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  • Опубликовано: 4 май 2023
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    You're on your couch watching Melee. It's Day 2, but we're not too deep into bracket. ‪@Jmook11‬ is destroying a helpless opponent on his way to yet another Top 8. The commentator says something about how historic his Genesis 9 run was, how he was the first Sheik to win a major. Your friend knows a little bit but they're not a true Melee head like you. So they ask: "Wait, isn't this character supposed to be good?"
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  • @turndownforwalt
    @turndownforwalt  Год назад +73

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  • @trueblueryu5713
    @trueblueryu5713 Год назад +780

    Hypothetically speaking: If Armada was terrible at fighting Sheik rather than being amazing at the matchup, how much do we think that would have changed the history of the character?

    • @scarlet7960
      @scarlet7960 Год назад +13

      dude imagine ....

    • @devoncampbell3607
      @devoncampbell3607 Год назад +293

      Unfortunately, armada had two brothers who just so happened to be very good sheik players.

    • @blakerey4790
      @blakerey4790 Год назад +191

      @@devoncampbell3607 *brudders

    • @_m099
      @_m099 Год назад +9

      @@blakerey4790 💀

    • @devoncampbell3607
      @devoncampbell3607 Год назад +59

      @@blakerey4790 I concede that "brudders" is the proper title.

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 Год назад +458

    8:24 I've seen this a number of times and I just can't get over M2K's sheer confusion as to why any Fox would ever voluntarily go to FD against him. I love M2K so much

    • @Davidian_
      @Davidian_ Год назад +40

      He counterpicked the King to his own castle

    • @hyperssr
      @hyperssr Год назад +9

      I believe Cody has a theory about counter picking Marths to FD. Something about winning there early to remove it.
      But at that time SFAT was experimenting with the FD counterpick

    • @YURTZYN42
      @YURTZYN42 4 месяца назад +2

      It's to soak up a loss earlier in the set so the Marth doesn't use it later to swing the set over basically.

  • @Jmook11
    @Jmook11 Год назад +654

    TURN UP FOR WALT
    Seriously, this is phenomenal work. Thank you for putting this together

    • @joshf1170
      @joshf1170 Год назад +3

      Loving watching your come-up man!

    • @fwop7436
      @fwop7436 Год назад +5

      Bro you're changing the course of melee history. Keep doing what you love, it's inspiring 🙏

    • @championbenj
      @championbenj 10 месяцев назад +1

      Amsah won ESA2 with solo shiek as a major right ?

    • @Jay_Playz2019
      @Jay_Playz2019 4 месяца назад

      It’s the guy! He did the thing!

    • @luf4rall
      @luf4rall 2 месяца назад

      Mooook

  • @huyphan7825
    @huyphan7825 Год назад +64

    The biggest takeaway I'm getting from this video is that Hbox deserves to be on the Melee tier as his own character.

    • @mups4016
      @mups4016 4 месяца назад +5

      if hbox didn't play, jigglypuff wouldn't be top tier.

  • @ajuicejemas
    @ajuicejemas Год назад +175

    The part about how your main in a fighting game is more than just a collection of matchup charts and frame data was really great

    • @Belive7heHype
      @Belive7heHype Год назад +2

      So they aren't just functions after all lol

  • @TheThiccestChungus
    @TheThiccestChungus Год назад +78

    So what I'm hearing...
    is that every single character specialist has a backup fox for hungrybox and hungrybox alone.

    • @iceninjagames
      @iceninjagames 7 месяцев назад +8

      Odd username but you would be correct

    • @connorhulegaard2012
      @connorhulegaard2012 4 месяца назад +5

      Yeah Hbox got that big heavy. GOATed imo

    • @aetherius6221
      @aetherius6221 3 месяца назад

      Amsa doesn't, does Axe?

    • @noinfo1018
      @noinfo1018 24 дня назад

      @aetherius6221 iirc amsa has played falco against hbox before. Not sure about axe tho

    • @aetherius6221
      @aetherius6221 24 дня назад

      @@noinfo1018 pretty sure Axe has a Marth secondary for some like 80/20 MU

  • @Jaknife101
    @Jaknife101 Год назад +45

    I can imagine hbox laughing his ass off at the cut to his pop off faint during the start of the explanation of him being the sheik slayer.

  • @theftking
    @theftking 8 месяцев назад +11

    I played competitive melee locally back in 2006, and yeah Sheik was top tier, but even back then I remember people talking about how Fox had the most potential. Funny how it all played out.

    • @jacksondean7119
      @jacksondean7119 2 месяца назад

      Weird seeing you comment on a melee video

  • @miguelaguilar5115
    @miguelaguilar5115 Год назад +87

    Gotta be honest, I love the tournamente recaps and previsions to death, but it was because of video essays like this that I subbed to Walt's channel

  • @statisticallysound
    @statisticallysound Год назад +45

    13:05 brb, this montage got me so hype I had to rewatch the Jmook G8 run

    • @AP-gb3pq
      @AP-gb3pq Год назад +5

      dude same LOL, it was so good

  • @averagewhiteguy2
    @averagewhiteguy2 Год назад +22

    I had been waiting for a very long time for a solo Sheik main to win a major (and especially a super major). I'm so happy it happened. Sheik really needed that win, and I hope more people pick her up.

  • @TrucidOL8R
    @TrucidOL8R Год назад +93

    Amazing work. Thank you Walt and Jackie Peanuts for telling this particular story so beautifully ❤

  • @eddiestilll
    @eddiestilll Год назад +24

    everyone knew when they saw jmook's sudden breakout in 2022 that if a player could win a supermajor with solo sheik, it'd be him :)

  • @throwod2923
    @throwod2923 Год назад +28

    Just wanted to say the way you animate the games with the free camera or whatever is so cool I love it. I don’t know if it’s hard or takes a lot of time or whatever but I just want you to know it is really really enjoyable and I appreciate it ❤

  • @THEFEZFEZ
    @THEFEZFEZ Год назад +36

    Love the bigger documentary content. I'm sure this takes a lot more time and effort to make, but I greatly appreciate it.

  • @Rockleefan3
    @Rockleefan3 Год назад +9

    2:40 kudos to hbox for staying solo for how long? 16 years? In all this time he could’ve picked up a secondary for fox, but no no, he stayed stubborn and still got the status of being one of the 3 goats of melee. From my spectator perspective it’s seems extremely hard to solo puff, similar to solo sheik, but then again, what do I know, I’m just a spectator.

    • @NukaColaBear
      @NukaColaBear 10 месяцев назад

      Hungrybox has tried a secondary fox. It did not go well.
      Hbox is really good but so far he's only been able to do it with Jiggs, if he could pull it off with another character he would have a secondary at least.

  • @DesTr069
    @DesTr069 Год назад +8

    Dude the EDITING. And the MUSIC. And the WRITING. This is it, Walt, wow, that was absolutely fantastic

  • @theomorrison1099
    @theomorrison1099 Год назад +3

    We have 2 swedish sheik mains to blame for this. Armada's brothers were both sheik mains which made him cracked at the matchup

  • @Jayluna98
    @Jayluna98 Год назад +15

    The intro edit with you on Pokemon Stadium while Jmook did his combo was so sweet

  • @supwithit
    @supwithit Год назад +5

    Technically speaking, you can't "solo main" Sheik since she can transform into Zelda.

  • @terrortaste6389
    @terrortaste6389 Год назад +24

    One thing I find very interesting about smash, as well as other fighting game communities as a whole, is that most competitive and even casual players all want to play really _really_ aggressively. Almost all of the players want to go in and hit hard and fast while the reaction based playstyles are few and far between. It feels like no one has the discipline to stop pressing buttons and just watch and wait for your opponent to screw up on their own.
    It also makes sense that no one would find this playstyle viable since theoretically this kind of playstyle won't work at high levels where people make fewer and fewer mistakes. This makes it all the more satisfying and _terrifying_ when a player arises who can play that way and take advantage of everything their opponent does.

    • @Appletank8
      @Appletank8 Год назад +4

      Technically, HBox played pretty defensively for a long while, using Puff’s superior aerial mobility to bait people into chasing him and punishing. Floaters fighting each other in general were prone to long games or timeouts. But this also looks like stalling and made people really pissed at the “lame” tactics, especially since Melee has a few techniques that give an unbalanced advantage to the defensive player, like ledge stalling immunity. It is technically possible for someone to get a % lead then stall forever. Anti stall rules didn’t really exist for a long time because most players, as you mentioned, like being aggressive and cool more than floating around and running away. Which did result in people, mainly Leffen, being pretty salty and proposing anti stall rules that were basically targeted against Puff.

  • @unovi8141
    @unovi8141 Год назад +8

    Production values off the charts! I'd love to see more stuff like this!

  • @tenderhoof2988
    @tenderhoof2988 Год назад +4

    Super pumped for content like this!

  • @brettmccabe1944
    @brettmccabe1944 Год назад +3

    Another turndownforwalt masterpiece. Excellent video-- I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish!

  • @TylerHyperFace
    @TylerHyperFace Год назад +3

    LOVE the edits and structure of these. It's also insane that Hbox is such a force to manage the meta the way he did! 🔥 Melee is dope ❤

  • @poopsmithjones1
    @poopsmithjones1 Год назад

    so well done, seems like you have a great set up for making quality content, happy for you guys

  • @rowanespeverda4120
    @rowanespeverda4120 Год назад +6

    That “Outside” Remix for the Genesis 8 run was fucking fantastic. I’d love it as a solo video.

  • @Afatdragon
    @Afatdragon Год назад

    These videos are so well put together always a highlight. Thank you Walt.

  • @stefanow.9047
    @stefanow.9047 Год назад

    absolutely dope video walt bro keep up the amazing work

  • @TheAmazingMrSloop
    @TheAmazingMrSloop Год назад +1

    Thank you for this incredible video Walt!

  • @nobodysbusinezz
    @nobodysbusinezz Год назад +2

    you the man. I love your stuff, Walt. never stop doing your thing.

  • @Quinchi413
    @Quinchi413 Год назад

    this editing style and bits is just amazing :) you are doing great and keep it up :D

  • @Natnizer
    @Natnizer Год назад +1

    Been watching for a while and enjoyed all your content; this video was excellent. You have one more subscriber.

  • @Hack--rz1io
    @Hack--rz1io Год назад

    This was great, the in game camera movements had me particularly impressed !

  • @BaronBears
    @BaronBears Год назад

    Walt, you outdone yourself this time! You have a real talent for documentary making - combined with your passion, it gives me real hope that the smash community will be around for a long time to come. Ive seen documentaries that cost millions that were significantly worse than the incredible work youve been putting out there. Youre an absolute legend.

  • @lf3boss
    @lf3boss Год назад

    Great video, your production quality only continues to reach new heights

  • @krowpan799
    @krowpan799 Год назад +11

    i didnt think worst and top tier could be in the same sentence

    • @Capta1nTD
      @Capta1nTD Год назад +18

      Well if there's multiple top tiers someone has to be the worst right?

  • @ComboSmooth
    @ComboSmooth Год назад +5

    wow, jiggly got 41 major wins and its like 1% mango, 99% hungry box.

  • @JeramiJoseph
    @JeramiJoseph Год назад +1

    amazingly done as always walt

  • @raradapapa
    @raradapapa Год назад

    I am honestly so happy that you make documentaries for literally the greatest esport that has ever existed. Thanks, Walt :)

  • @christophergeorge3642
    @christophergeorge3642 Год назад +4

    another banger, Walt

  • @connorr4183
    @connorr4183 Год назад +1

    Walt this is such a great video. Shoutouts for the sick content

  • @RobertHuang
    @RobertHuang Год назад +6

    8:59 "all with solo sheik" zelda clip

  • @6.28
    @6.28 Год назад +1

    this is absurdly well made, bravo

  • @azazeltf2
    @azazeltf2 Год назад

    great video, great editing. especially love the little jmook genesis frag video in there lol

  • @thomasa4749
    @thomasa4749 Год назад +1

    Amazing video, the melee community is as strong as ever and you love to see it

  • @Spiife
    @Spiife Год назад

    great video thank you for documenting all of this :)

  • @TheSpaceOpera
    @TheSpaceOpera Год назад

    Production on this is insane - awesome video

  • @DubYuhGChoppa
    @DubYuhGChoppa Год назад +24

    It's sad that it took so long for people to actually acknowledge what this character can do. Sheik is quite obviously an amazing character but it takes a lot more than what M2K was ever willing to do and he defined Sheik for a long time. Now the meta is finally growing past these people who wouldn't do what was needed.

  • @kingmeverse5861
    @kingmeverse5861 Год назад

    GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS I LOVE YOU WALT

  • @Benetheburrito
    @Benetheburrito Год назад

    Another banger. Loved the G9 edit

  • @nsanity4624
    @nsanity4624 Год назад +1

    I love the fact you have your own merch, but I love the Zoolander references even more. Much love king.

  • @namechild
    @namechild Год назад

    your content is so unbelievably high quality

  • @Eiji475
    @Eiji475 Год назад +5

    I'll always remember the Amsah vs EK reverse 4 stock. One of the moments that made me want to play Sheik.

    • @KeyboardKlutz_0
      @KeyboardKlutz_0 Год назад +4

      Apparently that was also a major, which Amsah won.

  • @chillarttalks
    @chillarttalks Год назад

    yo what a banger doc gj!

  • @uncutstrawberryjams
    @uncutstrawberryjams Год назад

    Love the more analytical/stats stuff Walt!

  • @nuave
    @nuave Год назад +8

    I don't know why, but I feel like for Melee to prosper it needs to progress into a new era. Not just in the game, the players, the TO's. But the community. It needs to come back together and focus on the game, and in some way I feel like this is a step towards that.

  • @musicmashups
    @musicmashups Год назад +13

    Now the question is: can Jmook become the first solo Shiek to get #1 on the rankings?

    • @jman3l
      @jman3l Год назад +1

      If he takes BoBC5 I think its pretty much a wrap for #1 in 2023 for him.

    • @musicmashups
      @musicmashups Год назад +2

      @@jman3l I have a feeling Zain takes BOBC5, he's had two 2nd places in a row there and has been edging a tournament victory ever since Lud's, so this feels like the time for him. But Jmook is also attending Tipped Off, Wavedash, and CEO, so he just needs to win one of those and his #1 for the 1st half is secured.

    • @jman3l
      @jman3l Год назад

      Ah idk dude.. he is looking sort of unstoppable when he is playing hot. Even when he isn't playing 100% he clutches everything out anyway (SFOP/SFAT sets). When he is 100% he makes everyone look like a fool 😆. Only hbox can beat him right now and even then it's a toss up. Jmook got better at puff/Juan match-up.

    • @musicmashups
      @musicmashups Год назад

      @@jman3l we'll see, Cody's beaten him this year, Amsa and Hbox are still bracket demons, and Zain was even in sets with Jmook before this year, so it's not far fetched to say he can take the next one. I do think Jmook wins Tipped Off though, especially since Hbox isn't registered to attend, so his only bracket demon there is Amsa and he'll probably get knocked out by Moky and Cody.

  • @hockeyfreak896890
    @hockeyfreak896890 Год назад

    Beautiful story telling man

  • @LewtwoYT
    @LewtwoYT Год назад

    insane production on this

  • @radiantrepose6512
    @radiantrepose6512 Год назад

    The editing is so good thanks for the great watch!

  • @shiina4861
    @shiina4861 Год назад

    amazing video as literally every other video u make

  • @Parthian6
    @Parthian6 Год назад +2

    3:26 Yoooo where are my fellow Artemis Fowl fans at?
    I never expected to hear Walt out of all people mention this goated series but I'm here for it.

  • @cocalicoman
    @cocalicoman Год назад +2

    That ad read was amazing

  • @brennenoliver5117
    @brennenoliver5117 Год назад

    Banger vid dude my god

  • @ksad96
    @ksad96 Год назад +2

    ARTEMIS FOWL MENTIONED!
    Wild to hear that reference from someone in the melee scene, damn lol

  • @lloydspence3956
    @lloydspence3956 Год назад

    Amazing work

  • @roblikestoskate
    @roblikestoskate Год назад

    i love the custom camera angles on the in-game reenactments

  • @M_Free
    @M_Free Год назад +1

    I've missed these deep dives into specific moments in melee history and why they're significant

  • @christainwebster8487
    @christainwebster8487 Год назад

    Wish we had more videos like this melee has such a rich history! ❤️

  • @iamtimnar5289
    @iamtimnar5289 4 месяца назад

    This is one of the only sponsorships I watched through because it was genuinely entertaining!

  • @drewcurry280
    @drewcurry280 Год назад

    Man what a great buildup to the pop off incredible video

  • @xerxesblade
    @xerxesblade Год назад

    S tier content. Your work is so GOATED

  • @mire_cs
    @mire_cs Год назад

    great video walt! and congrats to jmook on his sick ass performances :)

  • @SlushieDee
    @SlushieDee Год назад

    Banger editing on this one

  • @fiNESScasting
    @fiNESScasting Год назад

    that montage around the 14 minute mark is like the hardest thing ive ever seen

  • @dylan3746
    @dylan3746 Год назад +1

    First time viewer. The editing is god tier. Time to binge

  • @jeffreychen2099
    @jeffreychen2099 Год назад +2

    The Artemis Fowl reference awakened a core memory in me

  • @pochita9282
    @pochita9282 Год назад

    This ones got crazy quality damn

  • @dylanmuller2611
    @dylanmuller2611 Год назад

    such a freakin good video omg

  • @MyNameIsNyx
    @MyNameIsNyx Год назад

    great vid. highly apprec.

  • @HeroldBaum
    @HeroldBaum Год назад

    Just watched the first three minutes and can confidently say, that this video is a banger

  • @AnArmyOfFish
    @AnArmyOfFish Год назад +1

    I can't believe you didn't play the *gasp* he WAVEDASHED clip when bringing up Borp lol

  • @KingSlasma
    @KingSlasma Год назад

    Has to be the funniest merch drop i've ever seen, the zoolander reference was simply amazing

  • @pandaforce6162
    @pandaforce6162 Год назад

    Walt your G8 montage was so insanely sick

  • @AsteriskStar1
    @AsteriskStar1 Год назад

    2:18 in and just gotta say thats the best ad read I've seen

  • @milk4you1200
    @milk4you1200 Год назад

    Great video

  • @dragonclaw9173
    @dragonclaw9173 Год назад

    Absolutely loved the sponsor segment, Walt would make a great model

  • @KingCuba
    @KingCuba Год назад

    Standing ovation for your ad…..
    I’ll repeat that, as it’s never been said before in the history of the English language. Here’s a standing ovation for your Ad!
    It 2:10 was awesome. Wow, those words feel weird, even typing it it out is strange….. anyway, cool vid lol

  • @meleemythos
    @meleemythos Год назад

    Lololololol even if it was JUST the fashion ad break this would be an amazing video. Great job

  • @federicoforabosco6955
    @federicoforabosco6955 Год назад

    Best add break ive ever seen

  • @mutzify883
    @mutzify883 Год назад

    I subscribed because you carried a dog at the end. Love melee

  • @ShiroToraSama
    @ShiroToraSama Год назад

    This is one of the best t-shirt ads I've ever seen

  • @llama3lord739
    @llama3lord739 Год назад

    excellent video

  • @PGBigRed
    @PGBigRed Год назад

    Idk what else to call them z-axis camera shots of the game were awesome

  • @dylanoleary3805
    @dylanoleary3805 Год назад

    video masterclass by walt here lol awesome to watch

  • @gamesincharacter5106
    @gamesincharacter5106 3 месяца назад

    Borp can be summed up like this
    Borp: using shrunken’s 1 by1
    Commentators: he’s just standing there… MENACINGLY!

  • @pablopa_SSBM
    @pablopa_SSBM Год назад

    Good video!

  • @JohnDoe-ju7wi
    @JohnDoe-ju7wi Год назад

    This content is awesome