We Entered a Family-Friendly Mario Kart Tournament

[@RTGame]

Did you know they used to call me The Drift King back in college Because Nintendo does now

[@bwasson1.0]

Cool

[@A_Professional_Idiot_mk.2]

Ok cool, but why was Grossberg at the boat shack?! (yes I’m referencing this now, you can’t stop me)

[@mr_coleguy]

Now no one can dispute his title

[@NotSum1UKno]

4th

[@Matt-nf2gy]

Lol nice

[@chalkwarrior5542]

"How many of you guys can do a good Toad?" followed by an unceremonious symphony of toad voices is simultaneously the worst and best thing I've seen all day

[@beans1430]

11:40, for those who are curious

[@uberneint3297]

Some sounded like Gingy from Shrek lol

[@confushisushi]

@@uberneint3297 It's a thin line between mushroom and gingerbread

[@sbsftw4232]

I believe you're confusing symphony with cacophony.

[@chalkwarrior5542]

@@sbsftw4232 i actually initially wanted to describe it as an "unceremonious cacophony" but i thought that was too redundant

[@kathl.5598]

Skimmed the Twitch Rivals stream, when the hosts were reviewing RT and team they said something along the lines of "Look at that ingame leadership!" before immediately cutting to Nogla screaming his head off. the timing was so impeccable I genuinely almost cried laughing.

[@MartinPurathur]

Pfft

[@Rosa-kd2cl]

What was the time stamp?

[@i_forgot_my_lunch7362]

What in game leadership?? 😂😂

[@tritanicwolf518]

Is the coverage of the entire thing archived anywhere?

[@duke0200]

@@tritanicwolf518 it's archived on the Twitch Rivals twitch channel. You'll have to scroll back a good bit of videos but if you match it up with the upload date of this video, you'll be able to find it.

[@DaithiDeNogla]

I dunno, I felt it was pretty family friendly

[@saunshilu]

outside of the semi finals involving the Spanish sweaty team... gotta say you MURDERED them with your comment about having a life outside of kart racing

[@Jezzibolt]

Of course. The Eiffel Tower is very family friendly.

[@dantesparda14175]

Lies

[@potatoch1ps]

My siblings very much enjoyed the show. You guys were such a good influence to them!

[@skysnow2495]

Shut up Daithi

[@j.b9218]

Just want it to be known that RT's team was literally known as the LOUDEST team. And the hosts were sad to see them go. :)

[@racheld8920]

Oh god the riot in chat was hilarious when we found out.

[@Socvinc]

Where do you watch the full thing?

[@Sir_Bucket]

That's the power of the Irish hive mind for you

[@j.b9218]

@@Socvinc RT's perspective should be a VOD on his Twitch, as were a couple other perspectives (I know Brian was streaming it).

[@atomicanachronism8849]

Quietest UK residents

[@seriouslydon_t]

Most people will be pleased to know that the Spanish team was then defeated by the French team in finals, but what people who did not follow the French stream might not know is that France and Spain actually went against each other twice! The first time was at the very start of the tournament. For their first matchup, the French Team realized that the rules the tournament would play with were not the ones they had trained for when they had tried to learn how to play together, and then they were a taken by surprise by the tactics employed by the opposite team. So they lost. Not by much, but they lost by 7 points and had to win their qualifiers by winning the next two matchups. Only to go against Spain against in the Final and this time, now that they actually knew the rules they were playing with and were prepared for the kind of tactics their opponents would use, they slaughtered them, a 100 points difference. It felt like watching a shonen manga

[@dylanhodgson7605]

So France won?

[@seriouslydon_t]

@@dylanhodgson7605 Yep!

[@brailianharvey-howard1207]

Poor Spanish team, all they did was try to win

[@fortdayplayer7354]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207 no they literally violated the rules of the tournament by higher pros.

[@marcjehle2480]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207 those poor spaniards, they only wanted to win. They broke the rules, but they just wanted to win. How does that sound to you?

[@unthreadead]

Watched this live and ended up falling asleep part way through. Ended up laying on my wireless headset and accidentally shooting the volume up really high. Cannot express the surreal experience of slowly waking up to the sound of Daithi yelling directly into my ear about Mario Kart. 20/10, absolute joy to watch. Would experience again.

[@jackychang9148]

Must've been like one of those war games. You slowly start to regain consciousness and then, "WAKE UP! GET UP! WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BUNKERS!"

[@alexanderkosten7611]

@@jackychang9148 Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us and that thief over there.

[@jackychang9148]

@@alexanderkosten7611 LOL! How'd I forget that one!?

[@alexanderkosten7611]

@@jackychang9148 Obviously, not by choice. Someone must have dosed you with amnesia spray.

[@pennsy6755]

God I think I really am going schizophrenic cause I just read that in belle’s voice.

[@GreenCorgiQueen]

The fact that Nintendo and Forza have acknowledged that Dan is the Drift King is truly an amazing accomplishments.

[@tysonvienneau1830]

He's ascended reality itself

[@zairon1963]

When you insist on something long enough, it eventually becomes official Nintendo cannon.

[@Yolwoocle]

Is there any place where you can watch the replay of the whole tournament, not just RT's perspective? :)

[@gundam5271]

@@Yolwoocle probably look up RT VODs? I think there’s a channel and if not then his twitch channel might hold the VOD.

[@GreenCorgiQueen]

@@Yolwoocle I would guess perhaps check where it was streamed? I didn't catch it so I don't know personally unfortunately

[@dylndaviln3091]

The Irish lads are notoriously family friendly so I’m sure this will go great

[@Gobbygoblin]

the possible n word joke at 1:58 killed me

[@HyunjinnieFerret]

I love your profile picture

[@incognitoman3656]

200%!!! 🤨

@@Gobbygoblin What?

[@Yolwoocle]

Where can we watch the replay of the tournament and the presenters' perspective? I'd love to see it!!

[@llimeeyoutube]

The Drift King makes his final stand to prove to the world he deserves the title

[@ShadowSorel]

he is now... the drift GOD

[@perrywakeman4087]

*ITS THE FIIINALL DRIFTIIIIING!*

[@LeBlingKing]

The Drift King goes even further beyond

[@blakksheep736]

And then he lost it to Spain.

[@A_Professional_Idiot_mk.2]

@@blakksheep736 correction: he lost it to cheaters from Spain

[@StickMaster500]

RT is the Captain for this official Mario Kart tournament not just because he’s the Drift King, but also because he’s the perfect father figure to make sure all 5 of his children behave themselves during the tournament, especially with Daithi and Terroriser

[@tsui1024]

There is a reason he is also known as the Drift daddy

[@hellsing1696]

@@tsui1024 pause

[@yummynubs3646]

@@tsui1024 huh??

[@ohgodohnothebees]

​@@tsui1024 🤨📸

[@katteisace4563]

you mean you mean Daithi and ???

[@aryandairshad]

"I don't even feel bad for losing, because I have a wife and kids. I have happiness outside of Mario Kart." Daithi straight up MURDERS the Spanish team here.

[@rileydavidson180]

But how can he murder them when they're all clearly dead inside

[@garr_inc]

@@rileydavidson180 _Even reanimated bones can fall. Even the dead can die again._

[@marcalcantara1174]

As a spanish I take that L jesus lmao

[@AXVTemple]

As a Spaniard, I absolutely understand the salt that was spilt towards Spain's team - 🌸

[@fletcheragenda6014]

And they deserved it. That kinda stuff actually annoys me lol

[@Sebastian-pq3qk]

Terrorizer in a good mood: Brian Terrorizer when he gets salty: Brine

[@AnEmu404]

Hahahah that’s so simple but for some reason i find that so fucking funny- Ah i mean uh- hecking, hecking funny

[@alansmithee419]

@@AnEmu404 You have said a bad and must now go to Hecc Jail. Though since you are an emu and not a human, we may have to let you off.

[@mattymerr701]

The one thing in common is that Brian is wet?

[@pirokka9353]

LET'S GO BRINE!!

[@lastwymsi]

GOSH DARNIT you got a chuckle out of me. Good job

[@dvtye3378]

Unsurprisingly there's that one team that always sweats to the extreme in organized casual matches.

[@Lelmao33]

And it is spain. What a surprise

[@redpandamurphy]

@@Lelmao33 Remember when they had almost an entire basketball team fake being disabled for the special Olympics.

[@Lelmao33]

@@redpandamurphy and fucked over paralympic for over 7 years. Atleast the athletes in it genuinely feel guilty

[@xrefed]

@@Lelmao33 remember the rust competition they were in?

[@ocal123]

oh god spain wtf

[@Terroriser]

Who else wants to come to Portugal now???

[@McYoob]

Spain is cancelled

[@strawberry942]

I'll be there tomorrow

[@RandomPerson-ng4kr]

Hello how are you now TERRORISM

[@RedTyphoon]

In my next timeline.

[@WiresDawson]

curtains for Spain

[@the_legendary_fire]

I had a great time watching this "CASUAL" "FAMILY FRIENDLY" tournament for charity live.

[@AmnElIthTirSol]

when i think Casual and Family Friendly, my mind goes to Daithi first

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

casually doing nitendo multiplayer games with family or friends always turn into a full scale conflict

[@the_legendary_fire]

@Tor Witthaut Tor I remember you from rizirones 12hr stream

[@the_legendary_fire]

@@audenjb because that isn't being questioned unlike family friendly and casual

[@shineinstars]

so family friendly

[@epicsaxguy2924]

"Your telling me these guys aren't speedrunners?!" Nogla has every right to be mad here

[@HazeEmry]

Top 100 Mario Kart player there. Nogla gets mad a lot but a lot times he's just about it or just for fun. This time its justifiable

[@brenscott5416]

Ya honestly I've got to give it to nogla, it's completely insane that it was allowed to happen

[@brailianharvey-howard1207]

No. No he does not

[@snowyfate]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207 yes, he did

[@asei231]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207bro why are you defending spain so much? youve no reason to they arent gonna give you an award or somethin for defending them in the comment section of a youtube video

[@justanaverageferret]

As soon as I saw the clan kid matching screen names on Spain's team I knew something was fuckin sus. Actually deplorable when it was classed as casual. It took Dathi literally a simple search to instantly find they had top 100 players making up their squad, how was this not caught?

[@cmichel9214]

Hey guys, here's a little detail that you might not have seen in the video: If you look very carefully at Daniel during certain races, you will see that he is wearing a golden, inflatable crown on his head. It might take a couple times to see, as it is very subtle. Him wearing the crown is a small nod to the fact that some people, often refered to as "They", used to call him the "Drift King" back in college. Hope y'all enjoyed this little tidbit of lore!

[@spumy_plughole1191]

Are you a member of r/shittymoviedetails and/or r/shittygamedetails?

[@SolstaceWinters]

We might need a MatPat GameTheory about the subtle RTgame ARG he's clearly been cooking up.

[@seanpeacock4290]

did he get the title by drifting off Rainbow Road more than anyone else? because if he did I can totally take that crown from him.

[@hogdogged]

@@spumy_plughole1191 silence redditor

[@mrswork9106]

Brian has a crown too that he bought specifically for a Mario kart video, I think he still wears it from time to time.

[@Tomatech]

I felt almost as mad as brian when i saw what the spanish team were doing. 2 Pros smurfing is a strictly casual tournament with min-max loadouts and high level shortcuts, they ought to have been disqualified

[@shinyzekrom2204]

They weren't disqualified unfortunately, but France beat them by over 100 points, which is more embarrassing. Therefore, it's a better outcome.

[@-FutureTaken-]

@@shinyzekrom2204 Team France are such good sports, goad they win

[@AnEmu404]

@@shinyzekrom2204 vive les Français i guess

[@KissedByFire16]

@@shinyzekrom2204 that's good to hear, so unsporting of Spain

[@TGCPhilip]

@@shinyzekrom2204 I almost forgive them for Bantry Bay

[@BangtangelG]

Dan: This is a CASUAL tournament, don't use exploits! Spanish team: *drowning in their own sweat*

[@placeholderdoe]

Spain logging off, looking at their room. Looking at the people they’ve disappointed in their life. They didn’t even win. A fake anthem, a fake medal, so many people disappointed in them. But they probably have no one in their life to disappoint anymore, have a nice day

[@ringoferrer2343]

France: *bonjour*

[@brailianharvey-howard1207]

I mean they weren't sweating but alright, a little salty aren't you?

[@BangtangelG]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207 It's a joke sweetheart. A bit serious aren't you?

[@galaxycat9966]

@@brailianharvey-howard1207 You keep defending them I see. Point is, it's a casual, charity, mario-kart tournament and the Spanish team had 2 professional players, min-maxed builds, and they used high level shortcuts. They took the fun out of it for the people who were playing as it was intended to be played.

[@stalesock4]

I don’t think I’ve ever been upset watching one of rt’s videos, but man, the Spanish team can just piss off. Good for France, beating rule breaking sweats.

[@KingNedya]

If you want to get upset at another video of RT getting unfairly screwed over in a tournament, I recommend his Cities Skyline video with The Spiffing Brit and two other guys that was sponsored by Red Bull. He and Spiff lost because the other two players catered to the judges by building Red Bull-themed cities. For instance, one of the prompts was to build a park. One of the players, instead of building a park, built a race course that exists in real life and is owned by Red Bull, proceeded to argue that their race track counts as a park because "both are entertainment", and won. I know it's just a game, but that kinda annoyed me.

[@RoyalSap]

@@KingNedya why does the Spain team always ruin the fun

[@edwardkendrick9641]

@@KingNedya god that video made me so upset, rt really does just get screwed over in every tournament huh.

[@dawsonbassan9876]

@@edwardkendrick9641 He did win that one pokemon tournament.

[@marcjehle2480]

@@KingNedya you mean in the same tournament where the judges suspected RT of cheating because the goal was to get high Traffic flow and RT managed to get 100% traffic flow with an ABOMINATION of road design and road anarchy?

[@Lunacide59]

Nintendo: "This is a casual, friendly tournament. Just have a good time. :)" Spain, about to recreate the Reconquista: "I see no Gods up here. EXCEPT FOR US."

[@QberBear]

And then they lost to France lol

[@danzoom]

@@QberBear that was a revenge for the Peninsular war

[@missrebel634]

More like Reconqistwaaah!

[@screamsintothevoid9968]

Tbh they never did achieve the Reconquista

[@Holocoasterr]

@@QberBear feels good to know that

[@yoshyfoods]

As a casual online racer, the minute I saw the spanish team roll up with team usernames AND waluigi-wiggler karts, I just sunk my head into my hands and felt like shouting my lungs out in grief. I just knew exactly how that would end

[@pleasemurderme8312]

I speedrun the game quite a lot and they were doing risky strategies with 100% confidence and never messed them up which is hard to do consistently especially in stressful situations. It's wild they were allowed to do it

[@EddieB-ready]

@@pleasemurderme8312 so they were actually just... Using exploits... On a charity event... That was supposed to be casual. Dem, Spain really making an effort to be hated this year

[@Nico78Not]

Spain should be banned from any casual tournament tbh

[@temporalCaster]

@@Nico78Not fuck that, ban them from EVERY tournament. If they can't refrain from cheating in a casual setting it's pretty clear they'll do it in a competitive one too

[@EeveeTime]

@@Nico78Not We have the same pfp XD, but yeah Spain shouldn't have done that

[@CptObvious]

Nintendo: Okay, so this is a strictly casual tournament. We're just here to have fun. Spain: **Fields a team with 2 pros (100% against the rules), uses min-maxed meta cart combos, takes all the high-level shortcuts, and sweats enough to create a new ocean.** Spain is to online competitions what Russia is the Olympics.

[@and-a-bell]

Spain also cheated on the 2000s paralympics basketball too. So it's honestly in character for them

[@BenersantheBread]

Did they not get disqualified?

[@lilyflos187]

I think there was a twitch rivals rust tournament recently that had Spain do the same sort of thing.

[@hola-gy8te]

yknow it’s really funny because spanish people are viewed as hardcore gamers, hell i’d say most well known spanish speaking gaming youtubers are from spain

[@jackychang9148]

What happened to that team? Did they get disqualified?

[@M4SKED2001]

There's no such thing as family-friendly when you're competing against the Drift King

[@Perryace]

_or with Nogla_

[@thederpifier4623]

Or the Irish Lads

[@M4SKED2001]

@@thederpifier4623 @Perryace Let's be honest, there is no Family-Friendly here

[@DasDieDerErik]

@@Perryace terroriser though, morning cartoon levels of family friendliness from that lad!

[@linjo99]

I can't believe that they bought actually pro's to a casual tournament.

[@Klekowksii]

It's Spain. They cheated in the parlympics back in 2000.

[@chasefray]

@@Klekowksii it's been 22 years lmfao

[@moldylox]

​@@chasefray 9/11 was 20 years ago

[@luulcas_6267]

@@moldylox no ?

[@chasefray]

@@moldylox what the fuck

[@finleymorris04]

There’s always that one guy that invites you over to his house and then pulls out the Xbox and asks you to play Mortal Kombat. Having never played a videogame before, you agree. That one guy then proceeds to use his meta character and spam an inescapable 50 hit combo. When you inevitably lose without ever touching the ground, he switches to another character and does it all over again. After a couple hours, you put your controller down and respectfully say “Thank you for inviting me” and leave. That one guy then proceeds to whine to his “friends” that no one will hang out with him. Don’t be that one guy.

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

Refusal to adapt. That's the way of the a*shole

[@neztimar43]

Yeah dont be like spain

[@playcube4564]

I remember I had a friend to play Skullgirls with, and they would do an infinite combo and then wonder why I didn't want to play with them or play Skullgirls anymore.

[@walletinspector9341]

That happened to me but it was not a friend, it was a classmate and the game smash bros ultimate. he would exclusively use joker and hero, forcely pick my character for me, and call me bad when i die.

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

@@walletinspector9341 okay that guy's just a self-centred snob on the other hand

[@theawesomeike6085]

Damn, I recognize some of the names of the Spain team, used to watch those guys when I was younger, hard to believe that if this tournament was made 10 years ago I would've been cheering for them and not for the one and only Drift King

[@santiaguo21]

Tbh rubius used to be really good. Now hes just a salty dude that gets angry at everything and tryhardes way too much.

[@pirokka9353]

Keroro was on their team, so of course they were extra tryhards Que sí Keroro Que sí

[@MouseBasket]

Despite Spain being tryhards, this was fun to watch, Rt, You’ve reclaimed your crown as drift king

[@-FutureTaken-]

It probably wont happen, but I’d love to see Team Ireland and Team France do a friendly match after

[@edwardkendrick9641]

It would be nice, their race was stolen right out from under them, everyone in that tornument deserved better after what spain did

[@nerdybirdy2002]

The moment I saw the Spanish team's picks (19:33), I just wanted to scream. This, right here, is why I don't choose worldwide mode anymore. I only choose regional mode now. I got so tired of dealing with *this* in every single game.

[@daniellebryan2685]

Petition for drift king irl where RT does like actual go karting or something with the other irish lads

[@l3d-3dmaker58]

absolutely

[@AgentTasmania]

Casualties ensue

[@Eukleides89]

When he finally gets a drivers license

[@disappointingperson9162]

​@@AgentTasmania don't forget the war crimes

[@blueninja012]

yes, please

[@JAOResnik]

Didn't Spain just straight up cheat by bringing pros? Also the whole Waluigi Wiggler thing could be easily avoided if the tournament didn't allow people in the same team to use the same loadouts

[@Nex_Nova]

It is cheating but they lost to France by over 100 points in the Finals, so karma took care of it.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@Nex_Nova Tell that to all the people they beat and didn't have a chance to compete fairly, that could've won the tourney if not for them. Nothing was taken care of, they won by upsetting people.

[@s_-cv9uq]

@@Nex_Nova France must have been really good to demolish them like that.. I saw they were also using the meta build

[@_piranha]

@@s_-cv9uq France saw their strategy on the first match and got beaten by 7 points, they weren't familiar with the game mode and went "guys it's ok, it's the first match no biggie" and proceeded to win every single one, then used the spanish team's strat against them at the end. They're actually really good, not pros at all, but they were really taking it seriously and had really good comms, while also staying joke-y, for example it was one of the french player's birthday, and they all sung him an happy birthday song while the organizer was there lmao Edit : oh also i must mention, while they did want to be against spain in the finals, they also wanted to be against RT, because they were impressed about their 3-0 score while they were 2-1 at that point.

[@s_-cv9uq]

@@_piranha ahh glad they were good sports! I just thought it would be a bummer if there were 2 tryhard teams that went to the final

[@samuelguzman9143]

24:34 honestly the best moment in the twitch rivals stream is the announcers tuning in right at this moment with nogla, the awkward silence from the announcers fucking killed me 😂

[@loopstratos4619]

I only watched the archive but seeing the Spain matchup was soul crushing. Great game though

[@CraicDealer]

Lucy was the secret mvp of the stream. I'd never heard of her before but I went to her stream and she was great. Just super chilled out, not taking the tournement too seriously

[@marcjehle2480]

Unlike the spanish

[@TheFirstCurse1]

Yeah she's awesome. Her channel is Candy Evie and she makes a lot of Pokemon content. She's awesome.

[@ashtonisvibing4763]

i never would have thought that waluigi on the wiggler kart with tiny blue wheels would've been the meta- (spoilers for the finals of the tournament below) but i'm thankfuk to hear that france beat spain in the end, even if spain should've just been outright disqualified-

[@tysonvienneau1830]

From reading the comments, Spain apparently has a streak of sketchy things in terms of these things. I guess it true what I say, where there's fun, there's bound to be sweat and salt

[@ashtonisvibing4763]

@@tysonvienneau1830 yeah, i've read the other comments about it. but just like- in general, that's the meta (the best kart combo)- a goofy looking guy, on a goofy looking kart, with goofy little wheels- i honestly think that's beautiful-

[@solarcupid2583]

I'm actually kinda salty about the Spain thing. Like did the organizers not do any background checks on the competitors? Admittedly, this is the only perspective I've seen so there's definitely more to the story. Feel free to reply with more info, but it feels like the Spain team took advantage of the lax regulations.

[@SilverShelbyUWU]

Yeah, im wondering what happened with the whole spain thing. Cause they def should have had beeen eliminated or at the very least had rules or something put in to make it more fair.

[@potorius7877]

@@SilverShelbyUWU the guy that they briefly talked about joining the casual fall guys tournament is also a well known hacker. so how he got into the tournament is beyond me

[@masonr5797]

Whole thing was sketchy af, but I join you in saltiness

[@littlemissxflydog]

I'm pretty sad about it too, especially as this was for charity. No matter where they came they were receiving some money for a charity, and to cheat like that is in terrible spirit. If one person per team used the meta build it wouldn't be so bad but a full team is too much IMHO. Prior to that when watching the stream it was so much good fun, but as soon as I saw the full meta team I just sighed. It really took away from the casual and relatable fun, seeing everyone's different karts and characters, and I found it difficult to continue watching. I'm happy Dan and everyone at least had some good fun and we're able to raise some money for a good charity :]

[@DyslecticAttack]

Honestly I'm just starting to get disappointed. The last 3 things with casual tournaments that I watched (outside of MCC) had some sketchy stuff from Spanish players and I'm starting to see a pattern, even though I know the majority are alright. Toasts tournament got completely derailed because of saltyness and just misplaced pride and false facts that were yelled loudly. The fall guys thing. And now in a casual tournament a speedrunner has an entire team of meta builds doing pro-strat shortcuts.... It's just fucking ruining the vibe of these events that some people do that shit.

[@anti-spiral159]

12:35 Napoleon is, in fact, Corsican, from the island of Corsica, which was under italian and roman control for millenia and hundreds of years before the French took the island because of a rebellion, just in time for the french revolution to happen and for Napoleon to side with the revolutionaries. SO JOKES ON YOU HE'S RIGHT, TAKE THAT NAPOLEONNNNNN.

[@KingNedya]

I can't believe he was actually right, plot twist of the century.

[@ronanvialon7695]

@@KingNedya I mean, technically Corsicans if given the possibility would probably prefer to be considered as neither and just as Corsicans (Corsica is culturally different from both France and Italy), so he isn't quite right but he is closer to the truth than he might have thought.

[@leroy1154]

His family was also descendants of minor Italian nobility... and he was also President of Italy for a couple of years before being crowned King of Italy (actually northern Italy) and ruling it as a client state in union with his rule as Emperor of France.

[@Hylian_Waffle]

“This is a family friendly tournament.” Not one minute later: “SHIT”

[@donpollo3154]

They used to call him the Family-Friendly King back in college, you know

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

Of course I know that, you dibble

[@highdivinity8243]

You either die a Family-Friendly King or live long enough to be the Drift King

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

@@highdivinity8243 what

[@highdivinity8243]

@@ayaanmohammad6645 what?

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

@@highdivinity8243 Wait what the *harmonica sounds* where did the *harmonica sounds* ing comment go

[@Austin_B626]

Oh boy, a family friendly Mario Kart Tournament! I'm sure this will be family friendly!

[@cakepigs]

As Brit I never expected to be celebrating the French, but nice one French team for beating the Spanish after they did that cringe tryhard shit.

[@biglad3941]

same

[@jamesgraham7002]

Turg would have been allowed in but all the other teams knew they'd instantly lose against the mighty Turg!

[@Dargesh890]

That is because Turg is a pro!

[@brenscott5416]

Turg is just too powerful

[@wesleyward5901]

Dan: *Becomes the Drift King in college because he won a tournament only to immediately lose it next tournament* Dan now: *Is sponsored by Nintendo because he's the Drift King* At this point, he's in too deep and I can only wonder how long this charade will last.

[@katsucandy]

It's hilarious how it's escalated from Dan offhandedly bragging about it while playing mario kart and yelling with his friends to FRIGGING NINTENDO recognizing him as Drift King

[@ringoferrer2343]

I won't be surprised in a few years time if he actually becomes a racing driver, all because of a Mario Kart Tournament

[@soul_raider7624]

@@ringoferrer2343 From KZbinr to Pro Nascar driver?

[@06dpa]

He will break physics to win IRL

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

@@soul_raider7624 RT’s only afraid of driving, what could go wrong?

[@kaiser2979]

Spain continues their tradition of being absolutely insufferable in a Twitch Rivals event

[@ThatOneBuilderGuy]

This and the Rust tournament have not given me the greatest perception of Spanish streamers

[@johnnyjoestar6478]

I saw waluigi on a wiggler for the Spanish and I just thought "They went for the meta oh god"

[@Mr.Z2311]

I really hope Team Spain got disqualified... or touched some grass. They literally had two competitive players on their team, and had all the meta picks. Sweats, the lot of em.

[@racheld8920]

Yeah sadly they didn't get disqualified I believe. It pissed me off.

[@LeakyTrees]

@@racheld8920 but they got beat by the French, which is just as embarrassing

[@lunarnoona]

They didn't get disqualified unfortunately, but France beat them in the finals if that makes it any better

[@tysonvienneau1830]

@@LeakyTrees Imagine losing to the French when you tryhard lol

[@blueiris574]

They lost against France. By more than 110 points.

[@TarynBeeswax]

"How many of you guys can do a good toad?" *Entire Toad Brigade starts screaming*

[@cheese4870]

I love how RT keeps doing all this racing stuff but he still doesn't know how to drive IRL.

[@GingerCoreCringe]

he truly is the ultimate gamer

[@TGCPhilip]

Unfortunately for Daniel, street drifting is illegal

[@siegwardinspirit]

Not quite the same thing.

[@zelgiusthebrave1401]

Wait does he actually not know how to drive? I assumed him not having a license was just a joke

[@ringoferrer2343]

@@zelgiusthebrave1401 It's not a joke he actually doesn't know how to drive. I think.

[@Duper-Derp]

Did Spain get disqualified once they people found out that the Spanish team were technically cheating by having pro-Mario Kart players? Or not. As now I'm curious

[@I_Am_Kas]

They didn't, but the French beat them.

[@Duper-Derp]

@@I_Am_Kas well I suppose that's a win then. Definitely a win against sweats in what's supposed to have been a casual event

[@monicat3063]

@@I_Am_Kas noice

[@iClone101]

@@Duper-Derp And the difference was over 100 points. So it wasn't even close, France cleaned the floor with them.

[@Nikolai0169]

@@iClone101 thats sounds an awful lot like throwing the game for betting money

[@averagejacobinsubscriber]

I watched this live, and I've never felt more competitive watching something in my entire 23 years. Go Ireland! (Spain is lame)

[@dantesparda14175]

Oh yeah that Spanish team pissed me off so much

[@antoni.l.6712]

Coming from a Spanish: "our" team (I absolutely sided with the Irish Lads watching this) was ABSOLUTE bullshit. Like, they should have been disqualified before even starting

[@AXVTemple]

​@@antoni.l.6712 From another Spaniard: I'm just baffled they allowed that team tbh. Favouritism much? idk

[@deadersurvival4716]

@@AXVTemple It's the Twitch Rivals admin team. Expecting them to give a shite about the rules, let alone actually feking enforcing them is like expecting a baseball player to do a good surgery with nothing other than their favorite metal bat.

[@arandomwyvern7281]

Oh my god he actually wasn’t lying. He really is the drift king

[@aelux4179]

I love how every Twitch Rivals 'Casual' tournament is won by a team with ESpots pros or speed runners

[@zigzaghyena]

Apparently they lost to the French, but still between this and the twitch rust debacle, my opinion of Spanish gamers has taken a turn for the worse.

[@RepstarVixen]

@@zigzaghyena dont forget the fall guys debacle as well, at this point twitch rivals should just ban any spanish team from participating untill they learn to actually be casual about stuff

[@Sire-Swagg]

@@RepstarVixenah yes, banning people on the biases of their ethnicity. I’m sure this idea will have no negative consequences

[@RepstarVixen]

@@Sire-Swagg they would be banned based on their geographical location, not their ethnicity, since ya know, there are more ethnicities than just spanish in spain

[@Sire-Swagg]

@@RepstarVixen that’s still massively unfair

[@alexanderglex4600]

Wholesome Ending: Rt's team beats Spain somehow and France congratulates them for beating the literal cheaters and duke it out fairly in the finals

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

I can't stop laughing at "I don't feel bad for losing I have happiness outside of mario kart"

[@zeckemyro7031]

Let it be known: If you play Waluigi (also applies to DK and Roy) on the Wild Wiggler, you are enemy #1 and nobody likes you.

[@yoshyfoods]

Dont forget they specifically prefer azure rollers too

[@WineGuyDionysus]

The Drift King got invited to a Nintendo hosted family friendly Tournament… this can’t possibly go wrong at all, if The drift king doesn’t say anything rash then chat certainly will.

[@thatguyintherain3168]

Fun Fact: "Feck" is not a swear. It is an Irish expression of frustration and also a word that means "to toss". As in, "I fecked the ball across the yard" Or "Ah feck, the ball fell into the neighbor's yard" It is a socially acceptable word.

[@Powoga]

I think there's something wrong with me, because when I read "to toss", I did not think about throwing things.

[@PlayMadness]

I mean, it's clearly used as an exclamation because it sounds like "fuck."

[@stormcloudsabound]

* in Ireland

[@TGCPhilip]

I personally use "feck" whenever I want to show that I am taxed to hell and back (living in Ireland)

[@danieljames1868]

So feck is the irish version of yeet?

[@debbit]

Love when people spam meta builds in a "casual tournament" and have pro smurf players on their team and not get punished for it :)

[@anonymousperson1726]

why does every tournament RT enters get stolen unfairly from him? thank you spain for ruining my day and a charity event

[@KingNedya]

*Remembers the Red Bull Cities Skylines competition*

[@arjhezanimating558]

@@KingNedya What Im gonna say is unrelated to RTGame, but there is also the Twitch Rivals NA vs Spain Rust Tournament which they quitted before the final part of the tournament.

[@s_-cv9uq]

He did win the pokemon tournament 😊

[@generic_tough_guy.4830]

Twitch rivals got a history of unfair combinations. Rainbow 6 is the biggest i know where the entire enemy team where pros

[@marcjehle2480]

@@s_-cv9uq i think no spanish people were there

[@Xertios]

It's hilarious to see people getting mad at the spanish team because this anger was also shared by the french team which tryharded like nobody during the finals. hi from France and sorry if my english isn't correct

[@michaelnettles3059]

It's perfect

[@batfurs3001]

It's because Spanish teams have been sweaty greasy tryhards that ruin the fun for the rest in multiple tournaments before this one. God bless the French for beating their asses. The French language might be an abomination but at least they know how to out-sweat the sweats

[@KingNedya]

Had you not mentioned you're from France, I wouldn't have been able to tell, great English 👍

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

Your English was better then mine

[@silversonome5360]

I was kinda zoning out through the video, so when RT went "ok so we just gotta go through team Rubius" I got the nastiest case of whiplash, that's what actually made me realize "oh -shit- _shoot,_ they're beating people from literally all around the world" Edit: Holy heck, did the Spain team *actually* cheat?! Like honestly I'm not even surprised, I'm just in awe! What the actual frick?!

[@RandomPerson-ng4kr]

Pro players in a causal tourney

[@synka5922]

crazy that these guys in the semifinals tryharded for a casual tournament like that, honestly despicable... edit: I saw there was a ton of discussion, just fyi I dont mind if "pros" play casual tournaments (unless the organizers explicitly speak against it) my real issue here was that they kept abusing glitches on the map and played 100% meta builds. They didnt play for fun, they played to win. and that is bullshit in a charity event

[@Super_Tristan1005]

unfortunately there are people who simply have no chill, I have a personal dislike of minmaxers/optimizers its why I actively avoid online PvP games. They just suck all the fun out of playing. I used to watch muselk play fortnite before I got sick of his voice, and watching some players turn into a ten story building after being shot at just makes me wonder if they have any fun

[@bruh-shinjikasaienjoyer]

@The Siamecast they brought pro-players to a casual tournament. That's not being good at a game, it's not following the rules set by organisers. Plus they lost to France in the finals by loads of points, so it didn't even work out for em.

[@carsonthompson4260]

@The Siamecast it’s not the fact that they are “good”, it’s that they sucked the fun out of the whole thing.

[@fefega]

@The Siamecast because Pro Players and Speedrunners are banned for the tournament. Guess which team has both.

[@tylerbranson2099]

​@The Siamecast I mean, context is important here. If you take only what's said in the video into account, then the Spanish team 1. Has a top 100 Mariokart player participating in a casual tournament, little sketch, but for all we know he's number 100, so honestly not that damning. 2. Has someone known for entering casual tournaments as a pro-player and taking the prize. This is especially sketch because those past tournaments were for actual money, not just charity. This combined with number 1 is extra damning, but wouldn't be damning on its own. 3. The whole team entered the lobby of a casual Mariokart event using a pro-meta strategy + were using exploits throughout the races, something that other teams could have done (See RT telling Terrorizer not to do a Bullet Bill skip in the airport track). This alone would be fine if it were casual players who just knew a few tricks, but again, pro-players + past history of entering events as pros to take the prize sets this whole thing in a bad light. No one is saying they're automatically a bad person because they're good at Mariokart, but knowing you're good at a game then entering an event organized for casual players is a little bit sketchy, and extra sketchy if you have a past history of doing so with the intent to take the prize money.

[@glassomilk2676]

The next step is becoming an actual racer and become a real, living, drift king

[@Schnort]

Actually, he has to get his driver's license

[@-FutureTaken-]

@@Schnort You dont have to be legal to be a real racer

[@kirby1225]

@@-FutureTaken- well it depends in example Kalle Rovanperä a Finnish rally driver had to first get a license before entering the WRC or the World Rally Championship

[@krisnaputramaulidan2843]

@@Schnort in japan, surprisingly you do not need a license for drifting (which is... imma let you think about it yourself)

[@Schnort]

@@krisnaputramaulidan2843 nothing ever goes wrong in Japan

[@giftinggeezer3149]

Dan being called The Drift King in an official Mario Kart tournament is one of the best things I’ve heard today Edit: Swearing Kazoo beat it

[@SWAGMONEY_DX]

that team from spain can huff it, the drift king deserves their full sweep

[@smileysandvich6439]

i really hate poeple that genuinely use the waluigi wiggle quad combo. sweaty tryhards, they need to remove secret stats and add a higher cost for all that speed and acceleration. otherways they just need to BAN that combo form competitions. still you guys got very far in this, good job.

[@CptObvious]

Well, it was supposed to be a strictly casual tournament, so they probably didn't think they needed to worry about banning meta stuff like that. They probably also didn't expect Spain to cheat and bring in two professional players. Spain honestly should have been disqualified. At least they lost to France in the finals.

[@KingNedya]

Yeah when I got into Mario Kart 7 and discovered secret stats I was amazed that they were hidden, because they are SO important. So important, in fact, that I spent hours making a spreadsheet that automatically calculated every stat (including secret stats) for every character and vehicle combo and compared them against each other, and I paid just as much if not more attention to the secret stats than the ones that are shown in-game. By the way, although the spreadsheet was probably pretty sweaty, I should note that I intentionally avoided looking into metas, because I wanted to base my build purely off of experimentation and my own analysis of the stats, and I hate metas just as much as everyone else.

[@stingingcake853]

I never knew that was a meta thing. I would usually go with it because I thought it looked funny! Granted, I'm not very good at mario kart so maybe that's how I was able to not ALWAYS lose. But yeah, sucks when things aren't balanced correctly so people HAVE to go with one option.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Tbf, if they banned it, people would just use the second meta, and third, etc. Its not like a Magik tournament where a single card can be the goal of a deck. Theres only so many combos of racer/kart/wheels, and they all are trying to do the same thing

[@anko_dtm]

it’s messed up but also that first sentence is so funny to me

[@thecommonman9524]

I love when the Drift King graces us lowly driving peasants with his presence.

[@placeholderdoe]

It says that this video was posted 12 minutes ago but your comment was 19 minutes ago, are you drifting through time?

[@TheHighDerple]

the common man is a force beyond time

[@thewiseone2717]

The drift king is truly back

[@wandering4104]

Daithi and Terroriser screaming swears at each other followed by Dan just murmuring "heck" cracks me up every single time. I also watched it live and was pretty sad to see spain getting away with bringing a competitive team to twitch rivals again and again

[@tohbaboba]

My favourite moment in this video is Brian's sheer shock and joy that his race was picked during the randomised race select. It sounds so real and he's so excited that he has, indeed, "won".

[@GiulianBeltran]

I know it's supposed to be a casual tournament and I'm sure the lads had a great time but it does feel kind of unfair that spanish players always seem to cheat when there's a twitch rival's event and twitch doesn't do anything about it.

[@racheld8920]

Every time I see Dan with facecam I get happy :) Also it was so surreal seeing the Irish crew racing against a Dutch streamer/youtuber I watched when I was 10. Made me very happy.

[@noko8692]

Your team did great on the tournament ! I wished the finale would have been Ponce team versus RTGame team, I would have loved to see my two favorite streamers fight on mario kart

[@requiemtm9832]

Same, it would have been a lengendary moment, and they probably would have had more fun than against Team Spain. But who knows that could happen someday.

[@noko8692]

@@requiemtm9832 To be fair, the french team was also very sweaty, but i do think it might have been a little bit more pleasant

[@hitthere7722]

@@noko8692Apparently they weren’t sweaty per se, just using Spain’s strats against them because they were being dicks

[@SeanSMST]

Of course Spain goes ultra sweaty, they don't know how to be chill at all (pun half intended)

[@redeye4516]

To be fair to them, Napoleon was Corsican, and if he had been born a couple weeks earlier he actually would have been an Italian citizen. However, France took the island from Italy about two weeks before his birth IIRC. With that in mind, is it any wonder he declared himself Emperor and tried to conquer Europe? Used to be the Italian specialty before Rome fell.

[@KingNedya]

Spoiler for the end of the tournament! If you didn't already know, you may be pleased to hear that the French team beat the Spanish in the finals.

[@boo5451]

THANK GOD

[@gentleseal1778]

One evil to defeat another Jokes aside The Drift King has proven himself to not be a sham, chat was worried

[@peskypigeonx]

L’ÂME VRAI SE LÈVE TOUJOURS

[@LeakyTrees]

Dang, that's embarrassing.

[@R0sieHere]

HELL YEAHH

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

"TAKE THAT, NAPOLEON!" -He said, to the Italian team lol

[@diabeticman2194]

The team Spain controversy was hilarious, only Mario Kart can create so much hatred towards a nation (in a video game sense). Glad to hear they lost tho!

[@Jezzibolt]

There was a similar incident on a Rust server too unfortunately. Spain and Twitch Rivals have an unfortunate history.

[@HazeEmry]

@@Jezzibolt don't forget the Fall Guys one as well :) 3 tournies in a row. If I was an organiser for a casual tournament, I'd have banned all spaniards from joining any type of tournament based solely off this fact alone

[@RepstarVixen]

@@HazeEmry yeah, once is an accident twice is supisous three times is a pattern, at this point twitch rivals should just ban spanish teams

[@cammo353]

@@RepstarVixen Or at the very least take a better look into the backgrounds of the people they're putting on their teams

[@SparkSovereign]

​​@@RepstarVixenI'm hesitant to ban entire groups based on uncontrolled affiliations like nationality since you catch so many innocents with that kind of policy, but definitely the specific people involved should all be unwelcome and new teams should be made aware they're under additional scrutiny due to those actions. Combined with, and I wish this didn't have to be said, *actually applying* additional scrutiny and being prepared to enact sanctions or DQs. Being logistically and emotionally prepared to ban people mid-event is unfortunately one of the most important parts of being a tournament organizer, and sadly most people only learn that the hard way. I know I did 😢

[@RumpelGameSkin]

how very unexpected for spanish teams to be cheating in a twitch rivals event. This is truly an unforeseen event and has never happened before.

[@Realdaele]

as someone who knows who the Dutch streamers are, having monkel and peter on screen while uttering the words "i was afraid of them having talent" is really funny

[@saltedchip]

Daithi's motivational yelling is really keeping the team together

[@Bugpuddle]

spain lost to france btw. it was absolutely beautiful

[@dazcarrr]

this is just a bunch of irish people trying with all their might not to cuss like a sailor

[@phillipk4196]

or a drunk specificaly in a bar. can't forget about that one

[@TheNo1pencil]

And mostly failing lol

[@shineinstars]

ion blame them bc as a fellow mario kart player, this shit can get frustrating 😫

[@dazcarrr]

@@shineinstars *heck*

[@shineinstars]

@@dazcarrr *h e c k*

[@tinyz7575]

As a person who missed out on the stream, seeing them climb closer to the finals filled me with anticipation. Especially against the team who seemed boring basing themselves off stats and knowledge it was terrifying. Id also like to note that now that RT was interviewed, everyone in the Mario Kart fan base now shall know him as the drift king.

[@ninjaamber]

He was officially called the Drift King back in college, proved by Nintendo and his epic gamer skills

[@silosilo2326]

It’s honestly impressive that they were able to hold their own against professional players, and they even made it to the Semi-Finals

[@kerbethegodkiller2914]

I need to see an ace attorney animation where phoenix is cross examining Dan's testimony about the drift king tournament

[@KC_Garcia]

"Yes, for you see, it was I who hired the pro Mario Kart players to destroy RT and his team!" "Von Karma, no!"

[@fairiaadelista7506]

cannot thank you enough for this - was sitting around waiting in the hospital after taking my mum to the ER via ambulance and watching this in the corner on my phone helped calm me down from near breakdown. love u drift king

[@somedude832]

That is not going to be a fun bill if you're in the u.s best of luck to you and your mom

[@siegwardinspirit]

I feel for you, I hope your mom is going to be okay.

[@kurousagi8155]

@@somedude832 depends on his family’s insurance.

[@fairiaadelista7506]

@@somedude832 thank you, that's really sweet!! i really appreciate it

[@fairiaadelista7506]

@@siegwardinspirit thank you so much! things are looking up today :)

[@TheZohan907]

Every tournament with Spanish players that I’ve ever seen has resulted in them bending or breaking the rules or straight up cheating. Not sure why they’re so dishonest

[@mr.lobsteriiioflobsteria9272]

Yeah, even as someone from Spain every time twitch rivals and Spain get mentioned in the same phrase I just hope that they play to enjoy the tournament and not become the sweatiest and saltiest participants

[@nicholasricci8342]

definitely a coincidence, but it was spain that once dominated paralympic basketball by fielding a team of fully abled players. got the whole event shut down for many years

[@phild150]

What happen in this tournament?

[@deadraven355]

Spain could barely win their own civil war they gotta win some things

[@_stayoung_]

Spanish Paralympic basketball team has entered the chat

[@monicat3063]

In Every tournament there always has to be that, one team that is a full sweat lords like spain jesus fuck

[@DarkAcaRender]

rt when talking to hosts: how are you? its lovely to be here rt when not talking to hosts: THEY CALLED ME THE DRIF-

[@ClockworkChandelure]

Seeing Sabaku and Cydonia on the screen was so jarring, it's hilarious. What an incredible crossover episode, and poor Cydo. To think that I follow them both but an irish drift king is how I find out about this tournament. Edit: teaches me to comment before finishing the video. Wtf Spain?

[@Lumis_The_Lucario]

I don't think you had to worry about the blueshell whale in 1st because the blue cell will target the 1st place player on the other team so if blue teams and fust but a red player is in 2nd then it will go to the player in 2nd cause that's how the team system works

[@fulgur76]

I'm Italian and my heart is in the middle of a crisis. Whom I should cheer for? My land (mostly Sabaku and Fossa, two overwhelmingly perfect beings) or the drift king? All of this is really so unfair to me...

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

I know I’m a bit late (over a year) but of course our glorious king

[@kaesok5575]

Nogla was sorta right though depending on who you ask, Napoleon was Corsican. Many Italians considered Corsicans as a part of the Italian Nation

[@vascor3015]

I am angry that the team with the professional speed runners wasn't disqualified.

[@teminus1]

I still can't believe the sweaty fall guys player was also on Spain's team. After the issues and gerif he caused in teh fall guys tournament I can't believe he was still allowed in this one. Eitherway, I'm glad France stomped them to the ground and you all were able to have fun!!!