Giving up on Hourglass PVP | Sea of Thieves 

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The rare times meeting people like you on the seas make it worth it. One good experience easily beats out 10 bad ones

This is probably my favorite video of yours. Not even a guide, which you are know for. I think its hard to show restraint and compassion in a game we so many people are cruel. GG Phuzzy

Being nice and other people being nice makes this game so much more fun and makes even losses feel good sometimes. It really goes a long way!

Awesome Music, Story and Ending! Gg phuzzy good video

i wish there where hidden commendations or something for these kind of plays

Warm and Phuzzy.

You forgot to mention the cheaters that hack the game and are unbeatable

Phuzzy this is literally just a video of you throwing a match, but the way you do it, the way you retell the story, it just becomes utterly captivating to watch. You have a rare talent.

It's always important to remember that what makes this game, is also how we behave towards other and weakers players. Just remember that behind that pirate game there's people with feelings, and even if you don't see it, it's important to take care of others feelings. Thanks Phuzzy to make this game as wholesome, you're a treasure, and i'd like to stole you one day :D. Except trashtalkers. Just sink them.

The number of times I"ve rage-quit over this mode after being matched with players way out of my league is astronomical. I've been in that dude's place more times than I can count and still can't seem to improve. Phuzzy's right, getting repeatedly spawn-killed on the way out of bounds is soul-sucking depressing when it's happening to you, even if it is a completely legitimate win strategy. Like other commenters have said, the biggest thing is to consider the other human you're interacting with. Outside of this little pirate game, they have lives, problems, successes, and worries and even a witty conversation mid-fight might be the difference between a player choosing to try again or hang up their pirate hat for good.

I've lost every fight this week...it's rough, makes me think about just stopping all together after really loving this game. Thanks for this phuzzy. I need to get back to not giving a crap and just enjoy the pixels in front of me

this video not only made me feel hopeful but it was so nice to see you not only give him the win, but to lift his spirits as well and talk to him. you truly are the master oogway of the seas Phuzzy

My wife and I are literally this guy. We play SoT around 2 years now and we always struggle with PvP. These videos always put a smile in my face and make me return to the game. You are the best CC in Sea of Thieves hands down!

You can hear the hurt in his voice. He is devastated at being bad and losing so much. It's clearly crushing him.

My current win rate is around 5%. In theory I know what to do to win fights, but no matter how hard and often I try, I don't get the execution down. I really wanted the ghost curse, but it's just too painful and slow that way. So I can really sympathise with this guy.

It's so nice to see someone playing games with empathy and understanding for other players. Phuzzy is happiest when everybody leaves the encounter feeling good about it, instead of your usual gamer standard of only feeling fulfilled when the other party is demoralized. Thank you for setting a good example Phuzzy, you're a paragon for our community.

I feel so much for this guy, because it's basically how I ended up quitting Pvp on my own. I enjoy the open seas and adventuring, constantly losing is just depressing. And a lot of nights I try there's only 1 or 2 ships on offer so I just get sunk by the same person 3 times in a row. Even just if there was more variety in people it would maybe be a bit easier to keep going

As a veteran that doesn't consider itself a pvp fundamentalist, one single thing that i dislike about the game's community is the incompetence of pvprs or "competitive players" to see how unsatisfying is the way on learning and how punishing it feels to lose many times, especially in the gamemode. I deeply understand rooks feeling underwhelmed and discouraged to pvp, because i see myself when i began playing arena, but that mode was really much arcade and felt fun, although there was some really good players back there, probably similar skill ceiling as today. Cool video, unveiled a reallity that most of content creators doesn't want to show about this season.

I'm a lot like that guy, but a few steps beyond him. I got so frustrated with my lack of skill or progress that I just stepped away from the game. But I love it, I love the sea and the sounds and the rush of it. Thank you for this lovely video, maybe it's time to try again.

PVP could be rough in this game your mindset has a lot to do with how you handle it. Try to think of these skirmishes more like call of duty matches it's not fun to lose but whatever just go again

Truly one of the nicest and wholesome streamers I know. You exude compassion and patience. You make many peoples days a little better. Thanks Phuzzy.

Bro the 2 of them sitting on the edge of the shop talking was like a he will remember moment of a tell tale

Literally teared up watching this. Thank you for showing games can also be a vessel for compassion and empathy.

Phuzzy, you always manage to impress me… not by you good you are at SoT (which you are really good), but by your compassion and sense of FairPlay. You’re a kind person and a good sport. Thank you for all these years of great SoT content and content of your character.

It's not just about being good enough to win, but playing in a manner that makes people want to watch you play and play with you over and over. That's winning at life. The more important game.

I am glad that you have empathy for other players. We need more people like you. To be quite honest, the hourglass PvP is a bit repetitive and tiresome to me, I am not enjoying it for a few reasons, one of the is that I am in a middle ground where I am not completely incompetent and can give a good fight, but at the same time I can't secure a win. So it is just a long battle for me for the same tiny ammount of allegiance after a loss. Loss farmers are progressing faster than what I am doing and I wish the game recognized the efforts and performance the players are doing instead of just considering the result.

i'll admit i'm giving up on SoT because my faith in humanity was crushed on the double merchant xp day, i was solo slooping merchant and was "approached" by a reaper vessel who seemed friendly and we were talking about alliancing so they'd get rep and i'd help them in their hourglass battles, then they asked me to raise an hourglass so i raised the flame same as them, and they sunk me saying they wanted allegiance. 2 hours of my work down the drain, no profit or xp, all they got was broken bottles and wet cloth and they didn't even get the allegiance they wanted because you don't get flame rep sinking other servants

Honestly the empathy that Phuzzybond shows is what makes me tear up, it is also why he is enjoyable to watch. Its just a different feel.

Youre a great dude phuz. You were like the first sot content creator i watched when i started. Now that i have over 100 days i am the type that can sink almost anyone but i enjoy making moments like these. People dont forget a skilled pirate that not only showed mercy, but showed you small steps to get on their level. It does indeed keep the fabric of the seas in tact. Thanks for that. Keep it up

This made me subscribe. Fucking love this interaction and the guy was super cool.

I always get toxic after I lose a hourglass battle and abuse the opponent(not all the time but most of the time) and your last 2 videos have made me realize something, the other person is also human just like I am. The guy in this video has probably been losing pvp battles just like me but he doesn't get toxic and has no resentment towards you, from now onwards I am going to be more sporty and say gg and leave whenever I lose and try to figure out what mistakes I made and try not to repeat those mistakes. Thank you Phuzzybond for reminding me to be more kind to people! ❤

If his match winrate is around 30/40 and you've been winning as many as 90% of your recent games. How are you two being matchmade together?

It's the interactions like these that have kept me going in SoT, you could of so easily just trashed them and carried on like it was nothing, so good of you to actually have a heart and help someone out, much love Phuzz great content as always, if I ever bump into you in game pineapple and a grog on me good sir!

If you meet a new or bad player, don't say him "There are big discords, you safe find someone", instead add him as a friend and play with him until he can stand on his own feet or even longer. That way you can divide an self concentrated from a carying player.

And this how , silvertongue , the best player of sea of thieves was born...

I needed this. The hourglass grind has been rough. I duo sloop with my sister a lot, but neither of us are very good at pvp. We started playing this mode not only for the ghost curse (don’t really care about the skeleton curse), but also because we wanted to improve our pvp skills. And yet, that’s nearly impossible when every match is against some sweat that’s played the game since launch. This video reminded me that winning really isn’t what matters, it’s about having fun at the end of the day. Thanks for this, I’ll make sure to take this lesson to the seas

You're building a legend right here dude, inspiring so many people to make SoT a betetr place

This brought tears to my eyes. I wish there were more people like you on the Sea of Thieves Phuzzy. You made that guy’s day better, his experience with the game better, and perhaps saved him from becoming another salty-turned-toxic pvp sweat lord. It’s the Sea of Thieves, not the Sea of Toxicity. Many of us use this game as an escape from the toxicity around us and when we then get bombarded by more of the same in game, it becomes disheartening. Sadly, it’s rare to come across decent players, even while PVPing. When you do, both sides get excited and usually end up chatting while trying to sink the other’s vessel as it’s such a treat after hours of cussing, s*** talking, and just overwhelming negativity. Here’s hoping that you and other positive streamers can inspire people to be better pirates on the Seas. Not every win is logged in game, as you showed here. 🥰May the kindness you showed come back around to you. 💞

This PvP mode will die unfortunatelly because of the match making.... Yes the cosmetics for the PvP mode are fine, but SoT isn't beguinners friendly and like the Arena, the PvP mode will die if Rare still throw great PvP players against Noobs.

You're a legend and an inspiration Phuzzy. Most people forget its just a game at the end of the day and you're dealing with real people at the end of that character model. Its heart warming to see this on the seas. I hope to run into you one day!

honestly i really don't know what the answer is but being spawn camped just feels the worst, the game shines in its naval combat but suffers with player combat, I think its quite messy and there are several technequies such as spawn camping that more experienced players can use to make fights seem completely futile and unfair for less experienced players, being spawn camped can be super difficult to get out of, it is absolutely no fun at all and from what i've experienced its the most common form of trolling in SOT, but the other issue this game has is if you bring up any issues, things that often feel unfair, unbalanced or mismatched, players will just use "its a pirate game, get over it" as a reply, understand that the more you bully less experienced players they're not going to want to play, and people are always going to spawn camp, I'm not sure what the answer is but to be honest I think Player combat needs some serious work, it for sure took ages for me to get used to, and i know too well how frustraiting it is to be good at naval combat but fall flat in player combat, it can literally be the biggest win condition and its the part that can seriously be cheesed by players who know what they're doing, everyone complains that people dont get involved in PVP or that servers are dead, well the frustraiting and sometimes sad nature of player combat can really put people off, I understand its a pirate game, but you can't use that as a way of throwing fairness out the window becuase it can often lead to very negative expereinces, especially if your opposition is toxic, we all know how shit it feels to spend hours getting loot for some fucker to jump on board, spawn camp you and take all your shit, I personally don't enjoy being the camper either, I think this video perfectly shows how I feel in these situations also, It doesn't feel good to win that way, because you know how shit it is to lose that way.

First few days of PVP, I played from morning to midnight and had 42 total losses in a row. Now I got the ghost curse and halfway the skeleton. got 200+ sinks and even got a 5 row killstreak. I gave up after those 42 losses, took a nap, got a decent meal in my body and then started learning. and then came back after a good long hard talk with my friend. and only after taking some self-care did I start to learn and improve again. Don't forget to take breaks, hell if you REALLY want to improve you can watch some tutorials or pro-gameplay mid lunch. Or if you got time but got burned out on pvp, but still wanna grind for something? try the hunters call, get some of those pacifist friends, open a can of beer and hang out fishing, tell them of your crazy pvp adventures and maybe one of them will be inspired enough to join you, and if not. you can at least spend some quality break time together.

"That's a win" damn right. everyone should inspire their opponents. If I beat you, I want you to practice and come back and kick my ass. and if you lose, just do your best to be a good sport about it and don't get discouraged. I've been there. No one is born a winner, it takes a lot of losing.

i wish people would take the moral of this video and implement it into their playing, not only sea of thieves but video games in general have become insanely competitive which isnt a problem on its own but when the competitiveness takes out the joy that both sides can feel and replaces that with stress and frustration it makes gaming feel more like a boring job and less like a relaxing or fun hobby to look forward to.

Realizing someone is struggling and letting them take the win is one of my favorite things to do in this game lol idk why. Always leave with a "Don't explain a lot of people to do this, you'll meet a lot of bad eggs but there are some good out there. Keep practicing, love this game and want other people to love it also so don't give up! The more comfortable you get the more fun it becomes!" bc a while back I made a kid cry bc I beat him and he told me he was uninstalling and never playing again lol I felt so bad. Softened my heart of stone.. but only a bit

That is a true legendary move man, you are a true Friend of the Sea ❤️

I played six matches when hourglass came out, lost all of them, realized I suck at PvP, and never played again

Hey Phuzzy! Thanks for the upload!

I dont know how I missed this video when it went live, but as I reached 97 last night and am about to try for 100 this morning before work this hit hard man. Love the content. True pirate legend

I had a team mate that could never see the person on the other side and would do things that would make me cringe, like how you felt when you had the epiphany by the map table. Knowing how it feels to just be wrecked sometimes is demoralizing and I appreciate what you did for the Capt of Warum. Have a good day Phuzzy and keep being you

When will devs learn SBMM no matter the form hasn't worked accurately in any video game in history. I stand by that

Bottom line - Treat fellow human beings with decency, always.

The only good way to get good is to make mistakes and improve upon the mistakes. Even the best crews get bested, just keep at it!

finally found the time to sit down and watch this video, and i absolutely loved it. so inspired by you and how you treat the game & other players. great stuff as always phuzzy :)

Wow, man. This was touching. The game needs more of this, and less toxicity. I'm horrible at pvp, hence the reason I watch your videos. I'm new to your channel, and this was totally unexpected.

"We will sit and talk until I dissappear..." 😢

In reality, I cried all the tears of my body while watching this video because I find myself totally on SilverTongue, as much in his abandonlent as his feeling of being bad at pvp And your act of benevolence touched me as much as he did. I would have liked there to be more players like that in game, respectful, fair-play and nice Stay as you are, good continuation and hope you'll have the curse Thank you

At least you were trying to win the game. I just got matched twice against the same guy and all he did was anchor my ship and kill me on repeat. The only way out for me was to just leave the game and restart. Granted he was a lot better than me but he wasn't even trying to win the game, he just wanted to use me for target practice. I wish less players were such assholes and more people were like you.

You have a good heart. Weird thing to say but I see myself in you. I aspire to be more like you as I grow. Not enough kindness in this world.

I have not had a single match that was close to fair before. Every single match had more players than me, more skilled players and sometimes I’ve even fough galleons while solo slooping

toxic people thinks its funny to pick on the weaker players, but just consider this, if you make all of the people who are worse than you quit, that makes YOU the weak one and you are only left with those better than you. What goes around comes around.

I love this game, but one issue that really ruins the game for current and new players is this. "Good players will always win, bad players will never have the chance to win". This saying I came up with after playing this game for the first time for the past couple months. I have had great laughs and chats with my friends and other crews. Making more friends a long the way. But when it comes to progressing in PvP, it is fundamentally flawed. With the playerbase decreasing in size from people moving on and forgetting about this game, low ranking new players are forced to play against level 1000 Athena's and lose in return. Likely leaving the game for good in response. The cycle of players leaving greatly affects the PvP experience. Once you are good and exploit Rare's sloppy glitches that still won't be fixed for the coming seasons, you have a fighting chance. Until then, "good luck". People don't see a reason to play this game anymore when it feels more like a chore.

Phuzzy how do YOU deal with cheaters, today was the second time a cheater speed hacked to board my boat. We had atleast 150k of loot as soon as they boarded they instantly killed me and my teammate and we got spawn camped till their ship arrived. They hit every shot and double gun switched without skipping a beat. The first time we came across swim speed hackers it made me and my duo quit for a year, and on our third day back it happened again 'today'... two default skins with fresh accounts and a third. we avoided them at Golden sands then saw their mermaids at Port merrick even though their ship didn't move, we left port merrick and one of them appeared INFRONT of our boat far far away from cannon range of PM, we both checked for tuckers before and after merrick... but this default outfit fresh account was INFRONT of our boat in the dead open sea. It's BULLSHIT we lost hours of loot to blatant cheaters? How can a speed hack be so easy in a game like this??

The very second I have both curses under my belt, I am DONE! Well, maybe I'll go to level 105 for the legendary curse too, but then I'm DONE. Well... skeleton cosmetics... 150 is the max I'll go. At least till I get around to it.

yehh..season 8 just ruined this game for me. Completely messed up adventure. hourglass on a gally is broadside simulator because we spawn right on top of each other..0 naval skill from there just blast cannonline and hope for the best..great.. Then ADVENTURE has 0 good crews, only beginners and pacifists messing around, so no challenge there. The great PvEvP dynamic of the game where you had to be on your guard is gone...it is 5 min intense pvp or 8 hours of nothing...nice job. (plus cheaters everywhere yeey)

The combat in this game is sooo broken, after 1000 hours its the reason I stopped playing. Being good relies on sweaty exploits and tactics. Combat isnt just fun sword fights, gun fights etc its doing weird sh*t, jumping and rotating, double gunning all sorts of crap And exploiting spawns. Its trash and is the worst part of the game.

One of the major factors of learning any new skill will always boil down to morale. It is true, the only way to get good at pvp is through practice and continuous hard work. But when you’re continuously getting stomped time and time again, leaving little to no room to even attempt to fight back, you can’t blame someone for quitting pvp or even the game as a whole. I’ve played this game since it’s launch on steam. The majority of this time was solo till I met my current crew. To this day I am still horrible at one on one pvp, and I haven’t played hourglass for quite some time nor have a desire to anymore. Back before hourglass. When the only two modes were arena and adventure, pvp looked a lot different. In adventure, the most common objective is to make money. So most natural pvp is highly defensive and mostly naval. Either trying to drive off an attacker or overwhelm a target, with boarding normally only being used as a final nail. The target trying to defend their loot and the attacker trying to steal it. But when you go into hourglass, the only objective is to kill the other crew. There is no defending loot or trying to steal. So the pvp encounters in hourglass are highly aggressive. With the most common, and most effective strat is to board and spawn trap, and either drive the other out, or bleed them out and prevent them from repairing. Back before pvp, with all the time I spent solo I became really good at naval. But naval doesn’t mean shit when the prevailing hg strat is to spawn trap you, you can’t use your naval skills if your stuck on the ferry. So the only way to become good at hg pvp was to partake in it, as adventure has a much different combat style, not as aggressive. So when someone like me attempts it, it quickly becomes a drain on your morale and time. Getting spawn trapped doesn’t allow for any practice at all because there’s barely a window to fight back unless you already know how to one on one. So properly practicing hg pvp quickly becomes it’s own monumental task. And one that I, in the end realized wasn’t something I would be capable of.

Captained Boat stats and rewards make a big difference. You can feel like your W/L is way different then it really is. I was estimating a full 10% lower than my real win to loss. We're our own biggest critic and demotivator.

They really, sincerely, should've just made losing give decent rep as well, or give incremental bonuses for accomplishing things like kills or getting masts down, anything that doesn't just spit in your face when you lose with a pittance of rep gain. Sure people might try to game the system and farm or something but they've already done that even so, with people farming hundreds of levels with exploits or loopholes. For a feature that is supposed to make pvp more accessible and fun, they really skimped on the 'accessibility' part of the reward structure.

I'm not crying. But I feel exactly likely this. I would have scuttled before being sailed out of the bounds... I cannot compete with pvp combat so recently just try until it feels like they're winning and then go again. I hate pvp at the best of times, at least organic pvp in adventure can be abit more tactical tho... this Arena v3 is horrible.

PVP is why I don't play this game. I suck at it and so do my friends. Nothing more frustrating than working on a fort or just going around getting treasures for 2 hrs as a low level player just to have some pro show up and take it all. I'll stick with World of Tanks. Yeah, it can be frustrating, but still a whole lot more fun.

i gave up cause so often do i get matched with a guy with the skelly or ghost curse and i only play a pvp match 4 times a week most but somehow the match making thinks that a guy who barley plays pvp should be matched with a guy who plays pvp almost every second it's to damn annoying just losing to a pvp god who spams ez

As someone who has 95% of comms and 3500hrs. I feel this. I hate pvp. I love genuine pvp but forced pvp is annoying. As a commendation hunter, i hate that i have to do diving.

I ran into some really toxic players in SoT yesterday like just non stop verbal assault whenever they got close i don’t understand that behavior it makes it hard to play I honestly considered quitting the match but I felt like that would’ve somehow been a victory for him in his eyes so I stuck to it and we actually won I wish I could’ve heard what he had to say then, good to see there is still good people in this game

finally someone who understand sea of thieves and doesnt being a straight douche bag cause there's thieves in the name

Hand to Hand needs a hard look from Rare. This games pirate combat was never met to be used the way its being used. Reload cancelling, double gunning, aimbots, etc. Its just cancerous

I can really relate, I have 500+ hours in this game and I just can’t seem to be good at pvp or at this game at all. I feel like I’m absolutely ass and after a crappy game I had today, I absolutely wanna hang up my pirate hat.

i feeling this at the bottom of my soul. I dont really get why pvp in sea of thieves is this way. There are people who hate it, and there are people who are god in it. There is no mid-way. And i think thats the reason why both of them exist. A twisted Yin yang. Maybe its the punishment, maybe its the very steep learning curve, maybe its the fact that there a lot to know, maybe the fact that the game doesnt work sometimes, and maybe its for the bad matchmaking. But either way, when winning, it feels earned. And im just happy that there are people like you who actually try to be fair as much as they can

Bro, I don't know if I am passing true some thing, but this almost made me cry.

Some kid told me to kill myself the other day on sea of theives 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

@PhuzzyBond. I left the game because of season 8, but I still watch you because of vids like this. Love you Phuz

Watching your videos makes me want to play SoT but i lose ever single fight and i cant even get better So ive jusr given up

Thank you, Phuzzy, for letting newer players know it's alright. I also am awful at PVP and lose a lot. But even when I win I feel a pang of sadness for the other people, so I make it a point to say GG and say they're gonna get better with practice. I've been sunk after completed two FOF's, and it really sucks.

I know I’m very late with this comment but Phuzzy………. Your AWESOME!!!!!

You're to wholesome, I wish there were more people like you in the world

You sir, are too good for this world 😭

Yeah _"Warum"_ means *'why'* in german. 😎 Funny. I just made my newest video where I sigh my empty soul out about the flaws of this mode. 🍵🙏📿

You should always be nice to players that aren't as good, you never know how karma works

In my opinion, a big part of the difficultly in joining hourglass is the huge skill gap between hardcore players that used to do arenas and the new or casual players. These guys did nothing but pvp all the time, then arena went away. Now we’ve got hourglass and they all flocked there. New players don’t stand a chance, and rightfully so. If you’re new or a casual and you want to even begin to give pvp your best shot, you gotta learn all of the strategies before hand, practice becoming competent at cannons, sailing, audio cues, and item swapping. At that point, then you can join hourglass and still lose, but you can learn from your losses over time. Eventually, you’ll get to a level when you can have sort of even wins/losses. I tried joining with some of my friends just to have some fun, but they don’t care well enough to “git gud” (really just become proficient). Even with me trying to give tips, we always got smashed. This game mode simply isn’t players like them. Perhaps a rank system or something would help, but I’m not sure if that’s a reasonable ask for a game like this. Plus those kinds of systems usually need a lot of balancing before they’re good. The good part of it though, is I think it’s freed up the seas a little bit so casual/new players playing the game in adventure mode encounter less sweaty pirates! And if you really want to join the pvp hourglass scene, you can, with enough practice and dedication.

Are are to kind sometimes. ❤️ This is why I love watching your channel.

I understand that player. I wish him all the best and hope he doesn't give up on that grind. Unfortunately its too late for me. I saw people getting the curses really quick and I was stuck at lvl 10 (lvl 12 now) and that ruined my perspective of the hourglass PvP. While I may have had the burning desire to have a ghost curse, the walls just seemed too tall to climb. But now I am back to my roots with PvE and trying out the world events (haven't really done any before maybe 1 or 2 skelly forts + 2 or 3 ashen lords in 400hrs on the game) since they nerfed difficulty for solo players and I can get them done quicker to avoid other players. I can say I still enjoy the game, but I will always look to the ghost curse as something over my limit.

i cant do hg anymore i cant win cuz the game is bs to me and helps them everytime and im sick of it

I love this video. I sometimes come back to watch it when I feel down 😅 Picks me up every time.

exactly dont take it serieusly and just see it as practice you definitly get better as you go .

Yup. Warum means why. Seems like he was desperate at that point

Wish someone did this for me. People just love toxicity now though

Such a wholesome video. You are an amazing guy Phuzzy. You helped this guy probably a lot, also some viewers too. ❤

personally ive just decided to never touch the hourglass, i just purely dislike it. i dont want to end up giving up on the game because of the mode tipping me away. but its great to see phuzzy doing gods work and cheering up the brave souls who dare to enter the hourglass. keep at it phuzzy, love ya

What an awesome dude. I agree with one of the other comments, more people need to be like you. I get the need to win and have the curses, but sometimes PvP is just not worth the waste of time to gather resources just to sink 5 minutes later... I have genuinely avoided it due to how terrible I am, most of the time I run from other ships and will gladly scuttle/sail out into the red to avoid the conflict due to how salty the exchange of messages are... That and the constant disappointment... Anyways GG Phuzzy :)