Who Did Zain Expect In Genesis 8 Grand Finals? (Event Recap)

[@samhardie5423]

That tickle story confirmed that Jmook is a top 5 player and here to stay lol, what a BOLD man

[@ghostaccountlmao]

"There was no hubris in my brain" That's the champion mentality. There's a serious mental element involved in staying honed in and focused.

[@dorohime7001]

Mang0: You guys don't want me to win- Fizzwiggle: *Okay.*

[@ThatWolfArrow]

This has gotta be one of the most stressful times to be a top melee player. The field is just so competitve now with all the recources and tools we have availble.

[@dorohime7001]

Ugh, it just makes me so curious as to how Armada would do in this enviroment... I want him back soooo badly...

[@iamawin8272]

@@dorohime7001 he’d do about as well as a person who’s been retired for 4 years should do. I’m sure he’d catch up eventually though.

[@dorohime7001]

@@iamawin8272 and his issue has always been that the crowd hates and roots against him That would NOT be the problem anymore!!!! We could see Armada But As an UNDERDOG I WOULD LOVE THAT

[@iamawin8272]

@@dorohime7001 lmao the crowd has never hated armada he just won so much people got kinda bored. But yes he would be an underdog.

[@ThatWolfArrow]

@@dorohime7001 I don't blame you, but let the man do as he pleases.

[@byrne1807]

What he was saying about yoshi and dreamland made so much sense, that’s how I feel (when playing fox) vs Marth on FD, I’m really motivated to win that game in particular and I play a lot cleaner and more carefully bc I’m aware of that

[@NeutralOfficial]

jmook and cody is my fav melee crackship ppmd says we're in the tech era im here to say melee is in its slay era

[@joshbreton8496]

I haven’t been watching Melee for quite a bit and remember hearing about Genesis and then I saw the set between Cody and Jmook and was so fucking confused like I was whiplashed; I had absolutely no idea who this guy was but congrats nonetheless on the win, great stuff Zain and also Jmook

[@markmalkowski3695]

This is unrelated to the video, but I have an open ended question if anyone wants to give their opinion. Context: Being not competitive, but competent (average-ish unranked) player playing as a hobby, I’ve been noticing more and more that the trend on unranked is to play defensively and never approach once you take the lead. It seems like there isn’t a solid counter strategy to it. The question: What do you guys do to outplay campers that just wait for mistakes once they take the lead? (I play fox and sometimes falco). My guesses: - I have to learn more what options they’d prefer (e.g., marth dashback grab) - I have to move less predictably in approaching - less jumping, more dash dancing

[@markmalkowski3695]

Also, super well deserved win Zain!

[@pattyhummus939]

Idk, try well timed overshoots ? And I think with falco you just shouldn’t be chasing so much. Only enter with a well timed laser or an overshot dair idk

[@TomoYoMomo15]

congrats on the dub zain well deserved

[@docbuckets5923]

Congrats man. Was great watching you win. Deserved it for sure

[@henrybasila163]

The fact that you can mentally play better in yoshis best stage shows so much about your knowledge of the game. So inspiring to hear. Congrats on the dub, well deserved

[@subeysmarth]

a full rewatch of Top 8 sets on stream would be dope edit: the Jmook tickle is legendary. just when i thought i couldn't like this guy more

[@Psg0000]

Zain vs IBDW was super close, and Jmook vs IBDW was dominant, theres a good chance Jmook in top 8's helps Zain chances

[@prizm9515]

Congrats, Zain. Definitely put in the practice. Fun to watch.

[@scrunk845]

shoutouts to doc mains fr tho

[@henrybasila163]

Goated video lmfao, I fr cannot believe none didn’t pop off lmfao

[@jmendozas197]

I still wanted to see you vs Axe :(

[@BreakfastKids]

was rooting for a golden guardians winner’s finals im very happy to see zain take 1st either way favorite player of all time

[@cozziekuns4967]

The Junebug shoutout, hype

[@jarrodong4430]

Jmook gonna have its own plup club

[@andrezKZ]

Alfredo in the background? Very very nice Zain

[@cestandmuni3849]

lets go ZAIN. liked and subbed. congrats homie

[@caponebd7941]

I'm surprised he wasn't preparing much for Plup. Before the event, a lot of people thought he had a good shot to win it

[@brantmkw4783]

zain got some fire music taste

[@joshuafury5353]

Waiting for a player that doesn't lose to Zain's playstyle

[@pattyhummus939]

Sheik on the come up

[@dennisdunker8764]

I'm going to guess he expected to win lol. Especially after mang0 went out before top 8. When mang0s on, he's the only serious serious threat to Zain. This isn't a disrespect to the other current top players, it's just Zain (obviously lmao) and mang0 (when he's playing right) are still just a notch above everyone else

[@danlubezillagoleez7867]

What are you even talking about? ibdw literally beat both zain and mango at summit 12 to win the tournament, in there set at genesis they went game five last stock too (where he only lost because of a missed ledge dash), this is the first post covid event zain has won, he lost at summit eleven, twelve, and didn’t enter anything else until genesis. and post covid mango has lost to plup, amsa, ibdw, zain, hungrybox, fiction, llod, and finally fizzwiggle, a player who was a plus 60 seeded player, who after beating mango lost his next two sets to drop out at like 34th Any top player when “playing right” is a contender to win a tournament, not specifically mango. plup, amsa, ibdw, wizzrobe, and even polish, when playing right have all taken zain to at least game five In the past year, it’s just weird to declare two players a notch above the rest when there’s just not enough data to back that claim up, because maybe you haven’t noticed, this was the first lan event zain won post covid, he lost summits, 11 and 12 to mango and ibdw. And didn’t enter anything else until genesis. Like shouldn’t you wait for more results before jumping straight on the “their better than anyone else, to the point there aren’t any serious contenders” Bandwagon?

[@billyhorchel5429]

@@danlubezillagoleez7867 Zain won pound 2022. Cody got 9th lol

[@danlubezillagoleez7867]

@@billyhorchel5429 my b

[@viscose_matt]

Yo let’s go DP3

[@IAMMRON]

hi zain you cool

[@bullydungeon9631]

I love zain

[@ygopenguin6519]

It was kinda disappointing to see grands being a wash cause I was really hoping to see you pop off for the offline W you’ve waited long for 🙃

[@ThatOneScienceGuy]

I can't wait for Pound this weekend! Man, it's making me so mad with Samsora and Nairo not playing competitively in Ultimate. Their absence has changed the dynamic completely and frankly it's a little boring. I need to see Samsora Peach compete again. My heart aches for it.

[@il100374]

Okay

[@henryreturns1397]

Yeah , people come and go.

[@duran9799]

They are both sick people.

[@cross25011990]

I wanted amsa to win :(

[@jayadehart1680]

1st

[@ThisIsWEB]

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