i hosted a fighting game tournament but NO ONE knows how to play

[@HellecticMojo]

Fighting games are best to watch when everyone is god tier gamer or an octopus sliding across the controller.

[@sagunn]

good god tier gaming right

[@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039]

So a match where both are decent is boring?

[@HellecticMojo]

@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 yeah kinda. It lacks innovation and mastery of the top level while lacking the chaos and uncertainty of low level. Mediocrity is the worst place to be when it comes to spectator enjoyment

[@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039]

@@HellecticMojo idk, sometimes its kinda fun, they know the basics and some tricks but arent fucking grappler wizards that go like "with this spell 90% of your hp is gonna dissapear" _fucking grabs you_ while still keeping a bit of the "everyone trash" chaos as very likely they will try something different or uh """unconvetional"""

[@EpsilonKnight2]

The intermediate level is really interesting though because it has more subtle things you can watch for them adapting. Low level can be fun if they start figuring things but if they don't I can find it boring since they just mash and die.

[@Thatreallycooluser]

"they're all sexy , it's guilty gear"

[@sagunn]

am i wrong?

[@LucDaMan4]

​@@sagunnidk badman kinda weird

[@gabrielsalinas1019]

@@LucDaMan4 you are telling me you would not sleep in the bed that does your taxes? Shame

[@akes9793]

@@gabrielsalinas1019yeah, I slept with my bed every day. Bedman is goat

[@muufle]

Idk bedman got me acting unwise

[@epicduckyman]

Not gonna lie, this is as hype af. Will he manage to input special move? Will he not whiff grab? Will he BLOCK?! The tension is unreal.

[@sagunn]

will he manage to move properly?!

[@zapcat6029]

The tension is unreal, and also very full

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@sagunn I hope you can do another, as this content is fire. I mean look at the audience response and the lucky views. You can also switch game to refresh it.

[@its_saber1525]

​@@ultimaxkom8728Dead By Daylight 1v1 tourney

[@foxefox6560]

It's so funny to me when someone button mashing in general just suddenly pulls up a hard as hell combo

[@Ahmadabdal_]

Reloading bullets individually is 10x cooler than pressing 3 buttons and having all chambers full

[@sagunn]

i didnt know u could just do the reload input and it would reload all of them

[@gavinrak2692]

You can do that?

[@SealyGamingYT]

@@gavinrak2692 yeah, if you reload once it fills the whole chamber over time

[@docileventriloquist]

This is such a good showcase of how fighting games are inherently fun at any level as long as you are playing with people around your skill level

[@Saint_Million]

Even playing against people at a higher level, it's still fun most of the time. Also, they can be a good source of information if you're ever looking for tips to improve. Fighting games are just better when you're together, altogether.

[@Camazotzer]

@@Saint_Million No, no, absolutley not when you are at the very beginner level. If I log in DBFZ rn and go to ranked, I will at most survive for 5 seconds per character. That is NOT fun, I need even the slightest chance of victory for it to be fun as a newbie, playing fighting games like that is as fun as trying to climb a concrete wall.

[@SomeNoobHydra]

@@Camazotzer as a beginner strive player, i had so much fun fighting high level players! i wanted to learn so much about the game and how they play!

[@Camazotzer]

@@SomeNoobHydra Well, I am not sayingyou cannot have fun, but personally, I'd prefer if I could even understand at least what I am doing wrong, idk maybe I just suck.

[@SomeNoobHydra]

@@Camazotzer oh well, don't worry about it too much!

[@Kirex17]

Watching complete beginners is so hype becasue the meta shifts every round.

[@sagunn]

like every button press man

[@moley249]

seeing them reload each bullet one by one killed me inside

[@sagunn]

atleast they have the input

[@moley249]

@@sagunn 😭

[@TheAncientReaper]

As a HC main I got to agree

[@NemSumeragi]

Even in the most amateur of brackets, you cannot avoid HC vs Nago 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@anotherdnb]

HC Vs. Nago is the true vision of Daisuke.

[@kitkatiecat]

This is the only time I have ever been excited to see a HC reload

[@sagunn]

AND PULL OF THE SUPERRRRR

[@HazeEmry]

​@@sagunnand wall breaks behind him. Damn

[@someaccount5200]

Don't you usually do it during oki after super break?

[@_vnfr]

this is daisukes vision

[@sagunn]

it might be too advanced for him honestly

[@lucassworldofletsplays9270]

I love how excited everyone got when Ellie learned how to reload as Chaos

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

The INSTANT hype when she did her special

[@EatCheeeseAndSin]

Never been so hyped seeing people learn the controlls. "LEARNING HOW TO RELOAD!!"

[@sagunn]

i was surprised they could even move tbh

[@rodrigoreismarinho9552]

"oh no!"

[@ultimaxkom8728]

I even switched my pick from Sean to Ellie because of it. Of course, it's mostly to support the underdog rather than the overdog.

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

SHE HIT THE SPECIAL!!!!!

[@janreiafrica]

I have no clue what's happening but watching Ellie go from learning to reload to doing the super was hype

[@BIGHOSSFGC]

The best part of videos like these is that, eventually, two people emerge. The first is someone who can just inexplicably do motion inputs. The second is someone who just inexplicably has a basic grasp on playing footsies. Wondrous shit brother we love to see it.

[@sagunn]

tbh i dont even know which is which you are talking about but go you brother

[@Quicksilvir]

You also sometimes get the person who figures out the one move thats mostly bad but really good against new players and they just spam it over and over. I'll stop doing teleport attacks when you start blocking them

[@keithlee1007]

​@@Quicksilvirreminds me of the teacher who hosted +r tournaments for their students. The students would play pot and spam 6h

[@thalezito-4990]

​@@keithlee1007do you have a link to this video? Got me curious

[@doublevendetta]

​@@thalezito-4990 Isn't a video. Is a series of Reddit posts. That said, Sajam has posted many readthroughs and dissections of them on his KZbin channel

[@YangyChaddyDad]

Norah was my main character for this video. She truly was the town inside me.

[@sagunn]

that does not sound right but awesome

[@Maz_Dev]

That ost name is so SUS

[@tzeentchmundi44]

FR norah's bridget played so fiercely she truly seemed to have a town inside her

[@lucassworldofletsplays9270]

​@@Maz_DevSo wait, you’re telling me that Budget has an entire TOWN inside of her?

[@massgunner4152]

Daisuke must write his songs with google translate because that name is simply not ok.

[@spitfyre8688]

This is a guilty gear equivalent of those marble racing videos and i love it so so so much

[@sagunn]

i love marble races what dude

[@sunkiimustdie]

I was rooting for Matt at first but when he switched characters for the sake of following the meta and started tbagging i was like yeah no get this guy out of here, his rage was actually kind of satisfying to hear

[@sagunn]

HOW A FAN FAVORITE FALLS FROM GRACE (its to tell a story i swear)

[@ultimaxkom8728]

There's nothing satisfying about Matt refusing to fairly follow the rules by yelling at sagunn (off-cam).

[@thenoisytown]

FOR REAL, the saltiness of matt was incredible, and also funny because he just kept blaming everything but himself for losing, eventually he got what he deserved (except the mystery fluid) what a character arc

[@DKdrop]

Character loyalty is hype, researching the meta is not.

[@Rickfernello]

I don't think he was t-bagging, but trying to block Edit: nevermind, the second time it happened it was sus

[@AlsoJEV]

I always find these more tense than pro matches. In a pro game, you can often predict how a match will go based on the first 15 seconds. In matches where the players are.... *below average*, the advantage will just change in the blink of an eye because, well, you can't tell what they're doing and neither can they.

[@andrewsdneim]

One of the Guiltiest Gears to ever Strive, congratulations to everyone, and to Patrick for representing the Nagoriyuki playerbase, good job.

[@sagunn]

she guilty on my gear til i burst

[@TheShrewdMonarch]

Bridget lmao

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@sagunn Truly a comment of all comments.

[@Oblinski]

It's so hype when they naturally hit the ults without knowing the commands

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

Fr I legit screamed at that first chaos ult

[@gabrielsalinas1019]

Matt’s nago it’s like crawl, doing everything to win, Patrick’s nago its more like what you fight for, stuck to basics and playing honorably

[@kiwicycle5455]

I'm 1 minute in and I want Bobbert to take it all, will update my comment in 2 hours Edit: What the fuck

[@gunnyisgoodboi4846]

Bro purposefully skipped over your comment

[@sagunn]

im sorry it had to be this one

[@gunnyisgoodboi4846]

@@sagunn the horror at the realization, how could you do this to this sad potemkin main you deserve to have your carpets puked on

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@gunnyisgoodboi4846 Exactly my thought and disappointment (except the carpet part).

[@gunnyisgoodboi4846]

@@ultimaxkom8728 violence and hate are always justified anyone who tells you otherwise is a nerd

[@__Darkk__]

(Super gets pulled of by someone with under 5 minutes of game time) Everyone: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@FGC_KingRicky]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHXYgmiJjtB_m6M

[@Nixahma]

That scream was not lowercase

[@__Darkk__]

ya you right@@Nixahma

[@freyzerb.castro9124]

when Ellie did a super with Happy Chaos I got as excited as I would had I been there for Evo Moment 37, it got me more hyped than anything I've ever done myself

[@sagunn]

too bad she still lost

[@solodolo9450]

Dude the shoutcasting was so good i didnt expect that. Plus the "crowd" reactions made everything so much more hype.

[@sagunn]

credit to my friends in the background, also i didnt even know what i was saying but ty!!

[@aggressiveavocado]

Norah is a fucking great player. She understands how to meaty, how to jump in, how to block, how to whiff punish, and how to adapt. That fight against matt has much knowledge to gain from. Matt claims she only hit H a bunch to win, but it was on him to figure out how to beat that. She understood the ranges for each of her button, used jabs when close, bursted at exceptional times, and did not need a single special. She wasn't great at anti airs though. The understanding thst matt wouldst block the meaty, and just looped it until she got out of its range was fantastic. Not only that, she frame killed it, using a 5h to fill the time when he was down so she didn't need to time the meaty. Definitely has the most potential to get better. Also gotta give credit to sean. He understood spacing like none other, and anti aired consistently. His main mistake was not realizing that he was dominant at a distance and did not need to close the gap.

[@PSS395]

Norah is the goat. girls learn so fast she's doing high low mixup in the end it's insane

[@ghanaria7996]

I think if they do another tourney and norah learns high low mixup and her ults, she will easily sweep!

[@sagunn]

ya idk how she was even doing that

[@uh3610]

“Girls learn so fast” is crazy😭

[@JohnnyLover32]

When she said who's that blue guy my heart dropped . Great video

[@sya_elexeor1058]

If only she meant Anji

[@sagunn]

and the fact that she stuck to chaos as well was just heartbreaking...

[@JohnnyLover32]

@@sagunnit brings a tear to a man's eye

[@TheAncientReaper]

@@sagunn as a HC main it brings me joy that new players are trying out my favorite character.

[@dantucho203]

This whole video is “GARFIELD, YOU HAD BURST!!!”

[@anthonyguerrero4612]

If Patrick had just a few days to practice with Nagoriyuki he would've beat Gabe's ass.

[@sagunn]

bold and quite possibly true, i like it

[@mcbill7352]

he wasn't exactly skilled though, mostly just taking advantage of the range of nagoryukis normals. It was impressive how quickly he familiarised himself with the feel of the character though

[@undertaker2766]

​​@@mcbill7352Just teach him how to do 623h and his slashes would convert into double damage

[@doublee7110]

matt got mad at norah for spamming f.s as if he wasn't doing the exact same thing lmao

[@ghanaria7996]

I got mad at her for the Y Y combo, daying it was too easy. While he’s doing the Y Y Y combo!😂😂😂

[@sagunn]

the blind leading the blind

[@keithlee1007]

He tried a handful of other stuff like rc and specials. Bridget just has a slightly faster f.s which might have done it for her

[@chewycrum]

did he not apologize tho? and take accountability for his lack of skill???

[@sagunn]

@@chewycrum just letting you guys know this is matt btw

[@andante5571]

Nooooo, Norah was supposed to make it out of loser's. I was impressed by how quickly she started catching onto basic concepts and fundamentals. Creating pressure by air dashing, anti-airing with air to airs, learning and replicating strings, abusing disjoints in neutral, spacing her pokes to hit at max distance, trying to get out of the corner by air dashing, trying to reset to neutral when in disadvantage by air dashing backwards, blocking when necessary, bursting during combos, doing jump cancel air combos??? She definitely understood how to apply pressure consistently, and how dangerous it is to be in the corner. The fact that she was able to start piecing together what's good and what's bad during matches against people who aren't too sure what they're doing is insane.

[@sagunn]

you can see around her game against matt, she started getting in her own head and mashing her weaker buttons a bit, i could smell disaster

[@kalpy5552]

you should def do another one of these with the same people but coach them in their character for like 10mins before the game

[@sagunn]

that would be a sick idea lowkey ty for that

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

@@sagunndropping a sub waiting for this 😉

[@neckbirdstudios4043]

Patrick vs Norah was one of the most hype fighting game moments I've ever witnessed!

[@punkypony5165]

It was honestly my favorite fight.

[@Anasumi]

Sean got that Schizophrenia of an average Faust main, loving to see it.

[@p2ladoo134]

ELLIE LEARNING HOW TO RELOADDDD

[@sagunn]

"OOOOHHHH MYYY GOOOOOODDD!?!?!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@cryochasm9638]

this is the best ggst content i have ever seen and it's not even *close*. i would PAY to see a second tournament like this, maybe with a few fresh faces and updated prize winnings. thanks for this absolute gem of a video and keep up the great work!

[@sagunn]

ty for the bold statement! ill see what i can do

[@Cadllmn123]

It’s incredible to see dominate strategies emerge for different players. I did not see aerial jab strings being the BnB for Faust 😂 Edit: also Matt raging that Norah is mashing, when all he can do is mash. That is a prime cut of life in the Tower 😂

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

Even testament’s thighs are no match for the power of basket

[@sagunn]

i love basket tho

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

@@sagunn I love basket too but testaments thighs have a grip on my soul. and my neck tbh

[@dopey473]

They/them pussy got me actin unwise

[@KillaCheeto56]

This had no business being as hype as it was. There better be another tourny in the future. I think the main thing that allowed Norah and Sean to get as far as they did was them grasping the mobility side of things. But, Patrick's spacing game was rock solid and that's likely what carried him all the way to end. Kinda reminds me of how I recently got a coworker and some of his friends into the game. I even got some new rivals out of it. Seeing new players level up is always a treat. Now I want to fight your friend group in this game. See if they can deal with the power of Sol and Sin unga bunga.

[@sagunn]

i surprised no one chose sol man, they would probably have gotten pretty far...

[@KillaCheeto56]

@@sagunn Far slash is all you need. Especially if it was pre patch Sol.

[@Mediumhatlogan]

absolute chaos, holy shit this was funny, between the accidental misinformation and the slash spamming, new player fights are so much fun to watch

[@sagunn]

yeah i forgot i didnt know any terms lowkey

[@Mediumhatlogan]

@@sagunn you were crazy entertaining either way!

[@AlexMP18]

no shot mf is called bobbert

[@fiizzi1]

Might seem crazy what I’m bouta say

[@WidgetVTuber]

Matt: "Keep spamming your fucking basketball" after pressing S repeatedly

[@cardyx2879]

27:47 "questionable but it's an input" feels like the vibe for this entire tourney XD

[@shinime8885]

I have invested thousands upon thousands of hours of my life into fighting games and yet I'm fairly certain I would've gotten cooked in that tourney

[@sagunn]

HOW!!?!? BY WHO?!?!

[@angel_fgc]

NO OFFENSE TO BOBBERT BUT WHEN I JUST SEE "Bobbert" NEXT TO POT IT'S SO FUNNY TO ME

[@sagunn]

potemkin was bobberts calling idk why he switched smh

[@13thephantom]

8:21 idk man, seems like Ellie was BORN a Chaos player.... Edit²: TELL RORI AND ELLIE THEY'RE MY GOATS

[@sagunn]

i will relay that back to them np

[@13thephantom]

​@@sagunn much appreciated

[@ashe9112]

Genuinely one of the funniest Guilty Gear videos I have ever watched, your way of editing and commentating made this 2 hour video go by in seconds. Was rooting for Norah using my main the whole time (despite the other players hating the gender mixup). I'll definitely be rewatching this again

[@ashe9112]

Also banger music choices ❤

[@sagunn]

ty for the kind words, glad you liked it. Crazy how far norah got though i was not expecting it

[@PotatoPcEmu]

Norahs combo at 1:40:02 was crazy she just randomly decided to become goated

[@xDthat1kidxD]

Damn if Norah knew about heavy slash it would've been over

[@havenschade8174]

Honestly this is about how most rams play just swing sword and walk forward and do it again lol

[@tob._.]

Up until floor 4 maybe, after that they just corner pressure you so hard you cry for six hours sraight

[@ButcherShrike]

Oh my g o d this is some of the most entertaining GG content I’ve seen in a while. The hype of you and your friends really shines through and the energy is infectious as hellll.

[@sagunn]

im really happy u think so, ty for the kind words!

[@zettovyker]

Someone get these folks to make a tier list and compare it to that 6th grader class tier list. Instant content

[@sakarain]

different game but yeah that sounds hilarious

[@skelswap]

this video would’ve sucked without you hosting and commentating but that combo of noob players and knowledgeable commentary makes it absolutely golden

[@80me16]

Matt doing roundstart teleport with Nago against Norah was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen lmao

[@80me16]

1:37:21 for anyone who wants to see it

[@sagunn]

im pretty sure gabe (ram) started coaching matt and gave him a special input to try to help. he still lost tho

[@skywardstargaze1768]

@@80me16HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[@garbo3562]

2:00 best Seeding I've ever seen. It was really fun to watch a real 'just touched game for the first time' tournament. I've been playing fighting games for a few years now and I really love watching new people getting into it. Please more tournaments in the future.

[@sagunn]

i thought the seeding was pretty crap actually

[@sammykinsprime51]

damn, gotta give it to norah tho during the matchup against matt, still holding her ground whilst matt gets a full coaching and tactics sesh

[@fiizzi1]

do this next year tho? “I hosted a fighting game tournament and the players can only sorta play”

[@sagunn]

i might, and trust me, next year they are gonna rust so hard that they still wont know how to play

[@justsomeguywithhalfamustac6837]

the perfectly cut no at 16:06 made me laugh more than it should've

[@lukas_ist_hier676]

Seeing Patrick block and punish in that last match like out of nowhere felt crazy. The whole thing was so hyped up and fun, probably the best first impression of a fighting game you can have. When they hit overdrives at the start i screamed like i saw that chun Li parry live at EVO. So yeah, awesome video!

[@Ni_1181]

I dint know the video was 2 HOURS LONG that i finished the video, i was really hooked into the tournament, super funny and entertaining, Im super happy Patrick won with Nagoriyuki, I WAS ROOTING FOR HIM THE WHOLE TIMEEE, This was super fun to watch, very underrated content creator with such amazing editing skills

[@sagunn]

tyty for the kind words

[@chemi169]

Matt adapting to avoid the mystery fluid matchup was crazy

[@sagunn]

yeah he just didnt want to take it he was yellin at me ;c

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@sagunn Trashtalk, yell, and teabag in a beginner-level fun game, yet salty when he loses to skill and refuse to fairly follow the rules? Yeah, Matt is acting like a PoS here.

[@xann2681]

Its crazy how hype i was over Norah vs Matt, Norah literally started doing long combos out of nowhere like she discovered ultra instinct, while Matt was motivated by the other samurai player and learnt very clean pacing

[@Low_Fidelity_3D]

Matt was absolutely malding

[@Rana__]

Ellie hitting the Deus Ex Machina was so hype lol

[@ductovick1999]

I don't know how I got here but this tournament was the freshest and most fun idea I've seen from Guilty Gear. It was really impressive to see how they were learning to play. It was exciting to see Norah doing an aerial combo, Matt starting a round by teleporting (that was too threatening), or simply learning to reload with HC. I hope to see more of this

[@iliakatster]

"THE MIXUPS!" "THE OVERHEAD!" Those are mids my dude

[@BagelEnjoyer]

NECO ARC REAL​@@nahuel3433

[@hentacletentai2160]

better fundamentals than most ladder player

[@sagunn]

ladder cant be that bad right?

[@HazeEmry]

​@@sagunnI wish

[@ekzsuncz7610]

Fighting games are arguably the hardest genre in video games both to learn and to master. A gamer will have a tough time learning the basic so you know how it goes for those who have never touch a controller. Not to be condescending but it's entertaining to see someone trying their hardest to learn a fighting game and i will support them if they do come back. The look on their face when you only explain what each button do is one of my favorite. I gotta say though, this is a friendship goals right here. I don't know how many of your friend are playing games (any game) but it's clear that the majority of them never play fighting games. Your friends clearly don't get any benefit aside from seeing your satisfied face for accepting your shenagigans, in this case a fighting game tourney. Most of my friend don't play game and when i lend them my controller, they either afraid of failing or not interested. This leads to a lot of time i play alone and feel disconnected from my friend because i'm the only one who have a very different hobby. That being said, cheers to a long friendship my dude!

[@sagunn]

wow, honestly really thoughtful comment dude. sorry your friends are too afraid of the fire. im pretty sure my friends tried so hard for the ten dollar prize pool though (they are desperate)

[@wolfehlol774]

I think both Patrick and Norah both could be good at this given more time. They both got some good fundamentals down fast. Patrick with spacing and punishes and Norah with pressure and abusing the corner.

[@evilded2]

Very impressive adaptation from Norah in the Matt v Norah set, using the 6P the contest the Nago f.s rather than swinging into it with her own f.s.

[@sagunn]

so in simple terms norah was goated

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@sagunn And Matt z cks for being salty of repeated attacks even though he did it more than her. At least man up and take the liquid, man. That's just weak.

[@Danny-ky9tc]

Norah the absolute legend. Honestly would like to see everyone come back for an other tournament.

[@Filip3lainar]

yk it's gonna be good when a person that hasn't touched the game picks chaos

[@Xenowolf8]

Seeing the Meta develop around the first timers is incredible, and as expected the meta shifted to pick a a big range character and start swinging.

[@sagunn]

and then ram winning

[@wwa_minuet]

tried to work on my finals but instead became the #1 norah fan GRAAAAAAHHHH

[@sagunn]

ill tell norah dw, please pass yo exams tho

[@LittleMissMadeline]

same honestly. i have a final project i need to work on 😅

[@PerplexedPlayers]

This is an example of great content that's difficult to replicate, once you have all your players play the game...then they have played it and are thus no longer eligible for the greenhorn amateur-hour supreme tournament. Alternatively you could hold future tournaments with the same people so that the viewers can watch them improve in real time. This would need the players to be willing participants in something that isn't just a one-off though, which is often daunting for people once they have to face the expectation of improvement.

[@sagunn]

really educated thought yeah, i feel like i could still replicate this though if i threw them into a different game...

[@tronixchl2004]

Now that Elphelt's out you should do another one, also pretty fun to watch would love to destroy your friends at the game but that's not happening

[@sagunn]

i love elphelt so much

[@macanudo6206]

@@sagunn simp :)

[@gunnyisgoodboi4846]

@@macanudo6206COUNTER

[@RemixkingDystansy]

​@@macanudo6206TRUUUEEEE!!!!

[@LerminAura]

Should do this again after a like a month where everyone has their solo training arc to see their progress. Just a thought experiment.

[@chiko5602]

this is 10x more fun to watch than any ggst tourney XDDD

[@sagunn]

some of TNS top 8 tourneys are super entertaining as well thoughh...

[@hennhales]

The realest moment of this entire thing is the very intense real commentary for a tight match followed by (quieter than normal) "They're ALL sexy, it's Guilty Gear" as if offended at 23:17

[@janthejetplane5668]

I have never played guilty gear, i have never seen this channel before, but this shit had my hyped up the entire time. Congrats dude 🔥

[@Em_484]

i would be fun to watch a training arc or another tournament just to see how they grow as players

[@Spookyyyyiiii]

Omg this was so hype to watch, there is something about inexperienced players in fighting games being able to do inputs and such gives me adrenaline 😂

[@sagunn]

i dont know how they do it

[@window_waters4759]

I honestly loved seeing everyone improving - It really put a sense of hope into me as a new player I really hope at least some of them kept playing after the tournament :)

[@Dark_Aves]

The drinking of the mystery liquid should have been filmed lmao

[@echord6885]

I would love to see these people get into this game and come back in like a year and play another tournament, would be awesome to see what happens

[@mistikalcanavarlarparlamen3265]

Noah was the goat at understanding of her characters and the opponent’s range

[@vyllix8546]

These were the most hype 2 hours in video form, gave me some real nostalgia from doing these kinds of tournaments with the boys. Patrick with the absolute MASSIVE katana play, absolute goat

[@FaceD0wnDagon]

It is interesting watching the meta at these levels, though. There is the CLEAR trend of "big normals are king," but there is actually plenty of character diversity amongst "big normals." Nago is effectively a high-health, high-damage "punish character" who gets slightly outranged by many of the others, but doesn't have to win as many interactions. Testament is effectively acting as a purist, committing hard to even bigger buttons at the cost of speed and health. Bridget is probably the most rushdown despite falling back to huge pokes. Faust is playing bait-heavy with all the time he spends in the air. And Ram is probably the "Mario" in regards to the range-centric meta, having a bit of everything but not the best at any one thing.

[@sagunn]

and potemkin is happy to be there

[@milky_nyan]

this game stresses me out, but when bridget is onscreen, everything is okay again.

[@ikoijo]

BRO 16:03 I SPIT OUT MY DRINK THE CUT OFF

[@Elink88]

The absolute arms race of finding the longest range normals for these new players... Axl mains vibrating with anger as he gets glossed over on the select screen.

[@masonzorn415]

We NEED a sequel to this. I wanna see them grow fr.

[@rehmana9588]

The banter in this video is elite and editing makes it so much better

[@sagunn]

will try my best! ty!!

[@ShwingFlam]

NORAH VS PATRICK WAS SO HYPE

[@wojtekpiasecki1298]

Matt was such a baby for complaining about Norah as if he wasn't using only slash against her as well.

[@kuuul1113]

Holy shit i've never been so hyped watching a fighting game tournament

[@Mari-chan11]

So... I got this video recommended, but this is surprisingly hilarious and fun to watch that I didn't realize it was a 2 hr video :>

[@sagunn]

thank u for ur 2 hours

[@pdokik4952]

The ending montage of best moments with ''The Name of Heaven'' playing is SO GOOD! ( 2:13:00 ) You probably spent like 5 hours editing it.

[@sagunn]

idk even remember the time anymore man