You claim that Hbox is a malcontent and Sharp is valiant, but this cannot be further from the truth. In a tournament advertised as a bloodbath, Hbox chose methods of peace; he only slew one contender, a contender who refused to accept an offer of wealth and survival, insisting on having the death match that he came for. Can the same be said for Sharp? How many good people died by his hand before the conclusion of the tournament?
Nay, twas the famished box who devoured the souls of his would-be opponents, and forced them to live on as their own lesser halves, trapped in life as if he had buried them alive. I would that they’d die a thousand deaths before allowing their warrior’s fiery spirit to be smothered but instead now their spirit and their honor lay forever in the belly of the box, torn from them irreparably. Sharp allowed his opponents both the swiftness and glory of a warrior’s death: the box and his trickery swayed them to a dark path where they would never know it.
Theory: Sharp's goal was Hot Juans from the start, he only used the trophy as a way to make Hbox concede easier Which, if true, makes the mind games that much more impressive
It's obvious. There's no way hbox parts with the stick for a random wifi tourney. It was just to anchor the "value" of the win as way higher than it should be.
It's called the "Door in Face" technique. I.E. It's like you're a door-to-door salesman and your offer would make them slam their door in your face. A clever ploy, since they're now thinking on a bigger scale. $100 bucks seems like a lot of money, but it's small compared to $1000. It can be pretty risky though. They might just walk away (or in terms of door-to-door, shoo you away).
My favorite moment was when someone was bartering with hbox. The guy was trying to get hbox to fight him. He said "I'm the best Ness in Ecuador." Hbox retorted, "I'm Hungrybox."
he said he was the best snake in ecuador, not to have hbox fight him, but to get an better offer because hungrybox wouldnt stand a chance if they were to fight
Rewatching because I love this video. I'm now becoming more convinced Sharp did a bait+switch negotiation, asking for something impossible only to offer the "better" deal which is more preferable to HBox.
That was a TOP LEVEL move by Sharp. He knew HBox would never give up the stick, he was just priming him. The 300 dollars? That just made him more comfortable, after all he had been paying money + influence all tournament. All that setup, catching him off guard by starting negotions first, Sharp may have come second but he truly won in my eyes. Even in conversation he is a top level competitor and earned his reward.
For my part, I entered this tournament and gentlemanned to Pokemon Showdown Random Battles. Sadly, my first opponent pulled out a Tapu Koko and swept me, twas a tragic twist of fate.
"Lag switches are not just legal, but encouraged" - this needs to be a recurring thing. No more complaining about lag, everyone gets a lag switch and it's a fair and even playing field.
The rivals grand finals was also a hell of a thing to behold. The entire Rivals bracket was too honestly. It was a much smaller event but it was a ton of fun as well. My opponent and I round one played 100% accurate workshop characters and it's probably the best bracket experience I've ever had the privilege of having.
this was fantastic, I've never commented on your stuff before but this had me on the edge of my seat for SO long that I gave my own mom a convoluted explanation of what was going on because it had me GRIPPED from start to finish
Ran out of things to watch while building gunpla, so I've been looking for videos like this. Perfect timing! I also couldn't watch this tournament sadly, so a video like this is exactly what I needed. More than welcome for more videos like these whenever they come around!
No joke, this was the most captivating Smash content video since 2013. I mean I wasn't able to follow the tournament when it happened and only got some snippets here and there, so massive credit to the event and the people surrounding it. But the writing and editing in this video was incredible. For me, not knowing 99% of what happened before hand, this video was kinda too much (good) to even process in one sitting lol.
I saw Hungrybox at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen green bandannas in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bandannas and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and rested me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bandanna and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by popping off really loudly.
They have to do this again next year, this is easily one of the best tournaments of ANYTHING I've ever seen, I wouldn't miss it for the world if they ran another
This is easily some of my favorite funny Smash content in a HOT second. We have plenty of great longform, serious documentary style stuff. But damn, you got the narrative and the tone so goddamn on point. Good job dude
I genuinely mean this Coney, you have a great narrator voice and I would love if you did more scripted stuff like this, this video's is straight up one of your best
I know you do a lot of highlights from steams and I do really enjoy those but this was fantastic. I think stepping more into this type of content suits you really quite well, you know how to sell a good story.
19:35 my favorite part of this story was you mentioning HungryBox using his power… for good. The tournament in total was just pure gold and this video alone made me want to follow both of you.
Without exaggeration this was one of the most entertaining smash videos I've seen, the narration, the storyline and editing, everything was really well done and written Props to coney for the quality, I'm definitely subscribing 👍
I love this grand finals especially because it was unique, stressful and had drama as well as a flashback from the Juan. In all the tournaments I have won in with Joker, the Aegis, Chrom and Falcon, never have I ever seen smash become so much more unique and interesting as bargaining over winning a game
this style of video needs to make a return on this channel, it was too good. I love the smash content as of late, but I'd also enjoy seeing this style with other types of games or topics. keep it up, man!
This was amazing, I haven't been keeping up with Smash as often as I used to, so I only heard about the tournament and was honestly a little sad I didn't get to experience the chaos myself. This video was perfect, exactly what I wanted
This video style fucking RULES. I think it really suits itself to something like this where you’re explaining a topic and using stream highlights to supplement that explanation, and I think it can coexist with your other edited stream highlights very well! Incredible work to everyone involved!
I’ve watched this video several times because not only is it very funny but damn coney your abilities to tell a story is impeccable. Your way of conveying the events has me absorbed every time i watch it
I didn’t get to watch much of the tourney on twitch but I did get to experience it second hand through Twitter after the fact, which was a hilarious experience. Coney captured that same exact energy in this video which I couldn’t be happier about
Naito really gave the three way ultimatum of - Give me something you can never get back. - Make a promise you can't keep - Fight me and lose To a melee god. This man is an absolute legend.
Through all these different videos it’s so fun to see this chaos unfold My favourite moment out of all of them was when TH-camr Captain kidd was demolished by a sweaty Marth who 1 stocks on Fd
Dear god this is amazing. A random YTer I watch tried to do what HBox did but when negotiations fell through he couldn't muscle his way through. Seeing HBox's journey was incredible though.
This sounds like some 2012 smash scene shit but no apparantly this accually happened a few days ago! I need to get into smash again, just for being a part of shit like this
Bruh, did you just call a trebuchet a “catapult.” Now, the catapult that you are thinking of is actually referred to as a mangonel, as technically, a trebuchet is actually a type of catapult. However, for the sake of simplicity, I shall refer to trebuchets as trebuchets and mangonels as catapults. Now, as you may know, an ordinary trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile 300m via the usage of a counterweight, but a catapult’s method of propulsion is quite different. A catapult uses tension force to launch its projectiles, similar to the noble ballista, but as where the ballista uses tension along the middle of a rope or wire, a catapult uses this rope in a form of pulley system to launch its arm forwards to hurl a projectile. Now, why does this fail in comparison to the trebuchet? well, there are many reasons. the pulley system used by a catapult not only creates a larger amount of friction than the counterweight/pivot system of the trebuchet, the force generated is smaller, as the tension force of even a large catapult cannot match the gravitational force generated by the counterweight of a trebuchet. Alas, the catapult works against gravity moreso than the trebuchet, which is designed to intelligently use gravity in its favor. this is why even a small trebuchet that can be constructed in one’s backyard can launch projectiles far better than a standard issue catapult.
Now THIS??!?!?! Absolute masterpiece. Beautiful storytelling, enhancement on the intensity, and the stakes at hand???? I was on the edge of my seat LMAOOOO
2 years later, I don't think sharp ever got his episode on Hot Juans :(
That 2v1 Share stock guy was a genius, lost my shit laughing at that
You claim that Hbox is a malcontent and Sharp is valiant, but this cannot be further from the truth. In a tournament advertised as a bloodbath, Hbox chose methods of peace; he only slew one contender, a contender who refused to accept an offer of wealth and survival, insisting on having the death match that he came for. Can the same be said for Sharp? How many good people died by his hand before the conclusion of the tournament?
Begone, heretic. Your mind is as poisoned as your soul, lost to the foul misdirection of Hbox' accursed sorcery
Only time will tell how the bards sing of this battle.
The council was... Overzealous. We know you are no heretic.
*This,* is the true face of heresy.
Clout is violence
Nay, twas the famished box who devoured the souls of his would-be opponents, and forced them to live on as their own lesser halves, trapped in life as if he had buried them alive. I would that they’d die a thousand deaths before allowing their warrior’s fiery spirit to be smothered but instead now their spirit and their honor lay forever in the belly of the box, torn from them irreparably. Sharp allowed his opponents both the swiftness and glory of a warrior’s death: the box and his trickery swayed them to a dark path where they would never know it.
Theory: Sharp's goal was Hot Juans from the start, he only used the trophy as a way to make Hbox concede easier
Which, if true, makes the mind games that much more impressive
It's obvious. There's no way hbox parts with the stick for a random wifi tourney. It was just to anchor the "value" of the win as way higher than it should be.
Negotiations 101 Always ask for the world first, then only a country to seem more reasonable
It's called the "Door in Face" technique. I.E. It's like you're a door-to-door salesman and your offer would make them slam their door in your face.
A clever ploy, since they're now thinking on a bigger scale. $100 bucks seems like a lot of money, but it's small compared to $1000. It can be pretty risky though. They might just walk away (or in terms of door-to-door, shoo you away).
My favorite moment was when someone was bartering with hbox. The guy was trying to get hbox to fight him. He said "I'm the best Ness in Ecuador." Hbox retorted, "I'm Hungrybox."
"What is a man to a god"
"What is a god to a non-believer"
@@onlysmiles4949 *beats his ass* you believe in god now?
he said he was the best snake in ecuador, not to have hbox fight him, but to get an better offer because hungrybox wouldnt stand a chance if they were to fight
@@onlysmiles4949 "who don't believe on anything"
IF
Sharp was such a master negotiator, throwing off Hbox like that was crazy. I'm shook, hope there's more of this!
hbox won the battle, but he lost the mental war
He threw HBox off his game took his strategy used it against him and controlled the conversation ha may have took 2nd but he was the real winner
Rewatching because I love this video. I'm now becoming more convinced Sharp did a bait+switch negotiation, asking for something impossible only to offer the "better" deal which is more preferable to HBox.
Ukulele pichu pfp
Based
Gotta love that "You're not negotiating properly" line from HBox at 17:24.
That's how you know Sharp's negotiating extremely well.
That was a TOP LEVEL move by Sharp. He knew HBox would never give up the stick, he was just priming him. The 300 dollars? That just made him more comfortable, after all he had been paying money + influence all tournament. All that setup, catching him off guard by starting negotions first, Sharp may have come second but he truly won in my eyes. Even in conversation he is a top level competitor and earned his reward.
Hungrybox has demonstrated the sedative powers of his popoffs before... but to think they were this powerful...
For my part, I entered this tournament and gentlemanned to Pokemon Showdown Random Battles. Sadly, my first opponent pulled out a Tapu Koko and swept me, twas a tragic twist of fate.
lmao
should have played gen 1 randbats, better players genuinely run an over 60% chance of winning via abuses of niche mechanics
Damn randoms be like that lol, in normal competitive its not smart to set up turn one but randoms is a completely different story lol
@@Marcusjnmc Seeing you here feels so random lol
It's sad that Mario Party Superstars wasn't out at this time cause I would have definitely done that
"Lag switches are not just legal, but encouraged" - this needs to be a recurring thing. No more complaining about lag, everyone gets a lag switch and it's a fair and even playing field.
Coney, you gotta do more scripted videos like this. Very funny
TRUE
Fr
for sure
It's cool seeing him make these scripted essay videos since he clearly enjoys them on stream
@@chickenmanphil Definitely
At first I was like "Oh? Is this about another slimy player?" but then I saw... That was the ACTUAL POINT of the tournament. Honestly a fun idea.
I honestly thought Coney's Gasp was over the top. Then I saw the golden fightstick and I gasped so hard I gasped in Spanish
I love how Sharp has a Cloud Pfp but he talks like he’s Sephiroth and makes deal like he’s Light Yagami
Still waiting on Sharps APPEARANCE
“He looked the devil in the eye, and dared him to blink.” That gave me chills
The L music during grand finals for all those mind games is fantastic, this made my day💛
Watching it as it happened whilst they played that song live for the stream was an EXPERIENCE
The rivals grand finals was also a hell of a thing to behold. The entire Rivals bracket was too honestly. It was a much smaller event but it was a ton of fun as well. My opponent and I round one played 100% accurate workshop characters and it's probably the best bracket experience I've ever had the privilege of having.
I was tempted to join it and give my opponent a collection and then just play literal sun every time
That share stock tactic is so goddamn funny omg. “No catch” LMAO
RE-STOCK!
😦
Oooh, coney is gonna get flayed for saying that a catapult and trebuchet are the same thing.
Oh yeah, he really is.
(They are the same thing categorically, but a trebuchet is another level above)
wololo
Exactly, he pronounced it right but screwed himself imeadietly
I used to get bent out of shape about it, I was one of those “well actually people 😅 but I’m just too old and too tired. Lol
No he even changes the image for each one, he knew the difference and that they both have the power to launch you out of a tournament
this was fantastic, I've never commented on your stuff before but this had me on the edge of my seat for SO long that I gave my own mom a convoluted explanation of what was going on because it had me GRIPPED from start to finish
Coney caught a glimpse of the tournament-recap content, picked up his influencing gauntlet and said "fine, I'll do it myself"
Ran out of things to watch while building gunpla, so I've been looking for videos like this. Perfect timing!
I also couldn't watch this tournament sadly, so a video like this is exactly what I needed. More than welcome for more videos like these whenever they come around!
Anytime you're telling a story it's legit top tiered content. It shows. The hard work and effort. I appreciate you Coney.
This was such a rollercoaster of emotions
just now realizing walt isn't verified, he deserves it
And to this day, naitosharp has still not appeared on hot juans
Outsharked
Hbox when Liquid says they can have Sharp on hot juans: "I've won... exactly as planned"
This video essay format of video was really entertaining and a nice change of pace, definitely would like to see more!
The Death Note music was a very fitting choice for grand finals. This was a whole-ass anime arc from start to finish.
No joke, this was the most captivating Smash content video since 2013.
I mean I wasn't able to follow the tournament when it happened and only got some snippets here and there, so massive credit to the event and the people surrounding it. But the writing and editing in this video was incredible.
For me, not knowing 99% of what happened before hand, this video was kinda too much (good) to even process in one sitting lol.
16:20
He did a really smart thing. . .he made a "high" offer (the new one) seem small in comparison to the original. Very smart. . . .
I cant Belive Sharp still never went to hot Juans
This was incredible Coney! I hope you make more of this in the future it could be a good “once in a while video” to spice it up
This was a beautiful recap of the tournament, incredible movie dude
WhyDo looks EXACTLY like the type of person who would create a chaotic tournament like this
I missed watching this live but now I'm almost glad I did so I could watch this spoiler-free
Right? That way it was the most jam packed content for 20 minutes straight.
I saw Hungrybox at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen green bandannas in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bandannas and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and rested me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bandanna and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by popping off really loudly.
I cant wait for people to actually believe this
God, I can't wait for WhyDo to put on another tournament. It really was phenomenal.
Item tournaments are inbound. Check his channel and community posts
This was one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on this channel, CONEY is a genuinely amazing orator. Blessed content
They have to do this again next year, this is easily one of the best tournaments of ANYTHING I've ever seen, I wouldn't miss it for the world if they ran another
Saw this live and I was still impressed by the framing. What a video.
Also Naitosharp did great at Riptide, so ... good for him!
Sad that the first guy I played against in this turney just wanted to play a regular match and I lost round 1
:(
This is easily some of my favorite funny Smash content in a HOT second. We have plenty of great longform, serious documentary style stuff. But damn, you got the narrative and the tone so goddamn on point. Good job dude
3 minutes in and this video is already such a gem. I swear to god, this better get like 2 million views
I genuinely mean this Coney, you have a great narrator voice and I would love if you did more scripted stuff like this, this video's is straight up one of your best
This is one of the most entertaining videos I have ever watched. Hungry box is a villain and an amazing one at that.
Let's just hope someone doesn't throw a crab at him again
A perfect heel
I know you do a lot of highlights from steams and I do really enjoy those but this was fantastic. I think stepping more into this type of content suits you really quite well, you know how to sell a good story.
I love boosting new and unique styles of video from my favorite content creator, Coney!
Scripted Coney is one of the best things I've ever seen, considering the character and the usual quality that for better or worse has us used to
This was really well done! Loved the presentation and tight editing. Great stuff
19:35 my favorite part of this story was you mentioning HungryBox using his power… for good. The tournament in total was just pure gold and this video alone made me want to follow both of you.
Without exaggeration this was one of the most entertaining smash videos I've seen, the narration, the storyline and editing, everything was really well done and written
Props to coney for the quality, I'm definitely subscribing 👍
Absolutely loved this video! You brought out the storylines so well and it was compelling throughout, what a tournament!
That was the most tense grand finals I've ever watched...
I love this grand finals especially because it was unique, stressful and had drama as well as a flashback from the Juan. In all the tournaments I have won in with Joker, the Aegis, Chrom and Falcon, never have I ever seen smash become so much more unique and interesting as bargaining over winning a game
this style of video needs to make a return on this channel, it was too good. I love the smash content as of late, but I'd also enjoy seeing this style with other types of games or topics. keep it up, man!
Shoutouts to that one guy that was running a Clash Royale bracket *in* a Smash tournament.
This was amazing, I haven't been keeping up with Smash as often as I used to, so I only heard about the tournament and was honestly a little sad I didn't get to experience the chaos myself. This video was perfect, exactly what I wanted
Comparing the noble trebuchet to the godless catapult is an affront to mankind.
And Sharp never appeared...
Yea, this is like some of the best smash content i've ever seen.
I haven't watched it yet, but this is an AMAZING video, Coney.
TRUEING OMEGALUL OMEGALUL
Pfp bro?
This video style fucking RULES. I think it really suits itself to something like this where you’re explaining a topic and using stream highlights to supplement that explanation, and I think it can coexist with your other edited stream highlights very well! Incredible work to everyone involved!
I can already tell this video is gonna be amazing
Edit:It was amazing
This has to be a yearly event, it’s by far the highest level of competition in smash
I wish I had seen this live. Holy shit this is incredible and a genius idea for a random one off tournament
I’ve watched this video several times because not only is it very funny but damn coney your abilities to tell a story is impeccable. Your way of conveying the events has me absorbed every time i watch it
And the hot Juans video has yet to be made
This video is a masterpiece I'll add it to a playlist to rewatch or listen to as it's very well done
Coney doing video Essays? I never thought i'd see the day
This is so well told ! Thanks for this incredible recap Coney
Coney.
I need more of these narratives.
P L E A S E .
That last bout was truly a match between kings, I nearly fainted from the pressure alone.
This was epic storytelling, I would love to see more content like this! 👍
I didn’t get to watch much of the tourney on twitch but I did get to experience it second hand through Twitter after the fact, which was a hilarious experience. Coney captured that same exact energy in this video which I couldn’t be happier about
Naito really gave the three way ultimatum of
- Give me something you can never get back.
- Make a promise you can't keep
- Fight me and lose
To a melee god. This man is an absolute legend.
And yet Hbox somehow took the deal that he can't keep, literal djinn energy
Through all these different videos it’s so fun to see this chaos unfold
My favourite moment out of all of them was when TH-camr Captain kidd was demolished by a sweaty Marth who 1 stocks on Fd
Watching this tournament’s grands finals live was the most stressful thing I have ever watched.
Thank you for making a video and being a part of this event. It's poetic how good of an event it turned out to be
Coney I'm glad you took the risk to long form scripted content cause this is GOOD.
Dear god this is amazing. A random YTer I watch tried to do what HBox did but when negotiations fell through he couldn't muscle his way through. Seeing HBox's journey was incredible though.
I was in this tournament and I had no idea any of this happened this was incredible
Absolutely a BANGER VIDEO please make more of these for other smash tournaments of past, present, and future!
Wow I had no idea this tournament even happened! This is incredible!
Loving this scripted content! Wouldn’t mind more of it 👀👀
This sounds like some 2012 smash scene shit but no apparantly this accually happened a few days ago! I need to get into smash again, just for being a part of shit like this
Incredible script lmao, good shit, I definitely wanna see more videos like this
this is actually absolutely insane. very creative and stressful tournament. good video
:D
Bruh, did you just call a trebuchet a “catapult.” Now, the catapult that you are thinking of is actually referred to as a mangonel, as technically, a trebuchet is actually a type of catapult. However, for the sake of simplicity, I shall refer to trebuchets as trebuchets and mangonels as catapults. Now, as you may know, an ordinary trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile 300m via the usage of a counterweight, but a catapult’s method of propulsion is quite different. A catapult uses tension force to launch its projectiles, similar to the noble ballista, but as where the ballista uses tension along the middle of a rope or wire, a catapult uses this rope in a form of pulley system to launch its arm forwards to hurl a projectile. Now, why does this fail in comparison to the trebuchet? well, there are many reasons. the pulley system used by a catapult not only creates a larger amount of friction than the counterweight/pivot system of the trebuchet, the force generated is smaller, as the tension force of even a large catapult cannot match the gravitational force generated by the counterweight of a trebuchet. Alas, the catapult works against gravity moreso than the trebuchet, which is designed to intelligently use gravity in its favor. this is why even a small trebuchet that can be constructed in one’s backyard can launch projectiles far better than a standard issue catapult.
lol ok
It's ok bro, I got the joke.
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
I'm not entirely sure why I just sat here and read all this, but I definitely did and I feel like storming a castle now
Finally, someone other than I who understands the importance of the trebuchet.
I thought this was gonna be a beginning skit but it turned out to just be amazing
What about how Hungrybox found out that the fight stick is worth at least about $35,000 or something like that?
I really like this kind of longform video, and a great subject matter too. Hope to see more.
I hope this tournament becomes annual, it is amazing
This was a fantastic video! Good stuff to Coney and Quinn for telling this story in such a compelling way.
CONEY SCRIPT????? CONTENT MAN BRANCHING OUT TO NEW, MORE IN DEPTH CONTENT??????????
This video was absolutely amazing and completely hype! Keep up with the recording smash history!
Is there/ will there be a vod for this tournament I would LOVE to have seen this live
Hbox posted one now
Now THIS??!?!?! Absolute masterpiece. Beautiful storytelling, enhancement on the intensity, and the stakes at hand???? I was on the edge of my seat LMAOOOO
Has sharp ever been on hot juans
You gotta make more of these, insane video format. Mad refreshing.