This Ferra guy talks a lot and seems to know a bit about the scene but don't forget he is the coach of the 16th seed team gentlemen, just a 16th seed scrub.
I came hear to say this.. his accent is thick but his vocabulary and sentence structure is better than most first language English speakers(see even the end of my comment is bad English)
I think the part that makes it really confusing is that we had a good quals system and they changed it for no apparent/ justifiable reason to an inferior one
The one thing I don't want taken away is for the chance for those bubble teams to matchup against those top ranked teams with something on the line . It was clear at the beginning of the season the format was going to make top players uncomfortable, but I do believe it has grown the scene exponentially. I don't mind a day 3 best of five but I enjoy watching intense quals . And the fact is the more experience the players get with this format, the more consistency will emerge.
I would say that's where having offseason tournaments that can tempt the top teams in would do this job. Not having the top 8 teams automatically qualify to the next event is extremely short sighted and hurts players and orgs.
I feel that people are getting offended that Johnny has G2 out of the top 5 because Johnny isn't giving G2 proper credit for their playstyle. Listening strictly to the argument between Retals and Johnny on First Touch, Johnny was saying that every team that has played against G2, except from luminosity regional 1, has just played extremely poorly. Literally attributing zero percent of their success to the way G2 plays and attributing all of it to the opinion that every team has just played bad. Following that same logic, the Snowmen should also have the greatest game plan against G2 because they also took G2 to game 5 in regional 1, but it clearly doesn't work against the rest of Na. Another argument is that none of the players on G2 are "proven on lan" although beastmode and Dan dominated liquid (twice), Falcons, and Rule1 during gamers8 in 2s, and Atomic was Na's mvp and dragged his team through the wildcard this past year (with help from Jknaps). Yet because a last second team was formed in V1, acquiring Dan and just missing out on worlds by 1 spot means that Dan and Bmode CANT preform on lan??😂
I think a lot of people are missing the main point of Johnny's argument though. Johnny's rankings are very result-based, so the last international competitions he can base his results on are the world championships and gamers8 (which is less important than a world championship for Johnny). With that, how can Johnny put g2 any higher than the top 4 EU teams when they had much better international results recently? in fact, the most recent "international result" g2 had was against oxygen which they lost. So no matter how much g2 has improved, Johnny can't accurately judge how valuable a win is in NA, when almost all of the NA teams have had significantly worse results than Johnny's top 5 at the world championships. That is why in real sports it's difficult to power rank teams from different leagues, conferences, countries, or any isolated division, without international competition.
@@zap9044 When falcons had 0 proof of being good back in winter major, JB completely backed them and everyone said they haven’t been tested and are playing in a minor region. JB ended up being right but now it’s NA he dosnt want to back them because the stats say otherwise? I call bullshit. He’s a great analyst but he’s sometimes blinded by his bias opinions.
@zap9044 If we look at results, 5, 6, and 7 were all Na teams at last worlds. In the wildcard, Na was clearly better than Sam and Mena. In groups, the same pooly performing G2 that missed Boston, slammed Rule1 (the twins JB is rating so highly) and also fell to SSG, who R1 also avoided in Boston. G2 and SSG eventually lost to Bds and Kcorp (2nd and 3rd place). Falcons were the only team from Mena that made it to playoffs and arguably had a "mickey" bracket in groups with winning over two Sam teams that didn't look great. I just feel like JB is being blatantly biased but is justifying himself by saying, "It's historical evidence" even though Mena has only outperformed Na in 2/9 Majors (over the 21-22 season, 22-23 season and g8). I'm ok with saying the top 4 in Eu right now is better than G2, except for Gentlemates who I think had a very lucky run regional 1, but to say Mena is undoubtedly better than Na right now is just downright disrespectful and untruthful.
@@___.___.___.___ From what I remember, Johnny and some other castors backed the Falcons to win as his prediction, and they used the "surprise factor" as a big reason (the same situation happened with Furia). A power ranking on the other hand is supposed to rank the teams based on their current "skill", not how they would face off. I agree that what Johnny values when ranking teams is very subjective (like in his 1v1 player ranking videos), but I would say he is pretty consistent in sticking to his own rules across regions.
Golf isn't a good comparison to justify autoquals. There is a cut. In a typical event 150 people compete (combined from open quals and invitations) for two days and then the top 70ish make the cut. You aren't in the money until you make the cut. Right now top 128 in NA are in the money. To autoqual them you put you straight into the prizepool, which is just giving money you haven't earned yet. In golf you have to earn your money every single event which is brutal but fair.
Zoom out a little though, the top players are not having to compete in Monday qualifiers and play local hacks, they’ve earnt their spot. The cut in golf would be more along the line of the swiss stage in Rocket League or top 32 in my opinion. Golf obviously a much larger pool size / scale.
@@CJCJ_RL yeah im just saying its more nuanced than saying golf has autoquals so lets just bring back everyone to top 16. There is a reason why they do the cut ect. ect. and how the prizing is structured.
I haven’t watched all these podcasts for either chalked or FT. But I was wondering. Has lemokiwi or Herc or any woman been on any of these podcasts? Just curious.
@@tvlover17 why would you trust his opinions outside of 1s tho? use your eye maybe? nothing better than your eye, you'll know who has the better chance of winning by watching them yourself. but yeah I agree Johnny is becoming a lot more annoying lately, too much indulged in bringing up any opinion of NA personalities to shit on them.
@@tvlover17 But i guess you had no issues with tbates trashing EU when he had no history to support his arguments compared to Johnny actually having the recent results to justify his reasoning? Jhonny even points out that this is just his opinion compared to tbates claiming his statements are facts. But it's fine, tbates is objective and Jhonny is so biased, right?
I’m realizing more that Johnny is more of a Fox News/msnbc opinion host more than an objective analyst. It’s a shame because I used to trust his opinions
Just because you don't agree with him doesn't make him wrong. It's all opinions, would be pretty shit if everyone just agreed and pandered on everything.
My God can Johnny shut up when a guest is talking for ONE episode. To incessantly interrupt Ferra of all people is a level of arrogance I didn't even think he possessed, how can one enjoy the sound of their own voice so much.
I want to clarify that I don't hate Johnny, I think he's probably the best analyst in the scene, and he's a great caster. But I am really getting tired of his unreasonably large ego.
@@musicaddict9058 He’s a fully grown caster making fun and being a dick to a younger pro it’s just very strange behaviour, don’t let your EU bias lie to u
@@musicaddict9058 it's not what he is saying it's how he acts. he is an immature child. retals of all ppl was more mature and more composed than johnny was during that interview. overall, just a big L for johnny.
Man some of us don't care at all about these constant divisive "best region" discussions. We just want to watch and admire pros play the game we enjoy. Is the game itself not entertaining enough for you? are you that bored you have to start instigating? Idc if it's your thing as a fan but when the people with the mics feed into it for clicks/views/content it's an immediate skip for me.
The difference between banter and hate has to be based in reality. Tbates for example will be pro NA but he will admit his biases. Johnny masquerades and an objective analyst. Also while glazing NA Tbates will still give respect and credit to EU players and teams if they do well. This g2 team looks like the best team NA has ever produced and the amount of discrediting and minimizing that was done from a so called objective analyst who is supposed to know ball was crazy. Johnny earned the push back he got. It has been a long time coming.
"Also while glazing NA Tbates will still give respect and credit to EU players and teams if they do well" Are we watching the same tbates? The only time he gave respect to EU teams is when he could provide absolutely no twisted argument to say NA is better. That means EU needed to come to LAN and literally stomp NA for tbates to be like "alright, EU teams are as good as NA teams" and even then it came with bunch of lame excuses such as "we didn't have our best teams on LAN". Get real.
@@kilisinovic you are joking right unlike Johnny when na lose he gives it up to them. When Eu lose Johnny absolutely copes criticize and minimize NA teams. He also always gives credit to Sam and mena but never na. Whats worse he masquerades as an objective analysts.
@@tvlover17 I had to stop watching FT because of how bad it had become - but tbates is way, _way_ worse with bias than Johnny. The best you can say for him is a reluctant acceptance of the EU dominance when there was literally no alternative argument to be made. He is notorious for hating on MENA and SAM to the point that guests like Jorby have had to stand up to them. And let's not forget, this is on an official Psyonix-approved podcast for RLCS. I think you might be watching something different to the rest of us.
@@tvlover17 The difference is, the majority of Johnny's "bias" is objective and turns out to be accurate. tbates however casts speculative nonsense based on his personal preferences and hopium.
Please, no more extensive format talks. It's kind of tiresome hearing everyone rehashing the same thing over and over. Very few likes this format. Let's move on shall we? EDIT: Or at least put a timestamp so people can skip it more convenientely
I enjoy the qualifier discussion, usually the what is a better format convos are a bit repetitive. I think it was relevant bc ferra was a guest and had his post open qual 1 tweet pre Shopify failing to qual. I would like to see some more discussion on different team play-styles and the main advantages disadvantages they bring. Maybe why EU has such on ball pressure and how that contrasts to NA play. Why certain matchups work (G2 Luminosity), m80 versus OG and why that was difficult for them. I understand the need for discussing items that tend to generate more views, but it would also be nice to see some more analytical stuff from analysts, coaches or players. They don’t need to give up “team secrets” or whatever but nice to get some understanding of the methods and conversations on why matchups work and what pros feel about them.
@@TheChalkedCast how to keep a pro's mind healthy is one of my own favorite subjects at least. But dont get me wrong, i like what you guys are doing, but format talks have been kind of taking over the rl community lately
@johnnyboi I didn't take any of topics personal because I do agree that EU is better, but when it was the first touch segment I thought it was different. When I talk to friends I think taking personal jabs is okay, but you were on a public stage. Taking a shot at a single play (which had realistically no difference, or really related to the argument) at one play that he had just is disrespectful. Loved you before, but ngl need to rebuild that after.
Also after listening to the rest of the pod cast I would like to hear you respond to NOT The tbates aspect, but specifically how you "talked" to retals. Never been a big fan of retals before your first touch appearance, so thank you for that.
Not that much. Retals question Johnny's abilities to make good predictions and analysis. Johnny just boasting about his analysis vs Retals's . Childish maybe but not that rude.
Long story short, Ferra got bored winning so decided to go to a new team and keep winning
This Ferra guy talks a lot and seems to know a bit about the scene but don't forget he is the coach of the 16th seed team gentlemen, just a 16th seed scrub.
I wonder why they brought a bubble team coach
@@Hairguy Clearly they are struggling to find more suitable players or coaches for the podcast, Chalked is not what it used to be xD
Damn they predicted this bubble 16th seed coach would get 1st seed with his team. They had Mickey bracket only other low teams against em
Ferra's english is soooooo good man
Ferra is a treasure
I came hear to say this.. his accent is thick but his vocabulary and sentence structure is better than most first language English speakers(see even the end of my comment is bad English)
I'm not disagreeing, but still 51:43
He speaks better English than me, and it's my only language
@@kaugh “they then” was more of a tongue twister than him messing up the language though
Ferra playing football manager irl with RL teams lmao
The new format is part of Epics mastermind plan to get rid of all the orgs so they can become the only org paying teams
Sounds crazy at first but then you think about it
How would epic benefit from that?
bold of you to assume epic are paying teams...
I was one of those fans in Boston and Ferra made the event sooooo much better.
I think the part that makes it really confusing is that we had a good quals system and they changed it for no apparent/ justifiable reason to an inferior one
Epic has a vendetta against job security.
Great episode, Ferra is incredible. Everything he says is articulate and well thought.
Can Stumpy and Johnny just talk about rocket league and not make the stupid NA sucks EU better comments? Like Jesus dude it’s so played out
Cry
ong it’s trashy
Same for tbates
@@trymarz3287 true but it’s more like johnny and them stomping on someone when they’re already down.
@@bradykrivis6665 the problem is, that a lot of NA refuses to face the truth. NA is not competitive in most esports, including RL.
The one thing I don't want taken away is for the chance for those bubble teams to matchup against those top ranked teams with something on the line . It was clear at the beginning of the season the format was going to make top players uncomfortable, but I do believe it has grown the scene exponentially. I don't mind a day 3 best of five but I enjoy watching intense quals . And the fact is the more experience the players get with this format, the more consistency will emerge.
I would say that's where having offseason tournaments that can tempt the top teams in would do this job. Not having the top 8 teams automatically qualify to the next event is extremely short sighted and hurts players and orgs.
Ferra can speak multiple languages but for this hour and 51 minutes he chose to speak facts
I feel that people are getting offended that Johnny has G2 out of the top 5 because Johnny isn't giving G2 proper credit for their playstyle. Listening strictly to the argument between Retals and Johnny on First Touch, Johnny was saying that every team that has played against G2, except from luminosity regional 1, has just played extremely poorly. Literally attributing zero percent of their success to the way G2 plays and attributing all of it to the opinion that every team has just played bad. Following that same logic, the Snowmen should also have the greatest game plan against G2 because they also took G2 to game 5 in regional 1, but it clearly doesn't work against the rest of Na. Another argument is that none of the players on G2 are "proven on lan" although beastmode and Dan dominated liquid (twice), Falcons, and Rule1 during gamers8 in 2s, and Atomic was Na's mvp and dragged his team through the wildcard this past year (with help from Jknaps). Yet because a last second team was formed in V1, acquiring Dan and just missing out on worlds by 1 spot means that Dan and Bmode CANT preform on lan??😂
Not to forget that Daniel used to carry his team in regionals and LANs alone, same for Beastmode. Now they’re together and improved individually too
I think a lot of people are missing the main point of Johnny's argument though. Johnny's rankings are very result-based, so the last international competitions he can base his results on are the world championships and gamers8 (which is less important than a world championship for Johnny). With that, how can Johnny put g2 any higher than the top 4 EU teams when they had much better international results recently? in fact, the most recent "international result" g2 had was against oxygen which they lost. So no matter how much g2 has improved, Johnny can't accurately judge how valuable a win is in NA, when almost all of the NA teams have had significantly worse results than Johnny's top 5 at the world championships. That is why in real sports it's difficult to power rank teams from different leagues, conferences, countries, or any isolated division, without international competition.
@@zap9044 When falcons had 0 proof of being good back in winter major, JB completely backed them and everyone said they haven’t been tested and are playing in a minor region. JB ended up being right but now it’s NA he dosnt want to back them because the stats say otherwise? I call bullshit. He’s a great analyst but he’s sometimes blinded by his bias opinions.
@zap9044 If we look at results, 5, 6, and 7 were all Na teams at last worlds. In the wildcard, Na was clearly better than Sam and Mena. In groups, the same pooly performing G2 that missed Boston, slammed Rule1 (the twins JB is rating so highly) and also fell to SSG, who R1 also avoided in Boston. G2 and SSG eventually lost to Bds and Kcorp (2nd and 3rd place). Falcons were the only team from Mena that made it to playoffs and arguably had a "mickey" bracket in groups with winning over two Sam teams that didn't look great. I just feel like JB is being blatantly biased but is justifying himself by saying, "It's historical evidence" even though Mena has only outperformed Na in 2/9 Majors (over the 21-22 season, 22-23 season and g8). I'm ok with saying the top 4 in Eu right now is better than G2, except for Gentlemates who I think had a very lucky run regional 1, but to say Mena is undoubtedly better than Na right now is just downright disrespectful and untruthful.
@@___.___.___.___ From what I remember, Johnny and some other castors backed the Falcons to win as his prediction, and they used the "surprise factor" as a big reason (the same situation happened with Furia).
A power ranking on the other hand is supposed to rank the teams based on their current "skill", not how they would face off. I agree that what Johnny values when ranking teams is very subjective (like in his 1v1 player ranking videos), but I would say he is pretty consistent in sticking to his own rules across regions.
Stumpy is actually embarrassed. The deflection is good. The CLIP is eternal!!! LOVE IT(in a making fun of you way)
Golf isn't a good comparison to justify autoquals. There is a cut. In a typical event 150 people compete (combined from open quals and invitations) for two days and then the top 70ish make the cut. You aren't in the money until you make the cut. Right now top 128 in NA are in the money. To autoqual them you put you straight into the prizepool, which is just giving money you haven't earned yet. In golf you have to earn your money every single event which is brutal but fair.
Zoom out a little though, the top players are not having to compete in Monday qualifiers and play local hacks, they’ve earnt their spot. The cut in golf would be more along the line of the swiss stage in Rocket League or top 32 in my opinion. Golf obviously a much larger pool size / scale.
@@CJCJ_RL yeah im just saying its more nuanced than saying golf has autoquals so lets just bring back everyone to top 16. There is a reason why they do the cut ect. ect. and how the prizing is structured.
@@CJCJ_RLomg the real CJCJ RL was lured out from down under?
Considering everything that happened in the last year you come to think that Epic is killing this game on purpose, but I can't understand why
Rise with a reasonable power ranking
Johnny is the Chael Sonnen of RL
I wonder what happened to GarrettG, i thought he was going to be on here
Johnny boi can’t understand we aren’t all disagreeing with his takes. It’s that he’s being rude to people and a total prick
I haven’t watched all these podcasts for either chalked or FT. But I was wondering. Has lemokiwi or Herc or any woman been on any of these podcasts? Just curious.
What are we doing special for Episode 69? ;)
What a nice surpRISE
1:23:00
He has G2 at 10 in the world after going undefeated both regionals he’s lost his damn mind. G2 take worlds easy just watch
It's so easy to not get baited brother.
wasnt garret gonna join?
The next Chalked Cast about to be legendary. Comment section will be full of “Nice” comments
I haven’t watched yet but I’m guessing Johnny shits on g2 and na
a little bit, but he kinda stops that argument when both Rise and Ferra rate them in the top 4 and he doesn't even try to argue.
@@Dezekiel_Ferguson i used to trust his opinion on things but he has become so outlandishly biased it’s hard to trust his opinions.
@@tvlover17 why would you trust his opinions outside of 1s tho? use your eye maybe? nothing better than your eye, you'll know who has the better chance of winning by watching them yourself.
but yeah I agree Johnny is becoming a lot more annoying lately, too much indulged in bringing up any opinion of NA personalities to shit on them.
@@tvlover17 But i guess you had no issues with tbates trashing EU when he had no history to support his arguments compared to Johnny actually having the recent results to justify his reasoning? Jhonny even points out that this is just his opinion compared to tbates claiming his statements are facts. But it's fine, tbates is objective and Jhonny is so biased, right?
@@tvlover17everyone is biased and at this point it’s all speculation
I’m realizing more that Johnny is more of a Fox News/msnbc opinion host more than an objective analyst. It’s a shame because I used to trust his opinions
Yet he has had some of the most accurate takes, yup, no objective analysis.
Just because you don't agree with him doesn't make him wrong. It's all opinions, would be pretty shit if everyone just agreed and pandered on everything.
My God can Johnny shut up when a guest is talking for ONE episode. To incessantly interrupt Ferra of all people is a level of arrogance I didn't even think he possessed, how can one enjoy the sound of their own voice so much.
He cant, he is a narcissist
I want to clarify that I don't hate Johnny, I think he's probably the best analyst in the scene, and he's a great caster. But I am really getting tired of his unreasonably large ego.
I didn't notice him cutting ferra off at all
@@4thgreenburg Yes, especially because he achieved literaly nothing.
@@grg7409 they are talking about the retals interview.
johnny so unlikable since the retals interview
NA fans try not to hate on Johnny cuz of the facts he speaks challenge(never been completed)
He has been for a while now
@@musicaddict9058 He’s a fully grown caster making fun and being a dick to a younger pro it’s just very strange behaviour, don’t let your EU bias lie to u
@@musicaddict9058 We should have it on the record that Rise and Ferra, in this very podcast episode, has G2 rated in the top 4 in the world.
@@musicaddict9058 it's not what he is saying it's how he acts. he is an immature child. retals of all ppl was more mature and more composed than johnny was during that interview. overall, just a big L for johnny.
Throat coat tea is legit
Watch what happens in Copenhagen Johnnyboi underscore i….
Except Johnny is literally punching down and literally told Retals to shut up
Man some of us don't care at all about these constant divisive "best region" discussions. We just want to watch and admire pros play the game we enjoy. Is the game itself not entertaining enough for you? are you that bored you have to start instigating?
Idc if it's your thing as a fan but when the people with the mics feed into it for clicks/views/content it's an immediate skip for me.
Shoddop jonE
The difference between banter and hate has to be based in reality. Tbates for example will be pro NA but he will admit his biases. Johnny masquerades and an objective analyst. Also while glazing NA Tbates will still give respect and credit to EU players and teams if they do well. This g2 team looks like the best team NA has ever produced and the amount of discrediting and minimizing that was done from a so called objective analyst who is supposed to know ball was crazy. Johnny earned the push back he got. It has been a long time coming.
"Also while glazing NA Tbates will still give respect and credit to EU players and teams if they do well" Are we watching the same tbates? The only time he gave respect to EU teams is when he could provide absolutely no twisted argument to say NA is better. That means EU needed to come to LAN and literally stomp NA for tbates to be like "alright, EU teams are as good as NA teams" and even then it came with bunch of lame excuses such as "we didn't have our best teams on LAN". Get real.
@@kilisinovic you are joking right unlike Johnny when na lose he gives it up to them. When Eu lose Johnny absolutely copes criticize and minimize NA teams. He also always gives credit to Sam and mena but never na. Whats worse he masquerades as an objective analysts.
@@tvlover17 I had to stop watching FT because of how bad it had become - but tbates is way, _way_ worse with bias than Johnny. The best you can say for him is a reluctant acceptance of the EU dominance when there was literally no alternative argument to be made. He is notorious for hating on MENA and SAM to the point that guests like Jorby have had to stand up to them. And let's not forget, this is on an official Psyonix-approved podcast for RLCS. I think you might be watching something different to the rest of us.
@@Snapey81 t bates will admit his bias. Johnny will pretend he is objective which is way worse.
@@tvlover17 The difference is, the majority of Johnny's "bias" is objective and turns out to be accurate. tbates however casts speculative nonsense based on his personal preferences and hopium.
Please, no more extensive format talks. It's kind of tiresome hearing everyone rehashing the same thing over and over. Very few likes this format. Let's move on shall we?
EDIT: Or at least put a timestamp so people can skip it more convenientely
What would you like some new topics to be?
I enjoy the qualifier discussion, usually the what is a better format convos are a bit repetitive. I think it was relevant bc ferra was a guest and had his post open qual 1 tweet pre Shopify failing to qual.
I would like to see some more discussion on different team play-styles and the main advantages disadvantages they bring. Maybe why EU has such on ball pressure and how that contrasts to NA play. Why certain matchups work (G2 Luminosity), m80 versus OG and why that was difficult for them. I understand the need for discussing items that tend to generate more views, but it would also be nice to see some more analytical stuff from analysts, coaches or players. They don’t need to give up “team secrets” or whatever but nice to get some understanding of the methods and conversations on why matchups work and what pros feel about them.
@@TheChalkedCast how to keep a pro's mind healthy is one of my own favorite subjects at least.
But dont get me wrong, i like what you guys are doing, but format talks have been kind of taking over the rl community lately
@johnnyboi I didn't take any of topics personal because I do agree that EU is better, but when it was the first touch segment I thought it was different. When I talk to friends I think taking personal jabs is okay, but you were on a public stage. Taking a shot at a single play (which had realistically no difference, or really related to the argument) at one play that he had just is disrespectful. Loved you before, but ngl need to rebuild that after.
Also after listening to the rest of the pod cast I would like to hear you respond to NOT The tbates aspect, but specifically how you "talked" to retals. Never been a big fan of retals before your first touch appearance, so thank you for that.
Johnny boi lost my respect after he treated retails the way he did. It was hard to watch he was so rude and embarrassing
retails 💀
Not that much. Retals question Johnny's abilities to make good predictions and analysis. Johnny just boasting about his analysis vs Retals's . Childish maybe but not that rude.
I lost my respect for you after typing retals as retails lol.
It's not that deep. Even for Retals 😂
@@Nobody-eu6tbyou were just trashing somebody for making multiple comments and here you are replying to multiple people lol
Johnny never won anything ever.
If Johnny keeps trolling about NA I’m gonna unsubscribe.
Johnny shut up when a guest is talking