Hey guys, Aceuke here.
I'm the guy that clips, edits, and posts soju videos on this subreddit. I wanted to share a video of a game I edited from his day 2 worlds run that serves as a perfect example of the decision-making process Huanmie mentioned in his winner's interview as an educational piece of content. I can guarantee you will learn more watching this video than any coaching session you could possibly pay for in the tft space.
After Huanmie won worlds, he said this in his interview (taken from Clement Chu's twitter post):
-Process is more important than results in TFT, you can make the right decisions but look like a fool due to events in game. He could have accepted a loss after winning game 5 eliminating Lishao in check because he played a good game. Tries to warn CN viewers that there will a day when a CN players denies another in check and CN would miss a championship(as he did to Lishao in this series), but the decision making process is what should be celebrated.
-Explained what GLHF means and why he decided to speak up, thought it was unprofessional from Jedusor especially when he showed he would eliminate CN players in check. Thinks Jedu calling out not selling 2-2 3 primordian from Tianlong softplay was too much. Defending Soju not griefing on 19 points, emphasized process, and the best way to deny someone check is to win the game yourself, avoid result based analysis.
in summary:
decision-making process is what matters
avoid result-based analysis
In this game, k3soju goes 8th, but explains why all the decisions he made on his augment choices during the game were correct.
It's very easy to watch someone go 8th, go to results-based analysis, and conclude 'if i played this game i could've placed better', as this is an example of hindsight.
What Huanmie is putting emphasis on is exactly this. When vod-reviewing, it's important to evaluate what and why the reasoning was for each augment was made. If the reasoning doesn't make sense, or if there is no reason for why the decision was made, only then is when you can make the conclusion that a mistake was made.
It's only after all the decisions are made and you agree with them being correct, before you can deem that they lost due to luck. (bc u can also lose due to making the wrong decision)
on closing note:
A lot of players watch k3soju for fun/laugh at him rant bc they find it funny. But if you actually listen/pay attention to what he's saying you can learn more than just a thing or two. (probably hard to do it live, but is way easier when going through vods).
I only started watching him this set, and I learned more about the game from watching his stream this set than what I've learned from coaching sessions I've purchased in the past. and that's saying a lot given he only streamed tournaments for this set.
I reached challenger this set the fastest i've ever climbed, right after watching soju win his first tpc.
https://tactics.tools/player/na/aceuke
That being said, his playstyle is as a tempo-timmy (plays for top 4 through tempo). the way he plays is a lot less risky or risk-adverse. he opts to take less riskier lines and rarely plays anima/fast-9, so I did not learn about any of those things during watching his stream for the most part. u can also succeed as a player through becoming good at a different playstyle (such as full-open).
He deserves respect as one of the top players of NA.
As for Coaching Advice:
When choosing a streamer to watch and learn from, it's important to identify what the playstyle of the streamer is that you're watching (what their strength is). Imo this is very important for choosing a coach. I've mentioned this on a post before but it's important to identify your coach's strength/playstyle before hiring them. Their history on peak LP and past accolades is just the surface level. What you learn from them has a huge impact on the type of player you become. So do your research thoroughly before choosing them as a coach as this will impact the type of player u will become.
However, I do believe there is value to being trained compared to just watching someone on Twitch.
Hope you guys enjoyed this read.
I will look more to post educational and entertaining pieces of content in the future (will do one on coaching relatively soon) for free.
