That BRC Yozansen crossup was the most electric thing at that tournament. The energy that entire set was massive, but that moment was phenominal from a spectator standpoint. I know it's all about winning, but the story of Baiken punching up through the bracket, through multiple top class HC mains, to that moment vs Leffen was monumental even if it resulted in a loss in the end. Love watching you hit the sticks LK.
learning that LK's rationale to go for a mixup there was basically "fuck it, we optimize for HYPE and fucking with the opponent's head" makes that moment way fucking crazier. oh my LORD
That Fenritti run was crazy. He very nearly qualified on multiple occasions, and I remember one of the commentators saying he had been in something like 3 separate grand finals in a three day span. Shoutouts to Kaz for creating 4 LCQ spots
This is my favorite content. Any time I can get a “glimpse” into the mind of top players as they analyze their matches, I am all ears. Thank you for this. You touched on a lot of abstract concepts for me to utilize when approaching matches
To answer the question in the beginning of the video, Dota 2 did a last chance qualifier tournament for The International from 2012 to 2016, and then again for 2022.The 2012-2016 ones were either just a Bo5 between just 2 teams, or 4 team single elim tournaments. The 2022 LCQ was a full tournament with 12 teams, with the top 2 qualifying for TI. The two teams that qualified placed 2nd and 3rd at TI.
I was only able to catch your top 8 run and it was some of the hypest moment of the weekend to catch live. I sat inbetween 2 baiken players as well so we popped off when you won. Glad I'll be able to experience more high lvl Baiken play at WEMAD this weekend, tho since it's my region I'll probably cheer for TestYourLuck. I'm not sorry
One of the best fighting game video I've seen, going through all your routines and plans, your struggles and experiences through this whole tournament was sick, insane run and content!
Always a fan of the tournament post mortems, and this might be the best I've seen from anyone. Really appreciate the tech breakdowns and match up intricacies.
I know you did incredible, but I have to say my heart sank when I listened to your story towards the end. I wanted you to win since you put in so much effort. That's not to say the other fighters don't- it's just to say that I appreciate your determination to your journey. Keep it up, and keep inspiring. ❤
loved the story method, and getting to hear what you were thinking during some of the intense moments was really enjoyable to hear you v leffen was my favorite set of the tourney ggs
I really enjoyed the video LK. I think the times you didn't have footage but replicated the situation in training mode were great, and felt seamless. Grats on the big top 8 finish. GL this season.
Finally getting around to watching this video, I think doing the character examples in training mode is a really cool idea when discussing your run. Good stuff on the content
I love the format of this video. As someone new to Strive, I'm watching everything I can find, and this was very entertaining! Hope to see the next one too!
This was such a sick run to watch, especially knowing the whole story around it now. Excited to see more of your baiken at WEMAD this weekend! Give a fist bump to your top 16 bracket runner if you get the chance :)
Your set vs Leff was the hypest ggst set ive ever seen. That drop was unfortunate but i respect you for keeping it pushing. Thats really the sogn of a top player. Good luck and I hope to see you in more top 8s
Great video, love this type of storytelling video, gives me Brian_f vibes when he does his history lesson/story time video. So love the story and build up you did here. Great tournament run as well, you did amazing, cant wait to see the next run where you'll do better.
22:42 A couple corner conversions you could do with Baiken, with and without 50 Tension. Love hearing a bit about what you think about pre-match and mid match. I'll be coming back to this video for a while as I'm trying to hold my decision making to a higher standard and this helps.
The reason why I even bought and decided to play Baiken. You played incredibly in the tournament and I really appreciate this breakdown analysis. Can’t wait to see what else you are cooking in the future!
Yugioh also runs last chance qualifiers for the continent world championship qualifier events but they work very very differently to how fighting game lcq's work, people can keep attempting to enter in small brackets throughout the day to be entered into the very large main event's swiss bracket. although its rare someone makes it far enough in the wcq to qualify for worlds from entering off of the lcq, and iirc worlds itself has no lcq.
58:38 HC is a resource based demon who if presented with full resources? will reign darkness upon the land /s But in all seriousness it's because if he hits you again with the mixup? he will have a crazy situation post wall break into the next positive bonus. Since they reworked the meter build to be so fast in positive. He was probably going for throw > delay rc anyway and had a frc > combo > super in mind to put you in guess for game vs his zoning or his mix.
LCQ winners are often a favorite for deep runs. Who would you rather bet on, the guy who won the big tournament 11 months ago, or the guy who won the most stacked tournament yesterday? Especially in games where there's been multiple patches since the first qualifier got in...
It's weird, from my perspective it's rare but I'm def only thinking about games I've mained. Doesn't help that a lot of my references are from tougeki haha
I have a few recommendations for supplements you might want to consider for your tournament runs: Lions Mane Ashwagandha Haritaki Powder Definitely do some research. Hearing you mention kombucha was awesome :) Also, this video format is it chief, very unique approach and educational for us on the ground level!
It's easy to get mad at the training room. You lab a single situation that Baiken can take advantage of in a MU. The situation happens in tourney, you don't do what you trained to do. But I think its more hype to see how you adjusted the plan after your mistakes. Why'd you hover over Ram for first set? Think you realized how much you rather use one char for the whole tourney.
going to try to figure out ways to get footage from events without using shaky cam
Also politely asking you to subscribe (or else)
Zhen won LCQ for street fighter 5 and made it to grand finals against MenaRD
i appreciate how you can explain all these high level concepts in an easy to understand way
One of your talents as well
That BRC Yozansen crossup was the most electric thing at that tournament. The energy that entire set was massive, but that moment was phenominal from a spectator standpoint. I know it's all about winning, but the story of Baiken punching up through the bracket, through multiple top class HC mains, to that moment vs Leffen was monumental even if it resulted in a loss in the end. Love watching you hit the sticks LK.
learning that LK's rationale to go for a mixup there was basically "fuck it, we optimize for HYPE and fucking with the opponent's head" makes that moment way fucking crazier. oh my LORD
yeah watching this live was insane, was so fun
Lets go LK, watching your FF2024 run was a pleasure. Glad to see you cooking with Baiken in top 8.
That Fenritti run was crazy. He very nearly qualified on multiple occasions, and I remember one of the commentators saying he had been in something like 3 separate grand finals in a three day span. Shoutouts to Kaz for creating 4 LCQ spots
This is my favorite content. Any time I can get a “glimpse” into the mind of top players as they analyze their matches, I am all ears. Thank you for this. You touched on a lot of abstract concepts for me to utilize when approaching matches
To answer the question in the beginning of the video, Dota 2 did a last chance qualifier tournament for The International from 2012 to 2016, and then again for 2022.The 2012-2016 ones were either just a Bo5 between just 2 teams, or 4 team single elim tournaments.
The 2022 LCQ was a full tournament with 12 teams, with the top 2 qualifying for TI. The two teams that qualified placed 2nd and 3rd at TI.
I think last year in Street Fighter, Zhen won the LCQ and ended up coming second in Capcom Cup
2:48 man you look good, like physically you are in shape, it’s good that you’re taking care of yourself, keep up the good work
Lmao, yeah honestly it's just rare to see that in any fighting game community
I was only able to catch your top 8 run and it was some of the hypest moment of the weekend to catch live.
I sat inbetween 2 baiken players as well so we popped off when you won.
Glad I'll be able to experience more high lvl Baiken play at WEMAD this weekend, tho since it's my region I'll probably cheer for TestYourLuck. I'm not sorry
it's fine I'm used to it haha
Zhen won lcq and made it to grand finals in the last cap cup against menrd
Great video, seeing how you prep is a very insightful part of tournaments we don't often get to see
One of the best fighting game video I've seen, going through all your routines and plans, your struggles and experiences through this whole tournament was sick, insane run and content!
Thanks so much for doing this walk through. Really great stuff!
Always a fan of the tournament post mortems, and this might be the best I've seen from anyone. Really appreciate the tech breakdowns and match up intricacies.
FF was the first time I followed a tourney when it was live rather than waiting for a VOD, and your Baiken was a treat to watch. Good shit, man!
I know you did incredible, but I have to say my heart sank when I listened to your story towards the end.
I wanted you to win since you put in so much effort. That's not to say the other fighters don't- it's just to say that I appreciate your determination to your journey. Keep it up, and keep inspiring. ❤
loved how you structured this video. great job!
Good shit man, this was a lot of fun to watch. I was screaming and cheering for you watching this at home 👏
Elpheltnation Pike mentioned!
Also it was cool to see you play.
This is seriously insightful into your thought process in a tournament setting. Really enjoyed this one thanks for the vid
It was such a sick run! Me and my boys saw it in person, you were amazing!
loved the story method, and getting to hear what you were thinking during some of the intense moments was really enjoyable to hear
you v leffen was my favorite set of the tourney ggs
great run big dawg!! fun lil break down vid
I loved watching you in this tournament. Your road with Baiken is truly inspiring as you improved like crazy! Good luck in future tournaments!!
I love that you did matchup break downs! That is to good shit that more top level FGC creators need to produce. Keep it up!
I really loved this structure for the video. Super fun to get the whole picture from your point of view throughout the bracket.
I really enjoyed the video LK. I think the times you didn't have footage but replicated the situation in training mode were great, and felt seamless.
Grats on the big top 8 finish. GL this season.
Amazing video, thanks so much for the detailed breakdown. Congrats on the great run
Finally getting around to watching this video, I think doing the character examples in training mode is a really cool idea when discussing your run. Good stuff on the content
Saw that top 8 live, good stuff man. You played great!
I love the format of this video. As someone new to Strive, I'm watching everything I can find, and this was very entertaining! Hope to see the next one too!
This video is such a fun and interesting watch, I hope to see you do this again in the future!
You've inspired me to try to learn baiken again.
Love having this kind of analysis and explanation, it helps a ton!
Absolutely loved this analysis. Really awesome to hear your thought process and the flashbacks to past tournaments were anime as fuck
Loved the longform review, was happy to see you get that win in top 8.
This was such a sick run to watch, especially knowing the whole story around it now. Excited to see more of your baiken at WEMAD this weekend! Give a fist bump to your top 16 bracket runner if you get the chance :)
You were THE highlight of top 8. My friends and I were going insane watching all those plays you made
This was an awesome video to watch!! Very insightful and just all around cool
Very cool video format. I like that it's made so people who don't know much about the game or fighting games in general could understand
Your set vs Leff was the hypest ggst set ive ever seen. That drop was unfortunate but i respect you for keeping it pushing. Thats really the sogn of a top player. Good luck and I hope to see you in more top 8s
Damn you had me engaged the entire way through. Hope we can see more vids like this
I really liked this video .Even though it was a long analysis , it was very well done. Good job lk
Great video i love the breakdowns
Great video, love this type of storytelling video, gives me Brian_f vibes when he does his history lesson/story time video. So love the story and build up you did here. Great tournament run as well, you did amazing, cant wait to see the next run where you'll do better.
LK, you are awesome and honestly have amazing content ideas. ty for being you
This is so cool. Thanks for sharing all this insight.
You were incredible at the event LK !! These analysis videos are also always so fun to watch, Keep being awesome !!
Literally almost passed out cheering you on at faustings always always always love watching you play man ❤
Top tier tournament report.
22:42 A couple corner conversions you could do with Baiken, with and without 50 Tension.
Love hearing a bit about what you think about pre-match and mid match. I'll be coming back to this video for a while as I'm trying to hold my decision making to a higher standard and this helps.
know im hella late but this vid was sick bro the long format of the vid was hella enjoyable :D
Great run, it was very exciting to watch.
Your Frosty run convinced me to pick up Baiken, your play was just too sick. Congrats on your top 8!
The reason why I even bought and decided to play Baiken. You played incredibly in the tournament and I really appreciate this breakdown analysis. Can’t wait to see what else you are cooking in the future!
really good video, love to see you competing and popping off. always rooting for you bro. are you planning on competing more?
Much love, nice run man
amazing run lk, the most technical baiken in the guilty gear scene. cant wait to see you play more. my goat 💯
Thank you for the wisdom and insight, my lord. Great matches.
love the video bro i was cheering for you to beat the dark triad leader
Your Baiken is one of if not actually the funnest thing to watch in tournament. I really hope you close a win with her in the future.
Great video!
I’m glad you actually drop content that’s not watered down. Content creators drop videos just to drop videos, Good job.
Yugioh also runs last chance qualifiers for the continent world championship qualifier events but they work very very differently to how fighting game lcq's work, people can keep attempting to enter in small brackets throughout the day to be entered into the very large main event's swiss bracket. although its rare someone makes it far enough in the wcq to qualify for worlds from entering off of the lcq, and iirc worlds itself has no lcq.
This really reminded me of WolfeyVGC's tournament videos. Really cool stuff from you
That was my inspiration, he is also on beast coast!
58:38 HC is a resource based demon who if presented with full resources? will reign darkness upon the land /s
But in all seriousness it's because if he hits you again with the mixup? he will have a crazy situation post wall break into the next positive bonus.
Since they reworked the meter build to be so fast in positive.
He was probably going for throw > delay rc anyway and had a frc > combo > super in mind to put you in guess for game vs his zoning or his mix.
thanks for making top 8 super hype
Nice video, Mr Knight!
I want more of this!
Great vid
I saw some of your games man I'm a big fan. :)
The Melty Blood anime flashback got me smiling ear to ear, You are such an amazing story teller LK !! 😭
12:29 That arakune profile pic told me all I needed to know.
Your popoff after beating Tigerpop was the best part of the tournament.
I love the fete forraine background music. Best music from SF6
I don't follow too many esports but Counterstrike does have LCQs.
Good job LK!
Zhen the M Bison player did the "Win the LCQ into almost winning the tournament" for the last SFV capcom cup
LK the GOAT
Fantastic performance as usual.
Always rooting for you!
Zhen from sfv also made a deep lcq run all the way to grand finals only losing to mena rd
LK youre good bro
Goat activities 🐐🐐🐐
LCQ winners are often a favorite for deep runs. Who would you rather bet on, the guy who won the big tournament 11 months ago, or the guy who won the most stacked tournament yesterday? Especially in games where there's been multiple patches since the first qualifier got in...
It's weird, from my perspective it's rare but I'm def only thinking about games I've mained.
Doesn't help that a lot of my references are from tougeki haha
I have a few recommendations for supplements you might want to consider for your tournament runs:
Lions Mane
Ashwagandha
Haritaki Powder
Definitely do some research. Hearing you mention kombucha was awesome :) Also, this video format is it chief, very unique approach and educational for us on the ground level!
your run was mad fun to watch your baiken is mean as hell
Keep rising LK and keep em holding your nuts King 🔥
was great meeting u at frostys even if you rolled me
Didn’t zhen go from lcq to grands in capcup last year
MY GOAT
Thank you LK for helpinf me fet into guiity gear along witg ApologyMan
is it a mod that shows your advantage in training at 5:18?
Baiken really need a parry for projectils, this beauty samurai would be invencible if she have that skill :D :)
Greetings.
MAN, that drop against Leffen was heartbreaking
you not ending the round because you wanted to sauce a mix on your opponent so hard itll quake his boots is insane
Xmatic for the last match was very good
Wade went from winning LCQ to going to grands in DBFZ 2022/2023 finals, and ended up losing to Fenritti lol.
Didn't see Pike coming?
bro how is your game so smooth is it a mod or sum or am i going crazy ?
Are there any dlc characters pot has a positive matchup against?
Happy chaos, he can armor through the bullets
Testament
39:55 bookmark comment. I'll be back :)
It's easy to get mad at the training room. You lab a single situation that Baiken can take advantage of in a MU. The situation happens in tourney, you don't do what you trained to do. But I think its more hype to see how you adjusted the plan after your mistakes. Why'd you hover over Ram for first set? Think you realized how much you rather use one char for the whole tourney.