That 2v1 Share stock guy was a genius, lost my shit laughing at that

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

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?

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."

Sharp was such a master negotiator, throwing off Hbox like that was crazy. I'm shook, hope there's more of this!

Coney, you gotta do more scripted videos like this. Very funny

Gotta love that "You're not negotiating properly" line from HBox at 17:24. That's how you know Sharp's negotiating extremely well.

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.

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...

Still waiting on Sharps APPEARANCE

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

Oooh, coney is gonna get flayed for saying that a catapult and trebuchet are the same thing.

"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.

“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💛

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.

That share stock tactic is so goddamn funny omg. “No catch” LMAO

And to this day, naitosharp has still not appeared on hot juans

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 cant Belive Sharp still never went to hot Juans

Coney caught a glimpse of the tournament-recap content, picked up his influencing gauntlet and said "fine, I'll do it myself"

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 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

WhyDo looks EXACTLY like the type of person who would create a chaotic tournament like this

This was such a rollercoaster of emotions

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.

Hbox when Liquid says they can have Sharp on hot juans: "I've won... exactly as planned"

Sad that the first guy I played against in this turney just wanted to play a regular match and I lost round 1 :(

And the hot Juans video has yet to be made

God, I can't wait for WhyDo to put on another tournament. It really was phenomenal.

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

Shoutouts to that one guy that was running a Clash Royale bracket *in* a Smash tournament.

This was a beautiful recap of the tournament, incredible movie dude

This video essay format of video was really entertaining and a nice change of pace, definitely would like to see more!

Absolutely loved this video! You brought out the storylines so well and it was compelling throughout, what a tournament!

3 minutes in and this video is already such a gem. I swear to god, this better get like 2 million views

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

This was one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on this channel, CONEY is a genuinely amazing orator. Blessed content

This was really well done! Loved the presentation and tight editing. Great stuff

The Death Note music was a very fitting choice for grand finals. This was a whole-ass anime arc from start to finish.

I missed watching this live but now I'm almost glad I did so I could watch this spoiler-free

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 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

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

I can already tell this video is gonna be amazing Edit:It was amazing

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.

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 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!

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.

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!

This is so well told ! Thanks for this incredible recap Coney

This has to be a yearly event, it’s by far the highest level of competition in smash

I haven't watched it yet, but this is an AMAZING video, Coney.

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 👍

This was a fantastic video! Good stuff to Coney and Quinn for telling this story in such a compelling way.

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!

Saw this live and I was still impressed by the framing. What a video.

Great recap, this tournament was very fun to watch live and I hope we get to see more of its kind.

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

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 was epic storytelling, I would love to see more content like this! 👍

You gotta make more of these, insane video format. Mad refreshing.

This video was absolutely amazing and completely hype! Keep up with the recording smash history!

Yea, this is like some of the best smash content i've ever seen.

This is one of the most entertaining videos I have ever watched. Hungry box is a villain and an amazing one at that.

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

This was an incredible video, and it was made even better by your great lexicon. Props Coney

That was the most tense grand finals I've ever watched...

Watching this tournament’s grands finals live was the most stressful thing I have 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 event was so crazy to follow along with live, I hope it returns one day! Good movie, Coney!!

I wish I had seen this live. Holy shit this is incredible and a genius idea for a random one off tournament

Coney doing video Essays? I never thought i'd see the day

Comparing the noble trebuchet to the godless catapult is an affront to mankind.

Absolutely a BANGER VIDEO please make more of these for other smash tournaments of past, present, and future!

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.

Coney. I need more of these narratives. P L E A S E .

This video is a masterpiece I'll add it to a playlist to rewatch or listen to as it's very well done

It was a wild ride to watch this live. Amazing video as always.

I was in this tournament and I had no idea any of this happened this was incredible

CONEY SCRIPT????? CONTENT MAN BRANCHING OUT TO NEW, MORE IN DEPTH CONTENT??????????

this is actually absolutely insane. very creative and stressful tournament. good video :D

Holy shit this is some of the best Smash-related content I’ve seen in a WHILE, good shit Coney. You just earned yourself another sub.

I hope this tournament becomes annual, it is amazing

What about how Hungrybox found out that the fight stick is worth at least about $35,000 or something like that?

awesome vid. Broke the mold of my mostly melee recommendations

Now THIS??!?!?! Absolute masterpiece. Beautiful storytelling, enhancement on the intensity, and the stakes at hand???? I was on the edge of my seat LMAOOOO

Wow I had no idea this tournament even happened! This is incredible! Loving this scripted content! Wouldn’t mind more of it 👀👀

Coney I'm glad you took the risk to long form scripted content cause this is GOOD.

yo just wanted to say I haven't watched your youtube before but this was dope and the video was really well structured, ty!

this is actually such a good video! would love to see more like this!

Incredible script lmao, good shit, I definitely wanna see more videos like this

Is there/ will there be a vod for this tournament I would LOVE to have seen this live

That last bout was truly a match between kings, I nearly fainted from the pressure alone.

This was an awesome video and I'd love to see more content of a similar variety!