If Arknights became a competitive esport... 

Heyyy that's me :D Thanks again to LeSot for giving me the chance to play it was amazing! And I will win it next time, mark my words. In the mean time, I redid the non scuffed version of my runs if that's interesting to you.

not even 20 seconds in and Vifer already proving he can't read. Meltup started in January of *2022* while Sydaske started in Feb of *2020. Meltup didn't start 1 month earlier, he started 23 months after*

I can't express how enjoyable it was running the back end of the event. While it was quite a bit of work getting everything going, it was totally worth it being able to interact with the participants who really make this event happen. Hope you all enjoy the pvp matchup and we hope to bring more in the future to those of you that are interested in maybe taking part sometime :D

Big credit to all the players/backend staff for their efforts, and Vifer for cooking up this content This was genuinely entertaining as fuck to watch.

They should make an Esports for arknights

A really cool showcase of the veteran in AK. I think a nice addition to this league would be a perma ban slot. So like, first match, ban 5 operators, but the first ban from either side will carry over for other team on top of their next ban. For example, first match: left ban Chalter, right ban Mlynar, then they proceed to ban the next 4 operators as usual. 2nd match: The Chalter and Mlynar are still banned, left ban Pozy, right ban NTR, then ban the next 4 operators again. 3rd match: Chalter, Mlynar, Pozy and NTR are banned, and they continue on and on till the end. So basically, each first ban from each side carry over on top of the 5 bans per match. This does limit newbie with non-built account but given the growing list of broken op like Texalter, it will force more forward thinking strategies and require a more diverse roster than just powering through.

I think a point system would be better than the ban system IMHO. So drafts with lower level operators would be viable and smaller teams would work Maybe like the CC risk system? The more restrictions you take then the more points you get

Do more of this content, I'm loving Arknights as an eSport.

Sydaske was a hired actor KEKW Jokes aside everyone did great during the competition, looking forward to future pvp events

This is a fun watch. Yeah a co caster would be great

As always we can count on Mr. Vifer being able to make some epic content with some amazing editing layouts. Like I have to say these are some of the best and enjoyable content that I see from the arknight community, we are blessed to have people like Vifer being apart of this community and I only wish the best for you chief! Keep up the great content and I will be on Sydaskes support with that match.

This was really enjoyable to watch! I hope you do more of this. Just as a suggestion though they should have a timer rather than playing at the same time as a player with a better pc will win most of the time.

Arknights became a Esports competitive one dream will come true i hope one day that will happened btw interesting they both played well gg for both of them❤

This was genuinely entertaining to watch , thank you everyone !

Love these. They are always surprisingly exciting. It would be great to have some more commentators. Also, I don’t know if they are really doing the stage simultaneously or not, but it might be fun to do a time trial where we see the stages separately with a clock running. Mostly because I watch on my phone and it is hard to see everything. 😂

Not too long ago, Girls' Frontline had an Esports scene just like this. However, it would only really take place around story events as when they updated it, some really hard ranking maps were available for this kind of gameplay. It was so great to watch. This definitely reminds of me of that kind of magic during the opening days of GFL Esports.

This is really cool maybe a six star limit would be cool to add

this is so intense, it gave me Texas alter

How long have you been playing Arknights? Me: Since the game launch So you must be good then? Me: nervous laugh

"Maybe młynar really is that good" xD nice Vifer. I mean ye he is propably the best dmg dealer if he stacks his passiv

This was kinda scuffed, but still fun as hell to watch haha. Nice work. Definitely needs some rule tweaks though; and it would be brutal to see selections and bans possibly relegated by rarity-- something like only allowing three 6* selections in a team composition. That would take brute force off the table almost indefinitely and would stand to give lesser Ops and strats more spotlight.

that was surprisingly entertaining. I did not think I'd enjoy this as much as I thought

thank you Vifer for eventing arranging this.

Didn't know i wanted eSports for arknights, but now i do. Hope you do more videos like these, they are really fun

19:02 meltup throwing with that mudrock placement😭😭

AK PVP coming soon to a stream near you!

The shoutcasting was nice, so much nice info for new players here

By a couple of days you mean a couple of years ? Would love to see that ! Was amazing !

I feel like the format should be 2 6 stars; 4 5 stars; 4 3/2 stars

Chapter 10: "nukes half the map" my Hoshi on that half: "takes 500 dmg" this but a scratch

Applying a recruitment cost like in IS mode can also add some challenging to the match as well imagine after a banning phase, you only have a limitted amount of hope to pick your ops and then the first player who got mission complete was the winner.

This goes really hard at times!

This was genuinely enjoyable to watch! Newcomers can learn lots of things while watching arknights in an esports perspective

That was awesome! I am totally watching more of this

This wouldn't be as exciting without that great casting of yours. Great work!

What an amazing content, I've enjoyed it so much

Bruh this was way more exciting than i initially thought it looks really fun, great video man.

omg youve made me feel super excited with that casting style,if we have one more caster in this in would be fking lit

Nice format, Would prefer the UI to focus more on the player's screen Current UI is too crowded for my liking Can definitely reduce the name and score UI and make it an overlay within the gameplay but still great format

The right side just spamming 6* lol, left side more creative and his strat is so damn good

This was very enjoyable! I am nowhere near their level of play. I really loved the different strategies and usages of the ops. Bravo!

This was actually sooo entertaining, would love to see more

This is an actually interesting concept. I would love to make some adjustments here and there. Like using *4 operators gives more points instead using *6 operators. 16 or 20 operators ban instead of 10. Level restrictions on some maps, so we can have more map options. But overall is all great!!

Damn, this was extremely good and exciting. Honestly, I did not think PVP arknights could be that neat.

Very cool bro! I would reaaally love to see more!

6-star should be limited to 1 operator to prevent brute force, along with 5* can only bring two or three of them.

wow cool concept, maybe for the winner of 5 stages, we can count the cummulative of different time each player clear the stage. Because someone can clear the stage significantly faster than the other and I think thats a bonus point to be considered, not only finish first or maybe, do a IS marathon and see who beat the last boss first is cool, too

Sounds something I would 100% stream in every platform seems fun

I love this shit. I would love to see this become a regular and bigger event. I'm not a hardcore player, I just like to level my waifus. But it's so cool to watch and see all of the strategies employed. It's kind of like speed chess.

You hate to see a cultured Irene enjoyer eat the loss, but this entertained me a lot more than I expected. Can't wait to see more.

this is so fun i didn't expect that you can do this with arknights game.

this was really cool! hope to see more

I never even considered Arknigyts E-sport to be a possible concept, and now, I want it.

Wow! This actually very interesting!!

I wanna see Ekogen vs. Kyosin. A match for the ages

13:27 It's not as if Mlynar has enough damage to solo Patriot without mines or anything and his Skill certainly doesn't come up in time to also solo his second phase

As a Polish person I love hearing you say MaWeiner instead of Młynar (Muh-Win-Are)

Did not expect it to be as hype as it was tbh

Need a Kyo vs Ecko match

every time vifer says mlynar i just lose it and i love this series sm, pls make more!!

0:19 "started a few days earlier" *chuckle*, yeah, a few days and 2 years probably

Kyo as analyst caster would be great

I would actually love to watch this more regularly.

kinda wanna see some arknights ytubers like Kyo or Ecko casting frfr

I'd really love if they bring back that multiplayer Defence Protocol mode back into the game. Even though latency was a real issue, when it worked I really enjoyed seeing other Dokutahs strategize (even if they let enemies overwhelm me on the lower floor). While not necessarily competitive it was a real nice change since I'd try and do my best and better than the other Dokutah.

Shoutout to Meltup for choosing WD-EX-8

I agree for the next episode we must invite a Arknights pro caster. This is so fun and i didn't expect it to be this intense.

Man, this is really enjoy to watch. I bet Kyo and Ecko still guiding other dokutah if they are in this tournament 😂

would be interesting if there were more restrictions on team building like 'no more than two 6★' or maybe even giving the players a predetermined set of operators to pick from, instead of allowing them to choose whatever isn't banned

That was intense! Hoping for more Arknights eSports >:D

wow this was really fun

we absolutely need more of this.

Needs more content like this. Picking phase should also have a timer so both sides can start the map at the same time since the one who started early has an advantage if ever both Doctors have same Operators level

Im really looking forward to it, it so enjoyable

2/0 Melt up THREW! That mudrock placement could not have been worse! I died when I saw that, I KNOW this man panic deployed, that was soooooo sad.

If I had any suggestion I think it would be better to have a timing system rather than just whoever gets there first. It’d make it easier for people with worse computers to compete, and if you’re worried about people wasting stream time coming up with a strategy before booting into the stage, then u can put a time limit on squad selection

I do like the layout but time shouldn't be a deciding facttor on who gets the point and more on who clears it with certain restriction (lower rarity ops, lesser ops = more points if map is cleared). A modifier pick in between the map and ban phase would be pretty exciting too to see what both players would restrict the other on what they cannot do (tile restriction on map, enabling of challenge mode etc). Really entertaining to watch

amazing content love this esports formula

banger vids. love the competition. would love seeing more of these :love please invite Kukki or Kyo for commentary.

I like this content a lot. Hope there will be like this in esport.

Please get a caster Vifer but also join the casting as your commentary is funny as well

"Using Horn and Blaze" Sad Birb noise!

this is a very entertaining gimmick for AK but obviously there's always room for improvement like limiting players on how many units they can bring on a map and they are like only allowed to bring 1-2 6*/1 5*/ etc. etc.

Man love this a lot ! Do we have this for new players as well ? (As if an year old only ?) Would love to participate.

I'm not even surprised if yostar really added this gamemode

Ok one thing of note: It would be timing the game time itself not the prep phase. Let the prep phase have its own timer, not too long but enough to allow the players setup more or less comfortably. Then let both players either start at the same time, or compare their final total time. Its not just about who can click faster and hit start. It would make up for a much more interesting pre game viewing as you could discuss which challange takes are being selected by each player etc. Or alternatively the tags are agreed upon before the game. I mean if you wanna play pretend Esports you have to make a fair starting point and some generic rules should be setup.

I think our community just found a way to get our own gym battle and esport

This is so much fun I need more of this

I imagine an esport Arknights to be like a game of chess between Doctors/Dokutahs but on brain steroid since they have to use their brainpowers to win the game

0:13 Wow mileage varies a lot, I started on 2021-03-04, I'm level 119, I have 239 operators, and 83 E2s Just recently started promoting a lot, I'm out of chip catalysts and a little short on mats rn, I still have 10 6 stars and 22 5 stars I want to promote.. a couple of months ago I had like 12 E2s lol.

Just in case you will hold this competition again, I suggest you to add SN-10 in the map roster, it's gonna be fun

this was very fun to watch

I feel like the "slow motion" when they try to deploy a unit or activating skills matters a lot in the completion time. So, think it carefully before deploying units or activating skills.

Gotta love the PVP arknights content this should become an actual IRL event for arknights like how pvp was made by the community for the game Catherine.

I literally love this so much. We need more content like this!!! Keep up the great work!

Throw in some boss enemy walking around and the one killing it will teleport that boss enemy to another player. This happens one for each boss. Now, it's truly competitive because you can mess up the opponent's strategy. Then, give 4 and 5 stars a bit of stat buff for balancing.

Yeh, so the competition is about all the maps of Contingency contract that they'd decide what will be the difficulty? Best out of 3.

I love this series. keep this up XD

Maybe there should be two ban and pick phase (first ten ban like on the video > full pick squad > ban 2 opponent chosedd OP > pick 2 OP after last ban phase.)

meltup you absolute madlad