The fact Seikoo was the quietest player on this team is kinda scary, itachi is exactly where he was at KC and Juicy has elevated. Reminds me of the og bds, pure teamwork perfection

If you do this in champ, you will almost definitely lose. Your teammates will never be in the right spot to react to you losing a 50. They'll end up under or in front of the ball more often than not cause "gotta go fast".

@thenayancat8802

Ай бұрын

Maybe, but controlling 50s towards your teammates is generally a lot safer than other plays

@JoelR574

Ай бұрын

yea usually is but as the guy said in lower ranks especially champ tmates never expect a ball their positioning is all over the place not to mention that e ven if they were to get a clear ball they cant shoot it or pass in the right spot.

@kilawen

Ай бұрын

this was my thought exactly

@yes3330

Ай бұрын

yeah obviously they are comming that they will lose the 50. but tbh if your in champ just hone your fundamentals you dont need some trick to win

@thosko98

Ай бұрын

Works up until ~GC2 to just have good fundamentals tbh. ​@@yes3330

a good term for when you pass the ball to the person who gets the assist is 'hockey assist', since you still get an assist for that in hockey

@sudoRL

Ай бұрын

Secondary assist

@balladin9200

Ай бұрын

Imagine HockE in tsm when the casters say “HockE gets a Hockey assist”

I’ve always wondered why so many people call it “winning” a 50/50 when you hit the ball through someone just for the other team to usually get possession…. Winning a 50/50 should mean gaining/keeping possession of the ball

@jmittere914

Ай бұрын

Yeah I think it’s less “losing a 50” and more “getting the other team to give up possession”

@jmittere914

Ай бұрын

Like a back right or left kickoff

@JohnJillky

Ай бұрын

​@@8bitAkuma even then it's situational. Can win a kickoff/50 but lose possession in the process

love this style of video

Juicy slotted that one shot… damn

Itachi has always had insane game sense, it's crazy he was ever dropped from any team imo

This video was so dope Johnny great stuff👏🏼

this is what makes rl awesome as a competitive game. you can just play it in so many different ways and have it work, as long as it involves cars and a ball and flying you can take a swing 🤟🏽

Great video. I love the breakdown of specific details

Love the breakdown videos! Keep em coming

Itachi plays RL like Itachi plays the Shinobi world

@CriticalPotato

Ай бұрын

Imagine calling yourself Weasel and casually winning 2 majors.

@Stormyth33

26 күн бұрын

fun fact : Itachi has'nt read naruto

Something I would never have noticed! That's really cool !

This is something i noticed and started doing early in seasons when I'm playing with lower ranked TMs. I used to just win 50s and see the ball go in my net seconds later before i can get back so i started just faking and losing 50s as first man and ranked up a lot quicker.

The absorbing 50 is so underrated, good examples and overview here.

Bro, I don't know how I didn't notice this?? Great video as always Johnny!

this just adds yet another layer of mind games

Johnny is brilliant

This is basically a big chunk of how I play because I'm mechanically inconsistent and have slow reactions and recoveries so I've learnt how to give free possession to my teammates. I wonder if my friends notice how many more opportunities and passes they get when playing with me haha. I'm okay being the playmaker. (6k+ hours, 30k+ games btw)

I thought a couple years ago at the world championship when Itachi was playing with Aztral and Noly that they as a team had the best passing out of everybody. Was kinda sad they broke up because it took them a while to hit that synergy. Fells like Itachi became more of a shooter than a passer last season. Hope he keeps being an assist player, definitely at the top of the convo for best passer in RLCS right now.

Should have a tournament and Finals MVP to recognize the efforts through the whole tournament and then the one in the finals who went above

While you can clearly see juicy lean back as to not hit the ball, it doesn’t look like that was the intentional plan. It looks like he wants to do push the 50 through but can’t because he runs out of boost right at the end, so instead of 50/50ing the ball into the corner he leans back at the last second, but I think if he had more boost he would’ve kept boosting to get on the other side of the ball and kill the 50. Just a thought and personal opinion on that one specific goal.

@deaksneaks

Ай бұрын

I agree on the first one with Atomic as he was 0, but the second one which Itachi presumably calls the fake on he has 13 so could have tried to 50. Though saving that 13 might have been the main plan, but even then I’d argue if he’s deliberately saving that then he’s also planning on avoiding that 50

now all of my gc games everyones gonna try to lose all the 50s

A description of Itachi's mindset in these games (And Gentlemates as a whole) Challenges are almost never about blasting the ball past the opponent or even cleanly beating them to the ball. More often, and almost always, challenges are about taking possession away from the other team and getting it to your team. Sometimes you're challenging just to limit the opponents options (Ex. Forcing the opponent to fake a flick so that your teammate only has to deal with a low shot instead of a high shot). Very seldom are you the last man and have to 1v3. Normally you're buying time and putting the ball in a position your teammates can work with. Sometimes even flying past the ball and not making contact will limit the opponents options enough that their play becomes a pass to your teammate, plus you're upfield for when your teammates get the ball. So often people at SSL think it's like American football - keep pushing forward - instead of keeping possession, or even conditioning your opponent.

This is stuff i do in C2 and it works very well. My mechanics are bad but this + chasing can really mess up an opponent. Chase to make them feel they need to win the 50 hard and put up pressure + do this = easy ball for your mate. I just need my mate to do something usefull then or return the favor (Will not happen much sadly). Add in demos and you're golden. Also expect to be followed by them trying to demo you back, giving even more space for your mate

I'm happy for Juicy, but how is he mvp? Itachi 100% should be mvp, and i would put beastmode above juicy even still. Just surprising to me

@ultimatum7600

Ай бұрын

bro didn't watch the major

@nathanswan9534

Ай бұрын

@@ultimatum7600 bro DID watch the major. Did bro??

@ultimatum7600

Ай бұрын

@@nathanswan9534 juicy, in addition to his ability to be a team player, also had highlight plays and clutch moments, which are qualities of an MVP. Both itachi and seikoo played really well, if either of them failed to perform, M8s wouldn’t have made it this far. Itachi does off ball stuff too but at the end of the day, the goals are what win a game. Take it how you want, all of them performed, juicy just had a performance that stood out

@ultimatum7600

Ай бұрын

Bmode might mechanically be crazier than juicy, but at the end of the day, juicy was a catalyst for M8’s victory over G2

@daanw6270

Ай бұрын

You lost me when you mentioned beastmode.

Amazing to me how 3 people can be first lol

flakes has been saying pretty much this for years lol

Not my diamond lobbies doing this on accident

It's a good tactic, but it'll never work consistantly under GC3/SSL. Random teammates are always in Narnia when you challenge/50 for them.

@5-iwnl-596

Ай бұрын

Not true even in the slightest besides rlcs usually is played at a lower level than SSL. (It’s really just a totally diff game) People aren’t doing psychos or sidewall redirects every game like in ranked.

@Auroraisvibing21

Ай бұрын

​@@5-iwnl-596as someone who is ssl and has played against pro teams I promise pros are so much unfathomably better then us. Ranked is not played at a high level whatsoever compared to competitive play.

How can a layperson get access to these replays to analyze player view on our own

@ayxierl5977

Ай бұрын

the ballchasing website

@heisen1815

Ай бұрын

ballchasing most RLCS series are uploaded there

@CriticalPotato

Ай бұрын

Search Ballchasing RLCS

Itachi robbed MVP and best player in the world

@nazbiker1734

Ай бұрын

Itachi definitely was why they made it all the way to championship Sunday, but Juicy was the reason they won it all, MVP well deserved. 3 game winners in grand finals. But I can see an argument being made on this

@WUGH

Ай бұрын

Can't agree any more top tier player from KC made the best change

@rewstir6646

Ай бұрын

Juicy better

@lionsfanvickery6010

Ай бұрын

Juicy had a better series in the final but other than that it was all itachi

@anassright5342

Ай бұрын

Its not all about offence guys

That's a very stupid question Johnny

The only reason I stopped losing 50s is cause my solo tm8s play super close to me. If that weren’t the case this is preferred

Bruh you looked for the first open net miss and couldnt find it but you literally replayed that shot like 3 times😂

@5-iwnl-596

Ай бұрын

It wasn’t an open net because I believe atomic got a touch…

have fun in korea johnny!

@cuckmasterflex9106

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Feel like we haven’t heard Johnnys true opinion on how G2 performed at the major.

Johnny I would recommend watching squishy’s newest video covering GM8 so you can see what’s really happening and why they outclassed everybody at the Major in Copenhagen

@lukedarden5361

Ай бұрын

Gentle Mates played perfect team rocket league at this major, and it was actually insane to watch

So what you're telling me is that itachi is the goat the most underrated player to date

1. If you keep/take possession after a 50/50, it shouldn't be considered "losing" the 50/50. 2. It seems logical to turn your car 90 degrees to the ball (in a 50/50) as it makes your car bigger. Don't understand why it isn't done more often.

@flyers088

Ай бұрын

Situational: lose it to team or deadball? Sideways 50. Want to keep following after because you have momentum and tm8s jot ready? Front with boost

@avalope

Ай бұрын

I think johnny is refering to losing/winning as a direction of the ball. A “neutral 50” implies little/no movement towards a goal not necessarily nobody getting possession. But if you want to do it ur way thats alright

To me actually KC used that strat even more but tbf they both did it a ton to each other when they played. Felt like every other challenge someone full faked lol

How did Itachi ever get dropped

I've been losing 50s for years so why am I not pro 🤔

All caps VERB in the title? Must click and watch 😅

NA only needs 2 spots this year in rlcs. You could just send G2 thru and the outcome will be no different. NA got schooled by EU as always

the open net miss was like 20 seconds before the first one he showed lol, he missed it while talking

Upload more please

I hope Johnny appreciates my honesty, but I've watched 60+ chalked cast episodes for free on KZread so paying 5$ for the bonus 40+ isn't actually a 'good deal' it's mathematically infinitely more expensive.

eekso was right . the rl casters/analysts know nothing abour pro rl . itachi was the best player in the finals and created every goal opportunity basically he made that win happen and was a big part of the win defensively and offensively . yet they only look at the goals and who scored them . doesn't help there is a thing called tbates and the t stands for tr*sh that's pushing hate and propaganda against itachi

@littlejoeboi1217

Ай бұрын

Bro its not that deep. Check out the latest first touch episode with Itachi. Tbates and Itachi are good friends, and i don't think Tbates hates anyone. He just has NA bias 😂

@abysswalker9677

Ай бұрын

@@8bitAkuma your reply is a chronically online take . "Sees a post about the truth, replies with (it's wrong imo) and doesn't give any counter arguments in the least "

If you're not 50ing the ball to your teammate you're either champ or like those players that just think they're the only person on the team 24/7.

W vid

Not taking away anything from m8s, they did amazingly. G2 though said they were very nervous before the game, and it showed I think in their gameplay, the other series they played much faster with more confidence. Well deserved win from m8s anyways 👌

I’m just happy Karmine didn’t win

lose 50s, got it !

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@Luke-tl4vw

Ай бұрын

How exactly are 3 ppl first. U were 3rd lmao

Maybe they are just really bad at 50s and get lucky.

bro why is your mic always so loud. All other channels I hardly ever need to adjust my volume but every video here I have to turn down. Is it just me? Anyone else experience this?

Johnny please stop making NA smarter... the copium in your chat is so nice to see

Can we stop with the whole “abused” stuff? It just makes a solid play style out to be like a team used something that was taboo or not right to win. The video is good but that kind of title is just awful

Zen is the best player in the world, it’s not even close, you put him in any other team with 2 teammates in the top 6, they win everything, rado is not good enough, way to inconsistent and even then, he’s not good enough when he is consistent, and alpha is too old and again, too inconsistent, zen carries every single game of every series, put him in any other team and they win everything, he’s 1v3ing every game and still got vitality to the semis of the major, the things zen does is above and beyond what anyone else does, the way he moves, his decision making, his mechanics, miles above anyone, and I know, oh you ass lick, yeah fine okay call it what you want I don’t care, I look at what they players are doing and from what I see Zen is miles above anyone

Johnnyboi did you get your hair cut?

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