The Skills Top Players Have That You Don't.

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Reacting to ‪@Diaphone‬ video "The 10 Skills That Separate Top Players From The Rest" - • The 10 Skills That Sep...
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[@lordknightclips7878]

Go watch the original/subscribe here!! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJvdqXZulrZsgZIsi=3K_sy2V2mpG7ohPh

[@konebany7317]

Ex Millia player, in there game is no more virtuosity and potential. All these respected and hype top players jump from the meta SS tier toys to another, and gets more buffs. You know this better than anyone else, because you and your main characters suffered in this game. Guilty Gear Strive is no longer a competitive and fair game for experienced and virtuoso players. This is a primitive sandbox, where the most broken character is always the winner.

[@Firjiwater]

The sun isn't in their eyes

[@crumpuscrump]

Blindfolds are off...

[@RivermanGillz]

Their dog didn't eat their inputs

[@EarthLordCJ]

Their feet don’t hurt

[@TAZERAT]

They had something to eat

[@kriemhild9425]

Mandate of heavens is upon them

[@lagalil]

21:06 Not gonna lie, the timing of Lord Knight talking about not giving up to then immediately the next topic being about perseverance, and him appearing on the screen winning was just immaculate.

[@thedanish5523]

That was my first major, it was sick as hell watching LK win that set

[@jpVari]

Telling yourself not to talk shit to yourself is cognitive behavioral therapy. It's very real. I struggled with mental for a solid 5 years in the fgc, for years before in other competitive games but I believe it was in large part that I never learned to lose as a kid. Now, with help, I've finally gotten to a better place. But I think this is underrated in importance by a lot of people. Maybe that's just because it was such a big deal for me. But to me this should be the very very first thing addressed if it's a regular issue for you.

[@mistermp_1811]

That "Don't talk shit about yourself" line needs its own clip. Mental is MAD important outside fighting games.

[@pedroscoponi4905]

33:22 I'd like to point out: if you're _an everyday guy,_ you learn science by taking the word of experts. If you're a scientist of a field yourself, when you see an expert make a claim the first thing you do is _check their work._ Everyone needs to get peer-reviewed, even geniuses. It's not that strange that FG players shouldn't just borrow their opinions wholesale from big names, we're all in the same field :) Fuck he says it 10 seconds after I write my post. Damn he's good

[@mopanda81]

if someone says some shit on a topic I find interesting or want to agree with the first thing I do is try and check their work or their sources and understand more for myself.

[@cameronrramos]

"Did I start fighting games to make friends?" this I feel is one of life’s big lessons, not just fg’s. Doesn’t mean being jerk or unfriendly, but it does mean you can just be in a situation without worrying about other people all the time. Once this penny dropped my inner critic improved A LOT and I became much more chill.

[@slablargemeat8954]

3:50 -- pretty sure he meant SF5 here, not SF6. SF6 has been solid throughout.

[@LegendaryO34]

He did mean SFV, 100%

[@lordknightclips7878]

yeah my b lol

[@souffka]

the dog didnt eat their inputs

[@nissanbling]

Sharing your experience and growth was great to listen to , reflecting and figuring things is part of the process and you just need to work thru it. Thanks LK.

[@Count_Virgil]

The only reason "Being random" is "derogatory" is cause people are bitches. There's value in being random, and the term only highlighting that a particular player might be playing without a game plan, which has pros and cons.

[@youtubeacc69469]

weird that people use random as an insult when they lose ;). The biggest thing I heard from players when I won was "You literally just 50/50 me constantly" OR my favourite "The way you play is so simple". To this day I take both these things as compliments. Mostly because it was my goal to dumb down the game (Smash) so that I could repeat the process. Also if something I do works against you I will do it till you punish me 3 times in a row AND EVEN THEN I just increase the mental stack and still do the option. But at the end of the day I dont care what anyone says about my play, competition is inherently brutal and people say that shit just to stroke their ego after losing. Took years of failing to get there though.

[@TheMeasuringCup333]

This is partially true, although a lot of the time I get called random it’s because people are correctly calculating options and assuming you’re good enough to not press a terrible one.

[@TheMeasuringCup333]

@@youtubeacc69469who do you play?

[@ScaredEz]

High key, 9 times out of 10, people throw out the word random because they too low level to understand their opponents decision-making (good or bad). No one really plays randomly, unless they’re a button mashing 5 yr old.

[@wolfzafox229]

Hook and punk are the 1 out of 10

[@gjergjipocari8227]

Execution seems to be my hardest struggle with FGs. I am haunted by the Input Eating Devil or something, what’s in my head and what comes out on the screen is the same like half of the time. But as you said I do recognise that and when labbing combos I always modify them to what comes easier to me, which ofc isn’t nowhere optimal. Maybe 2XKO with simple inputs will be my game😅

[@MarcelVincent]

i love how you say "dont think your cursed just push through" and then your footage is used for the perseverance example :D ... been a while since i been around .. but still love your content only listening to authority figures would make the world static.... all great truths start as a blasphemy.. we would all still think the would is flat if Copernicus didn't change the paradigm (well i guess some people still do )

[@MaoMavo]

ironic considering flat earth is now blasphemy

[@maxlimit9129]

​@@MaoMavois mars flat too or.is it just earth buddy

[@pedroscoponi4905]

@@MaoMavo Sometimes things that are dumb turn out to be true. Sometimes they turn out to just be dumb. It's why science is all about test, test, test again.

[@MaoMavo]

​@@pedroscoponi4905 true but if even playing devils advocate can cost you your career then there's no scientific method.

[@LysFGC]

​@@MaoMavoGiven that it can be proven, here, it's not really a matter of opinion, so there's no devil's advocate here

[@Nooderu]

xiaohai when hes playing kof is like a robot, especially when hes playing ‘98

[@medicfdumbo]

Diaphones content creation so far has been great. Ive loved the stuff he puts out the last year or 2.

[@Artivulet]

I feel like these videos are very insightful. I should catch your streams more often.

[@verzaccii]

man i love lord knight chronicles!

[@Za_Phantom]

whenever i get discouraged with fighting games, i just watch clips/montages of mang0 playing melee. That shit is crazy, and for some reason lights fire back under me.

[@hyperventalated]

Heyyyy I have a notes discord too! With the channel/thread system its pretty nice for categorization and having it immediately available on both my pc and phone in real time makes jotting things down in the moment and reviewing them later easier. It's a neat idea, until discord shuts down and I lose all my shit

[@iceagray363]

Thanks for the recommend on nike ads. being hated to play with, have taken me aback.

[@laffy7204]

Where's that video about what Lord Knight explains his theory on games where you can combo off of everything vs games where you can't combo off of everything

[@lordknightclips7878]

It's every video 💀💀💀💀

[@laffy7204]

@@lordknightclips7878 ​ @lordknightclips7878 I watch a lot of his videos too, and no? Can you point to one video he talk about it in detail

[@laffy7204]

@@lordknightclips7878 Can I have a video that explains it in detail?

[@kingcolddy5863]

Trying to learn things by yourself is hard. I’m in a situation where I have no friends that also enjoy fighting games and throwing a bunch of time into ranked doesn’t feel good either. Ik there’s discords and stuff but with all the weirdness people do online i personally find it intimidating

[@MarcelVincent]

clutch and choke are two sides of the same coin.. its just how the heat of the moment is handled . thank the algo for brinigng me back here

[@RoyaltyFruadulent]

They’ve known what quarter cicles were since they were 3 years old 😭

[@MarkRopern8strength]

What he says around @32:00 can be applied to real life. Once you get a seat at the table, you see a lot of the MFs around the table ain’t all that. They just know stuff/have money/nepo babies.

[@zart8478]

"Worrying about the wrong stuff," "Science is all about experimentation" 💯

[@sakuyarules]

"Did I start fighting games to make friends?" Jwong did :)

[@ZeroEckoes]

16:31 Quitcho staring at me. Me, the rando commenter, specifically. Stop that

[@iBleed_RoyLty4368]

- I have good reactions, but I’m often nervous to do anything other than poking or block string. - I’m random as hell all the time. Expect that weird move or combo to come up when I get the chance to use it. - I hate my composure levels. I can play well but as soon as I get in a situation my brain can’t come up with a solution right away, I get from calm to frustrated really fast. - My execution only sucks in SF titles because those buttons are sluggish! Okay…I come from faster fighting games, so playing SF or even MK, it’s harder for my inputs sometimes because my GG/Tekken brain is pressing buttons 2000 frames before I have to. I played in my first SF6 tournament and lost because I kept dropping Marisa’s qcf mk in combo strings. - My innovation is directly tied to my randomness and execution. My Nago playstyle is evident of that as I do stuff that will go into blood rage fast for no reason and still give my opponent that baseball bat swing. - I’m good at adaptation after a couple rounds. - I don’t join tournaments or competitive environments often, so my clutching is…not so good. - It’s honestly hard for me to grind, or have a positive mind all the time, to be honest. Mostly because my interests change damn near rapidly…depression sucks.

[@Gadlight]

that mostly tells me that you play while being on a high pressure to yourself (anxiety). I can know this because i have mostly the same mindset and im trying to change that.

[@gonaye1]

Saw the thumbnail and genuinely thought I was watching Michael from LOST 😂

[@briancanales3753]

Kizzie definitely a choker 😂 11:31

[@cutefenns]

What sports psychology books would you suggest reading besides the two mentioned in this clip?

[@MrFraiche]

You don’t need books. Refrain from putting value to your wins and losses. Find value when you are able to execute what you practiced regardless of you won or lost.

[@cutefenns]

@@MrFraiche cool bro, but I'd still like to do some reading

[@cynical_perks8725]

I aspire to one day shout "I'm better than you" to a room full of people and know that it's true.

[@MarinoCabrera-q8o]

Ability to instantly love the top tier characters.

[@zeywop]

idk if diaphone is “from” kof but im p sure kof was his main game for a decent chunk of time pre youtube

[@YouAlreadyKnowBabi]

The irony of the title is lost on LK 😂🤣

[@Nyanzaburou]

Lmao thats so real about the books melee players recommend. Also ping pong the anime.

[@Dabear3234]

fighting games are making homie grey

[@noobtuber10]

The streak is a sign of snowbunny mind control, anybody with the silver streak has it

[@Dabear3234]

@@noobtuber10 I only have seggs with trashy white women yet I do not explain?

[@steamconnected6671]

i still pleasantly surprised how good he is looking

[@Culturecrack]

6:11 please bro what song is this

[@speedygamerchannel]

The Options and Extras menu theme from Sonic Mega Collection

[@RandomPerson28337]

Skills that you have but top players don't have: Hygiene

[@gustavomelhoramigodaellen]

Nice vid my lord. does anyone know the background music at 5:30?

[@speedygamerchannel]

The Options and Extras menu theme from Sonic Mega Collection

[@CrazyDrgonRider]

bro kept calling Street fighter 5, "SF6" 😭

[@neonaofumi5572]

I constantly forget some basic things about matchup knowledge or how to defend against certain rushdowns. I guess if you are serious about the game you take notes to prevent this but sadly I'm bad at taking notes and I kinda hate it. Are there other things pro players do to make sure they won't have any gaps in their knowledge?

[@GlowingOrangeOoze]

you remember things either cause you've seen them a lot or they made a big emotional impact. Notes let you see things again without actually seeing them again. If you don't wanna take notes you just gotta play a lot I guess until you've seen every situation a lot in the field but obviously you're gonna lose longer if you have to do it this way. Or wait until each situation costs you a game you cared a lot about and let trauma do the work.

[@neonaofumi5572]

@@GlowingOrangeOoze I thought taking notes helps you to remember things better because you write it down with your hand. It's a little inconvenient but I'd rather use websites like Dustloop instead if all it does is to make me access the infos faster. Or am I missing some obvious points?

[@GlowingOrangeOoze]

​@@neonaofumi5572 I presume almost nothing to be obvious about this topic. Learning how to learn isn't adequately taught by either school or english-speaking culture in my experience, and the personal journey of understanding oneself can go in numerous directions. That said, I obviously can't speak for everyone, but here's my understanding on what notes really do for you: The process of putting something into your own words is beneficial. For one, if you don't REALLY understand the material, this process will make that obvious. If you're reading someone else's notes (like dustloop) you just have to be disciplined enough to make sure you're understanding what you're reading. Imagining how you will apply it. When writing notes, doing it by hand helps for some people, but personally I think that's largely just because it takes longer. Having a book of notes to reference will also store knowledge way way more quickly than your brain. A session of deep thought about matchup theory could fill a dozen pages in a single day. Having that same depth of knowledge available in your brain at a moment's notice just from playing the game would probably hundreds of hours in the game for most people. I'm guessing this is the path most players (even successful tournament players) choose. What you choose to do should depend on how you want to engage with the game. That said, even if you hate taking notes, writing down a couple of really key points when you think of them won't kill you.

[@Jcrash71]

Bad hygiene is something top players definitely have...

[@tylercafe1260]

So in other words, and I mean this sort of as a compliment, Hotashi is good at being random

[@mopanda81]

beyond just random id say if adaptation is about adjusting to your opponent id say hotashi’s superpower is the opposite. not letting the situation change how he wants to play

[@brocksteele7475]

He forces scrambles. And he's reeeeeally good at scrambling.

[@lagspike7763]

If not labbimg means I’m never gonna be a top player I’m fine with never being a top player

[@MarkoLomovic]

it is not black and white like that.

[@amethyst5783]

@@MarkoLomovic nah it kinda is, if bro never touches training mode he's never gonna be a top player.

[@noobtuber10]

Ive reached top level skullgirls without labbing, its possible pls speak for yourself 😅

[@victorchen547]

​@noobtuber10 I think if you get high level practice it can be possible, but if you don't have anyone to play with you have to use training mode

[@bahaman19901]

@@noobtuber10 do you perform combos or mixups ?

[@Kanrararaa]

llord k you kept saying sf6 when u meant to say sfv :( about the launch input lag

[@Rydlan]

4:00 you mean SF5 lol

[@Not_cee]

Why does he hv grey hair

[@Not_cee]

How old is he

[@Nimrod336]

4:54 rofl reaction wars every game. This is too true. i never thought about it , but gd, we do

[@konebany7317]

Ex Millia player, in there game is no more virtuosity and potential. All these respected and hype top players jump from the meta SS tier toys to another, and gets more buffs. You know this better than anyone else, because you and your main characters suffered in this game. Guilty Gear Strive is no longer a competitive and fair game for experienced and virtuoso players. This is a primitive sandbox, where the most broken character is always the winner.

[@pvksupersonic]

I agree zoners shouldn't win tournaments anymore

[@dariang4725]

Wow you mean in order to open up Go1 you have to use a character that can open people up? Wow truly a dbfz guru

[@Yohki-D]

A brain

[@WARLORD626]

The top skill that you have to have is no life im not even joking about that.

[@yoshitsune5691]

Bryan f literally has a real job, outside of streaming and KZbin. Yet he’s able to compete in tournaments. Soo no you’re wrong about that. It’s a different story if u want to be the best in the world, then u have to no life the game, but to play at a high lvl it’s 100% possible to achieve with a normal life.

[@udderhippo]

Diaphone also has a real job

[@yoshitsune5691]

@@udderhippo true I forgot about that to XD

[@IXINineIXI]

I haven't watched yet, but my money is on autism

[@ZennExile]

such a convoluted way to say there's 3 kinds of gamers. The gamer, the anti-gamer, and the No U. This feels like when ugly people start bragging about their other skills at a casting call for 'abnormally beautiful' roles... like who are you trying to fool with uniqueness Brenda, you are a burn victim. That won't sell beauty cream no matter how clutch your grit is... If we gonna be out here rating the quality of a milkshake by how quickly we eat the burger and fries, maybe that randomness factor has taken completely over, and we're all just a bunch of No U's being tricked by netcode and the algorithm to think we're big winners, when the only one's actually winning are the publishers.

[@sancticial]

bro what?

[@iBleed_RoyLty4368]

My brother in Christ, could you go with a different analogy? Because wtf did you say?

[@ZennExile]

@@iBleed_RoyLty4368 my bad homebrew. Let me scoop the nasty bits off and get you bottled up. Competitive gamers today are fat chix that look like they survived a pager blast to the face. They all want you to know how clutch that kitty is, or how much grit their jaw and neck muscles still got, but ain't nobody even tryin to really git gud no more. Casino mechanics and netcode do all the work. RNGebas runs modern competitive gaming. Don't even have to play the games no more. Just consistently play the odds.

[@mopanda81]

@@iBleed_RoyLty4368 the anti-gamers keep eating all the good candy at craft services and they won’t stop jumping in on wifi