Zen vs Daniel | THE REMATCH | Rule 1v1 Invitational | Match 4

[@jbro2108]

Like for no spoiler

[@SpyderFNCS]

Zen won 4-2.

[@yipperdeyip]

@@SpyderFNCS I don't understand people. What's wrong with you? Autism? Asperges? What kinda lowlife can you be

[@Oliver_smith1225]

​@@SpyderFNCS wow 🙄

[@Heroo01]

@@SpyderFNCS how to tell someone's younger than 14

[@zecadudas8597]

we don t even need no spoiler we already know how it is 🙄

[@bamaboyk901]

So Daniel is the best off the wall and has the best prejumps and zen has the best aerial control and positioning but rw9 has the best patience and reactive defense and mawksy has the best ground control and composer like these guys are truly the best in the world and all are number 1 just depends on the day I swear

[@adamdrexler]

I agree with the first statement, and I used to agree with the second, but now I can't objectively put Daniel in the top 3. He just loses soo many games that he's supposed to win. He's probably the most inconsistent top player ever in Rocket League. One play he looks all world, next play he looks like a plat. It's frustrating, because I think when he's on form he's unstoppable. The problem is he is off way more often than when he is on. That will keep him out of the top 3 for me, and I am a Daniel fan.

[@addect1379]

@@adamdrexler i feel you man its a shame to see someone lose because hes not playing to his fullest potential

[@at0micsheep]

1v1 is all very much ' on the day'. Top 1s players trade each other all the time. Regards 'consistent daniel'. I don't think it's his consistency as such. These other top players simply play so good that they prevent Daniel from doing what Daniel wants to do, they pressure him to prevent him playing his game.

[@hhaste]

Well yeah, that's just how the game is. There is no 'actual' best player in the world. No player can go undefeated in this game, it's just how it is. Any pro player can lose to any other pro depending on the day. Same goes for full 3v3 RLCS teams.

[@cousinpatsey2471]

​@@adamdrexler With regards to 1's, I'd think OSM was the most inconsistent. Is he beating Fairy Peak to end the streak, or is he losing to someone outside the top 20? Who knows, we'll find out on stream today. And saying Dan looks Plat on some plays, I know is hyperbolic, but still. Come on.

[@nec8050]

4:26 Zens out here air dribbling Daniel

[@TylerMcm-rf5ve]

That’s exactly what I was saying 💀💀

[@Heroo01]

That respect in game 5 was extremely gigachad by both of them

[@BlumiBreakdowns]

in my ranked 1s games i'd get what a save'd on instead.

[@booli8542]

I don't understand how it is respect from Daniel. Refusing to score an open goal is NOT respect, it's actually pretty disrespectful for Zen. (I don't think he meant to be disrespectful tbh)

[@jakebrowning2373]

Timestamp?

[@yipperdeyip]

@@BlumiBreakdowns Meh I've seen loads of kind players in 1s

[@yipperdeyip]

@@booli8542 It's not disrespectful and they both know it's not. No need to go all out Redditor on this. Daniel did it on the fly and realised what the right thing to do was. That's it. Nothing more. Chad move by both, case closed

[@notapplicable7292]

Zen really shows what he's learnt from the rw9 games in his defence

[@hannamoora]

how do u know he learnt it from rw9?

[@AirborneACR]

And offense. Saw him going to a lot more aerial 50s than usual

[@yogibeats9037]

Absolutely living for Johnny's description of how triggered people get and them getting what they deserve XD

[@Rusheelk]

Thanks for the amazing content as always Johnny!

[@craigtozer6542]

This is like the new appjack, joreuz and okhalid era. Zen, RW9 and Mawkzy are top 3

[@Icyyuh]

Zen is #1

[@soleil4026]

@@Icyyuh Mawkzy is number 1

[@Heroo01]

This match got me unironically saying "damn, daniel"

[@snoppppp]

46:32 Zen catapult shot OMG

[@p01ygon]

Johnny is absolutely obssessed with air dribble bumps bro. He actually gets so tilted everytime chat calls it cringe.

[@aronianspigonian8589]

True he brings it up soooo often. I don’t think he realizes he’s just getting trolled lol.

[@mdot1799]

It’s cringe doesn’t mean it’s a bad play

[@r3snaadille]

I thought like 99% of those "Cringe" were just joking knowing very well that it is a legitimate strategy. Also funny that some people in the comments like Johnny got upset at that :D

[@aronianspigonian8589]

@@r3snaadille some are some aren’t it’s definitely not 99% though. Lots of people genuinely hate bump plays etc hence the people that get banned for slurs following them that johnny mentioned from his ranked games lol. It’s mostly just kids getting upset though lol.

[@jtwasson08]

"Another air dribble celebration!" I'm dead.

[@jesusisthelord.lizziet.3493]

Zen vs Firstkiller, is a must

[@bobkin611]

Claim your challenge prizes Johnny

[@Peksisarvinen]

I was not a Zen believer for the longest time. And I'm still not, as far as 3's go, as it's an entirely different world. But in 1's, this kid is fucking cracked. And I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Vitality play with him as their 3rd. It's probably going to be quite the hyped up game. Hope he goes off in 3's too, the more kids we see come in, the better for the game.

[@ouch2345]

The best ones players tend to translate mechanics well to 3s, he’s gonna be insane.

[@ryanlunzen9794]

@@ouch2345 Dude, he's called the best 3s player for a long time by several pros like ApparentlyJack. He was 3s main before.

[@kikie9164]

I already won multiple 3s tournaments (not in RLCS)

[@kikie9164]

He already won multiple 3s tournaments (not in RLCS)

[@TruthOverFeelings745]

He’s going to be good lol. He has some of the best first touches, control, and mechanics in the world. Just wait and see

[@rlgoingssl1076]

Bumping someone to get them to flame you and ban them then is really just the best thing in the game

[@NSeaBear]

zen was getting nutty at the end. thought the momentum going into game 6 was solid for daniel, but then zen turned it on

[@maphistaa]

4:37 that was really funny when you said he started air dribbling daniel instead lmao

[@kilawen]

to add to the kickoff order talk, in 2s and 3s the same people will be positioned the same for each kick off. So if your on the left for the diagonal kickoff you'll be on the left for that kick off for the rest of the game.

[@aliddlldablldoya]

I literally had a situation happen the other day where I got a free report. The satisfaction of logging in the next day and seeing “Due to reports from you and your peers, action has been taken against a player who violated Rocket League’s code of conduct.” Made my day :)

[@cocorico454]

Awesome games. I think you should put an indicator of which server the game was on, and where will the next ones be. You say it a few times but it's easy to miss.

[@Pekara121]

Its in the beginning wdym?

[@cocorico454]

@@Pekara121 but i don't remember it during the whole game, it should be somewhere on the screen

[@doctor_puff]

@@cocorico454 no

[@syeddanishanwer]

RW8 and Zen are in a league of their own. These two RL players have the most perfect offense and defense I have ever seen in RL.

[@stefangeiger4132]

Whats the decal from Zen in the first game

[@cameronwishart7971]

Hi johnny could u move chat when watching ur videos on iphone the home swipe bar blocks it 😅

[@balladin9200]

I get so pumped to play 1v1 after watching this where every input is meant with a plan in mind. But then get into plat 1v1 and I'm just bored with how Noone's doing anything with the ball, opponent's insta challenging my flick before I can even set it up nicely with my dribble and opponent driving the ball straight up to me and somehow winning a 50. We're all ass and it ain't fun.

[@radiant2326]

brooo saaamee

[@Kitto0]

I remember AppJack in 1 of his streams when he moved to NA & someone asked for comparison between Zen & Daniel. In reply Jack said while Daniel is very good but Zen is simply next level (even when Zen was mostly known for his 2s & didn’t break into 1s scene), but my word 😮 how honest Jack was then & now we’re witnessing it on our own. You have to commend how amazing these players are now 👏 it’s simply insane & overall a great news for the future of this game cuz talents keep pushing everything to next level that we’ve never witnessed before.

[@rlgoingssl1076]

Im super excited to see both of rhem in rlcs next split. Vitality and V1 are the teams to watch out for😍😍😍

[@DarkSins713]

How zen just complete miss the ball game 2 🤣🤣🤣

[@scracher548]

why zen is using the uruguay banner lol 1:39

[@leandro3015]

Why is zen usin uruguayan flag banner ?

[@TheGoudaGoblin]

I didn’t realize there was only one group, I was wondering who tf did the seeding for a second

[@aonoloki]

About keeping the dodge for save, I think that's kinda the same for shooting, player tend to go for the fast aerial and forget about the half-volley

[@Alonbs9]

Hi. Love the content! I know everyone here keeps the spoilers to themselves, however you can still can a god estimate as to what happened in the end based on the length of the video. Do you think you could make all videos constant time, and fill the gaps with some other content? Maybe even just a replay of the same video. Unless there's someway to not know the length of the video in advance... Hopefully other people can relate. Nevertheless, thanks for casting these insane matches

[@thecasualcrow880]

He used do this and did Feer. They stopped doing it because people won't watch to the very end and this affects the algorithm negatively for them. You either just need to be accepting of knowing the outcome and watch because high level RL is always fun to spectate or you just don't look at the time, ever.

[@KKsFish]

LETS GO DANIEL! I haven't watched yet but I love Daniel since I saw him smoke Arsenal in a 1v1 on Arsenals channel hahaha it was a funny video.

[@___.___.___.___]

That was so long ago lmao, good old days

[@darraghharrington2504]

I think the biggest spoiler for me is the time left on the video I always get so sad when I realise there’s not enough time left in the video for someone to come back I think to combat this you could leave in a bit of the stream at the end just to give us a glimmer of hope.

[@MortenSMortenS]

Not to sound douchy, but many people comment this at every single Johnny and Feer video.. They once did this but decided it was punished too hard by the KZbin algorithm when people didn't watch the whole video (because of dead time), so it was a decision that makes sense, even though it sucks for us yh

[@AntHill12790]

on the bump topic. I just had a game where i scored 2 of my 4 goals off demos. after the demo for the 4th he typed "you have no skill just demo" then i air dribbled clean over his head and he insta left OMEGALUL

[@thomascoleman2180]

My man zen has a blue lock pfp 👍

[@PhillipJohnsonphiljo]

I think the atow goal is a contender because of the vision to score after getting bumped midair

[@vq35deALTIMA]

Zen is a magician, can't wait to see if Zen can dominate RLCS. Vatira got his ring, time to move over. Could you imagine Vatira and Zen on the same team though that would be 🔥 also think Daniel gonna elevate V1 immensely

[@yogibeats9037]

Worlds will be interesting for sure! Maybe it's time for FK to win big ?!

[@Mrplokier]

They should make a final's MVP, Exotic was flawless against Faze clutch when it mattered the most!

[@crarlo]

relevant

[@crarlo]

but also true

[@Snapey81]

Not entirely sure why you've posted that here. A finals MVP isn't a good idea, but I do think they should add a Playmaker MVP to the event and ExoTiiK would have been the only choice for it.

[@guillaumebackelandt7381]

I just have this feeling Daniel never gets tilted or is a damn expert at burying emotions, I might be wrong of course but his gameplay never seems to be fueled by anger or anything, not sure if that's a quality or not, probably is most of the time but I think losing your composure can also be helpful at times. GGs to both of them it was a good series.

[@nemesis-qk2fh]

oh boy, you haven't watched daniel vs drali then. He was mad tilted.

[@guillaumebackelandt7381]

@@nemesis-qk2fh haha, good to know, might have to check then!

[@gnash.r]

Yeah he seems really good at it, but he's human too. You can see in Game 6 he starts playing very erratically, going for low percentage plays and giving Zen a weird amount of space and respect whenever he's close to the ball. At least that's my interpretation just looking at their game, I'm not in their head they could be thinking/feeling completely differently.

[@baguette2844]

Imagine zen vs consistent daniel, would be a great serie. edit: I hope zen humbles vatira next split

[@mistertsukinami]

Everyone: tHaT's CrInGe JohnnyBoi_i: That's based as hell

[@Frosty4Real]

16:54 Zen didnt wanna save it because it would rui his 1337 score to early :P

[@atuckingfypo794]

johnny is a agent of chaos istg

[@dfrnt3074]

Boys... I think it's gonna take Dan-Droid to beat Zen.

[@bofa2627]

Funny choice

[@dakotaelliott8186]

I will say, I'm not sure when this was filmed but Daniel has beaten zen before this video. He got a win in the $4k tournament on Feers channel

[@Snapey81]

Sorry, that's not correct. That series for Feer's tournament ended 4-1 in favour of Zen. Daniel has never beaten Zen, they've played three times now and the results were 4-3, 4-1, 4-2 all in favour of Zen. They will play again today on Johnny's stream as part of this same tournament so Daniel will get another chance.

[@yourmother638]

​@@Snapey81 Dan won in the rematch

[@Snapey81]

@@yourmother638 Yes, I did watch it but thank you for letting me know. It doesn't change the fact that when the above post was made, Daniel had not beaten Zen. Daniel still lost more series in this tournament than anyone else - played 6, won 2, lost 4 so I'm not sure there's a lot to brag about here.

[@yourmother638]

@Snape ? Zen had a lower series win percentage though..... I mean same

[@yourmother638]

@Snape zen and Dan both won 33.3 per cent of there series 1 and 3 vs 2 and 6 . And Dan swept the guy that zen can't beat

[@Rrr000yyY]

About the whole bump/demo discussion I'm convinced that players/teams can exploit bump happy players by baiting them in to bumps/demos and forcing the opposing player out of position. Probably very hard to pull of but if you can mess up a team's rotation by baiting one of them into a demo attempt you can mess up their whole approach.

[@Owbly]

I had a teammate that own goaled badly and was raging in the text chat at us for no reason. So the rest of the lobby started calling him a loser because he looked up my stats. After the game ended he said "you guys must be black" and left. we were just said wow he's straight up racist

[@nehow6828]

Good evening, I am new in the field of youtube, I am not very strong and I would like to improve, would you be so kind as to give me some advice so that I can improve my videos

[@adotinthecosmos]

Zen turned on in game 6... holy smokes that guy is fast

[@deathfail6306]

I think If Rw9 Wants to be The Actual #1 he needs to get a win on Mawkzy and Daniel to proof he’s he only player with win on every1!..

[@jakeregan7255]

He beat Daniel 4-1 today 🤔

[@deathfail6306]

@@jakeregan7255 Really!? Where

[@johnsonhemingway3432]

Johnny boi twitch stream today - also rw9 mawksy are 2-2 past few months and previous match Went to the wire in game 7. Rw9 And zen are more consistent than mawksy and rw9 doesn’t have inferior head to head to anyone so he’s no 1

[@xPikaZzHD]

@@johnsonhemingway3432 he just lost at mawky.... There is new n1 everyday in this time it's between mawkzy, rw9 and zen no one (maybe nass) can challenge them atm

[@johnsonhemingway3432]

He did but it was very close and they’re 2-2 in past few months. Mawksy is 2-1 down v zen and has lost to drahli toxic and kv1 past few months. Because rw9 is most consistent alongside zen and doesn’t have a negative head to head he’s current no 1. No doubt when he’s peaking mawksy is joint no 1 with rw9 and zen and he’s arguably got highest current peak but it’s close between the 3.

[@OkxziRL]

Love RL and play almost daily. But can someone with a little more knowledge of the comp aspect tell me the reasoning for server switches?

[@aaronhillaker7036]

If people think for a second that Zen wins these easily, they don't know a thing about high level 1's play.

[@BigTim89]

Zen vs Rw9 round 3 but if Zen loses he changes his name to Zenw9

[@kooben6673]

does anyone else think daniel was much better when his game was centered around aerial plays? Now days I see him spamming flicks and opts out of taking it to the air so frequently. bring back octane freestyler dan

[@hebaabdo2768]

Ikr man. Bro Is not the same anymore. He used to take the ball to the whenever he had a chance. like just go watch him vs Joreuz, The show match was 4 months ago, and man the difference Is just mind-blowing.

[@vertachi8066]

What's Daniel decal

[@NoodLe-cf1wo]

Would love a video on Team Liquid!

[@fadeless6013]

Daniel with the V1 tag now is throwing me off

[@DaPonz]

Add something on the stream overlay that lets us know what server they are playing on each game please

[@DaPonz]

Also chat is a bunch of fucking mongoloids

[@saurabh3670]

Air dribble celebration MVP???

[@bop1111]

Yanx x zen rematch??

[@ste4lth147]

Exactly in like I just got into champ 1 and so many people get into text arguments within their tm8 so to edge them on even more I’ll demo and bump the living crap out of them just to piss them of even more, because they don’t get angry at me they get even more angry at their teammates I just got champ 1 therm other day and already almost in champ 3 because of the mental games I play, I’m not very mechanical I’m not even game sense I’m personal.

[@choctop5330]

Wheres Yanxnz?

[@clows7590]

In brazil, cant play

[@welcomemcnall]

My god that double at 10:10...

[@omagro8267]

The whole ADC thing just goes to show how weak the majority of people are mentally. I know a lot of them are trolling or just spamming, but the majority are actually that weak that a function in a game can easily manipulate their emotion. There's a lot of insane mechanical players that just can't get their mental in check, and that is the falling point for ever reaching a professional stage in esports. To clarify, I'm not sitting on a pedestal like I'm immune to getting triggered. Just interesting to see how unique of a trait it is to keep your cool. Just as rare as being mechanically gifted or being able to read bounces.

[@TheGoudaGoblin]

I used to argue w the toxics bc it bothers me more that they seem to think anyone in the history of bad teammates has played better after someone was toxic to them than it does that they don’t care abt being a dick. But I don’t have time to type that much, now I have a “cry more” macro

[@vq35deALTIMA]

The only people that think air dribble bumps are cringe are the people that can't do it

[@zanerollins3394]

Instead of calling it mvps how about having a striker award, playmaker award, and then an epic savior award for most goals, assist and saves

[@zoltangt07]

i think the people that call airdribble bumps cringe are people that cant do them and concede goals to them

[@CrowClouds]

Johnny be arguing with chat in the shower

[@bobkin611]

SPOILER ALERT: Why did you want to know? Just watch the video.

[@tohsimomru7797]

And the funaward goes to...

[@Heroo01]

I have. I was hoping for discussion about the video.

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

I'm only halfway thru watching rn and this level of offense from both is off the charts disgusting omfg 🤢😵😆

[@RollinTrollin]

Match 4.

[@itskilmerr4027]

Is the quality shit for everyone else?

[@seani5428]

can someone tell me if anyone but rw9 has beaten zen

[@Roodid]

I Think Mawkzy Beaten Him As Well

[@OkWoodsSlowed]

I'm always surprised at how cringe chat is, but then I remember it's mostly just plat to low-champ kids.

[@stevenrichard2196]

i am thirsting for zen vs dark. please.

[@saikousocial]

We goin in

[@joniboi3699]

The people in the twitch chat saying "ezzzz" or "[insert player] bad" are just so fckin pathetic to me. Its like they're unable to enjoy things and just want to make others feel like shit.

[@kohotokun]

I don't wanna admit it but just putting zens name on a series gets me to click on it without looking

[@fritzpipedorowalter]

Not a fan of the new chat placement. Imho too distracting, liked the old position more.

[@G__Mason]

The only thing “cringe” about rocket league is the “fans” 😂.

[@BamThwok76]

that was amazing

[@hamzazilani6398]

Yh zen just has Daniels number. Both near identical players but I think the difference is that zens offence is slightly better, Dan still more than capable of beating him tho

[@brandonmertz2170]

Daniel was way better on Octane. Where did his BEST IN RL resets go????

[@colindionne901]

V1 Dan not the same 😢

[@013thijsje]

Thanks for hosting this but please next time do some more actual commentary instead of going on rants and teaching life lessons, it really makes the game less enjoyable.

[@michael04__806]

zen is just better ig

[@markitoss]

32:27 yea I miss the old bumps because you do now phase through people. They need to stop listening to the kiddos that complained about bumps Bc it has ruined the game. It really is boring now without it. Feel like Johnny doesn’t play enough to notice it.

[@Heroo01]

homie what? invest in better internet man, that's not true lmao

[@markitoss]

@@Heroo01 you must be bronze. Try playing at a higher rank. I get 5 ping. I have 1 ping to my local servers… 1000 mb/s download speed, Ethernet plugged into a $2k pc. Try again 🤡 rocket league has gone downhill dude. You have to bump at a certain angle to get the demo. Try playing since 2015 and ask any og player before epic changed it.

[@khirek5335]

​@@markitoss That's a trash 2k PC if you phase through people lol. The only thing they changed is the range of degrees that still allows you to get a demo. So if you know what you're doing it works. Comm got 20 demos in an rlcs game after the rework. You're just trash bro and the fact that you immediately called the other guy bronze shows that you're insecure about your rank

[@Heroo01]

@@markitoss LMFAO okay, I have 14 ping with fiber optic internet in the middle of Seattle. Never once had a problem with that, bud. Don't know what to tell you I have been playing consistently since 2016. Have the tag and rank to prove it.

[@markitoss]

@@Heroo01 what rank? I’m central in Texas. Like I said it’s the game. Try hopping into some gc lobbies for once. Try driving around the map for demos only.

[@Kevthesage]

You’re so cring thinking it’s peak to make people mad then report them 😂

[@rgonzalo511]

Its more cringe to start hurling insults over a bump play let them get reported they deserve it anyways

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

You're excused from jollying-on the idiots that report others for words, because your country doesn't have anything in its constitution that protects free speech. But you HAVE TO know that encouraging others to get mad at words, is actually a bad thing.

[@deoxyste8811]

vatiras triple tap>>>

[@a.21343]

Yess

[@GregTurismo]

ggs

[@Cowboy-ie1et]

Naaaaa u wanting people to get banned is messed up.

[@Curelab]

LVL UP NA

[@JoseJimenez-zs9ov]

rawwrrrrrrrrr

[@-scrim]

🤓heckin report those racists and homophobes johnny!!!!! 🤓

[@Harambe-on-discord]

Here before 100 views les goo