Why you play worse against scrubs than high level players in SFV

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[@Brynhildrify]

Says the scrub who play 2 robbery characters cuz u got no neutral

[@elevatorelevatorelevator8486]

Yare yare dese

[@En.GergerRacc]

@@elevatorelevatorelevator8486 Yar Yar Days

[@elevatorelevatorelevator8486]

Gavin Smith har har weeks

[@frogmonger6916]

Jar jar binks

[@nickromano3087]

Yeet Yeet Delet

[@day0739]

"Why you play worse against scrubs than high level players" is the FG equivalent of the "I am too mature for my age"

[@1000Tomatoes]

Amazing comment

[@budafuka]

People have no idea how much it's there fault when they lose to craziness. I can't count the amount of times I've lost due to terrible meaties on my part, standing where I can get crossed up even though I have the lead and shouldn't be standing in that range to begin with, just walked into someone's buffer button range and hit a button for no reason. It's probably a read on their part that I'm playing like an idiot and they're adjusting. People probably just like to play known players because good players tend to they give them way too much respect and let them walk back and forth in neutral because that's what footsies are in their minds.

[@vacuumhead8430]

That's exactly my problem, too. :c

[@Anaabraza]

How can you earn respect against randoms? Good players can rtsd and bypass the respect but even that isn't mindless, I think that respect thing is just discouraging yourself because you can't beat both low level players and good players then what is the point especially if you play online(no way of proving if someone is actually good or fraudulent).

[@ZachHenke]

AR You earn respect by beating the dumb stuff they do until they stop doing it. If they don’t stop doing it you just keep punishing it until you win.

[@EPIKGamess]

That's sounds like a personal problem

[@blantherboy]

@thievesarmy straight truth, drop the ego, get boddied and learn

[@blackoutnz]

"if you're losing to scrubs, you're probably a scrub" 🙌

[@EPIKGamess]

Or they are a chicken shit connection Ken DPing you out of your combos lmao

[@obiwankenobi1608]

@@EPIKGamess fair enough

[@masterfultaco582]

Bro I'm stuck in bronze

[@j-man7467]

Such down-to-earth wisdom, this is why Im commited to the dumpster

[@mroblige1018]

Because ppl who play and win against low rank players have an ego issue. They think they're better than everyone else. If you're that good why aren't you a world champion? Where are you ads? Do you have smug in speed dial? Ok then chill out

[@Chubbajawa]

@@mroblige1018 i have Smug as my emergency contact

[@guilhermetomas1595]

One of my big problems was just being like "nah they won't do it again look how much life they lost" and then them doing exactly the same thing. I'm over that though now I'm just gonna chill and wait for it

[@poltergeist078]

Same.

[@trashcant1522]

Deflated is my brain in every match

[@kobain6657]

Should rename this video "A video for Lowtiergod"

[@PFSnypr]

Alt title 2: a video for dan

[@twTheivid]

I don't think I was ready for tha thumbnail as early as this in my morning, jeez. Man, I am *super* guilty of telling myself that I can beat good players but that I can't beat the bad players. Honestly, it's a mindset that has made me hit a very hard wall when it comes to improving in fighting games when the reality is that I don't actually train enough to beat those "bad" players.

[@oro-515]

I finally learned why people v reversal so much. It helps bring down your stun bar. Now I know why I keep getting stunned and stuff. I barely ever use them. And when I do, I just use them to look cool

[@VSGBoneyard]

Not only this, but it also gives you some time and space to recover from pressure for most characters

[@sachitechless]

I think something that isn't talked about enough about that mentality is how you understand options in a game. When I started playing Tekken ranked online after playing it only offline I realised the depth of my game knowledge was very low, because I knew certain options were bad but not why they were bad or how to exploit how bad said options are. The reason that it feels like you are "closer to beating good players" is because you don't actually realise how little breathing room you have, they are picking better options you don't yet realise are better options. Meanwhile when you're fighting against a lower level player you are being subjected to more basic knowledge checks that you either pass or fail. There is also a level of respect you give to better players that you assume they already know how to punish certain options, anti-air you and meaty your wakeups, where as players at or lower than your level you often assume they don't know these things so you are often spending time and health taking risks looking for where they are weakest in their gameplan.

[@eebbaa5560]

awesome comment i'm really going to take this to heart

[@granzlewi]

I remember playing snake eyes when he was trying out abigail in a lobby. I played about 8 matches just to test my Rog. And it happened. I came so close to taking a round several times but just got edged out. I mean its snake eyes, I'm sure he spared me lol.

[@lucathegreat9969]

"if you cant beat diamonds there's a problem" *me in silver* 😭

[@YBNKASHWAYS]

@Angela Evans No reason to be toxic scrub .

[@Jgt612]

I remember the first time I was ever disappointed in the opponent I was fighting was against the first ever Ultra Gold Ken. Match loaded up and I saw his rank and thought “oh he might not open the very first round with a heavy kick tatsu but I’ll neutral jump just in case” He sailed right under me with that heavy kick tatsu like it was his destined path

[@superletsplay8519]

He had no other option.

[@equisde2796]

Sometimes you respect low level players too much and get blown up by their randomness, I can't see a better player losing a long set but totally a short one.

[@2BsYummySoles]

Thank you, someone said it. I know this is an old comment but I swear people won't dp during wake up or when I have vtrigger have them in the corner and they have no health. Nah instead they just dp after I hit them with 2 slp. Or after doing a move that's negative on block but safe, instead of just waiting their turn they'd rather just spend meter and dp.bIt's so annoying because those type of players never run it back. But they are legit free wins after.

[@shmixedNshmooved]

Love your insight man, you have an act for being a teacher my guy. I feel like you always breakdown this games fundamentals both in-game and mentally to a T.

[@phantokaxl]

damn this checked me hard, I don't play V but I def had this mentality in other games

[@KHA0T1X]

I appreciate this. It really opened perspective on how to avoid plateauing and reach higher a skill level. Although I have had results in other fighters, I have played SFV on & off since like 2017 and I'm just now Silver. I never thought I could even beat silvers and golds and once i even beat 2 different plat players while i was bronze in a lounge. Silver isn't too complicated for me now & I'm almost gold. :)

[@baadshahmiya]

IMO if someone can't handle crazy opponents in a offline match or a online match with smooth connection then he/she has less control over the match which means that he/she needs to get better at playing neutral.Glad that you've cleared a misconception in the community.

[@mrosskne]

this reminds me of every anime where the villain is pretending to have trouble with the protag's attacks to make him think he's winning

[@samuelalphabet5360]

You mentioned that people sometimes overinflate in their heads how often they win vs good players i.e. "I got so close" when in reality they only won a couple meaningless exchanges. Likewise though, people sometimes overinflate how often they lose vs bad players. Especially people who are only just starting to improve; their inexperience leads to fluctuations in performance. They don't know yet to play like the higher level players you described, focusing on safe options and the tools they're most consistent with. Maybe on average they win 70-80% of their games vs players lower ranked than them. In their head it'll feel more like 50% or less, because those few losses really stand out in their minds. This leads to the mindset of "I can beat the players at my rank, but I lose to the ones that should be worse than me." If you really let that kind of mindset get to you, then you'll genuinely start performing worse simply because you're too caught up in your own thoughts to focus on the game.

[@chadconnolly1138]

anyone else notice how Dankadillas is always in the stream comments on everyone's youtube clips??

[@catsorafgc]

As a scrub, Brian’s videos are super useful. Learning the game with a new mindset is actually really fun. Thank you so much

[@granzlewi]

Gs forward walk after knockdown is so disrespectful.

[@julislayer]

the problem is below average players are very unpredictable

[@georgethecancer]

"If you're losing to diamond players, there's a problem." I've lost to every diamond player I've ever played against. :( Nevermind that I just reached ultra platinum, today, and I've only played one diamond player.

[@Brian_F]

It's relative to your peak lol don't worry about it and keep pushing

[@georgethecancer]

@@Brian_F Thanks, dude. Will do.

[@georgethecancer]

I made it to diamond, today. Hopefully, I'll be the scrub they'll be complaining about next.

[@Brian_F]

@@georgethecancer congrats man

[@marcelmchardy920]

@@Brian_F i love this

[@benjamindavidson5673]

This is what I love about fighting games. I am scrub, and I will always be a scrub. But so long as I keep the right mindset, it is always enjoyable, and there is always an opportunity to improve.

[@weabooheaboo1198]

You are over here spitting facts about being a scrub or not and I am over here jamming to the melty blood

[@SuilongV3]

This is exactly the case for all competitive fighting games really.

[@zacharysnyder5820]

Man, I don't even play SFV, I play Tekken7 and MK11, but this man's insight and attitude towards fighting games is amazing. Plus i really like how you told that that guy to watch his language yet still gave him insight

[@Shavan88]

it's just that the "scrub" is extremely unpredictable, it's like they be "random bullshit go" while the experienced player doesn't do that kind of stuff

[@tylermartin7245]

True and experienced players know how to deal with them.

[@HystericalHuntress]

The reason some people do worse against chaotic scrub play is because those types of players don't know how to respect you or anything you do, they just know how to unga the bunga and keep going forward. Good players respect you, at least until you give them a reason not to. This allows worse players more room to, well, play.

[@stapait]

It's curious that people that play Balrog usually play G too (I'm one of these)

[@mak3awish124]

I main Balrog but that's simply due to no Dudley. G is my second and that's only cuz I don't have Q. Now, if they somehow slid Makoto in...*mind shorts a fuse*

[@ac2847]

There’s something about taking the opponent on a vacation from one side of the screen to another haha

[@jackrowland4629]

I just want to thank you for making a video that genuinely blew my mind

[@HashTheGrappler]

I’m a lowly Platinum Honda. I often play in sets versus Crescent_God_cmg. he told me that taking notes on every matchup and focusing on the habits of his opponents is how he got to where he is at.

[@tylermartin7245]

Same is true in Tekken. Many scrubs will say "oh I have a much easier time playing high level players than my own skill level" When they don't understand how it really works.

[@caioalessandro8195]

wow my ego just.. outch

[@Kurosaki-san089]

0:00-2:30 wow this part is sooo true it goes for every fighting game

[@criticalhit8800]

ill have you know im a day 1 street fighter v prodigy, I just started today and back in the day (last week) i mastered chun li by learning all of her moves on super street fighter 2 turbo and became *extremely* OD just to come to street fighter v and lose half of the matches i played online, these scrubs shouldnt even be touching me since I beat the AI on SF2 and had THREE STAR difficulty. I'm refunding asap

[@xdddendmelol9440]

Holy cow you completely went off on that dude lmao

[@Blittsplitt5]

You could tell the dude in chat was a moron.

[@BushidoMauve]

1:10 THAT. That happened to me alot and i could always tell. I grew to like it tho cause i actually learned something

[@barnabasdouglas8219]

I honestly never thought about it like that. And i like exactly how he explains it. And i feel like this kinda goes for any fighter

[@Ese1Pac]

Watching Smug and Brian_F is making me wanna reinstall this game and actually get good at this game. Gonna try to learn Balrog, my first charge character 😂

[@eddythomany8689]

Excellent vid Brian f

[@exiaR2x78]

Your 100% right that games being "close" against stronger players doesnt mean much. Though I do think you can overthink against scrubby players which can catch you off guard. Like if your used to playing players who adapt fast so your trying to anticipate adaption but the person your playing doesnt adapt and you get caught by something stupid. But thats an aspect of your own game to work one in picking up on how fast the person your playing adapts

[@MajinCCBThePrince]

100% this

[@johndewberryiii9925]

I feel like everyone I come across is pretty solid at the game. There’s a lot that are committed to certain bnbs and set ups and when they work they work well but outside of that just having competent footsy game takes you far

[@jme-james]

Scrub Busting is an art. Gandhi vs DHW13 in SF4 should be enshrined in history books for people who don't know how to scrub bust.

[@DEATHRAGE157]

On soul calibur, bc there is a lot of recovery frames, and low level players Just go crazy, all you have to do to be a "scrub killer", is learn the matchup, train your Just guard and get good at guard impact.

[@d.gunner4808]

Basically the same in MK11. See what matchup it is, their favorite move, learn to block it, and flawless victory vs any low level.

[@HitPeace]

How to become a scrub killer,pick a scrub killer character. At my locals in sf4 I would pick ken to dominate the bad players. Whenever I picked c viper the bad players would get a win because they are just throwing out bullshit moves in neutral that she can't punish. So my game with c viper would go from trying all these cool setups to just trying to antiair. But with ken I could just block and punish whatever I wanted.

[@crazygm0nkey118]

Brain wisdom is godlike! We must protect his brain...😤

[@Clone4082]

As someone who’s literally just stayed in ultra bronze for the easy matchups, I notice the difference in play styles as ranks get higher...I’m really glad my training partner is a GM, because I feel like if I stuck to my Zeku and Akuma throughout, I’ll be a fucking problem for scrubs

[@atmostech7127]

1:15 yall need to hear this. This is 100% how I handle people that are way lower in skill than me. I let them hang themselves off their own mistakes.

[@thousandstar]

the truth set me free. i am enlighten. back to the lab for me.

[@KusanagiMotoko100]

But this actually happens, in my case it's because I started to play with a friend who had a higher rank and just using 2 or 3 characters, so I became accustomed to do certain things at a higher level than really low ranks, also when you watch tutorials they usually asume you're gonna play against at least diamond players, and some of those techniques won't work where usually you have to wait an punish, so I end up having good matches against intermediate/high rank players than low players because there's a gap in my knowledge, so you really have to go from bottom to top so you know every little piece of cheese they will throw at you, and that's what I'm doing now.

[@topdamagewizard]

In poker it goes like this. "You lose to bad players because you're trying to use 5th lvl thinking when this guy is stuck in 2nd." Stop trying to be so cute.

[@cyanure1320]

peoples asking this types of questions are the real scrubs

[@brainfreeze5597]

I wouldn't say I loose to scrubs but I definately struggle to try to figure out what they're doing. I'm so used to experiecned players and how they handle certain situations that when someone with no thought process comes along and just starts mashing shit I'm so perplexed. I have to now figure out how these guys play and adapt.

[@malunchies4473]

I think it is a shame that most players who say stuff like "omg he just DPs my combo! There is just no neutral!" don't go into training mode to find out how to deal with the situation. I got absolutely dunked on by a Fang player and he even teabagged me during stun but I took that as inspiration to improve and took straight to training mode in hopes of improving one day to beat that player (and hopefully rub my nutsack in his face too) It literally took me around 5 mins to figure out how to do the recording and playing back and then a few seconds to replicate what I was struggling with. I know just replicating it doesn't instantly make me better it does make me understand what is going on and that is a step forward in my book.

[@double_process]

Clicking on notifications with the greatest of ease

[@_woothang3666]

Wisdom like this is why I subscribed to you. Cheers!

[@enderwalker6528]

When I play against high level players I sit and play neutral and footsies. ( Poking and dash checking ). When I play against diamonds.... *UNGA BUNGA!* I just dash around like a mad man until they crack and do 15 EX DP's

[@AlexStrife89]

Hey Brian. Just came to say 2 things. 1) Thank you for censoring the R-word at the beginning and telling the guy to "Watch his language" even though we are all guilty of saying things like the F-word. But the R-word is still a worse word to say. 2) Really insightful look on how to beat lower level players. This helps alot since I am on the same boat as this fellow. Checking craziness can be hard, and it's something I struggle with to this day, but this insight helps. Thank you again.

[@ghosthabanero9229]

Lol im curious what was the r word?

[@JonathonTheAsshole]

I am going to guess someone reee'ed out over using the word "retard". Imagine living in a world where a community exists of nothing but faux elitism, talking down to others, and acting like hot shit while feeling oppressed by simple meaningless words in the real world where their entire exsistence will never be more than an Ultra Bronze player.. FGC is the joke gift that keeps on giving.

[@joyconboyz4525]

When has "retard" ever been an offensive word? What is the point of censoring it?

[@Siinory]

i feel like it's more because you tend to be way more focused and think about what you're doing and gonna do. Against your rank and below you tend to fall under automatism and it's why people lose, they don't try to think BECAUSE it's their rank. It's a mindset every low elo player should avoid at all cost. Yeah you can try to tell yourself your opponent sucks, especially in low ELO but at some point it won't work anymore.

[@ZachHenke]

Played an Ed the other day. Respected the wake up DP. He didn’t do it. He walks back for like half a second and then just lets it rock to win the round. I spent the next 5 minutes ranting about how stupid it was to do. Now, just because it worked doesn’t mean it wasn’t stupid to do, but if I thought he would do it on wake up I should have been ready for it afterwards, too.

[@Brian_F]

You shouldn't have let it get so close that the next gamble on wakeup would kill you. What could you have done before that moment to prevent getting so close that a wakeup dp would win? Losing to one gamble at the end is fine, but what damage were you giving away that lead it to the last coin flip is what's most important

[@SirWalterSansRien]

If anything, delayed DP is the galaxy brain option so to speak. You were on yomi level 1 and he made the level 2 bet and won. Considering people can safe jab Ed's slow DP on wakeup, he needs to rely on doing stuff like that.

[@ZachHenke]

SirWalterSansRien 2 months later, but this was not delayed wake up DP. It was wake up block, walk back to reset to neutral, and then DP. (I’m also not sure if Abigail, the character I play, can safe jab Ed DP).

[@SirWalterSansRien]

@@ZachHenke whatever you want to call it; he made a hard read on your behavior and he was right. it's high risk but the horizontal range and startup on his DP makes it good for that kind of useage as well

[@ZachHenke]

SirWalterSansRien Dude. This was two months ago, and I already owned the mistake. Not sure what your trying to prove. There would be about a million other ways to call out walk forward (that wouldn’t lose you the round if you were wrong) other than EX reversal, but whatever. Again, this was two months ago. I got hit by it. That doesn’t make it smart to do from an objective perspective.

[@Shinigami13133]

Every time a Ken does a wakeup dp, I lose an extra year of my life. It's so annoying and stressful, you expect them to at least try something safe after you throw them for the third time after blocking a dp but they never do.

[@grey3318]

So if you play worse against scrub players, and if I'm a bronze player and therefore a much bigger scrub than diamond players, then logically I've got an even better chance of winning! Grandmasters here I come.

[@Nimrod336]

I think its partly because they are so unpredictable

[@fraydizs7302]

damn you try your hardest, lab, practice, rewatch your matches to see your mistakes, finally make it to diamond rank and still get called a scrub... ladies and gentlemen... the SFV community...

[@fohstick]

exactly. Every time I hear someone claiming that they can beat players ranks above them, it's usually just 1 or 2 wins across 10 losses

[@jacksuwanpradit6992]

That dude is probably talking about winning 1-2 rounds against a grandmaster. Then he probably quit to keep his bragging rights. Sounds like a guy who can get downloaded quickly.

[@李재성]

Imagine if LTG comes across this video.

[@Countdownsmiles]

Brah diamonds are considered scrubs? I'm fucking stuck in bronze lmao

[@Blittsplitt5]

No, he means relative to your skill level.

[@beatlemnkyhuman]

Good content. Eye opener for real!

[@Mike.325]

Thank u for saying all this man really helped me out👍🏾❤️

[@PressureCooker69]

G is the fucking coolest. The only character I want in SF6

[@LCHIGO420]

Holy shit I just got fucking schooled and it was by a guy playing a different game and not even talking to me directly.

[@leunamdelossantos4590]

Deep respect for you and how you handle yourself, hopefully you'll make it to GameOver again so we can chat a bit and snap a pic with my son. Good vibes brother!

[@yuurou7927]

I never understand the fighting high level better than scrub thing, scrub is scrub because they're easy to exploit. They maybe ham af but as soon as you find 1 of their weakness they're dead forever.

[@thegrinchiestflix7667]

if diamond players are scrubs than what am I in silver....

[@aaronjasso1814]

LTG has a major problem with scrubs

[@BUDDAz1g]

What is wrong with my connection? i see all these streamers playing with no lag but I get on and I'm in another dimension teleporting and shit?

[@Brian_F]

Do you play on wifi?

[@semja]

TL;DR, just punish the same shit over and over until they stop being scrubby. Then play as usual.

[@poltergeist078]

Yeah that’s a big problem for me, respecting players too much. You have the right to, but I will never understand why people abandon any would-be depth in fighting games in favor of cheap gimmicks.

[@palsie4786]

I have a question Which one who will win between. Playing Many Games VS Reasearching the game And understanding more about The game

[@squidsona8509]

Can someone actually describe a scrub to me? I never understand that term

[@budafuka]

A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly, He's also known as a busta. In all seriousness, a scrub is a player who thinks they're better than they really are. People tend to equate this to new players, but it's not the same thing. A new player will lose and and be willing learn from it. A scrub can understand fundamentals, get to a certain level and even get proficient at beating people regularly, but when they lose, they'll blame anything but themselves. Like lag, losing to a top tier character, not playing their main, losing to gimmicks, losing to "randomness". You could be play a game for 15 years and still be a scrub.

[@AugustBurnsRed181]

Higher level players usually put more thought into the gameplay so it’s easier to fight against but there better at the game. The lower rank kids mash buttons and do mad random shit which is harder to fight against if that goes against your play style. Example notice how he destroyed the first few players that were very slow and patient in the neutral and as soon as the dhalsim came he still won but the matches became a lot crazier and closer and weren’t just easy blow outs because the dhalsim was hitting more buttons and doing more shit everywhere

[@Brian_F]

You're not wrong but the crazy playstyle is more inconsistent is the issue. Forcing gambles when you didn't need to gamble. Lower level crazier players will win sometimes against better players but they will lose more often overall because of that style. Also, getting hits in and "getting close" doesn't matter, what matters is closing out. So sometimes it seems like crazy olayers are doing better, but if they don't close it it atill doesn't matter.

[@AugustBurnsRed181]

Brian_F yeah for sure inconsistent on really good players but I feel like especially online that crazy play style can dominate people who are just online players and yeah the win is what matters of course but if the play style can even make a match more difficult for super good players imagine for players beneath that skill level it’s mania lol then throw in ass cheeks online oh boy lol

[@ArmoredLeo72688]

Sf scrub here and I got a question. I'm wondering how I can improve in sf? 2d fighters ain't really my thing, I mostly play tekken, but just wondering how I can be better with zangief?

[@teabaggingscorpion4288]

I presume getting in is the problem, as once you are in I trust you have a flowchart. So you should be looking at how you're approaching your opponent and what they are doing to zone you, also in between matches just lab the move that beat you and keep doing this, glhf

[@veggieplus863]

9:49 I can vouch. I live there

[@MEAD3MAYNE]

why is the first result for Brian F vs ltg

[@0mr0z0]

Amen 0:40 @drop mic@

[@spectralspectra2282]

My matches always end on 69th second, does that make me a pro?

[@offended323]

Yes

[@tommieboi707]

I have about 5k fights under my belt. My highest level char is 42 and it is zeku(1800 fights). And that took me about 3 years to get there. How much do you guys play to to level 60+. Thats just crazy.

[@taiwanknox6391]

0:31 What did he actually say?

[@fbi-chan9032]

When you run into smug welp ig il lose

[@galacticspecter4364]

G works out at the library

[@StillJaded00]

Bro, I'm east coast (in MD) and, for whatever reason, the majority of time I get matched with players from Mexico. I feel your pain lol Idk if it's the time I'm playing but I've literally had to blacklist a dozen Mexico players. Makes no sense why I'm matching with ppl across the entire continent.

[@mtxh9572]

Scrubs are random, good people have a system and are always changing their attack and defense patterns.

[@gabrielsalazar5177]

6:02 NeenoBrown needs a Geography lesson... Mexico is NOT South America, is North America as well.

[@topdamagewizard]

I'm only gold. But When I play anyone higher than me I feel my butthole clench and I stop trying to style on people and actually play the game. But with lower ranked people I'm trying to do dumb mixes an get popped.

[@Tora209]

I actually lose to a newbie once, that was more because he played really weird and i was like doing some stupid shit. Then i runned back and beated him