The Main Thing that Keeps Players Hardstuck

[@Kawanu]

as an avid chess player, i absolutely love it when hooj uses it to explain his reasoning. it translates perfectly imo.

[@ralfduong1325]

I find Woohoojin be a very good coach don’t get me wrong, but the Chess analogy is not at all how it is. If something works in diamond but not in radiant then its like a gambit. Some gambits work on intermediate level and just don’t at high level, but its still a viable way to play in the rating that you are in. You give up something(in val its I guess positioning) and you get something in return and thats an off angle. Like with perfect play you are going to get punished, but you are still playing against humans not bots. My openings in Chess is gambit only but i have found myself rarely in a worse situation because of it. More so that I’m just being dumb lmaooo

[@Kawanu]

@ralfduong1325 I think you're missing the fact that taking risks or gambits isn't bad as long as you understand the risk associated. As you inevitably get better at chess or val, those gambits are going to start costing you more and more though. Or at the very least become something you only do on ecos, bullet games, etc.

[@snowpools8498]

@@ralfduong1325 I don't really play chess so I could be wrong, but isn't Woohoojin's entire point that you'll only get punished against better players? It might work against people at your current level and win you games, but if you were trying to win a tournament, it wouldn't be good anymore as better players will know how to punish you for it

[@ArkbladeIX]

​@@ralfduong1325your point about gambits not working at a high level and only working at intermediate level is woohoojin's point. If he wants to rank up past diamond, he can't do a gambit that only sometimes works against diamonds

[@ralfduong1325]

@@ArkbladeIX He can do that gambit in diamond then right? Which he is then. You just have to know when you are facing up against ascendants (with like tracker or something) then you can switch up your repretiore to a more effective but boring one. Or change it up if you are about to rank up. That is of course if you know what you are playing is a gambit but I don't think the neon in the video thought of the play it as a gambit. Which is where he went wrong I think.

[@CentsGD]

1:41 📸 putting that one in my sova playbook

[@dream_weaver6207]

14:40 nah bro what did I just watch 💀

[@nayte3915]

4:56 in any decent player's mind Sova would be playing with Omen yes, but I would not be surprised if sova is just lurking top mid cuz players are so unpredictable in those ranks. I am imm2 and istg I have more trouble in plat than in ascendant-immortal because players play so differently and stupidly but it works.

[@wangdh226]

Just because it works doesn't mean it's right - story of my life

[@kenna3809]

thank you for all of your helpful content mr banana!

[@xenon.artzzz]

can we get a frank vod review pls

[@stefanoskalis]

THAT GEKKO CLIP PISSED ME OFF XD

[@yomar2032]

how do u play without blinds???

[@adrizzle3352]

not playing valorant anymore, but still having the video open to enjoy banana mans voice and support the channel

[@justkazwell4523]

Noooo I was watching the video and it got unlisted before i could finish :(

[@hioxd]

All i want to say is that most boxing coaches who produces champs never reached the highest level or their profession. This goes to show you that you dont need to be a radiant player to be a great coach. Dont get the controversy

[@NellielsHusband]

Same as chess coaches

[@rcam93]

I just checked frankfwm now and he's live on twitch and just saw he did this play 29:23 now.

[@quickfingers7062]

Day 1 of asking Hooj to help me conquer my ranked anxiety by playing live on his streams (I’m a T3 sub)

[@avokes6919]

Hardsruck immo right here 🎉😂

[@HBZTwistaOk]

can someone explain that 3 second rule after getting a frag?? thx

[@BombShot]

After you get a pick that puts you in a highly advantageous position as long as you're not currently in danger, take 3 seconds to tuck away, pause, read the map, and figure out the best way to secure the round without risking the other team taking value or picks, or even worse, getting a winnable round out of a silly push. TL:DR don't be hasty to rush and close out rounds just because numbers advantage, evaluate game state first.

[@v4nillab34r]

Day 14 of waiting for sunset guide

[@Gullyeon]

that gekko clip funny af

[@airplanes873]

projecting

[@c2lex78]

Hey Wooj, no offense, but lately your vod are more "mean-spirited", and I think it's a bit worse than before. No hate, just saying, love your videos.

[@RealYeeter]

He’s always been like this tbh, he usually insults the students rather then actually being encouraging to them. It’s probably an ego issue

[@c2lex78]

@@RealYeeter yea true, and it's pretty okay, but lately it's a bit more mean than it was, I mean if they are the one with ego I guess it's fine.

[@DerDudevor187jahrenb2]

@@c2lex78 i guess he grew to big to tell everyone the same stuff over and over again

[@biboom4]

​@@RealYeeterIt's not an ego thing. The videos in which he's particularly mean he's reviewing either personal friends or long time subscribers with whom he already has a more "trusting" relationship. It's how Hooj treats people he likes. Friendly banter is all.

[@c2lex78]

@@biboom4 ohh, the only one I knew in the last videos were Woodrow, and some T3 pepole. Thanks for confirming.

[@mssfuu]

WWWW

[@luizeplayz9564]

3:45 yee yee ass air strafing 😭😭😭

[@rev9115]

true for 99% of neon players in velorant

[@jinxed-fr]

maybe you'd get some aced on your split, or better yet skye might call your dog ascent, if she ever stop wiffing that yoru or kayo, she fractureing with, WINGMANNNNN

[@poval_]

Day 387 of thanking and appreciating Woohoojin for his educational and informative valorant content.

[@hassansohail2567]

Day 388 of asking for a replay system

[@pressqtodismiss]

@@hassansohail25671. Annoying 2. Asking in the entirely wrong place

[@bobatea6901]

Bruv @pvnex it’s a joke

[@DP-md4jf]

The meat riding

[@popanemone4327]

@@bobatea6901 its in the wrong placec bro 😭

[@exstacc1886]

i haven't had a single tactical thought in my mind nor plan in the past two years and have been hardstuck silver since 2020

[@xenird]

Progress check

[@exstacc1886]

@@xenird dogshit devs reset ranks again

[@jinxed-fr]

real

[@exstacc1886]

@@xenird progress check? im fucking bronze bro the rank resets happened i guess a bunch of cracked 8 year olds got their first PC and fucked me over

[@aniclips2995]

I started playing last week and I'm plat 1💀

[@ventdra]

At like 18:20 he mentions expecting good valorant. As much as that feels justifying to hear, as someone who plays in a lot of formatted matches across a couple fps titles, it really sucks actually qing into ranked with friends because pretty much every game there's at least one to two players who consistently use those cheese spots, odin spam, judge rushes, etc. It isn't necessarily hard to counter, but it is annoying to get called out for NOT expecting that type of play.

[@allansherin9565]

depends on your elo, i agree with that one spot since sova could do lineups but he was in site, so theres no point checking it

[@gedas7058]

Genuine thought- I don't think he's entirely right in saying "good Valorant". In a perfect world, you'd win all situations, 100% of the time. Since nobody's perfect, we're ideally are trying to get to 100% as close as possible. That means that we're trying to play every situation perfectly. While it's not realistic to expect to win everything, not everything that's "good Valorant" is actually good. I understand and can relate to the numbers theory, that statistically speaking..., but! We're trying to find a way to reduce those statistical anomalies and make sense of as much as we can. This means that sometimes, we might want to clear cheese spots. Or maybe not clear in a full slowmo mode, but in a couple of bigger steps, not every single potential off angle. In any case, woo is a great coach and has so much value to offer, it's great. I just don't think that this saying "good Valorant" will translate well because we don't play stats. We play situations. Just like chess- we don't make a move thinking that statistically speaking, opponent is going to make X move. No. What we try to do is to find a perfect move based on our current knowledge. While good Valorant idea might be an upgrade to so many people, I dont think it's ideal.

[@sethchoby9761]

Well yeah it happens in low elo. But I think the point he’s getting at is statistically across time. MOST Valorant players don’t play like that and the ones that do are clustered tightly in iron, bronze, silver, and maybe gold. So if you play a hundred rounds, maybe 10 of them have cheese players. The thing about cheese players is they’re usually one and done. And the second they get countered they stop doing it. So even in silver it will stop happening after they get dunked on in a round. So woohoojin is saying you have a choice to make, get better at the game, and make the statistically more successful choice even if it means you get knifed a handful of times, or you can feel the satisfaction of beating a cheese player a couple of times at the cost of losing more rounds

[@nathan9901]

I genuinely love hooj's chess analogies. I feel so seen as a chess nerd🥹🥹 more, please

[@srr4460]

that rd 12 is an atrocious retake this is basically the definition of baiting your entire team to get more kills

[@portalway]

Predicting this fine hooj content once more: ok this ones kinda harder but I'll do my best -opening about not studying your pro vods? -gunfight hygene and angle understanding -some neon tech nonsense

[@vfiki]

Day 16 of asking Woohoojin to 1v1 me in chess

[@gerogalvan3227]

best cod review so far, can learn a lot from it very easily

[@DaviJohns]

cod

[@genshinsbizzareadventures]

cod

[@kensuppressor6937]

cod

[@jamiejam9976]

Call of duty? I thought this was counterstrike

[@GrizzlyPolar]

I am loving your content! I am learning so much just from watching your videos!! Once I inevitably hit a wall i will definitely be trying to get some help from you!! Keep it up man!!

[@shotashifps6429]

This guy's content immediately made me so much better at Valorant, guy is a glitch

[@somerandomdudee3380]

woohoojin 1v1 me in chess

[@dg55661]

that chess opening as a 1600 player, honestly is so dumb and horrible

[@bradybirdy]

daddy hooj is the goat

[@r0y41ty]

okay bro

[@irishsamin9397]

💀💀💀💀

[@vladyslavisaiev2049]

Nah what did gekko do 😭😭 he didn’t even try to kill her

[@slowbutnotdisabled]

Bro was probably tilted so Woohoojin just decided to fucking obliterate his ego to a little cute dot

[@colleyy]

who ever he's playing chess against is terrible

[@codyjacobs6899]

I like how frank also did the around the world play you mentioned lol

[@relxsh243]

daddy banana never fails to fill me up with useful knowledge!

[@NXTNTG]

i wish he could apply his own advice

[@OminousOnyx772]

Perhaps its just me, but in the past week I've seen a decrease in the one year mans presence. Perhaps he's given up. Perhaps he is getting lazy of copy and pasting every day. Perhaps he knows I'm gaining on him. Despite all this, I feel as if I play to win instead of rank up as well. Granted, I don't play much at all (150 hours). Perhaps I'll play more in the upcoming weeks. Log Day 23. . .

[@CubeInspector]

It's top comment

[@AstroRapture]

I now have a fear of random silent sam's popping into my ascent lobbies

[@itsmeadam_]

2:30 i agree but playing this angle with neon makes it ok. since you can just run away.

[@jaydenbrown6290]

i don't play valorant anymore but i play halo competitively, and watching hoojs videos STILL applies to all games, 3 second rule getting implemented in my next session

[@DeltaTeamTimmy]

I stumbled on this video ( just peaked G2). What is the 3 sec rule?

[@bxtzlyy]

​@DeltaTeamTimmy get a kill and wait 3 seconds before you do the next step

[@ГлебКузнецов-ж1с]

Wohoojin: watching neon gameplay Also he: THIS HARBOR IS A BEAST 17:00

[@sky_less]

how do you get this coaching?? cause I need this. hard stuck silver and I have no idea on how to rank up.

[@Danchorrr]

Ngl, I don’t find the chess bits helpful mainly because I don’t play chess.

[@kawamuraakira4757]

Day 17 asking woohjin to help me get into vct

[@DerpyCow56]

YESSS ZAMMEY VOD REVIEW FINALLY

[@benjaminyeoh5570]

We love zammey in this household

[@kostas9004]

who should i watch vods of to study sova guys? i thought of average jonas but is he even that good besides of being a lineup larry? any suggestions? im gold

[@chopinfps]

Derrek, Cavern

[@Axrane]

Sinaatra

[@kostas9004]

@@Axrane i do watch sinatra every now and then and yea i agree his sova is insane

[@Axrane]

@@kostas9004 frr

[@kleeTheDarkKnight]

Why couldn't they just use their queen to take your bishop there?

[@Noctovilia]

If you're serious about this: that's the point of the whole section A bad play works if the reaction is worse At least that's what I'm getting from it

[@cherrymarshmallow]

It's my favourite content cat/comment banana! Zammey!

[@CommentBanana]

idk he’s kinda cringe

[@theendergamerrs8222]

I need this guy to help me play lol I'm so trash 🗑️

[@hydro_fallenstar3281]

oh cool its zammey! hes been struggling

[@lahila7383]

Okay for real slicing up space like that for your crossfire is so huge.

[@Shuseff]

lol what chess club were you in where that opening worked

[@schalange7524]

So I should never clear corners on retake? Did I understand it correctly?(Btw I'm only silber)

[@BombShot]

No you did not. You don't clear uncommon angles on retake. For instance clearing retake A where this guy was you clear the gap into main, then you hold wine, clear common site angles, (heaven, gen, hell, dice, box, heaven box, ect,) clear wine, then back to site. All of those are common angles.

[@MartairEPIC]

nooooo i already this vod review no new content for meee

[@quentonthompson1735]

they nerfed the timing on the slide T_T

[@phoonfromwish]

the movement tho as a neon main u gotta have good movemrnt

[@LanaMorgana]

Preaim Eddie and Silent Sam 😭❤

[@hamburgerundcola8373]

Ur chess opponents were bad ig.

[@muneebkhaki]

Hey Hooj! Can you please recommend me some good omen players for study ?

[@therealyojames]

Lmfao mans really hearted your comment and didnt even answer

[@muneebkhaki]

@@therealyojames 😞Yeah

[@therealyojames]

@@muneebkhaki i mean tenz plays omen now apparently so maybe hes decent to watch idrk

[@onkolonsko]

Day 51 of commenting until I hit diamond or 300 hours to sign up for delicious banana VOD Review

[@bigboibandy2980]

Didn't zekken or demon1 play the angle showed in the intro in the latest vct match? How is it a bad angle if zammey can just wall to escape?

[@Girvo747]

They’re not on Neon and they have coordinated team play to support them to escape and Zammey doesn’t

[@Woohoojin]

Yes this angle was played with jett! I pointed it out to Zammey at the time during the watch party and broke down why the play made sense on the jett pick at the time, you can go find the VOD on my VODs channel!

[@willyboi1105]

Bro is playing valorant vs himself 😂 This was really enlightening. I gotta look at my own gameplay to see if I project my behaviour on other people.

[@rohinwdg65]

Nah i just don’t get the critical analysis it doesn’t work like that mid game nobody would count every movement of the enemy team in a real round you can’t blame Zammy for not having info on everyone.

[@lolodontcare]

I don't play neon, but I know that I've watched other pro players use the slide tech a lot. Even content creators like Grumpy or Temet.

[@immortal_xd69]

FEATURING THE TALKING BANANA CHESS COACHING!!! HOW TO GET TO GRAND MASTER!!!! (part 1)

[@Keelish]

Neon vods again. Waiting for the next one in 5 months

[@ambasing69]

Conclusion: Don’t play for yourself or play to make yourself look good but play for the team

[@abhishekak9619]

i used to play like this guy before. nevermind i would never flank from spawn because its too slow and alone.

[@TerrariusTheOverseer]

OMG a neon vod finally

[@exploidval]

Zammy is honestly better than the teammates I get in ranked

[@ivyyFPS]

Day 11 of thanking Woohoojin for no-scoping Potassium wisdom right to my brain

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_d125]

Positive thoughts can transform your world. Practice gratitude, focus on the good, and watch the positive energy flow into your life.

[@ulyssese7497]

I need coaching but I’m an idiot reyna main still so I can’t :( pain

[@kr1co_]

another upload from the goat love it

[@Arachnid_]

somewhere in a parallel universe hooj is a chess grandmaster

[@CookedChicken1]

Thanks woohoojin, after watching your daily coach vod i can grind to diamond 1 from silver 2 in just 60 hours of play, and i only play like 2 or 3 matches a day

[@PeetaN]

+400rr in 1 week (D1->A2), ty my favorite Banana, Peeta#2490

[@alextube9639]

Are the last two Sentinels match reacts in the making or am I waiting in vain?

[@slips.]

great video, but you could've answered the title by saying "picking deadlock"

[@jamiejam9976]

Thats not the main way though bc no one picks deadlock

[@No.I_Dont_Moo]

Watching Woohoojin makes me realize I am so shit at Valorant

[@natchaphontangsatidporn4226]

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[@theskilllesss8106]

Day 1 of coping for EUW Underpeels

[@hamzajihjah8592]

I am new to this channel can u recomend me where to start?

[@xGiRoNiiK]

anyone else thought raze wasted satchel at 3:22

[@SnowMexicann]

Thank you for this Chess review Grandmaster Woohoojin

[@MatNotMatt]

How did that chess shit work???

[@effectk]

how was that even a chekmate? what kind of chess is that? there are so many ways to get out of that checkmate lol.

[@instxnctz2934]

i think you need to rewatch that atleast 50 more times and actually understand what he's saying.

[@YoungBoomerlol]

Watching this for a friend😅

[@dream_weaver6207]

"consider bomb plant as +1 dude" so would you say it's worth to sacrifice yourself to get the bomb down if you know you're not gonna get out alive if you pull through (assuming that you actually get the spike down and it's a good plant spot)

[@CubeInspector]

Only of you have a man advantage.

[@jamiejam9976]

Not if its a 1v1

[@rishavdhawan8693]

Caption --Team mates….

[@TheScottishSandman]

MY GOAT ALWAYS SPEAKING FACTS

[@wegotakingwegotaking7827]

did man get his gift card

[@N1ght_1ight-12]

im hardstuck iron 3

[@dummyacc6288]

but that gekko f up fr

[@SeupIsGood123]

banana in a blender.