Why You're Wasting Your Time! | Esports Improvement Truth #2

[@DKbill]

Do YOU know someone like this? Not many hours but high skill. Or... you know... the opposite 🤣

[@Saddestcrab]

You mean wifi ness players

[@LeftySSBU]

Ngl I kind of feel like the ladder. I have a lot of time into the game and I feel as though I am progressing but it’s slow and I’m not sure how to strengthen my mental duration for tournaments. If you watched my first and last Match of a tournament most of the time my first looks different from my last in terms of skill. Any advice?

[@DKbill]

@@LeftySSBU have a gameplan going into your sets, that should help your gameplay be consistent throughout

[@LeftySSBU]

@@DKbill If you haven’t already would you consider making a video on making game plans? With how you think about the game I believe it would be very helpful.

[@richardszoghy1907]

Really insightful, I realised this stuff way too late in my carreer. I'd argue about the DP needs trying to win part. Because I found myself improving more when I said "okay I don't try to win now I just want to focus on X situation and how to play it out" Which basically meant I put aside my ego and found success in seeing improvement. An example could be: playing 10 games of VALORANT and absolutely focusing on crosshair placement Or 10 games of Smash but you want to make every ledge decision and timing conciously.

[@DKbill]

good thoughts

[@Endonautbadvids]

This vid series helped me get out of a big slump! Thank you Sensei Bill.

[@DKbill]

Thank you so much for appreciating this serious man❤️

[@iyrth]

I agree and i also feel like some plyers that come in the game come at a prime time. Yes those newer players are new but their resources for learning are probably better and more perfected than the person with 10k hours. The person with 10k hours has a lot of bad learned habits and different experiences with metas in that time and sometimes you cant teach a old dog new tricks, which is why deliberate practice is such an important thing because some players will have to reinvent themselves and many dont want to. I cant lie it is a very hard thing to do getting out of that comfort zone. I also think a person with tons of hours is at a greater risk of mentally hurting themselves especially when they see a new player pop up because they already assume the eyes of the crowd isn’t on them even if they are playing alone because they are “supposed to be good”

[@Xearrik]

Time does equal skill. If you spend thousands of hours spinning a pencil between your fingers, then you'll be able to spin that pencil insanely well. But that doesn't mean you'll be able to write with a pencil. The key is to recognize what you have yet to master with that pencil and start investing tons of hours into that as well. The problem is that most people are practicing things they've already mastered. That's good to keep you fresh, but it's not going to help you improve in a new area. You should spend a few minutes practicing the things you are already amazing at to keep yourself fresh, and maybe spot a weakness that you didn't know was there, and then invest the rest of your time in skills that you have yet to master. That is sort of what you said in the video, but I feel like it wasn't spot on.

[@fallen_whimmy]

I started grinding smash ultimate a lot less than i normally would and ive had more growth as of recent

[@LeafysHere]

same i think

[@Boogard]

really helpful content. GGs btw I learned alot from our set yesterday

[@DKbill]

thank you bro, I did too, if u wanna run a ft5 again just dm me on discord. i need terry practice tho... i fight kazuya all the time

[@Alfonzo95]

But the question here is how to know what to change? How do you know you are not stop doing something good for something wrong?

[@Ivylover5880]

Hey DKbill, I fought you on Elite Smash on Friday. Just wanted to say your Steve was amazing! And I also suck. Nice Job!

[@DKbill]

haha thank you! what was your tag?

[@Ivylover5880]

@@DKbill CrazyHuman, the Aegis that kills themself more often than the opponents

[@LeafysHere]

i only play once a week now thursday 8pm for a brazil online weekly n ive been doing better actually

[@DKbill]

that's what I like to hear

[@imperius346]

❤ Time does not matter

[@MinimalEncourager]

Also side note: pretty sure adding "#2" to your title is gonna kill click through rate. Everybody who hasn't seen part one is gonna think "Ah, I won't know what he's talkin about." Maybe a alternate title might be "You're Wasting Your Time!! | Smash Bros Insights" and also your thumbnail text is very redundant. Gotta add value home slice I wanna see ur channel glow up

[@DKbill]

thank you bro I might need to edit these

[@MinimalEncourager]

It's true. I've only played 1,400 hours and I'm beating sweaty tryhards like you.

[@DKbill]

whoa there bud 😂

[@FateSSB]

You can spend 10k hours and still just be a high level player, reaching the top in any game is about copying whatever the pros do, identifying what you’re specifically doing wrong. There’s always new stuff to work on mastering in competitive games and incorporating new things into your gameplay for neutral / advantage can definitely make you a high level player. All of this is easier said then done, there’s people with flawless combos and they still lose to top players. I feel like some people are just better due to natural talent and they reach the top, and honestly I bet if you got 1000 twelve year olds who have never played smash, they would probably not all be equally skilled. l could say the same if you made the 1000 twelve year olds play another competitive game too like an actual fighting game like Street Fighter. In competitive gaming legit some are gonna be better straight away, like some people are just better at driving without doing it much, I’m not saying practice is useless, ignoring practice isn’t okay if you want to reach the top in your game of choice. I would be way worse than I am now if I never watched the pros and montages, never watched DkBill videos and tournaments

[@DKbill]

youre a G for this one.

[@richardszoghy1907]

I think you undervalue the impact of real life skillsets translating to gaming. Let's stick to Smash and your 12 year olds. If a 12 year old had been open with their parents about their emotions, odds are they will have better impulse control in game than the average. If a 12 year old reads a lot they will probably learn Smash better, because they are more used to processing new information. But both will have flaws in other sides of the game. You can sort of "feel" what the right play is if you have talent, your brain will carry you automatically. But hard work and understanding the game (see ESAM, 0 talent infinite work and study and GOOD MENTALITY), he outperforms a lot of people just because he underdtands. Also, copying the pros is weird. Because the pros won't play perfect. Also where to go if you are the best? If Leo could improve without being better players to watch, you can as well. It's just a different approach, may be a bit easier but probably harder.

[@ethanmitchell505]

Not facts. It’s about practice

[@thisistherun4015]

@@richardszoghy1907 100% agree that real life skillsets inform how they would handle Smash. Focusing too much on people's starting points as a measure of their future success is a bit harder- there's a point where things stop being so much about their foundation, and more about what they do to build from there.

[@BobJones-bg4ui]

I’m the opposite lol

[@kennyulysse2163]

🦾💪

[@TheHippyhopp]

Ironic that hes talking about not wasting time, yet hes talking about playing video games

[@LeafysHere]

lol ok but point is time at least could amount to skill

[@DKbill]

competing in anything as a man is worthwhile

[@jonaheves4946]

Ligma

[@DKbill]

FACTS!!!