I think it would be helpful if the footage matched what is being said a little more, especially if lack of footage isn't the problem, the throw section has very little footage of throws and no footage of teching a throw. The footage of both does appear in the command throw section as well as the other sections of the video. That's just one example, the video footage overall feels very separate from what's being said.

As a grappler main. We are not a cult we are a brotherhood and life-style. Also maybe a cult

I cant believe I sat here listening to you explain terminology I already knew that I knew.

That thumbnail was his breaking point

6:16 "some command throws lead to combos when they connect, dealing more damage than a regular throw" Misses the combo

For those wondering a fuzzy is 1. Fuzzy guard. A technique where you change your blocking in a specific way to beat multiple options with different timings, most commonly low then high to beat a quick low or slower overhead 2. An unfortunate way some people refer to fuzzy guard break, a kind of counterplay to fuzzy guards. You make your opponent block a jump normal which forces them to stay standing for a moment, even if they start blocking low, allowing you to hit them with a rising jump normal for a fast overhead

This was a very needed video as for most people this is a mystical language that they can't even begin to decipher with ancient hieroglyphics. After i show this video to my friends they might finally understand what i'm saying now.

Looks like we've got a pretty meaty looking shimmy in neutral

It gets even more confusing when you talk about 3D fighters. In addition to having lots of game specific terminology like Orbitals, Hellsweeps, Electrics, Nose Bleed Stun, While Standing, Butterflies, Strings and more when you're talking about Tekken, there's also the fact that some terms used in 2D fighters might mean something slightly different in a 3D fighter.

This was extremely well-edited and quite informative. I don't appreciate randomly shitting on Smash Bros though.

I love the fighting game glossary. I wish my other hobbies (wrestling and yugioh) had their own.

"Strange. Interesting. Tantalizing." - award winning author stephen king when reading tekken jargon

I remember in sf4 I didn't know what an fadc was till some drunk russian explained it to me at a chukee cheese on my cousin's birthday. It was a wild time. All I will say is this, that was the first time I was in all out brawl with a bunch of people.

I’ve noticed an issue with this video that you might have not noticed. Even when explaining all of these terms, you still use some terms that to a complete beginner to a fighting game wouldn’t really make much sense. For example, you mention “long buttons” at a bit before the 4 minute mark. When I started playing, I was confused as to what this referred to. I thought “pushing buttons” simply referred to people mashing while blocking and getting punished for it. Another pair of them that’re especially difficult to understand are “gameplan” and “win condition”. Sure, on paper they might seem self explanatory. Gameplan is what you plan to do, win condition is a situation where you’ve got what you need to win unless you make a big mistake or the opponent reads you. But these both have some very important context when mentioned in fighting games. When I was new, I didn’t really understand what these terms encompassed because I knew the general meaning of them, but I had no idea what a gameplay actually looks like or what a win condition is, since that one just sounds like guaranteed win on its own. Just wanted to point out that these could have also been explained better.

As another has pointed out, this is a great video but the footage is very disconnected from the subject. I know a lot of terms already, but I imagine someone struggling trying to understand all these terms being rapid-fired at them, while the footage has no visual indication to help them at all. Showing actual footage of how baiting a throw tech would look like, when you talk about those for instance, would be really helpful. Like imagine you don't know any of this and you try to understand 11:50 without any footage...

I find it funny that around half the people I see who call something charge partitioning, don’t actually know what charge partitioning is

Dude, this is one of the best intro informational videos for fighting games in general. You’re brilliant. Thanks.

This was a great video and needed been playing fighting games for years didn't know all these terms

in some parts of spanish speaking countries quarter circles are called "quarters of a moon" al half circles are "half moons" idk people are often confused when i say it that way but it is what i 'm used to

that anime convention joke took me like 16 frames to figure out

5d chess with multiverse time travel Mentioned

pot bros, he's onto our glue eater cult oh no

gonna be linking this video to friends thats for sure

this is why gekko links to the glossary in the description of every video

24:32 aaaaand Johnny got announced

That thumbnail change from happy cammy to.. i dunno scaredarc neco arc?

Thank God, I've been thinking about all the terms I don't know but have been too lazy to look it up, thanks for giving me an excuse! Edit: nvm I already knew what all this meant, the terms I want to learn are OD (before sf6) and, well, it was fuzzy but you said you weren't gonna do that one :/

I didn't even have to look at my PC numpad to know that 1632143 is just that "writing kanji" input that so many Hazama players have trouble with (as just an example) lol

haven’t seen it but already a banger

roa music used in the video, going in the platfighter thread

Please what is the intro music I was searching it for hours 😭

Do i know all these terms? basically.. do i still enjoy hearing gekko talk about them?... of course xD.

You forgot to mention the stance fighter. Gen from alpha 2 and 3 is a perfect example of this. He has 2 styles, crane and I forget the name of the other stance. Basically it's a character that has multiple fighting styles generally the most complicated characters in any roster. But when mastered holy shit.

The twitch notification to watch the new vid is so funny

I was once explaining moves to my brother and using terms such as "quarter circle" and "dp", and he accused me of explaining in a purposefully complicated manner to make me look smart. I proceeded to bust out the numbered notations to show him otherwise.

What a prediction in the end lmao

I know what all of these mean but I still wanted to watch to see the new Gekko video

I see the funny cat, I click. Neco Arc is everything, and I've never even played Mortal Kombat

24:32 Well this is pretty funny to watch after seeing the new trailer first.

I'm supreised you didn't talk about rekkas (I probably miss spealed that), I struggled with that one for a while

footsies changed to fussy in the captions hehe

Okizeme > Hates you for getting back up and does something about it. Abare > Button Mashing.

Yo the rivals of aether lobby music goes hard

Pretzel motion players finally getting their damn pretzel snacks: Edit: for a next vid, I suggest you use more footage for what is being talked about... And otg, which is kinda universal as long as the game lets you hit grounded opponents.

can some1 plz tell me the name of the game at 4:19 plz, i literaly cant remmember for the life of me

How did he know I was looking for that

9:33 was gekko running for his goddamn soul. You are lucky that pot didn't gold burst my guy

Johnny is here

The way Cammy looking at that meaty shimmy neutral 💀

1:45 Using the term R.C. for blazblue is actually correct, because it's called Rapid Cancel in that game, you right about P4U tho

The hardest part about tekken for meis getting used to blocking high as a panic option rather than low (for me who has been into 2d fighters for 5 years and is still bad) In tekken, low block only blocks special mids and low attacks. But most* quick moves are highs and mids which can only be blocked by high.

Honestly… I already know most of the language. It’s not so much of an issue of knowing what the words mean, and more of a problem with what they have to do with one another, and when they’re being said rapid-fire in conversation. Like… I know what meaty, footsies, wake-up, shimmy, QCF, DP, advantage, initiative, jump-in, read, empty jump, fireball, mix-up all mean. But when you put them in a sentence like: “So I QCF to put my fireball out to cover my jump-in, he responds with a DP, but I read him with an empty jump, so I have the advantage and combo him, then, on wake-up I hit him with a meaty punch to keep the initiative, then pull out a throw mix-up. Did you get all that?” I mean… I understand it reading it word for word, but like hell if I know what I’m supposed to get out of it. It’s like comprehending a foreign language after you learn to read it.

Go ahead Gekko, tell me what a fuzzy is. Please I beg you

Kinda funny. When you showed that clip of Asuka whilst saying how you hate characters like that, i could really relate as there's nothing i hate more than fighting Testament in strive.

I thought the pretzel input notation was an actual code...

I didn't get far in to the video but ad a person who wanted to learn these terms awhile ago. You have to tell the newbies what happy birthday is. A lot of people play Tag games. You dont have to explain a Merry christmas tho. Most people don't see it in tag games

Bro it doesnt have to do with the video But Johnny is back

Anyone know that intro song??? Pretty please??? 🙏

0:12 oh DEAR XD

I just know we are going to Memphis with Luke!

searching up the code is a dojin of Elisabeth from 7ds your welcome

Ngl, I clicked on this video expecting to hear translations for words like "Totsugeki", "tatsumaki senpyakku", and "areyouokayyy".

man i really like dragon punches i should look up dp street fighter to see the combos!!!

He did not just put a fucking pretzel input at 0:13

I'm not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping you would reference when a Tekken player accidentally tweeted at writer Myke Cole, who called said tweet "so tantalizingly like English".

Dude gekko you gotta start matching up the audio with the footage

I think it’s funny imagining his grandma hearing him talk about some random shit that makes no sense.

This video was released 3 hours after i was in the fighting game glossary trying to find out what RPS meant. Coincidence?

Wait these words mean anything I was just saying random stuff and no one questioned it.

I've been playing fighting games for 30 years why am i watching this 😂

why do i know every word in this video and still watch ? ur content is just too good even without the educational part

Incase y’all ain’t know Johnny is confirmed for ggst season 3 We Eatin good boys

13:36 "His first... move is 'ha-doh-ken'. The 'ha-duu-ken' is..." Man really swapped his pronunciation.

I can’t figure out where this guy’s accent is from

Hopefully soon I'll be fluent fighting game language. Currently its just broken fight talk.

10:14 🤣

I nkw know what a DP is in a fighting game context and no longer take it to mean something rude. Thanks much!

I like how many "-ish", "usually", "most of the time", "with some exceptions", etc. there are in these explanations. xD

Nice

I want to see your johhny react

Hope you're hyped, cuz it is in fact Johnny

Remember, kids half the video footage is unrelated

I unironically love confusing people with Fighting Game Language

TALK ABOUT SMASH GEKKO I HEARD YOU DUMPING ON IT WAY TOO MUCH ALREADY I'm an extremist playing competitive smash and getting into fgc nowadays, and your channel made me buy Strive, thank you Gekko ❤

Do I spy another Baiken main?

I've been in so many locals in my area since high school, and till this day, still don't know what the fuck a "Meaty" is

pretty sure you had a stroke while making that thumbnail

>Zoners are the thinking man`s character Me, who just fucks around with the funny British man in Strive because his joy is way too infectious and also Axl Bomber is just a fun move (when i remember to use it): 😁 Then again im also like, floor 4 skill level lol. I`ve had better luck with Sol.

My man does NOT like smash bros

we call footsies footsies for the same reason we call 623hs a dp. cuz thats pretty much how u play ryu or ken in street fighter 2, kicking the shit out of them in Neutral. i dont understand why ppl hate footsies

Blazblue's RC is functionaly different from GG's RC system tho

Please, the only numbers getting swapped an an anime con is 9, 1, and 1 lol, ain't no one getting hookups they perma celibate

I thought I would see MK11 in here but nope.

glizzy

'smash bros isn't a fighting game' mfs when leffen wins evo on their main game

Kinda need some more Massey vibes

There's even some scrub that's saying he's going to take us all down to Memphis. Or are we talking about hobbyist/pro fight gamers?

Thumbnail says netural instead of neutral btw

Mario and Luigi in smash are shotos you can't change my mind

Buster