The Story Behind the Craziest Match in osu! History

[@n3rdiness]

Thank you everyone for your support

[@charlielance5979]

the goat

[@potatoplayer6475]

:D

[@agennt009]

NEW N3RDINESS VIDEO, everyone has to wake up, this so amazing, and im watching rn and this video is already a masterpiece thank you for ur vidoes, they are great

[@umbreon_plays64owo]

so glad to see you back and doing well

[@v1lo176]

yw

[@4us1onOsu]

Those that said "oh this owc is boring the usa won" must be f-cked out of their minds. Yeah usa won but the overall owc was f-cking amazing. So many ups and downs, forum performing at his best, VAXEI was there despite not being at his peak. And many more. OWC 2023 has been the most phenominal tournament to ever witness

[@loopen]

i think 2018 and 2019 were the best but yeah this one was good. 2018 was most hype, and 2019 was most breathtaking (vaxei gaming)

[@4us1onOsu]

@@loopen OWC 2023 had so many unpredictable moments

[@Qwerty-dr7gi]

So then is it really okay to say this match was a completely flawless one? Imagine performing like worst hr player did, setting 2 of the best tournament scores ever in a single tournament to then only get to the same result with a best team you ever had and let's not be delusional most likely he will ever have in owc, defeated by a roster with top mc players being rektygon and barely active retired top player who against all odds turned on so once again SK could lose

[@MinhHoang-kg8mh]

like what do those people even want the US to do??? lose on purpose just to please your viewing experience? its so stupid

[@doworian]

@@MinhHoang-kg8mh sorry, as "one of those people", i want to see someone else BESIDES the US win, obviously i don't want them to just stop playing the fucking map on purpose, i just want to see another country win after so long

[@yuukamei]

“Doubters be silenced - believers be vindicated” has to be one of the single hardest things ever said in esports commentary and it’s seriously not even close. When I watched it live that shit gave me chills.

[@Nryan-ks5tz]

the line was actually stolen from league worlds 2023 in one of their bracket stage matches from a caster called medic

[@patrickcriel8935]

I agree line is hard as hell. Watch CS caster. League NA casters when they do well. It's insane. Casters carry esports and its not even close

[@b1rch]

THIS CANNOT BE REAL, AM I DREAMING??????? The king is back

[@Fancybradude]

Yo real

[@astraea5542]

glazing

[@Xspen-0]

YOU THINK YOUR THE KING IM THE KING

[@Kelvin0032]

Craziest OWC in 52 minutes and its summarized in a well edited video

[@potatoplayer6475]

truly the craziest match in osu! history (I am an npc)

[@TheRealVenusian]

I just watched almost an hour of video about an esports tournament I didn’t even know existed, about a rhythm game I don’t even play. You’ve earned a sub from me, sir. You should be proud. (also I love the commentators on these matches!)

[@gblaze3259]

Pretty much the same predicament here lol

[@sircatrieefsdfsd]

Bro I watched this with my dad, that shit was fire asf.

[@the.true.A]

W dad

[@Enzo_1098]

as a filipino im proud that both PH team losses are to them

[@eyeballin2485]

Man... I wasnt there watching owc but this encapsulates everything from intensity to rivalry perfectly. Thank you for making this !

[@huejanuel2292]

This video is amazing! I love your way of storytelling. You legitely made my heart race by the intensity of your storytelling even tho I knew the outcome of the story already It genuenly was a joy to watch. Keep up the amazing work man!

[@TuNguyen-tl1xm]

Idk why people think USA is the villain. They have a perfect hero journey that I have ever seen, losing and getting kick down to loser bracket, drama about the roster, and being a head a couple time but at the end of day they still rise up as a victor.

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

Everyone is the hero of their own story

[@RealistikDash]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[@riyuiwashere]

@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7yet the hero always wins isn’t it?

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

@@riyuiwashere depends on your definition of "win"

[@absolut5head101]

​@@riyuiwashere you mostly look from the perspective of the winner

[@ryangbw]

the voice i love(sorry ed) when it comes to osu documentaries

[@4_qu]

incredible video, pretty much took my feelings of this entire owc out of my mouth and into an incredibly well put-together video literally made me get on the edge of my seat despite knowing exactly what happened lmao

[@Xspen-0]

51:11 THATS CRAZY FOR AVA LOL

[@a_va_]

i got done DIRTY but its chill

[@Xspen-0]

@@a_va_your stupid but like good stupid not the bad stupid so at least you get the good stupid

[@n3rdiness]

I appreciate and care for all my friends a lot :D (But yeah she's kinda dumb sometimes)

[@Xspen-0]

@@n3rdiness I mean we can all be dumb at times. Like on time when I was writing a test i was looking at my friends paper and i wrote his name instead of mine but he did get an A so i kinda helped him out

[@teciitooo]

What do you mean this video has ONLY 33K VIEWS?? You made me feel so invested on this and I haven't touched osu or thought about it for the last idk 9 years. This 1h video felt like 10mins lmao it was a great watch

[@Ansesteri]

hmmm why n3rdiness isn't making videos, surely osu history goat woudn't make a 50 minute video. Its awesome, I'm glad that you are back

[@Undercovor]

really great video, didn't even realize it's 50 minutes and enjoyed it all the way. great script, really could feel some emotion through your voice and editing

[@samikay626]

You work absolute magic. I managed to stay engaged to an almost hour long video with only 1 skip- which never happens. I have the attention span of a goldfish, this video was such a nail biter I didn’t even read the comments during!!! You have TALENT. I don’t even play this game! I’ve watched like a max of 10 videos about osu before. Insanely good video.

[@d1ddles01]

Love the video, was great to remember this amazing tournament that i had to wake up at 3am to watch before work XD. Just one thing I didn't like was the music overlapping during the intense tournament moments, I suppose some songs dont fit too well mid the narrative but especially songs like VANITAS were MADE for that scene, it felt quite annoying and also the overlapping music was a problem only solved by increasing the volume of the edited music and drowining out the commentators. Overall though, I loved it. Now I have a reference to show my friends why this match was so insane (and also teach me more about the older history of these two teams).

[@Zyluki]

even if he didnt have his background music play, you cannot hear vanitas over the commentators screaming like monkeys every 2 seconds

[@shadowshowz8060]

I haven't played osu! seriously in years, and the last time I watched anything related to osu! was the 2022 OWC. Thanks for bringing me back in the most anticipating and entertaining way possible.

[@Cody-Coyote]

Never watched osu esports before, nor have i watched your channel before, but this was an excellent video. I actually was cheering for SK to win it all, but i still gotta give it to U.S. that was a crazy lower bracket run, and to be 2 points down on match point in the finals is crazy in any situation. Gg wp. These moments are what makes esports so fantastic.

[@ltms_7851]

You kept me glued to the screen for 50 minutes talking about a game I played less than the duration of this video. Insane narration, you've earned a follower.

[@謁]

welcome back, love the content as usual.

[@tachyonsls9692]

your choices of background music during this video hit me so hard. Tearing up. Why would you put weight of the world in the end. This hurts. Great video. Great storytelling on a monumental matchup!

[@v1lo176]

52 mins??? nice, i never actually watched any of your videos that much but ive seen reactions to them and ive heard great things about ur channel

[@CesiIIia]

Great video! Ending this with 'weight of the world' is so perfect!!!

[@iRWQFSFASXCi]

45:52 what a honor for Him :) thats like being creator of Final GD Level on World Finals orcreator of Final Maxmode in FNaF Tournament Finals

[@krotoxx]

I still think 2017 OWC China vs USA will always be the best match in my opinion. there was nothing more tense going into furioso melodia tie breaker waking up the house when we won from cheering. when you could still fail out of a map so it had that extra layer. but this match is also one of the most tense

[@alsn_]

Easily one of the best videos I've ever seen, I was enthralled the entire time. You presented the storyline of SK so well and really showed how crazy this entire tournament was. Great video, and now I'm even more conflicted on whether I wanted USA to continue their streak or have that insane SK roster win it all for the Faker/OWC storyline.

[@Qyoh3]

love your videos man. God dang i have been reminded again of that tiebreaker, it was suffocating but fr that was the most chaotic play between the 2 giants

[@JonathanScarlet]

Salute to Vaxei, the greatest Osu! Tourney player to ever grace the game. It's like an older veteran coming out of retirement for one last run to ride off into the sunset in style. We all know the US will lose eventually. Might even be this year in 2024, might be next year, might be two years. The only way they won't is if Osu spontaneously implodes enough that there can't even be another OWC. But damn was that one hell of a story.

[@kambe5754]

wc back goat n3rdiness ❤

[@ZebbyX]

The video edition, your narritve and the delicious music picks for this video made it so epic wtf. I forgot which was the last time I watched a video this long nonstop, it captivated my attention completely, this definitely summarizes well the most epic match and OWC in osu history!

[@BahnOsu]

watching a n3rdiness vid in 2024 newly released an hour ago is peak fr

[@tonhoy]

This gave me same energy as watching a summoning salt video, had me on the edge of my seat at the ending. Brilliant storytelling and a brilliant story to tell.

[@eigaoH]

I do not know why this video appeared in my recommended as I’ve never watched or played OSU. With that being said thank you for sharing this story as it may be my favorite KZbin video I’ve ever watched. You made a masterpiece!

[@astral3488]

incredible video bro. I wish u showed the whole burning star score from forum. it is quite easily the greatest tournament score ever. absolute insanity

[@otherswillreco888]

okay but is no one gonna recognize that commentators monologue at the end, that gave me absolute goosebumps woah

[@hacker-hg3ks]

OWC: USA is a villain bcuz theyre way too good meanwhile TWC:

[@snikkol6298]

great video as always man, dont play too much anymore but i still love the game, I wish SK would've won but USA really put their hearts in and deserved it.

[@sheppsu7353]

banger video 🔥🔥🔥felt like I was reliving that crazy owc

[@Ltjrox]

Never watched or played OSU in my life but the narration was spot on and made it super fun, not to mention the announcers were electric. Great video 😁

[@WojtekWawrow]

Wonderful video, you have great scripting skills and know how to keep a video hype and entertaining throughout. Just a joy to watch. Looking forward to the next ones :)

[@kovancio]

Jesus christ, this video is amazing. It feels like watching a movie, matchs were so fun to watch. Amazing job, goat.

[@sinusoidalKant]

This was my fourth time coming back to this and watching it in it's entirety, It's amazing!

[@rspirval]

such a nicely made, well edited video

[@voiceoftheguns27]

48:05 I barely know the game, and the commentators gave me goosebumps, here (music did help, too). All of USA...All of USA...ALLLLLLLLLL OF USA...!

[@ForegroundEcIipse]

this is the best owc match

[@vsidd7322]

Dude this is crazy. Great job

[@Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Seeing the US players pop off with immense joy and relief that they had won after all the shit hurled at them during those weeks always reminds me why, besides the fact they're fellow countrymen, I keep cheering for them to succeed year after year: I don't want any one of them to feel responsible for (in the event it eventually does happen) letting everyone down as a representative for the single greatest country to ever play this game.

[@astrosnipa5752]

I don't follow the OSU community or watch it at all but anytime I see something regarding the OSU World cup, I immediately watch. This video was amazing to watch as someone who knows very little about OSU.

[@Leon1NEU]

OMG HE FOUND HIS KZbin PASSWORD but for real glad we have a n3rdiness vid again

[@kamsin036]

what a video! I can’t believe I actually watched the whole thing about a game I know very little about and it was great!

[@maxim-miau]

I love n3rdiness' videos, the highest quality osu! documentations

[@Hazedboss]

Never watched OSU, but this was an epic video. I'm sure it took a very long time. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of the wonderful world of OSU.

[@Deybis]

the freaking weight of the world playing at the end is such a nice touch is very muy bien

[@Gabberbam]

50 minute video? Morr like 2 minutes with how fucking good it was. From Furioso Melodia, to VANITAS, the USA is something else till the very end.

[@aidenmcknight2884]

My favorite part about this match is that the tiebreaker is literally called Vanitas. The US winning was predicted from the moment that song was named.

[@Famed_quote]

I’ve never heard of this game in my life but in one video I fell in love with the community and the story this is like super Mario 64 all again with summoning salt lol.

[@Mylksix]

Incredible video as always n3rd!!

[@marcosuksatlife9905]

Making this single 52 minute video must have taken a shit ton of time, it's really well done. I hope you get a really good career out of this

[@kyledabearsfan]

I dont even know anything about competitive osu and i was hooked, great script! So exciting!

[@flesh997tt7]

not even an osu fan and I still found myself hooked

[@mujtabaalam5907]

The strongest OWC in history vs the strognest OWC of today

[@caioqueirozZ7]

it was 53 minutes long ? what ? I guess that's enjoying something hun, it goes by FAST ! Thanks for making these videos :)

[@vp7219]

Nice vid and I know it’s for the sake of building up to something big, but TB definitely wasn’t as hype as you made it out to be lol. Match was decided when Boshyman clutched for the US and sent them to tiebreaker. TB was always gonna go to US unless Karcher pulled off a literal miracle.

[@thewhiteloaf2175]

"DOUBTERS BE SILENCED, BELIVERS BE VINIDICATED" goes too fucking hard

[@NullPxl]

Great music choices!

[@kommisar_chiptune]

I'm still humbled my song was picked twice

[@Riyoe]

south korea tragically got hard cursed though especially with karcher injuring his finger

[@flooosha2376]

even the injury won't stop it from fc'ing freemod 2

[@Azuto..]

"last year karcher ripped their soul in half" got me dying

[@Hemimana]

22:50 get it? Because cut paper, haha…. (sigh)

[@duykhanh09103]

nice vid as always. Welcome back

[@Axolotl_zz]

wow dude what a fucking banger video good job, we've missed you

[@moike6592]

I’ve been foaming at the mouth waiting for your return mr nerdiness

[@Touchpad02]

Such a great video 🎉

[@actial]

HE BACK GG

[@dlnn.]

great video, awesome work!

[@Jordanllorens08]

I mean I just like watching all the good players play as a community in the biggest event osu has idc who wins I think they all had a great time 😊

[@egidapalatina]

Ok I don't want to break all the crazy storytelling and stuff but there's a reason the US can win so consistently (and why they will continue to be a dominant force) that may not be obvious to people who don't play in tournaments so I thought I might explain. Basically, the US as a country have a lot of players. And by a lot I mean, out of all players ranked 100k or less a whole 1/5th of them are from the US. This also stays true at every rank, so 1/5th of the top 1000 players are from the US. The US have an almost limitless pool of talented players to choose from and actually, you'll notice that they are one of the teams with the highest turnover replacing almost their entire roster every year to bring in fresh, sometimes even inexperienced talents (and still win anyway). Now comes the issue of scaling. In osu! tournaments, mappools get progressively harder as you enter later stages of the tournament. But OWC is a little special in this regard because the earlier rounds are very easy (compared to open rank tournament standards) while the late stages have a more classical scale (with occasionally GF TB being super hard). Easier pools let people who are all-round consistency demons but don't scale too well shine - basically our goat CutPaper. These two components come together in a way that massively favors the US. As the rounds progress, all teams (yes, even SK) start to experience 4th player syndrome where on any given map they might only have 2 or 3 players that are comfortable enough. Currently, the US are the only country with a deep enough playerbase that they can find 4 players with the necessary scaling on any skillset. This is why Canada can clobber them in Quarterfinals but would 100% lose in Grand Finals, this is also why they start to barely lose any points from Finals onwards. Even SK bringing them to TB feels like it happened only thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime performance from Forum. So how do you defeat the US? There are 2 options : either another country manages to get 8 world class players with infinite scaling together, or smaller countries get so good at consistency that they upset the US and make them drown in early rounds. Idk, both seem pretty fucking hard.

[@djolem9]

crazy you used the nier song for the credits, good job

[@DicedTea]

hey mate, great work on the 52 minute video (the editing and script making job must have taken forever)

[@im_a_fancy_lad]

great video ;D got me hyped for owc 2024

[@Not_mera]

I live with one of the aus players and am a supportive partner, so I watched every aus match. I have a strange relationship with tournaments becuase of it. So, despite tuning in for the grand finals, I have forgotten who tf actually won. Let me tell you, i was on the edge of my seat. Knowing that as soon as it was revealed, I'd go "oh yeah, i knew that"

[@manavgamer5313]

BROO!!!!! MREKK SET A NEW PP RECORD!!!!!! WHERE'S THE VIDEO?????

[@OnyxRev3nge]

great video! hyped for OWC 2024 :D Lets go USA!! Forum IS faker

[@RaidenEdits]

Proud to say I watched the entirety of OWC live. It was so amazing!!! Every match was so exciting and fun to watch. I wish SK won because they truly deserved it no less than than the USA. But nontheless it was a beautiful tournament.

[@rodrigohernandez222]

the greatest sorcerer of all time vs the most powerful sorcerer of the current day

[@honca2566]

2017 final still crazier imo but good vid nonetheless

[@Mixalis_Sakoulas]

This watch was my first OWC ever im so hhappy that i was there for this amazing match

[@dekcohSGaming]

very crazy indeed. it just unbelievable to think about.

[@ATanCommander]

great video n3rd!

[@granular__]

video about akolibed pp record when??? 😢😢 welcome back king, we've missed you ❤

[@jestermcchuckle6171]

Faker participating in owc 2023 was something else.

[@zer0467]

I still wonder how this owc gf would have turned out if the TB was a map worst hr player could've played

[@lazyeyes2842]

I just watched a whole movie, and it was amazing

[@Shrug1]

hoLY that was a very good video keep it up!

[@konstantinsotov6251]

Now waiting for OWC2024 to be even more chaos

[@Fall635]

Yo did the best return we could've ever imagine ! Be proud king 👑 here's your crown 🤝