Its Just the Fly, But Better

[@seeps9353]

I know balatro gets views, and I know it's a fun game that's fun to watch. But SAPs are my favorite videos to see uploaded. Clearly I'm a SAP stan.

[@JosiahBradley]

6:30 Skoottie comments about his soup to the waiter.

[@elijahs4180]

1:19 the anteater play is so funny

[@mito9425]

gotta get those jersey devil triggers somehow 💪🏼 fr though it caught me off guard

[@nuagor]

Level 2 Cerberus + Jersey Devil = domination. Level 3 Cerberus = cannon fodder.

[@savvasx.836]

Skoottie' s SAP videos are the best videos in KZbin

[@dcs305]

If you want to get into VGC play on Pokémon Showdown, the barrier to entry is much lower. They’re also many different formats or“game modes” you can try that aren’t just VGC.

[@deoxxys]

Yeah I want to see him do singles. It doesn't have to be OU but just not doubles

[@jamesmoniz5263]

@@deoxxysYES. don't play VGC unless you're just looking for a casual experience. If you're legit looking for a competitive experience singles is THE way to go. VGC refuses to ban or balance anything (they don't do bans). Its filling with rng BS and spamming over powered mons. There is no care taken to uphold the competitive integrity of the format and its only popular because Nintendo spends dummy amounts of money promoting it. This coming from a pretty mid competitive ex-competitive player. I've stolen some games from top level players, so I feel comfortable calling myself mid (aka not just some rando).

[@Carnables]

4:50 This generation of pokemon has been the most interesting competitive game to date! Wolfe Glicke and everyone at Beastcoast Pokemon are a great learning resource. I will say, it's a pain to get into tournaments with how expensive and time consuming it can be to get a standard team (buying games with exclusive legendaries and training your team). But Pokemon Showdown is a great alternative as a battle simulator with it's own competitive ladder.

[@takenname8053]

"Fly, But Better" Wins with Fly still. lol

[@Feralcapybara]

Holy. AtoZ is back 🙌🏽

[@murvee5907]

Enjoy it while it lasts buddy😢

[@fumokaze]

my favorite warf combo is breaking the fish that on faint gives the mana on attack fruit and just making the warf 50/50, been winning a lot with that, it's like a rhino but it snipes stuff behind randomly sometimes anything else appearing is just bonus like a roc or something else to make it hit more times

[@_Random__User_]

I will always be a sucker for how skootie plays this game over other content creators, he makes the most satisfying decisions, but I understand boltaro is getting more views rn

[@weewoomasterlol]

SKOOTTIE’S TEAM NAME IN GAME 2 LMAO

[@gabrielalves303]

Ok so about pokemon: its not difficult per se, it's very granular, there're a million little tiny things that impact the outcome of a match but the resources are amazing and it's generally somewhat straightforward. I would love to see you play pokemon showdown

[@Small_Panda]

It's the wow look how good Cerberus is for me 😂

[@Emu_Playz]

Don't we just love the cursed thumbnails 🥰😍

[@michealangelou411]

I love how Cerberus just has a little slugcat for the front head in the thumbnail (the one closest to the player)

[@matei3938]

I’m fairly certain that it’s a fly’s head photoshopped on

[@lred1383]

∩ ∩ ( * _ *) it's a very easy shape to make accidentally

[@plackt]

“It’s just the fly, but better”

[@birdofnyx376]

If you complete the full game and dlc, the grind in pokemon isnt that bad, once you finish maxes out the item printer, getting items and money is very easy. Also yeah you can have rental teams where you get a code and you get temporary pokemon in that team

[@sancheetb]

For pokemon I would recommend playing on online battle simulators like pokemon showdown. Since you're interested in the competitive side only, I don't think you should bother playing the base game.

[@calebspurling5266]

I found that random battles on showdown was a fun place to start learning Pokemon :D

[@SkuttIefish]

Showdown in general is probably the way to go since you can just generate the Pokemon no problem. Though as a Pokemon player I do enjoy grinding and training for Pokemon. Not enough for an actual competition tho

[@calebspurling5266]

@@SkuttIefish I enjoy the grinding, too to an extent. I feel like @skoottie would enjoy some nab abilities like shadow tag gothitelle or neutralizing gas weezing like @wolfeyVGC. or even some of the more fun abilities like alolan muk or dancer oriocorio.

[@SkuttIefish]

@@calebspurling5266 That's certainly what I like about competitive Pokemon! Though I do wonder what @skoottie would think of the aggressive meta players on showdown haha

[@CBGBBB]

Imagine if Pokémon has 5 team synergy combo battles like SAP 😂

[@jamesmoniz5263]

I mean.... it does?? but 6 team synergy because teams are 6 not 5. Gen 5 rain is crazy and literally exactly that. (wait, Im dumb, you said "combo battles".... not "5 team synergy combos, like SAP" . Sorry I misread)

[@GaslightCatan]

Ive been playing comp pokemon for 10 years. Reached multiple top 10 on ladders. I can help

[@jamesmoniz5263]

singles or doubles?

[@LatomLucem]

The most obvious feature of Cerberus was the three dog heads upon a single body, but Cerberus also possessed a mane of snakes, a serpent’s tail, and the claws of a lion; a truly deadly beast. Do not eat dogs.

[@GustavMuffinson]

Yes to competetive pokemon

[@rfhmitch1540]

thank you for playing super auto pet's even tho your other videos get tons more views. I click on every sap video you make :D

[@placeholderblankspace]

Gotta buff Fly now

[@WheelDragon]

Holy cow I just realized how well Balatro is doing compared to SAP on your channel. I mean SAP is always the bread and butter, but I'm glad youre getting bigger from Balatro too

[@MrCloudMaker]

SAP isnt getting much love!! Sucks cause i love these vids.

[@jamesmoniz5263]

Ok kinda random. But comp pokemon was brought up. If you wanna get into pokemon and you're a competitive person. Ignore VGC, doubles is the least competitive format, and its only popular because its super short games and the pokemon company spends dummy money promoting it. Competitive singles and smogon is where you gotta go if you want actually competitive pokemon (competitive as in formats that are balance around being played competitively, and tournaments with mad amounts of skill on display)

[@KaikiIsTaken]

I'll have to disagree, both doubles and singles have their own competitive space. Some pokémons such as Whimsicott, Incineroar and things like Tailwind and Intimidate are much more viable on VGC and the format opens up a lot of cool strategies that are impossible to work on singles.

[@jamesmoniz5263]

@@KaikiIsTaken It isn't a competitive format though? As in there is no balancing decisions. Evasion and sleep (in gen 5 is really bad) are unimpaired, and the formats are literally not balanced. Not as in "they are literally trash", but as in, Im being literal, they don't ban things or adapt the format to make it remotely competitive. Its ok to have fun in, and a format doesn't need to be competitive for people to take it seriously and play it. But if you're looking for maximum skill expression doubles just isn't it. (by design, its made to be 100 times faster than traditional games, and with as few restrictions as possible to make it easy to on board for people coming from the games.) (just to be clear, not saying there can't be tech, and people playing at the top level in VGC, or that its an issues with the concept of doubles battles. Its that VGC actively avoids adapting the format to be remotely competitive. Its an explosive concept [double battles] and formatting it without 0 consideration to competitive play or balance. Which is fine, and leads to an explosive format [which is what casual players tend to enjoy, short games with high stakes on every move that can decide the game]) (sorry this comment is getting massive~ but also, those listed strategies are also a thing in singles. I'd more list things like EQ spam along side your own flying/levitating pokemon and redirecting abilities as strategies unique to doubles. Pre regenerator, intimidate was debatably the best ability in the entire game, whimsicott does use its prankster ability in singles to sets up for other sweepers on your team, as well as in incineroar at points [I don't play much gen 7, so correct me if this is out of date info] being incredibly viable. Again not trying to say doubles can't have unique tech, just you didn't list any examples of that.)

[@KaikiIsTaken]

@@jamesmoniz5263 Honestly you're way off if you think Tailwind is a viable strategy for singles, it simply isn't. It's such a turn-consuming strategy that gets easily countered by a single turn trick room. Incineroar, Whimsicott, Grimmsnarl and others are only viable on the lowest tiers, and let's be honest, there are better options even there. Some moves, pokémons and strategies are only ever viable because of VGC's quick battle scheme. Being able to abuse Tailwind without switching, Intimidate affecting 2 pokémons at once, switching out pokémons from either side of the battlefield, that not to mention useless moves being great such as Helping Hand, Wide Guard, Follow Me, Heal Pulse, among others.

[@jamesmoniz5263]

@@KaikiIsTaken it literally was at some gen 6 and 7 teams at one point. prankster tailwind (ideally into getting knocked out for a free switch) into a slow u-turn (so the pokemon coming in doesn't take a hit), there was also some red card builds I recalled hearing about. (I think its also been used on offensive threats in and of themselves, because they don't require a switch to get a pay off) Lots of funky things prankster enables. Though I feel its important to mention, there is a difference between balanced, and having the most gimmicks. Double has no bans, a few unique mechanics, so ofc it has more things. But a ton of random stuff thrown into a pot without any consideration doesn't make for a competitive format. (also you're really letting your lack of experience show if you're not able to understand how insanely good intimidate is in singles, thats not remotely unique to doubles) VGC (not doubles as a whole, because Im not saying its impossible for a competitive doubles format to exist, in fact I think they do, they just aren't popular if Im not mistaken) has more things, but more things doesn't equate to competitive virtue. Just gonna take a wild guess and assume you haven't played competitively, just based on how you're making wild assertions about what is and isn't strong or viable in singles.(incorrectly) (also on that point about it being countered by trick room~ trick room isn't as common as in VGC. Trick room is typically run on bulk and hard hitting mons like reuniclus, not multiple pokemon on the same team. In addition to just not being a meta staple in most gens. Its good in gen 5, but relegated to only subsets of sand or HO steams. And in later gens its just not nearly as oppressive [gens 1-7 at least, Im no expert in gen 8 singles])

[@SirMD93]

I used to play Pokémon on showdown a few years ago and I actually got pretty good, competing for top 3 in RU tier, I tried to start playing again recently but I have no idea of the meta and new Pokémon it’s so hard to keep track of all the new stuff cus there’s so many now, also the RNG is tiresome and is why I stopped playing because one crit or status infliction can lose a game even if you predicted perfectly all game

[@andykins7028]

As far as VGC goes, it's been pretty common for players to hacked pokemon in tournament. They are cracking down on it more as of late though.

[@andykins7028]

You can also use rental teams if you're just playing online. That lowers the barrier of entry a bit.

[@notruminari5668]

Nobody care except the big pikachu and that one rage bait clout chaser that i forgot the name of

[@sheepwithshadesgaming4717]

Pokemon showdown is a great free website to fight other people in Pokemon

[@myersa80]

A fair amount of people care, but our concerns are simply dismissed as being "Verlis stans" even if people have no idea who he is. That aside, name a single other franchise where tournament play happens and players are allowed to hack their games in any way while still being tournament legal?

[@ScoffMathews]

Hacked pokemon that have legal moves have no downside, wanting that to be enforced will just generate a pay to win competitive environment.

[@zeke28]

Cerberus is cute

[@shakircottle8959]

I missed AtoZ 🥲

[@murvee5907]

Can someone explain to me what pilling the ant eater does?😅 i know it summons a lvl 3 ant but and he sells them but what does it do? 😅😂

[@NerifTheOracle]

for jersey devil to work

[@murvee5907]

I spent to much time looking back for what it did, only to find out later that it was for the Jersey devel 😂 Thanks buddy 🥰

[@nino8785]

Please more AtoZ 😥

[@hrod4868]

When did this game get so hard? its not casual anymore, its just filled with try hards. Its a game about emojies....

[@malditomar]

I love you

[@ramanmonkey]

You should try out Pokemon it would be fun to watch you learning competitive battling. If you don't want to grind you can try out Pokemon showdown. I'd recommend you to try singles first before trying VGC format since doubles are a lot more complex.

[@d3v934]

first-- i clicked on this video early...?

[@gabrielalves303]

I will advise you though, I think you're gonna get burned out and confused real quick if you start with doubles, coming from a SAP background starting with singles would be a much simpler adaptation.

[@jamesmoniz5263]

Fake news lol. This coming from someone who's a pretty mid singles player (I've stolen a fair share of games against top level comp players). Singles is by far more competitive and has more room for skill expression. Doubles has no balancing or bans, so the meta's get more centralized with less matchups you need to understand. In addition to much shorter games. VGC is a much less competitive format, but also easier to on board to if you're looking for casual fun. As a competitive player its not appealing to me, but its certainly not the more complicated format

[@gabrielalves303]

@@jamesmoniz5263 I'm not saying it's more or less competitive, it's just a simpler version of the game with far better resources

[@bradwurst8141]

VGC > Smogon Singles >>>>> Nuzlocke content

[@Frogan..]

just play pokemon showdown skoottie

[@leonvanweel4934]

Skoottie getting into pokemon via VGC is the fastest way to quit pokemon. I speak from experience here.

[@ishnenigans]

Why is skootie farting?

[@grocks50_98]

19 views in 2 minutes? Skootie really fell off

[@RaizenEx1]

Nah he didnt but his sap videos really surprisingly get the lowest views compared to his other videos Thats probably why he's not posting them as often as he used to, which is sad, cuz thats pretty much the only thing i watch since i don't play nor understand the other games he plays

[@christwopher]

Likely due to it being not balatro a more popular series but it broadens his audience

[@Valkyrae3]

It’s probably also why NL discontinued SAP

[@RaizenEx1]

@@Valkyrae3 sad times have come

[@MrPrettyInPinkTV]

The death of sap is so sad it sucks not having skootie and nl streaming it as often as I have to work harder for background entertainment during work

[@matrizoshka1097]

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