I Entered a Professional Pokemon Tournament

[@RTGame]

Welcome back to Showdown Sundays. Watch my entire 2012 KZbin video series featuring me when I was 17 here in all its glory kzbin.info/aero/PLliBvQE3gg9dLRoLZi5LE8RZ9nt9A2K3k

[@deceitfulmat2411]

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[@KazakhV3]

I dare you to put this video in the Showdown Sundays playlist :)

[@jeromysnepvangers4189]

Are you planning on playing pokemon legends btw? Would love to see it! Oh and of course love ur stuff

[@solitudeguard3138]

It’s a Thursday Daniel

[@gammaseer]

was that gen 3 all a joke or real?

[@dancingchineseman5033]

The only reason RTGame didn’t win was because they didn’t let him drift

[@redcc9765]

True

[@JustAnthon]

Did you know they used to call him the Drift King back in college?

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@JustAnthon No I think you got it wrong here, it wasn't drift king it was drift daddy

[@albertjordan3249]

True. They banned driftloon explicitly so Dan couldn't win. Really unfair honestly.

[@similar_username]

@@Sir_Bucket Daddy's about to beat the kids. in pokemon I mean

[@HazeEmry]

The fact that RT got acknowledged enough by the Pokemon community to be chosen for a tournament, defeated and was praised by well-known Poketubers, and ranked best non-poketuber is just amazing! Congrats on 4th Dan!

[@charlienixon4821]

I love how serious he takes this, then when it comes to other pokemon stuff, he goofs around. Never seen rt with a more serious and strategic mindset

[@deluxedistrait]

He was really using a fraction of his power that entire time. I was blown away by how good he is at this

[@thepokemaniac2878]

@@deluxedistrait until he forgets what type pokemon are

[@tylermonacchio2163]

The only other time I've seen RT use even 3% of his full power was in Harthstone and even then he chained himself to the whims of Twitch Chat to make it fair for the rest of his rivals.

[@kamikazegamer3553]

Only times were this and his nuzloke run

[@lorde_spooky]

That's what I love about RT, he genuinely knows what he's doing to some extent. It's like he's playing with weights on and occasionally drops them and reveals his full power.

[@PM7]

Was an absolute blast to play against you, GGs man!

[@StickMaster500]

I can’t believe you beat RT after giving him his one weakness: Leon’s Charizard

[@pundynethepunniest3990]

@@StickMaster500 speaking of which, did you know that Leon is the undefeated champion and he has a charizard?

[@SuperGravyMan]

This is a really weird crossover after having watched you both independently for years

[@grimreaper9121]

You should do a collab with him

[@copocopocopocopo]

@@pundynethepunniest3990 What?! I didn't know that!!

Was an honor to have you and see you slay some giants!

[@iitsLeaf]

hello, god.

[@hannahfbr]

hell yeah

[@icarue993]

@@iitsLeaf Is Jan a Biduf?

[@mattymerr701]

I can't believe we get to see you on this channel again. Quite nice to see

[@RTGame]

Thanks so much for the invite!! Loved every moment of it

[@trulymrword]

RT's a member of the Elite Four now. They call him the Drift King.

[@alexzander7386]

Surely he has been called this before? Maybe even as far back as college

[@BaconIsWatching]

His entire team is just drifblims with swift, rollout, mud-slap and swagger.

[@discordlexia2429]

Drift King Daniel wants to battle!

[@Pihsrosnec]

@@BaconIsWatching replace mudslap with minimise

[@lorde_spooky]

All his pokemon are specialized in drifting, they may be bad at fighting but they can powerslide like a motherfucker

[@Tylendal242]

Switching to Corsola against the Ditto was a kaiju sized big-brain play.

[@lucayaki]

I mean, he could've used Draco Meteor and Corsola would've stalled him out either way, I think

[@foreignerhill]

Then came the encore dugtrio switch for that tbolting gothitelle, crazy

[@lunarixis9957]

@@lucayaki Ditto was also paralyzed, but you can't fault the smart, safe thinking.

[@StickMaster500]

Welcome to Showdown Sundays. After 9 years since the last episode, hopefully it will have been worth the wait.

[@lunaticsolis]

My favorite cla-pokemon (force of habit) is the sp-bidoof (again, force of habit)

[@bionicdragon5]

To stop the Drift King, take control. Press the Drift King in addition.

[@saxx9088]

Unfortunately it is Thursday

[@HazeEmry]

It most definitely was

[@enb6720]

thank you, and have fun.

[@gameboy3433]

I think people tend to forget how strategic RT actually is. Was an absolute treat to show how smart you are at this game.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I never really played PvP Pokemon. I had no idea how much like chess it is, like he was legit thinking three moves ahead

[@DaLatinKnight]

And doesn't he purposely goof around in games nowadays because he got exhausted with being super strategic in games when he was younger? Like damn I didn't know he was this good.

[@waltzofbrokenbones3117]

Reminded me of when he played hollow knight and how unexpectedly good he was at that

[@_marou_]

@@DaLatinKnight that's why he's called the drift King back in college

[@helplmchoking]

@@DaLatinKnight he used to go into like RPGs with a genuine spreadsheet of items, quests, things he wanted to do and shit so now he just plays to enjoy it. But his wacky gameplay relies on skill. He memes the final back to back in his Black Nuzlocke, no legendary and leading a Patrat for the joke. And he still won (with literally one pokemon alive)

[@dallunatic]

"good luck to you" "thanks a lot" "FUCKER" That killed me. I loved watching this tournament live, this made me sleep way too late but it was worth it. You did such a good job for someone that wasn't professional, you even got applaud for a few moves by Joey !

[@dallunatic]

Also, the fridge was running and love to see it. Fridge best pokemon.

[@sneakysnek484]

timestamp pls?

[@Paradoxum177]

@@sneakysnek484 17:41

[@sneakysnek484]

@@Paradoxum177 thank u :D

[@Chamadzero]

@@dallunatic "Beedrill is slower?? I mean this guy is a fridge"

[@bugorchard]

The Articuno defeating Ho-Oh was absolutely incredible to see live, Dan chose patience over panic and it seriously paid off

[@M4SKED2001]

Even though you aren't a professional (by Pokemon standards, the Drift King would disagree otherwise), getting 4th place is honestly amazing. Good shit Dan

[@bertillethdalsgaard9341]

why spoil dude

[@PopeMical]

@@bertillethdalsgaard9341 Your the one browsing comments when you haven't finished the video. What do you expect people to NOT talk about how well he did on the video?

[@M4SKED2001]

@@PopeMical thank you sir

[@help.chiakinanami.1789]

I think he played gen 6 OU when it was the current gen metagame

[@dustypaladin9216]

@@bertillethdalsgaard9341 because these are the comments, which are specifically here for discussing the video above the comment section. wtf do you think everyone is going to talk about, pancakes?

[@sailorstarchild]

I like it that RT slips back into his Von Karma voice when he does something devious.

[@YasEmisDaBus]

For you see, I have entered Daniel's mind and am part of him now!

[@nixel1324]

@@YasEmisDaBus Von Karma no!

[@radtrainlord8126]

@@nixel1324 I read both of these in rt's voices lol

[@turnham4327]

Kiwo freaking out at 9:40 while RT is just chatting normally is absolute perfection

[@HazeEmry]

I can hear her voice reading her messages which was crazy 😂

[@anthonygarcia8344]

I love that RT is recognized enough by the Pokémon community to be invited to this and recognized by the Minecraft community to be invited to MCC. All around one of the most versatile gamers 👍🏼

[@waterlemonandfriends]

And the cities skylines tournaments. What a world-renowned gamer

[@specimen057]

I'm not really surprised he made it to top 4 I'm more so impressed with how easily he can maintain focus during a competition. Some of his strategies were very impressive as well encoring the T-Bolt into a dugtrio was definitely very smart move one that I probably wouldn't have seen as an option, good job Daniel you made some very impressive plays.

[@HazeEmry]

Making Ludwig transform into Corsola was also big brain. He played well most of the tourney and only got really cucked by RNG and the mons he got. Even then he pulled through in half of them

[@specimen057]

@@HazeEmry very true.

[@IncogRacc]

@@HazeEmry yeah he did do really well but rng went his way alot with the paralysis his luck was 50/50 for his opponents and him

[@specimen057]

@@IncogRacc After seeing a lot of Daniel's content even circling back and seeing his TF2 content you don't really see him as the type who can maintain that level of focus for extended periods of time like during a competition but after seeing his nuzlockes I can definitely say he has more Pokemon expertise than the average variety content streamer so seeing him enter into the top 4 was not a huge surprise but I was very much impressed by his place since it takes a lot of focus and patience to plan your moves and predict your opponents he's shown he has both.

[@IncogRacc]

@@specimen057 yeh I'm not denying it at all how far he got I'm saying rng didn't play a major role

[@tritondemius3723]

This was easily the most stressful stream I have ever watched. Whenever a move was used that wasn't 100% accuracy, there was always a big chance to miss

[@buggart]

That's XCOM baby! Wait, wrong franchise...

[@pluto3194]

If it's not 100% it's 0%

[@bionicdragon5]

The RNG in Pokemon is bonkers.

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

XCOM rules, assume anything less than 100% will miss.

[@KingNedya]

If it's not 100% accurate it's 50% accurate.

[@justafish4452]

Even though RT isn’t considered a professional, he really has the potential to be one

[@grim1044]

Maybe. I dont think he would ever want to be one though. I think he likes how it is because he can basically pick and choose when to upload

[@danieljensen2626]

@@grim1044 I could see him doing it in the background and just not streaming it honestly. If he has time.

[@eat2861]

He has the makings of a varsity Pokémon player

[@TheTbrWolf]

“ Little Carbink, you’ve got to fight antimatter” 🤣 these games are so ridiculous and I love it

[@Patterrz]

GGs! fun matches :D

[@MasterofLaziness]

That is genuinely impressive. Shows how much you played the games growing up. Only disappointment is you didn't take on Wolfey. I was hoping to see how you'd handle the "World Champ".

[@SPZ-gv2on]

No offense to RT of course, but I feel like it would be very one sided. In the gens where RT was more comfortable, I could see it going even, but wolfey has much more experience with mechanics and general strategy. RT played well in the tounament, but coming from a competitive standpoint, he just doesn't have the experience in my eyes. I would like to see it though, and wolfey is great, so a potential collab would be lovely.

[@pokeaimMD]

Finally saw this! Dude you did so well. I was watching in between games and some of the plays were so solid.

[@jackwhite2654]

Honestly, roar on every pokemon is so ludicrously genius that I'm surprised everyone isn't doing it

[@HazeEmry]

Takes up a slot, doesn't advance game state, low priority move are my guesses

[@Cuestrupaster]

Kiwo was so happy in the chat... I hope she get a chance to talk with those people too...

[@HazeEmry]

Pretty sure she stayed the whole stream too. Absolute chad

[@paulcasanova1909]

When I saw SmallAnt was your first opponent I was like "This is going to be a close match, but hopefully you win" because that man has done so many challenge runs that he knows so many cheeky strats inside and out. I got scared for you there

[@lucasm4886]

I had no clue Dan was so skilled, the corsila read was ingenious

[@faloughasch9239]

Honestly your call outs and predictions were absolutely insane. If your luck was a bit better at the end there I'm sure you would have made it to the finals.

[@deceitfulmat2411]

The Drift King is my true Pokémon champion

[@NuclearApocolypse]

Draft Daddy*

[@deceitfulmat2411]

@@NuclearApocolypse Ah yes, of course. My apologies

[@TDTProductions]

So I dont really “do” pokemon… but this was the most entertaining thing Ive watched all week.

[@TimeturnerJ]

The last thing I was expecting today was to watch RT absolutely _stream roll_ some of these legendary players - these are people who I've seen do absolutely insane shit in Pokémon, and RT takes them out just like that. I gotta admit it, I underestimated him. That was really badass! 😆

[@tfavors28]

When I see the phrase “I’m a professional “ I will forever think of that episode of game changer where they completely improvised a musical on the spot for half and hour. And it was amazing!

[@celene_moon]

I can't afford dropout but the clips that I've seen have been absolutely amazing

[@baronsionis6855]

This was top tier entertainment, love watching entertaining yet skilled players like yourself dominate.

[@thehiddenartist3770]

20:03 the distress and hopelessness in dans voice when hes says "i have a fridge.." KILLS me

[@LMC_Jarred]

I can't believe he beat Smant. I'm just so used to him winning, like, everything. It's like his whole shtick. XD

[@justNexi]

I have never shown any interest in Pokemon ever, haven't played any of the games and yet I sat through 40 minutes of this. Great video, congrats on top 4!

[@mechaswool]

I'm still very impressed that RT got so far in the tournament

[@liloldman5998]

wdym he used to do Showdown Sundays. He basically is the best Pokemon Player

[@radosbarner1734]

Congrats on a top 4 finish. In actual pokemon sanctioned tournaments, that would give you the points needed to continue so...technically this is still a win!

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

The madlad. *He actually beat SmallAnt.* Te man, te myt, te legend: *RTGame!*

[@felixhenson9926]

How non-Irish ppl think Irish people say 'the': te How they actually do: de

[@Luuuna]

This was the most stressful thing I have ever watched live, and I loved every second

[@cost1242]

I'd always thought of a idea where you would use your nuzlocke team in a huge pokemon tournament hosted by pokechallenges. This is the closest thing to my dream.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Based on what I gather from WolfeyVGC's video, you ended up going down to a player he considered to be among the top 3 threats of the tournament, and you went to the tie breaker at that. That's a pretty impressive showing, for a comedy/variety streamer, and the highest ranking non-PokeTuber.

[@calfriedman6981]

2:03 Is your refrigerator running? Yes, and it’s very fast

[@grimcat5the5thhunter58]

A SmallAnt and RTGame collab would be kinda sick ngl

[@danieljensen2626]

I like them both but I feel like they have pretty different personalities though. Smallant is always competitive and RT mostly likes to fuck around. (Although sometimes his fucking around is competitive, like the 100% traffic efficiency spaghetti junction.) Other than Pokemon the only game they really have in common is Minecraft but idk if RT even really plays Minecraft normally since he only really streams community builds.

[@HazeEmry]

I mean they DID play Super Mario 3D World with RubberRoss and PointCrow

[@TCStink3]

@@danieljensen2626 they played 3D World together and that stream showed that Tanner was perfectly capable of fucking around just like Dan. I’m sure they could bounce well of one another.

[@LestrangeChild]

I play pokemon like someone blindfolded with a shotgun, so this was genuinely one of RT's most captivating vids I've ever watched. The mind of him! Would love to see more of this.

[@Nixahma]

Interesting thing is that SmallAnt1 is incredibly good at creative solutions with limited resources. It'll be interesting to see how he does with practically infinite options.

[@oricalu448]

"Beedrill is slow, this guys a fridge!"

[@wassupitsyaboi3680]

i watched this whole stream live, Pokemen7 and RT are two of my favorite content creators so watching them go against each other at the end was crazy fun. way to go RT for getting so far!

[@papergirl2036]

This was one of the most stressful things I’ve ever seen. Like I straight up was watching this like a sport’s tournament, chips and all. Great job absolutely taking down some of these big names RT!

[@FilmsIMet]

20:03 "I'm faster than him? Beedrill is slow, like this guy's a fridge" 😭

[@Guydude777]

20:04 Really puts "is your fridge running" into perspective.

[@BrankoVT]

I'm still disturbed by that Dugtrio having Arial Ace.

[@hossdelgado626]

Did you not know it could learn it, or is Pokémon red mystery team mentioning diglett having feet not helping with Arial Ace?

[@galactic-hamster7043]

Im just imagining them shooting out of the hole with like, a potato cannon **thwOOP** noise lmao

[@YasEmisDaBus]

The fact that Von Karma shows up whenever he's boasting, when he's doing the "I've got you now!"

[@justineo5529]

RT plays a lot like a meme but he has a really strong grasp on pokemon. He's got that almighty janitor energy

[@GrayCatbird1]

I don't know anything about Pokemon battles at all, but seeing you all strategic and focused on the games and doing so well was an absolute pleasure to watch, and this has to be one of my favorite videos as of late :)

[@Nampledamp]

10:12 I saw you choke up as you hit him with with an unexpected outdated joke, and I loved it.

[@TheMe9595]

those 3 missed sleep powders were hilarious. The drift king never sleeps

[@D3sdinova]

It quite amazing how skilled and knowledgeable you often are about games, you are a genuine threat if you try in competetive pokemon.

[@alcove6101]

Dan almost had sweater paws a couple times and it was very cute. Yes, that's what I paid attention to.

[@cedge4536]

Beating Ludwig with a Garchoimp in the back and beating Pokemen witha Giratina in th eback, what a legend

[@nightdust6953]

Even though you aren't technically a professional, this was such a blast to watch! Your strategy during the game and seriousness was wild! Great job, coming 4th was an amazing achievement!!!

[@j__chooo]

genuinely cheering out loud when rt won during the stream was honestly so fun, 11/10 would do again

[@bradenscribner3866]

I love these competitive vids so much it’s so neat to see the more strategic version of your content, compared to the crazy bullshit thats normal. Keep it up my man

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Thanks for playing mons RT. As a competitve player starting to get into tournaments, it was a fun watch. Also I mained random battles for a about a year in gen 7 and held top 100 for a good few months, so I very much appreciate the difficulty of working with what you are given. I hope you play more pokemon at some point, I always love to watch.

[@2chickenmama]

Hope RT does more competitive pokemon, he had some proper big brain plays in this tournament

[@Galarticuno]

My respect for Dan has raised for the amount of ice types used

[@PGerman.]

watching RT play Showdown is so exciting and cool. I hope we see more Showdown Sundays in a way in the future! Or at least some more matches and tournaments from time to time

[@John-xz5te]

Hearing rt play with all these poketubers I watch aswell is weird avenger level crossover right here

[@vvgirl6173]

Against SmallAnt? Oof, that's going to be a tough challenge.

[@austinfletchermusic]

RT is fucking CRACKED, what the hell? He could definitely go Poketuber if he wanted, he's crazy with it! Would love to see more Pokecontent!

[@Emily-iv7vz]

Dan got braces! That’s awesome! Mine used to be a massive pain but it was so worth it hope u love them dan!

[@left8277]

There's something very satisfying in watching someone be very good at something

[@izza198]

Definitely one of my favourite streams in a while, really proud of Dan for making it this far!!

[@lilyjackson6460]

The fact that multiple times you won with an ace still unrevealed is kinda great

[@templetes]

Hearing Shady and RT talk to each other makes me scream. Absolutely been a fan of Shady for years, and now hearing him and RT talk together is so weird and cool.

[@whilde5417]

that was one of the best return to your origins i have ever seen

[@Britterzbee]

This was fantastic to watch, thanks Dan! And congrats on the 4th :) I love the content like this where you get to show off your strategic side. I tried to get into competitive once but all the stuff there is to know honestly seems so overwhelming, however I do still appreciate watching others battle competitively!

[@audioshake6366]

i have never seen rt take any game this seriously, that was great to watch

[@johnnyted446]

This was a treat. Really enjoyed the content RT thank you.

[@totoducks7896]

Smallant had Mew, Bulbasaur, and Rhydon, who are debated to be the original three Pokémon in their second battle

[@super_7710]

I entered the Noita summit just for fun and it ended up being a speed run tournament against one of the best Noita speedrunners. I obviously wasn’t going to win but I actually was very close and was in the lead until the last minute where he got an insanely fast run in before time was up.

[@08Juan80]

That Corsola play was simply amazing RT.

[@cadence_2463]

I’d be really interested to see the Hisui mechanics in this sort of thing. It would make speed-based Pokémon absolutely terrifying.

[@Nicholas86753]

RT Game and Joey Pokeaim, two of my favorite KZbinrs in the same Tour! I loved this so much, RT, you played out of your God damn mind. This was so awesome! I hope you do a Pokemon Content video with him soonish if possible. Sucks you two didn't face each other. Looking forward to the next video.

[@hybrid_lives]

found RT’s headphones, Audio-Technica ATH-AD900X

[@_squarecube]

im so happy RT has been posting these longer videos! i love watching these when im eating dinner

[@DemianCorvus]

Huh, RT is surprisingly good at pokemon xD. I haven't played in years, but it feel good to watch some really good pokemon battles. Thanks Dan.

[@loopdeloop_]

This is genuinely one of the more intresting competitive pokemon videos to watch

[@traceable7875]

35:40 proof that sincerity, awareness and actual comedy beats click bait, fake reactions and obnoxiousness.

[@iaxacs3801]

My favorite thing about this video is that the entire twitch chat knew that Mantine was Zoroark from the dark pulse and speed behind the scenes

[@louisantonio2462]

BTW in case you are curious, it is the Audio Technica Air Dynamic family of headphones, possibly the AD900x. It's a pair of open back dynamic headphones.

[@SonnYbcni]

"My Fridge fights his Washing Machine" -RTGame 2022

[@puglife658]

Dan always goes paper, and I always go scissors. I can and will defeat the drift king every time.

[@ronn201]

Holy crap that Ditto read to force it into Corsola! 32:10 You say you aren't a pro, but congratulations Dan, you played yourself. You are definitely smurfing.

[@SolstaceWinters]

This highlights how RT's not only a king at drifting, but how calculating he can be. A being of chaos shouldn't be as strategic as he is. Very impressive plays there, Dan.

[@rivulet5417]

"Victini, ah no... I'm deathly afraid of that because that's sleeper, one of the strongest Pokemon... EVER." Aww thanks RT You're too kind

[@kartiksaraf4676]

YOU HATE GEN 3? How dare you. This calls for a war, as soon as I swim up to you

[@mechagilbert1845]

Managed to catch the end of this after I finished work, glad I can watch the rest now You did awesome Dan :D

[@Jelgraf]

Northerlion, Smallant, Mr. Fruit, RT and other great creators. This is the best

[@OhHiKiwo]

anything past gen 3 confuses me and it didn't help that a fridge battled a washing machine i don't understand pokemon