Why your rank doesn't matter

Your rank is accurate and means everything! Or does it?
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[@superbnns]

Brian will make a 12 minute video explaining why he lost to a platinum player instead of just beating the player kappa

[@gierno4828]

Acting like you won’t watch it

[@DavidKyokushin]

''Wow, he's only grand master'' - a Gold Rank Flowchart Ken player

[@Pokee154]

Yeah but I bet that gold rank ken has more confidence in that flowchart then I’ve had in my entire life

[@zonk834]

@@Pokee154 flowchart kens will exdp themselves to death and see you as the bad player for blocking. maybe we all need some flowchart ken confidence in our lives

[@Robert_D_Mercer]

@@zonk834 imagine if sfv had air blocking.

[@fabiolean]

Ahem. I'm stuck in SILVER thank you very much.

[@zephyr2k8]

@@fabiolean I’m stuck in super bronze, beat that hun c

[@sputnikdx]

Brian_F: Your rank is accurate Also Brian_F: My rank is not accurate

[@fabiolean]

Seriously the comments on this video are extra funny today. Love it.

[@jonathansimard6790]

I was Super Diamond and ended up back to Gold after watching this video. Thanks Brian F!

[@johnny-mnemonic13]

super diamond here, let's play ft5 and we'll see if it's true.

[@PostProteusKitten]

TL:DR "I'm so good, ya'll aren't even worth the points." Unless it's Punk's Dan.

[@JoshuaCruzado]

"Why losing to a platinum means I'm actually better than you" No hate, love the videos man

[@fabiolean]

I'm fucking dying bro :'D

[@quackduckpics]

I was trying to get to gold ...I've now downshifted my expectations to silver 😂. Thanks for the video, it's always important to remind myself that the journey is more important than the rank.

[@black8thelement8008]

Its all about growth in my eyes... i got better when i started watching my replays and noticed how much i jumped too much ...missed anti airs... dropped combos. Then compare yourself to more recent matches and see if you've improved

[@omarcostilla8863]

Yep and everyone's journey is different

[@mikeg4490]

51k matches? I wish I can find a girl to give me that level of loyalty

[@VoyivodaFTW1]

it's an abusive relationship not love.

[@uncleterri4965]

Clear your throat Brian lmao

[@Delicoms]

Bro I thought the same lmfao

[@biscuitguy4083]

The youtube voice gets me everytime, love it

[@Giraffinator]

my god, what a glorious mane on this man's head

[@yoinkerinos404]

jeez brian you gotta clear your throat, it’s making my windpipe itchy

[@LtSprinkulz]

I was wondering why I was compulsively going *AHEM* every 5 seconds...

[@alexroberts6950]

He needs to lab breathing more, just lab Brian, thats your responsibility

[@dongonzulman6478]

The moment I read this I had to clear my throat :O

[@bogartskim]

Brian upload?? Pog

[@masontem7526]

Bogart comment?? Pog

[@JustMK_1]

Mason TGaming reply?? Pog

[@Clickstop24]

He dont miss

[@cyni_mgs1959]

POGGERS

[@andsumtimes_y]

@@JustMK_1 JUSTMK replying to tgaming replay? Pog

[@thewho1419]

Ken always getting disrespected man...

[@justterrell956]

As he should

[@deep1012]

@@HitVideos1 59 seconds of my life wasted. Thanks by the way 😒

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@justterrell956 sorasora, one more, sorasora one more sorasora one mo- SHOOORYUKEN

[@deep1012]

@@HitVideos1 Just the fact that the video didnt play. My comment has nothing to do with what the video was about

[@Batman56XD]

I call ken "the little ken that could" cause they always so random it looks like they dont know that there doing but try so hard

[@danielobrien2998]

AKA your rank is accurate 2: electric boogaloo

[@TheRedhairshanx]

TLDR: Online SF and Offline SF are 2 completely games AT A HIGH LEVEL, to get high ranks you need fundamentals that apply to both games, but at a certain point online becomes a different game.

[@TheCaptainPaxo]

All these kind people saying hi KZbin, thought I'd say, Hi Twitch! I feel like this is still accurate to someone like me who has only just reached bronze (context specific, obviously). I feel like I have the necassery skills to get out of bronze, and that process is more of a time investment rather than a showing of my ability to improve as a player. Maybe I do deserve to get stuck in bronze, idk. But from where I'm standing, it doesn't like as much like a mountain as it does a park, and I just need to walk it.

[@darkrepulsor1204]

This man is bringing the insightful content for the FGC. Good shit, Man.

[@TheloneOokami13]

Thanks for this. I’ve been leery about ranked ( im in gold) but this is a good mantra to have in my head. That in the end it’s not the end all be all. It helps take the anxiety I have about ranked away. Really thank you

[@momentarylapse1362]

As always, pointing out a fact intelligently, sound and clear. Great work.

[@NCsPride704]

This was pretty much "if you're stuck, you suck" pt.2

[@Apkooi1]

These videos help me a lot, Brian. I feel like I'm an alright player, but get really anxious and shit while playing, so exposure therapy has been helping a lot

[@HitVideos1]

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[@desupocalypse]

I can't like and subscribe unless I hear a "hey what's up youtube", thanks Brian.

[@Ciobrando19.]

Didnt know you exsisted until last week. Loving your content like im a crack addict 😆😆😆 makes me want to leave the church of tekken and convert to Street Fighterism

[@HitVideos1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6ikpoB4abWIfNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH7aoHWjpb6Kisk

[@iggabate]

i play both :) great games bro. sfv and tekken are the hardest

[@Sakaki98]

@@iggabate You’re being sarcastic, right

[@iggabate]

@@Sakaki98 nop. what actual game is harder than those 2 games? mk? dbz? guilty gear? ufc? pls. i like more teken but the player base of sf is waaay bigger bro

[@animeprofilepicture8855]

gg and tekken, virtua fighter why did you include dbfz lol

[@theterrorofdeath.]

Brian f I love your videos. I just wanted to say I feel that's it's hard to even take rank serious solely because every time I try to play rank and gain more experience I'm constantly put against Smurf accounts who are way beyond plat and it completely kills the experience of fighting someone at my level

[@shrikelet]

Sako's still rocking a Rookie account, IIRC.

[@videogamesamateur]

I'm only silver rank, I agree it's my fault I can't do any better. Fair play Brian_F you play hard, high rank well done man. I don't think I take the game serious enough, although I love it loads, and confidence is such an issue, plus the technicality issues!

[@PomadaGaming]

Alright son,i hear ya. Currently facing a wall with the ranked thing,think it’s a good time to rewatch these from when they came out 2 years ago which was ironically that which got me into the game haha,your videos,THESE kinda videos,to which I’m not only grateful for helping me get into street fighter and street fighter five,but also solve one of my biggest issues with these games,which was the salt and frustration,through better mindset,conscience,and even attitude. Thanks (slightly younger) Brian!😁

[@mushyrottenpeals9565]

I barely care about SFV, I just watch because I play fighting games so I come to you to hear about how to feel about salt/rank/etc. nice video

[@valueduser2746]

I realized rank isn’t my thing when anyone can play at their personal level thru casual matches (beyond rank indication). Rank just creates an “experience window” to compare among the total player count/exp points. The “thousands and thousands” is immersion-based. If I’m more casual, committing to ranked is difficult to do when inconsistently playing/accessing the game.

[@tonyhinojosa666]

And 5:08 that’s when Brian started reliving the glory days

[@Beldrakethen]

Enjoy your content so much!! You’re so underrated!

[@mangomane420]

2020 was the year I was gonna step out of my comfort zone and try to play in some tournaments, not necessarily to win but just to compete, to meet people and have fun. It really sucks covid kinda shut that down, I don't think my wifi is good enough to compete online so until things change I'm just gonna wait and practice but it sucks feeling like rank is all I have to show for my hard work

[@roarkviolet1912]

I think playing higher level players than yourself occasionally is good for your development as a player, if you have the right mindset you can look at what these players are doing against you and learn from it, its also a good reality check to cement that theres still more to learn and improve upon (and curb egos to an extent)

[@DaQwan.]

I fucking Love this video. All part of it. Let's grow Brian

[@doperas_]

Hey thanks for the fighting game advice there Al Pacino

[@lofoten2223]

Today it is exactly 6 years since Brian_F won that tournament. Congrats!

[@djritchey8513]

Brian has no fear calling everyone out

[@HitVideos1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6ikpoB4abWIfNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/jImqY6Wmr9Rmbc0

[@deep1012]

Thats one of the reasons i like him as a player.

[@djritchey8513]

Big facts deep, Brian lead us to the promised lands

[@King-sd5vg]

On the surface this may look like a good informative video But after a very deep dive, I realised that he made this video for the soul purpose to say, that he lost to a plat because ACTUALLY it was his friend smurfing

[@atmnwntr]

Man, I just want Brian_suit from Cpt 2020 Season Finale back. Looking fly in trousers and shirt.

[@Call555JackChop]

51k matches on SFV netcode, you are a stronger man than I

[@MikeLiteraus]

I played in casual for so long and got demolished. I quit the game and recently came back for a month. Started playing ranked and still at bronze. I appreciate your bronze video and I am working my way to silver. Win rate at 38% still grinding 😔

[@eazythegreat4333]

Keep grinding 💪🏾

[@yobbiden]

good luck! remember, this is a game and if you aren't having fun, then slow down or take a break.

[@zonk834]

don’t worry friend, i feel like i have accumulated so much knowledge from hundreds upon hundreds of hours watching SF videos and tutorials, as well as my fair share in the actual game but i am still only at silver. we’ve got this 👍

[@deep1012]

@@eazythegreat4333 What this guy said 👆

[@deep1012]

@@yobbiden Sage level advice, by the end of the day a video game should be a source of pleasure not misery 👍

[@The4stro]

something i found interesting when playing tekken is that i fought pretty well against higher ranked enemies than people my own rank

[@no_nameyouknow]

He has addressed this before. Higher ranked players take less risks and play safe/play to the level needed to win. So while it might seem you "do better" against them, it's just because they are not taking huge risks and going all out, they play safe. If you were actually winning more against them, you would be ranked with them. The reason lower level players can beat you is because you don't have the basics down, can't defend against their tricks, tricks that don't work at higher levels. No offense, this is just what he said in the other video about rank. Higher rank, consistent safe play, lower ranks unga bunga aggro play.

[@russhl125]

@@no_nameyouknow there's actually a thing for me somehow that i seem to do pretty good against master+ players in sfv. and i mean, i have a pretty good winrate against them, esp the last couple of months. i 2-0'd a handful of them. still, im only at like 20k and yet to get any further, and lose a lot to basic diamonds. don't know what to make of it.

[@WalterTimothee]

Great video, great quality. Thanks!

[@Iandrasill]

Losing your rank while playing in tournaments is like mr Satan winning the world martial arts tournament while goku and Co are training to beat the androids

[@kaizo_kaim960]

6:23 That guy in the chat saying "cant believe 2017 was 4 years ago" 😂

[@mibbzx1493]

Rank doesn’t matter -Netcode has entered the chat-

[@supernebula101]

This is one of the reasons I gave up ranked League of Legends. At lower ranks, matchmaking is such a dice roll that the actual key to climbing is to just be consistent yourself and eventually after enough grinding you will rank up. Eventually my delusions of one day being a top player wore off, and I decided the grind was pointless. I just started playing casual matches to have fun and my experience improved tremendously

[@SomeBlackDude26]

Brian's insight is great man. Love this channel.

[@JS-zz9lg]

Ranked is always just a warm up/muscle memory practice sesh for me. It helps warm up before tournaments but the long sets against the best players always is just so much more rewarding

[@Tysuna]

I haven’t played much SFV until recently during 2020-21 and I have been able to reach platinum because of all the very nice videos you have been uploading tysm! ☺️👍

[@atilacorreia]

I'm stuck in Gold because: - I don't V-reversal - I don't cross-cut DP - I don't tech throws - I don't parry often - I don't optimize my combos - I don't know frame data (I go by eye, lol) - And the newly added, I don't know when to V-shift

[@squirrel1331]

I'm stuck in silver because im bad and the only reason im here is because my character carries me

[@gtaskstick2639]

What DP I'm struggling here and I'm not even rank

[@brutus9929]

I agree 100% that rank doesn't matter Mr.Foster. I'm an Ultra Broze Ryu and I smoke my Ultimate GrandMegazord ranked friends for FREE.

[@petervarlas6678]

i love the persona music on the background

[@ParagonFury]

I may be hardstuck Rookie, but I don't deny that I belong there. But goddamn there are a A LOT of Smurfs, lemme tell you. And they all seem to love Kage more than anyone.

[@StubenhockerElite]

Kage and Akuma, I'm there as well... Getting bodied by teabagging lvl0 shotos is real

[@voutespancar]

if you are stuck in Rookie, most people there will feel like smurfs to you, regardless if they are smurf or not.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

The man's phlegm could clog a tsunami

[@lolcool37]

@Brian_F I've noticed with balrog's dash punch at exact distance you can get them to be -1 or -2 on block but the spacing has to be perfect.

[@doumanseiman2645]

Allowing diamond players to match against every single rank upwards is the only redeeming feature of CFN. When I hit diamond and started getting matched to ProblemX, Phenom, Takamura (its rare but he does play ranked when there is a major patch, probably to gain experience fast), Infexious..... its awesome. I learn a lot from playing them, and I think I do better now vs the 1st time I got matched to them.

[@Robert_D_Mercer]

Fighting games, the only place where being called a smurf is a compliment.

[@Jardonius]

You've summoned me with a Ken thumbnail~

[@lakeithlewis1343]

I realized this after hitting super diamond. Pre Winter update, I could tell that the shimmy and buffer tech was a must have and understand to advance. Currently relearning the buffer scenario since V SHIFT is in the building. lol

[@Majinjef2099]

whether my rank matters or whether it doesn't, don't really matter, mainly cause i been swimming in ultrabronze booty for so long that it is just how it is now. i know what my weakness is, it's my lack of patience and respect for the health bar vs the time clock. i can't stand the manner of playing where they just sit there and wait and wait and wait. it's just now how i was raised. i love to run and gun the fk out of that character and i love when the combat is happening fast and my brain kinda goes into a meditative state and i don't even know what has happened until it's over and i'm like "WHO WAS THAT IN MA'H BODY"

[@LargeToastie]

I keep getting to silver and then getting smacked back down to bronze. Now Dan can carry me to gold as I haven't been dropped to bronze since I started playing him.

[@lazyninja4917]

cant understand why people judge so fast without taking their time to think and look at the results of a long term period , when a player loses to another player in a match or a small set, 1st its not a big deal 2nd it is not an accurate way to measure who is better in this short term event,, we all saw Daigo loses and get eliminated couple of times but the high lvl players still respect him and they still see him as a target they want to achieve .. Brian my man you don't have to worry about that just focus on getting better and better while the roasters are stuck on silver and bronze or maybe worse .. keep it up bro ..

[@187onaPigeon]

I played it again a while ago, gonna start again. But I stopped back when Ibuki dropped. I'm in Gold but I don't belong there anymore lmao, as in I should be way lower. I was like rank 20000 back then I think.

[@ZeludeRose]

how many cigs did you smoke before this stream man lol

[@EggOnBeansOnToast]

There's a certain... Patrick Bateman look about you, here Brian. Not in attitude, just in physical appearance Haha. Anyway, been watching for a few weeks now. Really loving this kind of content. Keep it up. Hope you and yours are safe.

[@dizzygunner]

this should called "why brian_f's rank doesn't matter"

[@intergalacticdegengypsy6135]

The moment I started beating platinums as a gold consistently at offline meetups is when I stopped using rank to gauge skill

[@Pyrozoid]

what is that follow notification!? makes me laugh every time

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Brian KZbin voice can't hurt you

[@jamesnubz]

Brian_F: your rank doesn't matter Monsterknight01 @2:46: so you get carried by Rog is the lesson?

[@Clickstop24]

9:18 "Look Gary there I am!"

[@Dank_SomeOne]

"Look at this content that only people as good as me get to see, most of you will never be able to experience this! Next I'll make a tier list! Muahahahaha!!" Btw nice vid, I don't play street fighter but I rarely miss one of your vids lol

[@Ikari0]

I got to know Brian's stream when he was holding rank 69 for dunno how many weeks. Until now I don't know how intended that was

[@cressida9882]

Brian reached me...

[@StrangelyIronic]

To be honest I just play against friends and their friends in lobbies instead of ranked most of the time. It's all people I met playing SF4 ranked that were GM. Most of them are GM again in SFV or at least on par skill level wise. I've gone this route because when I play against them, I get minimal connection issues, it works fine 95% of the time. When the game came out, and even not that long ago, I would get so tilted when I'm mid-air SPD then the screen flickers, and I'm back on the ground getting overheaded or thrown after rollback. I'd rather play underwater with one frame links than have people constantly teleporting around and confirms blinking back into me getting hit instead. I wouldn't be so frustrated if the lobbies had the same problems, but not, they're generally speaking fine. Games are rewarding, and I can feel myself improving playing against good players that use their brains. It sucks too, I did my time to get Grand Master Dee Jay, Decapre, and Poison in SF4. I'd like to get a decent rank just for fun with a Poison run or something but barely beating people teleporting isn't exactly fun.

[@younghou]

I agree, if you get to GM then is just grind to UGM or warlord, way more important is your win rate but even win rate depend of your community

[@VoyivodaFTW1]

I don't play much ranked so the highest i got was super gold and ultra gold on 2 accounts. I haven't played in 3 seasons and I'm still super gold. Rank really is a test of patience.

[@GouShin1]

Oh boy, another Brian_F video! Makes popcorn :)

[@nawfanial]

Brian upload??? Pog.

[@samuelalphabet5360]

Yet another reason why good rollback is needed. Better netcode = can play vs a wider range of players = easier to find players closer to your skill level

[@hoodglasses8237]

Why your rank matters until it doesn't.

[@Mateoski97]

This legit should also apply to CS:GO.

[@trulydumb506]

Rank doesn't reflect my skill level because I don't play ranked. Casual matches are low stress for me. And if I were to play ranked I'm 90% certain I'd be either rookie or some variation of low bronze

[@mooncat3344]

Moba has the same issue. Ranks in there kinda measure "okay-ish" for casual players, but most pros don't have too much high elo, and most of them say that it actually hurts their training to play ranked matches aganist casual players, cuz competitive play among pros is different.

[@RhoFGC]

This is my OS now.

[@StreetfighterTips]

Tell'em Brian.

[@shinfitz]

Always love this kind of content!

[@tobs_error]

The rank in an online game its like an jrpg, u can be good at it but always the best is who grinded till be lvl 100 with the best personas/pokemon/materia... And tbh who cares about rank in a fighting game? Maybe in League of legends or CS:GO its more important, but in a fighintg you can be a rookie and beat someone in a local tournament or smth and its sooooooo satisfactory.

[@yeehaw8089]

it’s funny how you completely ignored what he said about ranked at low to mid levels

[@RockinGamma]

"playing offline when that was a thing" ...man

[@Guccibear100]

I'm pretty sure I made a comment on the last vid about how the lower ranks are full of, Not Smurfs, but hungry knowledgeable new players. Smurfs take their wins and move on, but everyone else is just floundering around. My problem? I just don't care to play very much, The online just isnt good enough, even though I love the game. I also don't have a local scene. If I did I still wouldn't go, obviously. I can make excuses all day why I have a shit rank in SFV, but you're right. If I just sat and played and improved I'd probably be well past plat by now. Then again. Power Ranger, Skull Girls, and after the Strive Beta? Capcom really needs to have a major netcode update.

[@no_nameyouknow]

Of course. The more you play, the better you get. As long as you focus on improving not just mashing buttons of course. The caveat is of course that some people are just capable of going way higher, either because they persevere more, they want it more, or they have some innate advantage that allows them to do better (although the last one is probably the least likely while being the one people think is the most likely)

[@djhero0071]

They have the MvC:I netcode to use as a base. There’s no reason they couldn’t fix it.

[@rb1902]

Your voice in the start of the vid really started making me cough

[@jamespeake2606]

Look I'm just trying to get to Super Bronze and maybe Silver so my Necalli got a chance of actually mixing people up

[@omgdisfunny4852]

Im not REALLY bronze i just dont play ranked, instead i play lobbies and lose to silvers, but they're just smurfs with lag so im atleast gold

[@brandonfelix8116]

Finally a video that can give cover for my horrible gameplay

[@Astigos]

The bottle neck at the top end is going to happem in every ranking system. I see it with age of empires 2 ladder with pros. The top 20 or so players in the world have to wait a long time to find a match before they end up playing someone who is ranked far below them. If they lose they lose a ton of points. If they win they sometimes get 0 points.

[@dariemilk2347]

The chat so wholesome expect some people

[@theoldpaths9907]

Wow thanks for explaining this. Those twitch commenters were toxic.

[@black8thelement8008]

I love how some people feel just becuase youre in a lower rank you dont know what youre talking about. Where most players do but the fact they can't level up is becuase of their execution n confirms.