So what did we learn today, kids? -Emotion matters a lot in fighting games and competitions overall -Taunting is a powerful tool to get the upper hand on your opponent. -There are a lot of ways to taunt your opponent and they may have different effects, from -putting them off their game to actually motivating them to try harder -Core-A Gaming had a rough childhood.
@@vhscrust7872 It's a thing in fighting games (and especially Smash) where a person taunts after getting a round/stock and then proceeds to get their ass handed to them.
@@HearsayBot I think it's a universal rule that one of the most satisfying things ever is to demolish someone who talked shit, and the expanded versions having teammates trash talk you the entire game only for you to carry the whole thing.
but the point still stands. The fact that everyone agrees, speaks of our ideals in the making. In war everything is on the line, including our lives, which means we disregard things we strive for in idealistic fashion. In video games though, you are not that desperate, because: 1.) Numbers are not a factor and you are responsible for your loss. 2.) your life is not on the line. What you said is true, but the mentioned ideals which we agree upon still stand. What Core a gaming said in the video makes sense and it actually works.
@@Sportfuck dude, it's fucking war, you fight to live, yeah the "rules" are there, but those get thrown out the window, it's stupid to civilize war, and I'm sure the Geneva Convention aren't being followed
Might actually be my favorite RUclips channel ever. I love analytical videos and I love esports and being one of the only analytical esports channels out there makes this my all time favorite.
Sadly i'ts just all the usual war crimes that litter history (such as mutilation of bodies, families, friends, ransacking of villages, mandated rape etc)
The Geneva convention is actually taken pretty seriously in late European history. Not everyone's followed it of course, but it has helped reduce the unnecessary human suffering in conventional European military wars. Of course, moving outside of Europe, where most of the petty wars and skirmishes are fought today by criminals, terrorists or ethnic groups; the Geneva convention doesn't really reach them.
This argument is flawed. Desecrating your enemies' bodies absolutely can have an effect on the morale of their surviving allies and thus be an effective tactic in war. The reason desecration, rape, etc. are outlawed is not because they are ineffective but because nations have agreed that such psychological warfare is unjustifiable and immoral.
@leo mendoza it's extra tilt. "Here, take the handicap. You'll need it." It not only encourages good manners, but also, when you do get the taunt and bad manners, it's that much more impactful. "I'm so confident I can mop the floor with you I'll give you a free Yellow Roman Cancel, and I'll still take it away from you." I love it because when you see a taunt in Guilty Gear, you no longer think "Wow, that dude is a scumlord. Ugh, here comes the teabags. Immature." You instead think "Oh shit, we're about to see a SHOW! In a PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT, this man just handed the other man a gun and said 'you'll need it!' Someone here is going to walk away looking like an extreme loser, either the man who threw the match for himself or the man who just was given a handicap and still lost!" It turns taunting into a show, instead of an immature name-calling war.
I always hated getting taunted on after a bad match in smash 4 online so much, but even despite this I'm still upset about them removing taunts from smash ultimate online quickplay. I experienced the mindgame effect that taunts caused firsthand, it was something that worked, and now it's no longer an option... aaaand people have just started T-bagging instead anyway.
And taunts in smash are actually pretty harmless in comparison to other fighting games. In Brawlhalla there are taunts that are specifically designed to humiliate you, things like the character facepalming or sprinkling with salt makes you tilted af, especially since the game can be super frustrating at times.
Before i knew that t-bagging was a thing in fighting games i believed that it was a way to test the connection between my opponent and I, like, (s)he was tbagging and when my connection get good i do it in response, and then proceed to fight
"Beginning Zangief players will tend to always do their most damaging move, the spinning pile driver, whenever they get close to their opponent" Bold of you to assume beginner Zangiefs can even input SPDs
Fun fact - before this video I didn't even know what tbagging is, it always looked silly to me and I thought opponent either prepares for next move this way or has trouble with input Sigh, now I know and it seems I'm gonna lose that tbag immunity I had all these years
Taunting for me is situational. I never taunt my opponent, unless it's like casuals with a friend and we're both joking. In a competitive aspect, when I get taunted, I usual laugh because it makes me think of how stupid they'll look if they lose (assuming they taunted mid-set). As for me, my only 'taunt' is I tend to do flashy moves or pose after the round ends (usually with Lars) as a celebration for winning. Not as disrespect to my opponent, but a way to feel good about winning. If anything, by not losing my composure and winning with solid play, that's all I need.
@@nov-kun2071 *raises hand* um mr. @nov-kun i know the answer she teaches you how to stay in the air until u die from being stabbed by a sword in her boots is that correct?
On the slightest chance @Core-A Gaming reads this I wanted to say thank you. I saw this video going into high school and it motivated me to get into psychology. Turns out I love it and A LOT of it can be applied to fighting games. I graduated with AP points towards college and hope to make a career in it someday thanks to this
What I love about your videos is that you're so damn objective, reasonable and informative. You explain why taunting is valuable in the context of competition but also on why it is despised and you let the audience form a consensus through discussion rather than argumentation. U da man.
I get pretty pissed even when bots taunt me but I know that it's something I have to condition myself to. T-bagging should totally be allowed imo because even if it pisses people off; those people *need* to be able to laugh it off if they ever want to reach #1.
Why would anyone laugh it off after the person intentionally wanted to be a dick to the other person. That's a person punching someone in the face and then telling them to respect them for doing it.
Not gonna lie, the Fighting Game genre is my favourite genre, and to have an entire You Tube channel dedicated to it, with also such high quality, is like a Nerd's dream come true.
Mark Brown from GMTK recommended this channel and honestly this was a top tier subscription. Love how you dove into the psychology and implementation of taunting as an aspect of gaming/competitive sports
My Dedede friend can be be down three stocks, at 160%, and finally take a stock with a random dash attack. And you KNOW he's gonna hit that sick Crouch On Ya, staring smugly into your eyes through the screen. Seen him make some sick comebacks just through the sheer power of that pose
I'm very new to fighting games and I've been watching your videos religiously. Not only did I learn a lot of valuable things about fighting games in general, I learned a lot of other "miscellaneous" knowledge (in the case of this video, how the Geneva Convention came to be) as well. Your videos are so well-researched and well put together, I love them! You earned yourself a subscriber! Keep doing what you do!
Hey I've been binge watching your videos for a few days now, and I've gotta say you've got me legitimately interested in giving fighting games another try. I think the biggest reason they turned me off was because they just seemed impossible to play, but looking back I think it's because I just didn't understand them. I think I'll try again with the 1st injustice since I already have that game. Thanks for giving me an insight on a part of gaming I initially never thought about. Keep up the good work on the channel!
In fairness, fighting games have only gotten more and more complex over the years. Great for skill fiends and the dedicated - everybody else not so much. I like skill, but I'm not good enough to play much of anything (used to play the earliest Streets Fighters, Samurai Showdown, Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, King of Fighters for fun, used to know the movesets for pretty much every major game from 88-2004) but I also hate games like DC vs Mortal Kombat - to me they are shitty broken games with no flow to them, and no depth. I used to love fighting games, but now I find no joy in them at all - they have all gotten so complicated they just turn me off. My fav is/was King of fighters 98 - again for fun - so many games old and new are "broken" for tournament play, but still great games in their own right.
I used to think that Mortal Kombat and Injustice were the best fighting games. Please believe me when I say that they won't do much for you. Go pick up Street Fighter 4, it's a good place to start, and getting good at it, makes you better at all fighting games.
Protip: if you are right handed, try with a left-handed stick. It seems counter-intuitive, but take a look at ruclips.net/video/LwyKx8TvRcE/видео.html. I am terrible at traditional fighting games, and I was able to do somewhat better when I took my fight stick and just spun it 180'. Yes moving the stick left moved my character to the right, but I still think if I get a "left"handed stick I might actually be competent.
I always strongly believed 'teabagging' and 'taunting' are like humor: you gotta know when is needed and spot on, and when is unnecesary and gone too far.
I really like the gaming analysis on this channel, you break things down so good dude. Wish you were my teacher in school I would've learned alot more. When I get Smash online for the switch imma come rewatch your vids. So I can get good
What are some examples of pop offs that go too far? The first that comes to my mind is the Call of Duty player (?) who screamed "YOU'RE GOING HOME, F*GGOT" after winning a match. It was clear that everyone in the venue was not okay with that kind of behavior.
heardofrvb I doubt it. It's not very sportsman like sure, but it'd be hard to make a case to DQ them for what is essentially "trash talk". It would have to be bridging harassment or uttering threats before you could justify disqualification. I've seen and heard a lot worse before. At decently sized tournaments too. People have throw controllers and chairs all the time without being disqualified. That's just top player privilege.
Another amazing video. I especially love the topic that was covered particularly. Mental games and e-sports is becoming more realized and well known now more then ever especially in a professional setting. Keep up the good work.
When people are refining the games themselves to this extent, people will search outside the game to get better and obtain the upper hand. It's human nature, perfect something so flawless that a new way of elevating the outcome is needed. Stone to bronze to iron, etc. Competitive gaming is branching out now. Mind games is always the first in a non-athletic sport. Although watch VR in 20-30 years become so good that gamers will have to be in top physical condition to perform. That's the ultimate step in this community's progression, the merging of regular sports with e-sports since the holodeck will eventually be a thing. That or the Matrix, either seem like a fitting end goal.
I like the idea that there will be a day where vr makes its way into professional gaming, but having a video game that requires physical abilities of an athlete seems impractical. I say this because being an actual sports athlete pays way more then e-sports and if people are physically fit to be great athlete that they would be better off trying to be a pro athlete and not a pro gamer. Also the capabilities of future tech vr is scary. I shudder to see the day they decide to create vr that emulates pain. I don't know about you but I would not want to know how a ryu uppercut feels irl. As for vr and professional gaming is concerned pro gaming can run perfectly fine without vr.
@@PomLamb On the other hand, having rumble to feel when you've been kicked in your sides or take a shoryuken in VR would be pretty cool. Like a controller vibrating when you hit a car or shoot a gun.
@@Shadow_Witch That can solve many factors in vr. Rumble does beat pain. Giving that full body tracking involves sensors strapped on the limbs one could easly install rumble packs to them to add a vibration feature which indicated places that are hit during vr combat. It is expensive but that may be the best way to make something like that work. The only downside is the vibration causing physical discomfort but other than that it can indeed work.
doood, love your channel man! magnificent analytics with historical facts and quotes to backup your points, and tons of cool references and easter eggs in the mix to make the whole watching experience just a whole lotta fun. awesome stuff man! respect.
Taunting in real life and most video games: mental tactic that plays off your opponent's anger and ego Taunting in Punch Out: what the hell are you doing, you're literally giving Little Mac a free star
Picking Guile against one Chun-Li yet picking Mika against another; It speaks wonders about how much of the game is played on a player-to-player level as opposed to character-vs-character. Knowing your match-ups is important, in and out of the actual game. I'm betting many would agree that Ricki is more easily flustered than MOV is; both of Du's characters exploit this mental state well, but Mika friggin' FEEDS off of it. And it all goes straight to her ass.
skillustrate its more easier to explain really. Ricki has had problems with Du's Mika all year in the CPT whenever they faced off. And MOV was not sure of the guile MU as he took losses from ISDD's Guile in EU events prior to CapCup. Just Du's. matchup calls paying off.
Those previous matchup facts helped Du, but he actually told a story about MOV after Capcom Cup. The players were all training in different rooms. Du saw MOV was playing and training strictly against Mika. So Du, deciding he wanted to be cheeky, sat down close by MOV and practiced his Mika tech where MOV could see it. Then come capcom cup top 8 he went straight to Guile. While telling the story Du couldn't help but smile as he talked about how he saw the visible facial surprise and concern MOV had to this character pick.
@@Cybrisk Joke apart, it really has an impact! Every times I get bodied first round, I start the round with a back dash and some teabags. The opponents have some weird reactions to that. Lot of possibilities, but these 2 reactions are the most commons: 1) they T-bag too even when it's dangerous and sometimes you gain good combos opportunities freely. 2) They become way more aggressive to try to show you they are totally superior. And the result is: more possibilities to punish overconfident moves.
i like how you show the reference of the youtube channels you use by straight up showing the name of the channel under the video alot of us wouldnt look it up otherwise.. rare trait in youtube these days. keep killin it mang!
My god i love your videos and while i am nowhere near that level of passion for fighting games i still enjoy your videos because the majority of topics you bring up and explain is also relevant in real life fighting or martial arts
The most interesting part of this topic is how the same action can induce so many different reactions from different players. For me, being taunted or instant-killed gets me fired up and makes me more passionate to fight the next round harder. In net play when you often have little to no communication with your opponent, taunting is sometimes my only way of communicating with the opponent during the match, even if my intended message "recognize your weakness, focus and fight me" can interpreted completely differently.
Teabaging (I think) actually might have one other effect, aside of taunting. It can also distract your opponent and make your next move less predictable. This way of using teabaging, however, is more appropriate for situation, when your opponent is knocked down, not when stunned. Though I never use it myself. I’m not that good fighting player anyway.
I personally hate when I lose to someone and they teabag me. In my mind i'm like "Why are you teabagging me for? it was a good game". But I guess they're trying to get into my head and motivate me to beat them. Good video
"But I guess they're trying to get into my head and motivate me to beat them" More like they're trying to motivate you to mess up by trying to anger you. If people can't win without deliberately trying to throw their opponent off by annoying them with childish disrespect they should be sad.
"If people can't win without deliberately trying to throw their opponent off by annoying them with childish disrespect they should be sad." Did you not watch the video? Getting into peoples head is part of the game man. If you LET someone irritate you by pressing down a few times then you are the sad one.
I think in game taunts should exist which affects even the gameplay. Like say give the opponent additional damage for their next attack or like Guilty Gear where in the next round, it gives your opponent half of a full meter. You can even give every character 2 types of taunts; the taunt that doesn't affect the gameplay and the one that does. With very simple things you can make the metagate so much wider and more interesting to watch for the audience. It can also be used to make more personalities for the pro community. Like that one guy who always do risky taunts and still wins consistently. Sure there's that one thing that turned pretty bad but for the most part, taunts are all in good fun.
Your graphic design and pacing is amazing. The psychological aspect is so refreshing instead of just blowing off reads as a 900 IQ play. Conditioning is in everything and it scares me
This reminds me of team OG playing dota 2, where they spam voice lines in game during tournaments and "tip" the other team whenever they win a fight, essentially saying "sorry for destroying you, here's $1". I can only imagine the frustration on the receiving end of that
I think the most important bit about taunting is that rule of "Target is not of far lesser skill", which is where alot of contention with taunting online comes from I feel. An act of humiliation to rile an equal opponent is a tactical maneuver that is used to wedge the skill-gap between you, giving you control of the situation. No opponent is going to forego the chance to edge your chance of victory from 50% to 60%. Even as someone of limited nerve, I don't particularly mind getting taunted at in a heated battle and don't even feel the disrespect. On the contrary, actually. When an equal opponent has to resort to abuse my self-control to claim an edge over me, it's an assurance that I was worth using that on to lessen risks. I may not act it in the moment, but I acknowledge it and respect it the moment after. When you target someone clearly below your grade with this shit, this element becomes null and void. It stops being a tactical alternative to attacking in order to soften the opponent's resolve and becomes a hollow power-play made in bad taste to rub it in their face. Just straight up bullying that proves nothing except how much of a shit you are. It's just not on-point to make someone's already irritating situation of getting thrashed worse by beating on their self-esteem while you're at it. Overall, just save your taunts for when it's actually impressive to get away with.
No one can understand the amount of happiness I felt when I saw that the Necalli player at 1:36 used the norwegian flag. Which leads me to think they're also from norway, which makes me super happy.
In a friend group where my friends repetitively taunt me for being decent, I've just given up as a whole, given that they care more about winning than making the game enjoyable
Exactly. Yeah, it sucks having to wait a month or sometimes more for one of these Analysis videos but by God, Gerald delivers every single time. Any person who is into competitive anything would do right by watching these videos.
Just found your channel and I'm loving the content so far. I'm surprised you didn't talk more about Smash, but overall I think your analysis on psychology and conditioning was fascinating to say the least.
I get slightly bothered when people tea-bag. The excuse people give when they tea bag is mind games and all that. But that's only a side effect to disrespect. No one tea bags and thinks "I'm playing mind games so hard right now" they do it to disrespect. The mind games come as a result of being disrespected. That's why other people get bothered. Just disrespect. And it's almost always done when the opponent can't do anything about it, like when they're stunned or in the "Finish Him" screen in MK. Just to solidify the disrespect. Taunting wouldn't be so bad if someone did it mid match. When I played 3rd strike and SF4, whenever I hit a dope combo or a super, I'd taunt. It's adds character to the match and was never to disrespect. Idk. I guess some people get off on the disrespect
Yeah the taunting used outside of a fair competitive fight just comes off rude. I've been playing ranked Mortal Kombat, and sometimes you encounter people who are whooping your ass conclusively, like you know you're not gonna win against this guy, then in the middle of a 60% combo they tea bag you. It's just trying to humiliate at that point, which seems a bit sadistic.
I’ve noticed my taunting mentality changing. I taunt when someone is playing in a way that is spammy/bad so I try to show what works. But playing good players when there are great combos, kills or just matches in general I just hold my character in crouch as a bow of respect hahaha find it’s better than most things you could do in games
I'm a psychologist focused on Applied Behavior Analysis; also a long time gamer, in love with fighting and first person shooter games. I found this pretty amazing and accurate. Congratulations!
People who do it are acting on emotion themselves - proud, excited, happy. It's telling that their reaction to feeling these emotions, and a way for them to elicit that emotion further, is to antagonize their peers.
Strange take, even for four years ago. What do you think a competition is other than a test of your skills through antagonizing others via a game? It's not like this is some random encounter on the street, the entire point is to win. Psychological warfare is a part of that, everyone in the comp understands this even if they don't label it like that. One could argue that limits should be put on it so it doesn't risk descending into IRL brawls but eliminating it entirely is silly and unrealistic. If you don't like the game, don't play it. Or do you elicit the same emotions by complaining about "social justice" instead?
Normal players: conditioning and what not Me: oh, down b didn’t hit? It will this time. Oh, he punished me, it’ll hit this time. Damn it! Ok one more try...
Taunting is hype. I love it because it gives character to matches. Makes them feel human. Like in Tekken when an opponent just start dashing forward nonstop in someone's face to tell them they don't need to block because they know you won't do anything. It's part of the mind game and it's what makes fighting games hype to watch.
one thing i do in league of legends is if someone engages you himself and dies, putting a simple "?" in all chat usually results in them engaging you again, pretty much as soon as they respawn. because i guess its more humiliating to lose a fight when you are the one that started it, and they want their dignity back.
I never feel like taunting. If I had to taunt I would feel less good about winning or loosing, so there is no point for me. If people taunt at me in SFV I don't care, I like to spam down or buttons sometimes if I'm safe just to input something and have my fingers active, I completely forget that this exists in the game sometimes. Where I don't like it is other games, unlike fighting games other games often have cheap tricks with no solution, are not as competetive. When I get killed by something stupid and someone t-bags me in a shooter or some other game where I can see him doing it after dying, that just upsets me, but these games are not competetive, so it doesn't matter that much. What I don't like in fighting games is if people use cheap tactics and abuse top tiers, but fail to respond to the simplest tactics of mine if they choose different characters or get caught, showing that they are able to pick top tier but not to look at the screen like any player would. It's like they don't even play the same game.
My best experience with taunting, either seeing it or being on the receiving end of it, is watching the taunting player getting beaten after it, and hopefully taunted back when the entire series is over. Catharsis overload. I, myself, I don't do it. I'd rather through skill rather than fucking with the mind of the other player. Mind Games, I think mind games about things like doing, A-B-C, several times then doing, A-B-A-B-C-D, are great things and really challenge a player to see if they expected it and covered themselves. But Taunting, I'm not ok with it because it can be so effective. It makes it the match about pride rather than for the title they came for in the minds of the players.
making your opponent crack is a skill, removing that element from a game because it's effective against you is wanting the game to change in your favour instead of adapting. that's a bad mindset to have when talking about competitive games, especially when it's about limiting player expression.
Joke character.. I immediately think of Dampierre from Soul Calibur V. I won so many matches out of getting them genuinely frustrated at how silly that character was.
"When a little girl cries because she hears her dad putting ice cubes in a glass. "
Holy shit that escalated quickly
PK NEIN lmao
PK NEIN i didn't get it at first. went from "why would that make a kid cry?" to "holy fuck that's why...". took all of 3 seconds.
I still don`t get it XD.......
YoungTheFish give it a minute
ohhh....
do you think pavlov ever thought about feeding his dogs when he heard a bell ringing?
Now that's some deep shit.
piling on the layers
Gaze into the abyss
Or putting ice cubes in his glass before beating his children?
Mindblown!
So what did we learn today, kids?
-Emotion matters a lot in fighting games and competitions overall
-Taunting is a powerful tool to get the upper hand on your opponent.
-There are a lot of ways to taunt your opponent and they may have different effects, from -putting them off their game to actually motivating them to try harder
-Core-A Gaming had a rough childhood.
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perhaps for the last one "no-one in the comment section did psych 101" is more appropriate lol.
Asdas Qweqw insomniac...great taste bro
omg😂😂😂 are you talking about
I C E C U B E S
That last one tho 😂
Ok, so next time someone Tbags me i am just gonna acuse him/her of warcrimes
oh you teabagged me? looks like somebody's goin' to jail for
W A R C R I M E S
You know what? Fuck Geneva and her convention.🤣
*Proceeds to rapidly teabag*
@@THElarry27 You only go to jail for war crimes if you lose tho ;p
mascar1lha Bruh moment.
But where is the war?
Player: *presses down 5 times*
Gandhi, an intellectual: *wiffs light punch 5 times*
Our lord and savior Gandhi
The energy of a legend
_True power_
Screw it nuke em
@@Descro382 Wrong Gandhi, and also wrong game. 😅
There needs to be a sequel to this discussing the "taunt-to-get-bodied" phenomenon. I'm genuinely serious on this.
the what now?
@@vhscrust7872 It's a thing in fighting games (and especially Smash) where a person taunts after getting a round/stock and then proceeds to get their ass handed to them.
@@Ryusuta Happens a ton in other esports too, R6 has the now infamous "GG don't ever type again ty"
@@HearsayBot I think it's a universal rule that one of the most satisfying things ever is to demolish someone who talked shit, and the expanded versions having teammates trash talk you the entire game only for you to carry the whole thing.
he accidentally touched on this when he was talking about how anger makes you take more risks
"a child cries just by hearing the sound of her father putting ice cubes in his glass"
thats some dark shit man.
At least there was a warning
Boooo!
wait
...oh
please explain
No, if you don’t get it, you don’t want to get it.
"Cancel into Fistbump"
had to pull that three times today, I'm bad at this...
Pavlov walks into a bar. He hears a bell ring and says, “Oh, shit! I forgot to feed my dogs.”
Ah the Genova convention, that piece of paper that everyone agrees with until real war starts, Then suddenly White Phosphorus falls from the sky
Fuckin' Genova lmao
but the point still stands. The fact that everyone agrees, speaks of our ideals in the making. In war everything is on the line, including our lives, which means we disregard things we strive for in idealistic fashion. In video games though, you are not that desperate, because: 1.) Numbers are not a factor and you are responsible for your loss. 2.) your life is not on the line. What you said is true, but the mentioned ideals which we agree upon still stand. What Core a gaming said in the video makes sense and it actually works.
Is that the convention which declares that no one should be forced to fight the same RPG boss more than 3 times?
@@harryradley yes
@@Sportfuck dude, it's fucking war, you fight to live, yeah the "rules" are there, but those get thrown out the window, it's stupid to civilize war, and I'm sure the Geneva Convention aren't being followed
Might actually be my favorite RUclips channel ever. I love analytical videos and I love esports and being one of the only analytical esports channels out there makes this my all time favorite.
I have a total playtime in fighting game of about 30 mins, but I still love these videos.
DJ Howard gg
Great episode!!!
I not even into fighting games and I love this channel, his content is always interesting
DJ Howard sameeeee
Don't forget that ' Taunt to get bodied ' is a thing.
Best feeling in the world.
You like to get bodied after taunting? To each his own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maximillian Dood says hi?
Taunt Lcancel 4stock is true combo
Arnetheus Solitarius i
Sure in real war you can't teabag anyone. They also don't respawn, so they won't have a different mindset going forward.
Just a thought.
Sadly i'ts just all the usual war crimes that litter history (such as mutilation of bodies, families, friends, ransacking of villages, mandated rape etc)
RAF Leader the Genova convention is a joke that nobody follows, so fucking sad
The Geneva convention is actually taken pretty seriously in late European history. Not everyone's followed it of course, but it has helped reduce the unnecessary human suffering in conventional European military wars.
Of course, moving outside of Europe, where most of the petty wars and skirmishes are fought today by criminals, terrorists or ethnic groups; the Geneva convention doesn't really reach them.
This argument is flawed. Desecrating your enemies' bodies absolutely can have an effect on the morale of their surviving allies and thus be an effective tactic in war. The reason desecration, rape, etc. are outlawed is not because they are ineffective but because nations have agreed that such psychological warfare is unjustifiable and immoral.
Always knew this. But never seen it explained before in such a precise way. Thank you for the vid sir
didn't think I'd find you here.
Didn’t think I’d find you here.(1)
Didn’t think I’d find you here.(2)
Oh hi mark
Didn’t think I’d find you here (3)
“Grapplers cause you to feel fear.”
Except Luigi, he makes you feel the equally dangerous boredom.
Luigi and min min; the boring archetype
@@chuckydee2951 luigi and min min play very differently
@@josiuwustill boring eitherway
Today I learn a new term in fighting game call CREDIT CARD SWIPE!
now that`s badass.
Strange. E. Honda's fierce is the pork chop isn't it?
YoungTheFish sameeee
I laughed real hard at that part
Here goes another one:
In latin America Zangief's Screw piledriver it's called "El chupa poto" (the ass licker)
Cnovsky never heard it... maybe in your country only....
Holy shit that legendary handshake > fist bump cancel
Frame perfect too. The man has put in work in the lab and he's showin' it off today!
But is it gonna kill?
_Gunpoint_ is a good game.
exploitativity
The fist bump was up first, so more like an auto-correction
Taunting in guilty gear made it right.
Every time you taunted at the end of the match, enemy got 50% of the meter during the next. Pretty cool.
that’s perfect
@leo mendoza it's extra tilt. "Here, take the handicap. You'll need it." It not only encourages good manners, but also, when you do get the taunt and bad manners, it's that much more impactful. "I'm so confident I can mop the floor with you I'll give you a free Yellow Roman Cancel, and I'll still take it away from you." I love it because when you see a taunt in Guilty Gear, you no longer think "Wow, that dude is a scumlord. Ugh, here comes the teabags. Immature." You instead think "Oh shit, we're about to see a SHOW! In a PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT, this man just handed the other man a gun and said 'you'll need it!' Someone here is going to walk away looking like an extreme loser, either the man who threw the match for himself or the man who just was given a handicap and still lost!"
It turns taunting into a show, instead of an immature name-calling war.
Thats really stupid
Nah. That sucks.
@@sebaschan-uwu Nah, you just can't work it out with your koalabrain bruv.
"You know my moves, don't you? Why'd you just walk into 'em like that?"
Ken Masters
Man I hate fighting Kens
This should’ve been Ken’s win quote in Smash Ultimate.
Is that a real quote or a meme I. The community?
@@jesusmejia3417 It's one of his win quotes from Street Fighter IV.
I always hated getting taunted on after a bad match in smash 4 online so much, but even despite this I'm still upset about them removing taunts from smash ultimate online quickplay.
I experienced the mindgame effect that taunts caused firsthand, it was something that worked, and now it's no longer an option... aaaand people have just started T-bagging instead anyway.
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Firecat1311 t bagging induced more salt that regular taunts
And taunts in smash are actually pretty harmless in comparison to other fighting games. In Brawlhalla there are taunts that are specifically designed to humiliate you, things like the character facepalming or sprinkling with salt makes you tilted af, especially since the game can be super frustrating at times.
Finn Siegel Luigi down taunt would like to have a word...
If you still want to taunt online you could just do more Arena matches.
Before i knew that t-bagging was a thing in fighting games i believed that it was a way to test the connection between my opponent and I, like, (s)he was tbagging and when my connection get good i do it in response, and then proceed to fight
I just laughed cause it was funny
Good
tbh not understanding that someone is taunting you is like the best way to counter a taunt.
@@hedgehog3180 i would give anything to learn this power, can't tilt if I don't even know I'm being clowned 💀
T(est)bag
"Beginning Zangief players will tend to always do their most damaging move, the spinning pile driver, whenever they get close to their opponent"
Bold of you to assume beginner Zangiefs can even input SPDs
SPDs are really easy to input, though. It's only hard when you play MUGEN on a keyboard
This aged like milk
„Seems like a cool video“
*watches video which explains why pigeons can play ping-pong*
Fun fact - before this video I didn't even know what tbagging is, it always looked silly to me and I thought opponent either prepares for next move this way or has trouble with input
Sigh, now I know and it seems I'm gonna lose that tbag immunity I had all these years
The dark humor thrown in to spice things up a bit is appreciated.
Taunting for me is situational. I never taunt my opponent, unless it's like casuals with a friend and we're both joking. In a competitive aspect, when I get taunted, I usual laugh because it makes me think of how stupid they'll look if they lose (assuming they taunted mid-set). As for me, my only 'taunt' is I tend to do flashy moves or pose after the round ends (usually with Lars) as a celebration for winning. Not as disrespect to my opponent, but a way to feel good about winning. If anything, by not losing my composure and winning with solid play, that's all I need.
"Cancel into fist bump"
Jeez you really know how to bring out the awkward nature of professional video gaming
"The grappler archetype is used to insight fear."
*shows Cerabella
Umm....uhh yeah! Definitely fear! I definitely feel the blood rush.. somewhere...
All that joke aside, If you're playing seriously and the enemy Cerebella was op... You know what will happen.
@@nov-kun2071
*raises hand* um mr. @nov-kun i know the answer
she teaches you how to stay in the air until u die from being stabbed by a sword in her boots
is that correct?
Lewd
@@voidbg7017 Whatever you think it is... Is correct but I have my own method of what might happen. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Well, it’s certainly away from the stomach.
On the slightest chance @Core-A Gaming reads this I wanted to say thank you. I saw this video going into high school and it motivated me to get into psychology. Turns out I love it and A LOT of it can be applied to fighting games. I graduated with AP points towards college and hope to make a career in it someday thanks to this
What I love about your videos is that you're so damn objective, reasonable and informative. You explain why taunting is valuable in the context of competition but also on why it is despised and you let the audience form a consensus through discussion rather than argumentation. U da man.
Amazing!
-Risuno
AYEEE Beefy SMash doods
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Beefy Smash Doods snore -my dog that is 1 human year older then me
I get pretty pissed even when bots taunt me but I know that it's something I have to condition myself to. T-bagging should totally be allowed imo because even if it pisses people off; those people *need* to be able to laugh it off if they ever want to reach #1.
Why would anyone laugh it off after the person intentionally wanted to be a dick to the other person. That's a person punching someone in the face and then telling them to respect them for doing it.
@@pancakes7483nobody punching you in the face irl buddy
If you get pissed off of a pixel on your screen going up and down, maybe get some help.
1:50 Woah… Core-A getting real freaking meta… rough childhood?
It's a memorable example. But yeah, pretty morbid lol.
I literally burst out laughing for 30 seconds, it was so unexpected.
wickdaggler hehe child abuse
That's real mental damage. Stun
Meta? I don't thinks that's what that means.
Not gonna lie, the Fighting Game genre is my favourite genre, and to have an entire You Tube channel dedicated to it, with also such high quality, is like a Nerd's dream come true.
Mark Brown from GMTK recommended this channel and honestly this was a top tier subscription. Love how you dove into the psychology and implementation of taunting as an aspect of gaming/competitive sports
Yep, this is pretty much maining Dedede in a nutshell
I hate Dedede for that very reason. I hope he's more garbage in smash 5.
laying on the ground so seductively... I love him for the various ways he can taunt opponents
My Dedede friend can be be down three stocks, at 160%, and finally take a stock with a random dash attack. And you KNOW he's gonna hit that sick Crouch On Ya, staring smugly into your eyes through the screen. Seen him make some sick comebacks just through the sheer power of that pose
@@lmao2302 Ha, he went from bottom tier to high tier
He can taunt online in ultimate. And they say Sakurai isn't biased...
Every time CoreAGaming uploads a fighting game analysis video I deadass drop everything I'm doing and watch it
you single?
the dan hibiki nah I stop during sex for Core A
"Cancel into fistbump" - Gerald from Core-A gaming 2017
I love how I can return to these videos at any moment and be reminded of how beautiful fighting games truly are
I'm very new to fighting games and I've been watching your videos religiously. Not only did I learn a lot of valuable things about fighting games in general, I learned a lot of other "miscellaneous" knowledge (in the case of this video, how the Geneva Convention came to be) as well. Your videos are so well-researched and well put together, I love them! You earned yourself a subscriber! Keep doing what you do!
Hey I've been binge watching your videos for a few days now, and I've gotta say you've got me legitimately interested in giving fighting games another try. I think the biggest reason they turned me off was because they just seemed impossible to play, but looking back I think it's because I just didn't understand them. I think I'll try again with the 1st injustice since I already have that game. Thanks for giving me an insight on a part of gaming I initially never thought about. Keep up the good work on the channel!
In fairness, fighting games have only gotten more and more complex over the years. Great for skill fiends and the dedicated - everybody else not so much. I like skill, but I'm not good enough to play much of anything (used to play the earliest Streets Fighters, Samurai Showdown, Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, King of Fighters for fun, used to know the movesets for pretty much every major game from 88-2004) but I also hate games like DC vs Mortal Kombat - to me they are shitty broken games with no flow to them, and no depth. I used to love fighting games, but now I find no joy in them at all - they have all gotten so complicated they just turn me off. My fav is/was King of fighters 98 - again for fun - so many games old and new are "broken" for tournament play, but still great games in their own right.
I used to think that Mortal Kombat and Injustice were the best fighting games. Please believe me when I say that they won't do much for you. Go pick up Street Fighter 4, it's a good place to start, and getting good at it, makes you better at all fighting games.
same tbh
Melee tho 👀
Protip: if you are right handed, try with a left-handed stick. It seems counter-intuitive, but take a look at ruclips.net/video/LwyKx8TvRcE/видео.html.
I am terrible at traditional fighting games, and I was able to do somewhat better when I took my fight stick and just spun it 180'. Yes moving the stick left moved my character to the right, but I still think if I get a "left"handed stick I might actually be competent.
4:51 I think Cerebella was designed to incite more than just fear in players.
That blood is being diverted from your brain though.
The ultimate distraction!
I always strongly believed 'teabagging' and 'taunting' are like humor: you gotta know when is needed and spot on, and when is unnecesary and gone too far.
There is no humor or honour
in doing something
Dirty like that
The people who does this will not be respected
I really like the gaming analysis on this channel, you break things down so good dude. Wish you were my teacher in school I would've learned alot more. When I get Smash online for the switch imma come rewatch your vids. So I can get good
Four years ago and the beauty and intrucacy got me tearing up. Core-A you guys are analytical gods.
What are some examples of pop offs that go too far?
The first that comes to my mind is the Call of Duty player (?) who screamed "YOU'RE GOING HOME, F*GGOT" after winning a match. It was clear that everyone in the venue was not okay with that kind of behavior.
Got in his head, though. He took the win, though. Mind games.
Tim Barich Is there video of this? Can someone please link it to me?
It's not considered mind games if you do it after you win and you're done playing
Tim Barich Was he/his team disqualified?
heardofrvb I doubt it. It's not very sportsman like sure, but it'd be hard to make a case to DQ them for what is essentially "trash talk". It would have to be bridging harassment or uttering threats before you could justify disqualification. I've seen and heard a lot worse before. At decently sized tournaments too. People have throw controllers and chairs all the time without being disqualified. That's just top player privilege.
Another amazing video.
I especially love the topic that was covered particularly.
Mental games and e-sports is becoming more realized and well known now more then ever especially in a professional setting.
Keep up the good work.
When people are refining the games themselves to this extent, people will search outside the game to get better and obtain the upper hand. It's human nature, perfect something so flawless that a new way of elevating the outcome is needed. Stone to bronze to iron, etc. Competitive gaming is branching out now. Mind games is always the first in a non-athletic sport. Although watch VR in 20-30 years become so good that gamers will have to be in top physical condition to perform. That's the ultimate step in this community's progression, the merging of regular sports with e-sports since the holodeck will eventually be a thing. That or the Matrix, either seem like a fitting end goal.
I like the idea that there will be a day where vr makes its way into professional gaming, but having a video game that requires physical abilities of an athlete seems impractical.
I say this because being an actual sports athlete pays way more then e-sports and if people are physically fit to be great athlete that they would be better off trying to be a pro athlete and not a pro gamer. Also the capabilities of future tech vr is scary. I shudder to see the day they decide to create vr that emulates pain. I don't know about you but I would not want to know how a ryu uppercut feels irl.
As for vr and professional gaming is concerned pro gaming can run perfectly fine without vr.
@@PomLamb On the other hand, having rumble to feel when you've been kicked in your sides or take a shoryuken in VR would be pretty cool. Like a controller vibrating when you hit a car or shoot a gun.
@@Shadow_Witch That can solve many factors in vr. Rumble does beat pain. Giving that full body tracking involves sensors strapped on the limbs one could easly install rumble packs to them to add a vibration feature which indicated places that are hit during vr combat. It is expensive but that may be the best way to make something like that work. The only downside is the vibration causing physical discomfort but other than that it can indeed work.
doood, love your channel man! magnificent analytics with historical facts and quotes to backup your points, and tons of cool references and easter eggs in the mix to make the whole watching experience just a whole lotta fun. awesome stuff man! respect.
"The grappler archetype is designed to insight fear"
HFTF Old Joseph: *happy music*
That's pretty much every character (except jotaro) in that game
Taunting in real life and most video games: mental tactic that plays off your opponent's anger and ego
Taunting in Punch Out: what the hell are you doing, you're literally giving Little Mac a free star
To be fair, it shows off their cockiness perfectly, literally giving little Mac a star cuz they think they'll still win
Picking Guile against one Chun-Li
yet picking Mika against another;
It speaks wonders about how much of the game is played on a player-to-player level as opposed to character-vs-character.
Knowing your match-ups is important, in and out of the actual game. I'm betting many would agree that Ricki is more easily flustered than MOV is; both of Du's characters exploit this mental state well, but Mika friggin' FEEDS off of it. And it all goes straight to her ass.
skillustrate
its more easier to explain really. Ricki has had problems with Du's Mika all year in the CPT whenever they faced off. And MOV was not sure of the guile MU as he took losses from ISDD's Guile in EU events prior to CapCup. Just Du's. matchup calls paying off.
BludAardvark And then there's that. Thanks, I didn't know about the ISSD/MOV details.
Those previous matchup facts helped Du, but he actually told a story about MOV after Capcom Cup.
The players were all training in different rooms. Du saw MOV was playing and training strictly against Mika. So Du, deciding he wanted to be cheeky, sat down close by MOV and practiced his Mika tech where MOV could see it.
Then come capcom cup top 8 he went straight to Guile. While telling the story Du couldn't help but smile as he talked about how he saw the visible facial surprise and concern MOV had to this character pick.
paleposter Lol! Sounds like some shit I would do. The game is always being played-- on or off the sticks.
Shes hot
"Find a counter in training mode."
Ryu player: *does merengue beat*
This comment is going to crush for a very specific group of people
Go watch his video on reducing the skill gap and you'll get it
Me: losing but having a good time
Them : t-bags
Me: *Sweat mode activated*
Me: losing but having a good time
Also me: taunts after getting 1 knockdown
Them: *visible pause of confusion*
@@Cybrisk Joke apart, it really has an impact! Every times I get bodied first round, I start the round with a back dash and some teabags. The opponents have some weird reactions to that.
Lot of possibilities, but these 2 reactions are the most commons:
1) they T-bag too even when it's dangerous and sometimes you gain good combos opportunities freely.
2) They become way more aggressive to try to show you they are totally superior. And the result is: more possibilities to punish overconfident moves.
i like how you show the reference of the youtube channels you use by straight up showing the name of the channel under the video alot of us wouldnt look it up otherwise.. rare trait in youtube these days. keep killin it mang!
My god i love your videos and while i am nowhere near that level of passion for fighting games i still enjoy your videos because the majority of topics you bring up and explain is also relevant in real life fighting or martial arts
"Cancel into fistbump."
Got me right in the giggles
I love when someone tbags me it gets me all hyped and it's easier to win then, so I appreciate it.
Love the that Skullgirls track you used :3
Ra's Al-Ghul Skullgirls forever
Filia
The Skullgirls Hype Train never stops!
Get on the train boys!
Valentine is best waifu.
The most interesting part of this topic is how the same action can induce so many different reactions from different players. For me, being taunted or instant-killed gets me fired up and makes me more passionate to fight the next round harder. In net play when you often have little to no communication with your opponent, taunting is sometimes my only way of communicating with the opponent during the match, even if my intended message "recognize your weakness, focus and fight me" can interpreted completely differently.
Got a boisterous laugh out of me that I wasn't expecting at 1:00. Been marathoning your videos all night and day. Consider me a fan.
Teabaging (I think) actually might have one other effect, aside of taunting. It can also distract your opponent and make your next move less predictable. This way of using teabaging, however, is more appropriate for situation, when your opponent is knocked down, not when stunned. Though I never use it myself. I’m not that good fighting player anyway.
I personally hate when I lose to someone and they teabag me. In my mind i'm like "Why are you teabagging me for? it was a good game". But I guess they're trying to get into my head and motivate me to beat them. Good video
SuperiorBryce98 I don't mind tea bagging especially mid game. but when i have those bad days, something is going to break lol
Frosty Wasp this guy😂😂😂😂
"But I guess they're trying to get into my head and motivate me to beat them"
More like they're trying to motivate you to mess up by trying to anger you. If people can't win without deliberately trying to throw their opponent off by annoying them with childish disrespect they should be sad.
Scrub.
"If people can't win without deliberately trying to throw their opponent off by annoying them with childish disrespect they should be sad."
Did you not watch the video? Getting into peoples head is part of the game man. If you LET someone irritate you by pressing down a few times then you are the sad one.
I think in game taunts should exist which affects even the gameplay. Like say give the opponent additional damage for their next attack or like Guilty Gear where in the next round, it gives your opponent half of a full meter. You can even give every character 2 types of taunts; the taunt that doesn't affect the gameplay and the one that does.
With very simple things you can make the metagate so much wider and more interesting to watch for the audience. It can also be used to make more personalities for the pro community. Like that one guy who always do risky taunts and still wins consistently. Sure there's that one thing that turned pretty bad but for the most part, taunts are all in good fun.
Like Luigi's taunt in Sm4sh? Forgot which button press it was, but it had the ability to spike opponents hard if used on the ledge.
Injustice 2 has this with a couple character traits.
High Rollin' Armadillo His Down taunt
A bit too late.
If taunt's granted bonus to the player it would probably be better to remove the name "taunt" and change to something else
....Like taunts in Third Strike?
Bagging is so-underrated when you’re playing characters who can blow up the opponent on whiff-punish.
Your graphic design and pacing is amazing. The psychological aspect is so refreshing instead of just blowing off reads as a 900 IQ play. Conditioning is in everything and it scares me
9:36 That woman is my hero, i don't know her, but i already admire her XD
Her name is Angela Hill
TimTomTickleWagon the undertale pfp should have given it away
simp
"or when a child cries at the sound of her dad putting ice in a glass...."
......oh...well.... that got dark.
"Two major components of Mind-games are:" minds and games.
This reminds me of team OG playing dota 2, where they spam voice lines in game during tournaments and "tip" the other team whenever they win a fight, essentially saying "sorry for destroying you, here's $1".
I can only imagine the frustration on the receiving end of that
I think the most important bit about taunting is that rule of "Target is not of far lesser skill", which is where alot of contention with taunting online comes from I feel. An act of humiliation to rile an equal opponent is a tactical maneuver that is used to wedge the skill-gap between you, giving you control of the situation. No opponent is going to forego the chance to edge your chance of victory from 50% to 60%. Even as someone of limited nerve, I don't particularly mind getting taunted at in a heated battle and don't even feel the disrespect. On the contrary, actually. When an equal opponent has to resort to abuse my self-control to claim an edge over me, it's an assurance that I was worth using that on to lessen risks. I may not act it in the moment, but I acknowledge it and respect it the moment after.
When you target someone clearly below your grade with this shit, this element becomes null and void. It stops being a tactical alternative to attacking in order to soften the opponent's resolve and becomes a hollow power-play made in bad taste to rub it in their face. Just straight up bullying that proves nothing except how much of a shit you are. It's just not on-point to make someone's already irritating situation of getting thrashed worse by beating on their self-esteem while you're at it.
Overall, just save your taunts for when it's actually impressive to get away with.
3rd Strike has the best taunts. Taunt with Q up to 3 times to damn-near _double_ your health.
Keegan Blade Q's taunt only works up to three times you 17er
what are you talking about that's what I've been saying all this time sshhhhhhh
NOOOO IM RUINED
Leffen somehow watched this video years ago. How else can we explain his constant taunting?
T1GlistenerElf Then there's Hbox who doesn't even need to taunt because people get THAT heated at jigglypuff.
He reserves those taunts for people like Leffen, interestingly enough.
T1GlistenerElf Then there's that one angrybox set at sandstorm after Leffen said Hbox wasn't one of the gods or something.
Maining jiggs is a taunt in and of itself (^:
You mean SFAT, who took the reverse lesson, where you taunt when you're losing badly.
You see the number one player?
*He is a expert psychiatrist*
Psychiatrists are just psychologists with a license to prescribe cures.
Such as, "git gud, skrub."
Dude may I just say your explanations in these videos are highly educational and I completely respect what you do
No one can understand the amount of happiness I felt when I saw that the Necalli player at 1:36 used the norwegian flag. Which leads me to think they're also from norway, which makes me super happy.
In a friend group where my friends repetitively taunt me for being decent, I've just given up as a whole, given that they care more about winning than making the game enjoyable
Just grow a pair, git gud, and taunt them right back to teach them a lesson!
Totally worth the wait
Exactly. Yeah, it sucks having to wait a month or sometimes more for one of these Analysis videos but by God, Gerald delivers every single time. Any person who is into competitive anything would do right by watching these videos.
Geneva Convention: 'No degrading or torture in war'
Abu Ghraib: 'I'm about to ruin this mans whole career'
It's always so nice to come back to Core-A gaming videos. I hope you're doing well Gerald!
Just found your channel and I'm loving the content so far. I'm surprised you didn't talk more about Smash, but overall I think your analysis on psychology and conditioning was fascinating to say the least.
I get slightly bothered when people tea-bag. The excuse people give when they tea bag is mind games and all that. But that's only a side effect to disrespect. No one tea bags and thinks "I'm playing mind games so hard right now" they do it to disrespect. The mind games come as a result of being disrespected. That's why other people get bothered. Just disrespect. And it's almost always done when the opponent can't do anything about it, like when they're stunned or in the "Finish Him" screen in MK. Just to solidify the disrespect. Taunting wouldn't be so bad if someone did it mid match.
When I played 3rd strike and SF4, whenever I hit a dope combo or a super, I'd taunt. It's adds character to the match and was never to disrespect. Idk. I guess some people get off on the disrespect
Yeah the taunting used outside of a fair competitive fight just comes off rude.
I've been playing ranked Mortal Kombat, and sometimes you encounter people who are whooping your ass conclusively, like you know you're not gonna win against this guy, then in the middle of a 60% combo they tea bag you.
It's just trying to humiliate at that point, which seems a bit sadistic.
I’ve noticed my taunting mentality changing. I taunt when someone is playing in a way that is spammy/bad so I try to show what works.
But playing good players when there are great combos, kills or just matches in general I just hold my character in crouch as a bow of respect hahaha find it’s better than most things you could do in games
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I don't even play of watch fighting games but I keep coming back to watch this video. this is some quality stuff. Good Job
I'm a psychologist focused on Applied Behavior Analysis; also a long time gamer, in love with fighting and first person shooter games. I found this pretty amazing and accurate. Congratulations!
People who do it are acting on emotion themselves - proud, excited, happy. It's telling that their reaction to feeling these emotions, and a way for them to elicit that emotion further, is to antagonize their peers.
Strange take, even for four years ago. What do you think a competition is other than a test of your skills through antagonizing others via a game? It's not like this is some random encounter on the street, the entire point is to win. Psychological warfare is a part of that, everyone in the comp understands this even if they don't label it like that.
One could argue that limits should be put on it so it doesn't risk descending into IRL brawls but eliminating it entirely is silly and unrealistic. If you don't like the game, don't play it. Or do you elicit the same emotions by complaining about "social justice" instead?
the way that punk dude talks in that interview clip reminds me of Danny brown so much lol
Ikr lmfaooo
Normal players: conditioning and what not
Me: oh, down b didn’t hit? It will this time. Oh, he punished me, it’ll hit this time. Damn it! Ok one more try...
Doctor X Awesome Stop-Motion lil Mac players when they miss a smash attack
Taunting is hype. I love it because it gives character to matches. Makes them feel human.
Like in Tekken when an opponent just start dashing forward nonstop in someone's face to tell them they don't need to block because they know you won't do anything. It's part of the mind game and it's what makes fighting games hype to watch.
one thing i do in league of legends is if someone engages you himself and dies, putting a simple "?" in all chat usually results in them engaging you again, pretty much as soon as they respawn. because i guess its more humiliating to lose a fight when you are the one that started it, and they want their dignity back.
I never feel like taunting.
If I had to taunt I would feel less good about winning or loosing, so there is no point for me.
If people taunt at me in SFV I don't care, I like to spam down or buttons sometimes if I'm safe just to input something and have my fingers active, I completely forget that this exists in the game sometimes.
Where I don't like it is other games, unlike fighting games other games often have cheap tricks with no solution, are not as competetive. When I get killed by something stupid and someone t-bags me in a shooter or some other game where I can see him doing it after dying, that just upsets me, but these games are not competetive, so it doesn't matter that much.
What I don't like in fighting games is if people use cheap tactics and abuse top tiers, but fail to respond to the simplest tactics of mine if they choose different characters or get caught, showing that they are able to pick top tier but not to look at the screen like any player would. It's like they don't even play the same game.
Albireo
No idea what you're on about
In team-based action games like Splatoon, taunting wastes your time.
Imo this is core part of fighting games. Mortal Kombat literally strive on this. The whole fatality section of the game is salty and i love it.
since i main el fuerte in ssf4ae, that lesson helped me a lot
Why the fuck do you not have more subs and views. This is by far one of my most favorite youtube channels ever. No joke
The quality of the content of this video is outstanding. Really great job. Thank you so much for sharing it🙏😌
"When a little girl cries because she hears her dad putting ice cubes in a glass. "
Wha-huh- Wha- Wow how how, bro. Low blow, bro.
My best experience with taunting, either seeing it or being on the receiving end of it, is watching the taunting player getting beaten after it, and hopefully taunted back when the entire series is over. Catharsis overload.
I, myself, I don't do it. I'd rather through skill rather than fucking with the mind of the other player. Mind Games, I think mind games about things like doing, A-B-C, several times then doing, A-B-A-B-C-D, are great things and really challenge a player to see if they expected it and covered themselves. But Taunting, I'm not ok with it because it can be so effective. It makes it the match about pride rather than for the title they came for in the minds of the players.
making your opponent crack is a skill, removing that element from a game because it's effective against you is wanting the game to change in your favour instead of adapting. that's a bad mindset to have when talking about competitive games, especially when it's about limiting player expression.
you know what they say, taunt to get bodied is a true combo
Joke character.. I immediately think of Dampierre from Soul Calibur V. I won so many matches out of getting them genuinely frustrated at how silly that character was.
This was absolutely gratifying to watch. Well put together argument and well edited all around.
Fighting games teaches you so much about human nature it’s craaazy