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| 1s | hello fun facts Kevin Hammy |
|---|---|
| 4s | excellent news okay first thing any |
| 6s | Odin's in the crowd |
| 9s | I can't believe they let you through |
| 10s | passport security and honestly |
| 14s | so this is going to be a little talk on |
| 18s | the experiences of at 18 which was 280s |
| 22s | ago sadly 1819 happened just a little |
| 25s | bit too late unfortunately in the day |
| 27s | for um let's have a video about it and |
| 29s | obviously we came like 12th so it was |
| 31s | less good um |
| 32s | so it's gonna be about 20 2018 where we |
| 35s | came second |
| 38s | um so |
| 39s | I'm going to walk here I can see you see |
| 41s | the screen better |
| 42s | um |
| 43s | so we're just going to cover a couple of |
| 44s | things so again first of all me oh [ __ ] |
| 47s | team |
| 48s | I'm gonna go into a little bit about |
| 49s | sort of our preparation stages so the |
| 51s | months leading up to the tournament |
| 54s | um the feeders which if anyone does |
| 56s | remember from two years ago well a year |
| 58s | and a half ago not stressful at all I |
| 61s | promise I didn't have any gray hairs it |
| 63s | was horrifying do every laser Hawk |
| 65s | tattoo |
| 66s | good okay |
| 71s | so |
| 73s | don't you go to the mental event and the |
| 75s | rest of it as you can see so one thing I |
| 77s | will say is that |
| 79s | um part of this talk is going to be |
| 80s | about things I hope you guys could pick |
| 82s | up from what we've done or from just a |
| 84s | tournament in general and see how it can |
| 86s | change the way you guys might play the |
| 87s | game a little bit so any of those I've |
| 89s | got in purple so hopefully |
| 91s | if there's a purple line that's we're |
| 93s | going to talk about |
| 95s | um so very quickly about me I made the |
| 97s | lights died playing in um officially my |
| 99s | account was 2018 but I started in 2020 |
| 102s | um I was very lucky to have some rather |
| 104s | fantastic people go and introduce me to |
| 106s | the game one of which most of you'll |
| 108s | probably know is bayart Joe anyone any |
| 109s | handsome by anyone nobody oh I see we've |
| 111s | got some of the uh even takers down here |
| 113s | I think |
| 115s | um |
| 116s | so there was a alliance called Ministry |
| 119s | of inappropriate footwork I've actually |
| 121s | called the foot people by some other |
| 122s | people which is a bit weird um |
| 124s | but no they were a good bunch and |
| 126s | eventually they |
| 128s | Post cover died down a little bit |
| 129s | unfortunately so that was where oh [ __ ] |
| 131s | came in and uh |
| 132s | gave me a home home to live in |
| 136s | so and again there is two of the people |
| 138s | that I credit with getting me into |
| 140s | tournaments which is bayonton and since |
| 141s | that they can't be here |
| 142s | um he lives miles away which is his |
| 144s | fault really |
| 146s | um |
| 148s | anyway so a little bit of a meet the |
| 150s | team um unfortunately I think from that |
| 153s | year there's not actually many of us |
| 154s | here there's some people who I know |
| 156s | were in last year's this recent team |
| 159s | um but I think it might just be me oh |
| 161s | sorry toast actually where's the hand |
| 162s | toast there we go was in 2018 as well |
| 166s | um we had yokan our incredible glorious |
| 168s | leader |
| 170s | who uh |
| 171s | it's unbelievably French |
| 175s | um |
| 176s | we had generally the Odin's gang which |
| 178s | are a very good bunch and then we had NC |
| 181s | Dot's finest mercenaries so Colonel |
| 183s | Kurtz and his gang of merryman uh joined |
| 186s | us and made our team much nicer which |
| 188s | was fantastic |
| 190s | um |
| 191s | we had a lot of our Theory crafting was |
| 193s | done by uh mostly Hoda |
| 197s | Devin Hoda |
| 200s | um and a guy called Paradigm is one of |
| 201s | the Odin's guys who were fantastic |
| 205s | does anyone know Martin Conrad anyone |
| 208s | so kind of I guess the audience would |
| 210s | know |
| 211s | um there's some funny scenes from him |
| 213s | later on so we'll bring him out and then |
| 215s | of course toaster nerd as well Ernest |
| 217s | he's there too tea of our lodgy Pilots |
| 219s | um he was saved Our Lives Many Times |
| 222s | I'll see you as never on so he |
| 225s | he told me to get a mention |
| 228s | exactly uh |
| 231s | so this is going to be the first couple |
| 233s | slides here are going to be a bit of an |
| 234s | overview of some of the preparations we |
| 236s | took so the main three things obviously |
| 238s | being Theory crafting |
| 240s | um practicing the logistics so all those |
| 242s | need to be done beforehand if you want |
| 244s | any chance of doing well I'd say |
| 247s | um and this is this is Hoda's character |
| 248s | and this is what he felt like probably |
| 249s | by the end of the tournament |
| 253s | so |
| 257s | as it says on the Tinder it's one of |
| 259s | those things that I think a lot of teams |
| 260s | think they can get by with or without |
| 262s | putting a lot of time into and it's |
| 265s | really obvious when you practice or play |
| 266s | against teams that just sort of go by |
| 268s | the seat of their pants a little bit or |
| 270s | they just play what other people are |
| 271s | playing without putting thought into it |
| 273s | and |
| 274s | honestly |
| 276s | you've got to do it beforehand this is |
| 278s | something that's it's really gonna |
| 279s | really gonna hurt you if you don't |
| 281s | some of the guys that are really into |
| 283s | this they will know every start on every |
| 285s | ship they will know every module |
| 288s | everything you can imagine every rules |
| 290s | there every minor change and they will |
| 292s | spend |
| 293s | month of their life dedicating to to |
| 296s | working out these comps and working on |
| 298s | these different things |
| 301s | um so |
| 303s | here we go |
| 305s | one of the most important things that we |
| 307s | did do was was yokan had a very specific |
| 309s | role not just as the captain |
| 312s | um our Theory Crafters would come up |
| 313s | with awful comps |
| 315s | honestly absolutely terrible and his job |
| 318s | was basically just to say no |
| 320s | repeatedly violently at times |
| 324s | um |
| 326s | and um sorry the second we'll go into a |
| 329s | bit more in the practice action but the |
| 330s | things you learn from practice partners |
| 332s | are unbelievable |
| 333s | um some of our finest comps were |
| 335s | ruthlessly borrowed |
| 338s | um from others which uh I'm sure they |
| 340s | graciously gave us some some license for |
| 343s | that |
| 344s | um |
| 345s | and I think one specifically so this |
| 348s | purple one I put in to really bring in |
| 350s | you know what it means for the rest of |
| 352s | you is dressed and press is just as true |
| 354s | on TQ as it's in TD |
| 356s | if you go somewhere with the wrong fit |
| 357s | it's just over it's it's just that |
| 360s | you're just gonna be crying you're gonna |
| 361s | be sat there thinking |
| 362s | damn I wish I had that longer own ship |
| 366s | I wish I had something that would do |
| 368s | this job I wish I had some capability in |
| 369s | my sleep and you don't have it and it's |
| 371s | too late by them |
| 372s | so putting some thought into that on TQ |
| 374s | I think is very valuable as well |
| 377s | so that's supposed to be Thunderdome on |
| 380s | fire with Martin |
| 381s | um that's kind of how I felt Thunderdome |
| 383s | was on fire very often unfortunately |
| 385s | um back in those days as well um some of |
| 388s | you will have been on the singularity |
| 389s | test server as well we use that while |
| 391s | waiting for TD access that was even more |
| 393s | on fire I'll say |
| 395s | um but honestly fantastic resource um I |
| 398s | think nowadays you can request to create |
| 400s | a TD account as kind of anyone |
| 402s | um as long as the tournament Cycles |
| 404s | ongoing so |
| 408s | I think |
| 409s | yeah it gives you access to almost All |
| 411s | Ships Unlimited skill points which is |
| 414s | phenomenal and um |
| 417s | yeah it just means you can practice your |
| 419s | practice Partners you'd have to worry |
| 420s | about losing ships on TQ you'd have to |
| 421s | worry about people spying on you most of |
| 423s | the time |
| 424s | um |
| 424s | amongst other things |
| 428s | so here is just like a little overview |
| 430s | so this is one of our screenshots have |
| 432s | graciously blewed out the name of the |
| 434s | other team there to protect their |
| 435s | privacy |
| 436s | um and this is kind of the |
| 439s | the way that we record a lot of these |
| 441s | practices |
| 442s | um Google Sheets is is not the perfect |
| 444s | way but it is it is a way and it's one |
| 446s | one that we did |
| 448s | um |
| 449s | I mean it's kind of does what it says in |
| 451s | the tournament practice makes perfect |
| 453s | um |
| 453s | if you go out with a ship on TQ and you |
| 456s | lose it does that mean that you and that |
| 458s | ship are always terrible |
| 460s | it might take you a hundred times to go |
| 462s | out and do that thing before you're |
| 463s | actually good enough to not lose your |
| 465s | ship |
| 468s | um and you're only going to get there if |
| 469s | you lose your ship 100 times well maybe |
| 472s | 100 times that's a bit excessive but |
| 474s | you know for the people especially if |
| 476s | anyone's kind of um afraid of doing |
| 478s | things like Nano or something like that |
| 479s | there's so many cheap ships you can get |
| 481s | out and just go out and try and find |
| 482s | content and die and before you know it |
| 485s | you know half |
| 487s | a month later two months later |
| 489s | you're actually starting to do some |
| 490s | pretty amazing things and you're getting |
| 492s | all those really impressive dead kill |
| 493s | board links |
| 495s | which everyone loves |
| 497s | um |
| 498s | so we've got this dangerous King at the |
| 499s | bottom Point um |
| 501s | this is one of the most pivotal things |
| 503s | that we had especially in 1819 I will |
| 505s | say the amount of stuff that we recorded |
| 507s | was ridiculous I imagine it's very |
| 509s | similar for the teams as well endless |
| 512s | shapes honestly the managing the |
| 515s | spreadsheets was probably a two-person |
| 517s | job I think just to manage them |
| 520s | um but it's so true and it's true for TQ |
| 522s | as well you know if you're constantly |
| 524s | fighting some group for themselves |
| 525s | somewhere mark down what they bring |
| 527s | go and record what ships they've got |
| 530s | all the rest of it you know where do |
| 532s | they normally go to like if you walk |
| 533s | into a system someone whoops away what |
| 534s | structures doesn't want to go to save it |
| 536s | make sure you know because next time |
| 538s | look at them |
| 542s | so this is |
| 546s | okay there we go |
| 549s | Kurtz nearly died honestly we had to |
| 551s | call an ambulance four times |
| 553s | he's actually not here today because he |
| 555s | died of logistics that's what happened |
| 558s | um it's honestly really hard work so |
| 560s | this last tournament I did Logistics |
| 562s | with Kurtz as well |
| 563s | we spent a lot of risk on lots of things |
| 566s | and um |
| 568s | it's it's really hard it's really hard |
| 571s | to do for the tournament |
| 572s | um I mean |
| 574s | we all have this burden every time we |
| 576s | play the game especially if they wear |
| 577s | worm will go up so we have perhaps a |
| 579s | slightly even more painful burden |
| 582s | um and um |
| 585s | I think if you don't pay the respect it |
| 587s | deserves you end up in massive trouble |
| 589s | because you want to go and do something |
| 591s | you have something that you want to |
| 593s | accomplish and if you don't have the |
| 594s | ships you can't do it it doesn't matter |
| 596s | how good you are right if you're there |
| 597s | with |
| 598s | I know you've got you've got 10 rift at |
| 600s | 10 lone rifters and PR shows up with 700 |
| 603s | people |
| 605s | um it's probably going to be impossible |
| 607s | um |
| 608s | so I think if you're interested in Nano |
| 610s | or Nano ganging then so make sure you've |
| 612s | got stuff like evil ship stopped grid |
| 614s | control ships ships that go really fast |
| 616s | people love fast chips |
| 620s | um |
| 622s | I think that the last point on the |
| 623s | flagship is quite an interesting one |
| 624s | because I mean we saw this with |
| 626s | fraternity last this last OT |
| 628s | compared to some of the flagships that |
| 631s | were lost in the 80 or used the |
| 633s | fraternity one was quite modest actually |
| 635s | and it goes to show that it's not just |
| 637s | about the price he put in but it does |
| 639s | help so |
| 641s | don't be stingy if you're playing in the |
| 642s | A2 |
| 644s | um |
| 646s | so this is the AFK Creator AFK uh Sierra |
| 649s | is talking about |
| 651s | so we spent I think yeah 110 billion in |
| 654s | 1818 50 billion 80 17. |
| 657s | 130 and wrote capelle spent 120. thank |
| 660s | you very much for sharing those figures |
| 662s | because in a lot of teams are very |
| 663s | protective over this |
| 664s | I feel like really if you run a very |
| 666s | budget run a team could go through the |
| 668s | OT for about 50 60 bill and and have a |
| 671s | reasonable chance of doing well probably |
| 673s | not with the Bargas though very |
| 674s | expensive |
| 676s | um |
| 678s | I feel like as well some of these |
| 680s | numbers just just to give you an idea is |
| 682s | a little bit deceptive because every |
| 683s | team goes through they go and do their |
| 684s | first OT they spend a ton of us doing |
| 687s | something |
| 689s | and then they have loads of ships left |
| 690s | over so most of the value we got in our |
| 692s | 1818 stock basically a lot of it came |
| 695s | from the ships we bought in 1817 never |
| 697s | lost |
| 698s | so I think keeping stock of your ship is |
| 700s | also very important and again go through |
| 701s | TQ as well |
| 705s | so this is on some secrecy |
| 707s | um that's Paradigm in my character |
| 710s | um |
| 710s | it's really important to not be too |
| 712s | gobby about the stuff you're doing and |
| 714s | there are lots of Garvey people in the |
| 715s | alliance tournament everybody loves to |
| 717s | tell you about all the amazing |
| 718s | strategies they found all the uh |
| 721s | secret mega ship fits and um |
| 726s | it will be used against you so do be |
| 728s | careful |
| 731s | relevant thing because we literally had |
| 734s | the thing about someone stealing 700 |
| 735s | Bell on Earth didn't we |
| 737s | um |
| 738s | so secrecy |
| 742s | so now we're going to get into the |
| 743s | actual kind of um the meat of the |
| 744s | tournaments this is the feeders bit so |
| 746s | this is this is again this was |
| 747s | afterwards um hospitalized |
| 750s | um |
| 751s | we had a |
| 754s | Rocky Run in the feeders uh we had two |
| 757s | pretty good games unfortunately I can't |
| 758s | talk about all the games today because |
| 760s | we just don't have time |
| 761s | um |
| 762s | but we had two really quite smooth games |
| 764s | really happy with them again all |
| 765s | controls are suspicious they put up a |
| 767s | good fight but I think we we would just |
| 768s | practice more better ships |
| 771s | beside that was |
| 773s | that was a Manpower issue I think |
| 774s | beastood was we one of our Pilots um a |
| 776s | guy called adults who said they can't be |
| 778s | here today |
| 779s | um he ended up making a TD account about |
| 783s | 10 minutes before the game because we |
| 784s | only had nine people online |
| 787s | um so I think we're always doomed a |
| 789s | little bit but um it be subtly really |
| 791s | well very very rough are we gonna be |
| 793s | thought violets and |
| 795s | okay good I can talk trash about them uh |
| 797s | they're not that good are they |
| 799s | um and then they go on there this is the |
| 801s | I'm going to sort of talk a bit more |
| 803s | about specifically the loads of hawks |
| 804s | best of three so |
| 805s | there was the |
| 809s | I can't remember the name of it |
| 810s | basically the girl it was it was the |
| 811s | last chance sort of thing for teams that |
| 813s | had got a few wins under the belt but |
| 815s | then lost the the final game to get |
| 817s | through to the main tournament and from |
| 818s | the feeders |
| 820s | and yeah they |
| 822s | I think we crammed into eight games and |
| 825s | two I would have been sex games even |
| 826s | sorry into one day and um |
| 829s | incredibly stressful blob kitchen |
| 831s | sinkhole and percussive Pizza Time |
| 833s | diplomacy which is a fantastic name |
| 836s | I feel like we were just kind of the |
| 837s | stronger team there I think we were |
| 839s | quite confident we |
| 841s | had seen some of their other comps and |
| 842s | and we've got stuff we were happy with |
| 844s | against them |
| 845s | laser Hawks was a different Beast over |
| 847s | we'd see in the they had like a really |
| 849s | annoying Rush comp |
| 851s | um and to go through these so we were so |
| 854s | nervous about them bringing this it's |
| 857s | kind of like a sort of |
| 859s | I'm just gonna call that Rush comp to be |
| 860s | honest it was it was a bit funky but we |
| 862s | had seen this before and we were |
| 864s | thinking God we're not really happy |
| 865s | playing into this we're playing nothing |
| 866s | but kind of armor control really two or |
| 868s | three battleships |
| 870s | and this was kind of the comp that would |
| 871s | really hurt us and of course they |
| 873s | brought it you know we were we was there |
| 875s | afraid of them bringing it and then they |
| 876s | brought it |
| 877s | um |
| 878s | one thing that makes this quite |
| 880s | important as well is the way that the |
| 882s | best of series work is that if you win a |
| 887s | game you can't bring any of the ships |
| 890s | from that game |
| 891s | in the next round and that sounds like |
| 894s | it's not too big a problem because |
| 895s | obviously it's like well then it means |
| 896s | that Odin's call then gets something |
| 898s | back the other time |
| 899s | but no actually that's kind of problem |
| 902s | because then if we win second game in |
| 904s | our final third game we would have our |
| 905s | ship spanned out |
| 908s | I think the key takeaway from this |
| 909s | really though is that |
| 912s | if your word is going to happen it's |
| 914s | probably gonna happen so you need to be |
| 915s | prepared for it right we played a pretty |
| 918s | good game here I think we |
| 921s | we're a lot closer than we thought we |
| 922s | would be |
| 923s | and unfortunately |
| 925s | I think there was there was there was |
| 927s | really a really small piloting mistake |
| 930s | at the very end |
| 932s | um |
| 933s | and we just we just lost narrowly super |
| 935s | narrowly and um |
| 939s | we've got to hand these laser Hawks as |
| 940s | well I think we didn't expect it from |
| 941s | them you know we thought they were |
| 942s | pretty strong but they really really |
| 944s | hurt us and again the the Jitter section |
| 946s | as well |
| 948s | was unbelievably tough to go over I |
| 951s | remember I I was playing a more and I |
| 953s | lost my ship right at the start I was |
| 954s | kind of a speed bump for that Rush |
| 956s | I just got up and I walked out of the |
| 957s | room I took my heads off I just couldn't |
| 960s | watch the rest of the game it was that |
| 962s | nerve-wracking |
| 965s | so came to you was a really slow grindy |
| 968s | game I remember this because I had a |
| 969s | badger that I think was was dropping cut |
| 970s | business for people |
| 972s | and this was a |
| 975s | and again all these games are on YouTube |
| 977s | so if you do want to watch them they're |
| 978s | available I might see if I can get CCP |
| 980s | to link the games |
| 982s | um too wherever this gets uploaded |
| 985s | but we have like this I remember I think |
| 987s | it was Kurtz was was just |
| 990s | trying and trying and trying and trying |
| 992s | to get this um is this an apoc I think |
| 995s | it was |
| 996s | and we just couldn't quite get to them |
| 999s | um |
| 1000s | until we finally did and that was that |
| 1002s | was the rest of it right we spent a lot |
| 1003s | of time we killed that Badger I think |
| 1005s | earlier we've got got some cap pressure |
| 1006s | on them |
| 1007s | um |
| 1010s | you know and uh eventually we managed to |
| 1012s | to get our way through one thing to |
| 1014s | notice here is the dub the double Sally |
| 1016s | I think I've commented here that we |
| 1017s | brought the reason for this was because |
| 1019s | then we could bring D connects around if |
| 1020s | we needed to because obviously if we |
| 1022s | take value now and when tally is gone |
| 1024s | for the next game and that really how it |
| 1025s | says |
| 1027s | um but I think this was this actually |
| 1028s | was quite endemic of what a lot of at |
| 1029s | matches are like where you start this |
| 1032s | game everything goes quite slowly at |
| 1034s | first and then all of a sudden one ship |
| 1035s | dies and then everything collapses it's |
| 1038s | like a super snowbally game where |
| 1040s | everything's important you've only got |
| 1041s | 100 points with the ships or 10 Pilots |
| 1044s | and again I think you know this is is |
| 1047s | incredibly accurate on TQ I think things |
| 1050s | like your win conditions when you find |
| 1051s | people it's one of the hugin and you |
| 1053s | kill the hugin you might be free for the |
| 1055s | rest of the fight you can run rings |
| 1056s | around them if somebody has some Jam |
| 1059s | chips and you kill them all of a sudden |
| 1060s | your DPS looks a lot better |
| 1062s | so identifying things like outside ships |
| 1065s | ships that are really important ships |
| 1068s | that you can Newt off maybe is going to |
| 1070s | really help you |
| 1072s | and then game three this game honestly |
| 1075s | was all about Confidence from us we both |
| 1077s | had uh kite comps in my memory serves I |
| 1079s | think ours was better |
| 1081s | um |
| 1082s | but we were so confident with this |
| 1084s | matchup I remember we walked on grid and |
| 1086s | yokam was worried about them bringing |
| 1087s | another Rush comp and he was screaming |
| 1089s | into the microphone the second that we |
| 1091s | had some D scans of deathly he was |
| 1092s | absolutely loving it because he knew |
| 1095s | that we've got a real chance |
| 1097s | you know we're not we're not we're not |
| 1099s | lost in the draft here |
| 1101s | we had some unbelievable logic piloting |
| 1105s | um from |
| 1106s | West house yeah tasting his eyes toast |
| 1109s | survived against all their ships when we |
| 1111s | killed their Scimitar which was |
| 1114s | surprising I think is fair to say so |
| 1117s | this was a |
| 1120s | fantastic win for us and I think in a |
| 1122s | lot of ways actually going through the |
| 1123s | feeders in this way helped us get to the |
| 1126s | position we got to in the tournament was |
| 1128s | having all of these games just to grind |
| 1129s | through get the nerves gone |
| 1131s | and just uh start believing in the team |
| 1134s | being confident and on TQ if you're |
| 1137s | confident and your leadership is |
| 1138s | confident you're going to be better it |
| 1140s | just works in almost all aspects of life |
| 1143s | so this is the aftermath of the um |
| 1146s | of that game |
| 1148s | it's fine oh my God |
| 1154s | oh my God oh no I'm sorry I |
| 1158s | should Osprey still he's still there |
| 1162s | [Music] |
| 1164s | we go |
| 1165s | [Applause] |
| 1168s | it's 5 A.M |
| 1189s | in my life |
| 1194s | so that was kind of the experience of |
| 1197s | coming by after winning a pivotal game |
| 1198s | we always went into the other uh the |
| 1199s | other channel where all the spectators |
| 1201s | were watching and honestly |
| 1203s | unbelievable Vibes that's what it was |
| 1206s | um there's gonna be lots of censoring by |
| 1208s | the way I apologize for my team |
| 1210s | um |
| 1211s | so that we're going to talk now about |
| 1213s | the main tournament and specifically the |
| 1214s | road to finals this is certainly what it |
| 1216s | felt like going into this |
| 1217s | um |
| 1219s | now I think we're going to talk |
| 1222s | specifically about templates and tuskers |
| 1224s | but paper numbers |
| 1228s | paper number's a really close game we |
| 1230s | had a I remember it's like a really |
| 1232s | funky gear like icon for hoder had spent |
| 1234s | 14 years building in his basement it was |
| 1237s | awful |
| 1239s | um |
| 1240s | and it got through a lot of our practice |
| 1241s | I think we weren't punished in some of |
| 1242s | our practices we thought this was really |
| 1243s | good and uh those gilas had about three |
| 1246s | HP and we found that out the hard way |
| 1248s | luckily our Bargas was really good so we |
| 1251s | we won the tournament |
| 1253s | um |
| 1254s | to elaborate a bit further on the |
| 1256s | flagships just in case those those |
| 1257s | aren't nowhere you're allowed to |
| 1258s | basically bring a ship with no |
| 1259s | restrictions sorry some restrictions |
| 1262s | um and spend kind of as much money as |
| 1264s | you want on it so we had a reasonably |
| 1267s | blingy bargast |
| 1268s | um as our Flagship and uh it really paid |
| 1271s | off in this game to be honest um I think |
| 1273s | paper numbers really could have could |
| 1275s | have been also |
| 1276s | um thankfully though yoka and just |
| 1278s | cruised around the rest of the game and |
| 1279s | kind of won we known them which was |
| 1280s | quite nice |
| 1282s | nft was as their sort of controlled game |
| 1284s | I think we felt very confident in our |
| 1285s | environment |
| 1286s | and you can normally see when games |
| 1287s | finished like 51-3 that's a 10 minute |
| 1290s | game that's gone all the way and a lot |
| 1292s | of that is just control |
| 1295s | making sure that you're in the right |
| 1296s | place the right time and that your |
| 1297s | opponent just can't go to |
| 1299s | a grasp on you templates was our reverse |
| 1301s | title match so we will cover that more |
| 1303s | this was the bracket that we had so this |
| 1305s | spoilers |
| 1307s | um |
| 1308s | as you can see paper numbers into nft |
| 1310s | into templates into tuskers intervalter |
| 1313s | into Hydra |
| 1315s | um |
| 1316s | and yeah honestly I feel like we we were |
| 1319s | quite confident with our first two games |
| 1320s | but from 10 plus onwards we were |
| 1322s | certainly feeling like The Underdogs |
| 1325s | so this is the temperature thing so |
| 1329s | first of all um she will hopefully be |
| 1332s | listing uh on the recording an exodus |
| 1335s | member who went to the dark side and |
| 1336s | joined endless |
| 1337s | um |
| 1339s | so we had a hell of a match against |
| 1342s | Empress |
| 1344s | um they fly really well they fly very |
| 1346s | controlled um |
| 1348s | we felt super confident in the draft we |
| 1350s | had a kite come that we brought they had |
| 1351s | sort of I think it was a deal about Joe |
| 1352s | Battleship sort of control comp and we |
| 1355s | felt super confident here until we made |
| 1357s | two critical piloting errors and lost an |
| 1359s | authoris and a cyclone Cyclone Fleet I |
| 1362s | think it was water cycling |
| 1364s | to something we really shouldn't have |
| 1366s | done and that made us incredibly |
| 1368s | difficult |
| 1369s | um |
| 1371s | so yeah so |
| 1373s | honestly |
| 1375s | I mean I think one of the titty things |
| 1377s | here is that TK things that can happen |
| 1378s | to anyone right you know I don't care if |
| 1379s | you're grunt cater on me with like 10 |
| 1381s | margaritas and me |
| 1382s | it's absolutely you're going to make |
| 1384s | horrible mistakes everywhere you go |
| 1387s | um now people might not always put |
| 1389s | videos of the horrible mistakes up but |
| 1390s | in the OT unfortunately you can't do |
| 1391s | that so everybody sees the horrible |
| 1393s | things you do |
| 1395s | um |
| 1396s | and I think one of the most important |
| 1397s | things actually was that we managed to |
| 1399s | continue the game without any blame for |
| 1401s | the mistakes that happen you know we're |
| 1403s | showing up the pilots that have made |
| 1404s | those mistakes and died because it's not |
| 1406s | going to help you you know it's |
| 1407s | cathartic it's not going to help you |
| 1409s | so for us it was all about make the best |
| 1410s | of a bad situation and we eventually got |
| 1412s | ourselves into |
| 1414s | um |
| 1416s | into our reverse tie-dye and I think |
| 1418s | once it got there we were quite |
| 1419s | confident |
| 1421s | so |
| 1423s | now |
| 1428s | to add six toward six what six eight |
| 1430s | twelve six what six six six six six six |
| 1432s | six six six |
| 1433s | what six six six six six six six six six |
| 1435s | foreign |
| 1465s | done |
| 1468s | even okay now someone's shooting it |
| 1469s | already yeah I started shooting before |
| 1472s | shooting him |
| 1481s | eight is is |
| 1483s | eight eight eight eight |
| 1486s | they have Warriors they're gonna cut us |
| 1488s | off at eight |
| 1490s | have a good week |
| 1493s | I want pens on the Orbiter now and |
| 1496s | everyone |
| 1499s | foreign |
| 1508s | foreign |
| 1521s | okay |
| 1523s | people in the Army I guess you might die |
| 1528s | it's a special moment by the way oh wait |
| 1529s | no he's trying to force a um he's trying |
| 1531s | to force a um Champa getting closer |
| 1534s | to his Works he gets the he gets the |
| 1538s | can't overstate how goaded Martin Conrad |
| 1540s | is when he pushed in he forced he got |
| 1543s | into closer optimal so his um dams were |
| 1546s | more effective uh Webb oh no Martin |
| 1549s | I got uh |
| 1554s | okay tie-dye's ramping up is that is |
| 1556s | that is that it's tight it's time five |
| 1559s | minutes four five minutes five minutes |
| 1560s | five minutes |
| 1568s | in the center of the Arena you will |
| 1570s | boundary if you go too fast |
| 1578s | six six |
| 1579s | after |
| 1583s | 40 |
| 1585s | not the one I think |
| 1587s | about one is less thinking putting |
| 1588s | drones on SJ |
| 1591s | oh yeah it won't be switched over to the |
| 1593s | Curious Martin approached six Martin |
| 1595s | approached six yep yep I'm making my |
| 1597s | turn and now we should shoot back on |
| 1603s | Amazon |
| 1611s | okay |
| 1630s | um |
| 1637s | no heat |
| 1639s | approach two after two approach one I'm |
| 1642s | tackled |
| 1643s | that's when you can it's happening |
| 1649s | after two approach one after two |
| 1652s | approaches |
| 1664s | so hard |
| 1667s | so that was very much one day it's |
| 1668s | reversed harder it gets pretty wacky |
| 1670s | pretty quick |
| 1671s | um |
| 1672s | we thankfully had codes he'd been in |
| 1674s | that situation before we thought we'd |
| 1675s | wouldn't honestly when we got to reverse |
| 1677s | tie-dye we thought the first ship kill |
| 1679s | was gonna decide who the winner was no |
| 1681s | it was another five minutes of this so |
| 1683s | uh |
| 1685s | yeah you rock around the map with the |
| 1686s | equivalent of about 14 15 16 17 upwards |
| 1689s | care second |
| 1691s | um it gets very stressful and uh |
| 1694s | thankfully I think we just had the ships |
| 1695s | we had um I think yokan just left his |
| 1697s | his missiles running and that was that |
| 1700s | really nothing they could do |
| 1702s | um the goat gamer moment will live with |
| 1704s | us forever |
| 1705s | um |
| 1707s | we'll have to move on because I'm |
| 1709s | running a bit burned I'm afraid so this |
| 1710s | is a little bit about the tuskers tuscas |
| 1713s | game they're really well known for some |
| 1714s | of the weird stuff they bring they are |
| 1717s | funky at best diabolical at worst |
| 1720s | um |
| 1722s | and we were really worried about them |
| 1724s | um we kind of weren't sure what to bring |
| 1728s | and we had this like pseudo Tinker for |
| 1731s | Battleship thing that someone had |
| 1733s | probably ingested some illicit drugs and |
| 1735s | decided to go and try |
| 1738s | um |
| 1738s | it worked pretty well in some breakfast |
| 1740s | to be fair |
| 1741s | and um |
| 1742s | when you're in a position where you kind |
| 1745s | of don't know what you can do sometimes |
| 1747s | the best thing is to pull something |
| 1748s | unexpected out for her and this was one |
| 1750s | of those comps |
| 1751s | um |
| 1752s | so yeah I think this again this goes the |
| 1755s | same for uh the same for on uh |
| 1759s | on TK sometimes you need wonky comps |
| 1761s | right if you try and fight a 200 Mana |
| 1764s | fireworks Fleet with a hundred man vary |
| 1766s | explain you're doomed and I don't care |
| 1768s | how good you are pressing F1 |
| 1770s | um so sometimes you've got to be you've |
| 1772s | got to be a bit stranger that you know |
| 1773s | you've got to bring boosters and |
| 1775s | burst Jammer ships and all sorts of |
| 1778s | nonsense |
| 1779s | um we got so lucky with these guys |
| 1781s | because I think they fit a mix of heavy |
| 1782s | and hand missiles if they've just gone |
| 1784s | all in on the ham launchers we'd have |
| 1785s | lost the game but I think they were |
| 1787s | worried about us bringing a um |
| 1789s | bringing a kite comp so they tried to |
| 1792s | sort of balance the books and bring both |
| 1794s | and um I think it did hurt them |
| 1797s | so this is going to be a short vid from |
| 1800s | that game Oh Captain Goods all red from |
| 1802s | Goods |
| 1810s | [Music] |
| 1814s | this is a tragic loss of Leo we do mourn |
| 1817s | him to this day |
| 1818s | um |
| 1819s | that game would have been probably a lot |
| 1820s | more straightforward if you hadn't |
| 1822s | boundaried immediately |
| 1823s | um |
| 1824s | but no it was it was a good try so |
| 1827s | honestly the teska's game I think it's |
| 1829s | worth watching it's maybe not the |
| 1831s | flashiest one to watch because it's just |
| 1832s | four battleships that in the same spot |
| 1833s | for 10 minutes so |
| 1835s | but it was it was very interesting on |
| 1837s | the theory crafting side so I think we |
| 1839s | were very happy with that game |
| 1841s | now on to the big one this is our filter |
| 1843s | series we have any Vault members in the |
| 1845s | house |
| 1847s | good again good |
| 1849s | um they don't need to see this |
| 1851s | um |
| 1853s | so this was this was our second best of |
| 1855s | three of the tournament and this one was |
| 1857s | very different to our laser three later |
| 1859s | Hawks were a team that we respect and |
| 1861s | gave a lot of um care to Volta was |
| 1864s | they're really good |
| 1866s | um |
| 1867s | and I hate to say it but they are and um |
| 1871s | this team has a lot of depth to them and |
| 1874s | some incredible Pilots so we were we |
| 1876s | were very worried here |
| 1878s | um |
| 1880s | and yeah I mean like I said some of the |
| 1881s | best tournament Players um I'm sure I |
| 1883s | loved it people like ryloid who |
| 1885s | something might know on the team amongst |
| 1887s | others |
| 1888s | um we copied the absolute crap out some |
| 1891s | of their stuff |
| 1892s | um I think we killed their Flagship with |
| 1894s | a rush comp we copied from them and put |
| 1895s | together in the last 10 minutes before |
| 1897s | the game |
| 1898s | um because again we didn't have anything |
| 1900s | as good and we saw it and we're like |
| 1902s | that's really good we've got some of the |
| 1903s | fits let's go and do it again Tiki |
| 1907s | moment there's nothing wrong with |
| 1909s | copying people if they do stuff better |
| 1910s | than you |
| 1911s | and then you can build on it from there |
| 1915s | our comms were unbelievably good I think |
| 1918s | everyone was having such a good time and |
| 1919s | I think |
| 1922s | that's the most important thing with the |
| 1923s | a team with any other eve content is |
| 1925s | that everyone's having fun You're Gonna |
| 1926s | Fly so much better that might not always |
| 1928s | get you a win but in the 80 it certainly |
| 1930s | helps a lot more than on TQ I think |
| 1933s | um and uh toast and nerd will love to |
| 1936s | hear this but pick up the lodgy they are |
| 1937s | the unsung heroes they don't get to kill |
| 1939s | males do they but they probably don't |
| 1941s | deserve to but |
| 1943s | um |
| 1944s | they are our favorites and we love them |
| 1946s | and the Keeper's alive |
| 1948s | uh and we called the flagship which |
| 1949s | would be a lot funnier if we hadn't just |
| 1951s | lost ours in the last tournament as well |
| 1954s | uh so this is um a few moments from that |
| 1956s | game they're on pixels |
| 1959s | one pixel ship |
| 1963s | or even a closure |
| 1965s | approach him and put you in push and put |
| 1966s | him do we want to wobble I assume now |
| 1969s | keep now hit now hit now hit download |
| 1981s | I'm dead how's that |
| 1984s | audio |
| 1992s | YouTube |
| 1997s | what's next it's like so many times |
| 2016s | who [ __ ] bumped who [ __ ] bumped me |
| 2019s | they're bumping you they're bumping you |
| 2021s | everything |
| 2023s | running out of here |
| 2026s | don't burn out |
| 2028s | I'm stupid |
| 2032s | they're all spray also has no more heat |
| 2035s | come on Craft we're doing it today I'm |
| 2037s | gonna drop my job |
| 2043s | [Music] |
| 2048s | okay |
| 2053s | some rap Skyline actually layered some |
| 2055s | stuff from that and then becoming my |
| 2056s | very expensive kill male for the other |
| 2058s | team |
| 2059s | um I think we did shoot the wreck in the |
| 2060s | end because we realized we were not |
| 2061s | getting out of this grid alive that's |
| 2062s | for sure |
| 2064s | um we died so that we might we might |
| 2065s | Prosper |
| 2066s | um |
| 2067s | this series was a really tough one and |
| 2069s | this is just one of those moments from |
| 2071s | it um but really I think that |
| 2074s | all of those games are worth watching if |
| 2076s | you're interested in the tournament play |
| 2078s | um and I think some of the Mind Games |
| 2079s | behind it in terms of the comps people |
| 2081s | brought the way people flew them really |
| 2083s | interesting to look at |
| 2085s | so this is how we feel against Hydra um |
| 2087s | this this was this was less fun |
| 2090s | um |
| 2090s | we'd gone through a lot of games on that |
| 2092s | day and Hydra have made a really |
| 2093s | incredible losers bracket run to get all |
| 2095s | the way to the finals |
| 2097s | um these guys are really good at Eve uh |
| 2100s | it's I remember I am |
| 2103s | one of the guys in our Co-op is uh he's |
| 2105s | basically like a Hydra Fanboy at this |
| 2107s | point and um every time we see see some |
| 2110s | of them in local somewhere I was like oh |
| 2111s | no we can't fight them of course you can |
| 2113s | go and fight them fight Hydra um |
| 2115s | probably not with you know regular |
| 2116s | doctor and ships you're probably gonna |
| 2117s | hate that but um fight them with some |
| 2119s | Nano stuff but um |
| 2121s | they're all really good Pilots |
| 2123s | um and I think with them this in this |
| 2125s | case I don't think it was even the |
| 2126s | piloting necessarily I think we just |
| 2129s | didn't know what to bring into some of |
| 2130s | the comps they were running |
| 2132s | um they had this I think they call it B |
| 2133s | War which was a pretty funky sort of um |
| 2137s | it was like a rail raily or comp really |
| 2139s | hard to deal with really hard to deal |
| 2140s | with and more importantly really hard to |
| 2142s | deal with for the ships that we were |
| 2143s | bringing in the ships we practiced |
| 2145s | so |
| 2146s | this was just a really tough completely |
| 2150s | sort of outclass game for us and we were |
| 2151s | riding on such a high we were so excited |
| 2154s | and then brought right back down to |
| 2156s | Earth really quickly |
| 2158s | um |
| 2160s | and um |
| 2162s | I think |
| 2163s | almost always there's a better team out |
| 2166s | there for most people there's only one |
| 2167s | winner every year |
| 2169s | and I think one of the things to do is |
| 2171s | is when you lose to a team like this |
| 2173s | don't be kind of upset about it I mean |
| 2174s | obviously you're going to be a bit down |
| 2175s | at the time but |
| 2177s | there's so many things you can learn |
| 2178s | from losing to people and so much you |
| 2181s | can learn from leading to people on TQ |
| 2182s | as well |
| 2184s | you know most of the mistakes I make on |
| 2186s | TQ and I make tons of them I learn not |
| 2189s | to do them again because I don't like |
| 2190s | losing my stuff right and it's the same |
| 2192s | with these guys they |
| 2194s | are Theory crafting going into the last |
| 2196s | tournament as much as we had a probably |
| 2197s | more unfortunate run I think was so much |
| 2200s | better because of playing against people |
| 2201s | like Hydra because they're so good at |
| 2203s | what they do |
| 2205s | um |
| 2206s | and so sort of pickups to them I suppose |
| 2210s | um and sometimes it doesn't matter how |
| 2212s | much prep you do some teams just have an |
| 2215s | edge on you |
| 2216s | I will say though best of five logistics |
| 2219s | for best of fives are unbelievably hard |
| 2222s | um everything's got to be bought ahead |
| 2224s | of time |
| 2225s | um there is such a control of the market |
| 2227s | on game day as well some of these |
| 2228s | players have trillions of risks in |
| 2230s | reserve and if you don't buy the stuff |
| 2232s | you need beforehand they will buy out |
| 2234s | everything of a certain type |
| 2237s | thinking I need some damp scripts and |
| 2239s | you can't get any or I need some some |
| 2241s | specific module or some specific implant |
| 2243s | and you can't get any |
| 2245s | um so again this was probably the the |
| 2247s | most Gray House coats ever had was from |
| 2249s | this |
| 2250s | um and here is a small clip of how we |
| 2253s | felt after the game |
| 2257s | rebounder boundary |
| 2260s | I'm gonna try it |
| 2263s | it's just here I'm trying to figure out |
| 2264s | how far it can boundary at the end of |
| 2265s | the game a little bit angle |
| 2274s | I got an ID boys |
| 2276s | oh yes I got the idea I witnessed the |
| 2278s | match |
| 2278s | I'm gonna sit 125 of the boundary anyone |
| 2281s | could try to guard me |
| 2284s | imagine it |
| 2289s | imagine they actually like eat their |
| 2291s | flag like that |
| 2293s | yeah |
| 2294s | I think is winning for me |
| 2298s | yes |
| 2300s | 122 still moving towards is one two |
| 2303s | three other Dexter is not moving anymore |
| 2305s | this one they stopped yeah it stopped |
| 2307s | he's not moving |
| 2309s | okay |
| 2312s | I also when I see I've got what's the |
| 2314s | limit can we go one I'm 135 not dead |
| 2316s | well it's because it's rounding you're |
| 2319s | like yeah |
| 2320s | you won 24.5 it's just just stand still |
| 2323s | now |
| 2324s | oh no |
| 2327s | slowest moving ship to boundary |
| 2333s | okay boys |
| 2336s | yeah very very strong |
| 2339s | [Music] |
| 2341s | like we got yeah no weather to be |
| 2342s | crafting to compared to that no |
| 2346s | it's a cool comp yeah that's what it |
| 2348s | really is great |
| 2351s | they lost the taskers and we lost them |
| 2354s | but |
| 2355s | we beat Tesco's out yes this game was |
| 2357s | really close so I think I think I just |
| 2359s | made a mistake and then like one little |
| 2360s | mistake cost them really close in that |
| 2362s | game |
| 2363s | yeah but also templates should have |
| 2365s | actually won against uh Hydra |
| 2367s | the bargaining stage by the way yeah |
| 2370s | yeah |
| 2372s | you don't get a kill mail when you |
| 2375s | boundary interesting no |
| 2386s | user left your channel user left |
| 2391s | foreign |
| 2394s | I hope part of part of that I think was |
| 2397s | that we were sad that we'd lost but |
| 2400s | I think at the end of the day playing in |
| 2401s | the the 80s it's difficult for anybody |
| 2405s | um and then having a good run feels |
| 2407s | amazing it doesn't matter you're always |
| 2408s | going to feel sad at the time but |
| 2410s | looking back that was a really |
| 2411s | unexpected and rather incredible run |
| 2413s | right |
| 2415s | um and as far as the experience was so |
| 2418s | fun there was so many good moments |
| 2420s | there's so much to it |
| 2423s | um |
| 2424s | yeah I guess it has a little overview |
| 2426s | actually the last one is the most |
| 2427s | important one really which is that all |
| 2429s | the other things are irrelevant if you |
| 2430s | don't enjoy it |
| 2432s | there's no point to go you know actually |
| 2434s | a better way of saying it is the pro |
| 2435s | ships are all lovely and bling we ever |
| 2437s | everyone loved them everyone loves |
| 2438s | selling Pro chips that's the best part |
| 2441s | you're probably not going to get them |
| 2443s | unless you're one of the three top teams |
| 2445s | you know |
| 2446s | so the only way to really get into the |
| 2448s | OT is again because it's fun because |
| 2450s | it's super fun to try and compete with |
| 2452s | these amazing players to try and do all |
| 2455s | these things and if you enjoy it that's |
| 2456s | how you're going to build the skills to |
| 2458s | then go and win chips later on down the |
| 2460s | line right |
| 2462s | um |
| 2463s | but yeah I mean a lot of the stuff we've |
| 2465s | covered here today I think is so |
| 2466s | relevant to to kind of all the different |
| 2468s | things that you do on TQ I think one |
| 2471s | actually to highlight I didn't really |
| 2473s | talk about is the phrase slurry slowly |
| 2475s | smooth and smooth it's fast the amount |
| 2477s | of teams are lost games because they |
| 2478s | decide to just try and do something |
| 2479s | before it was time to because they |
| 2481s | didn't move a ship around to a certain |
| 2483s | point before they did something else |
| 2485s | loads of them |
| 2487s | um and this goes fatigue as well |
| 2490s | so this was uh just to give you a little |
| 2493s | bit of thought on 1819 this is our |
| 2494s | glorious Flagship in Flames uh we had a |
| 2497s | very unfortunate module burning incident |
| 2499s | I think it would have survived otherwise |
| 2502s | and this would have uh this would have |
| 2505s | probably helped a lot more against |
| 2505s | fraternity we were very stuck in a bit |
| 2507s | of a um |
| 2510s | I think there's a lot of issues with |
| 2512s | 1819 I think our foundations improved |
| 2514s | but our um |
| 2517s | our execution got worse because we had |
| 2519s | sort of a lot of people that couldn't |
| 2520s | make it to a lot of the practices we we |
| 2522s | had um all sorts of issues like that and |
| 2524s | I think we've learned from those hope |
| 2526s | they come back stronger next year |
| 2528s | um I think to sort of close out there's |
| 2530s | one final clip here for you from again |
| 2532s | Martin |
| 2534s | okay |
| 2543s | two capsules |
| 2555s | because he's uh he's violent he's a |
| 2558s | violent offender come on comrade |
| 2561s | um some special thanks obviously because |
| 2563s | you can't do presentation without some |
| 2564s | special thanks |
| 2565s | um |
| 2567s | very greatest forgiving of some of their |
| 2569s | spending figures because I know teams |
| 2571s | are very very protective over those |
| 2573s | um hopefully that gives you an idea that |
| 2575s | you can hopefully start from maybe the |
| 2576s | 40 to 50 build Mark and then teams |
| 2579s | really gunning for it gonna spend 100 |
| 2580s | plus |
| 2582s | um the Odin's team of course some of our |
| 2584s | wonderful members here today |
| 2586s | um who made it such a fun experience to |
| 2588s | fly with |
| 2589s | um throughout all the tournaments we've |
| 2590s | done and without that kind of |
| 2592s | environment it's just not going to be so |
| 2593s | good |
| 2594s | um a guy is not here but um I thought |
| 2596s | I'd call him out um because by Dutch |
| 2598s | online |
| 2599s | um very graciously helped me with |
| 2600s | editing some videos because I'm Tara |
| 2602s | bladder uh Volk kind of helped too |
| 2605s | um and then as a honorable mentioned |
| 2608s | from this last year um Vanya and Melinda |
| 2610s | they brought a lot to the team |
| 2612s | um and uh it was a shame right now where |
| 2614s | we did but such is life |
| 2617s | and uh something I'm not going to try |
| 2618s | and pronounce but thank you very much to |
| 2620s | CCP for organizing the event and for |
| 2621s | having me on I don't know why they let |
| 2623s | me speak |
| 2624s | um |
| 2625s | and thank you to you guys for being here |
| 2627s | and listening any questions we've |
| 2629s | probably got a little bit of time for |
| 2630s | any questions so if anyone does have any |
| 2631s | let me know if not you'd probably just |
| 2632s | find me around |
| 2637s | good no questions my favorite |
| 2639s | well thank you very much for listening |
| 2640s | everybody |
| 2649s | [Applause] |