Steve and Kazuya Changed Everything at a Single Ultimate Tournament

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  • Опубліковано 20 чер 2022
  • The GIMVITATIONAL was a Summit-styled Smash Ultimate invitational hosted in Laurel Park, MD where 16 of some of the world's best players came together for a weekend of non-stop competition. This tournament marked the North American debut for some of Japan's up-and-comers, the Ryu main Asimo and the Steve prodigy Acola. Acola in particular has been making headlines these last few months as a new contender for best in the world, but how did he perform this weekend against some of NA's best? We'll tell you in this comprehensive recap of everything that went down at the event!
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  • @pgstats
    @pgstats  2 роки тому +290

    Minor Correction: Sparg0 will not be attending Double Down as he has opted to take a temporary hiatus from competing. (Source: twitter.com/Sparg0ssb/status/1539049987522404352?s=20&t=PZ97Alej4yB-C-Y8dWYhiw)
    Edit: As some commenters have pointed out, Tweek’s Diddy Kong DID take a game win vs Riddles, meaning it had a win rate of 1-4 instead of 0-4. Thank you to our fans for catching that!

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +4

      He's getting ready for the Steve, I bet. He can actually turn the tide with Cloud. I can already think of all of Cloud's moves that can negate Steve's.
      Edit: Nah I was wrong, nvm. He just wants a casual break.

    • @jinxeatsdust
      @jinxeatsdust 2 роки тому +37

      @@Spyder-Marth it's not "getting ready for Steve" it's a break for a declining mental health. Yes Steve might've influenced it a tiny bit but it's a fraction of anything that led to this
      Not everything is about Steve

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +2

      @@jinxeatsdust Oh I didn't know it had something to do with that.
      Also I know not everything is about Steve lol. It was just a guess with everything going on regarding him.

    • @jinxeatsdust
      @jinxeatsdust 2 роки тому +2

      @@Spyder-Marth Ah alright. Assumed you already read it lol, my bad

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +3

      @@jinxeatsdust Nah you're good. I should've read the source that's literally right in front of my eyes XD

  • @fool8346
    @fool8346 2 роки тому +718

    Kola’s run was so funny, he was “too angry to lose”

    • @shepardice3775
      @shepardice3775 2 роки тому +40

      I wish he'd gotten to grands. Even if he lost it would've been unreal to see the plot armour last that long lol

    • @overlord267
      @overlord267 2 роки тому +36

      Yeah he was racking up that IRL rage

    • @nathanlevesque7812
      @nathanlevesque7812 2 роки тому +4

      funny now, high blood pressure later

    • @LucarioDXAuraStorm
      @LucarioDXAuraStorm 2 роки тому +2

      Reminds me of Leffen winning that one tournament with Pokemon Trainer. Lol

    • @Aflay1
      @Aflay1 2 роки тому

      Ever since Kola vs Elegant, I've looked up to Kola. He battled his true nemesis, a man who uses anger and tilting against his enemies.
      I look at Elegant like Byakuya Kuichiki. Stoic, angry looking mother fucker, seems to look down on his foes. Disrespectful, and seemingly untouchable because he literally uses cyclone bullshit.
      Then comes Kola looking like Ichigo. Literally this guy who just gung-ho his way to victory with a sword. Just sheer brute force, but I'll say it right now, when Kola is mad, absolutely pissed, he plays like number 1. Shining bright for everyone.
      I'll always remember Kola vs Elegant. The match when Kola battled his natural enemy and won, when Elegant met the one guy whose resolve just wouldn't die no matter how long and drawn out the battle got. He let out a battle cry when he won the set. I felt it in my bones!

  • @Hippolf
    @Hippolf 2 роки тому +302

    Meanwhile, the last Japanese major had a Yoshi-Bowser grand finals...

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому +25

      Bowser is hype tho (comparative to other characters like Mii Gunner)

    • @themachomunchkin8855
      @themachomunchkin8855 2 роки тому +90

      They know something we don’t

    • @Jazardly
      @Jazardly 2 роки тому +22

      and was missing a lot of their top players because they were busy in NA winning our majors

    • @heyitsmort7744
      @heyitsmort7744 2 роки тому +19

      Yoshidora is so hype, great to see a top-notch rep for the character

    • @gabrielabrera9966
      @gabrielabrera9966 2 роки тому +37

      @@themachomunchkin8855 that’s honestly the larger topic at hand here. The Japanese meta is far more developed than the NA meta. Sure the characters are problematic, but honestly it’s more of an issue of NA players not being ready for Japanese players who know the game more than them. Sounds brutal, but that’s my take.

  • @NonRandomUser
    @NonRandomUser 2 роки тому +377

    If "hot takes that have aged outrageously and hilariously poorly" were a harnessable energy source,
    Izaw would have single-handedly solved the energy crisis already.

    • @loneskum
      @loneskum 2 роки тому +6

      Not if he gets banned. Then hes the worst

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 2 роки тому +3

      The fuck is Izaw?

    • @maxzwang
      @maxzwang 2 роки тому

      What did Izaw do?

    • @RaspyCh
      @RaspyCh 2 роки тому +54

      @@maxzwang he made a “Steve is the worst character” video months back and it aged poorly

    • @MeesterTweester
      @MeesterTweester 2 роки тому +8

      @@krusher181 Smash tutorial maker with 200k subs

  • @francesco3588
    @francesco3588 2 роки тому +341

    Same happened with pyra mythra after sparg0 destroyed top players at ultimate summit last summer. Once a character is ""out of nowhere"" successful he will automatically be the new scapegoat everyone on Twitter and twitch chat will complain about for the next few months

    • @yosma6
      @yosma6 2 роки тому +27

      Pythra actually play the game. Their only problem is that they’re easy as fuck to pick up

    • @renatus_7773
      @renatus_7773 2 роки тому +14

      @@yosma6 they still cheat, just not the way these chars do

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому +20

      Bruh DLC pack is a problem in general

    • @coolguyc4sey
      @coolguyc4sey 2 роки тому +9

      at least you have to approach as Aegis, I just have an issue with block mining at ledge

    • @danieldancer4065
      @danieldancer4065 2 роки тому +7

      aegis is tolerable though

  • @ABAgamer_
    @ABAgamer_ 2 роки тому +39

    4:37
    One of the funniest kill screens I’ve seen yet.

    • @ChickenNEO
      @ChickenNEO 2 роки тому +5

      I like your cut G

    • @phage207
      @phage207 2 роки тому +2

      THIS. IS. SPARTA!

    • @Victor-um9ce
      @Victor-um9ce Рік тому +1

      PARENTAL
      ADVISORY
      EXPLICIT CONTENT.

  • @panda2069
    @panda2069 2 роки тому +152

    The GRIMVITATIONAL was so fun to watch. It wasn't much about the games but just about a bunch of dudes having fun

    • @heyitsmort7744
      @heyitsmort7744 2 роки тому +1

      The Yonni sketch bit genuinely got me, too. Those are normally awful but I thought that was funny

    • @Wienerdog5
      @Wienerdog5 2 роки тому

      Especially the crew battle.

  • @PuertoRicanAsian
    @PuertoRicanAsian 2 роки тому +86

    Asimo was my favorite player to watch this tournament. The way he capitalizes on mistakes is ridiculous.

  • @alangator4744
    @alangator4744 2 роки тому +13

    I hope we can say “Ultimate Steve” with as much fear as when we say “Brawl Meta Knight” when smash 6 releases

  • @therealtorment
    @therealtorment 2 роки тому +206

    The year is 20XX. Everyone plays Steve at TAS levels of perfection. Because of this, the winner of a match depends solely on port priority. The Rock Paper Scissors metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to it being the only remaining factor to decide matches. Humanity has reached its pinnacle. The low tier peasants are living in poverty. It seems nothing can stop the great leader of 20XX, Acola and his army, the Minecraft Monks who live in great monasteries where they levitate while TASing Steve with one hand, and winning tournaments with the other. The tournament metagame has gotten to this point where everything is played out to theoretical perfection, so tournament goers play Rock Paper Scissors for port priority, and that’s the game.
    The leaders of the anti-20XX movement aim to keep 20XX from coming. These warriors include Light, Marss, Mkleo, Kola, and Spargo. They are all fighting to keep the apocalypse at bay, the craftpocalypse. But their efforts are futile. Their silly Jokers, Diddys, Pythras, Palus, Roys, and Clouds are no match for Steve, the only viable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate For the Nintendo Switch. Try as you will, but 20XX is coming. Or maybe, it’s already here.

  • @mimi_moon7557
    @mimi_moon7557 2 роки тому +135

    bit of an error at 5:40. Tweek's Diddy didn't lose every game, it actually took a game from riddles Kazuya very solidly (which is why he went Terry). So it is 1-3 not 0-4. Not a huge difference but it makes it sound like the Diddy did nothing for him.

    • @shrimppasta4345
      @shrimppasta4345 2 роки тому

      They were pretty much saying he got duked on when using him but good catch man he did win 1

  • @Moss_Dude
    @Moss_Dude 2 роки тому +31

    This channel is so helpful, it's like a competitive smash news broadcast. It tells you everything you need to know.

  • @aidanshim7606
    @aidanshim7606 2 роки тому +125

    Acola is omega cracked with Steve
    No "he's just carried" will ever justify his results. He's mad good with the character and deserves the placement

    • @NathanRW
      @NathanRW 2 роки тому +19

      Agreed. Still hate watching the character and wish he wasn't added to the game, but better for players to try and find workarounds instead of banning, like some people are talking about.

    • @illford6921
      @illford6921 2 роки тому +21

      @@NathanRW I'm so damn happy he was added. I find Steve to be the exact kind of character I like. Someone who can both camp and Rushdown aggressively. Only real reason I like Samus, Shiek and Diddy in the past. Do I think he should've been nerfed, for sure, but I think the fact he's probably the most accurate is why he's so broken, it was inevitable he would've broken the game in some way.

    • @noirlavender6409
      @noirlavender6409 2 роки тому +9

      Yes, very much. Acola is freaking skilled and an insanely good player -But bringing a gun to a knife fight and winning with it because of good accuracy doesn't mean you're not being carried by your tool. Steve's framedata is insane, because of his wonky unique jump doing stuff like footstool dair oos is MADLY easy, go ahead, go and do it on the training room -also that tnt downsmash airdodge combo is disgusting and something that's a clearly a mistake, an overlook like diddy's infinite and now that we won't ever get more patches makes it even worse. The ability to put a wall and mine forcing your opponent to approach is plainly disgusting because steve has some of the best antiaierial tools in the game and denies the need to play neutral most of the time

    • @anonymousnate678
      @anonymousnate678 2 роки тому +17

      Kids a prodigy haters just being salty because they don't like a character. Nothing new in the Smash world lol.

    • @luckymanx2978
      @luckymanx2978 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah but fuck Steve, my boy Hero doesn't have a forward air, back air, or grab, they gave Sephiroth balloon weight. Yet they gave this Low Poly ass Character a projectile command grab, and -4 ground moves. Shake my head...

  • @theimpersonator7086
    @theimpersonator7086 2 роки тому +144

    What I find funny about the Gimvitational was the aftermath with the Ban Steve please thing that Light, Marss, Cosmos, etc did to farm interactions and troll the community. Acola and the Japanese players even joined in on it. Taro, the photographer that accompanied the Japanese players, posted a really funny photo with Acola and someone holding Ban Steve/Kazuya
    I know the whole thing spawned a bunch of controversy on Reddit and Twitter, but Watch made a thread basically stating that everyone treated Acola well and are looking forward to seeing him at more events as friends and rivals. Acola himself was also very happy. All in all this thing was so dumb to be hilarious
    TLDR: Smash players are bunch of goofballs who are good at farming interactions on social media, and the Smash players are really chill and like each other.

    • @okayperson3041
      @okayperson3041 2 роки тому +23

      They were trolling about it but the timing was very disrespectful. Also light was the only person that was very serious about banning Steve

    • @theimpersonator7086
      @theimpersonator7086 2 роки тому +3

      @@okayperson3041 Eh, If Acola joined on the joke and neither him or Watch never raised any issues then this really strikes me as a non issues. Like Watch or Gimr would have told Light and Co to delete the tweets and apologize if they thought it was rude/bullying.
      Light hates Steve, but idk, don't really think the controversy is warranted.

    • @okayperson3041
      @okayperson3041 2 роки тому +20

      @@theimpersonator7086 cosmos tweeted that he appreciated acola’s play wadi stated that he would rather ban rob than steve L4ST said that we needed to learn counterplay to Steve and marss is on two sides of banning Steve and learning counterplay. Light is actually wanting to ban steve on voids stream and think the character is gonna ruin the game.

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому

      Yeah Acola is a good player but Ban Kazuya and Steve

    • @gabrielabrera9966
      @gabrielabrera9966 2 роки тому +1

      I remember Lavish got in on it too, but I don’t know if he was trolling or dead serious about banning Steve.

  • @JavaughnBlaziken
    @JavaughnBlaziken 2 роки тому +46

    Ever time people talk about Marss’ performances he just reminds me more and more of Gohan. Struggling at first then doing amazing, then falling off a bit then coming back only being stronger. No hate to Marss, he is definitely my favorite player and I love seeing him play

    • @andyrasta9879
      @andyrasta9879 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao was genesis 7 the ssj2 transformation or do you think it hasn't happened yet ?

    • @JavaughnBlaziken
      @JavaughnBlaziken 2 роки тому +2

      @@andyrasta9879 G7 was definitely the the SSJ 2 transformation

    • @notthis9586
      @notthis9586 2 роки тому +8

      You have made the smashplayer-anime comparison. You're now ready to commentate the hallowed event known as a smash local. Go my son, and do the lord's work

  • @notyou6674
    @notyou6674 2 роки тому +34

    steve was designed in a lab to make players as angry as possible while also being top tier

  • @Phentem2
    @Phentem2 2 роки тому +11

    Steve and Kazuya will only get better as time goes on

  • @Weebfox
    @Weebfox 2 роки тому +2

    Great event and great coverage of it!

  • @gankusankus1572
    @gankusankus1572 2 роки тому +93

    poor sparg0 hope hes doing alright and can come back when he's ready

    • @ravssb
      @ravssb 2 роки тому +16

      He said on his twitter that he’s not feeling very great mentally. I hope he’s alright

    • @Aflay1
      @Aflay1 2 роки тому +1

      He's young. It's only natural. Probably a lot in his natural life on top of competitive. Happens to everyone. I wish him the best. He played amazing as always, but this invitational had literally the best of the best.

  • @lucapon3287
    @lucapon3287 2 роки тому +10

    acola's icon is from the music video "loser girl" but he should really change it because he just doesn't lose

  • @mrknots
    @mrknots 2 роки тому

    Please do more tourney recaps like this! Just subscribed and would love to see stuff like this ❤️

  • @Miguel-od6yp
    @Miguel-od6yp 2 роки тому

    Really great video my dude , hopefully you keep going 🥳

  • @Syncronis
    @Syncronis 2 роки тому +38

    Spargo wasn't at his S game, but he still made top 8 in a tournament of killers and sharks, the man did insanely well. I really hope he takes some good down time and gets the self-care and healing that he needs to come back in full force! ♥️

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 2 роки тому

      S game…. Just say A game lol

    • @zannax351
      @zannax351 2 роки тому

      @@StudyingManually tf does this even mean spargo hates aegis and barely played her all year

  • @hypersnake7904
    @hypersnake7904 2 роки тому +60

    Just because so many players are winning with a character does not mean the character should be banned

    • @ONLY_RR7
      @ONLY_RR7 2 роки тому +17

      It’s not even that many players too

    • @yankees2864
      @yankees2864 2 роки тому +17

      @@ONLY_RR7 Acola at Gimvitational, Ddee at Momocon, Jake at Glitch Infinite, Onin at Combo Breaker, and Ddog has gotten good results. This character is carrying previously unknown players into the limelight.

    • @shane199817
      @shane199817 2 роки тому +40

      @@yankees2864 that’s because they’re all young and just getting into the competitive scene not purely because they’re getting carried. Someone like DDee was very good before even playing Steve when he was using PT but he doesn’t travel. That’s why he only went to MomoCon

    • @myoblivion420
      @myoblivion420 2 роки тому +15

      @@yankees2864 Every character has unknown people that do well at majors. Examples like at BC where this wolf player rolled a lot of well known people(I forgot his name at the time of this comment). Does that mean wolf carries people? What about ChunkyKong having good results with DK? Does DK carry people? It's such a stupid argument. Every top player was a nobody when they first got attention

    • @FoeReaper
      @FoeReaper 2 роки тому +7

      @@myoblivion420 He just listed five separate majors (assuming he forgot Genesis 8) where unknown players get top 8 or top 16 with these characters after previoulsy not even getting close. Yes the character is literally carrying these people to the top, hopefully people either figure him out or we get another captain zack bayonetta EVO.

  • @shadynn11
    @shadynn11 2 роки тому

    Yessssirrrrr been waiting for this one I like to watch it before I watch the sets

  • @KKJazz
    @KKJazz 2 роки тому

    Just earned a sub from me. Love these recaps as I don’t have time to watch everything anymore!

  • @creeperkfc9483
    @creeperkfc9483 2 роки тому +5

    i also remember that one of the early days of the event he was asked who he thought grand finals was gonna be and he responded with "grand finals is gonna be me against whoever wins winners finals". i guess hes a man of his words

  • @BladeVoltz
    @BladeVoltz 2 роки тому +7

    "It'll be interesting to see how spargo bounces back at his next event double down"... *cries in spargo's newly announced hiatus*

  • @frijolespepepapa9464
    @frijolespepepapa9464 2 роки тому +7

    13:45 “he did exactly what he said he was gonna do” insert the video of light saying he was gonna beat acola cuz he is the “better player” lmaooooo

  • @IronmonkeyXD
    @IronmonkeyXD 2 роки тому +1

    Riddles was absolutely on fire, his reads on sparg0 alone were insane and on top of that the 4th place curse is finally broken

  • @slukass9631
    @slukass9631 2 роки тому +5

    Yoshi and Banjo are the next characters to make a huge come up.

  • @yasu9690
    @yasu9690 2 роки тому

    I hope you guys cover the e-caribana invitational. So many things happened like sintro's upsets, sisqui's losers run, Quik's insane performance...

  • @Spyder-Marth
    @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +74

    People want Steve banned because one kid is using him to win majors. ONE KID! The top players haven't even fought Acola with real Steve counterplay. Have you seen how many easy kills Acola got because people kept on dropping shield (LIGHT) or running under Steve's Dair? Nobody even tries to edge guard this guy properly, either. He gets away with a lot of things he can be punished for. I also found out that if you parry Steve's Bair or Fair, you can freely hit him with a frame 13 attack or something faster, and those moves are 2 of Steve's best. Parries and edge guards are the way to go. Force Steve to start grabbing more because the grab is slow and predictable; you can punish it easily. I've already preached about reflectors being great, too.
    This is gonna be EXACTLY like the Pythra situation where a ton of them came out of nowhere and started winning and hogging top spots, but then die off quickly because top players actually learned the match-up.

    • @Hawkeyeblock
      @Hawkeyeblock 2 роки тому +3

      Tbf Onin also won a major on the same day.

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +7

      @@Hawkeyeblock Really? I completely missed out on the salt XD
      Edit: bruh that wasn't a major. Does Steve winning any tournament make it a major? XD

    • @okayperson3041
      @okayperson3041 2 роки тому +9

      @@Hawkeyeblock it was a regional but still

    • @hezitation4868
      @hezitation4868 2 роки тому +2

      Luthra?

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому

      @@hezitation4868 I know, right? My phone auto-corrected Pythra to Luthra and I'll never know why XD

  • @slukass9631
    @slukass9631 2 роки тому +9

    KEEP COMONA THE PG STATS NARRATOR HOLY SHIT ITS LIKE HEARING A BASEBALL STATS RADIO PLAYBACK LOVE IT

  • @BenDover-of1fi
    @BenDover-of1fi 2 роки тому +42

    Steve should not be banned and Kazuya should not even be in the conversation of being banned lmao. Currently the Steve meta is improving faster than people can learn to counter him, but once this meta slows down a bit players will only get better at beating Steve. Kazuya isn't even top 5 in the game so idk why people are trying to ban him.

    • @jackcaster6912
      @jackcaster6912 2 роки тому +2

      If Steve somehow gets banned it’s only because of his ability to build blocks and tech off of them

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому

      Because Kazuya cheats

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому +4

      It’s not about tier placement, it’s about Kazuya hitting you once and killing you for it

    • @jakeswierdfriend7204
      @jakeswierdfriend7204 2 роки тому +20

      Don’t get hit then

    • @gabrielabrera9966
      @gabrielabrera9966 2 роки тому +3

      @@ashervanmaanen3353 he’s just scary Luigi. His disadvantage isn’t that good.

  • @Seb191
    @Seb191 2 роки тому

    Great video

  • @SuperMarioSwagger
    @SuperMarioSwagger 2 роки тому +4

    Smash player are not ready for Herobrine

  • @echo_sushi
    @echo_sushi 2 роки тому

    Loving the Kirby music in this vid!

  • @djrone8754
    @djrone8754 2 роки тому +18

    A CRUCIAL detail I noticed this weekend that adds even more hype to あcola's masterclass of Steve... Light's Losers run before Grand Finals included THE best showing anyone had against Steve all weekend, absolutely dismantling and bullying Yonni's Steve in a quick 3-0. Despite this, あcola still looked fairly comfortable in GF, not letting Light snatch his bread from him like he did to Yonni.

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 2 роки тому +1

      Acola*
      Grandfinals*
      Write things so people can read them…. Also yeah Acola is incredible. He’s sincerely a threat to the top 3

    • @robertduerler2226
      @robertduerler2226 2 роки тому

      So CRUCIAL

    • @caliburnleaf9323
      @caliburnleaf9323 2 роки тому +12

      @@krusher181 Clearly you understood what DjRone said just fine. I was going to call you a pedant for complaining about the use of "GF," but since you're going to complain about "あcola" too, then you're actually *worse* than a pedant. It's *never* wrong to call a player by their proper tag. I don't fault people for typing "Acola" instead, since it's unreasonable to expect your average English speaker to use an IME or copy-paste the あ all the time, but I am totally going to call *you* out for having the *audacity* to complain that someone went through the extra effort to show respect to a player by typing out their correct tag.

  • @liquidberry3386
    @liquidberry3386 2 роки тому +23

    9:26 in fact, Spargo was literally suffering multiple anxiety attacks during the weekend so there is no way 7th is a convicing result to be taken seriously

    • @number2777
      @number2777 2 роки тому +12

      Hope he does well but he still got 7th

    • @ChicCanyon
      @ChicCanyon 2 роки тому

      Lol

  • @Vizicsacsi113
    @Vizicsacsi113 2 роки тому +15

    this wouldnt happen if i was there

    • @Doobie_AdamsSSB
      @Doobie_AdamsSSB 2 роки тому +3

      So you’re saying Chase would’ve won a set if you were there?? lol

  • @jeredgibb5064
    @jeredgibb5064 2 роки тому +3

    I wish at invitationals they just made everyone play every matchup possible, it’d take longer, but if you got the players there, I’d want to see Spargo vs light or acola

  • @user-mg3nc4kd5j
    @user-mg3nc4kd5j 2 роки тому

    Video on the other tournaments would be really sick, understandable if not possible tho

  • @michaelmassari39
    @michaelmassari39 2 роки тому +5

    Smash Twitter play the character before crying challenge impossible

  • @ZyferscrollLP
    @ZyferscrollLP 2 роки тому

    this was my favorit turnament so far in all of smash ultimate.

  • @SplashEazy
    @SplashEazy 2 роки тому +2

    Hey PGstats.
    Is there an insta page I can follow? Also, do you know if the matches from the Europe invitational e-Caribana are being uploaded somewhere?

  • @Hugo_Prolovski
    @Hugo_Prolovski 2 роки тому +17

    Ultimate is getting better every week. Steve and Kaz make the game so much more exciting to watch. really excited for the future :)

    • @ashervanmaanen3353
      @ashervanmaanen3353 2 роки тому

      It’s true that they are fun to watch, but oof they are kinda cheap and REALLY annoying to play aginst

    • @clonetrooper2355
      @clonetrooper2355 2 роки тому

      Kaz is fun to watch
      Steve? Nah
      Steve is tedious to watch and play against but stil
      Congrats to Acola he sent a message out in this invitational that he is not to be taken lightly

    • @maxs.6517
      @maxs.6517 2 роки тому

      @@clonetrooper2355 I like watching Steve actually

    • @Hugo_Prolovski
      @Hugo_Prolovski 2 роки тому

      @@clonetrooper2355 i love watching steve. most fun character to watch

    • @harrylane4
      @harrylane4 2 роки тому

      @@clonetrooper2355 Steve is hella fun to watch

  • @iamram5446
    @iamram5446 2 роки тому +24

    Light knew the Steve matchup, he didn’t lose to Steve he lost to acola that’s the difference people ignoring

  • @gatr2897
    @gatr2897 2 роки тому +18

    Acola feels so invincible it's insane, even compared to other invincible players. When Light says he's going to do something he does it but Acola defied even that, that's probably the most shocking thing to me. Incredibly happy for him, as a Steve main I was cheering him and Yonni on the entire way.

    • @PassTheMic2006
      @PassTheMic2006 2 роки тому +2

      I hope y’all keep up the great work!

  • @Djstudiosgold
    @Djstudiosgold Рік тому

    It’s just so conceptually hilarious to me that of all the characters for people to say is “broken”, it’s Minecraft Steve.

  • @Hello_World_not_taken
    @Hello_World_not_taken 2 роки тому

    Steve is the very model of a modern major mix-up character

  • @juniperrodley9843
    @juniperrodley9843 2 роки тому

    Imagine going for arguably your worst character matchup, then losing, and then immediately having to play Light

  • @Dark0space
    @Dark0space 2 роки тому

    Finally 20MC is upon us

  • @chillarmyssbu
    @chillarmyssbu 2 роки тому +1

    Light’s speech was fucking hilarious. That needs to go into a taunt to get bodied comp.

  • @wrathsheep9108
    @wrathsheep9108 2 роки тому +4

    While I don’t think that either of these characters should be banned Steve definitely does require most of the cast of characters to play an entire different game that no other character can replicate since the moment Steve places blocks down the opponent has to figure out a way to get by and stop steve from getting his materials and that is easier said then done due to Steve having really good frame data and combos while always putting the opponent in a disadvantage stage just by forcing them to approach

  • @ianmcnally373
    @ianmcnally373 2 роки тому +2

    I tried to rewatch this video but lost to Light, in the runback

  • @wevegottrouble5891
    @wevegottrouble5891 2 роки тому

    It's honestly genius to do it like Tweek.
    Main two total polar opposites and you'll have almost every single match-up covered.

  • @Connor_Kirkpatrick
    @Connor_Kirkpatrick 2 роки тому

    Kola v. Sparg0 was the best set I’ve seen in a minute

  • @armakeen3576
    @armakeen3576 2 роки тому

    I can't wait to see Acola play against Mkleo, Spargo or Glutonny

  • @RaheemRollair
    @RaheemRollair 2 роки тому +1

    Don't pick up the Phone about Steve....
    Because I fucking CALLED IT.

  • @SDfighter1
    @SDfighter1 2 роки тому +1

    I want to see way more acola in NA

  • @Spyder-Marth
    @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +11

    Wait, I FINALLY get to say this and it'll have meaning?! YESSS.
    *Clears throat* get ready kids, because we're gooooiiiinnngg...
    Back to the lab, AGAIN!

    • @pgstats
      @pgstats  2 роки тому +7

      oh no

    • @lol1013
      @lol1013 2 роки тому +1

      @@pgstats back to the lab again

  • @williamdiamant457
    @williamdiamant457 2 роки тому

    How did you not talk about Riddles' INSANE shield break punish?

  • @StoryTeller796
    @StoryTeller796 2 роки тому +1

    1:27 "Should we make the jump into Hyperspeed" "No, let's go at Ludicrous Speed" *Gasps* "Are you sure sir?" "What's the matter colonel Sanders? Chicken?"

  • @son_ofjames
    @son_ofjames 2 роки тому +2

    I'm sorry but "He took down one of the strongest players in the world and Cosmos" is so funny to me

  • @iv624
    @iv624 2 роки тому +6

    Light didn’t even congratulate my boy acola smh

    • @ryubayani1729
      @ryubayani1729 2 роки тому +4

      He trashtalked acola before the game even started, and got bodied.

    • @iv624
      @iv624 2 роки тому

      @@ryubayani1729 exactly like the audacity 🗿

  • @JMTCorp.
    @JMTCorp. 2 роки тому

    I've always wanted to go to a in person tournament. I think I harbor the skills to at the very least be noted but that's just time, money and a lack of knowledge on how to even enter that I just don't have. For now I suppose I'll just stick to anything local.

  • @AE_RECORDS
    @AE_RECORDS Рік тому

    Nice to see some Brazilian rep in the ssbu community 🇧🇷

  • @gjisahappytoad9408
    @gjisahappytoad9408 2 роки тому +6

    why the fuck didn't they talk about Akola's run?

  • @afjhe718
    @afjhe718 2 роки тому

    nice to see some brazilian represantation in ferp

  • @spry9953
    @spry9953 2 роки тому

    we be riddling

  • @gabrielabrera9966
    @gabrielabrera9966 2 роки тому +4

    Wow almost a full week passed since the Gimvitational and no one has done anything about the Steve/Kazuya ban. It’s almost as if this topic wasn’t a big deal to begin with and just came and went like every other stupid fad this community sensationalizes!

  • @ridgejaco9185
    @ridgejaco9185 2 роки тому +9

    Every time I hear the best in the world, I'm a little skeptical because it's very clear that not everyone in the world goes to these major tournaments that primarily take place in North America.

    • @raghavarun9275
      @raghavarun9275 2 роки тому +3

      i think the idea was that if he’s looking like #1 in Japan and then wins a stacked NA tournament then he could very well be in contention for best in the world

    • @FreddeGreddeMusic
      @FreddeGreddeMusic 2 роки тому

      You need experience in order to become the best, so if you're not facing the best even in whatever country you're from, you won't stand a chance. And we DO know the best players in each country/continent, and those actually do come to North America whether they're Japanese, French, Brazilian or Australian. In other words: There are no unknown players that could pop up out of nowhere and be a top 10 in the world.

  • @Akiak7
    @Akiak7 2 роки тому

    we need a Mexico vs US vs Japan 5v5v5

  • @ubadman1
    @ubadman1 2 роки тому +1

    even if top players are joking about banning steve and kazuya the smash community is not amture enough to understand it as a whole. people legit want to ban these characters. this banning talk should be called out and put down.

  • @Silhouette0827
    @Silhouette0827 2 роки тому

    Can’t believe you didn’t call riddles that richter

  • @zgalstrat4617
    @zgalstrat4617 2 роки тому +2

    I hope you make a video yo Quik and Sisqui run in E-Caribana

  • @Alibaba-id1cs
    @Alibaba-id1cs 2 роки тому +1

    14:35 TonyZTank quote right there

  • @Tysurgemeh
    @Tysurgemeh 2 роки тому

    Can someone explain the Larry Lurr and Cosmos interaction

  • @alexandre526
    @alexandre526 2 роки тому +1

    Send love to Sparg0

  • @supermariomaker1734
    @supermariomaker1734 2 роки тому

    My jaw dropped when the video said that spargos never gotten 6th place or lower since 2020 which is a 2 year gap of being in the top 5 and kola the 7th best player put him in 7th at losers bracket.

  • @luderzuckerfan6990
    @luderzuckerfan6990 2 роки тому

    Wait Gackt isn't the same guy as the Fei Long player Gackt back in the SF4 days is he?

  • @ofmay4328
    @ofmay4328 2 роки тому

    Does anyone know the outro music?

  • @jamesjamie8219
    @jamesjamie8219 2 роки тому +7

    Felt weird seeing one of the campiest characters in smash do well. I just think Steve is just another Samus with blocks instead of guns

  • @shortesnameofalltime
    @shortesnameofalltime 2 роки тому +11

    I love how basically everyone in the top 10 can be put in any position from 10th to 2nd in the pgr and there’s no true underdog in sets where two top 10 players face each other, except for mkleo obviously

    • @bakublader1999
      @bakublader1999 2 роки тому

      Acola's worst placing so far has been 2nd place in any tournament. Safe to say he will be 2nd place minimum rather than 3rd-10th.

    • @shortesnameofalltime
      @shortesnameofalltime 2 роки тому

      @@bakublader1999 i agree but rn he hasn’t gone to many events

  • @pie8021
    @pie8021 2 роки тому

    "Geometric Menace"

  • @MrDamojak
    @MrDamojak 2 роки тому

    I thought it was gonna be a Tekken video

  • @harrylane4
    @harrylane4 2 роки тому

    I can’t wait until somebody beats acola and everyone forgets the Steve hate and calls for that person’s main to be banned

  • @Kizunoto
    @Kizunoto 2 роки тому +1

    They payed 6 dollars and now everything is in flames

  • @DaPhoenix777
    @DaPhoenix777 2 роки тому

    Cause Zss is a high tier that has weaknesses

  • @sethlopez8287
    @sethlopez8287 2 роки тому

    Why do they shake hands so high 💀💀💀

  • @ProDucktions0
    @ProDucktions0 2 роки тому +17

    If 4 Bayo and Brawl MK didn't get banned, Steve definitely shouldn't. I don't think the problem with Steve is that he's OP. In my opinion, he's just extremely boring to watch.

    • @yankees2864
      @yankees2864 2 роки тому +4

      We shouldnt make the same mistake we made in the past. MK and Bayo should have absolutely been banned in the past, Steve and maybe Kazuya should be now.

    • @ProDucktions0
      @ProDucktions0 2 роки тому +14

      @@yankees2864 There's 0 argument for Kazuya to be banned. Riddles and Tea have been the only guys to make him look legitimately broken, and he hasn't even won them a major.
      Until either of these characters start sweeping every tournament there is zero argument to banning them. One kid wins this tournament and all of a sudden everybody is outraged. I can't stand Steve but good lord some of y'all sound like absolute babies.

    • @yankees2864
      @yankees2864 2 роки тому +1

      @@ProDucktions0 I have my opinion, you have yours

    • @caius9162
      @caius9162 2 роки тому +12

      @@yankees2864 lmao if that's always your final comment, then why bother commenting? you have your opinion, keep it to yourself if you can't defend it or keep a conversation.

    • @BenDover-of1fi
      @BenDover-of1fi 2 роки тому +4

      @@yankees2864 Kazuya isn't even top 5 in the game lol.

  • @chilln9294
    @chilln9294 Рік тому

    Dam these smash players really like smashing their controller

  • @user-dl8ki9cr4x
    @user-dl8ki9cr4x 2 роки тому +1

    Same day in Japan, Aba MK beat proto Min twice.

  • @matthics8164
    @matthics8164 2 роки тому +1

    0:44 VS. Stardream what a great music but why for this section?????lol
    I know Stardream Soul OS is one of the most difficult enemy to beat but not a difficult as あcola I guess

    • @matthics8164
      @matthics8164 2 роки тому +1

      and i found that this video consists of the Kirby Robobo planet's music...?!
      This is my by far the most favorite one in Kirby series!!!

  • @PurposeDriven7_
    @PurposeDriven7_ 2 роки тому +26

    Mans hasn’t even won an American super major and act like steve is taking over the meta lol

    • @Spyder-Marth
      @Spyder-Marth 2 роки тому +18

      Smash Community in a nutshell
      Sephiroth won once and then people went "WhY iS sEpHiRoTh WiNnInG tOuRnAmEnTs?!"
      If I rolled in with my Marth and won a major, you'd see the same thing...

    • @Fitsi2
      @Fitsi2 2 роки тому +4

      They're so scared of Acola bro

    • @PurposeDriven7_
      @PurposeDriven7_ 2 роки тому +3

      @@Fitsi2 Acola is very good but he needs to go to a tournament when all of the best are there. He also didn’t play Spargo except on a friendlys set and Spargo beat him 3-0.

    • @King_of_Faerghus
      @King_of_Faerghus 2 роки тому +1

      Lmao, if you think winning super majors is the only thing that will make a character an issue, you're remarkably ignorant. Steve's are making top 8s consistently... it's gross

    • @PurposeDriven7_
      @PurposeDriven7_ 2 роки тому +9

      @@King_of_Faerghus I did not say the “only thing.” You don’t seem to understand context here. And name another steve making top 8s at majors on the regular besides Acola.

  • @keenancampbell3685
    @keenancampbell3685 2 роки тому

    Tweeks diddy did take a game off of riddle's Kazuya

  • @OGEdger
    @OGEdger 2 роки тому

    A-SHI-mo?

  • @joelikespotatoes8321
    @joelikespotatoes8321 2 роки тому

    But would he win a UHC?

  • @Wizard_Lizard_
    @Wizard_Lizard_ 2 роки тому

    "Sephiroth and Cloud are thought to be Steve's worst matchups."
    I'mma need y'all Hero mains to pull up.