Check Your Blind Spots (In Game and IRL)

[@Micha-Hil]

Denjin in mirror is closer than it appears.

[@gmwes]

nice

[@GhostGirlBlues]

Focus!

[@afelias]

"Why did you do your jump-in when he anti-aired you the last five times?" "Well frankly I thought he'd get tired of doing that by now."

[@mrblooper1994]

Plot twist: he didn't expect the sixth jump in.

[@duxnihilo]

@@mrblooper1994 He did, though.

[@intellectic9155]

No, it's B/C you're all immune to conditioning B/C you're all simpletons. Playing like brain dead bots.

[@thefish6235]

​@@duxnihilobut not the 7th 😎

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

​@@thefish62350-2'd

[@barrybeakdriver]

Actually analysing and thinking about my own actions sounds so simple and easy like 'well duh you should think before you do stuff' until I chuck out my 15th elk hunt without a single thought in my mind.

[@VilArknights]

No way THE barry beak driver

[@mkhcfire9684]

why think when elk hunt do trick?

[@pedroscoponi4905]

you're merely roleplaying Sin, nothing wrong here

[@kylecunningham9793]

It's not you're fault. It was your hands that did that.

[@williamsmith4563]

​@@pedroscoponi4905 immersion based gameplay

[@Switcheroo4542]

God gives his coolest, flashiest looking moves to his least optimal combo routes

[@dj_koen1265]

So true

[@GreenBro11]

I can tell Sajam is slowly transitioning this into a Deadlock channel. It’s starts with little clips at the end of the Street Fighter vids, and one day years from now we won’t even have noticed the change as we wait for the daily upload of full matches and new character guides for Deadlock.

[@Call555JackChop]

Like my favorite CoD streamer Maximillian Dood

[@genetheimpressionist]

“I still don’t have what it takes, I must accelerate harder!” -Ryu

[@DragonaxFilms]

Dang, Sajam called me out for being bad at fighting games and being a bad driver simultaneously.

[@somedude15231]

Honestly the only thing that could make that thumbnail better is if the mirror has "object is much closer than appears" printed on it

[@superbnns]

A good teacher can change your entire approach to life with simple 5 minute lesson, and you won't even realize it until a like decade later in the shower.

[@breno_spies]

Sajam trying to mask the fact that this whole video was just an excuse to show off his Deadlock clip, I see you slick. (Damn that schoomovement clean tho)

[@Pikwii]

Sajam teaching me driving tips AND fighting game tips is crazy

[@manuelito1233]

My biggest level up moment with the moving left and right a bit was when i started to bait out normals to whiff punish, not just spacing traps from bloxk strings. Feels good

[@caelan5301]

I remember when I started to pay more attention to the way I was walking around, I pretty quickly realized if you walk back and forth enough people will just kinda whiff their buttons. It's not even that hard to bait a whiff, the hard part is knowing when your opponent wants to press buttons and reacting to it while still keeping anti airs in the back of your mind

[@itstomis]

Waddle back and forth WAY out of actual footsies range into full screen neutral skip is a time-honored classic

[@SaroShadow]

The S in "Sajam" stands for "shmovement"

[@jpVari]

Frank is smart, a lot of us realized where our blind spot really was by seeing a speeding car there. Way scarier.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

"That's my secret Captain, am always blind" -The hulk if he was Daredevil.

[@niwona_]

This is a really great anecdote to help make the connection for people!

[@todoro]

"He did a move cause he wants to hit him."

[@dragonic22]

Even that can be expanded on. 'Why this move? Why not another one?' Does it do something other moves don't?

[@javacloudz]

these small bits of tips and information is going to do alot for newer players, i've been teaching my boy sf6 and i use your videos for reference all the time

[@masterofdoom5000]

The blindspot bit is funny as fuck, like a child imitating their parents sometimes you just do it because it seems to do......"something"

[@sleepyzeph]

i think a hard part for a lot of people is actually WANTING to improve and learn things. having put many many thousands of hours in dota and kind of growing out of hardcore competitive gaming, i sometimes struggle to give enough of a shit when i'm playing a new thing. i wanna learn and do the things i find fun, and don't necessarily want to analyze every decision to find what's actually optimal. and yknow what, that's fine. if you wanna get good, definitely do the sort of analysis in the video. but if you're happy just swingin the coffin, go for it.

[@theplungineer]

aight this thumbnail rocks.

[@josephjuncaj5784]

The driving instructer story is insanely good

[@TheSyliman]

Can't have a blind spot if I only throw rock. Wakeup DP every time.

[@fuyahanabi1304]

That thumbnail sure is something

[@waves9515]

*“Ryu is rapidly approaching your location”*

[@funkyflunky9882]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear *Ryu Heavy Punching your car to smithereens*

[@Angelo_August]

Ryu be like 🧍‍♂️

[@h8reset194]

Very happy we have more philosophJam back, love that for us

[@DANCERcow]

The thumbnail: Ryu about to do a drive impact aka a Paul Walker! Drive safe!

[@acro8805]

its so much better for your improvement to have a bad plan compared to no plan

[@nocandoslurms433]

The real blind spots were the random drive rushes we made along the way.

[@Nooctae]

That's a very good story example.

[@merlinthetuna]

I don't actually love the metaphor here because while it absolutely works for games, i kinda hate it for driving. Yeah you should know where your blind spot is, but also you should check everything, cars are dangerous as hell. I've got too many friends with titanium parts in their body -- the problem is not that drivers are TOO CAREFUL, I promise

[@mitochondria1730]

AN OPENING

[@Silversk3108]

You wont believe how many players ive win against cause they just walk back and forth without any reason behind it so i just sweep and start offense

[@SpadeHand]

These hands of mine are closer than they appear

[@eliezer7779]

This is one of those things that shouldn't even need to be said, but I am such an average player and my brain don't work that good/fast. You could ask me why I do literally anything in a match and I wouldn't have an answer for you. Except for "Why did you Stun Dip?" Answer: "Because I had enough Tension to RC."

[@eebbaa5560]

i don’t think ryu knows how to drive

[@marcusshoults]

One of the only times I've clicked on a video having zero clue what it would be about solely because of the thumbnail.

[@NNatwin]

These thumbnails go crazy

[@danielhacker7206]

I also had a instructor called frank. Man was not friendly, but good at his job.

[@claydeangelis4009]

This is such an effective analogy that describes something i couldn't put my finger on. I compete in a tcg that presents a lot of complex but solvable problems. most people just do what top players do without necessarily understanding it and get good results. I'm curious about the underlying patterns that drive those decisions and because of that i'm able to predict what makes a good decision in future situations where i can't just copy what the pros are doing. It's given me a huge edge in competition.

[@Imaginationless916]

2:02 Its so funny watching low level play like during the Slam. Seeing them do the footsie dance from full screen.

[@decksteroussnail]

"Stop doing raw techniques, raw moves... if you have no setup or no read then why are you doing it?" --Hugs

[@axis8396]

We see this all the time in Melee/PM: the point of dash dancing is going in and out of your opponent's effective range to bait options to whiff punish. A lot of people just dash back and forth at full screen and then the opponent just walks up for free because they weren't actually controlling space or doing anything. That or they have consistent timings and autopilot so I just delay my attack half a second and hit as they run in. A lot of the time understanding the purpose of the technique is the most important part cause otherwise it doesn't benefit your gameplan

[@brocksteele7475]

MOVEMENT TECH SIGHTED

[@tdimensional6733]

I accidentally backed into someone else's car last night

[@17Master]

Hope the damage isn't bad

[@udderhippo]

I suppose that really is a Drive Impact

[@luckii_shots]

@@udderhippo get out

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

Being more knowledgeable and putting more thought into your choices is what you want, hell that's what you want in life! The discipline, practice, self-reflection, priorities, and improvement from all you've worked on translate really well to good principles for life. Fighting games are one of the few with that parallel, its pretty cool actually. You have to know what you're looking for when you watch replays though. Did I punish counter when I had opportunity? Did I check drive rushes or drive impacts? Was I too offensive and should I have played more reactive? Did I anti-air when I should have? Did I do the optimal combo for the situation (spend to kill or reserve or convert into Super art)? What are my bad habits? Do I do unsafe on block moves too much? Am I dropping combos? Am I making the correct decisions for attacks given my spacing and drive gauge? Once you break down what to look for it gives you a road to follow to improve instead of just meandering around in the dark. LTG is a good example of that meandering around. He doesn't really try to improve with intent, mostly because his ego doesn't allow him to accurately self-reflect. He like many other streamers dump a lot of time in and can see some success just from raw time sinks and muscle memory but they are always capped in skill and get destroyed when they fight anyone who puts just an ounce of thought into their gameplan. Again its the same with life. You can get to ok spots sometimes just being on cruise control but to really reach new levels of success and growth things have to be done with intent, with mindfulness.

[@andrewvaldez71]

Great life advice, in programming what really made me a strong developer was wondering the why instead of just blindly copying things from online. I try to do the same in all other aspects of life

[@m00teronyoutube]

this was unironically me learning how to properly use marisa superman punch, it's fun to throw it out just to see if it hits but properly trying to read when my opponent uses a fireball or smth makes it so much better lol

[@MarcConcepcion1313]

I'm here almost exclusively because of the thumbnail. Hilarious.

[@ERRandDEL]

Bro Frank would sweep master rank free

[@Mene0]

Same thing with card games. Whenever I'd watch someone play I think about what play I'd do in their turn, then if they did something else I'd think on it

[@yohan4027]

Ryu mean muggin the mirror bro im done 😂

[@brad_soup]

The "figuring out why" is the hard part tbh

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

Yeah but any answer is good enough to start with. If it's a bad answer, you'll find that out when it doesn't work. If it's a good answer, you'll still find a better one if you keep asking.

[@partially8194]

This has the same vibe as when the math question asks you to show your work I never do those sections but I usually get the actual question right, now I'm starting to wonder if that habit has transfered over to my fg gameplay

[@juggbot4572]

Goated thumbnail

[@frcShoryuken]

Any Deadlock content coming soon?? I've been loving that game

[@Michael_Raymond]

Editors, I’m just saying this would make a PirateSoftware tier Short

[@123SuperBeast]

3:35 Yo she sending a fart cloud at him 💀

[@tailsfoxboy]

Bros trying to block it 💀

[@Darkness-ie2yl]

glean

[@vaderwalks]

Honestly that sounds hard, I'll just get comfortable staying in silver (in-game and IRL)

[@SlickRick4EVER]

Sajam… when you talk about the “why” of anything, it is reminding me of chess. You need to pay IM Danny Rensch a visit, again! Lol

[@h2_]

I have the thoughts of "I am anticipating x so I will try doing y from screen positioning z" or "I can cover options a and b that this guy likes to go for with this thingy, so imma do that" when playing, but I don't retain my thoughts at all. Show me a replay of myself from an hour ago and I couldn't tell you what I was thinking, I'd honestly be guessing or need to see the whole set to get back in the same headspace lol

[@metalgeartrusty]

saying AKI threw od fire cuz ed was too far to be a jump-in threat is huge to me. thx for that game logic. this vid is a huge reason as to why fighting games are tough to understand, and hard to read high level decision making. but its also wat makes em sexier than the rest.

[@Call555JackChop]

I drive a Honda Fit my whole FOV is a blind spot

[@eliholland1365]

I remember the same shit except i asked my drive instructor to stand in my blond spot because i don't know what the hell i'm looking for. I was doing because if you don't its an automatic fail.on the test 😂😂

[@brendyn6005]

Give some Sajam Deadlock content **plz** 🙏

[@aledantih6524]

The problem I have with this example is just the level these guys are playing at so they know what options are best. If I have the knowledge behind a move I'm doing but my opponent doesn't I'm super unprepared for the most random, worst option they're gonna do lol

[@Weebfox]

Why is this deadlock streamer telling me about fighting game decision making?

[@Tomoka51]

A lot of my problem is that while I sort of know why I'm doing things, I can never seem to figure out why my opponent does basically anything they do. They may as well be aliens for all that I can figure out why someone would do some of the shit my fellow scrubs are doing x.x

[@Toxin__0]

So if I dont know why I did what I did, how do I figure it out? And if i do figure it out how do I change that? I really dont know how to make educated decisions in match. Everything is moving so fast and I feel like I dont have time to have a full thought before I act. I guess I just dont know whats supposed to be going on in my head while im in a match.

[@dragonic22]

It depends, but maybe try keeping it simple. ''I want to sweep them because they're not blocking low' 'I want to fireball because I want to bait them into jumping' 'I want to drive rush because they're not doing anything' etc

[@ripswf]

We need deadlock content

[@Boyzby]

If I know why I'm doing something, but I don't know why they're doing something because I don't know the characters that well, do I really gain anything from that? Even if I do, like Ken is plus after Dragonlash, or Ryu is doing random donkey kicks because I can't react or punish it because it's spaced out, if I don't have a Frank to tell me what I should be doing, I never learn how to check my blind spots.

[@graveaxel3607]

I get you might not want to make every other game you play feel like it's part of your job, but I would love to see some other games you play. Lol flex them variety gaming skillz

[@DmrAcey]

WOOOOOOOOOOO

[@chesssean]

If I don’t know why high level players made the decision they made, where’s a good place to find an answer?

[@fleepity]

this is my pitfall its so astronimically hard for me to watch something like this and break it down unless i already have prior knowledge and know why theyre doing it (like i already know whats meant to happen here they did it must be good)

[@daakusureyaa]

Очевидный на всё задавать вопрос "зачем/почему". Проблема в том, что не всегда очевиден ответ.

[@chimpmasterflex]

Neither of them did round start: drive rush-drive impact. Must be scrubs /s

[@evilweevle]

Recently ive come across players in SF6 who are just walking back and forth at almost full screen away. Not advancing or taking space. Just walking back and forth on the spot or moving further away. Meanwhile their combos are bad or they cant anti air etc etc. ill admit i cant play against these types of players for long before i get super bored.

[@АртёмТор-к2ю]

Government propaganda

[@dissida8071]

ok

[@loveandpeace3345]

Not first

[@Aidan174]

First

[@AllOfTheHats]

first