Toph Talks About Tournament Mentality

[@traplover6357]

Tokido is right. Talent will only go so far. If you've been praised and pampered as a gifted person then hit a wall, your mentality becomes negative and you struggle is harder compared to an average person, who have gone through these walls frequently at an earlier time of their life, will bypass the walls easily by far. Google "gifted student burnout" for details on this exact phenomenon but in the education system. I personally understand this mentality in the realm of chess where there are young kids that become grandmasters (2500 elo) at an early age but never become a competitive superGM (2700+ elo) despite their seen and given "talent".

[@yeunn]

if ur depressed don't google gifted student burnout fair warning

[@beric0bartman]

@@yeunn That shit hit different...

[@techos6111]

I love Toph’s content so much, so sick.

[@Bigjazzband32]

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[@graysenallen4520]

i dont mean to be offtopic but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me

[@jambokalehooch752]

Yo Toph- been following melee for years and years casually. You and Bobby are deeply responsible for introducing me to this game’s meditative and introspective side. Wanted to say thank you :)

[@owenmcgovern8140]

If you are struggling with mentality, I recommend reading “the inner game of tennis” great book

[@Special_SSB]

Dude I absolutely love this. I'm trying to preach this a lot on my channel, but I couldn't have said it any better myself. Keep it up man

[@MrLargeHimself]

Mentality is such a cruel mistress. I feel like my mentality is more deterministic of my performance than even how much I've grinded recently. Some of my best runs have been after a week or two of minimal play where I take a burnout break because I come back in genuinely just excited to play the game I love

[@AlexanderGarcia-bc2yp]

Great video, I had a lot of that stuff on my mind, glad to hear people who have sorted it out more than me. Thanks, Toph, it helps a lot. And remember: You are good AF offline

[@EcclesZero]

Thank you so much for this video, man. It's really helped me in the right frame of mind when I've been struggling to for a long time. Have a good one

[@enby_a]

These videos are sick for background listening while playing unranked. It's like a podcast about leveling up while trying to do so. Best new youtube channel out there

[@Arch3rDota]

Love seeing a bit of the process behind the results

[@lizardy2867]

The philosophical side of melee that people talk about but never care to highlight. Honestly big fan of these kinds of discussions on the channel.

[@grazida0276]

Great vid, thanks for making it ❤️

[@LampGoron64]

nice I learned the word "elucidate" today, what a great coach !!

[@shotofchill]

I am good af offline. Thanks, Toph

[@hahahalala-i1x]

instalike and instacomment let's rail the algorithm for our boy toph

[@shanepage8041]

Sup toph, sik vid, was great seeing you play in tourney

[@WhatIsACountry]

The Eren meme is godlike, what a photo

[@codetaku]

Congrats on making top 48 :)

[@jdunni]

Keep up the vids !

[@ddublu]

talent is a sham. "talks topheles" would be a sweet subtitle for segments such as this. Have fun figuring out this figure of speech.

[@Jfoltz39]

Tooooph

[@CeilingPanda]

Toph any plan in the future to travel to Sweden? I'd love a signature from you, either on paper or on my melee cover

[@PNW_HB]

Love the totoro! You need a cat bus

[@Andy251153]

I think there may be somewhat of a problem with how people approach slippi (especially currently) because they go on, they beat like 3 people pretty decently, then get beat a bit in another 2 or 3 matches, but then they run into someone that like completely 4 stocks them, so then they start breaking down, repeat except they might 4 stock someone else.

[@eddythedemon]

TOPH

[@CaptainFlufification]

Leffen played other fighting games before melee. So he's been grinding for longer than you think.

[@taylorallred6208]

I just want to let people know that nobody just "has talent". People might have life experiences that are similar and help them out when they pick up something new. They might really enjoy something (aptitude) and that makes them want to play a lot. But in the end, your ability or skill at a given activity is based entirely on how much and how well you have *practiced*. (I like this video a lot because it made me realize that it's the same principle for mentality). I sincerely recommend reading Peak by Robert Pool & Anders Ericsson if you are skeptical of this fact.

[@codetaku]

Aptitude definitely doesn't just mean how much you enjoy something. Talent is a real thing, and I've met people who were naturally very good at skills they never enjoyed (even as children before they've had time to practice those things). Sometimes they go on to practice those things because they feel obligated to "make use of their talents", and end up in unfortunate jobs they hate but are exceedingly good at. Other times they enjoy their lives more and just go do something they're bad at but love. They may never get *as good* at that thing than what they found early talent in, but they can certainly get good enough to have a productive career, etc. With that said, a little bit of talent and a ton of hardwork will absolutely overcome a lot of talent with little to no effort, every time.

[@taylorallred6208]

@@codetaku All I know is that the book I mentioned makes a very compelling argument for the non-existence of talent. If you find that you are better at something than others on your first attempt at it, it is likely that many experiences in your life to that point made it easier for you than others. It's tempting to think that people have certain talents or don't but it doesn't line up with scientific research on the subject.

[@taylorallred6208]

@@codetaku I'm really curious though. What was it the person you know found they were naturally good at and why did they feel like they had to do it? (I don't want to claim I know everything. Again, I just read a convincing book)

[@Bobbyboo2269]

You're so wrong it hurts lol. Wizzrobe's reaction time. Can't teach that. Aka talent.

[@taylorallred6208]

@@Bobbyboo2269 I think M2K or Toph (can't remember exactly) actually talked bout Wizzy doing a reaction test and finding out that his reaction speed was nothing out of the ordinary. You might say talent because it's so fast, but I would say that Wizzy is yet another example of results from practice. Try asking him. I'm sure he'd say he's worked his butt off to get so good.

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

I wouldn't say zain and ibdw started from humble beginnings. they were PR'ed in their regions within a year of playing. That's insane. They were top 5 within 5 years each. same with mango. He beat m2k and ken within a year of playing competitively. Most of us just can't do what these guys can

[@sharsasuke01]

If you can't stream the tournament then record it and make a highlight video and post it on youtube.

[@RIPxri]

240p gang

[@KuhEssen]

You don't want to win a tournament so that you can comentate top 8?

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