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| 0s | foreign |
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| 4s | [Music] |
| 4s | [Applause] |
| 7s | polytopians Cutler sand here that's uh |
| 10s | Sam from The polytopian Times what's up |
| 12s | polytopians it's the big bear welcome to |
| 15s | the polycium Kiku curve fuffle this |
| 19s | started out as a tournament with a 128 |
| 22s | of the top polytopia players in the |
| 25s | world and now we're down to the top two |
| 28s | this is a Kiku versus Kiku mirror |
| 30s | matchup for the tribe Moon of June 2023. |
| 34s | this is game two of the finals which is |
| 36s | the best of three series let's see who |
| 39s | comes out on top yes and there's a Kiku |
| 42s | one off and uh well I believe we're |
| 44s | starting with mix Q in the light green |
| 45s | and then galaxy dragon is here in the |
| 48s | darker Forest color right now looks like |
| 50s | they're both going for your bog standard |
| 52s | start popping out a workshop and uh just |
| 55s | moving some Warriors off to grab New |
| 57s | Village uh looks like neither one's got |
| 59s | good expansion to the back their |
| 61s | territory although let's be honest |
| 62s | Galaxy did he just see a village there |
| 65s | I'm thinking he might have |
| 66s | see we're getting solid level UPS |
| 68s | explore a workshop well makes sense |
| 70s | snarky you never know if you're gonna |
| 72s | run out of water there is a village in |
| 73s | the back there for Galaxies so that's |
| 75s | good yeah both discovered two Villages |
| 77s | so far uh going ahead taking the upgrade |
| 80s | and getting the first explorer out let's |
| 83s | see what galaxy dragon wow it's a really |
| 85s | good scout |
| 87s | um pretty much sees everything his |
| 88s | opponent is doing |
| 91s | yeah that is you really really really uh |
| 94s | can't control your Scouts but when you |
| 95s | get a good one like that that makes a |
| 97s | difference the whole game |
| 98s | and taking that Village down to the |
| 100s | corner expanding getting the first Port |
| 102s | out |
| 103s | and going ahead getting another Explorer |
| 106s | just to get a even better Scout and it's |
| 108s | gonna give him pretty much a full Scout |
| 110s | of his opponent |
| 113s | it's a really strong position this |
| 115s | really on the game there we go first |
| 116s | pour it out on mix zoos |
| 119s | but a little slow getting out there um |
| 121s | and definitely seeing why you're in a in |
| 125s | second right now hopefully the Explorer |
| 127s | will help turn things around that income |
| 129s | ah they just barely didn't see him |
| 131s | though and we see the the opposite we |
| 133s | have a really good Explorer and then a |
| 135s | really bad one that went backwards so |
| 137s | you can't do anything about that a |
| 139s | fortunate for mix Zoo early in this game |
| 141s | though |
| 142s | yeah true that true that I guess the |
| 144s | good thing is he can at least see that |
| 146s | there's the border of an enemy City but |
| 148s | I don't look like galaxies interested in |
| 149s | uh saying hi right now |
| 152s | hey galaxy is gonna go ahead and upgrade |
| 155s | his Capital meanwhile makes zoo is has |
| 158s | landed on a third Village here in the |
| 160s | center of the map |
| 162s | um he has another Port taking resources |
| 164s | and uh early on what do you think about |
| 166s | each player start so far |
| 168s | not terrible I was looking at their |
| 170s | economy uh at the start of last time |
| 172s | we're at 10 to 11 where mixer actually |
| 174s | had an extra star return definitely |
| 176s | building that up and I didn't expect |
| 177s | that looking at the development we saw |
| 179s | from Galaxy but uh good to see not |
| 181s | terrible I mean I think mix Zoo could |
| 183s | have done a lot better I think Galaxy |
| 185s | out of the two has got access to just a |
| 187s | few more cities and better ground-based |
| 189s | expansion if you want to go after that |
| 191s | and |
| 193s | it seems like Galaxy is uh expanding uh |
| 196s | more across the map he has uh these |
| 199s | Villages he's pretty much across the |
| 200s | entire uh side of the map from South to |
| 204s | East here meanwhile Mig zoo is kind of |
| 206s | still stuck in his corner so it'd be |
| 208s | interesting to see how the rest of these |
| 210s | Mansion phase pays out |
| 212s | 100 very curious because yeah we're |
| 215s | seeing a lot of lockdown but uh you know |
| 217s | going wide can be very good in this game |
| 219s | but if you go too wide and you don't go |
| 220s | tall enough somebody can just poke a |
| 223s | hole through your uh through your cities |
| 224s | NAB a few it looks like mixing is going |
| 227s | to take that one southern city which |
| 229s | will um it's a Salient but you would be |
| 231s | completely surrounded easy to get |
| 233s | reinforcements into a tank bed at the |
| 235s | same time I feel like |
| 237s | and one advantage makes Zoo has for him |
| 239s | he has two Giants on the map now I'm |
| 241s | sure he'll make those into boats and uh |
| 243s | I feel like for for a Kiku versus Kiku |
| 246s | Mira matchup it's all about the |
| 247s | battleships who can get those out and |
| 249s | who can control the Seas early on they |
| 251s | have a pretty good Advantage especially |
| 253s | in a mic game |
| 255s | very true yeah those giant battleships |
| 257s | will be crucial if they're played |
| 259s | correctly I've seen other players got |
| 260s | aquatism up yet not seeing any Customs |
| 263s | houses |
| 263s | uh as far as economy goes looks like |
| 265s | Galaxy is still is at 18 now or is that |
| 268s | 16. I can't quite make it out your Galla |
| 271s | draw is at 16 Stars per turn uh |
| 274s | meanwhile we have mixed Zoo he is at 19 |
| 278s | Stars per turn and now he's taking the |
| 280s | lead at first uh here on turn 12 we can |
| 283s | actually do a quick check-in uh we see |
| 286s | mix zoo is about what 300 points ahead |
| 290s | he has three more stars per turn coming |
| 292s | in at the end of turn 11 and if we look |
| 296s | at the tech tree of each player uh we |
| 299s | have |
| 300s | mix Zoo he has navigation already |
| 304s | unlocked climbing and organization and |
| 307s | meanwhile for galaxy dragon we see all |
| 311s | he has is navigation so but he does have |
| 314s | a little bit more map control here so |
| 317s | each player has their advantages and |
| 319s | disadvantages it's gonna be interesting |
| 321s | to see how this plays out |
| 323s | definitely definitely yeah we can |
| 324s | already see uh just keeping that slight |
| 327s | income Advantage but it's uh it's |
| 329s | definitely been doing mix Zoo uh a lot |
| 332s | and we're seeing that first ship up I |
| 334s | expected that you really do not want to |
| 336s | leave a giant in a boat that's just |
| 338s | asking to lose a lot of Health |
| 341s | Center Village what a what a nice move |
| 344s | there using the ships attacking that |
| 346s | Warrior and sliding in and right now he |
| 348s | has that Under Siege and it's no he has |
| 351s | some bolts around it but it's gonna be |
| 352s | interesting how he clears that out |
| 355s | yeah yeah that's uh that's gonna be a |
| 358s | hot spot right there I'm thinking we're |
| 360s | starting to see Galaxy expanded a bit |
| 363s | too fast and was a bit too thin with |
| 365s | their Force dispersion |
| 367s | let's see if they can uh turn this |
| 369s | around |
| 370s | save leeco very very true as we see in |
| 373s | the center of the map it looks like mix |
| 375s | Zoo has a slight Advantage he has those |
| 377s | big boy uh ships he has a lot of bolts |
| 381s | around it as well meanwhile uh Galaxy's |
| 383s | just stuck on some smaller boats and he |
| 386s | he has the kind of control of the center |
| 388s | right now but I don't think he has it's |
| 390s | gonna be difficult for him to uh defend |
| 393s | some of these positions here |
| 394s | that GBS I was waiting for it so we got |
| 397s | our first one up he's got just enough |
| 399s | income to turn one for tour and I expect |
| 401s | we're gonna see both GBS very shortly |
| 403s | and this is where I think mixoo turns |
| 405s | the offense around starts actually |
| 407s | taking territory because without him you |
| 409s | as we just saw it's easy to like pop a |
| 411s | warrior back out but uh |
| 414s | that that's gonna prove damaging but I |
| 416s | do see that first trying out in leeco so |
| 419s | um Galaxy at the same time may have a |
| 421s | GPS of his own but I don't think he can |
| 423s | pop it out and well at 22 Stars per turn |
| 426s | it'll have two stars left but he'll be |
| 428s | able to like pop a GBS out in front of |
| 431s | liko technically I'd |
| 434s | it may be for some of our newer players |
| 436s | could you quickly explain what a GPS is |
| 439s | oh yeah yeah sorry that's uh that's an |
| 441s | acronym for giant Battleship my |
| 443s | apologies uh polytopians usually usually |
| 446s | we would explain that |
| 451s | ghetto whale or not nice and he actually |
| 454s | gets two on that turn that is a huge |
| 456s | boost he has 10 stars for both of those |
| 458s | whales uh and he needs it here because |
| 460s | he's gonna need some battleships he's |
| 462s | pretty thin on his army right now he may |
| 464s | have expanded too quickly so if he wants |
| 467s | to keep this map control he's going to |
| 469s | have to do something he takes another |
| 470s | Explorer very interesting just wanted to |
| 472s | get the last little Scout of his |
| 474s | opponent |
| 475s | yeah yeah but yeah that is uh at least |
| 477s | he's got one ruined out that uh out to |
| 480s | the West there that's sort of locked on |
| 482s | his character really though Galaxy needs |
| 484s | some custom houses I think if Galaxy's |
| 486s | gonna do anything right now because I |
| 488s | think it's it's starting to become an |
| 490s | income disparity if I uh if I had to |
| 492s | assess this is really going to be the |
| 494s | deciding factor well actually what was |
| 496s | that go back a turn did I see that |
| 498s | correct we were at 22 versus 27. |
| 501s | yep all right yeah at the end of turn 14 |
| 504s | we see uh galaxy dragon is at 27 Stars |
| 508s | per turn so he's kind of caught up in |
| 510s | income but he's weak in Army meanwhile |
| 512s | mix zoo I think he has a stronger Army |
| 514s | and he already has Defenders which are |
| 516s | gonna make his boats even stronger but |
| 518s | he's only bringing in 22 Stars per turn |
| 520s | but I think you're right I think Customs |
| 522s | houses are going to be very important |
| 524s | for both players if this game continues |
| 527s | 100 we just gotta wait and see uh I see |
| 531s | some really good spots for mix zoo and |
| 533s | saying mixes in the back burner but also |
| 535s | has fewer cities to lower Tech Guys you |
| 537s | go either way that giant push on the |
| 539s | village in the open that's interesting |
| 541s | I'm not surprised that uh |
| 543s | mixes sat around bombarding from a |
| 546s | distance last thing he wants is a GBS |
| 548s | right there in front of liko but um |
| 551s | yep and continuing up those bombardments |
| 553s | and we've got Defender ships I was |
| 555s | waiting for those that's the cheapest |
| 557s | way to get an effective bang for your |
| 558s | buck one extra star you get five extra |
| 560s | Health on every ship you throw out we're |
| 562s | gonna see a lot of Defender ship spam |
| 564s | coming up shortly I think and that's a |
| 567s | winning move the last thing you really |
| 568s | need to have an overwhelming Advantage |
| 571s | Tech wise it see in my opinion is |
| 572s | aquatism Defender ship spam and |
| 574s | navigation for those battleships once |
| 576s | you got that you've got meaty cheap |
| 578s | units you can throw out to make a front |
| 579s | line they make giant battleships in the |
| 581s | background and you change the balance of |
| 583s | the fight so that the defender has the |
| 585s | initiative not the attacker the defender |
| 587s | does more retaliatory damage when |
| 589s | attacking that circumstance but without |
| 591s | aquatism |
| 593s | the converse is true and we can see |
| 595s | right now a lot of damage but I don't I |
| 598s | honestly I don't think either player is |
| 599s | going to go for it I think Customs |
| 601s | houses but I don't think we'll be seeing |
| 603s | aquatism you're right you're right uh if |
| 606s | anyone wants to go for the uh Aqua |
| 610s | aquaticism it would be galaxy dragon |
| 613s | since he already unlocked well in here |
| 616s | um your it would flip the script here in |
| 618s | terms of the defender and attacker |
| 620s | Advantage but will it be worth it uh |
| 623s | because uh he's in this battle right now |
| 625s | he's gonna need every Star he needs to |
| 628s | make ships make battleships so it may |
| 630s | not be worth it uh to spend that money |
| 632s | on that tier three Tech |
| 634s | especially because Galaxy is still I |
| 638s | don't think and do you mind checking the |
| 640s | tech really quick I don't think galaxy |
| 641s | has Defenders so Galaxy is going to be |
| 644s | at a permanent yep permanent |
| 645s | disadvantage when it comes to the |
| 647s | straight on fight in the water the gbs's |
| 649s | or gbs's but Warriors versus Defender |
| 652s | ships it's a losing proposition |
| 655s | yeah that that is a huge uh flaw here in |
| 659s | Galaxy Dragon strategy he doesn't even |
| 661s | have organization yet he doesn't have |
| 663s | aquaticism and with this many cities his |
| 665s | upgrades are rather expensive uh |
| 668s | meanwhile if we look at Mig Zoo |
| 671s | um it makes Zoo's Tech Tree he has a |
| 674s | much better balance he doesn't have |
| 676s | whaling but he has navigation climbing |
| 678s | and he already has those meaty Defender |
| 680s | units so uh interesting how to open and |
| 684s | played out even though galaxy dragon has |
| 686s | a stronger economy because he has so |
| 688s | many bases and he's so spread out he |
| 690s | needs to spend a lot of money on his |
| 691s | army right now to defend and hold his |
| 693s | position to prevent being overrun |
| 698s | what we were mentioning earlier about uh |
| 701s | maybe overstretching yourself a bit |
| 704s | yeah it could be that balance uh when |
| 707s | you're getting off in the early |
| 709s | expansion phase when you're getting off |
| 710s | to which you think is a good start |
| 712s | you're all over the map you're expanding |
| 714s | uh but sometimes you can spread yourself |
| 716s | too thin you can have too many bases |
| 719s | making your uprights too expensive and |
| 721s | it could come back to haunt you in a mid |
| 722s | to late game |
| 724s | yeah yeah I mean it is painful to see a |
| 727s | naval Force Get Wrecked so hard right |
| 729s | now but um |
| 731s | I think we're seeing it those Defenders |
| 733s | really are making a difference because |
| 734s | the important thing here is they don't |
| 736s | die in the combat as frequently meaning |
| 739s | mixu can slowly but surely keep throwing |
| 743s | out another three every turn build up |
| 745s | his Force attribution or uh rather win |
| 747s | the war of attrition build up his Force |
| 749s | disposition but Galaxy can fart out way |
| 752s | more Warriors overall so it depends on |
| 755s | really if we see a bunch of those |
| 756s | Defender ships or if we see a bunch of |
| 758s | Defender boats Defender boats aren't so |
| 761s | much of a thing |
| 762s | yeah and this Village has been under |
| 765s | siege for the entire game uh keeps |
| 768s | getting seized uh as we can see Mixels |
| 771s | Army seems to be taking control of the |
| 774s | map here uh they are all these |
| 776s | battleships all these Defenders uh in |
| 779s | the middle are just too much to handle |
| 781s | but galaxy dragon does slide into this |
| 783s | Village to the South here and he's |
| 785s | starting to try to push him back and |
| 787s | you're right he has the quantity |
| 789s | Advantage but I feel like mix Zoo has |
| 791s | the quality Advantage when it comes to |
| 793s | these ships |
| 794s | definitely and you know what I'm |
| 796s | noticing Galaxy is not throwing anything |
| 799s | at the giant battleships which means |
| 802s | they're just sitting there destroying |
| 804s | things at full health and um I mean I |
| 808s | don't see mitsu currently racing forward |
| 811s | on economy I don't necessarily know if |
| 813s | it's gonna pivot to that but he's |
| 814s | certainly going to keep the flagship |
| 816s | Advantage too I only see one giant |
| 819s | Battleship on Galaxy's side and that's |
| 821s | in the front in the South area |
| 823s | I mean it's getting attacked not doing |
| 826s | the attacking so it's taking more damage |
| 828s | than it can deal |
| 830s | interesting observation there and I |
| 833s | wonder why he's making that decision I |
| 834s | think he is like a pick your poison |
| 836s | scenario he's like hey I either deal |
| 838s | with the amount of ships he has or I |
| 841s | deal with the big ships and try to take |
| 843s | them out and I think right now now he's |
| 845s | attacking that Battleship that seems |
| 847s | like it's overextended itself uh so |
| 849s | maybe he was kind of setting a trap here |
| 851s | with that Battleship uh down to the |
| 853s | South and he's able to eliminate that |
| 855s | that is a huge uh play actually |
| 858s | yeah well that uh that definitely worked |
| 860s | out for him uh |
| 862s | you have to wait and see what comes up |
| 865s | the next turn but now he has the only |
| 867s | giant battleship in the South and the |
| 869s | north We are continuing to see a focus |
| 872s | on the boats which makes sense if you're |
| 873s | going to go into a fight you want to |
| 875s | stop your enemies reinforcements from |
| 877s | being a big threat and we can see mixes |
| 881s | just unable to really invest Enough |
| 884s | stars into ships I I think all of the |
| 886s | stars are going into straight Defender |
| 888s | spam |
| 889s | yeah 100 with only 26 Stars per turn |
| 892s | that's not really enough GPS out in the |
| 895s | South nice nice snipe there but with |
| 898s | only 26 Stars per turn that's really not |
| 901s | enough to maintain a strong Navy so I |
| 903s | think if galaxy dragon can take out |
| 905s | these battleships it's going to be hard |
| 906s | for him to replenish and rebuild those |
| 910s | absolutely that's gonna be a huge hit |
| 913s | and galaxies with yeah that's the other |
| 915s | kicker too right like we mentioned |
| 917s | earlier it's really expensive for Galaxy |
| 918s | to get pecs I assume Galaxy's kind of |
| 921s | using up a lot of the available spots uh |
| 924s | but available |
| 926s | um |
| 926s | resources to level up the cities to get |
| 928s | more of those giants too so he's gonna |
| 930s | have to buy a text for even gets there |
| 931s | which puts him |
| 932s | the longer you spend in this sort of um |
| 935s | stretched out point the harder it is to |
| 938s | recover right |
| 939s | yeah yeah and as and that that's very |
| 943s | true he's stretched out he's thin his |
| 945s | upgrades are expensive and he's spending |
| 946s | a lot of money on Army as we can see the |
| 949s | South his army is completely wiped out |
| 951s | now and this is very close to his |
| 953s | Capital so I wonder how he's going to |
| 955s | defend that position and then also he's |
| 957s | seeing the center of the map this |
| 959s | Village is gonna get Siege again with a |
| 961s | defender in there so it looks like Mig |
| 964s | zoo is slowly pushing towards Galaxy |
| 966s | dragon's Capital how will he respond to |
| 969s | this |
| 969s | yes and the other thing that we've been |
| 972s | seeing leeco Siege tractor turn it has a |
| 974s | very big impact when you think about all |
| 976s | the stars blown on that City leveling it |
| 978s | up it's making seven or eight oh is that |
| 980s | six stars per turn six stars per turn |
| 982s | that's six stars per turn deny the |
| 984s | dragon every single turn which is God I |
| 987s | heard if you're at 30 something Stars |
| 989s | per turn right this is a ship |
| 992s | right right that's one of his bigger uh |
| 994s | cities bringing in a lot of economy and |
| 996s | for pretty much this entire game he's |
| 998s | he's been stagnated so and that negates |
| 1001s | his star per turn Advantage uh he got to |
| 1004s | building the stronger economy earlier in |
| 1006s | the game so a very good observation |
| 1008s | there |
| 1009s | yeah yeah so we're gonna wait and see as |
| 1012s | as we were seeing earlier the south is |
| 1015s | just really getting hammered we've got a |
| 1016s | GPS going down south and another |
| 1018s | Battleship again what do you think going |
| 1020s | straight for the capital or you think |
| 1022s | you'll try and hit nuvoli first |
| 1025s | I think he may try to go straight for |
| 1028s | the capital here it's really not too |
| 1030s | much definitiveness he does have the |
| 1031s | battleship in the middle now but if he |
| 1033s | can keep pressure uh on the center even |
| 1036s | though it looks like galaxy dragon is |
| 1038s | starting to clear out the center of the |
| 1039s | Village Center of the map here so I |
| 1041s | don't know how much time he'll have to |
| 1043s | try to capture navoli but it looks like |
| 1045s | he is going for nobody first |
| 1047s | yep yep gonna break it down now the |
| 1050s | question is we've got a bunch of ship |
| 1052s | spam uh sorry uh Warrior boat spam up to |
| 1056s | the north and we've got some Defender |
| 1057s | ships I wonder |
| 1059s | okay yep we're seeing more ships I think |
| 1062s | actually this barricade may be near |
| 1065s | insurmountable now uh Galaxy to try and |
| 1068s | push through too many defenderships for |
| 1070s | uh Warrior Boats to get through |
| 1072s | answering everything he has in the South |
| 1074s | to try and stop those battleships oh oh |
| 1077s | that hurts oh man he's able to take out |
| 1080s | one of them but he still has one with 34 |
| 1082s | HP and it's not gonna stop there because |
| 1084s | he has a lot of Defender boats and ships |
| 1086s | uh coming and as you can see he has to |
| 1089s | split his army now to protect that |
| 1091s | capital and he finally gets Defenders |
| 1093s | here so that's huge this could be I |
| 1096s | wonder is this enough to turn the tide |
| 1097s | of the game |
| 1099s | that might honestly that could be just |
| 1102s | enough |
| 1103s | um we'll see we'll see because I think |
| 1106s | mixed suit if he's gonna try and turn |
| 1108s | this would have to have Customs houses |
| 1109s | but he has not invested anything in it |
| 1112s | I even know I don't think mixer is |
| 1114s | writing still |
| 1116s | and we could check on that really quick |
| 1118s | and no he does not have writing I don't |
| 1121s | think either player does honestly uh and |
| 1124s | here on turn 25 this is a good point to |
| 1126s | check in |
| 1128s | um so Sam tell me what do you think each |
| 1131s | player has to do from this point to win |
| 1133s | the game |
| 1136s | it would have to rush out customs houses |
| 1139s | first and have them built up so he can |
| 1141s | turn around and throw and come into both |
| 1143s | aquatism and more battleships defender |
| 1146s | or Giants doesn't matter for Galaxy this |
| 1150s | point I think if he holds on turns the |
| 1153s | turns the tide and um you know throws up |
| 1155s | enough ship spam of his own to counter |
| 1157s | the inclement ships spammy's been |
| 1159s | dealing with he has another position |
| 1161s | where he can easily turn around and go |
| 1163s | and get Customs as himself I I do think |
| 1166s | it would make a big difference but I |
| 1167s | think it's more likely you'd see maybe a |
| 1171s | partial star build up and maybe a pop |
| 1173s | over right in which is a century again |
| 1175s | be an immediate huge win if you've got |
| 1178s | Defenders and aquatism then mix Zoo's |
| 1181s | entire lead's gone right |
| 1183s | good point good point that would |
| 1185s | definitely help him with the Army as we |
| 1187s | can see in the center he he's pretty |
| 1189s | much out of boats here |
| 1191s | um he has those Defenders to protect uh |
| 1193s | and then also down to the South he he's |
| 1197s | starting to defend he has to defend his |
| 1198s | Capital where the game's over he's |
| 1200s | attacking that Battleship uh has that |
| 1202s | down to four HP |
| 1204s | um the center he hasn't lost a single |
| 1206s | Village yet but it's not looking too |
| 1209s | good |
| 1210s | um I think he can probably do something |
| 1211s | with this Northern Village maybe try to |
| 1213s | do some sneaky stuff and uh capture this |
| 1216s | Village or at least distract this Army |
| 1218s | in the center from moving forward on his |
| 1220s | Center villages |
| 1221s | yeah and he could easily walk over at |
| 1224s | this point it wouldn't be huge but it'd |
| 1227s | be pressure |
| 1228s | yeah and I think he needs some sort of |
| 1230s | pressure or distraction because this Arc |
| 1232s | of ships right now for Big Zoo is |
| 1234s | looking very scary and he does not have |
| 1236s | a lot to defend his Capital right now |
| 1239s | yeah yeah he's definitely staring at |
| 1241s | some uh some spooky Doom Stacks over |
| 1243s | here they think we're going for liko |
| 1245s | again |
| 1247s | ah this might be the 100 Siege of Lico |
| 1252s | this game uh it doesn't look like you'll |
| 1254s | do it this our way no he's moving in on |
| 1255s | it right now and no oh yeah |
| 1259s | yeah like a dog chasing cars you know |
| 1266s | oh |
| 1268s | it was a beautiful play there yeah yeah |
| 1271s | you love to see Defenders actually use |
| 1274s | instead of standing around soaking up |
| 1275s | shots yes rare you see a Defender attack |
| 1279s | move on to a port that that is something |
| 1281s | you don't see in every game for sure and |
| 1283s | he's gonna move into the Southern |
| 1286s | Village here with a play with that 8 HP |
| 1289s | Defender and I don't see any way he can |
| 1291s | defend this right now honestly |
| 1294s | oh yeah I think mixoo just got the edge |
| 1296s | that's it it locks that down unless his |
| 1299s | Monument saved up that he hasn't burned |
| 1301s | but even then I think he'd have to burn |
| 1302s | bananas at the least thrown out the |
| 1305s | window to do this oh wait are we doing |
| 1307s | it |
| 1310s | copulation I knew it I knew it oh |
| 1314s | there's that super oh play and he needed |
| 1317s | that one because if he lost that |
| 1319s | Southern Village that is right next to |
| 1321s | his capital and he started spamming |
| 1322s | boats and anything down there really |
| 1324s | that would have been too much pressure |
| 1326s | but now he has that big boy Giant and |
| 1329s | and this is a great great push out by uh |
| 1333s | galaxy dragon here to keep himself alive |
| 1336s | definitely yeah I wonder how long he was |
| 1338s | sitting on that Monument I wonder if |
| 1340s | he's got any more he's still sitting on |
| 1342s | oh but Mig zoo is able to slide into the |
| 1345s | capital with that 6 hp Defender oh my |
| 1349s | God you just use the monument |
| 1352s | oh and he for you're right he forced the |
| 1355s | monument out of him so how he can't do a |
| 1358s | push out here he's gonna have to deal |
| 1359s | with this the old-fashioned way and to |
| 1361s | take out that Defender it does only have |
| 1362s | six HP but that is a big issue |
| 1365s | yeah yeah oh but he just yeah he got it |
| 1369s | oh man that was that was close I was |
| 1372s | looking there's a couple more turns left |
| 1373s | could have been this one but where's |
| 1375s | he's definitely breaking right |
| 1378s | yeah I I don't see how uh galaxy dragon |
| 1381s | gets out of this here uh he's spamming |
| 1383s | Defenders and he but he doesn't really |
| 1385s | have an offensive measure here he does |
| 1388s | seem to be slightly getting an advantage |
| 1389s | here I think the best way is to kind of |
| 1392s | distract his opponent maybe do something |
| 1394s | up to the north uh because it but he has |
| 1397s | to defend his Capital at the same time |
| 1399s | so I don't know if he has the economy to |
| 1401s | do both of those things to get himself |
| 1403s | out of this hole |
| 1404s | yeah that is kind of the catch 22. right |
| 1407s | now what he needs to do more than |
| 1409s | anything else is open up a second front |
| 1410s | and get attention away from his Capital |
| 1412s | but yeah he just doesn't have the |
| 1414s | economy to do that and I mean it's not |
| 1417s | it doesn't have an economy he has 36 |
| 1418s | Stars per turn that's definitely |
| 1420s | something he just keeps throwing all of |
| 1422s | it away on |
| 1423s | just trying to have any sort of Navy |
| 1426s | yeah and that's the thing about a naval |
| 1429s | battle uh it's expensive right |
| 1430s | battleships cost 15 stars and before |
| 1433s | that you need to upgrade it to a ship to |
| 1435s | cost that which costs five stars |
| 1437s | um and then oh and look we have a cloak |
| 1440s | in the capital of Zoom interesting place |
| 1443s | like that yeah me either but that could |
| 1446s | be very annoying here if he starts to |
| 1448s | sing cloaks uh on top of the Navy he has |
| 1452s | what do you think he's going for the |
| 1454s | capital or straight to liko you might as |
| 1457s | well hit liko this point and seizure for |
| 1459s | the 100th time |
| 1461s | yeah right it's got so much pop you'll |
| 1463s | fill up every Square |
| 1465s | [Laughter] |
| 1468s | and but but one upside for galaxy dragon |
| 1471s | he is pushing mix Zoo out of the center |
| 1474s | here and he's trying to take over the |
| 1476s | north but his capital is under siege he |
| 1479s | is gonna be able to break that and I'm |
| 1481s | he's gonna pop a defender in there uh |
| 1484s | right now where do you think and he's |
| 1486s | building another cloak what do you think |
| 1488s | Mig zoo is going to do with these folks |
| 1489s | right now |
| 1490s | I'm really starting to think you're |
| 1492s | right I think he might go for liko and |
| 1495s | maybe what do you think Okla or naluma I |
| 1498s | think if you focus on this Western Front |
| 1500s | you break uh Galaxy's grasp not only do |
| 1504s | you change like the territory balance |
| 1506s | but you can also like feel a lot of |
| 1510s | income on both those sides |
| 1513s | and yeah that is one uh underrated |
| 1516s | feature of the cloak not only do you uh |
| 1519s | spawn those daggers around the city but |
| 1521s | you also steal the Stars uh the income |
| 1524s | from that City for that turn which uh |
| 1527s | obviously galaxy dragon needs every |
| 1529s | penny he can get but when you look at |
| 1531s | this he is making a lot of progress in |
| 1533s | the sensor and he has this kind of |
| 1535s | strong line of defense now uh and mix |
| 1538s | mix Zoo's forces are thinning out uh |
| 1540s | spinning a Stars per turn on those |
| 1542s | cloaks |
| 1544s | um is very expensive when you're only |
| 1545s | bringing in 26 so that is one |
| 1547s | disadvantage of of his strategy right |
| 1549s | now |
| 1554s | and we'll look at how many what is that |
| 1557s | five uh dagger two dagger ships three on |
| 1560s | the land around that City and he steals |
| 1563s | the stars from that city as well so that |
| 1565s | is actually very annoying I know Galaxy |
| 1567s | was probably surprised at that |
| 1569s | oh yes yes and I bet Galaxy is not |
| 1572s | looking forward to uh multiple clothes |
| 1574s | he's very he's aware now they'll be |
| 1576s | coming he doesn't know where when |
| 1578s | now where do the other ones go to I |
| 1581s | think like the daggers are a great spam |
| 1583s | strategy and if anything else I think he |
| 1585s | might use him to kill some of the |
| 1586s | supporting us around liko but do we |
| 1589s | think that the focus is going to be on |
| 1591s | trying to take liko or just trying to |
| 1594s | weaken more of the forces to the north |
| 1596s | I'm thinking maybe at the North |
| 1599s | yeah I think maybe the north to to pull |
| 1601s | him away from the Capitol and but |
| 1603s | because his his attack on the capital |
| 1606s | for Mig Zoo has basically stalled out he |
| 1608s | has a galaxy dragon has a giant here now |
| 1612s | um he has enough bolts to defend it and |
| 1613s | he but he can't keep spamming units from |
| 1616s | uh nulu uh but he's gonna throw another |
| 1620s | dagger at this Center Village look at |
| 1622s | all these clubs pretty much taking up |
| 1623s | every town that is very annoying and of |
| 1626s | course they can attack without taking |
| 1628s | any retaliation damage so it makes him |
| 1630s | even more annoying |
| 1631s | yes it's fantastic you should get him |
| 1634s | and here's the kicker they can walk all |
| 1637s | the way over to Coco it's not that far a |
| 1639s | trip |
| 1640s | good point they he could start to walk |
| 1642s | these cloaks down to uh the capital of |
| 1646s | galaxy dragon and that could be very |
| 1648s | annoying |
| 1649s | um again being able to deal at uh attack |
| 1652s | damage without any retaliation |
| 1654s | yes yeah although is that a giant |
| 1657s | Battleship to the South for Galaxy |
| 1659s | finally he survived looks like he's got |
| 1661s | that going for him oh really amazing |
| 1663s | defense there on the capital uh I I |
| 1666s | didn't know how he was gonna stop that |
| 1668s | initial attack by Mig Zoo but he kept |
| 1670s | making great plays and he's still alive |
| 1672s | and and but we'll see how will he be |
| 1675s | able to deal with these cloaks now |
| 1677s | yeah yeah seeing that uh giant ship get |
| 1681s | hit was painful founder was at 16 Health |
| 1684s | yeah like |
| 1686s | barely got it out |
| 1689s | and this this attack in the center is |
| 1691s | looking a lot stronger with these dagger |
| 1694s | ships now uh again they can attack |
| 1696s | without that retaliation damage so |
| 1698s | they're weakening the ships and he's |
| 1699s | able to wipe them out with his other |
| 1701s | Army and he's pretty much |
| 1704s | he's taking back control of the sensor |
| 1706s | and in the South it does look like |
| 1708s | galaxy dragon is finally kind of in the |
| 1711s | clear but uh again he hasn't lost a |
| 1714s | single City yet which is impressive |
| 1716s | yes yeah sorry I don't know if you saw |
| 1719s | that down by Loco last move uh Mixie |
| 1722s | made one secret little cloak hidden down |
| 1725s | I think he's going for the capital |
| 1727s | oh very interesting we have a cloak |
| 1731s | headed towards the capital and look at |
| 1734s | this spam of cloves yes four on the back |
| 1736s | right now this this is very scary |
| 1739s | yeah what do you think if he's smart you |
| 1742s | could play a double hit on new volley |
| 1744s | and Coco |
| 1747s | and yeah that would be a real issue that |
| 1749s | would be a lot of clothes surrounding |
| 1751s | the capital uh and look at the map right |
| 1755s | now mix zoo is everywhere and he has |
| 1757s | these cloaks and I think one of the |
| 1759s | worst Parts about playing against |
| 1760s | somebody once you know they have cloaks |
| 1762s | is like the psychological warfare you |
| 1764s | just never know when that next one is |
| 1766s | gonna attack and you don't know which |
| 1768s | city is coming for |
| 1770s | Bell that is a thousand percent the |
| 1772s | truth and um I mean with a big ball of |
| 1775s | that you never know are they gonna send |
| 1776s | a cluster of cloaks at me there's |
| 1778s | nothing worse than a surprise cluster oh |
| 1780s | what do you think cloak on nulu right |
| 1783s | because that's in the way |
| 1785s | yeah and here we go and he's able to uh |
| 1789s | Galaxy is able to seize this with the |
| 1791s | defender meanwhile make zoo is doing so |
| 1793s | much damage with these cloaks so |
| 1795s | annoying just weakening the ships and |
| 1797s | allowing his boats to get so much more |
| 1799s | value out of him uh he's he's all over |
| 1802s | the map I don't know what galaxy can do |
| 1805s | at this point to stop this |
| 1807s | yes mixer is going through Aquila in the |
| 1809s | north finally I figured he would take |
| 1812s | care of that because that is too much |
| 1814s | vanilla shape around this Empire |
| 1817s | once again in the center building more |
| 1820s | cloaks uh galaxy dragon is attacking he |
| 1824s | is going to move and switch that but he |
| 1827s | decides enough is enough and if we look |
| 1829s | at the map I don't think he thinks he |
| 1830s | can get out of this hole and he resigns |
| 1833s | great game from mix Zoo coming back to |
| 1836s | win game two |
| 1838s | yeah that was uh that was a match of two |
| 1840s | Titans to say the least what an amazing |
| 1843s | game a lot of back and forth uh it was a |
| 1846s | lot of moments in that game where it |
| 1847s | looked like galaxy dragon was out of it |
| 1849s | then it looked like he was coming back |
| 1850s | to take over the map But ultimately uh |
| 1854s | mix zoo I think those cloaks were really |
| 1856s | the the thing to kind of break that |
| 1858s | stalemate in the center and finally put |
| 1861s | too much pressure on galaxy dragon |
| 1862s | definitely and that's interesting you |
| 1865s | know yeah we took our half game ask what |
| 1867s | could make this change cloaks was not on |
| 1870s | the page but that did it |
| 1872s | right cloaks was not uh on either of our |
| 1875s | lists here |
| 1876s | um I didn't expect it but when you have |
| 1878s | strategy it is only one upgrade away and |
| 1882s | when used properly cloaks can be very uh |
| 1885s | good at you know breaking a stalemate |
| 1887s | breaking a defensive line and and we saw |
| 1889s | a perfect execution of that by mix Zoo |
| 1891s | definitely definitely |
| 1893s | well I mean this was uh quite the game |
| 1896s | and I had to say uh it was a pleasure |
| 1899s | being out here for it |
| 1900s | yeah shout out to polytopia for allowing |
| 1904s | us to commentate on this game this was |
| 1906s | an exciting one uh for the Kiku tribe |
| 1909s | Moon uh with a game between two of the |
| 1912s | top polytopia players uh two two of the |
| 1915s | top active polytopia players it was a |
| 1917s | fun one to commentate |
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| 1928s | you in the next video bye |