my show is on

7:47 I don't know why, but 12th place blue shelling 11th is so so funny 😭
There's just some next level of pettiness derived from that interaction

No exaggeration, you're one of the few people who can make competitive gameplay of a party game like Mario Kart genuinely entertaining

54:06 "Either the best player in the lobby or making mistakes even beginners wouldn't make--" It's largely because as you continue to improve you are putting more and more focus on macro-level decision making, which necessarily makes it harder for you to focus on your micro-level play. The end result is making more driving mistakes which could come off as beginner-level but the reality is you're consciously trying to juggle a lot of complex, difficult tasks, some being just outside of your established skill range. You seem to do this almost instinctively which is a very good sign for your competitive capabilities, you continue to push yourself just outside of the comfort range until you establish a new comfort range, and as so become better overall.

Congratulations on Gold, Shortcat!

THE SHORTPLAT…. THE SHORTPLAT IS REEEEEAAAL!!!

Congrats on gold!!! To see you go from being a pretty savvy worldwide player to one of the best Hyrule Circuit drivers and 6000+ MMR has been awesome to see!!!

34:43 I swear sometimes Shortcat gives off Tom and Jerry or Looney Tunes energy. The confident little "this makes up for it, we got my track" into the immediate burnout was perfect comedic timing 💀
The Hyrule Circuit theme playing straight after was just the cherry on top.

unlocking gold tires and gold rank, perfect combo

kinda crazy how much you've improved since I first started watching you

14:16 Not only did that Birdo take your double items twice in a row but she also Blue Shell’d her own teammate LMAO

53:54 Beginner mistakes are a sign of mastery! It's called an "action-slip." A beginner works on knowledge, a master works on intuition. As you improve, your brain codes your knowledge into inuition, but sometimes the translation isn't perfect. That's fine! Your brain will fix the error based on the feedback. Meanwhile you can be happy you're stepping into the world of intuition, making many more subconscious right decisions than you could with just knowledge.

It’s an honour to have my counterpart featured in a video

11:32 This is a PERFECT example of why getting hit in Mario Kart is often more of a skill issue/slow issue than a luck issue.

Because he missed that boost panel, if he had not HAD and USED that mushroom at the right time, his race would have been over. Ever since I watched that pro video, a sentence has never rung so much in my head as it did whenever I play Mario Kart. "If you just complain that items are the reason why you're losing, you will never be good. And you're also wrong."

41:45 “I don’t recall doing anything freaky to a pink yoshi” 💀

idk if anyone has ever told you  this but PLEASE disable that option on discord that automatically replaces emoticons with their emoji's counterpart, cause :) gives off a much frendlier feeling than the passive aggressive 🙂

Shortcat, I’ll have you know that this has been my favorite series on YouTube. Whenever you upload I literally can’t stop watching because of your positive attitude and awesome gameplay. I hope when world comes out you continue your grind to get to a better rank!

Fun challenge idea: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bingo
How it works: You create a 5x5 (or whatever size you desire) bingo board with tons of different challenges (e.g. "Finish race with 10 coins" or "Dodge a blue shell") on the cards and race to 1 or multiple bingos. This could be even more fun if you played with friends and im sure it'd make an entertaining video too

42:38 trickle-down economics

first attempt and first try. locked-in cat.

The final grind is here! You can do this, Shortcat!

7:24 That same thing happened to a friend and now he's a dad 😭😂