Not gonna lie, when were only you and Mena left, i thought "they didnt had to do Broski like that", but you were actually the only player on the whole tournament that gave Mena a run for his money. Legend stuff. Aki is cool.
I've said it on every video about this match so I feel like a fanboy but your play was absolutely inspiring in this set dude. Amazing stuff and giving us AKI players a goal to strive towards!
30:42 Your whole set against Mena has been incredibly impressive as a whole but this actually blew my mind. Confirming a meaty in neutral and properly converting off of it into a committal special??? I knew you were good but goddamn
Being from the Dominican Republic I'm a big Mena fan and I have to say your sportsmanship is out of this world. I want to see more of you in the future.
I havent watched yet but I was in the crowd that night and literally no one but Mena had the crowd love the way you did. Mena may have been the Champ but you were the peoples hero. Excellent play man.
I dont normally comment on stuff but being from the uk and an Aki main ( started with J.P against the slander ) ive never been more hyped and proud to see you run this set and show people how formidable Aki can be.Ive never been more inspired to get back in the lab and improve. Keep up the fantastic work.
Regarding set length vs double elim, double elim allows for characters with a couple of really bad matchups to make it further through the bracket. I also think it's important with open brackets because otherwise the pot monster who gets matched up against one of the top seeds, that becomes their only match, which often won't be fun. I do agree that for invitationals single elim high game count works well, and better than I would have expected.
Mena's offense with Luke is so ... stilted and scramble-y. It would throw me off so much as he does everything a little sooner or little later than I expect like every time. Especially jumps.
This was the best match of the event. You were so close. And I mean, sooooooo close. Congrats to you, you did great against possibly the best SF6 player playing probably the best character in the game
I said this already on the actual Red Bull post but I'll say it again just for you Broski... This right here was Grand Finals to me. As an A.K.I. main myself, I want you to know I'm extremely proud and inspired. I'm also very appreciative of this breakdown... I really learned a lot!
Looking back… this is probably one of my fav sf6/fgc videos of all time. Super insightful from a technical standpoint and player mentality during a special longset event. Sprinkled in lotsa personality and some timeless jokes. Jwong def knows who da oral goat be 😼 keep it mah dood
I’m so happy you were at this tournament. I had never heard of you before and I’ve been loving your content ever since. Count me as a new fan and follower 🎉. By far the best match of the tournament.
The skill you showed during this match was proof of how no matter what people think of a character they can output some crazy stuff in the right hands. Hats off to you for working hard.
Special shoutout to Justin Wong and James Chen for the great announcing during the Broski and Mena match… they did an amazing job wit all the great insights of what was going on 🙌🏻❤
Theres so much reasons why this set was so hype, great work Broski! You almost beat the best player of the world with the best character of the game, keep up the good work Aki is so cool
That last hit of the last round was dropped from the combo, there maybe could’ve been one last chance to try a comeback from there but I understand that it was pretty commonly accepted the match was over there and I see why you stopped blocking. All in all, I’m so happy you got to show what a force of nature you are in this game with probably the most expressive character too, glad you attended and enjoyed!
I hope we get to see you at more events/tournaments when you are interested, you would easily be a consistent top performer with that kind of offline practice
Bruhh the simple fact that only Broski took 2+ matches from Mena says a lot. When comparing that Mena went up against gachikun, knuckledu & freaking punk!! & they couldn't clutch even 2. I'm a Mena fan but broski deserves hes flowers here
Broooooskiiiiii! You were so awesome!!!! I totally get that feeling of letting down your character, being a Chun Li main and not a technical prodigy or anything. I admire your hard work and calculating mind.
the best part in a vacuum was that match going 4-5 + being pretty neck-and-neck for a majority of it, the quote unquote "worst part" was that the rest of Mena's matches weren't even close as you pointed out lol nah but in all seriousness you put on an amazing performance, having at one point kinda evening out the crowd and getting everyone there and at home so excited was exhilarating, it's more than safe to say you assuaged your initial fear of not wanting to put on a good and proper show, and hopefully the next one will be even more exciting oh and you made me think Aki is hella tight
Honestly you said you felt like you didn’t do Aki justice, but as someone who was kind of an Aki hater, you made her look cool. Definitely changed my opinion of the character.
0:32 i think so too 1:04 uh huh 1:27 gotcha 1:40 oh really? 2:26 and won. Yeah i get the reasoning behind him doing this then. Gotcha 3:16 oh well refreshing for all. 4:42 loll 5:28 gotcha 6:45 i get that against some players that are hella stressful in the corner,but i assume mena is 6 leagues above anything i played lol 7:03 damn man 7:35 good intel 12:11 oh 12:25 ohh that’s understandable 12:48 for kumite specifically. Right that’s interesting to know 13:10 yeah i gotcha. Give people watching something to think about towards aki 15:09 nice. 15:18 indeed,looked a bit better ye 16:35 yeah,yep 18:01 yep how the tables turn in a hit CA 19:37 yea that gets too dangerous 19:50 kinda true yeah fireball whip is pretty good meterless damage lowkey 20:49 yup a LOT of 5-0/5-1
It wasn’t a wake-up level 3. He read your button behind the slow fireball mix up perfectly. Thanks for showing your perspective of the set. It must of been such a cool experience.
MenaRD is undoubtedly one of the best in the world but everybody saw that you also played as one of the best in the world. I got inspired by you and AKI. Keep it up
12:40 That feels like RBK atmosphere for sure. Capcom Pro Tour sows storylines for RBK to reap them. That event is there purely for the show and it's a great contrast to how stiff the presentation for official Capcom events are.
What i loved about this set was it made sf6 looked great from a spectator perspective. The game is getting pretty stale but aki is so unique that it really makes it a lil exciting to watch. Everytime mena won it was either from throw loops or shimmy the throw into death
Yeah Sim's LK slide is a lifesaver against deep jump-ins in the corner. Maybe they could change his 4HK to be better in the fireball scenario? That would probably be a safer change than buffing 4MP, since he can't get drive rush combos off of counter hit 4HK.
