I challenged Minecraft's Best Speedrunner to a test of skill
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- čas přidán 16. 02. 2022
- I challenged @IlluminaHD to a Minecraft Lockout, a speedrun race where we compete to complete the 13 objectives faster than each other. Can I beat him?
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This must have been the closest/most intense lockout bingo of all time. Hope we can do a rematch in the future :D
both my idols
Smant's strategies are always insane
the rematch should happen soon :)
yes
Ikr
The enderchest part is genius!
el hombre que pissó en una botella para el medicino
The GOAT is here
Llegue re tarde pero llegue xd
Pero compañero que haces aqui tu?
i know that was amazing
SmallAnt's "no's" at the end were so heartbreaking
incredible match though, really looking forward to the rematch
That random "'s" killed me
So heartbreaking );
This is absolutely insane. The respect for SmallAnt never fades. I think this the only challenge I’ve watched where he lost, and it was still as close as it could possibly be
There actually have been a few that he's lost! The videos of them are just usually on other people's channels.
He’s just really unlucky to be honest this video lol
Damm can’t believe I saw this comment before I knew the outcome :((((
@@sloppyphart7879 he doesn’t take losing badly, he does have a bit of an “ego” but he does that more for a act then actually being annoying
@@sloppyphart7879 he ends videos just as quick when he wins as well
My favorite part about your races is that you always edit in the other players perspective.
Must be a lot more work but really adds to the narrative
Squad stream 2.0
This is the closest, most entertaining lockout yet. Illuminas speedrunning experience compared to smants lockout experience is a fun match up!
I'd love to see a rematch as you both improve!
Well smallant speedruns as well but still
@@dyw__ he does but he’s still playing the best one
@@dyw__ yeah but smallant has doodoo luck. im glad that whenever smallant gets stupid unskillful rng, its in matches where it literally doesn't matter. like his game vs linkus where he just got stupid nonstop luck and at that point it didnt really matter since the game as uneven and doomed from the start.
not something where its back and forth and both sides have actual skill but then all of a sudden someone gets fucking braindead luck and gets like 4 goals handed to them in what otherwise would be a very good actual SKILL BASED match.
obviously there's nothing you can do and this shit is gonna happen every now and then but fuck if it isn't so uninteresting and boring to watch something and being super into it only for it all to crumble and go to shit within 5 minutes of stupid braindead luck (no matter who's side its on ofc, im not dickriding ant for this specific case)
90% skill attained goals and then 10 maybe 20% MAX luck attained goals FOR BOTH PARTIES is what makes the absolute sweet spot for these kinds of games.
because 1 or 2 dumb luck goals by party X isn't the end of the world, and just makes it taste sooo much sweeter when party Y gets those 1-2 dumb luck goals in the future.
but yeah obviously it's not something you can control, but im just glad the way it turned out that ant's games (ive watched about 90% of the lockout streams/twitch vods) end up being overwhelmingly skill based victories, and the way that the times he DOES win because of luck, it just goes so fucking stupidly overboard that the other person cant even get/be salty bc the game was doomed from the start and at that point its just funny to see just how far the luck can go, just like linkus just laughing it off bc he didnt get assfucked by rng after essentially wasting 40 mins playing a skillful match only to lose in the stupidest way possible.
sidenote is also why i really enjoyed watching the pokemon randomisers, because its 1:1 so even tho 1 side can get 'lucky' and find the first 3 gyms back to back, player 2 is eventually gonna reach that point and then catch right back up, which makes the excitement at an all time peak and is so fucking nice to watch.
everybody loves gambling, its literally just human nature, so having these kinds of 'controlled luck' games are so fucking great because its just guaranteed 'rush' from getting some sick luck, except it doesn't actually hurt anyone, bc the other person can get just as lucky/the same situation luck all at once as well (which in turn makes THEIR viewers start pagging so hard oh fuck stepbro im gonna pog im pagging so hard, fuck sake pointcrow poisoned my mind)
@@dyw__ why did i write an essay about being triggered by rng and then finished it off by quoting pointcrow pagging so hard. im bouta pag. that's some real gaymer shit 😎👍
and illuminas godluck
8:35, this made me laugh soooo much, I have never seen smallant get destroyed like this.
my favorite moment of the video for sure
@@Smallant bet you really enjoyed that one
Destroyed? He was up against a legend and the outcome was literally as close as possible. That's simply not what getting destroyed means lol. That was freaking amazing. I really hope they do rematch!
I just realized the timestamp was about the specific burn clip lmao. Ok fair 😁
@@briantroy7376 there was a timestamp
@@888ian2 I know lol, I edited when I realized that
The livestream of SmallAnt punching his way back into The End was one of the most painful things I've watched. Smant did amazing with all odds stacked against him, and it really felt like luck is the only reason he lost.
absolutely
No it's because Illumina is the MC he has thicker plot armour than Dream has all hail Illumina!
@@Unknown-eo9vq oh no
My question is why wasn’t there a tunnel from his first trip to the end?
@@MarcusTalks1 u could see cobble up in a corner,he just built a pillar the first time
Think about how impressive SmallAnt actually is, for being able to hang with Illumina that closely. If it wasn’t for that End City RNG, he could’ve won.
And the woodland mansion which was just insane
@BunsGlazing in short, Smallant's skill was enough to almost surpass Illumina's sheer luck...
What a beast!!
and the free zombie villager
@@Skillfullfilms89 I mean you guys forget how much experience he has in lockouts and bingo, which definitely was a huge factor in smant staying so close
@@svennerdesven Ah well, I'm dumb anyway. I just think that blatant spoilers that reveal the outcome are a bit unkind to people who read comments while watching the video, but that's not too many people. I'm probably wrong tho.
I never would have thought of using a hopper to pick up the obsidian, that was such a big brain move.
Gigabrain play
First time i've seen hoppers used in any sort of speedrunning/competitive scenario lol
I think it wasn't smart to try crafting a ender chest because that doesn't set them anywhere. They should have probably not try to get that achievement at all at that point. But somehow, SmallAnt literally pulled a Dream on Illumina.
(Unless there was another specific way, they couldn't have grabbed one from the End cities because you need Silk Touch to collect one, otherwise they would only get obsidian from it.)
@@qgdm6426
Honestly I disagree, I think Illumina making the ender chest was the best play with the knowledge he had.
Because of the Eye Spy advancement, Illumina knew Smallant was in the stronghold and would probably be looking for the portal to work on the end goals (which if it were true, Illumina would've theoretically lost the end goals race). Since there's no chests with obsidian there, especially not as close together as Illumina's were, why would Illumina think Smant could've been able to get 8 obsidian after him *and* craft the chest before him?
It was just unfortunate that Smallant made a play that great.
@@eddiemate I should have been more specific, because of the "don't obtain obsidian goal", Illumina was wasting time trying to craft a ender chest because he was required to collect obsidian to craft it. So what he was doing at that time was giving SmallAnt a point in order give himself a point.
At first I thought SmallAnt was in over his head, he's literally jumped from lockout bingo with friends to facing the best Minecraft speedrunner ever, and that point where it was 7 to 11 and when he got destroyed by Illumina's lava placement seemed to confirm that for me.
But seeing SmallAnt's genius comeback, especially that play with the enderchest, was aweing to see. The fact that he only really lost because of a missplay and Illumina's insane luck is crazy, and I fully beleive he could win upon a rematch. Great job on both sides!
Yeah! Like in another universe, ant would of won! It was so close
He only lost because he got unlucky.
Illumina might get wise to such plays in the future however. That and it will likely be different objectives that Illumina is better at. Either way, we will see in the rematch! (I dont know if it has been uploaded or not)
I mean the score was 7 - 11 because illumina got dream luck he got diamonds super easily, found bastian super easily, the piglins didn't trade him obsidian, the lava lake didn't set him on fire he found a woodland mansion 1 of the rarest structures and it happened to have 1 of the rarest rooms and finally he got end city before smant though smant had been looking for much longer. Imo smant played much better than illumina the only noteworthy skill based thing he did was not catching fire in the nether
Absolutely incredible video.
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the fact that this was so close , even though one person always seemed to be in favour just shows the skill of the players
or the astronomical luck they posses
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Honestly just the fact that you kept up with illumina despite his insane luck (skill too but the luck was just…..)
Is really impressive. Seriously great lockout.
also his chat helped him
@@infiltrate6807 yeah smant kept his chat on emote only, but searched on his mobile for info.
@@PACAD318 he was talking about illuminas chat, eg, illumina would never have checked the mansion if not for chat. but cant be mad , smant allowed it
@@pandora6498 yeah i know that's what I said it. illumina's chat helped him .
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That ender chest moment was probably the most epic move I've ever seen in these races
That was absolutely insane. The first tie you were talking about how you still had a chance, I thought it was all just bravado, but you basically pulled off a win there. I agree with Illumina's comment that that was nearly too close to call, and that a future rematch should be held to truly decide this.
The goals y’all got were insane this were an absolute RIDE.
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I caught the second half of this live and it was the most intense lockout race I've seen! The ending was heartbreaking for everyone rooting for SmallAnt because it was so close. The constant back and forth made it very exciting though :)
It’s truly amazing how quick Smallant has grown as a content creator, as well as a speedrunner. Keep up the good work!
So many of these races end in the natural conclusion of "Smallant is the best, of course he wins." And they're so fun to watch because it's not about whether or not he wins, it's how it happens. But THIS?! This had my heart racing. This was GOOD. And it's sad he lost but this was FUN. And I look forward to the next one.
Iluminas insane luck all throughout this made me believe in certain people just being blessed
Yeah he was blessed with that content creator rng
Illumina has a curse where when he gets a minecraft speedrun wr someone will take it from him very fast
@@Biatama That is actually the norm with speedrunning. Pretty rare to get one that actually sticks for a long time in such an active speedrunning community.
@@Yaered Yeah and illumina gets his wr when new strats are being found here and there, so, yeah
@@Yaered When he said very fast, he meant _very fast_. One example is when Illumina got a world record run at the SAME time another runner was on a faster world record run, so he only held that record for a few minutes.
I've waited for another Smallant video for a long time. Always happy that the hype matches the effort into the vids, so thanks.
Orange 🟠
For real, I was wondering why it had been so long
@@evergreen3337 he’s been streaming a whole lot of hours on twitch
@@VanessaDMusic I know, I don't really use Twitch though
@@evergreen3337 He has a bunch of long series on twitch, he edits the videos himself, not all of the hide and seek videos are compatible for videos and scriptwriting is hard and long. if you want extra content the skyblock series is very entertaining
Smallant: Actually being a god with his outside the box strategies
Illumina: Continuously getting showered in luck while Smant has his protagonist moments to no avail
it's called "plot armor"
its called the heart of the cards
FYI, leather armor, dripstone and tropical fish were entirely luck-based too.
This lockout was possibly the most closest lockout he has done yet. That was extremely lucky and impressive on Illuminas side
I literaly screamed out "How fucking smart can this man be" when I saw the part with the enderchest.
Smallant is showing us all to never give up, stay calm and collected.
Never is a loss more heartbreaking than one dictated solely by luck…
I like how the title is test of "skill"
So much skill smh
I mean, that’s how Minecraft is. If you can’t accept losing due to luck then you can’t accept a win from it either.
@@andrew_h6 never said anything about accepting, but it’s still frustrating as fuck
It wasn't dictated by luck at all wtf, this is just incorrect. You can't ignore multiple misplays that you did completely on your own, and then say the other player got "lucky" when they capitalize on them. It's not how testing your skills works.
This is the most distraught I've seen Smallant get, he's usually so levelheaded and calm about competition, but this one got to him.
Just goes to show how close he was to winning.
This lockout was probably the most intense one he ever did... watching that live was such a ride
3+ hours of lockout racing, and victory was decided
SmallAnt doesn't post many of his defeats as edited videos, but this battle definitely deserved it. A rematch is definitely in order
I’m laughing way to hard at his sadness coming back to the end, the “I’m throwing it all away” was the single greatest quote and most painful words spoken I’ve heard from this man
I watched this live and it was painful seeing how close it was. That comeback was insane and the fact that it all came down to RNG after that comeback was sad
even sadder, with the time he'd lost not bringing a pickaxe into the end after he died, he would have made it to the end city first too
Tbh, the fact that the end was decided by RNG is also sort of perfect, in a way. The story didn't get a happy ending but a realistic one. I respect it.
@@DrSwazz it’s not really realistic though, Smant way outplayed Ilumina, cause he waited for the ender chest and then it all came down to him not being able to find a structure when he should have by then. Plus he was a pretty good sport about it cause Illumina offered to forfeit a few times, but Smant wanted to go through with it, and lost because of bad luck
@@capnmudkip2001 You seem to forget that Smallant forgot to bring a pickaxe at the end. It's not like his loss was all RNG, he would have won if he played perfectly.
@@JJ_436 That's the thing, there were mess ups on both sides but it all worked out to a roll of the dice at the end. Which I think is a fitting/funny ending regardless of who wins.
12:21 the sound of the hand hitting the table shows frustration and sadnes and a lot of things in a perfect way
also, smallant: thankyou
I love how good a sport Illumina is, seems like such a sweet person.
This was really intense.
Pretty cool seeing someone being so close with Ant for a change as he most often starts stomping the other contender at one point in the race xD
That Enderchest play was the best Uno Reverse I've seen in a while.
This has to be one of the most heart attack heavy vid i've seen so far
Legit this was INTENSE af
For real!
this was so good to watch live. fave moments were the successful bed explosion, the obsidian goal swipes, and the tension of getting your items back before despawn.
I love watching SmallAnt destroy people at lockouts, but this was soo much better!! I loved how close it got towards the end.
This was a great match, but we gotta talk about the excellent soundtrack selection. It added so much to the video!
He was so close to clutching it that's insane
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That was some god-tier unlucky RNG only smallant's part.
Smallant had bad luck on: finding villages, finding diamonds, finding glow berries, AND finding Leather in shipwrecks.
Illumina got lucky with: A random zombie villager, the rarest structure in minecraft, the right bastion to have lodestone, 8 obsidian in a chest, AND after all that he had better luck at finding an end city.
It's frankly astounding on smallant's part the race was even as close as it was.
video deserves at least a few million more views than it has currently, great video and keep up the good work.
I caught this live and I just have to say that it was very emotional watching Smant break down in fear that his items would despawn, loved this lockout!
Catching this live was crazy. I spent most of it watching Illumina more, & he was genuinely confused or stressed about being behind so often. This was such a tight race.
This looks aboslutely amazing
Absolutely love the highs and lows and the way the bingo table was set this time around. Very tense and lots of creativity!
This was so intense to watch live and the video is edited SO WELL so I'm glad to be watching it a second time. Incredible!
Holy crap that was INTENSE! Particularly love the way you showcased the Ender Chest gambit, that was sick.
he won because his chat was telling him what to do lol, he didn't knew that the very rare building had silver putterfish zzzz
This is true. His chat also gave him the idea to burn Smant. Smant had emote only on so it was unfair yeah.
He’s back (on CZcams)!! Thanks for the YT content Smant, as much as I love the short clips I can’t get enough of your longer videos as well!!
This was a thrill. Looking forward to the rematch
Same!
Losing to a stone pick right after the gigabrain hopper obsidian strategy is kind of iconic.
I really enjoy the way you narrate and explain these challenges.
Most of these videos are usually a potpouri of edited clips that - even though you can still understand what's going on - don't add anything, they just end up being dopamine fuel for the human short attention span.
But watching the edited version with the well-told story, that's worth it.
it really is worth watching the entire VOD. it's so intense and I went crazy when smant came back and waited to do the ender chest strat
The Collab we didn't know we wanted, but definitely needed.
Pleasant surprise is an understatement
that was such an amazing match-up! I cant wait to see the rematch!
I remember watching this live. I've never seen SmallAnt as distressed as when he was punching his way out to get his stuff back. And then, miraculously, it seemed like he would actually win against all odds ... only for the RNG to screw him over in the end. It was a rollercoaster of emotion.
This video is insanely good like the voice over and pacing and everything is just top tier perfect this is the best video I’ve watched in awhile, thanks SmallAnt
Ant sounded like he was almost in tears at the end. I don’t blame him, I would’ve been shedding a few myself.
Holy cow. I‘ve seen close matches. But this… This is something else. Great stream, great video, nearly great success!
That comeback as insane! Imagine how he felt when he lost because of bad end city luck
I love how this video was talked over like an anime. Also very well edited. Great video!
That was so intense! I had no clue who was going to win the entire time! Can't wait for the rematch.
Right! Me too!
What rematch
This was a rollercoaster, the swings in momentum were insane. The ending was tragic too
Shakespearian tragedy in three parts
I find it so cool when someone gets incredible luck which forces their opponents to think differently on how to tackle certain things. Like the enderchest clutch
thought you only upload victories (apparently you never lost until now :D), hatts off to ya for sharing this. was quite an intense battle. your practical and clever decision making under time pressure and your ability to think outside the box are astounding!
Unlike Dream he actually uploads losses (Dream only uploaded one loss but other than that only uploads his wins)
If every video turns out as amazing as this one, you can take as long as you want to make them. Absolutely incredible video.
@Garvanii 💞 yes
This is like manhunts levels of intensity luck twists and plot , but it's 100% real time. This must have been wild live. Also smant's smart af .
i like this commentary it makes it so much simpler to understand what the heck you are doing for minecraft noobs
Absolutely incredible Lockout Bingo. Probably the best I've seen yet. Super entertaining.
Watched it live and I still felt engrossed by the video, well done Smant!
Smallant is actually so smart tho with the enderchest play
THAT WAS SO DEVASTATING. I got the chills and I do not play nor know how minecraft works LOL. Sickkk videoooo!
I honestly have never seen Smant be this challenged by an opponent. Absolutely excellent lockout, extremely tense!
Do a lockout but with tasks people wouldn't want to do.
Kill a cat who you tamed/named.
Drown a baby Villager.
Throw a netherite pickaxe into lava
ETC
Illumina has shown one of the greatest speedruning powers known to man up there with glitches, *RNG* .
Lockout races are life. I love this content.
I'd love to see these two go at it again
holy shit this was INSANE, that obsidian moove was so impressive
I dont think its very fair that illumina got to play with chat while smant had emote only. He got two goals just from chat giving hints.
I literally just noticed this too idk if it was because smant had lockout experience or something but yeah still a great video
edit: also he got 3 goals, breed hoglin, light smant on fire, and kill silverfish
so happy theres a new long small ant video
Even after watching this live, this video is still incredible. Can't wait for the rematch, and for anybody who enjoyed this I highly recommend checking out the vod on Twitch!
Well, considering illumina got constant help from chat it's amazing how close it was. Makes me wonder if ant would've won if illumina had chat on emote only.
Probably not.
Ant also had a lot of people watching illumiina for him
Illumina really is one of the best players out there, this was super intense with skilful plays on both ends
Dude, you did excellent. With everything (Not just experience) against you, you lost by ONE POINT. This is an inspiration.
Oh man that is heartbreaking, so close to victory after a really clever play. The ender chest bit was genius.
holy crap this race was so fast paced homies were beating goals and making moves INSTANTLY
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Hey Adrian
Nice use of Celeste music
I love your videos dude. The scripts, the editing, the concepts, you’ve inspired me in so many ways man. thank you 🙏🏼
This was impressive going blow for blow with a speedrunner in a lockout
Calling it now, this isn’t gonna end well for our boi Ant
it's way more painful than could have been imagined
@@ValentineC137 wow i see that lmao, poor ant
Dude that was so incredibly close. Nice job!
I love this videos (the races with challenges) is there a playlist of them?
Holy cow. That hopper into an ender chest split second build was genius! You outplayed him at every turn and deserve the win just for that. You won in my heart.
WOW if they had the same level of luck Smallant would've won, what a feat that would be.
Im sure there have been others but this is the first video like this that I've seen where smant lost. So the entire time i was expecting him to win and was stunned when he lost which i think made this video 10 times better for me. Im off to sub to illumina who i had never heard of before this. Great video to both of you!
Damn, smallant totally got robbed in multiple areas due to luck. Good lockout though
Anthony hasn't been robbed since the 7th grade. I know his entire life history very well so unless it was something he didn't report i would have heard about it.
As incredible as Illumina is, he just got really lucky in this...
smallants near comeback victory was a bigger W than the actual victory if you ask me. very impressive and entertaining, inspiring even.