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  • Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
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    Enough of this foolishness.
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Комментарии • 408

  • @Micha-Hil
    @Micha-Hil 25 дней назад +848

    "Top 5" fans when the indomitable Ryu spirit charges denjin

    • @Yozunha
      @Yozunha 25 дней назад +5

      made me laugh out loud lol

    • @pendent23
      @pendent23 25 дней назад +12

      I feel so seen. Ryu is my BOY

    • @SyRose901
      @SyRose901 24 дня назад +4

      I love how it applies to every game he's had Denjin in.

    • @thesaltmerchant4564
      @thesaltmerchant4564 24 дня назад +23

      I love how people quible over tier placements when 99% of players aren't playing their character competently let alone optimally

    • @davion_4623
      @davion_4623 24 дня назад +10

      ⬇️⬇️+👊 gang

  • @FrankenSteinsGate
    @FrankenSteinsGate 25 дней назад +684

    There are only 4 tiers of character:
    - I Lost To This Character Because They're Top 5
    - I Lost To This Character Because They Might As Well Be Top 5
    - I Lost To This Character Because They Only Have Low-Tier Gimmicky Bullshit
    - Fair And Honest (My Character)

    • @Hawaiiitalian
      @Hawaiiitalian 25 дней назад +7

      U are so real for that

    • @BigJC777
      @BigJC777 25 дней назад +22

      *my character when i play them otherwise cheap gimmicks

    • @Hawaiiitalian
      @Hawaiiitalian 25 дней назад

      @@BigJC777 spitting

    • @Vher_
      @Vher_ 24 дня назад +30

      nope I lost against my character because they use cheap gimmicks and I played fair

    • @Sunsuperman
      @Sunsuperman 24 дня назад +1

      sounds like dsp

  • @stormcrow6744
    @stormcrow6744 25 дней назад +391

    Top 5 vs Outside the top 5 really is the 6ft vs 5'11 of fighting games

    • @JCintheBCC
      @JCintheBCC 24 дня назад +8

      And here I am, the solid 5’7” Gief downplayer.

    • @h2_
      @h2_ 24 дня назад

      @@JCintheBCC Tanukana was right, gief players dont deserve human rights

    • @xravenx24fe
      @xravenx24fe 24 дня назад +1

      ​@@JCintheBCC There's always a place for you somewhere, but it might be lonely my friend

    • @shmeegis466
      @shmeegis466 20 дней назад +1

      @@xravenx24fe it’s lonely at the top.

  • @thefluffalo
    @thefluffalo 25 дней назад +537

    Wow i cant believe Sajam said Bison is the best character

    • @juice17776
      @juice17776 25 дней назад +7

      obviously he said “i think bison could be maybe pretty good possibly”

    • @partifire
      @partifire 25 дней назад +19

      you're so right he DID say that!!!!

    • @Gimnbo
      @Gimnbo 25 дней назад +31

      "I think M. Bison [...] be the best character in the game." - Sajam, 2024

    • @sames44048
      @sames44048 24 дня назад +3

      He did tho

    • @professorc-dawgscastle8591
      @professorc-dawgscastle8591 24 дня назад +4

      cant believe he said he's the only top 5 character

  • @tallburrito4657
    @tallburrito4657 25 дней назад +282

    So called free thinkers when a tier list drops

  • @LightLunas
    @LightLunas 25 дней назад +92

    Street Fighter 6 really shows how hard it is for many people to wrap their heads around a balanced game

    • @TheChilaxicle
      @TheChilaxicle 16 дней назад +5

      Eloquent way to state something I've been feeling since launch

  • @charliericker274
    @charliericker274 25 дней назад +98

    When the discourse is about top 5 and not top 1 or 2 that tells me the game is in pretty good shape.

    • @redfish9546
      @redfish9546 24 дня назад +18

      Especially when "top 5" includes around 15 characters

    • @usernameluis305
      @usernameluis305 22 дня назад +1

      Meanwhile mk1 with Johnny cage

  • @Jebby_Gudthrust
    @Jebby_Gudthrust 25 дней назад +89

    I agree with Sajam, it should be top SIX characters that should be feathered and tarred and as a No. 7 enjoyer myself I do be KINDA clean and my character is a STRONG mid tier TOPS.

  • @Tails9016
    @Tails9016 25 дней назад +206

    0:40 "Looking at this and thinking 'Where's my character, they're too high.'"
    My Ryu maining ass seeing him at the bottom

    • @nonzerovolta2541
      @nonzerovolta2541 25 дней назад +16

      As a Jamie main I feel your pain. I honestly feel like Jamie is underrated tho but that's just me.

    • @TheDsLeet
      @TheDsLeet 25 дней назад +9

      ​@@nonzerovolta2541just means you are skilled when you win. At least that's what I tell myself

    • @BigJC777
      @BigJC777 25 дней назад +7

      ryu is not at the bottom tho you can believe that

    • @TwozeesYT
      @TwozeesYT 25 дней назад +6

      Me a Kimberly main, being told I'm low tier since launch and just vibing

    • @bwnnn
      @bwnnn 24 дня назад +3

      Sim mains be like 🧘

  • @Call555JackChop
    @Call555JackChop 24 дня назад +20

    All characters are bottom 5 when I’m controlling the stick

    • @ChoseDeath
      @ChoseDeath 24 дня назад

      Ah, found my people 😂

  • @megatenshi
    @megatenshi 24 дня назад +19

    Whenever you lose to Zato, it doesn't feel like "oh gg, bottom 1 got me." My brain definitely does the gymnastics to call him Top 28, that feels better

  • @abrittishpanfish6269
    @abrittishpanfish6269 25 дней назад +231

    from what I can tell, SF6's top 5 is:
    -ken
    -luke
    -guile
    -jp
    -ed
    -aki
    -blanka
    -rashid
    -bison
    - chun li
    -zangief
    -juri
    -cammie
    -akuma
    -deejay
    the rest are probably somewhere in the middle ig

    • @abrittishpanfish6269
      @abrittishpanfish6269 25 дней назад +11

      if I missed any reply with a reason and ill add them to top 5

    • @Space_Rye
      @Space_Rye 25 дней назад +23

      Let's go! Jamie remains an honest hardworking character

    • @BardsOnAHill
      @BardsOnAHill 25 дней назад +3

      Deejay just bc of s1 hate

    • @abrittishpanfish6269
      @abrittishpanfish6269 24 дня назад +3

      @@BardsOnAHill ok

    • @ripbozo4809
      @ripbozo4809 24 дня назад +12

      No Bosch. Classic downplaying

  • @NemSumeragi
    @NemSumeragi 24 дня назад +95

    Shoutout to LK tier lists, where his tiers are like "this character can win a major" or "this character will fuck up your bracket run" etc instead of letters

    • @vyrawllxo300
      @vyrawllxo300 14 дней назад +1

      Yea I love LK’s tier list approach, it doesn’t tell you a character is better than another, just what the characters are suited for.

  • @SamuelTheodorePitzkin
    @SamuelTheodorePitzkin 25 дней назад +32

    If I lose to a top 5 character then it's 100% the games fault
    If I lose to a top 10 character then it's 99% the games fault
    If I lose to a bottom 5 character then they're just abusing people lack of match-up knowledge
    If I lose a mirror match then this game sucks

  • @Micha-Hil
    @Micha-Hil 25 дней назад +254

    Top 5 shawarma toppings:
    5. Turnips
    4. Onion
    3. Spice
    2. Lettuce
    1. Garlic sauce

    • @loserprance
      @loserprance 25 дней назад +23

      Tomato is good, but it is skillful and earns its place in the shwarma and I would not deserve to be charged extra for it

    • @jordanschmitt9412
      @jordanschmitt9412 25 дней назад +30

      spice is not a topping this is whack. toppings are optional, the shawarma spice is integral.

    • @Micha-Hil
      @Micha-Hil 25 дней назад +6

      @@jordanschmitt9412 I don't eat shawarma with spice but I can appreciate it

    • @AishiYoutube
      @AishiYoutube 25 дней назад +6

      Oh you a garlic fan?

    • @arthuralbuquerque8824
      @arthuralbuquerque8824 25 дней назад +9

      bro purple onion goes insane in a Shawarma. it has been my favorite topping ever since i tried it

  • @itstomis
    @itstomis 25 дней назад +61

    Flashback to SF4 Excellent Adventures when Mike Ross had pretty much the whole cast in his top 5

    • @17Master
      @17Master 18 дней назад +1

      Except Dee Jay.

  • @evilded2
    @evilded2 24 дня назад +24

    The myth of linear power has done irreparable damage to the FGC.

    • @karmabeast
      @karmabeast 20 дней назад

      do you mean the myth of one dimensional power?

  • @wavesofbabies
    @wavesofbabies 25 дней назад +24

    I've never seen a group of people not be able to count to 5 more than people in the FGC

    • @artyblazy4640
      @artyblazy4640 24 дня назад +2

      No wonder Sf6 fried their brains and they forgot how to comprehend patches

  • @shmooters5599
    @shmooters5599 25 дней назад +36

    The most fun I’ve had in these games is when ABA came out, and I decided to no longer give a shit what people thought. No tierlists, no matchups, just vibes.
    Once I got out of my own head about how good a character may or may not be, I finally started having a blast. It also helps that she in particular is super fun in general.

    • @evilded2
      @evilded2 24 дня назад +2

      No matchups? What you just played the mirror?

    • @shmooters5599
      @shmooters5599 24 дня назад +14

      @@evilded2 no matchups as in I did not look or care how she fared vs x or y character. None of the 6-4, 2-8 stuff

    • @zenbrown7144
      @zenbrown7144 24 дня назад

      I love playing ABA, but playing against Asuka or HC makes me take a break lol.

    • @aledantih6524
      @aledantih6524 24 дня назад +1

      Same with me and AKI pre buffs. Now she's one of my favourite fg characters

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz 25 дней назад +36

    If Dhalsim was objectively Top 5, would we ever know?

    • @mattb6616
      @mattb6616 24 дня назад +3

      he is.

    • @Pikwii
      @Pikwii 2 часа назад +1

      Ah yes, the classic “Dhalsim Paradox”

  • @samuraileo1
    @samuraileo1 24 дня назад +12

    People let tier list dominate their mentality. So accepting that a character is somehow worse but they still never learned how to fight them means that’s they can’t justify their loss anymore.

  • @Flavourius
    @Flavourius 24 дня назад +6

    Rashid is Top 5 Grappler now,
    Zangief is Top 5 Zoner now,
    Guile is Top 5 Rushdown now,
    Cammie is Top 5 Setup Character now,
    and Ken is Top 5 Ken now

  • @LettuceGod1
    @LettuceGod1 24 дня назад +6

    Sajam is doing God’s work by actively combating the primal urge for people to both shift blame off of themselves and also categorize every single thing ever

  • @unamusedrohan1666
    @unamusedrohan1666 25 дней назад +11

    Seeing discourse like this happen as often as it has been has convinced me that "Forming an Opinion" is a skill we need to be taught in school at an early age.
    Like I just want people to be more articulate about things they like and dislike, is that too much to ask?

  • @PainasaurusRex
    @PainasaurusRex 25 дней назад +25

    Tier lists matter way more for games with more diverse balance. Having a tier list for SF6 is basically which half is most likely to win Evo and which half is less likely to win Evo lol

    • @fleepity
      @fleepity 24 дня назад +3

      Like the melee tierlist that asumsaus made where it was "has won multiple evos, has won an evo, shown to be able to win an evo" etc

    • @PlayerZeroStart
      @PlayerZeroStart 20 дней назад +1

      Yeah, tier lists used to matter a lot cause the games were so poorly balanced there was almost a guarantee of at least one ultra powerful character nobody can beat and one horrid character that can't do shit. Nowadays though, the difference between top tier and bottom tier is so tiny that it's only going to matter if you yourself are a top tier player. At basically every other skill level, it's all about the skill of the player.

  • @Dopamine_Drop
    @Dopamine_Drop 24 дня назад +5

    Im never saying gg to a Happy Chaos player, Sajam, and youre never going to change my mind.

  • @ryugalul3414
    @ryugalul3414 25 дней назад +15

    recent games are getting so balanced that the concept of "top 5" hasn't really been relevant to me. No character is truly unbeatable

  • @kyleflournoy7730
    @kyleflournoy7730 25 дней назад +16

    Imagine how frustrating this is in smash. The cast is 90 characters. And I've seen no less than 25 characters in people's top 10. And it doesn't matter cus really good characters are still really good

  • @bulb9970
    @bulb9970 25 дней назад +67

    It feels like all of Sajam's videos are him hunting dumb posts on twitter

    • @mace6302
      @mace6302 25 дней назад +45

      While you are right, unfortunately, these dumb posts are widely held beliefs by the community.

    • @Neuvost
      @Neuvost 25 дней назад +21

      seems to me that Fighting Game Dumb Thoughts are natural and normal, so it makes sense to spend a lotta time debunking them. I know I'm glad that - after beating me in Melee in 2006 - someone patiently explained to me why there's no such thing as "amorally playing cheap". we all gotta learn sometime!

    • @Cursed_Fruit
      @Cursed_Fruit 24 дня назад +13

      It’s more like dumb posts hunting him down in chat and having to talk about em LOL

    • @life-destiny1196
      @life-destiny1196 24 дня назад +5

      It's a target-rich environment.

    • @MusicoftheDamned
      @MusicoftheDamned 24 дня назад +2

      ​@@life-destiny1196He'll literally never run out of stuff to talk about before Twitter runs itself into the ground. Infinite human stupidity and all that jazz.

  • @MrCitrus100
    @MrCitrus100 24 дня назад +8

    The anti cat chewing tech is applying bitter apple spray

    • @kevingriffith6011
      @kevingriffith6011 23 дня назад +1

      Yeah, but bitter apple spray is like a $12 DLC character, and he hasn't even labbed the character against his specific Cat player.

  • @LastEsis
    @LastEsis 25 дней назад +6

    Sajam has such a way with explaining things, if he structured this video a bit differently and turned it into a script it could be its own standup comedy routine.

  • @Neuvost
    @Neuvost 24 дня назад +10

    y'all remember that time that League of Legends included nerfs to a character in the patch notes, but accidentally didn't make those changes in game? the character's WIN-RATE WENT DOWN ANYWAY. cuz our brains be crazy.

    • @life-destiny1196
      @life-destiny1196 24 дня назад

      I don't remember this, but it sounds like gamers

    • @HeirofDacia
      @HeirofDacia 24 дня назад +1

      Which champion was it about?

    • @xravenx24fe
      @xravenx24fe 24 дня назад

      People are NPCs? Omg no way

    • @Sheltur_0311
      @Sheltur_0311 17 дней назад

      @@HeirofDaciakassadin i think

  • @Giraffinator
    @Giraffinator 25 дней назад +5

    "Nobody never knew how the game worked ever" This is truest truth that has ever been truthed. This is everybody. This is me. This is you. This is little Timmy down the block.

  • @lobbynotlob
    @lobbynotlob 24 дня назад +26

    The thing about tier lists is that they don't even really matter to someone until they're like good good at the game. Gold rank players should not be concerned with tier lists, they should be concerned with not getting hit by random Drive Impacts.

    • @derelbenkoenig
      @derelbenkoenig 20 дней назад +3

      You could argue that there is simply a different tier list for low levels. Characters that have some *thing* that noobs struggle to deal with are gonna be higher tier on the low level player tier list.

    • @derelbenkoenig
      @derelbenkoenig 19 дней назад +1

      Like, E. Honda for example

  • @kingsoo
    @kingsoo 25 дней назад +7

    this video might be in the top 5 of sajam videos

  • @djbubblegum9975
    @djbubblegum9975 25 дней назад +2

    Sajam just holding the basket to the camera while the cat chills in it chewing on the basket is such a vibe man, I aspire to be as chill as that cat

  • @beam5655
    @beam5655 25 дней назад +3

    Great point about so much of the discussion on tournaments being about characters rather than the players, which is kinda sad

  • @MrThepinkone
    @MrThepinkone 25 дней назад +7

    Mmm yes, Japan has promoted me from villain to hero in the sim gief matchup. Gotta love maining an honest low tier like stretchy man.

  • @memekingk373
    @memekingk373 24 дня назад +2

    I feel like I have the momento picture of Phenom saying "Don't believe his lies"

  • @ObeliskEye
    @ObeliskEye 24 дня назад +3

    I don't know if Gachikun is the only one or if people are now collectively realizing, but Ed is in the same tier as Chun-li and I think that's pretty accurate

  • @dunemayberger2210
    @dunemayberger2210 22 дня назад +1

    In dota 2 they can do a nerf like “Phantom Assassin has -2 base damage” and some frogs will start saying “Phantom Assassin is unplayable now”.
    (I really like frogs, it just sounds similar to Troglodytes)

  • @mikemac-man3796
    @mikemac-man3796 24 дня назад +2

    Adding a tally on the “how many times you’ve had to make this video” list.

  • @jgray2718
    @jgray2718 25 дней назад +68

    It's wild to me that Japanese tier lists always have Zangief really high, but almost nobody plays him. If you think he's so great, _learn him._ Or, alternatively, maybe just admit that Itabashi and Kobayan are amazing.

    • @BanditTools
      @BanditTools 25 дней назад +15

      Always reminds me of the Puff situation in Melee. Just because 1 dude sees great success all of a sudden the character needs to be labeled “tier 1”. It’s the equivalent of thinking Gen was top 5 when xien won Evo.

    • @LakeEarth
      @LakeEarth 24 дня назад +13

      I just don't believe that a character with multiple terrible matchups should ever be considered top tier.

    • @Lluchelukacs
      @Lluchelukacs 24 дня назад +12

      This discourse baffles me. People rank some character as "top tier", but nobody plays with that character. Happens all the time.

    • @comradetyrone2298
      @comradetyrone2298 24 дня назад +7

      It's really because being a Grappler player is so different and is a playstyle that most people wouldn't want to get good at. Remember when Dhalsim was Top 2 in SFV and had a more favorable matchup spread than Luke and yet nobody switched to that character, it's the same concept.

    • @brandonm994
      @brandonm994 24 дня назад +3

      That’s not how character picking works, a lot of people don’t pick up a certain top tier because they play weird or have a distinct mindset/playstyle. Dhalsim was always good in Sfv after buffs, no one played him. Poison was top 5 on a lot of lists, only rep was idom. Sfv ed after final patch was super high on most pro lists, only rep was endingwalker. This happens in every game, it’s not a weird or rare thing.

  • @Doople
    @Doople 24 дня назад +4

    Agree with the point overall but i think its fine when people argue about tierlist placements and question previously powerful characters dropping so low. Tier list are meant to be used for discussion so the one guy commenting on DJ was fine if he explained why. Could be he believes his tool set is too good to ever be the same level as certain other characters or that people over estimate the nerfs.

  • @KTSamurai1
    @KTSamurai1 25 дней назад +7

    i do remember being surprised by how quickly sajam declared bison is strong and was taken aback by the energy he had as he played him. i can see how someone with duplicitous goals could see/hear that and decided that sajam has declared bison is "the best" if they have an axe to grind, either against the character, the game, sajam himself, or god
    it feels like people hear someone like sajam have an elevated tone, either from surprise or just being impressed, and draw a looooot of conclusions from tone alone. the words dont matter, sajam gasped and exclaimed so obviously his thinks bison is top 1. doest matter what words he used, his tone says otherwise!

  • @MapleStoryRocks009
    @MapleStoryRocks009 19 дней назад +1

    I’ve never paid attention to tier lists so the top 5 convo usually makes me check out when people start talking about it. I wish people felt satisfied just playing who you want regardless of what other people are saying but I understand folks care about tiers when it comes to tournaments and high level play

  • @Blustride
    @Blustride 23 дня назад

    Finally, the return of Kermit with a katana smoking a blunt. Some characters never leave top 5

  • @moistwindow6094
    @moistwindow6094 24 дня назад +2

    I love how most mf's who straight up study tier lists and all that arent even going to take that to like a tourney or anything, its just to validate themselves while playing ranked or hoping theyll get carried up

  • @ryo-kai8587
    @ryo-kai8587 25 дней назад +2

    I was perfectly comfortable with my main Juri being considered around 6th-8th in Year 1. Strong, but not broken. Now she's considered similar or slightly higher on average, and I'm still fine with it. I just hoped for no real nerfs, and I got that, so it's all good.

  • @galensuh7824
    @galensuh7824 23 дня назад

    "It makes me think that no one knew how the game worked, ever." Ah yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same

  • @baldbishop1667
    @baldbishop1667 25 дней назад +2

    I have played jamie since the beginning. The first month, I used tier list as an excuse, now I don't care in a way that I don't use it as an excuse, just to know people's opinions about characters just have an conversation or discussion about it.

  • @Vidya1496
    @Vidya1496 25 дней назад +1

    Not even watched the video yet but I just wanna say that thumbnail is pure gold already.

  • @rheawelsh4142
    @rheawelsh4142 24 дня назад +1

    8:05 It's because people assume a character's strengths are just the things they specifically have a hard time dealing with, so like with jp a lot of people just used his tier placement as an exuse to complain about his zoning and are now mad they can't use his tier as an exfuse for not learning the matchup

    • @aledantih6524
      @aledantih6524 24 дня назад

      Exactly. It's why he stayed in top 3 even after his amnesia and anti air nerf when realistically that put him down a lot way before the further season 2 nerfs for him.

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz 25 дней назад +2

    I blame Casey Kasem for the American obsession with ranking.

  • @imjust_a
    @imjust_a 25 дней назад +2

    As soon as the balance patch dropped I saw people in Twitch chat still complaining about Luke not being nerfed enough when they hadn't even played the patch yet. I saw how many nerfs and changes Luke got and compared it Ken (lol) and was like, "Luke got hit pretty hard. Idk what people are on about." He certainly wasn't the "biggest loser" of the patch, but it was clear his position in the hierarchy was gonna shift.

  • @twood3118
    @twood3118 24 дня назад +1

    Maybe I got into the fgc to late or I’m getting older but whenever I lose I almost always say “I got outplayed” or “I messed up”

  • @majinmonki
    @majinmonki 25 дней назад +25

    what the sigma

    • @JasonDS64
      @JasonDS64 25 дней назад +2

      Came here for this. Thank you.

    • @TheDsLeet
      @TheDsLeet 25 дней назад +1

      Erm

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz 25 дней назад +4

    I was starting and thinking, “what does that Japanese say…”

    • @Copperhell144
      @Copperhell144 24 дня назад +1

      I'm guessing it says "characters that wouldn't be weird/wrong to place in Top5" (I cannot read that one kanji so I'mma guess it means "place/put in")

    • @ashaan5288
      @ashaan5288 22 дня назад +1

      @@Copperhell144 Your translation is correct. Kanji is read 「いく」

  • @mogullll
    @mogullll 24 дня назад

    they could never take away my love for you tier list videos

  • @Neuvost
    @Neuvost 24 дня назад +2

    even beyond top-five foolishness, I think it speaks highly of SF6's balance that the tier list you showed only goes down to C! if a game doesn't have any D or F tier characters, that's an achievement! but emotionally, we just see the top and bottom!

  • @Zevox87
    @Zevox87 25 дней назад +2

    People having a hard time believing characters who got nerfed are much lower in the tier list now is weird. Usually it's seemed to be the opposite IME - people seem prone to overreacting to any nerfs a character gets, proclaiming them terrible and saying they'll drop them regardless of how significant the nerfs really are.

  • @jamesk2325
    @jamesk2325 24 дня назад

    There aren't many genres flooded with players who know so comparatively much about their own niche and so comparatively little about everything else
    The thing unspoken at the end there is "If I admit they're weaker then I have no excuse for losing to them so I must vehemently defend their strength"
    At the end of the day having a realistic and reasonable understanding of character strength requires, bare mininum, accepting that that JP player who whipped your ass may in fact have been better at the game than you
    This is the fundamental fear the FGC cannot overcome

  • @AlluMan96
    @AlluMan96 24 дня назад

    Top 5 always feels funny to me in a tier list, because it feels so counter-intuitive. The idea of tiers is to specifically denote the gaps between one character versus another in quality. Lumping an arbiturary top 5 feels like it dilutes that idea. Are the best 5 characters even close to one another? Old Jojo is a good example. When looking at the raw roster, top 5's usually like Pet Shop, Kak, Pol, Ice and Jotaro, yeah? What's the gap between Kakyoin and Jotaro for example? Is Jotaro closer to Ice's power or is he closer to like Avdol and New Kak, who would be some of the occupants below this top 5? Yeah, you could say that Pet and Kak are banned, but that only shunts the conversation forward. How does Avdol compare to Pol or Ice and is he closer to them than Dio or Chaka, who now are commonly seen as next in line after top 5? Trying too rigidly to stick to the idea that top 5 must be a tier of their own just leaves too many questions about what said top 5 actually represent in the game and doesn't really answer what the gap between top 5 and the rest of the cast is.

  • @thekingofrockin7944
    @thekingofrockin7944 24 дня назад +1

    I think a big element of people being surprised with characters being nerfed becoming weaker is because they still lose to the characters. “I can’t beat this character so they are objectively better than mine” type situation.

  • @Kirbykid69
    @Kirbykid69 25 дней назад +2

    In a game like sf6 the best character and the worst character are pretty close in power level, we aren’t in the 90s where a bottom character is like unplayable garbage. Top 5 really doesn’t have any real meaning in current day fgs

  • @tootsie_
    @tootsie_ 25 дней назад

    The thumbnail editors deserve a raise

  • @sergioalvarez5193
    @sergioalvarez5193 25 дней назад +1

    0:35 *Walter White raising his hands meme* You got me ✋🏻😦🤚🏻

  • @jamesw5713
    @jamesw5713 14 дней назад

    Season 2 will be known as 'Pay-2-win' in the future.

  • @ABirdCall
    @ABirdCall 24 дня назад

    Shoutouts to John Cusack's High Fidelity.

  • @Kgfao
    @Kgfao 22 дня назад

    My personal theory about this is that people view tier lists in a very linear way, as if the lowest character has a 0% chance of winning and the highest character has a 100% chance of winning. In reality, the lowest ranked character can still win, especially in a game like SF6.

  • @theflyingtoaster7414
    @theflyingtoaster7414 24 дня назад +1

    Feels like there are players who think the true meta game is complaining to devs loud enough, so they nerf stuff they hate into obscurity. "Top 5 things for my main to hide behind when the nerf bat comes."

  • @Bloomfie3
    @Bloomfie3 24 дня назад

    We love 5s and 10s. It's because we have 5 fingers on each hand. It's how we built our number system.

  • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
    @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 24 дня назад +1

    You 100% said he was the best in the game. You shook my hand while doing so. You said "Hey am sajam, steve, you know Bison is the best in the game."

  • @emperormegaman3856
    @emperormegaman3856 24 дня назад

    I thought it was a going to be a top 5 of the biggest cases of brain rots in the FG.

  • @dectilon
    @dectilon 24 дня назад

    Also saw people saying Zangief "got his legs broken" when they took away a big toe hitbox from his 5mk. Most character strength talk just seems like noise.

  • @StanNotSoSaint
    @StanNotSoSaint 21 день назад

    I like how there are 2 characters in 3rd strike's top 5.

  • @SamHintz
    @SamHintz 25 дней назад

    This thumbnail is too good.

  • @truthxbl
    @truthxbl 19 дней назад

    I like to pick characters that get tiered low, because the tears are that much sweeter when you win

  • @elegy8187
    @elegy8187 24 дня назад

    Smokin on your Top 5 tonight

  • @TheLaughingMan42
    @TheLaughingMan42 23 дня назад

    The balance in SF6 very good right out of the gate. The patches made it even better. The difference between the best and worst character is smaller than in any fighting game that I've played.

  • @henrybamford5253
    @henrybamford5253 24 дня назад

    If we had 6 fingers we'd talk about a top 6

  • @bug-deal
    @bug-deal 24 дня назад

    i think people vastly underestimate the differences these tweaks add up to, especially in a game where the power levels are relatively close together to begin with

  • @deadfr0g
    @deadfr0g 24 дня назад +1

    Here’s what I really want to hear about:
    Across all the games, and players, and hands…
    What are the top 5 fingers in the FGC?

  • @Alvinfly
    @Alvinfly 25 дней назад

    Hey sajam can you make a style vs efficiency video? I think that would shed some more light on the “top 5” and improvement conversations

  • @NickJJU
    @NickJJU 24 дня назад

    Playing a low tier in GGST, I was definitely looking at tier lists hoping to see my character at the bottom as copium. Now I play Juri in SF6 and I keep looking at tier lists hoping she's at the top. "Please let me be playing a top tier this time, dooming about my character sucks so bad"

  • @purifyws
    @purifyws 24 дня назад

    This basket is top 5 and I'm gonna keep chewing on it sorry Sajam

  • @NoahChaput
    @NoahChaput 25 дней назад

    personally when talking about character strength with my friends, top 5 is basically a shorthand for "this character is strong/high tier". For example my friends were surprised at Dragunov still winning tournaments after his nerf and I said after his nerfs he's still around the top 5(still strong but idk where people who make lists put him)

  • @8thlvlMage
    @8thlvlMage 23 дня назад

    My solution: avoid blaming character power level for why I lost by calling my opponent a sweaty pro wannabe.

  • @El-Burrito
    @El-Burrito 25 дней назад +2

    Ryu could get all the buffs in the game and still somehow be bottom 1

  • @strategist9
    @strategist9 24 дня назад

    Man it's really impressive that Ken is simultaneously Top 5 AND the Worst Shoto. It's almost like people just say things sometimes.

  • @Mage_Nichlas_
    @Mage_Nichlas_ 25 дней назад +3

    We should've seen this coming.
    Top 2 JP Ken into Top 2 Luke Ken into Top 1 Luke(Ken downplayer propaganda) equals Top 5*.
    *We want 13 characters in S tier but want our list to make brain go hehe Top 5.

  • @Tachi2407
    @Tachi2407 25 дней назад +1

    Sajam def top 5 among FGC youtubers

  • @keiroppi2250
    @keiroppi2250 20 дней назад

    speaking of playing characters differently, i love watching kim replays bc the top 4 famous eastern players all play her Very different from one another

  • @mantic5423
    @mantic5423 24 дня назад

    You see there is only 2 types of characters
    The opponent's character: bullshit top tier that cheats(literally any character)
    My character: a balanced character that works hard for wins(a universally agreed upon top tier that's easy to play)

  • @acethechicken3070
    @acethechicken3070 18 дней назад

    Jamie too low, we palm our way to top 5

  • @JusRed48
    @JusRed48 24 дня назад

    I think in some cases people are used to complaining about a character and didn't work on what they can actually counterplay. They just hoped that it would get solved for them through nerfs.

  • @chimpmasterflex
    @chimpmasterflex 24 дня назад

    As a Manon player, I'm just resigned to my fate, knowing that I'll probably be working at least twice as hard as anyone else, and I won't even feel good about it when I win because I was sweating the whole time. lol. Just wanna add the little rant near the end, is a good reminder that a lot of people aren't very good in this game, or seem to understand it. Like all of people who would act like the Manon buffs were going to save her, or really do anything. 90% of those "arguments" were based around her 4HP being plus. Mofos acting like it is a dhalsim limb and that I could command grab them from fullscreen. People be playing too much uniel or something.

  • @lukdb
    @lukdb 25 дней назад +3

    Damn, got here before the bots.

  • @ryanheyward1898
    @ryanheyward1898 25 дней назад +1

    People put so much stock into character lists that it often leads them to detract from the high skill level of top players at tournaments, it's so frustrating

  • @MakiMaki.
    @MakiMaki. 24 дня назад

    It really doesn't matter whether they are "top 5" or in what tier they are - just where my character is placed in relation to the character that gives me trouble. :P