I hadn't realized how much I missed this guy until he came back. While I never really climbed in Overwatch, his advice made it a lot more engaging and encouraged me to stop with the auto-pilot playstyle that I had been going through. This video also points out one of my biggest weaknesses with that game, my aim. At the start of Overwatch I probably had average aim from my history with other shooters but then I devoted myself to low-aim heroes like Reinhardt. He taught me game sense but then came Ana, who I really adored, and I couldn't aim for squat. When I tried going to DPS, I got really discouraged because of the searing wave of hatred that my team mates would give every time I'd under perform in my attempts to better myself. That really does emphasize his point of just not caring. You're going to be a potato but once you've put in the work and effort, it really culminates into something awesome.
Not gonna lie, his videos were key in helping my brother and I learn how to climb back in season 4. I went from Silver to Diamond within 2 seasons after applying his learning/analysis methods. :)
I never watched a single one of your videos, UA-cams SEO just randomly put this here and I finished the entire video. This was amazing! Great job bro, anything worth doing, is worth doing badly at first.
Sup Skyline, didn't watch the video yet, I just wanted to say (for what it matters) that I'm glad you're back in the YT game, you're a lovely dude and your videos always bring relevant things to the surface. Thank you for that, I hope everything is fine in your life and may it lasts long ! Cheers from France dude
I'm a self taught software engineer at a major company and I got there following the constructs you mention here. I do think you aren't giving yourself enough credit for your talent though. I think this is a great way to reach for your personal maximum potential, but it's unreasonable to expect everyone's maximum potential to land where yours did.
When hearing "everything is modular, so I can add stuff and remove stuff" I was thinking "Dude it took me 2 years to really let that concept sink in..." and I have colleagues who still don't get that after 15 years :D
I feel like I've spent my life developing amazing procrastinating skills and now I need to tank my Lazy Slob Rating and relearn how to actually get on with shit.
You made me realise my own errors when it comes to learning, i've never set long term goals and only focused on the short term which stunted my growth as i would often stop playing once i hit a losing streak. And now just realising what hard/soft skills are i now know that i have spent way to much time watching general guides on overwatch and pro vod reviews, great vid welcome back
Love your content, glad you are back. You were actually one of the first educational gaming youtubers i really enjoyed watching and your point of view on things always resonated with me. Love the positivity and your mentality, keep up the good work. I´m looking forward for more videos like that.
This is such incredible content and it's so validating. I had several friends tell me I couldn't do things that were completely possible and reasonable. This is amazingly accurate and such a well done video. Thank you Skyline!
Mate, love your break downs on everything. Ever since you doing vod reviews for overwatch pro plays where the details are stated out clearly. This video is actually a life tip in learning. Wished i came across this video years before but i guess I'll salvage what i can from here on out.
I come back to this video over and over and over, this feels like one of the most valuable life lessons disguised as a gaming lesson I will ever learn. I know you haven't uploaded in a long time but I'd be stoked if you saw this and I hope everything is well with you.
I've missed having you around so much Skyline. Really great to have you back on the scene. Such a unique perspective on e-sports that you don't really find anywhere else
Welcome back. I was an avid watched of your videos back in the day. I used to be hardstuck Gold in s2-3 and then I started following your advice and then I was Masters, a few seasons later I was touching Grand Master. At that time I forgot your lessons and stopped looking ahead. I started to care about my rank, I got mad when we lost and my SR depleted and it got so bad I eventually fell back into Diamond and just gave up alltogether. Your words hold a lot of truth, the hard part is finding the mental strenght to carry on and not get discouraged. Especially when you are closing in on your goal and you start losing your footing. I'm looking forward to more of your content, have a good one!
This video was great , it’s very applicable to many different things . I didn’t realize how much I missed your videos and I’m glad you’re back ! Good too see the doge is doing well
Hey, Skyline. I’ve never heard of you before, but I’ve been getting into OW lately and I guess that made this video pop up in my feed. I really appreciate this video, as I’m trying to learn how to get good at a bunch of different things lately (OW on console; piano; Rubik’s Cube) and I want to have a good plan for doing so. I look forward to more of what you have to say on this subject! God bless you.
Thank you so much for collecting your thoughts and presenting them to us in a lesson like this. I really like the format in which you’re talking while walking. It has benefits similar to a podcast where I can listen to it without actively looking at the screen. But when I do look at the screen it feels more connected and immersive in that I can see you talking.
I like your ideas on learning games. I do a lot of gameplay philosophy but I primarily excel at extremely high level gameplay optimizations. Learning games has always been challenging for me. What you are bringing to the table is smart and in my own words, abusing and targeting natural values.
I honestly don't know you but thanks. This vid changed my mindset in life let alone games. This will help me reach my goals by simply flipping a switch on the way i think and work, and will help me with work "youtube". So yes thanks for waking me up. always struggled with being a jack of all trades. Too many things where i spend too much time getting good and nothing i'm awesome at. So again thanks.
I watched a lot of your earlier videos explaining various concepts, and all that got me from bronze to high gold. Hearing exactly what you did to hit the top is extremely interesting, and Ill have to keep it in mind as I contiune the grind, Thanks so much :)
Honestly at this point I find you compelling enough of a personality that I’m interested in watching whatever content you put out. If you ever feel like doing something completely different I’ll stick around.
This is honestly so useful. After watching a lot of my videos I realized I did some things, that worked maybe one elo under me and maybe even in my own elo, but kept me from climbing further. But its so hard to find these mistakes, they might be something so small that I mostly dont see them.
Great video. Really like this life-coach advice that can be applied to any career/field. Love to see more of these 'soft skill' videos I can learn from :)
This is 100% a great video. I do think it could do with a little part on new games/patches tho. Like for a new game where the meta isn't very developed it's important to identify what strategy/playstyle is the best over the course of a game, not just for getting value. That's the trap that I feel like a lot of people fall into, and then they have to wait until the meta develops and creators/pros explain it. It makes it take even longer for these people to climb as they've to wait to see the new meta and while they wait they're probably getting into bad habits
The fist point is what I believe happened with me playing rainbow 6 siege. The amount of bad habits I got into... you don't even realise how bad they are sometimes or that they are bad in the first place. Same with Smite. I have 1500 hours in Smite but I would still class myself as a noob up until 1000 hours in roughly. Partly because I wasn't trying to be good early on but later on I was stuck with my really really bad habits
scalpingsnake that last part is me in dota, I didn’t get to a “not an absolutely terrible player” until around 2000 hours in. And 5000 hours later I haven’t gotten much better. I realize now that I haven’t been actively learning, I have been passively learning bad habits.
Very good point about watching people far above your skill level. I got into CSGO by watching pro players, had never played an FPS game on PC before in my entire life (and very rarely on console). First rank was MG2 and my friends who had played CoD and such all their life got ranks in the Novas.
Coming from someone who has spent the past year trying to get good at smash bros, this is amazing insight. I’ve found the most meaningful improvement from just watching top players play, since no matter how advanced my tech and my movement are I need to understand neutral at a fundamental level.
I am going to give you one more tool that I didn't really hear from you. You probably do it without even know it but it will greatly increase your abilities in almost every game or sport. Visualization. The ability to visualize a game in your mind before you even play it. Let's take Darts for an example. Before you even throw the dart you should be able to visualize yourself walk to the board, set your stance, adjust your breathing, cock your arm, throw your dart, see the arc of the dart, and watch the dart hit exactly where you want it to go. You should be a able to do this in a few seconds all while still sitting down. This goes for everything. Even pc games. Visualize yourself doing a Tarkov run in Interchange, see where you go and shooting a player or PC. Once in the game you will soon be off your visualization, but you then revisualize what your are going to do. If you get good at this you are no longer shocked or surprised and you react faster with more accuracy.
@6:12 I thought of 3 things. 1. You usually see the pros do amazing things, then you try and adapt what you see to your own playstyle. 2. You are not going to understand everything about why they're doing some random things (example: pathing to areas, shooting at pointless things in your own eyes, or even just them sitting in a corner), but you can guess and take 2 minutes to learn. I like this process of learning as it makes you go deeper into the game. 3. It's 3:30am and I'm awake.
I've been stuck at 3.5-3.7k sr range since season 3. I have mad a lot of noticeable progress since then but I still can't seem to climb to GM. Not sure what to do but I'm gonna try playing on another account and going from gold to wherever I will land. Not sure what else to do :/
Have you tried getting coaching? Usually coaches help with the problem of not being able to understand what you're doing wrong or could improve on. Only problem I see is that since you're GM level getting coaching will probably cost a good bit
@@jcaleb828 I mean I play for a really good college OW team and I get coaching but playing in tournaments and in comp are 2 complety different things. My team beats GM teams in scrim but I cant seem to make my way to GM in comp so idk
i feel like i do some of these things but i always hit a wall with whatever game i decide to pick up and try to compete with: i hit an opaque wall that i can't navigate my way around and i no longer know what to research to improve. i'll hit a point where i literally have no idea what my weaknesses are or, if im aware of them, how to overcome them my current idea on how to get around this is to get some coaching because im clearly looking at this wrong and need a fresh perspective. but if i can get that perspective through a video instead that would be excellent. good luck with your new series, skyline
When you hit a point where you feel like you are playing the way you are supposed to be player but you still can't climb, you need to turn to self vod reviews or, ideally, that is where coaching can help the most.
Wow, this was so much more insightful than I expected when I clicked on this video. It's insanely good life advice which is applicable to gaming but I'd urge everyone to instill these habits in your day to day behaviour as well. I've already started with a lot of this stuff, for example, making sure you have a strong foundation and doing things the right way (albeit more difficult) often leads to better results. Another thing which you brought up is the concept of macro vs micro, don't worry yourself with small insignificant changes and instead focus on the long term goal. Finally the point about hard skills, soft skills and self-experimentation is super super important. I've realised that I often get stuck in the place where I'm trying to increase my multiplier but not taking any real action, even right now. 100x of 0 is still 0, so while it's good to develop soft skills and expand your mindset, you need to learn hard skills as well. Great video and I'm looking forward to more content like this in the future!
Bob Ross taught life advice through painting, and I've had a handful of professors do the same with their subjects, but I've never seen someone teach life advice through a gaming lens. All your videos are so positive, and when you're done watching you really do feel that goal you've always had is actually achievable. Glad to have you back!
This is the tip my top 10 DPS friend told me as a tip when I was 1600sr. He said, "Just play like a grandmaster if you want to get to grandmaster, 4head."
Nice video! Gonna share a little something about how I approach learning new heroes in Overwatch: When a new hero in Overwatch comes out, I usually just go and play it for 20-25h in total in quick play over a few weeks. At the beginning, for the first 10h, I usually just play that hero. Try to find the limits of what I can and can't do by playing overly aggressive and forcing myself into bad situations like being flanking or getting into 1v2 or 1v3 situations and see how I do, evaluate what I could have done better and try again until I figure out my limits. Trying to not do mistakes makes it so that it takes way longer to learn your actual potential, so I dont like starting playing very safely. Then after I am more or less familiar with the strenghts and weaknesses of said hero, i'll go and watch videos about tips and tricks and just pro gameplay to get myself some more insight on things I might not have thought about yet and then try to implement that into my playstyle and reducing mistakes along the way. I do choose quick play because a) you can learn the basics also outside of a competitive environment and get used to the hero and b) if you can play the hero under suboptimal conditions, like having no healers or tank and no communication with your team, it makes it way easier to be able to play it once you get in an organized environment in comp. The only thing to look out for is that you have to adapt your aggression to the rank if your quick play MMR is lower than your comp rank. Works usually really well for me and definitely helped me a lot to be flexible when I first hit my goal to reach Master in S4 and then GM a few seasons later as well, when I got back into competitive.
When I try to experiment I always fall back into my old habits in a matter of not even two minutes. Do you have any tips for people who are already stuck in their ways or can't think of things to try out?
The best way to break habits and form fresh ones is to first hit a place you are reasonably happy with (So maybe if you are platinum you can make a goal to get Diamond first.) then take an extended break. Find something else to do or work on for up to a month, then come back. Your skill will have decayed a bit, but within a few days you will not only be back to where you were before but probably better because of re-formed habits.
@seriodeno yarohi you could always try something out of your comfort zone.. Like random heroes.. You'd be surprised how much you can learn from an overall familiarity with the entire roster.. Take ana for instance... If they learn how to play genji or tracer.. They might start to pick up on their tendencies and use that against the enemy team when they are trying to flank when they are playing ana
You're making your own game, and you're directly jumping into UE/C++, awesome choice! 😁 Also, after your last video, that seems like a reasonable choice. As soon as you're looking into expanding your team, (and if only into QA) let me know! 😀
I got to global using only p90, sure I was global before that. Just goes to show what gameknowledge i capable of. But yeah, it felt very cheesy in some situations.
Now I'm thinking again about going back into soloq comp, and be all positive... Until I turn on VC and have to listen to the kids screaming at each other, and feeling again how my soul is getting crushed by it. Thanks man :P
3:54 : How to be good at Ana: "Where you just go up to people at melee range, stick your rifle in their butt, and you just BOOM, you heal em, just like that!" Me : (can't stop laughing for the next 10 minutes)
What you're saying does correlate with how I learned 3D modelling and how I went from being a massive introvert who was about as antisocial as they come to being an introvert with social skills. Both of these skills took a lot of time to develop though, with 3D modelling for example I went from being one of the weakest 3D artists in the entire school to being on of the 5 best over the course of 3 years.
@@platinumorange1034 I guess that if I'd take 3D modelling as an example soft skills are the kind of things I'd learn by watching someone speed modelling or sculpting something or watching lots of videos about people talking about character design or form language and that kinda stuff. While hard skills are skills acquired by following along with a tutorial step by step or going into the software and just trying a bunch of things out so you know what each tool is good for and get some ideas on how to use them.
Noob traps are really evil in team based games. If you use them, and end up fucking yourself over, you end up having to lose games for your team in order to improve.
I think nobody emphasizes learning how to learn. Learning the Rubik’s cube and video games and art and manual labor and chess, I taught myself how to learn because school doesn’t, and I realized all of life is the same thing. Getting good at one thing makes you better at everything else if you connect the topics.
I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw a ping from your discord and realised you were back. I remember how passionate I was about getting better at overwatch when you were making videos. Do you have any advice for self-motivation?(doing things you have to do but don't enjoy[school context]) Regardless, I hope you keep making videos.
I suppose a good summary of this video would be: Don't take shortcuts. Big agree from a fellow nerd that tries to be the best in as many games as possible
the problems most in Bronze is network latency where 10ms less means you gain 400 sr - a old monitor with 8 ms latency , some dont install mouse drivers ( me ) - overwatch is not really a 3d game I dont see it as its one -I cant see for blur + effects +fog +the redplayer outline , the sounds in overwatch is mono and occur in the middle of the screen ( maybe gamengine related it thinks you dont need it to save bandwith -but I require stereo at least ) - I dont Deatchmatch , Im old so I want to see when it comes what I want to do in the game -I can be fast I f get agiteded or offended which never happens -anyway teh 16:9 monitors (format ) suck so i use 4:3 19 inch so I can see better -thisis why im in bronze but most because Im not physicially well.
Hearing "hope ur doing fine my name is Skyline" after all this time is the greatest moment in e-sports history
I hadn't realized how much I missed this guy until he came back. While I never really climbed in Overwatch, his advice made it a lot more engaging and encouraged me to stop with the auto-pilot playstyle that I had been going through. This video also points out one of my biggest weaknesses with that game, my aim. At the start of Overwatch I probably had average aim from my history with other shooters but then I devoted myself to low-aim heroes like Reinhardt. He taught me game sense but then came Ana, who I really adored, and I couldn't aim for squat. When I tried going to DPS, I got really discouraged because of the searing wave of hatred that my team mates would give every time I'd under perform in my attempts to better myself. That really does emphasize his point of just not caring. You're going to be a potato but once you've put in the work and effort, it really culminates into something awesome.
Who do you main in dps?
Not gonna lie, his videos were key in helping my brother and I learn how to climb back in season 4. I went from Silver to Diamond within 2 seasons after applying his learning/analysis methods. :)
Joke's on us, he's playing the game "Top 1% of UA-camrs" right now
Not with those hiatuses hes not
Day 456 : This guy is still walking his dog outside talking to his camera
Can we talk about the ghost town you're living in?
That's not a town. That's the mansion and backyard you get when you hit top 1% in any game.
it's a strangely well-lit outdoor shopping area at 3:30am
@@Skyline_OW Why the fuck is the sun out do you live in the artic circle
25 mins of walking around like that alone while filming your face ? I'm sure there's some paranormal footage somewhere in this.
Grayzon did we even saw one other person? Don’t think so
I never watched a single one of your videos, UA-cams SEO just randomly put this here and I finished the entire video. This was amazing! Great job bro, anything worth doing, is worth doing badly at first.
Sup Skyline, didn't watch the video yet, I just wanted to say (for what it matters) that I'm glad you're back in the YT game, you're a lovely dude and your videos always bring relevant things to the surface. Thank you for that, I hope everything is fine in your life and may it lasts long ! Cheers from France dude
I'm a self taught software engineer at a major company and I got there following the constructs you mention here.
I do think you aren't giving yourself enough credit for your talent though. I think this is a great way to reach for your personal maximum potential, but it's unreasonable to expect everyone's maximum potential to land where yours did.
When hearing "everything is modular, so I can add stuff and remove stuff" I was thinking "Dude it took me 2 years to really let that concept sink in..." and I have colleagues who still don't get that after 15 years :D
@@xellos5262 out of curiosity what do you recommend as a beginner programming language to start with? C++ like skyline did?
@@imagorilla95 It does. Not. Matter. Pick one. If you really want a recommendation, Java, but it REALLY REALLY doesn't matter.
I feel like I've spent my life developing amazing procrastinating skills and now I need to tank my Lazy Slob Rating and relearn how to actually get on with shit.
@@CuriousMoth Don't feel too bad, even the best of the best struggle with motivation sometimes.
You made me realise my own errors when it comes to learning, i've never set long term goals and only focused on the short term which stunted my growth as i would often stop playing once i hit a losing streak. And now just realising what hard/soft skills are i now know that i have spent way to much time watching general guides on overwatch and pro vod reviews, great vid welcome back
Going to learn split gate and hit top 15 in two weeks,
Actually it only took one week
- skyline 2019
Flex on everyone so hard
It was all those Portal 1/2 speed runs I watched finally paying off
Love your content, glad you are back.
You were actually one of the first educational gaming youtubers i really enjoyed watching and your point of view on things always resonated with me.
Love the positivity and your mentality,
keep up the good work.
I´m looking forward for more videos like that.
So fucking glad you're back dude. I love the way you approach games and talk about them. Welcome back
This is such incredible content and it's so validating. I had several friends tell me I couldn't do things that were completely possible and reasonable. This is amazingly accurate and such a well done video. Thank you Skyline!
Mate, love your break downs on everything. Ever since you doing vod reviews for overwatch pro plays where the details are stated out clearly. This video is actually a life tip in learning. Wished i came across this video years before but i guess I'll salvage what i can from here on out.
This was actually really inspriring. Good work man
I come back to this video over and over and over, this feels like one of the most valuable life lessons disguised as a gaming lesson I will ever learn. I know you haven't uploaded in a long time but I'd be stoked if you saw this and I hope everything is well with you.
I've missed having you around so much Skyline. Really great to have you back on the scene. Such a unique perspective on e-sports that you don't really find anywhere else
Welcome back.
I was an avid watched of your videos back in the day. I used to be hardstuck Gold in s2-3 and then I started following your advice and then I was Masters, a few seasons later I was touching Grand Master.
At that time I forgot your lessons and stopped looking ahead. I started to care about my rank, I got mad when we lost and my SR depleted and it got so bad I eventually fell back into Diamond and just gave up alltogether.
Your words hold a lot of truth, the hard part is finding the mental strenght to carry on and not get discouraged. Especially when you are closing in on your goal and you start losing your footing.
I'm looking forward to more of your content, have a good one!
Great video, appreciate you taking your time to teach us something like this.
Omg you uploaded!!!! 😍 You're the first I ever seriously followed for OW advice!
This video was great , it’s very applicable to many different things . I didn’t realize how much I missed your videos and I’m glad you’re back ! Good too see the doge is doing well
Hey, Skyline. I’ve never heard of you before, but I’ve been getting into OW lately and I guess that made this video pop up in my feed. I really appreciate this video, as I’m trying to learn how to get good at a bunch of different things lately (OW on console; piano; Rubik’s Cube) and I want to have a good plan for doing so. I look forward to more of what you have to say on this subject! God bless you.
I'm glad the pupper is back and doing well
3:48 - That is exactly the trap I noticed myself falling into in my last self-review.
Thank you so much for collecting your thoughts and presenting them to us in a lesson like this. I really like the format in which you’re talking while walking. It has benefits similar to a podcast where I can listen to it without actively looking at the screen. But when I do look at the screen it feels more connected and immersive in that I can see you talking.
I'm just waiting for him to say *"git gud"*
I like your ideas on learning games. I do a lot of gameplay philosophy but I primarily excel at extremely high level gameplay optimizations. Learning games has always been challenging for me. What you are bringing to the table is smart and in my own words, abusing and targeting natural values.
I honestly don't know you but thanks. This vid changed my mindset in life let alone games. This will help me reach my goals by simply flipping a switch on the way i think and work, and will help me with work "youtube". So yes thanks for waking me up. always struggled with being a jack of all trades. Too many things where i spend too much time getting good and nothing i'm awesome at. So again thanks.
I watched a lot of your earlier videos explaining various concepts, and all that got me from bronze to high gold. Hearing exactly what you did to hit the top is extremely interesting, and Ill have to keep it in mind as I contiune the grind, Thanks so much :)
Skyline I love you bro and have missed you dearly
Honestly at this point I find you compelling enough of a personality that I’m interested in watching whatever content you put out. If you ever feel like doing something completely different I’ll stick around.
I've never seen one of your videos before but now I'm pumped to live out my childhood dream of learning game design. At least just for fun.
this man is the real deal, what a legend. he will be an amazing game dev if he sets that goal.
This is honestly so useful. After watching a lot of my videos I realized I did some things, that worked maybe one elo under me and maybe even in my own elo, but kept me from climbing further. But its so hard to find these mistakes, they might be something so small that I mostly dont see them.
Great video. Really like this life-coach advice that can be applied to any career/field. Love to see more of these 'soft skill' videos I can learn from :)
This is 100% a great video. I do think it could do with a little part on new games/patches tho. Like for a new game where the meta isn't very developed it's important to identify what strategy/playstyle is the best over the course of a game, not just for getting value. That's the trap that I feel like a lot of people fall into, and then they have to wait until the meta develops and creators/pros explain it. It makes it take even longer for these people to climb as they've to wait to see the new meta and while they wait they're probably getting into bad habits
I would of love to see you try a new game and go for top 500, watching the process would be really helpful. Thank you for excellent content!
second this - not every twitch watcher wants another XQC - part of streaming is discovering the audience that is already there, but not yet formed.
This is probably the best video on learning, in general, I've ever come across. I'm a bit biased though cause I share the same beliefs, and I'm a dev.
The fist point is what I believe happened with me playing rainbow 6 siege. The amount of bad habits I got into... you don't even realise how bad they are sometimes or that they are bad in the first place.
Same with Smite. I have 1500 hours in Smite but I would still class myself as a noob up until 1000 hours in roughly. Partly because I wasn't trying to be good early on but later on I was stuck with my really really bad habits
scalpingsnake that last part is me in dota, I didn’t get to a “not an absolutely terrible player” until around 2000 hours in. And 5000 hours later I haven’t gotten much better. I realize now that I haven’t been actively learning, I have been passively learning bad habits.
Very good point about watching people far above your skill level. I got into CSGO by watching pro players, had never played an FPS game on PC before in my entire life (and very rarely on console). First rank was MG2 and my friends who had played CoD and such all their life got ranks in the Novas.
Coming from someone who has spent the past year trying to get good at smash bros, this is amazing insight. I’ve found the most meaningful improvement from just watching top players play, since no matter how advanced my tech and my movement are I need to understand neutral at a fundamental level.
Glad to see you back.
This was inspiring, thank you for making it!
That dog just walked more than I do all week LOL
Gasp, don't call Skyline a dog
I am going to give you one more tool that I didn't really hear from you. You probably do it without even know it but it will greatly increase your abilities in almost every game or sport. Visualization. The ability to visualize a game in your mind before you even play it. Let's take Darts for an example. Before you even throw the dart you should be able to visualize yourself walk to the board, set your stance, adjust your breathing, cock your arm, throw your dart, see the arc of the dart, and watch the dart hit exactly where you want it to go. You should be a able to do this in a few seconds all while still sitting down. This goes for everything. Even pc games. Visualize yourself doing a Tarkov run in Interchange, see where you go and shooting a player or PC. Once in the game you will soon be off your visualization, but you then revisualize what your are going to do. If you get good at this you are no longer shocked or surprised and you react faster with more accuracy.
I think Thanos's snap worked cuz that looks like a ghost town lol
You Videos are awesome, glad to have you back on UA-cam
@6:12 I thought of 3 things. 1. You usually see the pros do amazing things, then you try and adapt what you see to your own playstyle. 2. You are not going to understand everything about why they're doing some random things (example: pathing to areas, shooting at pointless things in your own eyes, or even just them sitting in a corner), but you can guess and take 2 minutes to learn. I like this process of learning as it makes you go deeper into the game. 3. It's 3:30am and I'm awake.
I've been stuck at 3.5-3.7k sr range since season 3. I have mad a lot of noticeable progress since then but I still can't seem to climb to GM. Not sure what to do but I'm gonna try playing on another account and going from gold to wherever I will land. Not sure what else to do :/
Have you tried getting coaching? Usually coaches help with the problem of not being able to understand what you're doing wrong or could improve on. Only problem I see is that since you're GM level getting coaching will probably cost a good bit
@@jcaleb828 I mean I play for a really good college OW team and I get coaching but playing in tournaments and in comp are 2 complety different things. My team beats GM teams in scrim but I cant seem to make my way to GM in comp so idk
We need more videos like this on various topics/life topics
Glad to see you back Skyline.
i feel like i do some of these things but i always hit a wall with whatever game i decide to pick up and try to compete with: i hit an opaque wall that i can't navigate my way around and i no longer know what to research to improve. i'll hit a point where i literally have no idea what my weaknesses are or, if im aware of them, how to overcome them
my current idea on how to get around this is to get some coaching because im clearly looking at this wrong and need a fresh perspective. but if i can get that perspective through a video instead that would be excellent. good luck with your new series, skyline
KTSamurai1 this is the same truth that I’ve realized, I know now that I don’t have any clue what I’m missing.
When you hit a point where you feel like you are playing the way you are supposed to be player but you still can't climb, you need to turn to self vod reviews or, ideally, that is where coaching can help the most.
Thanks for this video. So useful for me wanting to improve in music
Skyline is back! My man.
I always loved your theory/analysis and other smart content.
Greast to have you back.
Good to see you sky!
glad to see you're back at it!
Wow, this was so much more insightful than I expected when I clicked on this video. It's insanely good life advice which is applicable to gaming but I'd urge everyone to instill these habits in your day to day behaviour as well. I've already started with a lot of this stuff, for example, making sure you have a strong foundation and doing things the right way (albeit more difficult) often leads to better results.
Another thing which you brought up is the concept of macro vs micro, don't worry yourself with small insignificant changes and instead focus on the long term goal. Finally the point about hard skills, soft skills and self-experimentation is super super important. I've realised that I often get stuck in the place where I'm trying to increase my multiplier but not taking any real action, even right now. 100x of 0 is still 0, so while it's good to develop soft skills and expand your mindset, you need to learn hard skills as well.
Great video and I'm looking forward to more content like this in the future!
Bob Ross taught life advice through painting, and I've had a handful of professors do the same with their subjects, but I've never seen someone teach life advice through a gaming lens. All your videos are so positive, and when you're done watching you really do feel that goal you've always had is actually achievable. Glad to have you back!
Stoked you’re back yo! Always loved your content
thanks dude, this right here you're doing its really helpful
This is the tip my top 10 DPS friend told me as a tip when I was 1600sr. He said, "Just play like a grandmaster if you want to get to grandmaster, 4head."
Best fucking advice i ever got
That got me to GM from diamond
Great to have you back, you've already inspired me to get back to the gym and to stop stagnating in overwatch!
Nice video! Gonna share a little something about how I approach learning new heroes in Overwatch:
When a new hero in Overwatch comes out, I usually just go and play it for 20-25h in total in quick play over a few weeks.
At the beginning, for the first 10h, I usually just play that hero. Try to find the limits of what I can and can't do by playing overly aggressive and forcing myself into bad situations like being flanking or getting into 1v2 or 1v3 situations and see how I do, evaluate what I could have done better and try again until I figure out my limits. Trying to not do mistakes makes it so that it takes way longer to learn your actual potential, so I dont like starting playing very safely.
Then after I am more or less familiar with the strenghts and weaknesses of said hero, i'll go and watch videos about tips and tricks and just pro gameplay to get myself some more insight on things I might not have thought about yet and then try to implement that into my playstyle and reducing mistakes along the way.
I do choose quick play because a) you can learn the basics also outside of a competitive environment and get used to the hero and b) if you can play the hero under suboptimal conditions, like having no healers or tank and no communication with your team, it makes it way easier to be able to play it once you get in an organized environment in comp. The only thing to look out for is that you have to adapt your aggression to the rank if your quick play MMR is lower than your comp rank.
Works usually really well for me and definitely helped me a lot to be flexible when I first hit my goal to reach Master in S4 and then GM a few seasons later as well, when I got back into competitive.
I was a bit suspicious but if this made him a competent Potemkin player then it's basically foolproof.
gonna be honest this just changed how imma do most things. not just games
Please make more of this kind of video! I'd love to know more about how you learn
0:09 Nostalgia at its finest
That is indeed a pretty cool door.
Would you please tell me how many hours one of your weeks is when you talk about the first the or the first two weeks.
When I try to experiment I always fall back into my old habits in a matter of not even two minutes.
Do you have any tips for people who are already stuck in their ways or can't think of things to try out?
The best way to break habits and form fresh ones is to first hit a place you are reasonably happy with (So maybe if you are platinum you can make a goal to get Diamond first.) then take an extended break. Find something else to do or work on for up to a month, then come back. Your skill will have decayed a bit, but within a few days you will not only be back to where you were before but probably better because of re-formed habits.
@@Skyline_OW Great advice. I think David Sirlin makes the same recommendation.
@seriodeno yarohi you could always try something out of your comfort zone.. Like random heroes.. You'd be surprised how much you can learn from an overall familiarity with the entire roster.. Take ana for instance... If they learn how to play genji or tracer.. They might start to pick up on their tendencies and use that against the enemy team when they are trying to flank when they are playing ana
This video was very insightful! Thank you 😊
Dude welcome back! :)
really happy to see skyline back on youtube
You're making your own game, and you're directly jumping into UE/C++, awesome choice! 😁 Also, after your last video, that seems like a reasonable choice. As soon as you're looking into expanding your team, (and if only into QA) let me know! 😀
Thank you for this video, I'm hoping to be able to apply some of this knowledge to a few aspects of my life.
Cheers.
Why have you stopped uploading ?
I got to global using only p90, sure I was global before that. Just goes to show what gameknowledge i capable of.
But yeah, it felt very cheesy in some situations.
dang, that is some dedication
@@Skyline_OW Mostly for shits and giggles, and involving a bet with a friend who didnt think it was possible.
Missed you!!!
Now I'm thinking again about going back into soloq comp, and be all positive... Until I turn on VC and have to listen to the kids screaming at each other, and feeling again how my soul is getting crushed by it. Thanks man :P
3:54 : How to be good at Ana: "Where you just go up to people at melee range, stick your rifle in their butt, and you just BOOM, you heal em, just like that!"
Me : (can't stop laughing for the next 10 minutes)
gosh, hes so talented!
What you're saying does correlate with how I learned 3D modelling and how I went from being a massive introvert who was about as antisocial as they come to being an introvert with social skills.
Both of these skills took a lot of time to develop though, with 3D modelling for example I went from being one of the weakest 3D artists in the entire school to being on of the 5 best over the course of 3 years.
I don't get what the guy in the video means about hard and soft can you further explain
@@platinumorange1034 I guess that if I'd take 3D modelling as an example soft skills are the kind of things I'd learn by watching someone speed modelling or sculpting something or watching lots of videos about people talking about character design or form language and that kinda stuff.
While hard skills are skills acquired by following along with a tutorial step by step or going into the software and just trying a bunch of things out so you know what each tool is good for and get some ideas on how to use them.
Noob traps are really evil in team based games. If you use them, and end up fucking yourself over, you end up having to lose games for your team in order to improve.
Holy shit the legend is back
How did you learn to code and how to do it right and not the easy way though? How did you learn to aim?
I think nobody emphasizes learning how to learn. Learning the Rubik’s cube and video games and art and manual labor and chess, I taught myself how to learn because school doesn’t, and I realized all of life is the same thing. Getting good at one thing makes you better at everything else if you connect the topics.
Finally another video
Wait im confused if im trying to learn the new game should i watch guides, pro vods before actually playing the game or should i first try to play it
I MISSED YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH SKYLINE
483 Days out, still no overwatch content veiwer count hasn't dropped?!? Man I'm glad other peeps appritiate this guy as much as I do.
Helped a lot. Thanks man, God bless.✝️❤️
Everyone should see this video gamer or not
I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw a ping from your discord and realised you were back. I remember how passionate I was about getting better at overwatch when you were making videos. Do you have any advice for self-motivation?(doing things you have to do but don't enjoy[school context]) Regardless, I hope you keep making videos.
he is with the duck
you should have mounted the cam on the dog pointing at you lol
I suppose a good summary of this video would be: Don't take shortcuts. Big agree from a fellow nerd that tries to be the best in as many games as possible
Hey Skyline I'm happy to finally see you back, hope you're doing good man
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!!!POG!!!
Enjoyed this alot! New to your channel, useful shit!
the problems most in Bronze is network latency where 10ms less means you gain 400 sr - a old monitor with 8 ms latency , some dont install mouse drivers ( me ) - overwatch is not really a 3d game I dont see it as its one -I cant see for blur + effects +fog +the redplayer outline , the sounds in overwatch is mono and occur in the middle of the screen ( maybe gamengine related it thinks you dont need it to save bandwith -but I require stereo at least ) - I dont Deatchmatch , Im old so I want to see when it comes what I want to do in the game -I can be fast I f get agiteded or offended which never happens -anyway teh 16:9 monitors (format ) suck so i use 4:3 19 inch so I can see better -thisis why im in bronze but most because Im not physicially well.