Okay all of my knowledge from speed running comes from watching Lukey's streams this week and I barely retained like 50% of that knowledge. So like take this with a grain of salt but I just wanna lay out the reasons why I think he lost this.
1. From the get go, he was at a huge disadvantage. The majority of the roster was way more experienced at Minecraft than him. Where as they were starting at like idk a 50% Minecraft speed running knowledge and general Minecraft knowledge, Lukey was starting at like 30% or even less. Like both him and Pangi and lots of other said, it all comes down to experience with the game which he just does not have. That's why SB f.e. is crushing it even though he practiced way less than Lukey.
Because while Lukey made incredible progress and was getting better and better, everyone else was getting better and better too with their experience they already had.
2. The first matchup was just unfortunate. Yes Ros is not the strongest contender like Pangi but she was still already with a much higher average and experience. Imo both Lukey and Infume were hoping for her to fumble a bit too hard but in the end they couldn't have changed the matchup either way. But I feel like if he had gone against Holls or Sykkuno for the first match, he could've won.
But then again, we saw what happened on day 1 with John and Pangi and with how long Max and Sykkuno played for. So maybe the matchups didn't matter that much.
3. Lukey just is slower. He said this, Infume has said this, some of us have said this. It's partly the thing with experience too but Lukey just isn't as quick as with it. He takes a second longer to make a decision and especially with his quick Infume talks and how quickly they have to play, it's just his downfall. Now I don't want anyone to take this as in that Lukey is stupid or something. I don't think being a bit slower than a world record holder or people who have years of experience in Minecraft means you're less smart or whatever.
4. His PC. Oh my god. We all know this, he knows this. But oh my god. His PC is cooked. I reckon if he had a better PC, he would've played a lot better. idk if he would've won but he would've definitely been better without the lag and with everything being able to work properly, render distance etc.
But it is part of the reason why he lost.
Now let's get into the first game, which was just gutting.
5. 1. Lukey was incredibly nervous. I think everyone is and it totally makes sense, you can definitely tell by how much everyone is messing up in their runs and you could feel it with Lukey as well. He was shaky, he was fumbling and he died. It was a mess. But not the only reason why he lost that imo.
5.2. The lag was crazy. Like Lukey's frames were just dead. It has never been that bad before.
5.3. May have been the nerves of both him and Infume too but their comms were really not the best. And Infume fumbled on the gravel part, which could've saved them another minute
5.4. Now I didn't watch all of it because I was too locked in on Lukey's POV but Ros just played this really well. From what I heard and saw she just didn't have any major mistakes meanwhile Lukey died.
And for the game with 5up, I think he didn't do anything wrong, just the same first four reasons and the fact that 5up is just a better player. Both of them played incredibly well and Lukey wasn't that much behind but in the end 5up was just quicker and better.
In the end though, I think Lukey did incredibly well. He improved so much and despite how parasocial it feels to say this, I'm so proud of him. Of course I wished he would've lasted longer in the tournament but I still think he can be proud of himself.
Also huge WW to infume for being an incredible coach. He did so well!!
I think both him and Lukey need to practice directions and their lefts and rights.
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