@@Evan2768 I think prejump means jumping before a shot (or before it looks lined up) - a shot at this level usually comes way after the offender takes off.
That was one of the best series of rocket league I've ever watched. Minor spoilers below: That double tap by Zen is game 7 was easily the best goal of the series. The angle was insane
this game showed what I expected. people just weren't used to zens style so he did win many showmatches but people start to read him now and he has more trouble winning
@@jackoplumkin6412 no it isnt, zen has to change now that people know how he plays. playstyle change isnt easy, especially in 1's. His mechs are amazing, thats whats winning for him most of the time. But when it comes down to gamesense, thats where someone like rw9, someone whos not nearly as mechanical as zen, sweeps him in a bo3 of showmatches.
I love the appjack collabs on these matches being someone who does play at the highest level can offer a lot of extra insight and he just makes me laugh lol bring him in on these and have you thought about call interviews with the players after?
@@Branden29 if he's gonna kill it in the rlcs he's gonna have to get use to that pressure. and nobody expects the losing team or player to say much in an interview if they do accept the interview so I'm sure it would be fine. normally the winners are interviewed.
I appreciate what you do for the community. I think people will relate because im a construction worker and I dont watch Twitch but I do see you regularly enough to see and notice your CONSISTANT efforts for the fans. Thank you.
Finally some sense in this comments section. It's like they're all apes trying to hate on one of these kid players just because of their group identity
@@yipperdeyip Any annoyance I might have towards Johnny's chat is immediately extinguished when I realize that every person being toxic in chat is 10x worse than zen or dan. They just love the energy of rooting for someone and engaging, I wouldn't mind them.
Incredible series! It is just amazing to see the top 4 bringing this level of play out of each other. Very much looking forward to more! Great tourney and great casting🙏😁
everyones talking about the series, and an amazing one it was but let’s take a moment here to appreciate johnny! truly the best caster in the scene and a blessing to the rl community, thank you johnny for everything you’ve done, and will continue to do ❤️
Unbelievable how 1v1 evolved over the years. When scrub was to young for RLCS and Paschy90 was the 1v1 god for me with for sure Fairy Peak I thought it couldn’t get any better but what these two pull of under this amount of pressure on the highest level is just insane. Really incredible both of these players m. What a match
Commentating in this series especially is just leagues above the rest. Johnny's just so aware of all the little things that end up deciding close matchups like this
It is very interesting seeing the different styles. Zen is methodical and practiced to a T in those methods but Daniel is imaginative, making more mistakes but creating goals too.
These guys are absolutely cracked! I kinda feel sorry for Zen though cause I really think he was 1 step ahead of Daniel on the last game. Quite unfortunate for him tbh, but hey, that's RL! GGs
idk man this one is top tier but i still dont think it beats magicbear v. jbot, this one is peak intensity but magic and jbot had probably the most entertaining 1v1 ive ever seen.
Honestly what seemed to work best for Daniel against zen were those moments where he adopted the dandroid play style he used like a year ago. The 50s and mind games were working well vs zen
After a coin flip, Player 1 gets 3 games on the home server, and Player 2 gets 4 games on their home server. Player 1 though gets to choose what order the servers are played on.
Had to come back and watch that last game a second time. This must have been a devastating series for Zen. I can't imagine he possibly came into this tournament imagining in his wildest dreams he'd place last 🫣 Ah well, it happens to every hotshot player eventually, hopefully he hits that grind and surpasses even beyond his former limits and brings peak RL to new heights.
Wow. congrats to Daniel rlly deserved. Zen vs Dan is the most thrilling matchup in the game right now, but Dans playstyle was a bit to passive to defeat this prodigy. Glad to see him adjusting so well and clutching up, as he usually does, in a turney when it matters most. Great series, ggs wp
So what is the advantage of being 3rd in the group compared to 4rth? The third beat the fourth already but has the same disadvantage in the bracket as the 4rth? Or did I miss something
@@Bbb-sh1lq Blue color means he has server advantage and gets one more game on the home server which can be a pretty huge advantage since you wouldn’t have to win any games on high ping to take the series.
no way zen asked for a better server after he played and lost to daniel with 100 ping 16:10 buddy literally had 8 ping that game and lost, now that daniel gets a lead with 28 ping hes crying
@@SimplyTiffany2009 zen is rather the Haaland of RL, ronaldinho is a player who never trained but who performed well, zen is someone who trains a lot so it's not him, and haaland is still young unlike ronaldo
@@Romain221205 Im not taking age and all those extra stuff into consideration tho, thats just irrelevant and its not that deep because im talking strictly playstyle. but ig haaland could work too. Evample is creative and skillfull like Ronaldinho Zen is Clinical, versatile and can do anything on the ball like CR7 Mawkzy is tactical and precise like Mbappe and RW9 is efficient and quick thinking like messi
@@p01ygon like i said im talking strictly playstyle, you looking way too deep into it. and you could even replace evample with Daniel if that makes u happy cuz dany has a mechy playstyle too
Zen had control on offense and showed better fifty fifty games apart from kickoff. Daniel really did an excellent job of taking advantage of spacing and utilizing zen less efficient routes to bang shots on net. Daniel has clearly studied zen and found the very few weak points of his game - winning kickoffs and defensive spacing.
Don't know why people still harp on this when Johnny has a perfectly fine reason to not use those names. Even then, he can call them what he wants to if he gets the point across, can't he?
I'm from France and I played USE for a week last week, on good servers I had ~90ms it was largely playable, but then after a while it started getting often worse, going up to ~180ms on some servers. Weirdly enough, after switching back to EU I kept getting bad ping while playing on EU servers it was the weirdest thing then it returned to normal on its own after a few days. I think the US politicians did something to deprioritize international traffic under load or something?
johnny you need to do something about the quality. its horrible. the bitrate is totally killin the visuals. compared to feers this is pretty bad. long time fan tho butr i figured you wouldve fixed this by now
Definitely top 10, but there was 3 blowout games I believe which aren’t very exciting lol. Mechanically speaking though, best series I’ve watched too. Glad to see Daniel play to his potential against Zen finally
Unbelievable series. It was a battle on the field and outside, the car changes made all the difference Zen had the edge over Dan switching to the exact same octane preset, he got 1 game, but then Dan switched back to the fennec knowing he had the server advantage and won 2 games in row and was 1 game away from winning, putting pressure on Zen that answered back switching back to the fennec, Dan forfeits to stop Zen's momentum and then switches to batmobile, that was key to him winning because he kept Zen guessing. Game 7 was just crazy, reminded me of that Appjack x Joreuz insane game 7
The way Daniel prejumps before the opponent even takes the ball into the air is just funny to me
Wouldn’t be much of a pre jump if it was reactive.
@@dragoxk4542 phhhhhhhhh 💀💀
That’s what prejump means…
@@Evan2768 I think prejump means jumping before a shot (or before it looks lined up) - a shot at this level usually comes way after the offender takes off.
@@dragoxk4542 I was talking about when zen was clearly dribbling the ball on the ground and Daniel prejumps really high into the ceiling anyways
Wow, that was an intense series. All came down to one small mistake
It was the same last time daniel vs zen but zen winned
@@Zymak_ Won
@@ToastiestWaffle Came in 1nd place
@@Zymak_ no, it was the first time they played. After that they played 2 more series where Zen confidently won
@@dinaxo6812 daniel won
That was one of the best series of rocket league I've ever watched.
Minor spoilers below:
That double tap by Zen is game 7 was easily the best goal of the series. The angle was insane
The confidence just blows my mind. If he messes that up he most likely would've conceided one
@@jamie9506 I've seen it! Great series
@@jamie9506imo Jack vs joreuz was my fav
What an incredible series. Daniel's amazing start, the comeback from Zen, and that final game. Wow. Thank you for hosting these tournaments.
What a crazy and an unexpected series!
Who won?
@@tatanasd Daniel
@@tatanasdDaniel obviously
this game showed what I expected. people just weren't used to zens style so he did win many showmatches but people start to read him now and he has more trouble winning
He still has a higher mechanical level than anyone else when hes on form. I wouldnt be suprised to see him elevate his game overall and dominate again
Which in turn is better for zen. he can evolve his playstyle
@Fabi U daniel did the same game last time but zen winned with a post of daniel in a 3-3 ot search it same luck
@@Zymak_ last time they played was 4-2 for zin
@@jackoplumkin6412 no it isnt, zen has to change now that people know how he plays. playstyle change isnt easy, especially in 1's. His mechs are amazing, thats whats winning for him most of the time. But when it comes down to gamesense, thats where someone like rw9, someone whos not nearly as mechanical as zen, sweeps him in a bo3 of showmatches.
This was the most white-knuckle match I've ever seen! 😂 So happy for the winner!
I love the appjack collabs on these matches being someone who does play at the highest level can offer a lot of extra insight and he just makes me laugh lol bring him in on these and have you thought about call interviews with the players after?
that would be good, but i feel like zen would be pretty held back knowing how upset he gets very easily
@@Branden29 if he's gonna kill it in the rlcs he's gonna have to get use to that pressure. and nobody expects the losing team or player to say much in an interview if they do accept the interview so I'm sure it would be fine. normally the winners are interviewed.
I appreciate what you do for the community.
I think people will relate because im a construction worker and I dont watch Twitch but I do see you regularly enough to see and notice your CONSISTANT efforts for the fans.
Thank you.
One of the best 1v1 series I've seen
11:40 was a freaking nutty goal
Praise Johnny for all that amazing content :)
Love this series! Great content as always Johnny
It doesn’t matter who won imo that was a great series and very entertaining. Great game to both of them.
Finally some sense in this comments section.
It's like they're all apes trying to hate on one of these kid players just because of their group identity
@@yipperdeyip Any annoyance I might have towards Johnny's chat is immediately extinguished when I realize that every person being toxic in chat is 10x worse than zen or dan. They just love the energy of rooting for someone and engaging, I wouldn't mind them.
Incredible series! It is just amazing to see the top 4 bringing this level of play out of each other. Very much looking forward to more! Great tourney and great casting🙏😁
A JohnnyBoi Upload a day keeps the boredom away
Enough
it's funny how zen always say ggs when he wins a series but when he lose he always rage quit lol get rekt bro
He is an arrogant little kid who is a bad looser
I would love to see you vs zen I predict 47-1 and the one is because he stopped playing halfway through the match
@@PoopScooper69 cry more
@@flashylifedz I will
@@PoopScooper69 lmaooo 😂 your Name
these past games we've been gifted feel like Dragon ball's tournament of power
everyones talking about the series, and an amazing one it was but let’s take a moment here to appreciate johnny! truly the best caster in the scene and a blessing to the rl community, thank you johnny for everything you’ve done, and will continue to do ❤️
Unbelievable how 1v1 evolved over the years. When scrub was to young for RLCS and Paschy90 was the 1v1 god for me with for sure Fairy Peak I thought it couldn’t get any better but what these two pull of under this amount of pressure on the highest level is just insane. Really incredible both of these players m. What a match
Commentating in this series especially is just leagues above the rest. Johnny's just so aware of all the little things that end up deciding close matchups like this
here before title changed to zen vs daniel
Same
Mhm
Wtf are these emojis 💀
It is very interesting seeing the different styles. Zen is methodical and practiced to a T in those methods but Daniel is imaginative, making more mistakes but creating goals too.
Johnny you need to change the title. That’s zen not rw9
Exactly what I was thinking
1:15 and 1:23 i love watching the shit talkers in the chat get sat down by the end of the series. ggs
These guys are absolutely cracked! I kinda feel sorry for Zen though cause I really think he was 1 step ahead of Daniel on the last game. Quite unfortunate for him tbh, but hey, that's RL! GGs
Zen is still my favorite player to watch. It’s next level mechanics and confidence. Just a little running and he’s going undefeated streak again
What a series. Wow. Congrats Dan.
Everyone: "throw a wrench in his plans"
Johnny: "throw a spanner in the works"
Crazy how RW9 changed his name to Zen!
dont disrespect rw9 again
@@DiinW the title said rw9 instead of zen a few hours ago, hence all the jokes in the comment section
@@khirek5335 he just means that RW9 is the boss of zen wish is true lol
@@flashylifedz No... the title was "Rw9 Vs Daniel" in the first few moments of this video's release. Don't be ignorant
@@myaccount8482 calm down lil cuzzo he was just making a joke
chat calling that an open net miss is wild. Wasn't an open net, but was an overcommitt
100% the best 1v1 series of all time
idk man this one is top tier but i still dont think it beats magicbear v. jbot, this one is peak intensity but magic and jbot had probably the most entertaining 1v1 ive ever seen.
@@IBsquints That’s not even remotely close to as good
Hell naw rw9 vs zen both of them and fairy peak vs okhalid all better than this
Games like these are the reason I watch 1v1 in rocket league. Ggs to both
Honestly what seemed to work best for Daniel against zen were those moments where he adopted the dandroid play style he used like a year ago. The 50s and mind games were working well vs zen
Listening to you feels like I’m playing fifa. It’s nostalgic in a way
wrong title?
what a series. I'm loving this tournament. You said that this is the best format for cross regions 1v1, but what format is it? I'm not sure I got it
After a coin flip, Player 1 gets 3 games on the home server, and Player 2 gets 4 games on their home server. Player 1 though gets to choose what order the servers are played on.
Had to come back and watch that last game a second time. This must have been a devastating series for Zen. I can't imagine he possibly came into this tournament imagining in his wildest dreams he'd place last 🫣 Ah well, it happens to every hotshot player eventually, hopefully he hits that grind and surpasses even beyond his former limits and brings peak RL to new heights.
That prejump by zen at 9:40 to save it... insane control.
insane
Holy . insane smart by Daniel going with bat in game 6 . mad series
Holy, been waiting for this match
Wow. congrats to Daniel rlly deserved. Zen vs Dan is the most thrilling matchup in the game right now, but Dans playstyle was a bit to passive to defeat this prodigy. Glad to see him adjusting so well and clutching up, as he usually does, in a turney when it matters most. Great series, ggs wp
So what is the advantage of being 3rd in the group compared to 4rth? The third beat the fourth already but has the same disadvantage in the bracket as the 4rth? Or did I miss something
Apparently he got to choose the blue color, in the end 3rd or 4th both are losers so it doesn’t matter 🤷🏼
@@Bbb-sh1lq Blue color means he has server advantage and gets one more game on the home server which can be a pretty huge advantage since you wouldn’t have to win any games on high ping to take the series.
@@georgeklimov3464 oh didn’t know that thanks brother
the actual hype for Daniel is crazy lmao... I'm a Zen fan and I still can't help but pog at Dan getting it through, damn
no way zen asked for a better server after he played and lost to daniel with 100 ping 16:10
buddy literally had 8 ping that game and lost, now that daniel gets a lead with 28 ping hes crying
Thanks for the great content! Amazing players.
JUST LOVE HOW ZEN NEVER SAYS GGS WHEN HE GETS CLAPPED
He’s not used to it 😂
Daniel: “I have something to say”
Crazy showing and mentality from Daniel
8:56 what is copium ?
Both great players! Love to see our NA boy beat the great Zen then go on to win it all in the Major!!! Lets go U.S.A.
Zen is the Ronaldinho of Rocket League.
nah the Ronaldinho of RL is def evample but zen is more like the C Ronaldo of RL, Mawkzy is Mbappe and Rw9 is messi
@@SimplyTiffany2009 zen is rather the Haaland of RL, ronaldinho is a player who never trained but who performed well, zen is someone who trains a lot so it's not him, and haaland is still young unlike ronaldo
@@SimplyTiffany2009 evample was never a top player. How can you compare a top football player to a rocket league player who’s never even been in rlcs
@@Romain221205 Im not taking age and all those extra stuff into consideration tho, thats just irrelevant and its not that deep because im talking strictly playstyle. but ig haaland could work too.
Evample is creative and skillfull like Ronaldinho
Zen is Clinical, versatile and can do anything on the ball like CR7
Mawkzy is tactical and precise like Mbappe
and RW9 is efficient and quick thinking like messi
@@p01ygon like i said im talking strictly playstyle, you looking way too deep into it. and you could even replace evample with Daniel if that makes u happy cuz dany has a mechy playstyle too
21:22
What a Match!
Zen had control on offense and showed better fifty fifty games apart from kickoff. Daniel really did an excellent job of taking advantage of spacing and utilizing zen less efficient routes to bang shots on net. Daniel has clearly studied zen and found the very few weak points of his game - winning kickoffs and defensive spacing.
thats what it takes to beat players like Zen (well there are none like Zen but ykwim) u gotta find the little things to capitalize on
“In n out save” just call it a squishy save John
Johnny finds it pretty difficult to accept names the community gave to certain plays 😂
@@jodyroohe2386 just a musty zap dash kuxir squishy save :)
Squishy save is one of the ones i will say feels dumb. In n out is better imo
He says it because it harder for newer players to understand
Don't know why people still harp on this when Johnny has a perfectly fine reason to not use those names. Even then, he can call them what he wants to if he gets the point across, can't he?
Finished game one. Very solid game . Can't wait to finish. No spoilers !
What are these time stamps? Clip of the week? Community? Whattttt???
Ye these 4 are the best itw hands down so blessed to watch em play
I love how zen uses his different items in Tournaments
Rw9 looking like Zen out there 😤
What a game!
Everybody dance!
One. More. Game.
what a fantastic series
Officially a Dan stan after that performance!
Johnny would u put this series in the top ten 1v1 series of all time?
The title says rw9 vs Daniel
What is an in and out save? Is that the same as the car on ground then in air shot?
Title wrong 😅
Title wrong ^^
Zen simply isn't a person with sportsmanship, that the one thing i dont like.
Props to Daniel for winning with such determination
Rw9? Johnny you are old not blind
Lmao
Lol
lol
Rw9 vs daniel? What
That double tap by Zen was unreadable
I'm from France and I played USE for a week last week, on good servers I had ~90ms it was largely playable, but then after a while it started getting often worse, going up to ~180ms on some servers. Weirdly enough, after switching back to EU I kept getting bad ping while playing on EU servers it was the weirdest thing then it returned to normal on its own after a few days. I think the US politicians did something to deprioritize international traffic under load or something?
johnny you need to do something about the quality. its horrible. the bitrate is totally killin the visuals. compared to feers this is pretty bad. long time fan tho butr i figured you wouldve fixed this by now
In last game Daniel scored almost all his goals in kick off...
the best series I've ever seen!!!!
Definitely top 10, but there was 3 blowout games I believe which aren’t very exciting lol. Mechanically speaking though, best series I’ve watched too. Glad to see Daniel play to his potential against Zen finally
9:41 how...?
Zen always so unsportsmanlike, makes me rooting for him to lose
At the last goal Zen could've scored, Zen couldn't have turned and then jumped for the ball, if he turned he'd be too far left to hit the ball left
Zen didn't leave the GGs, not news at all.
There’s our American wonder boy 🇺🇸
merica
As a swede. Glad to see dan poppin off!
WRONG TITLE JOHNNY
Wrong title
It's Zen vs Daniel, not RW9
For the zen fans it is "Aller zen" not "allez" they are both the same verb, but allez is 2nd person plural
Unbelievable series. It was a battle on the field and outside, the car changes made all the difference
Zen had the edge over Dan switching to the exact same octane preset, he got 1 game, but then Dan switched back to the fennec knowing he had the server advantage and won 2 games in row and was 1 game away from winning, putting pressure on Zen that answered back switching back to the fennec, Dan forfeits to stop Zen's momentum and then switches to batmobile, that was key to him winning because he kept Zen guessing.
Game 7 was just crazy, reminded me of that Appjack x Joreuz insane game 7
If I were Dan, I'd just get in a big discord call with all my boys for some hype for this matchup
damn i didnt know rw9 changed his name
These two are unreal.
Here while it still says RW9
Gotta respect Daniel for being the only 1v1 player in US
Firstkiller?😊
@@Joyyfull20000 Fk kinda sucks in 1s
@@somerandomchad469 Your opinion, hes clearly top 5-7
@@Joyyfull20000 in My opinion hes barely top 10, but everyone have their own opinion.
FK?
This was cool and all but when do we get Derc vs Zcarab
Wrong title :(
Let's go Daniel!
okay but how did nobody remember that but means goal in french?
Imagine if zen could actually do a kickoff
Imagine if u had literally anything over him
@@th4tguybro damn does it taste that good?
@@th4tguybro fitting pfp
@@th4tguybro this is a compliment, but you're so far up Zen's ass you viewed it as an insult
@@th4tguybro he doesnt know u lil bro
wait i never knew danny beat zen. what a game
Wait, is daniel in V1 now?
Yea he in V1 replacement of Torment who is actually recently retired a week ago. So yeah thanks Torment for his legacy.
Now on G2
title says rw9?!
damn... the last game at the end was crazy.