Kowloon Kagaribi LOSERS FINALS - Spargo (Cloud) Vs. Acola (Pyra Mythra) Smash Ultimate - SSBU

[@DairInNeutral]

As an average across games, 48% of Sparg0's bairs that he tried to hit Acola's shield with were either parried or foresighted. Pretty insane

[@berifeld]

sparg0 loves that move

[@christhetanman2639]

Cloud’s Bairs are very quick and hard to punish. Every Cloud player should love them.

[@othercoldsummer6637]

A quien le damos el maximo nivel de trauma???

[@rondoudoushiney3868]

Cosmos is taking notes rn

[@rance-sama3168]

Best player in the world diff

[@numerousjibian]

I’m so happy I got to see this set live in person. Easily one of my favorite sets ever.

[@kingkillmger9597]

the positioning from Acola in this set was RIDICULOUS. Before Sparg0 would even drift to an area he was already there. That and the raw reactions makes this some of the best Aegis gameplay I've ever seen.

[@007alztruli]

He was not already there. Mythra is that fast

[@kingkillmger9597]

@@007alztruli no, he was moving pre-emptively a LOT

[@deathlocke_]

100% agree, def some of, if not THE best Aegis play I've ever seen

[@QuynhAn689]

It's really is insane, I always believe just like in soccer a player who familiar with playing a less mobile character would absolutely cook with a faster one, they remove their weight.

[@jd_fishin_flippin_1708]

​@007alztruli You are obviously blind, his ability to read what spargo was going to do before he did it was insane and that has absolutely nothing to do with what character he uses period, that is skill that cannot be bought in a DLC package. Find another argument.

[@tesustristus1656]

Spargo beeing sadbut also happy for Acola at the same time was so freaking wholesome. The guy smiled immedeatrly after the loss.

[@firewall5189]

he knows what its like to get utterly dismantled and humbled year after year by the same guy, but then finally grind to the point where he can beat that bracket demon Respect to both these guys man

[@droptear-yz5hi]

Great sportsmanship!

[@strylon2277]

He knew it would happen one day, he knew how much Acola needed this and he knew how much work he put into it He can definitely relate considering he was in the exact same position 3 years ago Sparg0 is a great player and a great guy, I'm happy we have players like Acola, Miya, Sonix or Sparg0 at the top of the game

[@rondoudoushiney3868]

One the most insane sets I've ever seen in Ultimate. The Japanese commentators LITTERALLY cried after this set. Ultimate is still amazing.

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

Japanese scene is amazing, I enjoy watching Japanese tourney more that NA ones. Japanese ones are more passionate, everyone just enjoy playing, nobody get toxic, salty and ranting on internet. That's a healthy environment.

[@Moegivesmelife]

@@thebigredmachinekane478 Plenty of Japanese people get toxic and whiny about Smash stuff on Xitter and KZbin, you may just not notice it if your feed isn't mainly in Japanese or if you can't read the language.

[@Mrdd2d]

@@thebigredmachinekane478 acola has frequent breaks due to online harassment, unfortunately that scene has its flaws like everywhere else

[@dingo9696]

japanese scene is still amazing, NA scene is dead in the water lmao

[@mathieulessard5804]

It's still amazing when there's no Steve and Sonic.

[@mjdevlog]

10:16 the finishing touch on Sparg0's attempt to reverse 3-0 is so hype, both english/japan commentator screamed. Also Sparg0's reaction after that is just golden

[@Jero1020]

Instead of bitching about the matchup, Acola picked up a good character against his nemesis, trained for months and got the W. Proving that he has what it takes to be on top. A good lesson for everyone, if you're in for the long run then make it happen. Get your pocket Cloud or SSZ ready cause Steve isn't going anywhere. And Sparg0 just behaving like the absolute Goat he is. I feel the community could learn from these top players.

[@TheTvSmash]

Can’t b about a matchup when the matchup isn’t bad💀 good for him for figuring something out though!

[@Tent112]

@@annakie8506dawg Spargo could have switched characters too he could have went the ditto or used corrin, also cloud is one of ryu and toon link worse matchups should we discredit his wins he got this top 8 because of that ?

[@tekanoes6341]

@@annakie8506 bro looked up sparg0’s mu chart where he said aegis was the worst and automatically assumed that was the consensus of all Cloud players and that it’s a -2 insurmountable MU. News flash buddy, it’s-1 and Acola visibly had the counterplay for anything Sparg0 was doing here. 48% of his bairs were parried or foresighted. Acola is simply the best player right now and that’s facts.

[@Tent112]

@@tekanoes6341that’s what I’m saying like when did the general consensus become that this was some awful unwinnable matchup 😭

[@mercurysnake274]

@@Tent112aegis definitely wins but it’s far from unwinnable for sure, like sparg0 just beat leo’s aegis like two weeks ago 😭

[@MerryBlind]

That was genuinely impressive plays by Acola. His movement, positioning and decision making were consistently great. The way he was extending his advantage state or getting reversals was really smooth he made it look easy.

[@Nuz-i2d]

Acola picked Aegis to beat just a SINGLE player, practiced for over a year for this SINGLE set. Those who know of the suffering and hard work of Acola so far cannot watch this set without tears. Congrats Acola😭😭😭

[@__BlacklotuS__]

acola obliterated that bot

[@strylon2277]

@@__BlacklotuS__ Why do you all have to be stupid and insult the other player ? They are both incredible players, with their flaws and their strengths, there's no need nor place for downplaying these beasts, they were top 1 and 2 for a whole year for a reason, they are both hard workers and genius players, that's it

[@tiposauce6417]

Spargo has both aegis and Steve mu’s on lock so seeing acola beat his biggest bracket demon is crazy. Both are Goats

[@claudiegarnier4560]

Go play real fighting games

[@MontaNorth]

@@claudiegarnier4560 lol goodbye, hater

[@WesleyFiles]

aCola's Aegis is fast and clean now. Amazing to see the improvement over about a year. Love that you can see individuality in how top players use Aegis; MKLeo, aCola, Cosmos, Sparg0, and Shuton.

[@krrss636]

In shogun(retired Japanese Snake player)'s smash documentary video, acola finally said that he had thought retirement from smash when he had been criticized from all over the world. He also said the reason is that he thought he would rather quit smash than suffer the psychological damage. Now I'm glad this phenomenal talent didn't disappear because of countless mindless comments. sorry for my bad English but I wanted you to know that.😢😢

[@mercurysnake274]

The mental strength and resilience to persevere through all the hate thrown his way is nothing short of admirable. We could all learn a thing or two from him in that regard

[@thesocialmediagame]

Why, because he is P/M main?

[@antoinehusser6142]

@@thesocialmediagamehis main has been Steve so far, that’s why a lot of people say he is carried (he is not, Steve is just boring to watch). What an incredible player he is.

[@Ggg-lj5zz]

​@@thesocialmediagame Steve main, potentially best player in the world, but a lot of people were saying he doesnt deserve his wins and is just carried by Steve.

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

And meanwhile EE "Acola is scared and hiding because he wants his #1 place so badly"

[@kayiu102]

Gonna be remembered as one of the all-time great smash ultimate sets, and if it isn't that that'll just be a testament to how much the game is going to evolve in the future.

[@alha-yk9ny]

Acola win: “Ban steve” Miya win: “Ban G&W” Hurt win: “Snake is Broken” Acola win with Aegis: “Aegis is top2 and Acola is still carried” “”Great Spectators””

[@Moirax]

Yeah they're never happy neither satisfied no matter the result lmao.

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

Acola won with Ganon: NA community "WTH, Ganon is top 3 character, carried player!"

[@tumultoustortellini]

You mean, good players using the best characters in the game make the characters look unfair? Say it ain't so. Idk abt the spectators, but let's not act like steve doesn't deserve to be banned universally, like gmw isn't the worst designed char in the game, and like snake at top level play isn't a good character.

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

@@tumultoustortellini Nobody would want Steve banned if Acola didn't main him, nobody would give a fuck about this character just because Onin won a few super regionals. They want whatever character Acola played to be banned, they want to ban Acola because Acola beats their goat, their snowflake hearts can't take it

[@tumultoustortellini]

@@thebigredmachinekane478 Disagree. He's an element, but the narratve that people are just salty about top level play is incorrect. He's unfun to fight at most levels of play. If you play and demonstrate the lameness and top 1 potential of a lame character, people aren't going to like the character. That's not oppression. That's analysis. It's valid to not like steve. Was Acola treated like shit? Yes. Same for Onin. But it has nothing to do with them specifically, it's not personalized prosecution. They both simply existed as proof that the character isn't fun to watch and is unfair, people would have done that to anyone.

[@Kizunoto]

I hope these two become rivals, after Battle of BC Sparg0 was totally in favor over Acola, but now Acola’s been putting up a fight, a healthy rivalry is the best kind of rivalry

[@paulcarroll473]

That to up+B counter is ridiculous. The perfect response

[@dingo9696]

0:54 he started the up B before sparg0 did. Crazy read.

[@gordon68l]

So ridiculous with one of the largest hitbox in the game 🤡 with a broken swordie. Nothing great about it

[@himmyneutron3560]

@@gordon68lyeah I bet you’re a way more impressive player than Acola. We should all strive to be as unimpressed and cool as you!

[@sebasassaf]

finding out pyra up+b beats cloud up+b is gonna change my life

[@irwin997]

⁠​⁠@@gordon68lIf Spargo did the same thing when he plays Aegis you’d be mesmerized by it and you know that lmao

[@ブチャ-g8i]

スマブラ史上、どの試合より一番だった あこーらスパーゴはいつまでも競い合ってくれ！

[@ZoroPTD]

I'm so glad acola has a better grasp on aegis than we've seen in the past, really shows that he's not just carried by Steve

[@Yokai_Yuri]

He is actually carried by Steve. Spargo just forced him to play multiple characters in hope that he can defeat him. Spargo and Acola are 80/20 in Spargo's favor. Even Sonix has learned how to beat Acola

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@Yokai_Yuri “Sparg0 just forced him to play multiple characters in hope that he can defeat him.” Yeah, it’s called adapting. acola labbed and grinded with Aegis for over a year instead of bitching about the matchup like most do, and in the end, it allowed him to beat his nemesis without the set even going to game five. Take some notes from the best player in the world and cope harder.

[@jojomcjoe292]

⁠@@Yokai_YuriAcola has very poor defensive habits across his entire roster which is how they beat him, fundamentally he is up there with the top 20 players imo, but I agree his bad habits often go unpunished when he plays steve

[@KingOfStrapFanboy922]

@@Yokai_Yuri”Carried by steve” assumes he cant win with other characters, but he literally just beat Sparg0 with Aeigis (someone whos beaten all the other good aegis’s and plays the character himself). So now he’s carried by steve AND carried by aegis? Whats the criteria for not being carried then? They cant play a top 10 character or something? So sonix is carried? Light is carried? Mute is carried? Shinymark is carried? You just seem like a hater

[@giovan4853]

@@KingOfStrapFanboy922 Stand on business

[@AlexArvizu-pt7kj]

People will say anything to undermine acola's win here. If it had been MkLeo's Pyra/Mythra beating Sparg0, those same people would be cheering him on and wouldn't care about Sparg0 considering them to be Cloud's hardest matchup. Also, Sparg0 uses Pyra/Mythra as a secondary and used to main them, but when players like him or Leo use them "they're a fundies character", or when Sparg0 beats acola's Steve with his Cloud (who has a winning matchup against Steve), "Sparg0's just way better". Yes, acola did win with a character that beats Cloud, but Joker also beats Cloud and yet he has a winning record in that matchup, same with his offline record against ShinyMark despite Pikachu beating Cloud, for example. Another example, Sparg0 losing to Lv.1 (it doesn't mather that he won the rematch) in Toon Link vs Cloud, which most would consider a very bad matchup for Toon Link, or his big number of losses to MuteAce's Peach despite also having a winning matchup there. If you're gonna complain about something in the game being broken, the least you can do is be consistent about what you say and which wins you discredit, for example if you consider this set's result to be unfair then you should also call Sparg0 "carried" for beating something like Kola's Roy with his own Pyra/Mythra, when it's considered a losing matchup for Roy. Everyone has the same character selection screen, winning is more about fighting your opponent than the character matchup, no one is seriously calling for a Pyra/Mythra ban because they're not game-breakingly good, it's all fair game. Sparg0 is godlike, acola is godlike, and this time in particular it was acola who happened to be the better player.

[@kingkillmger9597]

Thank you especially for touching on that problem with matchups. Sparg0 stays losing -2s and nobody says a word.

[@Valentinesdayghost]

The problem is that most are too arrogant and can’t get over their bias to actually see who’s on top. They let their petty pride blind them and influence what is “earned” or “carried”, and then treat it like it’s objective fact or common consensus. The Ultimate community is a ship of fools.

[@SonamSlash]

I agree with everything you said but Cloud goes even with Steve 😭

[@Salone_FD]

@@SonamSlashI think it’s at least debatable from my experience.

[@ZizouEnjoyer225]

@@SonamSlashYeah, I think it is +3 Steve favor, because “just edgeguard him bro”.

[@FeltonRush]

That was absolutely insane. Best match I've seen this season

[@joshuadavis8265]

this is what happens when someone does excessive studying for a MU while the other person thinks they have it in the bag. While i wanted Sparg0 to take the win, i gotta give it up to Acola. Bro showed up! props Acola for overcoming your bracket demon. you know Sparg0 is gonna study acolas Aegis like crazy now.

[@Spyder-Marth]

Yeah. It really does work. When I lost to ROB in bracket 5 times in a row I grinded the MU and then took down my bracket demon 2-0. Did the same to upset a top GA Inkling 2-0 last week and I got 13th going Corrin and Lucina. Nice feeling. I am now working on the Link and Min Min MUs because they put me in the dirt last bracket.

[@extonjonas6820]

I mean he did have Steve in the Bag and the Aegis was not even a threat. It is kind of hard to prepare for an opponent that is lost against you.

[@jayvionburke4929]

@@Spyder-MarthI want to learn the Min-Min match up because the character is weird to play against

[@ZizouEnjoyer225]

@@extonjonas6820Their set at watch the throne was very competitive

[@extonjonas6820]

@@ZizouEnjoyer225 was that their last set I don't remember?

[@AguaDeOguo]

Ok so let me understand, when Cosmos does well with Aegis he is "clutch" and everyone loves it, but when Acola does amazing with Aegis he is "Still carried" only because is still a dlc character, i really really really don't understand some of these people, Acola is cracked

[@ISoundMasterBlasterI]

His aegis did significantly better than cosmos’ too as a secondary

[@gordon68l]

Cosmos chokes too much and Acola just proved why aegis is top 3, nothing to be proud of.

[@cooperm4185]

​​@@gordon68lso what you're saying is Cosmos is actually a dreadful player that constantly chokes and the only reason he doesn't drown in pools is because Aegis carries him so hard? And Spargo somehow lost to a player THAT BAD?

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@gordon68l Top 3? Solo Aegis hasn’t won a major since 2022. If they weren’t such a prominent secondary within top level play, Luigi would have better results. All I hear is excuses, excuses, and more excuses.

[@Just.a.fellow.stranger]

​@gordon68l So Cosmos is horrible at the game and Acola is carried because it's a dlc character? Nice mentality bucko

[@troybaker9302]

Genuinely one of the sets that made me turn from an Acola denier to a true supporter. Truly loved watching his adaptations through all of these matchups with Sparg0. These two are kicking ass and watching them compete against one another reminds me of MKLeo vs Tweek back a few years. Great set and congrats to both players

[@VarsVerum]

Part of me thinks beating Sparg0 mattered more to Acola than winning the actual event lol

[@nevohyams]

i can't lie watching this live i teared up a little, it was so awesome to see Acola finally succeed after so much hard work and prove people wrong

[@jeffersonian4]

Prove people wrong how? That he isn't carried? 🤭Acola's going to need to win with a character that isn't named Steve, Aegis, Sonic, Kazuya, ROB, or Snake if he wants to prove he isn't carried

[@RayBcv1030]

@@jeffersonian4 He beat Kome with Donkey Kong and Doramigi with Roy

[@jeffersonian4]

@@RayBcv1030 Excellent, he should keep using those characters

[@Thrillager]

​@@jeffersonian4there is no character called aegis. Who is this "aegis" you speak of?

[@lando1296]

Best set I've ever seen change my mind. This is after Spargo crushing Acola's Aegis in the Tokyo Smash Camp 5 Crew Battle earlier this week too! This is a complete opposite of what happened that set. I've always noticed that Acola is great at parrying and spot-dodging with Steve, and Mythra gets HUGE rewards off of either. Foresight is activated by spotdodge of course, but Mythra can also punish with her fast smash attacks after a parry. He made some great reads and got some kills with Pyra of course, but his Mythra is really where it's at.

[@atietta]

As soon as I saw acola try to foresight Cloud’s up b 20 seconds into the set I knew he studied HARD for this match

[@Killerseed8835]

This was honestly my favorite set of 2024, just great ultimate all around with an emotional popoff

[@muki3017]

I've watched this set quite a few times since it happened. Acola played so well (especially the first two games), and finally managed to get all the pieces together to get a W on his bracket demon Sparg0. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! It's really showing how Acola is not just "carried by Steve", but an overall great Smash player and knows how to play characters in addition to Steve at top level. Notice that Sparg0 also plays Aegis as secondary and has lots of experience against this character, which means that there isn't much Acola can cheese with Aegis. And yes, it's clear that Acola prepared A LOT against Sparg0 (he just KNEW what Sparg0 was gonna do), which might undermine the argument that he's able to play other characters at top, but Sparg0, as one of the best Ult players, obviously doesn't really have many exploitable weaknesses, and is hella good at adaptation. Considering that Acola played Aegis, but not some rare characters against Sparg0 (which could potentially be a matchup check), there is no doubt that Acola just played really, really well, as a Smash player. Well deserved win!

[@plotyuu]

Easilly could the set of the year like this hit me like a nuclear bomb

[@Printerpenguin]

Even Spargo looks happy for Acola

[@izzygarnelo]

Set of the year hands down! Amazing job to Acola for defeating his demon, and pretty convincingly too! He's the #1 player in the world for a reason!

[@asiandude918]

Sparg0 having that mentality to never give up is really amazing to see.

[@unovi8141]

Such a massive win for Acola. I wanted the Sparg0 dub this tournament but can't even be mad, Acola played insane, really showed he has what it takes to be at the very top. Watching anyone put this much work in to beat their bracket demon and have it pay off is sick. Been waiting for a chance for Acola to show he's more than just Steve to the doubters.

[@phycoxiaomi6576]

When NA player wins : GOAT,better When Japanese player wins: MU,carried 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Valentinesdayghost]

I agree. We need to call these people out more lmao. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

[@epistarter1136]

People just REALLY hate steve in the west, reason why jp players do so well is that they're not complaining about mu's and are focused on adapting like the rest of the top players

[@dingo9696]

the best part is that NAs GOAT has been playing the same character (Aegis) against sparg0 for years and gets destroyed

[@globous29]

This set proves it all: there is a lot more ultimate to be played. Well played by both of them

[@andy764]

Yeah, this win is the proof that Acola is a real skilled player!

[@doge8153]

With Aegis?😂

[@cider7516]

人の努力が感動を起こすことを学んだ。 あcolaとSparg0素晴らしい試合をありがとう。そして二日間お疲れ様でした！

[@MySleepyHobo]

love the hug at the end, real respect and sportsmanship here 🙏

[@SeriousStriker]

Anyone who calls acola "carried" is wrong. End of discussion.

[@GyozaDevourer]

He uses Steve and Aegis... I like him but those characters are literally so carried

[@tekanoes6341]

@@GyozaDevourerI’d like you to direct to me the other “carried” Aegis players playing at this level to the point where they can just get free wins on Sparg0. Give me some GOOD examples that aren’t established top players and I won’t bully you into submission.

[@SanOcelotl]

He kinda is, but if the characters are allowed, i see no problem on him exploiting them

[@Rafael-d5e1n]

Name another aegis who places top 8 consistently.

[@SeriousStriker]

@@GyozaDevourer Aegis is a fundies based character, the only Aegis players to do extremely well with the character were already players who were good with other characters beforehand. They're not boosting literal 2-2'ers from being high level or top level anytime soon.

[@Alibaba-id1cs]

“Ultimate is dead” “Acola is carried” The delusion from the community is just so hilarious I can never understand why yall can’t just ever love yourself The Best in the World has overcome his demon and gets the set win he wanted to win :)

[@Valentinesdayghost]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. This community chooses to be unhappy.

[@strylon2277]

@@Valentinesdayghost This is the perfect wording to define the SSBU community We have EVERYTHING to be happy, but we aren't, and I don't understand why Insanely hype sets in hype majors, insane storylines, insane casters and players, biggest community in the FGC and the list goes on, but no, people hate the game

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@strylon2277 Why, thank you! :)

[@drewf8619]

Love the Japanese just sitting on the ground for this... Their culture really is something special

[@mv2664]

I want so bad to them playing again, this is the second time that acola beats sparg0, but with like 2 years between each win, so exited to see sparg0's response.

[@Animatix19]

Its was just a day ago I was saying Pyra/Mythra was overrated because of they're not so safe moves (I play Cloud so I can punish out of shield), but if you're defensive options are just as good as your offense then... Point is, Acola's has the most oppressive Mythra I've ever seen. Without Bair what is Cloud supposed to do bro. He parried or foresighted them so many times!

[@Salone_FD]

Pythra is better when you ise thw speed of Mythra to bait and punish rather than pretend your Roy and mash on people. Acola showcased that excellently in this set.

[@juanluisaguirre2960]

I don’t ever wanna hear anyone say this kid is carried by Steve he just proved that shit wrong he stood on business

[@birthbysleep24]

Carried by Steve

[@keidozzz2445]

​@@birthbysleep24go carry these nuts

[@ulqrr5867]

@@birthbysleep24 You can't win against Sparg0 even with Steve and Aegis

[@vin9235]

Those up B from pyra to punish cloud up B is just poetic? Amazing set from Acola I hope he plays more Aegis

[@ebrahimfawad940]

It feels like not just acola but Aegis as a whole is slowely getting better at adapting to the game’s fast changing meta, we all saw that in S factor 11 with Cosmos; a noticeably worse player than acola, who also took a set off Sparg0 and nearly Sonix as well. Wonder if Acola should consider opting Aegis against Sonix should they meet in bracket.

[@Random1567]

Yup, still think they’re top 3

[@Spyder-Marth]

I'm slowly beginning to ses Aegis become the real threat the Elite Smashers be saying she is lol.

[@diegojaraestivill5620]

It would be epic, already as a fan of these proplayers (not because of them personally, but as players). I would like to see that meeting. Does Steve have bad matchups? Maybe sonic, cloud and snake are mentioned as a hypothesis, maybe in this meta full of steves, that is the reason why, with the arrival of steve to the meta, several sonic, corrin and snakes began to arrive too

[@strylon2277]

Acola already talked about wanting to use Aegis more against hard opponents He's already using her a lot against Doramigi and Miya (obviously Sparg0 too), and I think he'll use her more in the future because of how much he practices with her on Smashmate, taking sets of Yoshidora, TamaP, Miya etc.. in solo Aegis

[@molbuden88]

これをMkleoザクレイでも見たかった でももう見ることはできないだろうし その分も感動した

[@musicdev]

Every other Steve stopped being relevant when top players learned the matchup, except for Acola. American players just want to complain instead of learning how to play the game

[@aisuiro.cellist]

Nah Onin is still relevant, just not like Acola

[@benjaminzamoraiglesias8425]

You can tell he put in the work. Respect for Acola

[@TheTvSmash]

This is the set I’ve been waiting to see

[@TheGreatSammyJack]

Acola is so entertaining as a player when he's not using Steve. The scrapping between these two was insane

[@janswhatsupdoc]

i had absolutely zero faith in acola coming into this set, glad to finally be proven wrong

[@han-wenliu6176]

NA calling players carried as always and keep complaining the same bullshit While JP just continues to improve and finally overcome the impossible

[@defectivesickle5643]

From what I heard, JP twitter also gets extremely toxic

[@strylon2277]

@@defectivesickle5643 It sure does, but I would say less The main difference tho is players. Just look at how many top NA players complain about the state of the game, the meta, the characters etc.. every single day, now compare it to japanese players. They all love the game and put the work needed to overcome their demons and it shows, that's like, 80% of why JP is so far above every single region in the world nowadays, and it also explains NA's downfall

[@defectivesickle5643]

@@strylon2277 Is that what JP really is, or is it just the perception you created of the ideal playerbase because you aren't in its community? And who are you to say that NA doesn't have passion for the game? Why do you think a wave of them came to JP in the first place, or why Sparg0 decided to come to this event with no prize pool? Because they love competitive Smash, that's why

[@strylon2277]

​@@defectivesickle5643 ​ So I wrote you like 70 lines to explain what I said more precisely and it ended up disappearing, so I'll sum it up quickly, I don't feel like writing 500 lines another time. Basically what I complain about is not the fact that the "low" community (low/mid tier players, spectators etc..) is toxic. No matter the game, no matter the place, the online community will always be toxic, it's an undeniable constant. What I complain about is when subtop/top players start being toxic, calling players carried, whining about the state of the game, complaining about everything, basically making the region stagnate because of their online behavior. I can guarantee you that it's not a perception I created, I spend way more time in the smash japanese community than in the EU or NA ones nowadays, and I've never seen a single top player downgrade the achievements of another player based on their playstyle or on their character, not once. Literally, the closest thing I've seen to this is Zackray saying that it's hard to keep up with acola while playing Pit-Steve, yea, that's the worse thing I've seen, spooky right ? And about the "who are you to say that NA doesn't have passion for the game?", I've never said that ? We still see big majors, new players and spectators every day, saying that NA doesn't love the game would be a lie, but as I said earlier, I don't really care about the community anymore, since they're (in the most cases), just stupid idiots whose sole purpose in life is to discredit and mock teenagers playing their favorite game at top level, I'm talking about the "high" community

[@epistarter1136]

@@strylon2277 Agree with you, look at any jp smash sets and the people complaining are mostly westerners. Even this comment section alone is a good example. Yes jp people can be toxic, thats just twitter but when it comes to competitive smash, its different. There's a reason why jp is full of tough players and its because a lot of them have top player mindset of adapting to anything no matter the challenge And fr I hate when you type paragraphs and it disappears that I need to copy it in case it gets deleted just because of one or two words in that comment were bad even though I see people saying much worse stuff

[@lebazoid7130]

This is legit one of the hypest sets I've ever seen. Acola on Aegis is so refreshing and so much more entertaining to watch than Steve, and Sparg0 was phenomenal as usual

[@BryGuyJohn]

Acola played INCREDIBLE Smash here. First time I've ever seen him play neutral at this level. All that hard work paid off!

[@MotivatedStudent2000]

I do not want to pretend, but I literally woke up in the minute this match between Sparg0 and Acola started!

[@MRB96]

Bro did not care of winning Kagaribi, he just wanted to beat Spargo

[@えるしー-c2f]

努力が証明されましたね！ ホントに感動した 天敵でありながら、世間ではスティーブへのアンチもありながら、この大会であColaは完成されたプロプレイヤーだ

[@ISoundMasterBlasterI]

People still trying to discredit Acola as a player is fucking insane after picking up on Sparg0s habits throughout after him playing white hot in losers until this

[@Hermitage171]

Part of what makes this set crazy is that Acola and Sparg0 were ranked #1 and #2 in 2023, but this is the first time they've played at all in 2024 (and it's late July)!

[@RayBcv1030]

So fucking proud of my goat Acola. This win meant so much to him, and he finally was able to prove himself. Amazing set from two amazing competitors! Sparg0's finally back to his former self, and acola was finally able too get arguably his most important win ever.

[@Valentinesdayghost]

MY GOAT 🔥🔥🔥

[@101academics]

Acola is nowhere close to being a goat.

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@101academics it sounds like somebody doesn’t know what the word *subjective* means

[@firewall5189]

​@@101academicshes been insanely dominant for the past few years in ult, hes gotta be coming closer and closer to the title at this point even if hes not quite there yet

[@BiG_SorD]

God I love the Japanese commentators and the Japanese atmosphere for gaming 😭

[@warrenlwolfe]

Acola changed so many things around in his Aegis playstyle. We also learned unsurprisingly that Aegis Up B (both characters) is busted.. Really creative mixing up of options that completely threw Sparg0 off in the first two games.

[@lloydaran]

Fantastic set and incredible display of skill by Acola. Perfect use of Foresight against Sparg0's strong aerial pressure, on-point punishes for just about everything (that Pyra up-B against Cloud's was INSANE), great advantage state with clean combos. Acola worked his ass off to overcome his bracket demon, with a character used by Sparg0 too, as well as Leo, so there's no excuse now. He's HIM, deal with it.

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@lloydaran *FUCKING PREACH RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* 🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🎌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mercurysnake274]

I’ve been watching this set over and over again, and his Foresights still blow me away every time. Feels like I’m watching an actual Xenoblade 2 cutscene, with how often he’s hitting them

[@noahwright3519]

That pop off was awesome. So much genuine excitement from him, I'm so glad he was able to win.

[@うだつあっぷる]

文句を言い続けて自分を保とうとするどっかの馬鹿共とは違う あcolaは努力でこの一勝を勝ち取ったんだよ

[@pimpdgw]

誰？

[@特ジャス]

@@pimpdgwZackray

[@高身長イケメン-f3j]

あこーら信者イライラwwwwwwww😜

[@山田太郎-y9c4s]

​@@pimpdgw平成のスマブラー達やな

[@adomomcjinkies4787]

This was one of the best ultimate sets of the year 🎉

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

smash community is still toxic as hell, always bitching about Acola, even he beat Sparg0 clean with Aegis. Acola is the true goat. I knew he can do it ever since he beat Leo with the 3-0, he's always improving, and as the #1 player in the world he is also the humblest, never said anything like Ï am the best player in the world". Hell, you can't even find it in his bio. He's so much better than a lot of players in NA in both skills and personality. Whereas NA players like Light calling Protobanham ice man knowing that Protobanham has kidney stone need to use bathroom. And EE with some others always has that crazy "NA is the best because we are Americans". Like wtf? That's the reason why foreigners think Americans are arrogant

[@Jumogas]

Beats Sparg0 once after getting demolished 6 sets in a row

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

@@Jumogas And? What's your point? Can you predict the future? Shouldn't he get credit for beating his bracket demon with a character that is not Steve? People like you are super toxic, always talking shit, just go get a life, dude

[@Jumogas]

@@thebigredmachinekane478 my point is that everyone is saying that Acola is the goat for beating Sparg0 ONCE! After losing 6 sets in a row. I congratulate him for his hard work but it was expected at this point considering Sparg0 lost to cosmos and Sparg0 obviously practiced for lv1 and it showed but he didn’t practice for Acola. If Sparg0 practices for Acola he will probably win. Just saying.

[@NaughtyPigMario]

lol EE is very toxic and unbearable always dickride and simp for “GOAT” while downplaying people that beats him

[@thebigredmachinekane478]

@@Jumogas Acola is goat because for such a long period of time, a lot of people, especially people from NA laugh at him, calling him carried because he could not beat a skillful player like Sparg0, he lived under Sparg0's shadow for such a long period of time, yet, he never complained, just grind his aegis, and he managed to beat Sparg0, all Japanese crowd were cheering for him, and commentators even cried in front of the stream afterward, how is he not the goat? Playing a top tier character? Yes. Goat that loved by his people? Yes, he's the new king of Japan

[@TheTvSmash]

Wholesome ending

[@tomatoblate2170]

“Acola is carried by Steve, if he played any other character he wouldn’t even be a top 10 player”. Yet time and time again Acola proves that he’s worthy of the #1 spot in the world

[@KiNGMe21]

Acola did some studying on Sparg0's tendencies. This man was determined to beat Sparg0 this time around.

[@tekanoes6341]

The Sparg0 glazers are in full effect in this comment section. They can’t just take an L and go, they have to embarrass themselves first 💀

[@berifeld]

sparg0 ain't have hard feelings, idk why all his fans do

[@awxii_]

Fr the toxic part of Sparg0's fans all decide to come out and start yapping and coping instead of just admitting he lost and that he can just win next time. Sparg0 made an entire tweet saying he wasn't too upset about losing and that he played well. Acola got like a single win on him this year and they act like the world is ending now. 😂😂😂

[@ISoundMasterBlasterI]

The most toxic fanbase in the scene I swear lol

[@dingo9696]

idk if its sparg0 fans or acola haters lmfao. sparg0 was a good sport about it, as he should be.

[@xanander4693]

Spargo hasn’t even been dominant this season. Idk why ppl still act as he’s the best player smh

[@karanveersehra6336]

I’m one of the biggest Steve haters but seeing Acola beat Sparg0 with Aegis actually made me pretty happy

[@SomeGuy-qd3li]

I wish we saw more of acola's aegis, his mythra and pyra legitimately looks perfect. Unlike all the other top aegis mains, he's actually not afraid to switch to pyra, stick to her to end the stock, and rarely whiffs with her too. Acola is a god

[@elianreyes4929]

Acola did his best to defend his home! Way to go Acola🎉

[@dogyX3]

Probably better to put the spoiler in a separate comment

[@rondoudoushiney3868]

Bro really put a spoiler in the spoiler block

[@andy764]

I don't think it's necessary, the match happened 2 days ago. Additionally, if people don't want spoilers then they should not read the comments.

[@christophersadri6464]

This made me respect Acola as a player 20 times more.

[@ぽい丸-n7u]

なんか想像したコメ欄と違ってびっくり。こんなにも他人の努力を素直にほめられない捻くれた人がいるのか…　文句ばっか言ってても相手は弱くならないし自分達は強くならないのに。

[@hffyjgxujgcgjxrrd]

コメ欄みると多くの人があコーラを祝福してると思うけど

[@user-4545chanel]

あこーらがスパ様に負けた時の海外のコメ欄はもっとやばい。「あこーらはスティーブじゃなきゃ勝てない。」「あこーらが泣いてるところを見ると胸がスッキリする」「スティーブ使いは同性愛者」だの見てられん。それと比較すれば大分あこーらのことを褒めてるコメが多い

[@R2000ダラー]

いいねがついてるコメントはほとんどあcolaを讃えるようなコメントばっかりやから気にしすぎや

[@Nefaliss]

Congratulations to Acola! Not exactly a fan of him but he absolutely earned this win. Never would have expected his Aegis to be this prepared! Very curious to see what happens now between them. With Sparg0 looking to answer back and whether Acola will consider using Aegis against Sonix.

[@Nathan987651]

I love the random Japanese commentators screaming in the background.

[@thanieltu3153]

It was awesome, you should checkout the Japanese version of this match, the commentators were going crazy 😂

[@バリカタ麺]

The commentators also decided on the strongest...

[@fupalover]

BEST SET OF THE YEAR

[@danieldancer4065]

a glimpse of peak aegis. both steve and aegis are broken but i want to see more of his aegis for obvious reasons lol

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Yeah, it'd be interesting if Acola became a full-time Aegis main. I think he'd have some inconsistencies at the beginning, but then he'd quickly become someone who never misses top 8, same as now. But Steve is better and I think Acola still loves playing him more than Aegis, so I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

[@danieldancer4065]

@legrandliseurtri7495 if I liked steve I would love to bully people also so I don't blame him

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 acola in addition is a big fan of Minecraft, so I don’t see the best Steve switching mains anytime soon, and I honestly couldn’t be happier about that.

[@nathancasey7712]

5:48 Can someone explain how acola got another jump here? I'm confused.

[@チョけ太郎]

ジャンプ使ってなかったよ😂

[@strylon2277]

He didn't use his jump

[@nathancasey7712]

@@strylon2277 How does he gain height at 5:52 and do a flip?

[@strylon2277]

@@nathancasey7712 he doesn't, that's an airdodge here

[@nathancasey7712]

@@strylon2277 5:49 is the airdodge no? 5:52 he gains straight vertical height without the face animation

[@PrimordialTuna]

How do these pros make the quick drop shine purple? Or is it just the regular quick drop? I see how fast Spargo is with cloud and it blows my mind. I consider myself a good player, but I need to learn to move like these guys, but idk where to start. I've played the game for so long and I need to be better

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

People are really arguing way more than they should in this comment section. A player just managed to beat his worst bracket demon, someone who consistently had his number for a long time. I feel like that should be so satisfying and awesome regardless of who you wanted to see win the tournament. No one likes repeated one-sided massacres, surely.

[@Sponsie1000]

If people still think acola is carried by Steve, you can point them towards this set from now on. Great on him for finally overcoming Sparg0

[@shari2383]

This “acola” fella seems pretty good

[@WhaUTalking]

Needless to say Steve is broken, but he proved what he makes the strongest is just his skills and efforts. ggs for both players

[@sergiooliva2517]

Pretty sure MKleo pictures himself like this while choosing Aegies lol. Congrats to Acola, he’s the best!

[@juancarlosavila1853]

This was like a battle between parallel Universes. TRULY TRULY EPIC!!

[@samk2407]

I absolutely never thought I'd see someone counterpick off of steve that's wild

[@YiyoTrujillano-w7v]

Desde hoy dejaré de subestimar a acola

[@EmanRapp]

Spargo had an insane losers run

[@danielw.2456]

This was an awesome set. Like, dang.

[@Paradox_Of_Crota]

Looks like Acola might put up a Better fight next time he fights Sonix.

[@doge8153]

Well…

[@Paradox_Of_Crota]

@@doge8153 Ik, I watched the match at Supernova.

[@AaronCan2]

People from Japan look so clean compared to the people who attend most of these game events here in the states.

[@JonathanRodriguez-cl8gq]

Acola impressed me but I think Spargo adapts and doesn’t let Acola beat him again anytime soon.

[@prismaticpaul]

ppl in comments having a heated discussion about rankings like their life depends on it, you love to see it great set all in all, not a campy snoozefest so i very much enjoyed it.

[@sharsasuke01]

Top 5 ult sets of all time, easily.

[@justintomer2567]

Wow acola is probably the best aegis in the world, very impressive stuff, havent seen spargo on the backfoot that hard in a long time

[@KingObliv]

my two goats playing in this incredible set Acola finally winning after two years