Thorin's Thoughts - The Winning Mentality

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  • @SebbyNilsen
    @SebbyNilsen 9 років тому +23

    I googled "Thorin", because I want to read more about the Thorin from the Hobbits. But I ended up here. xD

  • @Merth667
    @Merth667 9 років тому +5

    Many of the discussed topics can be applied to any situation in life. Good vid

  • @DayyMeeBear
    @DayyMeeBear 9 років тому +4

    Absolutely loved this video whenever I need inspiration I am coming back to this ;)

  • @vitas5333
    @vitas5333 5 років тому

    Ive come back to this video so many times since you released it. Thank you thorin

  • @eefjedepoortere9166
    @eefjedepoortere9166 9 років тому +2

    This video was very generous and thoughtful, feels like a real win!

  • @DeityVod
    @DeityVod 8 років тому +2

    I love how I still come to this video even now because it just that great

  • @ImperialGuardsman74
    @ImperialGuardsman74 9 років тому +10

    Watching the first part of the video, i can do a DotA 2 comparison as i'm sure Thorin will spend a while making League and CS:GO or even Starcraft comparisons.
    AdmiralBulldog is a player that had that moment where the meta suited him perfectly. In less than a year of his competitive debut he won TI 3 , but he couldn't hold onto the crown in the following patches and metas.
    Puppey is a player that has been consistently at the very top of DotA 2. For 4 years, the meta around him changed, the team-mates around him changed yet he still is in the top 3 team in the world.
    Anyway, just thought of this example while listening to Thorin.

    • @JrKdM
      @JrKdM 6 років тому

      Puppey's issue rn has to be the shady stuff behind the scenes

  • @Vertchewal
    @Vertchewal 9 років тому +1

    Thorin this was a great video! I am that kind of player, who has the hunger to win and will adapt. Sometimes I can't understand players who don't have it. And I think that a team of 5 players with that kind of mentality will have the most success. The best players have this drive.

    • @adomv05
      @adomv05 9 років тому

      I dont think you've fully understand the point of it.

    • @LordReaper13
      @LordReaper13 9 років тому

      Adolfo Domínguez I don't think he did either

  • @AMVShiro
    @AMVShiro 9 років тому +46

    I'll be surprised if I don't hear Michael Jordan or Kobe's name somewhere in here

    • @ImperialGuardsman74
      @ImperialGuardsman74 9 років тому

      He's gonna compare one of them with JW or some league player somewhere in a video probably.

    • @Filedll
      @Filedll 9 років тому

      or forgiven ^^

    • @Vash0Estampida
      @Vash0Estampida 9 років тому +3

      ***** Ibra used to think he was better than Messi when he was in BCN and got kicked because of that, exactly the opposite of a winning mentality

    • @Vash0Estampida
      @Vash0Estampida 9 років тому +2

      ***** OH PLS, argue with me, i can't wait to hear what you got to say. I guess i'm just a spanish guy, lived in Barcelona, seen the team win the Champions in Rome, etc.... but i don't have a clue.

    • @pittaaaabread
      @pittaaaabread 9 років тому

      +anonymousSWE bruhh why you gotta be french barca is best

  • @mrpeek2303
    @mrpeek2303 9 років тому +1

    The thing I love most about Thorin's videos is how most of his ideas/theories are also applicable IRL. Never settle boys. Confront your demons and make your mark. Mediocrity isn't a good color on anyone.

  • @Jove89
    @Jove89 9 років тому +26

    Diamond - Great player that has the winning mentality as he always finds a way to go through every period and make himself relevant even if skill-wise he may not be anymore the best out there.
    Shook - Great player that lacks the winning mentality as he always finds a way to fuck up because he's never taking the moment of the game as serious as he should.
    Rekkles - Great player that lacks the winning mentality as proven by his last 6 months. If he doesn't get carried then he can't do shit and blames the environment instead of actually realizing that he should be the central part of that environment and if that he fails to provide security and reason and a driving mentality for the team then he should be the last to complain.
    Forg1ven - Great player that has the winning mentality as proven by his attitude. While toxic in the past... that kind of toxicity actually showed his incredible motivation to perform and to win games. He was toxic because he hated mediocrity... he still hates it so he performs at a top level exactly because he's driven by a winning mentality.
    Froggen - Great player that lacks the winning mentality as he usually fails to stay relevant for a longer period of time... and especially fails to perform at high level. I mean his last really good period and only really good period was season 2. Now it's season 5 and he never came close to his season 2 status because he's lacking the winning mentality. He lacked it then as well but the game of LoL was so much more different and CLG had a playstyle that countered the meta pretty hard at the time.
    xPeke - Great player that has the winning mentality as he usually stays relevant each year even if he has a bad series of games or a more average split compared to his other splits. He always finds ways to play at a top level against better players and even outplay them if possible. xPeke's and sOAZ's motivation in top level games is what drove Fnatic to be great.
    Thoorin bias towards players like Froggen is completely nonsensical considering he fails to realize how what Froggen has actually doesn't help him win anything. He's like that wannabe analyst that thinks he's a neutral journalist but actually brings his own preferences and subjective views and treat it like it's all objective and that's the way one should analyze players and sports. This is also very hypocritical since Froggen always gets passes and always get put on a pedestal even if he basically failed for 3 years in a row... yes Thoorin.. not getting even close to your season 2 success is basically failing. Hypocritical because you criticize players for the same things you praise Froggen for even if Froggen failed. BUT LETS PRAISE FROGGEN BECAUSE HURR DURR HES THIS GREAT AMAZING PLAYER THAT BORES PEOPLE TO DEATH BECAUSE HE'S A MASTER OF PASSIVE PLAYING TO THE POINT THAT IT'S ANNOYING FOR THE ENEMY PLAYER AND TEAM. WOO WEE SUCH AMAZING PLAYER THAT HE EVEN BORES HIS OWN FUCKING TEAM.
    Stop being delusional. The main reason why Elements is failing is not Shook and Wickd or Nyph or Kev1n. The main reason why Elements is failing just like EG failed in the end to recreate that CLG brand... just the same way Alliance failed to recreate that CLG brand is BECAUSE OF FROGGEN failing to be a good leader, failing to be the driving force behind his team and FAILING to realize that this game evolved since 2012. FAILING to have that driving force that is a winning mentality and failing to push his teammates forward.

    • @MrToco23
      @MrToco23 9 років тому +3

      Wow hard to find reasonable comments. Totally agree.

    • @MouldyCheesePie
      @MouldyCheesePie 9 років тому +1

      all he knows how to do is farm well and play ahri/anivia

    • @PetrikowG
      @PetrikowG 9 років тому

      Your points are so ignorant and only motivated by the last few weeks of LCS results, it's actually astounding how stupid it is.
      It's like people forgot Alliance completely dominated last split, over people such as Diamond (who finished fucking 7th) and xPeke.

    • @CptShiba
      @CptShiba 9 років тому +5

      i disagree with your analysis of froggen. i think he has both the will to win and the winning mentality. he has most definitely stayed relevant since his season 2 "god-esque" day, albeit maybe performing at a lower level then back then. Last split, he was arguably the best mid laner in EU, maybe best player overall in Europe. His teams (EG, Alliance), have finished top 4 in all playoffs since season 3. Did you forget that Alliance won the summer playoffs with a 3:1 result against Fnatic? Or that he was given the overall MVP of the 2014 EU LCS Spring split? How is that being irrelevant or failing to perform at a high level?

    • @ambrosius1111
      @ambrosius1111 9 років тому

      dude i cant find a wway to show you how much i agree with you

  • @BevanJD7
    @BevanJD7 9 років тому

    I love how you make the comparisons to other sports. I think as eSports develop people are going to see that the same elements that make great football, basketball, etc. players are what make great eSports athletes.

  • @ducklet56
    @ducklet56 9 років тому

    My highschool football coach didn't stress the aspect of winning, but the aspect of perfection. If you are perfect it is impossible to lose. He expected you to push yourself to become perfect on all fronts of the game

  • @Jonni3h
    @Jonni3h 9 років тому +19

    18:20 Them rhymes, dawg.

  • @Exigentable
    @Exigentable 9 років тому +21

    SCROLL THROUGH THE RECENT UPLOAD THUMBNAILS TO WATCH THE TRANSFORMATION FROM MILD-MANNERED THORIN TO ALMIGHTY HOBOTHORIN

  • @DayyMeeBear
    @DayyMeeBear 9 років тому

    The greatest way to motivate your self is to continually push further and try to get better and better

  • @ThankYouStayedHere
    @ThankYouStayedHere 9 років тому +1

    I believe the same mentality applies to some of the best content creators, or possibly any field of work.

    • @the_bottomfragger
      @the_bottomfragger 5 років тому

      4 years late but yeah, as a musician I can say that this applies to music as a career extremely well as well.

  • @BOOMfighter94
    @BOOMfighter94 9 років тому +1

    ur greatest vid ever Thooorin,rly

  • @0dWHOHWb0
    @0dWHOHWb0 9 років тому +1

    Actually kind of inspiring. Thanks.

  • @cyrusia
    @cyrusia 9 років тому +3

    You have to hate losing, more than you like winning. That's my winning mentality.

    • @pauldevienne8247
      @pauldevienne8247 9 років тому +5

      That's a pretty risky mindset, doesn't it make you tilt?
      Personnally I don't hate losing at all, losing allows you to highlight your flaws and accepting a loss lets you go back to practicing and improving until you lose less and less. Focusing on improving and becoming the best you can be works better for me than purely focusing on winning, what do you think?

    • @cyrusia
      @cyrusia 9 років тому

      Paul Devienne Think of it like this, every time you lose a game, someone slaps you hard in the face. Would you not hate losing then? That's what it feels like to me when i lose.

    • @pauldevienne8247
      @pauldevienne8247 9 років тому +1

      Right but nobody slaps you in the face. You are slapping yourself right here, and if it helps you that's a good thing, but I would probably tilt. I tend to focus on performance rather than results, I guess we have different mindsets. What's your goal?

  • @Sunburnt_Icarus
    @Sunburnt_Icarus 9 років тому

    Great piece.

  • @ghostdoggtv
    @ghostdoggtv 9 років тому +1

    It seems like every time I see one of your videos you look colder and colder

  • @kurukq
    @kurukq 9 років тому

    Great video on the mindset of top players. I wouldve liked you to talk about quake in this video too, but oh well.

  • @ddogsquarepants
    @ddogsquarepants 9 років тому +1

    Mean/destroying comment instantly made me thing of Ndamukong Suh. Teammates hate comment maybe to Drew Brees because he's obsessive, religious about winning -- basically become a ritual for him.
    Love the Football references. Keep 'em coming =)

  • @silver1407
    @silver1407 4 роки тому

    lul i live to win, the drive came from me always winning things in school as a child, i got used to winning and enjoyed it, and I've never stopped striving for it

  • @afscrew123
    @afscrew123 9 років тому

    viewer number 6 damn,... Great video Duncan. I shall take notice of this.

  • @CYellowan
    @CYellowan 9 років тому +2

    Listening to this makes my blood boil.
    For all the good reasons.
    While i sit here and improve myself in 3 fields of my being, at the same time...

    • @dark_sunset
      @dark_sunset 8 років тому

      the fuck are you talking about lad

    • @CYellowan
      @CYellowan 8 років тому

      ***** Get further than 10 minutes into the video, and you might get it. Context makes you understand, normally.

  • @kanz0bgz
    @kanz0bgz 9 років тому

    Kobe's diet if anyone is curious was a low-carb ketogenic diet which is actually awesome and appropriate for almost anyone (exceptions would be those with gallbladder disease)

  • @Daantjer
    @Daantjer 8 років тому

    Would love a top 20 of greatest csgo players of all time. I watched the top 20 halo players of all time of scott gandhi and really enjoyed it the way he could explain his choices.

  • @jvbob96
    @jvbob96 9 років тому

    this is great. must make my team watch this so they can understand how i feel.

  • @13quasar13
    @13quasar13 9 років тому +1

    Smithz' heart is in cs grills more than cs itself

  • @Xuyesi
    @Xuyesi 4 роки тому

    Good stuff is good stuff. Timeless.

  • @hundredandonenames
    @hundredandonenames 9 років тому

    Thorin.
    Two things:
    Firstly, I don't know what is up with your lighting but you are literally glowing.
    Secondly, you have a majestic beard.

  • @aboodabulaban2867
    @aboodabulaban2867 7 років тому +2

    the best motivational video i can ever listen to. listened to it maybe over 10 times. my nick name is Naplios and one day i will be a csgo champion and thorin will do a video on me. peace out.

  • @bicepsisdie
    @bicepsisdie 9 років тому

    "Dynamic he'd learned from a fucking animals movement" Ive been laughing at this for a while now :D:D

  • @Scryfire
    @Scryfire 9 років тому

    The famous tennis pro Roger Federer is like this. After his peak, when he was no longer invincible but still one of, if not the greatest player ever... you could watch him on a bad day: when his shots aren't happening, and not everything's going his way like it used to, and he's up against some huge athlete like Nadal or Djokovic or Roddick... and yet somehow he finds a way to scrap together the game when he needs it.

  • @roy4552
    @roy4552 Рік тому

    I am trying to look for this thorin video where he mentions this concept of not fucking around in a game and taking it seriously, a phrase that I remember him saying is that, i will paraphrase, "how much time do you have to waste before you realize that this game is imporant" or something along those lines, can anyone help me?

  • @pierce_grossman
    @pierce_grossman 9 років тому +1

    Ok, as much as I understand the circlejerk about Thorin (he can be A DICK sometimes) I have to say that the level of his content on this channel is indescribable for me.
    And it's free.

  • @TjeroS
    @TjeroS 9 років тому +1

    After who is f0rest, I'd really like to see you make a video about Neo. You clearly think he is the best cs 1.6 player and I would like to see more reasons why, since I've come familiar with cs scene with go and have little knowing of what was before.

  • @obbymelons
    @obbymelons 9 років тому

    Have you read Phil Jackson's books? just wondering

  • @mrjannis1234567891
    @mrjannis1234567891 9 років тому +28

    Pls make vid about kennyS

    • @MrJaakkoLe
      @MrJaakkoLe 9 років тому

      i dont think thorin knows too much about source, correct me if im wrong :9

    • @ddosh4days
      @ddosh4days 9 років тому

      R0XY -
      but kennys plays csgo

    • @MrJaakkoLe
      @MrJaakkoLe 9 років тому

      ddosh yt i figured you were talking about the "whos is" -series

    • @MrJaakkoLe
      @MrJaakkoLe 9 років тому

      ddosh yt where thorin talks about the history of that players career

    • @ddosh4days
      @ddosh4days 9 років тому

      R0XY -
      oh i didnt watch it all

  • @MrToco23
    @MrToco23 9 років тому

    People should watch the vid before commenting... He didn't even talk about league this was manly CS

  • @Failure57
    @Failure57 9 років тому

    "Sometimes lose, always win"

  • @Lyduf
    @Lyduf 9 років тому

    Ive got some other examples of winning mentality.
    Nadal, he is not the greatest player ever, i might not have the best shots, but when he defense... My god he's a fucking monster!! Seems He doesnt give up, i will run every single ball because if he cant hit it, maybe next time he will. And that's his mentality, every point counts, it doesnt matter how the score is...
    Bobby Fischer is also an example, he was a chess player (some people might not know). He left everything for chess. He has an amazing story of how he became the world champion fighting against the whole soviets players that were working together to not loose the hegemony.

  • @Rzamortis
    @Rzamortis 9 років тому

    You're a fucking champ Thorin.

  • @sc2jolt
    @sc2jolt 9 років тому

    MVP the ultimate winner imo

  • @Armageddon017
    @Armageddon017 9 років тому +2

    Thorin's Thoughts - The Winning Mentality but Never Win feat. Doublelift

    • @autokrft
      @autokrft 9 років тому

      +Armageddon017 lol

  • @AnotherSnookerChannel
    @AnotherSnookerChannel 9 років тому

    Who is slasher, I want to know please Duncan.

  • @willek1335
    @willek1335 9 років тому +1

    Please donate to thorin, he can't keep the heath in his apartment. :3 jk
    Love your stuff Mr. T.

  • @Mrfanh
    @Mrfanh 9 років тому

    @Thoorin u should do a video about best pistol players?

  • @simes1119
    @simes1119 9 років тому

    please do a video about neo!

  • @NakasDougen
    @NakasDougen 9 років тому

    Such a shame there were not enough LoL examples although this video was not tagged for CS GO

  • @mitchellwilliam95
    @mitchellwilliam95 9 років тому

    Joe Rogan's kick is pretty fucking heavy...
    EDIT: Hey, Thorin. Did you ever see the video of Joe Rogan demonstrating that kick, and then immediately pointing out a lizard in the corner of the room?

  • @zachburris2577
    @zachburris2577 9 років тому +1

    Screams problem is he always tries to 1 tap. if he sprayed his targets hed be more consistent

  • @Anybanks
    @Anybanks 4 роки тому

    Back when thorin was humble

  • @DayyMeeBear
    @DayyMeeBear 9 років тому

    If you ever watched Halo competitively (H2 the best competitive game ever) there is one player who has this factor out of anyone in esports. Ogre2

  • @oliverbrooks4439
    @oliverbrooks4439 9 років тому

    You should do a "Who is Shoxie?" :)

  • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
    @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому

    PennTellerIlluminati: So about those Discord logs. 🎭👺👺

  • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
    @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому +1

    my style is schizophilic so technology can outpace technological limitations (BLAME!, AestheticsHumanChrysalidsHandsDigitsFingersToes, SensoryCyclerBEDMAN)\| 3:54 3:55

    • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
      @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому

      big talk, this video. best team is sometimes low comms. 2nd best team Can be Big comms, but..
      Anyway, syntax quintilateration and MartinEmilScott iMessage history demonstrates ModularIQWritingContextLookingGlassBlackMirrorCatfishableSelves

    • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
      @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому +1

      QI… LOL. Mindhunting… Inaho?
      Inaho: uhh… [internally memeing per Kaiser’s Neko Quandril Theorum] yea no matter… Uk humor is cool yea… nothing wrong with acknowledging that whi-🔫🔫🧝‍♀️🧝‍♀️🧝🧝‍♂️🧝🧝🧝‍♂️🧝 7:12

    • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
      @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому +1

      TFSTrunks pretty hype. Me more non-buff Broly. Beta and loving lavender. 7:49

    • @JackSpicer-mi2jj
      @JackSpicer-mi2jj 9 місяців тому

      Strieb’s like: Yeah. Whatever we need to be. I am whatever you say I am, if I wasn’t, then Nas wouldn’t say NIGGER. 8:26

  • @TheMuwatalli
    @TheMuwatalli 9 років тому

    voortic in 3.. 2... 1.... prepare to handle it boyz

  • @Decimaster321
    @Decimaster321 9 років тому

    Thorin is it really cold in your apartment?

  • @Knyoh
    @Knyoh 9 років тому

    Classic Thorin.

  • @linusbergman2712
    @linusbergman2712 9 років тому

    Why does he always wear a jacket? Is it that cold in his home?

  • @Ziamangry
    @Ziamangry 9 років тому

    Yeah, Peyton manning was the best QB for the broncos for long ass time. Probably the 3rd or 2nd best QB right now. Andrew luck is the best currently tho

  • @holydush
    @holydush 9 років тому

    I just started watching the vid and I expect a Jordan vs LeBron comparison here.

  • @reallyreallyreallylongname6268
    @reallyreallyreallylongname6268 9 років тому

    Please make a video about kennyS

  • @GoznerPeter
    @GoznerPeter 9 років тому

    Where is vvvvortic? :(

  • @Atika55555
    @Atika55555 9 років тому

    When people judge a player they're all focus on skills and mechanics. They always forget about teamfighting, about pressuring the map, about making plays and fuckin impact your team. In s2 Alex ich may had a bit less mechanics than Froggen, then everyone say Froggen was better. People forget about how amazing Alex ich was, pressuring the map with his evelyn, his gragas and kassadin ( those two at ECC poland), about his good teamfights and such. This fuckin annoys me. It's not all about sitting mid, farming well with anivia's Froggen and having good mechanics. Alex ich's map vision was way more better whereas mechanics were pretty much the same ( but i'll give this to Froggen imo)
    If you disagree with me, give me facts and some good reasoning please ?
    PS : (Thorin is fuckin biaised towards Froggen and M5 ( and i'm a die hard M5 fanboy) )
    But other than that, great work tho

  • @BillyHashbrown
    @BillyHashbrown 7 років тому +1

    I like Csgo

  • @xNEXTxHEROxPLEASE
    @xNEXTxHEROxPLEASE 9 років тому

    why dordin still wearing coat and scarf in his house?? is blizzard trying to get him for flaming azubu?

  • @koophuisN
    @koophuisN 8 років тому

    18:10 starcraft'

  • @heltvardelos9554
    @heltvardelos9554 9 років тому

    Thorin from lord of the rings

  • @THEREALHAIKEN
    @THEREALHAIKEN 9 років тому

    I wonder it horing could make video about old cs player GoodFella from SK Gaming.. Thooorin

  • @Ravnesss
    @Ravnesss 9 років тому

    Thorin you been hangin wit dem weeaboos too much, givin you dem cartoony icons n shittttttttttt

  • @themodfather9382
    @themodfather9382 9 років тому

    Thorin has a high IQ.

  • @isaacjames9898
    @isaacjames9898 9 років тому

    misread the title as 'whining'

  • @ch6666666
    @ch6666666 9 років тому +4

    Anyone else thought it was titled 'The Whining Mentality'

  • @fabianvillanueva756
    @fabianvillanueva756 9 років тому

    89 :D

  • @ToberGas
    @ToberGas 9 років тому

    Why hes with jacket all the time? Pay you're bills Thoorin.

    • @ToberGas
      @ToberGas 9 років тому

      Shit just got real.

    • @RestTarRr
      @RestTarRr 9 років тому

      caha11 when you go and try be a grammar god at least make sure you do it right.
      is he*, a* (jacket) , your*

  • @PapaSmurff660
    @PapaSmurff660 7 років тому

    NBK has no will to win it seems

  • @acaciastr4in
    @acaciastr4in 9 років тому

    Thorin, you look a little dry.

  • @carllokrantz7038
    @carllokrantz7038 9 років тому

    Brady is better than peyton

  • @carmend1665
    @carmend1665 9 років тому

    I managed to make it to just over 16 minutes into this, since it was highly recommended. Everything he says is better said as "you play against yourself." The way Thorin approaches winning is wrong and damaging. Why discuss the guy being haunted by not winning those 5 finals? Why claim more games are lost than won? First of all, what the fuck does that even mean. It's either you win or you don't. 50/50.
    At the end of the day, Thorin is the equivalent of a crack head. He wears coats indoors, wears headphones when he's doing nothing but vlogging, and constantly rambles on without purpose. If I were to make a Winning Mentality video, I would do a far better job.

    • @scragski
      @scragski 9 років тому +6

      Good for you. Tell me when it's uploaded