253]

@@JD-gt9bd I thought that'd be the case for most people. I exaggerated a bit on the "pile of shit" part, but I mean the same thing.

[@sjdkdkrmdirkfkdm7683]

I only get mad at those people who literally teabag at everything ,others just play good

[@Drew_64]

Can relate

[@thanks721]

I honestly relate a bit too much. I've been playing level 9 cpus and am going down the roster but whenever I use a level 3 to warm up and practice combos and other stuff I feel extremely fucking dumb. Like why would it choose to do 5 smash attacks in a row whenever I try to come close to pressure it. It's really frustrating to think the cpus will adapt as much as the level nines and do different options and actually play the game like a human.

[@sodajerk.7479]

SSS+ Tier: Losing to the same person for 2 years straight without a single win

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

there's only one way to deal with losing: block everyone you lose to online so you never have to feel what it's like to lose again

[@MarioGarcia-tr4ev]

Actually that will make you stronger and learn their gimmicks. But still it sucks to lose all the time

[@Ryusuta]

You forgot the SSS+ tier: Losing when the opponent is deliberately sandbagging and not taking you seriously.

[@amirgarcia547]

How I feel whenever I lose: “I’m a loser... But, I’m also a loser that can only get better!”👍🏽

[@fruitlion8]

I respect that view, and only wish I could use it too. I'm not very smart, so even after 3 years of practice I still haven't improved at the Smash series at all. That's always at the front of my mind each loss, especially if the opponent taunts.

[@jaybugg3r225]

I always saw it like “A good idiot would learn, a bad idiot wouldn’t”

[@sleepy2548]

this is the mindset we should all strive to have

[@trentislivin]

ItsASquid ignorance vs stupidity

[@dp28784u]

This comment is gold

[@NkIrmath2]

When one is salty I suggest eating some non salt food to calm down since lack of food tends to anger people

[@wrongtime9097]

NK Irmath godhead may I recommend celery? Peanut butter or dip is recommended but not required

[@hy9er213]

6:55 I can’t even stay in elite smash with my main for more than 10 minutes :(

[@mrt129_luigi]

I don't even have more than 1mil gsp with my main. and this game's highest gsp cap has already went up to 6.5mil edit:someone liked this, i came back and I reached 3mil. honestly, people here is just slightly better than low gsp, less flaws and more exciting to fight

[@thanks721]

Low gsp are the scum of scum. You get the side b spamming dks and ice climbers. You get the jokers who use ass stages. You get the nair spamming Ikes. The quitting to stop you gaining gsp fucks and the people who t-bag after using your mains best counter pick.

[@thanks721]

So in general don't feel too bad after losing to someone who thought 25m was a good stage to choose

[@mrt129_luigi]

@Mnoy The Dededestroyer i literally stopped playing smash i don't have a lan adapter and also i am very bad

[@mrt129_luigi]

@Mnoy The Dededestroyer the thing is I lost my friends that would play with me in the past. Even if they still play with me, they have a skill level of a casual, and that certainly can't help me. My region is far from America, there's no competition here, locals are far away and there are only mid level players. I just can't bring myself to play this game seriously anymore

[@roka8630]

i swear it's almost creepy how you post a video on the exact thing im struggling with at a current moment in time like- seriously tho this is some good advice and i need to follow it. i've been getting a bit too salty lol

[@theEduardo9800]

I know right? Same thing is happening to me right now and his advice is gonna work wonders because i was doing all the wrong things

[@quakeinboots1744]

Same

[@impulse5674]

I just pretended to jokingly scream “I can’t beat anyone” even though I was actually upset at how I lost all my skill when making the transition from smash 4 to ultimate then I open the KZbin app and this video is on my recommendations

[@im_Spade_]

Freaking exact same. I wasn't salty at all until the last couple of weeks and it hit me like a truck...

[@Aura-wh2ox]

N E R F T H E O N E S I L O S E A G A I N S T .

[@sparkarez]

Usually I only get pissed when I’m playing against Pichu or Ganondorf, or a player who keeps spamming the same projectiles.

[@im_Spade_]

Dude SAME. I get so pissed losing neutral 4 times and there goes my stock hahahaha

[@Chinpou_]

I've been playing competitive for 5 years now and I'm killing it in this game. HOWEVER, I recently went to my friend's bday party and we held a tournament where I lost to a predictable spammy Samus. I was so pissed. I knew all his habits when it came to being at the ledge, rolling, and whiffing. I don't want to pick that game up for a couple of days because of how pissed I am

[@thegreenslayer7710]

How to deal at losing: curse out a storm. Works for me.

[@itsjkforreal]

Dude this is so good. Thank you. The tiers of salt, and acknowledging that real people have real reasons for getting salty, some of which might be deep. "There are so many other amazing things in the earth to do besides play smash." Your honesty. "I've been in situations where Smash was my only source of fulfillment, and it's definitely made me a lot less happy overall." Despite my anger issues (which I deal with elsewhere), I can have MUCH fun. I find I play MUCH better and handling losing MUCH better when I put the game in the 'right order'. Playing After I've done work, excercise, had good sleep, done some chores and maybe even another hobby is Always Fun and A Learning Time. I delight in the game, the intricacy, the art, good moves - anyone's. Zombie mode is when none of those are happening.

[@Pikachu825]

Honestly something that I've found helps a lot after a loss is, if you can handle it, to go up and talk to the person you lost to about the match. Ask them what they thought about the games, how you played, what they punished, etc., and maybe even play freindlies with them too. It always acts as a reminder that the person I lost to is human too, and that they're someone who is also incredibly passionate about the game and it becomes much easier to accept the idea of losing to them in your mind.

[@glazestelar]

I’ve learned it helps to adopt 6 or 7 kids and complete and utterly destroy their self esteem by relentlessly beating them in smash 5 to 6 times a day each.

[@e77gma]

Did this to my little cousin on "accident".

[@udesterswag]

I’ve lost to a friend that I have been beating for years, he has finally dethroned me at brawl. I will never be whole again. I probably won’t be able to play him again in many years since I’m moving. I am such shock, my mind keeps rushing to reasons why I lost- the map (battlefield and final destination) or maybe I was just rusty- he gave his copy to me a while ago. I feel like I have lost a piece of my childhood. Deadass.

[@AdamTheCoop1]

Ive had this game for 5 days, tryn'a learn to play snek. I had such bad nerves last night online that my opponent switched to gannondorf from their main and tried to get KOs with wizard punch. Honestly, I appreciate you sharing these tips, I learned a lot of it from mindfulness courses etc.... despite losing the match to someone who switch to one of the most unviable characters in the game because they were so certain they would stomp me, I felt good about the match (I lost but got gannon down to their last stock) because I primed myself to expect to lose before I even started the match. Keep up with your stuff, im learning so much from your videos. This game feels like learning league of legends all over again (memorizing every single moveset).

[@jordankline6481]

Another good thing to do in order to deal with a loss is to talk to the person you lost to. Be it asking for advice, talking about the match, just having a casual conversation, or playing friendlies with them afterwards. They’re usually the only ones that know what you were doing wrong during matches. Talking to them not only helps you play better in the future, but also helps relieve any sort of tension from the match.

[@KitsuneYojimbo]

Me when losing to an online player or in a tournament: Slight depression/mild annoyance. Me losing to an AI: ....If you've played Dark Souls 3, imagine me being Father Ariandel and my controller being that huge "bowl".

[@madness8958]

Them captain falcon diss 😔

[@zawaray4229]

Ikr :(

[@shattermelon496]

I thought it was generous

[@noah-ux2cz]

I remember being in a very sweaty UMVC3 local against my opponent in grands. It was like my 7th time coming and I was glad to make it so far so fast. However, this also put a lot of pressure on my mind and I played bad. I went 0-3 and wanted to get mad out loud. But I just decided to shake hands, walk home, and get some studying done for my midterms coming up. It helped a lot and I felt a lot better afterward.

[@xand9554]

Hey BananaBoy, in behalf of all Ness mains I apologize for that disgusting move by BestNess

[@FlappyCat-ef6oq]

I imagine he's still not over it haha

[@groaning620]

When i play ness i forget i have something called "pk fire" half the time. Despite me being a ness main for a long time.

[@ShafroPlaysMinecraft]

@@groaning620 its a great move to punish landings and to setup grabs, but its not something that should be spammed aimlessly (unless you want to be predictable and get destroyed by people who actually know what to do with campy spammers). Though it does feel great to land a diagonal pk fire over the ledge, get them trapped in it, and then proceed to spike them into the abyss. Quite satisfying.

[@groaning620]

@@ShafroPlaysMinecraft its a funny ness thing

[@ShafroPlaysMinecraft]

groaning dwarf indeed

[@jarrellpets]

I really DO feel like I’m losing at life when I lose at smash! Because my friends are striving for competitive level and I’m just not worth their time at my level of skill.

[@mikaro6528]

SS tier: Losing to someone with a broken controller

[@darnellyiadom3596]

Loved the smiles and tears track playing towards the end of the video

[@justinodonnell4393]

S++++++ Tier: getting t bagged in quick play by a wolf/ganon/dedede/etc

[@giantclaw138]

When someone at school challenges you to one match and then he surprises you by having FS meter on.

[@pamoon_]

I think one thing we forgot to mention is to not let people who are better than you affect your mentality if they tell you that you suck at the game. Also, put the word “yet” after every sentence if you are striving to get better. “I am not in Elite Smash, yet.” “I am not a winner at a local, yet.” “I am not proficient in Smash, yet.”

[@kingkrispy5289]

My man posts a video that isn’t a joke on april fools,👏👏👏 props to you my dude

[@anzack2551]

Its one thing to lose, its another to lose while you were at a stock advantage, but choked so hard that you couldn’t even take your opponent’s last stock at 150% and lose. The “almost won” losses are the most debilitating, and its even worse if it happens multiple times over a single play session

[@HalfLifePlays]

I needed this. I would fall under the catagory of "normally a very calm and slow to anger person except when playing smash." Only in online games by myself do I actually rage lol.

[@theepicspy570]

Same, I could die 20+ times to my friend who is in the same room as me and not even feel a single negative emotion, but i play online, tense up during the match, and then get throw-the-damn-controller-and-shout levels of salt after I lose one online match. I don't get it.

[@nobodyintheworld2579]

I usually don't get salty in any way besides when I lose any match because of several bad misinputs. That can happen with any match, but mostly when I play online because I misinput a lot there. I know that you shouldn't get salty because of a friendly or an online match, but my problem always is that I think that I could have played way better if I didn't misinput.

[@AiriCloud]

This madman actually put up a serious video on April 1st

[@EvanBear]

I don't play smash but this video has been helpful to me regardless. I have this inner critic that thinks that I need to be perfect at everything immediately, except that that doesn't really work. It's good to hear from someone who plays a game somewhat professionally that they also lose and what they do, it's helpful.

[@chazzilla8919]

The problem for me is I'm a perfectionist too. I don't have online and I haven't seen my friends in person in a while, so I play against CPUs, level 7 mostly yet I won my first level 8 match yesterday. I used to clap their cheeks, so I fell to overconfidence and got MY cheeks clapped. So, I got angry that I wasn't being perfect and that I was losing a lot of games, close ones albeit. I'm doing better now, but I still can improve. I wish you the best dude!

[@SupaAsian]

That moment when u have 90% and you’re opponent is at 160% and then they kill u with a forward smash

[@toxronin3971]

5 months later and I still hate this

[@forex2893]

@@toxronin3971 same

[@markcarls1896]

I went borderline suicidal after realizing how agonizingly bad I was playing against some of these super good players. I then decided to stick with either CPU's or playground for a little while, and it helped me have fun again until I was ready to play competitively again. Just something that worked for me.

[@shikh5200]

Should've gone through with it

[@100_a_bad_idea5]

I am out of words. To just explain where I've been for years. I lose time and time again and I have for the longest time, but I think I'm doing better if I'm actively seeking out ways to get success. Lets go banana boy

[@nathanielnewcomer7145]

You're videos have helped me so much in my journey through competitive smash, and I really needed this one. I've gone from getting top 8 at my weekly to going 2-2 at best, and I really needed this to come back and reset my focus. Keep up the good work man, you're making a big difference in the smash community.

[@st4pps]

Can you please make a more advance tutorial for yoshi

[@randomt_1468]

bair dair and nair

[@st4pps]

@@randomt_1468 oh Thanks m8👌

[@plushdude4933]

@@randomt_1468 can i get advance for pokémon trainer

[@Iriamu5]

@@plushdude4933 use down b as Squirtle

[@plushdude4933]

@@Iriamu5 oh ok

[@kuroser353]

I remember my first salty loss. To this day, I'm still a little pissed about it; but now it propels me to move forward and be better. I played Little Mac(Yeah, please save your "F"s) in S4 and first month of Ultimate. I was at a Smash 4 tournament and I was getting my best results(Losers 4th round. Little Mac has always been my burden, but I loved the guy. My next match was against THE best Mario main in Madrid. Smart, aggressive, fast, and technical. I lasted *20* seconds on the first match. After that I switched to Lucina, and lasted less than 10 seconds more than Mac. I got so frustrated that I went to freeplays, but that Mario player played me again and didn't take me seriously anymore. I hate it when someone does that, and I feel it at a personal level. I keep training. Hoping that one day I can play them again and beat them.

[@hungrydrummerjoey3440]

As a Mega Man main, it is super difficult to pull off victories in 1-on-1 tournies against other players with fucking annoying overpowered attacks. That being said, it only motivates me to become a better and more precise player despite wanting to tear my hear out.

[@veiled2328]

Imagine you won like 6-7 games in a row and you are close to elite smash. BUT than you join a guy with a horrible connection and you loose. RIP. These are the moments i loose it. I just can't be calm in this situations

[@TheOozeMan]

I play a ton of online and u have to admit how crappy the gsp point system is So I do rage at online But I get over if after the next game 😼

[@cloudburst6579]

TheOozeMan The gsp system is fine, if you lose you’re supposed to lose a lot more than you gain, it’s how you improve, then everyone would be in elite smash and having to go up against people a lot better than you, just keep that in mind. ._.

[@TheOozeMan]

Sulfurrr true but I hate it anyway

[@Shadowhero43]

Sulfurrr the gsp is bs anyway

[@radmustache2310]

As a salt inducer, (aka a Luigi main) have lost 5 games in a row. I was at my most high level of salt I could ever have. I then remembered about that one video of yours that I haven't watched. I open up youtube, type: "How to deal with losing", click on the first result and here I am, I now know about the secrets of salt. Thank you BananaBoy.

[@AlexCreed]

I love how this smash channel is basically giving us basic life lessons that we should have already known. Awesome info tho love. It feels genuinne

[@lockedinabathroom9475]

I love your videos, every single video I've watched of yours has been of great use to me and has helped my journey for improvement. Thank you.

[@zillavanilla6353]

Losing online vs bad players is definitely a top tier for me

[@michaelhyman1618]

“If you do have anger issues then I don’t know google it... I don’t know much about that stuff... sorry....” -bananaboySSB 2019

[@nightpurple372]

when I lose with my main 2-3 times in friendlies, I play random to calm down and stop caring

[@monroneydelbeau4175]

I always find myself coming back to the this video with the amount of loses I rack up

[@yygamma3905]

"Hug the nearest Steve plushie," aged in a really interesting manner

[@bobjeezorham7658]

What makes me get really mad is when I lose to someone that I had a stock advantage over. Because, in that situation, I have no one to blame but myself.

[@AshtonSnapp]

I’ve never done a tournament, and probably never will, but if I did, here’s how I’d probably decide to handle things after watching this video: 1) Accept the loss and try to be a good sport about it. 2) Put myself in a room and scream the salt out. 3) Play Friendlies.

[@ren0659]

SS+ Tier: Losing to a spammy kirby who turned on all items in great cave offensive

[@ClwkInstnct]

Losing is better then winning. I know it sounds crazy, but here's why. If you win every game, sure you're winning, but one, it'll get boring, and two, you're not really learning, and three, when you do lose, you get super cocky. But when you lose all the time, you're learning, adapting, and becoming a better player. It helps you realize the complexity of smash and helps you learn that not anyone can just win. It's very crucial. So lose. Shake the opponents hand. Fist bump. Do whatever. Then go home, and say "hey, what could I have done in that situation" and spend the next introvel between tournaments training and analyzing what you did wrong. For me, I wasn't thinking straight, and I obviously didn't realize until just recently when I played in my first big out of town tournament. I was getting way too nervous and not playing well at all. I almost got top 32, but still, I played horribly. I watched bananaboys video on mindset, and it has helped me improve into a much better player. So lose. Analyze. Adapt. And get better

[@frostburning]

“Y’all” is that a fellow Texan I hear

[@disgustof-riley8338]

He's from Utah

[@frostfueledraptor7978]

Everybody in the south says that tho....

[@ShinyMew76]

We say that in Virginia too!

[@Land_Of_Spirits]

And Florida..

[@mgbrad5018]

I barely ever rage in 1v1s, now Ultimate FFAs make me scream with everything going on during the screen.

[@100_a_bad_idea5]

3 months. This is one of my lower points so far. I realized that I still have a long way to go. I'm only 15 though, I think I'm trying to do things to fast. I push myself to accomplish life goals when I still have a whole life to live. I think I'm doing better, and I'll keep coming back here. Let's go banana boy, you have saved my life thus far.

[@markcarls1896]

There is no life outside of smash.

[@100_a_bad_idea5]

2 months later, and I'm still not doing that good, and its harder to stay motivated. Its rough, but I'm still trying.

[@100_a_bad_idea5]

Its been only over a week, but I think I'm doing much better. I have a shot at going to my first tournament soon, and I'm keeping up practice. I hope things turn out good. See you then

[@BravePluss]

That bubbly vocaloid songs analogy is the realest thing I've ever heard, man.

[@luckylottie7270]

Unless you're MKLeo, wanting to win absolutely every single game you play is a fool's errand. Realizing this alone has helped me shake off a whole lot of the salt I used to get from losing! It also helps to remember that every match has to have a loser, so being there really isn't all that embarrassing most of the time.

[@liv3lif383]

I'm considering quitting competitive Smash altogether because of how much the stress and pressure of the end result of the match fucks with my head. For me it's getting to the point where it's taking away the fun of Smash and my love for the game. It's really hard on my ego. I consider myself a humble person, and in the process of building confidence, but something about losing at this game is so painful that I'm starting to feel like it's not even worth the competition.

[@HenrikMyrhaug]

I am relatively new to smash, and I get absolutely infuriated sometimes. I feel like most of the time, that is because the game is made to purposely have clumsy controls. Like I find it extremely difficult to imput smash and tilt attacks correctly, as the deadzone for the controllers is absolutely huge, so I can be tilting the stick 50% to the right, yet somehow it registers neutral and jabs instead of doing ftilt. I use a smash stick and low sens to make tilts easier, yet at least 30% of my tilts register as smashes instead. I also find it _really_ difficult to walk, turn around and do back attacks/grabs. Again, that's probably because the deadzone is so huge that a lot of the time when I tilt a direction, it registers neutral and doesn't turn the character around. I really wish that the deadzone of the sticks was much smaller, that way tilt attacks wouldn't register as smash attacks all the time, and turning around to face a desired direction wouldn't be so hard. I am okay losing to a decent opponent, but it is so infuriating that the game constantly doesn't register my inputs, or registers them incorrectly. It feels completely out of my control, and it feels like the game just decided to screw me over, and I get super salty.

[@HoodBodega]

Thanks I was salty about losing to a campy Inkling for two days and I really hope to improve!

[@HoodBodega]

lol I'm MUCH better now

[@skelaxo]

1:49 you forgot Echo lol the chorus lyrics literally include “I don’t know how to fight” I just thought it was fitting lol

[@vengeflyking2722]

I mean I loose alot online. I somehow don’t know what to do against Young Link or Samus. And some others... Anyways, if I get salty I go out for a walk with my lovely dog. But now I am salty I can only reach my lan environment and my dog at the weekend so I can only clobber CPUs.

[@artifiyings4838]

Team Skull Boss Golisopod Same I don't know how to deal with projectile spammers like all the links or samus.

[@maxcrss2845]

artifiyings use a character with a reflect. If you don’t want to do that, get good at parrying. Or get good at approaching from the air.

[@vengeflyking2722]

Maxcrss I mean it’s my fault for maining Ganondorf. I currently am looking for a good secondary. Most likely it’s gonna be Dark Pit.

[@artemthetrain14]

@@vengeflyking2722 Play Link it helps

[@vengeflyking2722]

Artem the Train I committed to becoming Ganondorf‘s follower. Using Link or Zelda would be like a betrayal.

[@DavidRycan]

1:49 I didn't come here to be called out, *Mister*.

[@jaredjameson3707]

I’m just not improving. I don’t think I want to force myself to enjoy this game if losing will cause me this much immature grief. I’m at the point that I think taking an extended break will make me happier. This is just my thoughts tho, this video is good for people with more discipline skill and self esteem than me. Great video dude

[@nicke.8622]

I have a love/hate relationship with smash, sometimes I can have so much fun and feel like I've actually improved a bit, and other times I feel like smashing my switch onto the ground lol

[@froakie1404]

I’ve been getting a bit too salty this week, thank you so much for posting this

[@reeceulf]

What if the problem doesn't have to do with Smash and my life is genuinely just terrible? :^)

[@justingraton17]

Go to therapy..?

[@alt5014]

I was on an EXTREME winning streak online and then lost 5 times in a row and got salty

[@Chaos_867]

I fucking hate having anger issues Thanks for the video

[@coulsonknight]

Thank you so much! I really have a bad habit about taking the game too seriously and this will help!

[@25_Ciel]

That Vocaloid joke made me laugh way harder than it should have. When you switch from Mitchie M to Crusher P

[@blake9179]

I have legitimate anger issues sadly and I really don’t get mad unless I go on insane losing streaks

[@MochaMilk595]

I used to destroy my controller in fits of rage and constantly walk 35 minutes to GameStop as punishment towards my short fuse.

[@Matthew-ne1xc]

Thank you for making this vid. I once ran into a k rool spamming short hop fastfall nair, and i couldnt touch him without getting hurt. He also spammed crown cannonball. Very annoying. But i got over it with time. What i do to calm down is watch wholesome memes. I'm cooled down in SECONDS. Its magic.

[@TimTomTom001]

Idk if this is coincidence but I just went to Lan King (April 1st) with my friends to compete in one of my first tournaments. And got a huge awakening, I felt horrible but I got better and turned to your videos. They helped me understand a lot of things I did wrong and how to improve way more. Especially since I didn’t really main anyone, but was overall good (but not great) with most characters.

[@MoFiTheMagnificent]

I searched "why do we hate losing" and it naturally brought me to the cause of my search. A smash player lol

[@MDHDH-iy7nm]

"this has the potential to really boost your happiness and make losing at smash makes you feel like losing at life" i already lost pal

[@Drewgoza]

I literally clapped my friend, and need this video for him

[@RofICopters]

Always ask your opponent what was the easiest thing for him/her to punish. Or what mistake they see you make the most then write that shit down. Always.

[@alear18]

Once lost one game to my friend who mains Kirby. It’s not that he used Kirby, he was using a broken joy con

[@corn2454]

I know I'm incredibly late, but I feel the advice in this video may prove quite useful. As someone who has some pretty bad issues regarding depression, I often beat myself up after a loss, to the point where it feels like it's a confirmation that I'm bad at everything. Personally I find it useful to just take a break after that kind of thing. (Note: I'm also a new player and haven't even gone to a tournament, so I don't know how this will manifest when I start playing with higher stakes than just my ego)

[@MorDo207]

Best feeling is when u see your opponent is way better, but u play so weird that you win against him. I´ve won against so many 400h+ players with my 100h and it feels like heaven.

[@noahmay7708]

s-tier coping strat: just put your favourite jam on, and relax. Music is always my go-to probably because its something i can't lose at

[@lajazziamacklin8418]

I'm not as good as MKLeo is with Joker/Pyra/Mythra or Phy with Sephiroth/Bowser, but I've developed my own playstyle with my DLC main. I also put in A LOT of practice using Sephiroth and learning about his moves and attack patterns during my time in Training Mode. I actually did lose against my Level 50 Joker amiibo at Kongo Jungle 64's Omega Stage when the amiibo finished me off with a Meteor Smash. However, because of my one loss, I didn't go back to Training Mode. I just did regular matches with a CPU until I was prepared to take on my amiibo again. After fighting with the CPU, I was confident enough to take on my amiibo again and I was able to defeat it on my third and final round.

[@cyanyoyo8278]

ive been struggling over this for a while thanks for the advice