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| 67s | hello polytopians welcome to the stream |
| 69s | today we have another poly Champs |
| 72s | highlights for you uh this month is it's |
| 75s | hudrick uh my name is Adam uh you might |
| 78s | know me from the poly champs as gate aul |
| 81s | or also as me G |
| 83s | Cube and as always I have fantastic |
| 87s | guests with me um the first first one is |
| 91s | a real legend the greatest champion of |
| 94s | all time the Arnold Schwarzenegger of |
| 97s | polyopia a man who is everywhere and |
| 100s | overall a really a friendly and funny |
| 103s | guy hello I |
| 106s | know I really thought you were gonna |
| 108s | introduce Chris after that now what's |
| 110s | going on guys hi I |
| 113s | know yeah and together with us also a |
| 117s | very talented player multiple polyopia |
| 120s | champ one of the greatest players of the |
| 122s | square and a fantastic commentator and a |
| 126s | good friend of polytopians hi |
| 130s | Chris hey you know I feel you should |
| 133s | have swapped those intros you know I |
| 136s | feel like en know's a better friend to |
| 138s | the polytopians but you know that could |
| 140s | just be me hey everyone yeah I tried you |
| 144s | know hope you you enjoyed those intros |
| 148s | um yeah anyways how are you guys feeling |
| 150s | excited about the highlights oh |
| 153s | absolutely I mean unfortunately did not |
| 156s | get to see in know in finals for this |
| 160s | month but playing hudrick has been a |
| 164s | blast and I'm really looking forward to |
| 168s | looking at the siman guest week as well |
| 170s | getting two tribes definitely mixes it |
| 172s | up a little bit and I think we're going |
| 175s | to see that in these games awesome |
| 179s | absolutely |
| 181s | loov go ahead I know I've been loving |
| 183s | the streams in the audience perspective |
| 185s | and I'm so glad to be here actually |
| 187s | commentating on the games I was able to |
| 190s | uh win the HRI polium last round little |
| 194s | too busy this year to be playing but |
| 197s | hopefully you know not too rusty my |
| 199s | commentary is still good yeah awesome |
| 203s | always always like you know top top |
| 206s | level |
| 207s | commentary uh yeah so before we uh we |
| 211s | start uh the hre highlights um let's |
| 214s | talk about uh about the recent forgotten |
| 217s | the Forgotten update so what do you guys |
| 220s | think about them uh their looks balance |
| 223s | changes and new text because there's |
| 225s | like plenty of things have been have |
| 227s | been |
| 230s | changed you know you want to take this |
| 231s | one first I they been playing so um you |
| 234s | are both Kraken so you should be you |
| 236s | know |
| 237s | like I'm split I'm split in the um you |
| 241s | know self- serving aspects because as |
| 243s | much as I am a kraken as much as I love |
| 245s | seeing the squids you know get their |
| 246s | time in the sun I'm also a crab and yeah |
| 251s | I feel like more more aquar gra yeah I |
| 255s | love all Aquarion and the skin I was not |
| 258s | feeling it with the Toads until I |
| 261s | learned that they ribet when you click |
| 262s | on them yeah this immediately cured my |
| 265s | depression it got me out of debt uh it |
| 268s | berthed my first child and and I was |
| 271s | ready I was ready to you know play The |
| 274s | Forgotten skin and then I saw also that |
| 277s | they have these uh trade outposts these |
| 280s | houses that are incredible they're right |
| 283s | next to fishing and for the first time |
| 285s | and perhaps like the entire time I've |
| 287s | been playing the game Aquarion has an |
| 290s | economy now they've also got Bubbles and |
| 293s | they can move so quickly I mean not as |
| 296s | quickly I love the bubbles fin so cheap |
| 299s | too I was flabbergasted I was playing |
| 303s | Aquarion and it felt like they had more |
| 305s | things than just one unit and that made |
| 307s | them competitive at the end of the game |
| 310s | and they had toads which rib it I can't |
| 312s | emphasize that enough I'm a big fan is |
| 317s | the best thing so now the quarion sorry |
| 320s | the Forgotten actually uh wi the the |
| 323s | super unit contest the the toad is the |
| 325s | the best of the best yes well and and |
| 331s | they did get a slight nerve you know the |
| 333s | defense being reduced to four is a |
| 335s | little upsetting we can't have toads |
| 338s | that can just soak up a ton of damage |
| 341s | but 100% agree the skin itself is |
| 345s | adorable and I can't wait to use it in |
| 348s | game um |
| 351s | especially you know the octos and the |
| 355s | units all being squids and then yeah the |
| 359s | Octo actually uh got a pretty big change |
| 363s | they they can attack because before they |
| 365s | were just uh uh applying this damage |
| 371s | with with their movement so pretty much |
| 373s | like like not like jugut so like now |
| 376s | they are like more like jut so they have |
| 379s | two I think I think it's a really kind |
| 382s | of |
| 383s | underrated uh buff to the unit yeah I |
| 388s | think one of the struggles |
| 390s | once cuz in a lot of Aquarion games you |
| 393s | want to rush navigation you want to get |
| 395s | your jellies down as soon as you can |
| 398s | because they're so good uh and one of |
| 401s | the problems with that was once you |
| 403s | started pushing your opponent back let's |
| 406s | say you're playing an Aquarion mirror |
| 407s | and you get navigation first and you |
| 409s | have your jellies down um once you start |
| 412s | pushing them back right you want to be |
| 413s | able to Siege their city but the problem |
| 416s | is you have to move your jellies to do |
| 419s | Dam you or used to have to move your |
| 420s | jellies to do damage so you wouldn't be |
| 423s | able to you had you had to have like |
| 424s | three jellies in range to Siege a city |
| 428s | uh if there was a warrior in it because |
| 429s | one jelly moves hits another jelly moves |
| 431s | and kills and the third jelly sieges and |
| 433s | that's that's a lot of stars man that's |
| 435s | a lot of jellies now it's |
| 438s | like I can move one and then Siege with |
| 441s | the other one and the the really cool |
| 444s | part about being able to attack with |
| 445s | jellies is it really changes how your |
| 448s | opponent is able to defend |
| 450s | because now if they leave a unit in the |
| 454s | center of a bunch of other units right |
| 457s | you can actually kill that unit and that |
| 459s | makes jellies really efficient in Naval |
| 462s | battles where your opponent might be |
| 463s | spamming a lot of rammers or things like |
| 466s | that |
| 467s | because before right the jellies had to |
| 470s | move around the outside of the units |
| 472s | basically like trying to wrap around |
| 474s | them because you can't you can't use |
| 475s | them to kill anything um and that means |
| 477s | that they can only damage one to two |
| 479s | units at a time |
| 480s | now you know that's not the case and |
| 482s | they have this really nice ability but |
| 485s | as you guys said bubbles incredible |
| 488s | really love Bubbles I started laughing |
| 493s | uncontrollably Ino and I were in a call |
| 495s | and we were looking over some replays |
| 498s | and watching toads move three tiles just |
| 501s | started making me laugh I just couldn't |
| 503s | stop laughing |
| 504s | because we've never seen a super unit |
| 507s | that has 40 Health be able to move |
| 510s | three tiles like just yeah even two is |
| 514s | is amazing that three is is like you |
| 516s | know crazy and it's free it's it's it's |
| 518s | you don't have to spend any stars to do |
| 520s | it yeah exactly no so they look really |
| 523s | amazing um on offense being able to |
| 525s | reach the front lines really quick and |
| 527s | even land some sneaky sieges if you can |
| 530s | clear the city |
| 531s | beforehand um and then as in know said |
| 534s | moving the atls or as they're called |
| 537s | trade houses into aquaculture is a huge |
| 541s | boost to their economy especially with |
| 543s | the lost city change where Lost Cities |
| 546s | spawn with a bunch of |
| 548s | resources yeah now it makes even more |
| 550s | sense to try to get aquaculture as soon |
| 554s | as you can |
| 556s | because again I think this is a theme of |
| 558s | the the update Aquarion is just so star |
| 560s | efficient now you can spend five to 10 |
| 563s | stars and connect five six cities to |
| 567s | your Capital um and that's you know 12 |
| 570s | population for 10 stars and you can do |
| 574s | the math on that but I think that's |
| 575s | about as the star efficient as it gets |
| 577s | so I'm loving the new Aquarion yeah like |
| 581s | know said they finally have economy what |
| 583s | about the Sharks do you uh like or this |
| 586s | like the the buff so now they are 3.5 on |
| 590s | on attack you know what do you think |
| 592s | they didn't feel too strong before they |
| 595s | felt neat interesting but they didn't |
| 598s | feel like super necessary now |
| 601s | everything's changed I mean what's |
| 603s | really important I think to take note of |
| 605s | is the um you are forced to start with |
| 607s | two fish in your Capital Aquarian always |
| 610s | loved going for fish always wanted to go |
| 612s | into marine life for the access to the |
| 615s | deep ocean tiles but now it's even more |
| 618s | streamlined in that aspect and sharks |
| 621s | are just right there they have more |
| 622s | attack as well they're much more useful |
| 625s | in the role that they're filling much |
| 627s | more able to do it and the entire TCH |
| 628s | tree is pointing you in that that |
| 630s | direction too now that they are actually |
| 632s | so much better um I haven't really come |
| 635s | up against a player using sharks against |
| 638s | me so maybe if someone used them against |
| 641s | me and I lost I would be you know much |
| 643s | more angry with the sharks but hasn't |
| 645s | happened yet I've only used them and |
| 647s | been winning so a fantastic change no |
| 651s | complaints yeah so so just to H jump in |
| 654s | there was a there was a nice video uh |
| 656s | showcasing the how the s uh are doing um |
| 663s | Justin Linguini did it for for our |
| 665s | channel so the link uh is in the |
| 669s | description go ahead and uh and watch |
| 672s | this video if you are curious about the |
| 674s | the new sharks yeah Chris absolutely |
| 677s | check that one out I mean I was a fan of |
| 679s | sharks even before the buff |
| 683s | because there are a lot of cases in the |
| 687s | early to mid game where if you can |
| 690s | get a few of them going you can really |
| 692s | disrupt your opponent's expansion um but |
| 695s | what makes them really cool now is with |
| 697s | 3.5 attack they can one shot |
| 701s | Warriors and I think that's a pretty |
| 703s | significant change |
| 707s | because a lot of tribes on maps with |
| 710s | more |
| 711s | water where I'm thinking like continents |
| 713s | or archipelago they're looking to expand |
| 717s | using mostly Warriors because there's |
| 719s | just not enough land to justify going |
| 722s | riding so early um and now that you can |
| 725s | on-shot those Warriors even a single |
| 727s | shark is pretty threatening whereas |
| 729s | before you needed two of them and one of |
| 732s | the downsides of sharks is that you |
| 734s | spend eight stars on a unit and if it |
| 737s | can't kill anything it probably just |
| 739s | dies um from your opponent's units and |
| 743s | so you end up losing stars but if a if a |
| 746s | shark can on-shot a warrior and then |
| 748s | take a village for example that's a huge |
| 750s | uh swing in your favor and if the shark |
| 753s | manages to capture the village it's |
| 755s | basically made its production cost back |
| 759s | and so I think it's going to make them |
| 761s | an attractive option if you're |
| 764s | especially in those Aquarion mirrors if |
| 767s | you're looking to put a lot of pressure |
| 769s | on your opponent |
| 770s | early and what's great is that you want |
| 773s | marine life anyway being able to move on |
| 776s | deep water is a huge boost to On's |
| 780s | ability to play around the map and do |
| 783s | things that other tribes can't do and it |
| 785s | also leads into navigation right you |
| 787s | want to be able to see those starfish |
| 789s | you want to be able to yeah of course |
| 793s | identify how you're going to get into |
| 795s | jellies later in the game um and if you |
| 798s | happen to get a few sharks along the way |
| 800s | that's even better now and they have the |
| 803s | chance of really doing something that |
| 805s | they couldn't do before so I think we're |
| 807s | going to see more of them I definitely |
| 809s | think we're going to to see more of them |
| 811s | I always thought they were really fun um |
| 813s | I'm a huge shark fan myself although um |
| 817s | yeah but a lot of people were |
| 818s | complaining that they're you know too |
| 819s | squishy and uh those eight stars were |
| 822s | like a bit steep uh you know |
| 825s | for for what you get they're still |
| 828s | really squishy so it |
| 830s | hasn't that might still be a problem but |
| 833s | I like to think of sharks as units that |
| 836s | you don't want to buy a lot of you don't |
| 838s | want to have your entire Army be made up |
| 840s | of sharks because they'll just |
| 842s | eventually die and probably lose you |
| 845s | stars but having a few sharks here in |
| 847s | there to cut off your opponent's |
| 849s | expansion and being able to get a few |
| 852s | sharks later in the game if your |
| 853s | opponent has toads of their own um or |
| 856s | other super units that you need to deal |
| 858s | with is really nice um some interactions |
| 862s | I think are cool if you're playing in |
| 865s | simanti you can onot segments that don't |
| 867s | have a defense bonus um and that's a |
| 871s | pretty nice change I think it's going to |
| 873s | help them be more efficient at taking |
| 874s | out centipedes um especially since |
| 878s | Aquarion has a relatively low Forest |
| 880s | rate so it's unlikely that the segments |
| 883s | are going to get defense bonuses while |
| 884s | you're while siman is attacking |
| 888s | um |
| 890s | and honestly just the fact that they |
| 893s | don't take retaliation damage makes them |
| 894s | fantastic defensive units if you're if a |
| 897s | Giant's walking up to your city and you |
| 899s | have a few sharks that Giant's going to |
| 901s | get shredded um and if it takes a shark |
| 903s | or two with it that's okay you know |
| 905s | you're willing to trade away those stars |
| 907s | for killing the |
| 909s | giant yeah of |
| 911s | course um yeah so I think um we'll stop |
| 916s | here uh that's all we had to kind of |
| 920s | share with about the Forgotten uh so um |
| 923s | who of you will uh share their screens |
| 926s | their screen |
| 929s | uh you know do you w to stream I can |
| 932s | manage that sweet okay yeah so now it's |
| 936s | time for for hudrick and um yeah we'll |
| 939s | show you some games some really cool |
| 942s | games looking forward to |
| 945s | it and four games right we're gonna be |
| 949s | showing them four games or five okay |
| 952s | sweet yeah we'll see how you know how it |
| 954s | how it how it goes like we uh we have |
| 957s | like two hours for for the stream so |
| 960s | you know what do you say we ramp up into |
| 962s | our |
| 964s | favorite what what do you say we start |
| 966s | with like the the sort of appetizer and |
| 969s | then we move up to our our main course |
| 972s | yeah sure I'm I'm open to to your |
| 975s | suggestions oh yeah noo plays polytopia |
| 977s | in Russian um for anyone who's wondering |
| 981s | why all of the we can change |
| 985s | that yes please do that means so much to |
| 988s | you |
| 992s | okay let's put |
| 994s | some which game specifically Chris are |
| 997s | you thinking is the |
| 1000s | appetizer um one of two a chess maybe I |
| 1002s | think that's going to be a solid |
| 1004s | appetizer get it get a get a sense of |
| 1006s | what we're what we're looking at in this |
| 1009s | hyri |
| 1010s | month absolutely this was a game that |
| 1014s | vorce gave to us uh with the only |
| 1017s | comments being this is about as good as |
| 1019s | hudrick drylands |
| 1021s | [Music] |
| 1026s | gets maybe an unconventional |
| 1030s | opening we've got our two players |
| 1033s | something is wrong with your with your |
| 1037s | mic Chris good yeah uh yeah something |
| 1042s | was was wrong with with your we couldn't |
| 1044s | hear you uh clearly is it all right now |
| 1047s | yeah it's fine perfect |
| 1050s | all right so this game we've got chess a |
| 1053s | veteran of the community I've been |
| 1055s | around playing politopia for quite a |
| 1056s | while over in the east corner versus and |
| 1060s | I'm you actually forgive me here no no |
| 1062s | no I I I will say that because you will |
| 1065s | butcher it and people are complaining a |
| 1067s | lot about the |
| 1069s | JC uh yeah yeah so it's actually sandou |
| 1074s | yeah all right ah okay that makes sense |
| 1078s | it's a it's a PO poish magic you |
| 1080s | know Goa |
| 1083s | yeah they're going to be playing each |
| 1085s | other and the game goes on for quite a |
| 1088s | while uh Chris do you want to take over |
| 1091s | the early turn yeah something fun I'd |
| 1093s | like to note about the both of their |
| 1095s | spawns is that they both have more fruit |
| 1097s | in their Capital than |
| 1099s | animals um and that's unusual for HRI |
| 1103s | but absolutely sendat starts nicely with |
| 1106s | hunting and then Che a chess or |
| 1109s | organization almost never see that from |
| 1112s | HRI but he's got those six fruit in |
| 1115s | capital and three in the Second City so |
| 1118s | makes a lot of sense Explorer runs |
| 1121s | straight backwards yeah let's give him a |
| 1123s | nice Lighthouse and upgrade I think it's |
| 1126s | time though that we can turn the shared |
| 1128s | fog |
| 1129s | off yeah now we can see what the players |
| 1132s | are seeing get into their mind a little |
| 1135s | bit a little bit of an open-ended |
| 1137s | Explorer for ch aess kind of risking |
| 1140s | seeing where his opponent is but it's |
| 1142s | fantastic right reveals so much of sun |
| 1145s | Dutch |
| 1147s | spawn he's playing pretty passively he's |
| 1149s | got this nice Village density he thinks |
| 1151s | there's a village in the South around |
| 1154s | those three animals which sure enough we |
| 1156s | can see that there is first Siege of the |
| 1159s | game coming out from sandat um it's not |
| 1162s | going to hold but it's going to put a |
| 1163s | little bit of pressure but really nice |
| 1166s | counter by chess unsing and moving his |
| 1169s | Archer at the same time he's going to be |
| 1170s | able to continue expanding um while also |
| 1173s | getting that nice |
| 1174s | uneg it also seemed positive almost that |
| 1178s | uh ch's opponent here could have stepped |
| 1181s | on that Village uh CH did have the units |
| 1184s | in range to kick them off of there but |
| 1188s | uh no knowledge of that went for The |
| 1190s | Siege instead neither really would have |
| 1192s | worked but still a lot more aggressive |
| 1195s | here right from the |
| 1197s | opening absolutely |
| 1199s | going to end up in a pretty now it's |
| 1202s | even but it's |
| 1204s | asymmetrical that uh they both have |
| 1207s | three |
| 1208s | villages but much more aggressive |
| 1211s | pushing towards here whereas chs's plan |
| 1213s | is all about |
| 1214s | defending I noticed that s is a little |
| 1216s | bit spread thin on the west side he had |
| 1219s | to make some more units this turn to |
| 1221s | help supplement his expansion oh my go |
| 1225s | great population ruin for suuch he gets |
| 1227s | those free five star nice Capital |
| 1230s | upgrade going to be able to use that to |
| 1232s | get even more units and Forestry which |
| 1236s | progresses him towards Giants trying |
| 1239s | to do something a little bit better than |
| 1242s | just Warriors and |
| 1244s | archers but again we see that because |
| 1246s | chess was expanding a little bit faster |
| 1249s | into the West he picks up that fourth |
| 1251s | city sooner and that's huge that fourth |
| 1254s | city is really really nice for him look |
| 1257s | he's also going to pick up this monster |
| 1259s | fifth City with five animals on it here |
| 1262s | oh yeah it was a little Skirmish over it |
| 1264s | but he ended up winning uh playing a |
| 1266s | little more |
| 1268s | defensively and this is |
| 1270s | a I think it's incredibly important just |
| 1273s | because of how great it's resources are |
| 1276s | sh can really choose like dictate the |
| 1279s | tempo of the game like if I get a giant |
| 1281s | here and start pushing it into you he is |
| 1283s | going to have to respond because his |
| 1285s | opponent is hudrick to how many archers |
| 1287s | ranged units they have a single giant is |
| 1290s | probably not going to be enough because |
| 1292s | they're just so slow at pushing in |
| 1294s | against a bunch of wrench units over |
| 1296s | time which will wh which will Whittle |
| 1299s | them down but CH has to react a little |
| 1302s | bit to that but this really dictates the |
| 1304s | tempo like if I get a giant that forces |
| 1307s | them to respond if I just wait here |
| 1310s | where I put all my units put all my |
| 1312s | stars rather into getting a bunch of |
| 1314s | units in other places fighting for these |
| 1316s | cities over here then that's what you're |
| 1319s | going to have to be doing it puts him in |
| 1321s | a much more active role which he hasn't |
| 1323s | really been doing much throughout this |
| 1325s | game but yeah let's see how it goes from |
| 1327s | here I also really like the fact that |
| 1329s | because CHS has |
| 1331s | organization all he needs to get the |
| 1333s | Giant in that city is hunting and |
| 1337s | Forestry so yeah he's a giant yeah yeah |
| 1341s | in the meantime the I set a poll in set |
| 1344s | up a poll um in the chat so uh tell us |
| 1348s | what you think about the the new |
| 1349s | forgotten |
| 1350s | Update cast your |
| 1353s | votes |
| 1355s | absolutely really nice Explorer here |
| 1359s | otherwise could have taken this Village |
| 1361s | here but for that Vision CH is going to |
| 1364s | kick him off yeah I really like that |
| 1366s | Explorer I mean it's it seems a little |
| 1368s | risky at first but ches kind of knows |
| 1370s | that sand needs to expand into the west |
| 1374s | and having those archers that he really |
| 1376s | wants to use this turn Mak that Explorer |
| 1379s | really nice great job getting that |
| 1382s | Lighthouse going to allow him to |
| 1384s | progress towards a giant in his |
| 1386s | Capital another Workshop not going for |
| 1388s | that southern Lighthouse giving up on |
| 1391s | eye of God but feeling that the one star |
| 1394s | is a little more necessary |
| 1397s | maybe yeah I mean he kind of knows at |
| 1400s | this point that s is stuck on five |
| 1403s | cities or not five cities four cities |
| 1406s | sorry yeah and after that or for first |
| 1409s | route we're actually seeing a star ruin |
| 1411s | as kind of necessary into buying |
| 1413s | forestry as HRI on turn 11 like not even |
| 1417s | rder roads was delaying it just the org |
| 1420s | earlier and how many units have been |
| 1422s | trained very unusual stuff but he's able |
| 1426s | to pick up forestry now and these higher |
| 1429s | slity upgrades should be no problem you |
| 1432s | just one chop to get a giant but he's |
| 1434s | going to get border growth he's feeling |
| 1437s | uh way more interested in the late game |
| 1439s | potential of way more than one giant on |
| 1441s | that Capital yeah and using those chops |
| 1446s | to pump out a few more units and |
| 1448s | continue to apply pressure if we look at |
| 1450s | the relative size of the two players |
| 1452s | armies right CHS has far more units at |
| 1455s | this point however suuch does get the |
| 1458s | first giant of the |
| 1459s | game yeah this Giants waiting far in the |
| 1463s | back but this is something very |
| 1465s | important for all games Giants are also |
| 1468s | income |
| 1469s | High L cities a park of Fortune to get |
| 1472s | another upgrade get the other Giants |
| 1474s | rolling in so even though it's not going |
| 1476s | to be attacking for a while when it does |
| 1478s | attack it's hoping that it comes in |
| 1479s | around the time that this giant pops up |
| 1482s | and starts putting a lot of pressure on |
| 1484s | this city right now ches targeting these |
| 1488s | Villages holding them down this looked |
| 1491s | like from the oddset a village very much |
| 1494s | sandd but chues is controlling it right |
| 1498s | now |
| 1499s | uh he's got a few units around his |
| 1501s | Capital doing the I'd say bare minimum |
| 1504s | for defense but he's really concerned |
| 1507s | now about these Giants pulling in he |
| 1509s | just doesn't have the units to deal with |
| 1511s | it yet he's definitely reacting to what |
| 1514s | his opponent's doing right now in the |
| 1516s | east at least in the west he's |
| 1519s | pushing oh yeah giant push otherwise he |
| 1522s | couldn't prevent a Siege over here next |
| 1525s | turn yeah beautiful giant push |
| 1529s | and definitely I mathematics |
| 1532s | ruin huge for suuch mathematics of |
| 1536s | course essential tech for hudrick um i' |
| 1539s | love to see a sawmill there and a chop |
| 1541s | but a little more expensive this way |
| 1543s | still gets the giant yep I think that's |
| 1546s | an artifact of it being a live game uh |
| 1548s | made a plan for how to get the giant the |
| 1550s | turn before didn't react maybe to the uh |
| 1553s | ruin TR push again for kill yeah yeah |
| 1558s | nice |
| 1559s | yeah we have to note that that all the |
| 1561s | all those games that you will see they |
| 1563s | were live games so um be mindful of that |
| 1567s | the the players couldn't you know make |
| 1569s | their like long plans where they will |
| 1573s | put their units and you know absolutely |
| 1577s | make the best offensive |
| 1580s | moves however we're still seeing pretty |
| 1583s | tight play from both sides sometimes |
| 1585s | I'll trick you into thinking that it's a |
| 1587s | 24-hour game with how quality their |
| 1590s | decisions are yeah |
| 1593s | yeah progressing towards even more |
| 1596s | Giants and what's really nice about |
| 1597s | having mathematics here is that he can |
| 1599s | go for catapults and cheess does not |
| 1603s | have riding roads yet so that's going to |
| 1608s | make catapults look pretty good here |
| 1610s | catapults not only for defense but just |
| 1612s | pushing in against the Giants they're |
| 1615s | able to get their archers up going and |
| 1618s | take out out all of the opponent's units |
| 1620s | on these front cities and then start |
| 1622s | pushing catapults forwards yeah into a |
| 1625s | range where it starts taking care of the |
| 1627s | Giants in the back something CHS has to |
| 1629s | react to something else CHS does very |
| 1633s | wise defensive resource he's going to go |
| 1635s | ahead use his killer monument and get |
| 1638s | border growth on this city right now |
| 1641s | before he captures up here he wants |
| 1643s | these two forests to be in this City's |
| 1646s | range or even if not those two Forest |
| 1649s | the farm now that is already a ton of |
| 1653s | giants like mathematics or maybe even |
| 1656s | like roads and the monument he gets for |
| 1659s | Grand Bazar six cities like also farming |
| 1662s | absolutely two like bare minimum with a |
| 1665s | little bit of investment and then three |
| 1667s | if he goes a little crazier investing |
| 1669s | stars in the city but two or three |
| 1671s | Giants after this border growth that is |
| 1674s | a very well-defended City against even |
| 1677s | if you know giant pushes |
| 1679s | giant over here sends all the units up |
| 1681s | to this city che chess is recognizing |
| 1683s | that this is a defensive vulnerability |
| 1686s | this city much more easy to defend so |
| 1689s | he's trying to put all the resources he |
| 1691s | can into the defense of this city very |
| 1694s | smart and talk about securing the |
| 1696s | villages in the west at the same time |
| 1699s | right if you pop a couple Giants over |
| 1701s | there on the front lines right you can |
| 1703s | just walk the giant towards the village |
| 1705s | very easily secure |
| 1707s | it yeah again his big problem is not |
| 1710s | over in the west he's been locking that |
| 1712s | down for a while now big problems all |
| 1716s | coming out over here in the East so |
| 1718s | gonna pick up a giant here as well yeah |
| 1721s | three Giants around defending this |
| 1724s | city and this is now a great opportunity |
| 1727s | for sand to try to get some catapults |
| 1729s | down um to counter the fact that he's |
| 1733s | got those three |
| 1734s | Giants and there's the first one |
| 1741s | she just playing passively on the South |
| 1746s | Side Southeast side but going riding and |
| 1749s | this is where he can start to turn the |
| 1751s | tide if he's able to get roads right |
| 1753s | roads are going to allow him to pick up |
| 1756s | pick off those catapults and make some |
| 1758s | really aggressive plays towards sand |
| 1762s | backline yeah this is a very common |
| 1765s | tactic you'll see in a lot of hood games |
| 1767s | where they don't go after kills on units |
| 1769s | like you normally do just because of the |
| 1772s | like omnipresence of or seeming |
| 1774s | omnipresence anyways of Defense bonuses |
| 1777s | with forests being everywhere cities |
| 1779s | being everywhere Warriors are basically |
| 1783s | dealt with at the point where they have |
| 1785s | one or two Health uh if they go in and |
| 1788s | attack any of your units they die to |
| 1790s | retaliation and do barely anything to |
| 1792s | you if they walk backwards and start to |
| 1795s | heal they're out of the game for several |
| 1797s | turns or effectively dead as you advance |
| 1801s | your archers in to take them out on the |
| 1803s | next turn after so we're seeing that |
| 1806s | here and the big thing is Imagine these |
| 1809s | two Warriors aren't here it's just a |
| 1810s | couple of Giants against this Army of |
| 1813s | ranged units which are never going to |
| 1815s | take any damage from them they just back |
| 1817s | up and start smacking them again also |
| 1821s | giant right next to the city a ton of |
| 1824s | pressure over here chess has to do a |
| 1827s | very accurate job defending |
| 1830s | happening at the same time as a couple |
| 1832s | of giants walking towards WWA you want |
| 1835s | to keep these Giants here so that if you |
| 1838s | ever get sieged you're able to deal some |
| 1841s | damage but keeping all your Giants here |
| 1844s | is also going to mean that you don't |
| 1845s | have any Giants to defend on this city |
| 1848s | again yeah because this Central Central |
| 1850s | City looks |
| 1851s | vulnerable absolutely it doesn't even |
| 1853s | seem like you know a giant push is going |
| 1855s | to happen here like there's a level |
| 1857s | three Sawmill it require some Monument |
| 1859s | aside from killer or Park of Fortune we |
| 1863s | talked about roads in Grand Bazar but |
| 1865s | that's incredibly |
| 1866s | expensive |
| 1869s | I'll and I'll say those Giants are going |
| 1872s | towards Wawa for a little more than just |
| 1873s | a |
| 1876s | sandwich so how does he want to defend |
| 1879s | he starts by just dealing damage keeping |
| 1882s | his giant in catapult |
| 1884s | range but just smacking it until it's at |
| 1887s | only half health this is really nice |
| 1889s | combat interaction Eno mentioned how |
| 1891s | hard it is to use one HP Warriors but if |
| 1894s | you weaken the Archer enough it can die |
| 1897s | to those one HP Warriors so able to get |
| 1900s | some use out of that Warrior |
| 1904s | um and then we see suuch respond with |
| 1906s | roads as well this is very common both |
| 1909s | players want the mobility offered by |
| 1913s | roads and now we see free spirit from ch |
| 1918s | for getting |
| 1920s | roads looking at |
| 1922s | Knights seeing that huge amount of range |
| 1925s | units all that pressure that sand is |
| 1928s | applying on the east side wanting to do |
| 1931s | something more about it than just Spam |
| 1934s | archers and |
| 1936s | Riders yeah he was CH was very |
| 1939s | aggressive in his defense making his |
| 1942s | archers really vulnerable but it ended |
| 1944s | up taking out the biggest threat to his |
| 1946s | position that one giant while it sends |
| 1949s | this other giant packing to the |
| 1952s | West uh and I want to highlight right |
| 1954s | here this is a very common idea just not |
| 1957s | just in this game but in all HRI games |
| 1959s | this catapult was trained on the city |
| 1962s | and it's been taking a lot of kills |
| 1963s | every turn but what El's been doing is |
| 1966s | blocking the ability to train any other |
| 1969s | units on this city catapults are really |
| 1971s | strong but they are uniquely slow they |
| 1974s | can't move and attack so while this |
| 1976s | catapults been here it's been blocking |
| 1978s | his ability to train other |
| 1980s | catapults he's been doing a very good |
| 1983s | job using his catapult get some things |
| 1986s | forward but it might not be enough and |
| 1987s | he might be looking at moving it off |
| 1989s | eventually or even |
| 1993s | now yeah this turn would be a great turn |
| 1995s | to move it off but it does get another |
| 1998s | Archer kill so it's still doing its |
| 2001s | job very aggressive advancing everything |
| 2004s | right now does he have road to keep this |
| 2008s | uh this |
| 2010s | Siege unlikely it looks like uh CHS has |
| 2015s | enough units to un |
| 2018s | Siege might think so but I mean it looks |
| 2021s | like with roads all we have |
| 2026s | areer |
| 2027s | foral has a positional idea here so we |
| 2031s | will see how he responds to this |
| 2034s | Siege um uses that Rider that could have |
| 2037s | helped the uneg here and he goes for |
| 2042s | chivalry yeah he has enough to uneg but |
| 2045s | he refuses to he just gets it to eight |
| 2047s | health chops everything away that his |
| 2049s | opponent might be able to |
| 2052s | use notice the idea here the lock down s |
| 2055s | is going to capture this city but the |
| 2057s | 8hp giant is a liability right |
| 2061s | mhm it's not providing any zone of |
| 2064s | control for the ranged backline that s |
| 2067s | has been building up for this whole game |
| 2071s | so we're going to see how CHS is able to |
| 2073s | take advantage of this Landing this nice |
| 2076s | Siege and then boom there comes the |
| 2079s | Knight chaining |
| 2081s | through the |
| 2084s | backline no roads necessary immediately |
| 2087s | recapturing that very aggressive with |
| 2090s | these he pulled all of his opponent's |
| 2092s | units in he gave him a false sense of |
| 2095s | security I'm capturing this city I can |
| 2098s | Advance everything he doesn't have |
| 2099s | anything to deal with this before |
| 2101s | training Knights on these Frontline |
| 2103s | cities and his opponent's not able to do |
| 2106s | anything about it so ends up resigning |
| 2108s | this turn |
| 2109s | instead yeah can't blame |
| 2111s | him I think it was a beautiful bait by |
| 2116s | 2s recognizing that his opponent would |
| 2119s | feel confident with all those ranged |
| 2121s | units and that really solid push going |
| 2123s | forward and that that was really s's |
| 2127s | play for victory he needed to push into |
| 2131s | the Northeast towards chs's |
| 2134s | Capital uh and so to him that that city |
| 2137s | was the most important thing if he |
| 2138s | captured that City he was winning uh and |
| 2140s | Chu has kind of played with that |
| 2142s | psychological game a little bit |
| 2144s | recognizing that he would feel that way |
| 2146s | and using that to his Advantage so just |
| 2149s | really well played at the end there y |
| 2151s | yeah good |
| 2153s | game okay so let's jump into the next |
| 2157s | one |
| 2159s | what's next you want to talk about next |
| 2162s | you know I think the yeti Peaks o Sim |
| 2168s | you know o the game with Yeti Peaks I |
| 2170s | like that so we saw some different |
| 2174s | elements of HRI in this game uh we saw |
| 2176s | knights we saw organization |
| 2179s | start but this is a new map type right |
| 2182s | this is this is continents and |
| 2184s | continents brings with it another |
| 2186s | element that we don't see on drylands |
| 2188s | obviously fishing we see |
| 2190s | navies um yeah so let's show who's who's |
| 2194s | playing here first yes so AIC is m l |
| 2199s | lamp and Yeti Peaks is yeti Peaks |
| 2205s | yeah so I don't know if I want to bury |
| 2209s | the lead on this or not |
| 2211s | but course in the commentary Direction |
| 2215s | notes uh very much wanted to emphasize |
| 2218s | is what this game was all about his |
| 2220s | opinion was I think I'll share this with |
| 2223s | you minor minor spoilers markets versus |
| 2226s | no |
| 2228s | markets markets are expensive and hard |
| 2230s | to get but I mean how strong are they |
| 2233s | really Yeti Peaks and Meister are going |
| 2236s | to help show those off for us here |
| 2239s | absolutely and a cool part about |
| 2242s | continents |
| 2243s | is sometimes you get really interesting |
| 2246s | map generation where where you're |
| 2248s | fighting over a third sort of land mass |
| 2252s | and that can make continents really |
| 2253s | interesting because you have a |
| 2254s | combination of Naval and land units all |
| 2258s | converging on one location and we're |
| 2260s | definitely going to see a little bit of |
| 2261s | that |
| 2263s | here some standard opening like both |
| 2266s | players finding villages getting hunting |
| 2269s | upgrading their capitals and then |
| 2270s | upgrading the second cities all |
| 2272s | workshops notice Yeti Peaks though two |
| 2275s | ruins neither of them on mountains um um |
| 2278s | me has |
| 2279s | one advancing his Archer past the ruin |
| 2282s | thinks he'll find something better |
| 2284s | Archer wants to be more efficient in |
| 2286s | that movement pick up the ruin a little |
| 2288s | bit later and so far the uh the lines |
| 2291s | look quite even so nobody's like of here |
| 2296s | is is fourth City so he's got one more |
| 2300s | Village right now but huge star ruin for |
| 2303s | Yeti star ruin versus a swordsman |
| 2306s | ruin allows him to get fishing and |
| 2312s | Forestry sees that Coast tile to the |
| 2315s | west of his coastal city it knows |
| 2317s | there's land there and immediately drops |
| 2320s | the boat down trying to expand a little |
| 2323s | bit faster cuz he's down a city another |
| 2326s | star ruin for Yeti that's the second one |
| 2329s | yeah on turn eight lucky oh yep he is |
| 2332s | going to go for climbing he's felt lucky |
| 2334s | with the ruins so far so Why Stop Now y |
| 2337s | look at this this one connected to |
| 2339s | Meister by land but with those star |
| 2342s | ruins getting into the water sooner |
| 2344s | they're both going to pick up one |
| 2345s | Village on this strange Island over here |
| 2348s | I like to think of that as sort of a |
| 2350s | battle arena where they're just going to |
| 2351s | be facing off in this little ring then a |
| 2355s | population ruin after it the ruins have |
| 2357s | been very kind of Yeti Peaks way faster |
| 2360s | than getting in on the water way faster |
| 2363s | in getting this giant and I'm sure we're |
| 2365s | going to see another giant here this |
| 2367s | turn |
| 2369s | yep exactly Fortune level three |
| 2372s | Sawmill this is incredible for Yeti |
| 2377s | Peaks pushing out a bu of units looking |
| 2379s | for Navy as out of it his s spots are |
| 2383s | definitely more locked in uh |
| 2386s | together uh he also has an advantage |
| 2389s | four cities here three here so a fifth |
| 2391s | against five cities for Meer to four |
| 2393s | against |
| 2394s | theti and that beautiful border growth |
| 2397s | in his North City |
| 2398s | picking up the four forests that are all |
| 2400s | on that |
| 2401s | Sawmill then I spoke too fast look at |
| 2405s | this y peak's going to grab a fifth City |
| 2408s | so my's advantages are |
| 2412s | disappearing like it's no difficult to |
| 2415s | look at this position uh maybe in a |
| 2418s | previous version and be like what single |
| 2420s | Advantage does Meister have |
| 2423s | here |
| 2424s | but we will see he's not out of |
| 2429s | it get the |
| 2431s | lighthouse don't don't underestimate my |
| 2434s | St so so many games when he was like on |
| 2437s | on his back foot and then you know |
| 2440s | amazing wins for him |
| 2442s | so me is a very talented defensive |
| 2446s | player and can put up some really |
| 2448s | frustrating defenses against strong |
| 2453s | attacks wear his opponents down in Long |
| 2456s | games Yeti's played him before though |
| 2459s | frequent bullet player is yeti |
| 2462s | Peaks picking up another giant that is |
| 2465s | three Giants right there all going to |
| 2467s | become juggernauts in a minute yeah on |
| 2470s | the same turn that Yeti gets |
| 2473s | fishing |
| 2474s | yep we have first Blood we do have first |
| 2479s | blood and here's an Explorer from Yeti |
| 2482s | Peaks going off to that Lighthouse but |
| 2486s | going to reveal that nice ruin and dig a |
| 2488s | little bit into meister's |
| 2491s | terrain G's vision's pretty |
| 2494s | good but me just has this really strong |
| 2499s | economy you know he he's got all these |
| 2501s | Giants he can get with these Sawmills |
| 2503s | that's another |
| 2505s | giant yep po connection for |
| 2508s | giant another nice thing about me's |
| 2510s | position he gets those support |
| 2512s | connections Yeti not so much mhm pulling |
| 2516s | the Giant in their defense Ely out of |
| 2518s | the water water access not lose a city |
| 2522s | water access on |
| 2523s | continents in capital is frequently |
| 2527s | described as one of the most important |
| 2528s | things you can have when looking at your |
| 2530s | initial spawn we're seeing the power of |
| 2533s | it here with those Port connections and |
| 2535s | there's another giant |
| 2538s | another yeah another star ruin for Yeti |
| 2542s | Peaks I see those I see some catapults |
| 2547s | already |
| 2548s | oh yeah catapults nice and defensive and |
| 2551s | it's a beautiful catapult right the |
| 2553s | water is protecting it from Land units |
| 2556s | uh it will just be able to rain down |
| 2558s | Boulders from safe side of the continent |
| 2562s | and Mar his play he's got the markets |
| 2566s | popping out this turn he only get one |
| 2569s | this turn but we already see the way he |
| 2572s | set up these however many turns ago he's |
| 2576s | getting ready Market spot here Market |
| 2578s | spot here Market spot here Market spot |
| 2580s | here the way that his cities are locked |
| 2583s | together very great for Market spots |
| 2585s | turn our attention to Yeti Peaks we have |
| 2588s | like a level three Market spot here and |
| 2590s | then a level two Market spot and that's |
| 2593s | about |
| 2594s | it we got like five stars per turn in |
| 2597s | Yeti's markets whereas Meister was going |
| 2600s | after them from the very beginning of |
| 2602s | the game the second he was planning out |
| 2604s | not even putting down his Sawmills but |
| 2606s | planning them out out and figuring out |
| 2608s | what Lumber Huts he was going to use |
| 2610s | what city needed border growth he was |
| 2612s | getting ready for exactly this he knew |
| 2615s | that this he was feeling that he was |
| 2617s | going to go for the long game and it |
| 2620s | worked out because in the immediate game |
| 2622s | he's not winning against Yeti Peaks who |
| 2624s | got on the water so |
| 2626s | quickly he's going to Siege with his |
| 2628s | giant here but with that catapult with |
| 2631s | all the stars that J he's dumped into |
| 2633s | the water it's going to be real |
| 2635s | difficult he isn't able to actually get |
| 2637s | that very nice defensive |
| 2641s | bomber yeah it's super little vulnerable |
| 2644s | but it's seems so safe as |
| 2647s | well I mean yeah my Lampa has like |
| 2650s | already twice oh my gosh of just like |
| 2655s | one turn after getting the markets we're |
| 2657s | seeing exactly why they're this strong |
| 2660s | 48 Stars per turn to 24 double the |
| 2663s | income already |
| 2665s | yeah but look at this |
| 2669s | yeah establish himself on the water but |
| 2671s | he's losing a lot of Health on these |
| 2675s | units The Archers using the roads in the |
| 2678s | land connection to take out that bomber |
| 2681s | from earlier a little too aggressively |
| 2683s | placed it's another great thing about |
| 2685s | going for markets is you get roads along |
| 2687s | the way and we can see that because |
| 2689s | Meers land connected to these two cities |
| 2693s | can use roads effectively to help |
| 2696s | defend Ed do you see do you see any kind |
| 2699s | of bridge play from yet Peaks so so he |
| 2701s | could do the |
| 2703s | same he would need a border growth in |
| 2706s | his West City to really look at strong |
| 2709s | Bridges um |
| 2712s | otherwise I think that would be later |
| 2715s | down the line for him he would need |
| 2717s | Knights or something like that to really |
| 2719s | be super |
| 2720s | threatening but 24 Stars per turn is |
| 2723s | still significant he can still use that |
| 2725s | to save up however right now |
| 2728s | as we can see he's spending a lot of his |
| 2729s | stars on getting rammers getting |
| 2733s | Scouts trying to establish Naval |
| 2736s | dominance it is working like Giants are |
| 2740s | getting |
| 2741s | melted you got to play defens TRS a |
| 2746s | aggressive catapult and immediately gets |
| 2748s | punished for it um |
| 2753s | mhm but those bombers for Yeti are |
| 2756s | putting in work |
| 2761s | giant gets melted this Giant's not going |
| 2764s | to do much on the water whereas look at |
| 2767s | all he's got okay one rammer one like |
| 2771s | half Health giant if it wants to enter |
| 2773s | the |
| 2774s | water if you can't put if you're not |
| 2776s | even able to put units into the water |
| 2779s | then it doesn't matter how many stars |
| 2781s | per turn you're making if they're all |
| 2782s | just getting completely destroyed by |
| 2784s | bombers and you have no way to Target |
| 2786s | them there's just absolutely no way to |
| 2788s | win you have to be aggressive about |
| 2790s | getting that stuff set up mhm and yetti |
| 2793s | is just choking Meister out of this |
| 2796s | game zero units on the water for Meister |
| 2800s | or one I should say one little Archer |
| 2803s | raft uses it to get a bomber look at |
| 2806s | that market income allowing him to do so |
| 2808s | much with his turn and now he |
| 2811s | transitions into |
| 2812s | Defenders and notice Defenders have 15 |
| 2815s | HP they're tanky |
| 2818s | they can do a lot forcing Yeti to get |
| 2821s | more bombers lands a nice Siege another |
| 2825s | Siege denying you know 12 Stars per turn |
| 2829s | from me and the bomber is just stopping |
| 2832s | me from getting anything in these |
| 2835s | ports but but he already has catapults |
| 2838s | so he does cats fantastic defensive |
| 2841s | resource especially cuz Yeti only has |
| 2843s | Warriors to Siege with look at how safe |
| 2846s | those catapult are they can't be touched |
| 2849s | by Yeti's |
| 2852s | bombers so they're really making sing |
| 2857s | [Music] |
| 2859s | unattractive instead Yeti is going to |
| 2861s | have to opt for just trying to keep me |
| 2865s | off the water but notice Meister lands a |
| 2868s | almost full health Juggernaut has this |
| 2870s | really |
| 2871s | nice bomber Archer bomber that's been |
| 2875s | there for a few turns putting in so much |
| 2876s | work |
| 2877s | getting a beautiful veteran Rider |
| 2880s | Siege on we'll just pick up |
| 2882s | farming whatever he wants he can get |
| 2886s | just pick up farming for free pretty |
| 2890s | much yeah he uses another rammer to |
| 2893s | siege that City sends in the Scout to |
| 2896s | grab some |
| 2898s | Vision those catapults that's got to be |
| 2901s | a little concerning and oh boy oh that |
| 2904s | juggernaut's getting ripped apart |
| 2907s | and down goes Yeti's bomber and me is |
| 2910s | pushing |
| 2911s | in multiple juggernauts on the |
| 2915s | way it looks like he's getting back on |
| 2917s | the |
| 2918s | water I |
| 2920s | see he's getting Meister lamped oh yeah |
| 2924s | yeah now that he's got aquatis and this |
| 2927s | changes so much just the bombers are so |
| 2931s | much less effective especially because |
| 2932s | he's got so many stars if you can get |
| 2934s | Defender and juggernauts what a |
| 2936s | beautiful play look at that look at that |
| 2938s | M gets hit and you think oh he can't |
| 2942s | un but he veterans to |
| 2945s | uneg returns how much damage he's going |
| 2948s | to do and M lamp true champ his opponent |
| 2950s | resigns at this point he says look I see |
| 2953s | the markets I see the catapults I'm not |
| 2955s | Landing a Siege you're able to establish |
| 2957s | yourself on the water I wasn't able to |
| 2959s | succeed my goal of shutting you out but |
| 2962s | my like he wants to still show us what |
| 2964s | the rest of the turn was that he was |
| 2966s | planning he knows that we're |
| 2968s | watching he's going to damage that and |
| 2971s | there we go there's the |
| 2974s | bridge push his rider so that he can go |
| 2977s | ahead and smack that catapult sub oh man |
| 2981s | what a |
| 2982s | guy yeah he's an absolute |
| 2985s | Menace yeah fantastic play from Meister |
| 2989s | yeah despite the star ruins despite the |
| 2991s | pop ruins despite the early water |
| 2994s | Meister had one thing markets and they |
| 2996s | were just that strong well played well |
| 2999s | played |
| 3001s | indeed I think this showcases a lot of |
| 3003s | what's going on this month with hudrick |
| 3005s | in these live |
| 3007s | games the power of markets if you can |
| 3010s | get |
| 3011s | them and these interesting Naval |
| 3014s | engagements the push pull |
| 3017s | of how long can you defend for versus |
| 3020s | trying to get back on the water we don't |
| 3023s | see Defenders except in these Naval |
| 3025s | engagements typically and they were |
| 3028s | pretty strong they can soak up a lot of |
| 3031s | hits yep great game from especially from |
| 3035s | Meister Lampa but the his push from from |
| 3037s | ye paks was also like you |
| 3040s | know um yeah interesting so it was |
| 3043s | convincing I'll say that definitely |
| 3046s | could have won this game uh if not for |
| 3050s | those two catapults definitely yeah my |
| 3053s | lamp would wouldn't be able to to hold |
| 3056s | exactly yeah so maybe I'll even ask the |
| 3060s | stream chat if they have a preference |
| 3062s | here got a few more |
| 3065s | games I'm going to give you the choice |
| 3067s | you guys can decide who here in the |
| 3069s | booth with me but do we want to see my |
| 3073s | face game where he takes on |
| 3075s | simanti or do you want to see another H |
| 3078s | game with another Island right |
| 3085s | away yeah and for now we have 15 votes |
| 3089s | uh in the Forgotten poll so |
| 3094s | 93% say they love them and 7% think that |
| 3098s | they suck |
| 3100s | so so one person's |
| 3104s | wrong |
| 3106s | yeah I've heard the skin is a pretty |
| 3109s | divisive I mean um most people enjoy |
| 3112s | them but I mean devic was specifically |
| 3114s | and some people are like wow these guys |
| 3116s | are really |
| 3117s | and some people are like wow these are |
| 3119s | guys are really cool they're so ugly I |
| 3121s | love |
| 3124s | them yeah the swamp does things to |
| 3127s | people |
| 3130s | yeah what does that |
| 3133s | mean I don't know in the case of |
| 3135s | Aquarion they just grew squid legs |
| 3138s | according to the |
| 3140s | description I don't know about you but I |
| 3142s | like my two legs with my five toes a |
| 3146s | little break from hudrick right now and |
| 3148s | we're going to enter simanti week I |
| 3151s | think yeah let's |
| 3153s | go yeah we actually had so talking about |
| 3157s | the oh it crashed |
| 3159s | polyopia yeah I think siman is too |
| 3162s | strong for the app to handle yeah so |
| 3165s | actually we had a we had an interesting |
| 3167s | question that we have you know the the |
| 3170s | answer will be |
| 3172s | difficult uh about the the evolution of |
| 3175s | the forgottens so how did it happen that |
| 3179s | they evolved from having having a tail |
| 3182s | into coming |
| 3185s | squids I |
| 3187s | mean we could say that maybe the the |
| 3190s | tail split apart into the tentacles over |
| 3193s | time yeah you know they wanted to be |
| 3196s | able to walk around more it's pretty |
| 3197s | hard to walk around with a tail I think |
| 3199s | mermaids would would attest to |
| 3202s | this not sure how how you know if that's |
| 3206s | how it works in the evolution |
| 3210s | but well we make some exceptions for |
| 3212s | Aquarion yeah you know it's the square |
| 3215s | it's the the land of polyopia so things |
| 3218s | don't work exactly the way they work in |
| 3220s | our world so exactly you have to accept |
| 3222s | wonder what Darwin would have to say |
| 3225s | about |
| 3227s | this but we've seen both of these |
| 3229s | players before actually they gave us |
| 3232s | very well played games uh my Lampe again |
| 3235s | he is the host simanti down in this |
| 3238s | corner and the simanti with a lot of |
| 3241s | extra |
| 3243s | land can I call him sand will people get |
| 3246s | mad at me if I say that |
| 3248s | sand yeah this sand do yes all |
| 3253s | right so we're going to see again at |
| 3256s | this level of play people doing a lot of |
| 3258s | the same things let's to to simanti |
| 3263s | music if we are |
| 3265s | absolutely and for a map like this this |
| 3268s | is archipelago by the way mhm they're |
| 3271s | also going to use their Shaman as |
| 3273s | exploring units they're not so worried |
| 3276s | as they might be on a drylands map about |
| 3279s | uh getting killed by a hexapod because |
| 3281s | the land connection's maybe not there |
| 3283s | although walking it out towards the |
| 3285s | center definitely more risky than M |
| 3287s | Lampe who walks it back towards his own |
| 3289s | Corner I've definitely gotten jump |
| 3291s | scared by walking my Shaman into an |
| 3293s | enemy Warrior on archipelago before so |
| 3296s | it can |
| 3299s | happen yeah big difference in these two |
| 3302s | Villages I guess Meister doesn't really |
| 3305s | have resources of any kind whereas a |
| 3307s | couple fungi that's a quick level three |
| 3310s | there and really aggressive walking his |
| 3312s | Shaman even further forwards but notice |
| 3316s | s now knows that Meister is right there |
| 3319s | he can see those |
| 3321s | borders in his vision from walking the |
| 3323s | shaman there yeah this is a tribe that |
| 3326s | doesn't have Bridges but they do have uh |
| 3328s | algae in hydrology which M picks up |
| 3331s | immediately because he wants to upgrade |
| 3333s | this city over in the East sees that as |
| 3335s | his best way to do it he's got a way to |
| 3338s | walk hexapod straight through to this |
| 3340s | Shaman here notice that Meister can see |
| 3343s | those coasts on those two water tiles |
| 3346s | and so he knows hey hydrology looks |
| 3348s | pretty good here for continuing to |
| 3352s | expand this Coastline especially there's |
| 3355s | land up here that goes to |
| 3361s | something now he does aripo I think |
| 3365s | moving your Shaman is not as as kind of |
| 3368s | you know dangerous as on the other Maps |
| 3370s | because it's the likelihood that you |
| 3372s | actually have a l connection with your |
| 3375s | opponent is is uh much much lower yeah |
| 3379s | absolutely he picks up an Explorer very |
| 3382s | dangerous because yeah Sim explorers |
| 3385s | don't walk on water he does find this |
| 3388s | Village here which directs his Shaman |
| 3390s | where to go but he is giving up a whole |
| 3391s | star per turn for the entire rest of the |
| 3393s | game to do |
| 3396s | that opponent going straight into fism |
| 3400s | picking up those RI whereas are going |
| 3405s | for a much more I mean conventional on a |
| 3407s | map like drylands or lakes but not so |
| 3410s | much on Ary for |
| 3412s | hexapods hexapods still useful |
| 3415s | especially if your plan is to turn the |
| 3417s | map into a landed one with AE everywhere |
| 3421s | but that's probably going to take a |
| 3423s | while fantastic population ruin into a |
| 3426s | quick centipede here and the boosted RI |
| 3430s | tearing the city apart m is going to go |
| 3434s | further into |
| 3436s | roads he wants to get these connections |
| 3438s | and this city will be connected all he |
| 3440s | has to do is place an algae south of the |
| 3442s | city Road Connections do go through |
| 3444s | algae they don't go through water so |
| 3446s | that will immediately upgrade this city |
| 3448s | you know some fish to get him to level |
| 3450s | three another Capital population so like |
| 3453s | it's only seven stars after that for a |
| 3455s | centipede so everything's looking nice |
| 3458s | the only thing that's not looking nice |
| 3460s | for Meister is Def like his prospects |
| 3463s | for defending this city here these pry |
| 3466s | on the water are |
| 3468s | dangerous and you know why do you think |
| 3470s | that he uh he's going for roads |
| 3474s | here I'm looking at it as |
| 3477s | you know he's transforming it into a |
| 3479s | landed kind of game |
| 3481s | maybe uh he's got everything going for |
| 3484s | him on land like he's got this really |
| 3486s | nice setup defensively with all these |
| 3489s | cities if he can use his hexapods attack |
| 3493s | run back like to where they're going to |
| 3495s | get boosted they get healed by the |
| 3497s | melium it gets him some easy like |
| 3500s | population on all of his cities gets him |
| 3502s | closer to his centipede it's very |
| 3505s | expensive though to pick up those kinds |
| 3507s | of tags do raes get slowed down with |
| 3511s | with algae or or |
| 3512s | not they don't get slowed down by |
| 3515s | algae okay can run straight through it |
| 3520s | okay but if me builds up a ton of |
| 3525s | algae then clais right the equivalent of |
| 3531s | trade for |
| 3533s | simanti looks pretty good and he's got |
| 3537s | some great spots for those clais so are |
| 3541s | you arguing that M lamps gameplay in |
| 3544s | this game and the last game is simply go |
| 3548s | trade have |
| 3551s | go but uses his two boosted hexapods and |
| 3556s | right there gets boosted and it's going |
| 3558s | to be healed by this melum at the end of |
| 3560s | the turn so he took no damage unsing |
| 3564s | that RI eight Stars gone from his |
| 3566s | opponent and he only lost two stars in a |
| 3569s | warrior |
| 3570s | four that |
| 3573s | okay look at this |
| 3578s | push comes in to RI killing the |
| 3582s | defensive |
| 3584s | units yeah it feels like Meister went |
| 3586s | with an interesting strategy with all of |
| 3589s | these TCH uh that you know like riding |
| 3592s | and roads going hydrology instead of |
| 3596s | ring |
| 3597s | and he's getting punished for it because |
| 3599s | thei just come in and they're very hard |
| 3601s | to deal with there's just so many of |
| 3604s | them and just also attacking like he's |
| 3606s | given his opponent with this algae that |
| 3609s | he placed an Avenue for the centipede to |
| 3612s | come in and it doesn't seem like there's |
| 3614s | any way that any reason I guess that me |
| 3618s | should be winning this he goes after |
| 3620s | that R she the much more threatening one |
| 3623s | right by a shaman and he's making sure |
| 3626s | to use this word is out of control could |
| 3628s | you switch to the separate Visions so |
| 3631s | yeah absolutely yes okay uh he there is |
| 3635s | a play for his opponent here he doesn't |
| 3637s | see the shaman there oh okay but he does |
| 3640s | have Vision here the ri if it were able |
| 3643s | to kill this |
| 3645s | Warrior um man this boosted one it moves |
| 3650s | immediately it was here at the start of |
| 3651s | the turn this boosted R he can walk all |
| 3654s | the way down kill this Warrior explode |
| 3657s | the segment and get a shaman kill this |
| 3659s | turn but he doesn't see the shaman there |
| 3662s | so he's just gonna go for the safer play |
| 3665s | okay um sieging this city and |
| 3671s | capturing but being aware of where your |
| 3674s | opponent's Shaman is always |
| 3676s | important absolutely and I'm gonna |
| 3680s | actually change it from the auto |
| 3681s | perspective to |
| 3685s | SZ perspective Ive |
| 3688s | uh going to see this pop up and we're |
| 3691s | going to see yep that algae pops up |
| 3693s | immediately upgrading gets the algae |
| 3695s | population and the roads and this this |
| 3698s | is the most important thing we see the |
| 3699s | warrior walk forward and then get |
| 3702s | boosted when we see this Warrior get |
| 3704s | boosted this Warrior over here does not |
| 3707s | get boosted so we know the shaman is on |
| 3711s | one of these three tiles where it can |
| 3712s | boost here but not on one of these two |
| 3715s | tiles where so that because it did not |
| 3718s | boost this Warrior here yeah |
| 3720s | mhm so we've narrowed it down we know |
| 3723s | exactly where the shaman is like I was |
| 3725s | talking about very |
| 3726s | important uh |
| 3728s | before he's now it's a |
| 3731s | Target but something happens on this |
| 3734s | turn uh misclick perhaps but he actually |
| 3737s | kills that Warrior knowing that the |
| 3739s | shaman is there ability to know maybe it |
| 3743s | was to walk in and then walk is RA for |
| 3747s | but ra doesn't reach and this absolutely |
| 3752s | turns the game around immediately he |
| 3755s | converts that |
| 3757s | um if he take stock |
| 3760s | without a fog it was four cities with |
| 3764s | him expanding to all these other ones on |
| 3766s | the water pushing RI that mice is having |
| 3768s | a really hard time dealing with and the |
| 3771s | centipede um forward and now |
| 3774s | everything's about to change |
| 3779s | he takes first that uh |
| 3783s | centipede he's going to use this algae |
| 3786s | so that he has or |
| 3788s | platform uh to use |
| 3791s | his um Warrior on here to |
| 3794s | upgrade because he wants this Warrior |
| 3796s | next to that |
| 3800s | City exping the |
| 3802s | segmenty and The |
| 3805s | Siege got to use two algae here instead |
| 3808s | of just one because he's lost that roads |
| 3810s | population but still able to get his own |
| 3812s | centipede his own Park of |
| 3814s | Fortune and getting a little more |
| 3816s | worried about his |
| 3818s | Shaman definitely doesn't want it dead |
| 3820s | his opponent two |
| 3822s | monuments to push back and I want to pay |
| 3825s | special attention to where these |
| 3827s | monuments are placed they're placed in |
| 3829s | these two spots right here um which make |
| 3833s | it very easy for him even if he does |
| 3835s | lose city which I mean just looking at |
| 3838s | the position um in all fairness it does |
| 3841s | look very likely that this centipede |
| 3843s | doesn't hold because it is against a |
| 3845s | couple of centipedes like the shaman |
| 3847s | boosting hexapods every like thr the |
| 3849s | kitchen sink in essence at the centipede |
| 3853s | here M probably will take this city back |
| 3857s | but he's going to delay it as long as he |
| 3859s | can he's going to try to fight and make |
| 3860s | sure that it doesn't happen and if it |
| 3862s | does happen not quickly and even if it |
| 3865s | does happen now if these two monuments |
| 3867s | here it's very difficult because he is |
| 3871s | bottlenecked like by in pushing on land |
| 3873s | he can only go through this one algae to |
| 3876s | this one land tile if he wants to start |
| 3878s | targeting this city in like a landbased |
| 3880s | attack which all of Meister units again |
| 3884s | meister's Tory doesn't have RI doesn't |
| 3887s | have even fichi like any units that can |
| 3889s | navigate these water tiles very |
| 3892s | dependent on alga algae and he's |
| 3894s | blocking these really nice tiles for |
| 3896s | algae already and Al are expensive five |
| 3900s | five stars per per one unit yeah in the |
| 3905s | me expanding out into the other sides of |
| 3907s | the map as well picking up those |
| 3910s | Villages that he can use to pump out |
| 3912s | even more |
| 3913s | ra uh if we look at his vision right |
| 3916s | he's sitting on two cities and then a |
| 3919s | third one next |
| 3921s | turn plus a |
| 3923s | ruin so he's going to have can't Target |
| 3926s | that ruin yeah Seven Cities in a moment |
| 3930s | here yeah I think his bizarre though is |
| 3934s | um in the defensive effort he actually |
| 3935s | gives his opponent a algae by exploding |
| 3939s | this RI oh no yeah he does and that |
| 3944s | gives was only able to be targeted on |
| 3947s | this one tile but now a couple and with |
| 3949s | these sen like hexpods being able to |
| 3950s | bounce backwards it actually ends |
| 3953s | up it would end up I guess I should say |
| 3957s | of Meister being able to kill but me |
| 3960s | responds by blocking his own fungi uh |
| 3963s | alga tile so that the centipede is not a |
| 3966s | target for him anymore so guess it's a |
| 3970s | little interesting play from both sides |
| 3973s | but notice the melium healing the |
| 3975s | poison |
| 3979s | um but s just |
| 3983s | Retreats does not want to engage with |
| 3985s | the massive amount of land units that |
| 3987s | Meister has right now he gets |
| 3990s | climbing looking at trying to provide |
| 3993s | additional tiles for his units to sit on |
| 3997s | right water grow same idea essentially |
| 3999s | adding more land to his Empire so that |
| 4002s | he can keep fighting the land game it |
| 4005s | feels to me like s is playing |
| 4007s | archipelago and me's playing drylands |
| 4009s | but um that might just be my perception |
| 4013s | of this game uh I kind of I'm in to |
| 4017s | agree me though able to pull it back and |
| 4021s | now he just needs looks like he's going |
| 4023s | for it even twoo just a couple more |
| 4026s | algae is going to get him another |
| 4028s | centipede on the city look all the |
| 4031s | opponent's |
| 4033s | everywhere yeah and the score might be a |
| 4035s | little deceptive now uh if we look at |
| 4038s | that for a second you know 1200 Point |
| 4040s | difference but there was an 800 Point |
| 4043s | swing when me grabbed these two |
| 4045s | monuments |
| 4047s | uh taking stock of the position six |
| 4050s | cities against four and more |
| 4052s | specifically water units against units |
| 4055s | that can only push through this Al and |
| 4058s | not a lot of good places to do |
| 4061s | that as long as the shaman is safe |
| 4064s | imagine a centipede you know sieging the |
| 4066s | city it gets converted |
| 4070s | immediately very difficult but at the |
| 4073s | same time my set up really good |
| 4076s | defensive place for himself as well |
| 4079s | these hexapods we saw how two boosted |
| 4081s | hexapods would just tear through a RI |
| 4084s | when it sieges and then just get healed |
| 4087s | by the melum like nothing happened so |
| 4089s | it's really difficult for both players |
| 4092s | to move forward and this is where M |
| 4094s | Lampe starts showing off uh why he's so |
| 4097s | good at the game because he recognizes |
| 4100s | this immediately all his plan is all he |
| 4104s | really needs to do is build up his units |
| 4107s | build up his economy some like defend |
| 4109s | his cities as best as he can and then |
| 4112s | when he has attack he needs to start |
| 4115s | pushing I would say the same is true for |
| 4118s | both players here but what we're going |
| 4121s | to see is that um Meister is the only |
| 4123s | one who really does |
| 4125s | that whereas we're going to see a lot of |
| 4128s | really aggressive |
| 4130s | plays uh look at that really nice centy |
| 4134s | push getting vision of that that city |
| 4137s | that suuch has he makes a little mistake |
| 4140s | theget with his Shaman get a little too |
| 4143s | aggressive with |
| 4145s | it because with an explosion the ri |
| 4148s | frees up that tile and boom that's a |
| 4151s | dead Shaman this is a fantastic attack |
| 4155s | like with this um segment where it is |
| 4157s | and the two monuments blocking in algae |
| 4161s | it's Untouchable for Meister right now |
| 4164s | this centi is really just in there he is |
| 4168s | sacrificing the ra exploded the ra |
| 4171s | exploded to get this uh push here but he |
| 4173s | gets a shaman and he's going to have the |
| 4176s | centipede which is very difficult for |
| 4178s | Meister to |
| 4179s | kill uh very smart use of those |
| 4182s | monuments from earlier they were really |
| 4183s | well |
| 4184s | positioned but with the hexapod pushing |
| 4187s | in |
| 4188s | there um the attack Fizzles out here |
| 4192s | he's got to recollect himself M lamp was |
| 4194s | able to recover from that |
| 4198s | and does just that moving back and |
| 4200s | getting some more Vision but look at |
| 4203s | this Meister had the opportunity to go |
| 4205s | for trade this turn and grab clais but |
| 4209s | instead he goes |
| 4211s | philosophy I was really hoping after |
| 4214s | this philosophy 11 star trade get CL |
| 4218s | here here can definitely get clus |
| 4223s | regardless um but has very well set up |
| 4226s | for it and the big thing is yeah of |
| 4228s | course he's going to be able to buy his |
| 4230s | own Shaman |
| 4234s | now very aggressive he's sacrificing |
| 4236s | like her ra here in order to get that |
| 4239s | one centipede kill 20 24 stars to kill |
| 4242s | and he gets division |
| 4244s | yeah nice good play and just look at |
| 4249s | the REI getting melted here on the |
| 4252s | crackback and now there finally on turn |
| 4255s | 20 |
| 4256s | 21 me decides okay I'm playing |
| 4260s | archipelago |
| 4262s | y finally picks up some of his own RI |
| 4266s | and he's got a shaman to boost it y that |
| 4269s | Shaman kill that he sacrificed so much |
| 4271s | for uh not much in the face |
| 4274s | of um philosophy and meister's just |
| 4278s | continuing to set up his |
| 4281s | algae continuing to basically grow |
| 4286s | attack I like to think of his position |
| 4289s | as sort of a bomb that he's waiting to |
| 4291s | drop on his opponent at any moment his |
| 4294s | units will just explode out in all |
| 4296s | directions at the same |
| 4298s | time really aggressive here like pushing |
| 4301s | everything in but and look at that |
| 4304s | algae hexapod Siege STI segment to block |
| 4309s | all the r are |
| 4312s | dead and now he's able to kill RI over |
| 4315s | on that side as well and beautiful play |
| 4318s | by meister and as we can see |
| 4321s | suuch can on |
| 4323s | Siege yeah Meister just collected his |
| 4326s | units waited until he was going to Siege |
| 4328s | and gain some like actually keep the |
| 4331s | city yeah as soon as he gains this |
| 4334s | city and he does it again yeah I'm |
| 4337s | speechless this game was even better |
| 4339s | than the than the HRI one I totally |
| 4342s | agree with you |
| 4344s | guys yeah this was |
| 4346s | this is why meister's Meister |
| 4349s | yeah it's a beautiful play by Meister to |
| 4354s | close out that game and I think it's a |
| 4357s | great sample of simanti guest week |
| 4361s | bringing in some mechanics some |
| 4364s | strategies that you just will never see |
| 4366s | playing hudrick I'm pretty happy that we |
| 4368s | had that going on in this month I think |
| 4370s | it showed who understands not just |
| 4374s | hudrick but the game as a whole being |
| 4376s | able to apply some of the concepts that |
| 4379s | we were seeing in the earlier games to |
| 4381s | this game in new and unique |
| 4383s | ways yep |
| 4386s | agree chis forgive me for this next one |
| 4390s | all right I know but we've got time and |
| 4394s | this did have a lot of very interesting |
| 4397s | things happening it |
| 4399s | so oh |
| 4402s | no okay so who are who are the players |
| 4405s | you know who who's playing in this game |
| 4407s | so if we look at it we've got a mad and |
| 4412s | Chris cracken do you know this guy yeah |
| 4415s | I've never heard of this guy actually I |
| 4418s | have no idea who this guy |
| 4420s | is I'll leave fog on leave it as a |
| 4423s | little bit of a surprise I mean I |
| 4425s | probably gave it away already the way |
| 4427s | I've been talking about it but all right |
| 4429s | well uh so so spoiler it's |
| 4433s | me what |
| 4436s | yeah both players again exploring of |
| 4438s | Shaman getting we are back on |
| 4441s | archipelago right we are yep a little |
| 4444s | different this time no Warrior to |
| 4446s | explore over into the East we're seeing |
| 4449s | immediate um second fun guy to get that |
| 4452s | level three a little earlier whereas |
| 4454s | Chris is going to pick up a |
| 4457s | warrior uh level three a little |
| 4460s | later way later actually goes for that |
| 4462s | funy first and we're going to see |
| 4464s | archery |
| 4466s | over here normally yeah these I mean if |
| 4470s | you're simanti you got your two units |
| 4472s | that expand on the water well I mean |
| 4474s | you've got hydrology to make it that you |
| 4475s | don't have to expand on water then |
| 4478s | you've got um RI of course and then also |
| 4481s | your fi because these guys are air units |
| 4485s | they can fly over the entire map any |
| 4488s | kind of terrain with absolutely no |
| 4490s | penalties so no climbing necessary to be |
| 4492s | on this mountain here and what's really |
| 4494s | interesting about fight |
| 4496s | is if they move on to mountains they get |
| 4497s | the mountain Vision as well so they can |
| 4501s | make for very effective exploratory |
| 4504s | units um if there's a lot of mountains |
| 4506s | in your terrain yeah especially um in |
| 4509s | the you know kind of Rapid expansion |
| 4511s | game fi are really interesting because |
| 4515s | um they're much less expensive than RI |
| 4517s | you they're much more spammable in the |
| 4520s | early game just for exploring purposes |
| 4522s | they are a lot more frail of course uh |
| 4526s | they do gain that vision and that's |
| 4528s | really important for simanti because |
| 4530s | simanti is a tribe that their explorers |
| 4533s | can't go on the water tiles they have no |
| 4535s | texts that allow them to access any |
| 4538s | water tiles uh which is what dictates if |
| 4541s | an Explorer be able to walk over those |
| 4543s | or not so if either player you know |
| 4547s | picks up like an Explorer on this city |
| 4549s | oh hold on if I move it like this and |
| 4552s | turn off shared fog explore over here |
| 4554s | would seem great you know gets a lot of |
| 4556s | vision over in the west but simanti it |
| 4558s | just doesn't work like that M and also |
| 4562s | fi poison units so fi are great ways to |
| 4566s | make algae if your opponent is attacking |
| 4568s | on the water um which can be really |
| 4572s | helpful for setting up land bridges and |
| 4574s | attacks with centipedes they don't they |
| 4577s | don't get retaliation damage as well |
| 4580s | yeah yeah they're great well they're uh |
| 4584s | valuable units later on in helping out |
| 4587s | poisoning other units much less |
| 4589s | expensive than RI which means you're |
| 4591s | actually able to train everything so |
| 4593s | they work in in neat ways but generally |
| 4595s | not favored for archipelago maybe more |
| 4598s | on lakes you'll see them but Chris you |
| 4600s | pick up hunting here for that um level |
| 4603s | Care on this city yeah and then you get |
| 4606s | those Forest defense bonuses and those |
| 4608s | little funny Fly Guys |
| 4611s | yourself now we don't usually get to |
| 4613s | talk to the players about this but Chris |
| 4615s | you're here right now oh |
| 4618s | boy okay do you want me to explain why I |
| 4621s | got |
| 4622s | fi I I want you to explain why you got |
| 4625s | fi oh no okay |
| 4629s | so when I got hunting right um I had the |
| 4633s | ability to use two animals to level up |
| 4637s | the Second City to level three so I |
| 4639s | basically get um one star extra for |
| 4644s | buying hunting |
| 4646s | um because it takes four stars to |
| 4647s | upgrade the city and I get five back so |
| 4650s | it's nice in that sense to get that free |
| 4652s | upgrade almost and uh have stars left |
| 4656s | over and then I was looking at do I want |
| 4658s | fishing um or do I want archery and I |
| 4663s | felt like in this position I saw the |
| 4666s | coast tile um Northwest of my second |
| 4670s | City and I saw the animal and the fish |
| 4674s | um near my capital and I thought oh I |
| 4677s | have some close cities um that I want to |
| 4680s | try to expand to oh and I also saw the |
| 4683s | cotile um west of my of the village that |
| 4686s | I'm sitting on so I'm thinking oh I have |
| 4689s | lots of villages close to me I want to |
| 4691s | try to expand quickly I think I'm G to |
| 4694s | get fichi uh instead of |
| 4697s | RI yeah so both players in this game end |
| 4701s | up going fi |
| 4703s | but both you know pretty solid reasons |
| 4707s | but it's a really equal if asymmetrical |
| 4710s | position with the one player getting the |
| 4712s | upgrades |
| 4714s | earlier um and you know hosting of |
| 4717s | course getting them these fi right away |
| 4721s | so I'm excited to see how this works out |
| 4724s | he immediately finds you with the Boost |
| 4726s | with the mountain vision and takes out |
| 4728s | your one fi uses the Stars he gets it's |
| 4733s | a |
| 4735s | very important to you the why it's so |
| 4738s | nice starting |
| 4739s | first exactly |
| 4743s | he hi Mystic hey we're not covering any |
| 4747s | of your games this time oh yeah look at |
| 4751s | that there's the unfortunate Explorer |
| 4753s | ruin no climbing you know just on the |
| 4756s | mountains because of the flight ability |
| 4758s | so it just does a little dance on the |
| 4761s | island for a while yeah unfortunate |
| 4765s | yeah anyway our poll uh about the |
| 4768s | Forgotten so we have 27 votes and 93% I |
| 4772s | love them and seven n they suck and |
| 4775s | we'll end this here and I will set |
| 4778s | another one |
| 4779s | for um for our audience whether they |
| 4783s | like the the HRI games more or the |
| 4785s | simanti because we already had one |
| 4788s | simanti game so let's see how this |
| 4791s | goes picking up some nice ruins this |
| 4794s | turn |
| 4796s | not the vill feel very um naked um |
| 4799s | playing as simanti or like you don't |
| 4801s | have any Vision very all like cautious |
| 4805s | and scary like can they see me I don't |
| 4808s | want to get shot like I just tried to |
| 4810s | train a little fly here and he died |
| 4815s | immediately the way I think about this |
| 4817s | is that your FEI or like Gunslingers in |
| 4820s | a wild west movie where they're standing |
| 4823s | you know 50 Paces away from each other |
| 4824s | and |
| 4826s | whoever shoots first wins |
| 4828s | basically |
| 4831s | um unfortunately so far male has been |
| 4835s | shooting first the majority of the time |
| 4837s | so my fichi are getting |
| 4841s | shredded yeah and he's picking up um |
| 4845s | hech for to get some raes later on also |
| 4848s | looking like centipede with a just maybe |
| 4851s | a fish and um lighthouse |
| 4855s | so you get a veteran swordsman and you |
| 4858s | get your own dancing Explorer |
| 4861s | too pick up hydrology try to yeah expand |
| 4865s | onto this land |
| 4867s | mass trying to I see The Swordsman I see |
| 4871s | the um alga I think I see the vision |
| 4874s | walking swordsman into the game um |
| 4877s | trying your best to emulate Meister lamp |
| 4879s | is that correct that is absolutely |
| 4882s | correct and riding could be quite good |
| 4884s | here if I get algae |
| 4886s | down using the lighthouses going to be |
| 4889s | able to also pick up a Senti in capital |
| 4891s | with um with the algae so |
| 4896s | M and then establishing this front line |
| 4899s | of |
| 4900s | algae he's making his own for you to |
| 4904s | walk into that City too yeah |
| 4908s | unfortunately he |
| 4910s | does o should I play in the next poly |
| 4913s | seeum yeah Mystic is |
| 4916s | asking |
| 4918s | uh I think you should play in polium |
| 4921s | anyway because then we could play each |
| 4922s | other and maybe our game will get |
| 4924s | featured on the |
| 4926s | stream so yes you're always welcome |
| 4929s | Mystic this is something I would say for |
| 4932s | maybe anyone listening uh everyone's |
| 4934s | welcome to play polium and they're a lot |
| 4936s | of |
| 4937s | fun exactly you don't have to be like a |
| 4942s | pro you can play if you if you don't |
| 4944s | know some of these names you know these |
| 4947s | people a lot of them are pretty new to |
| 4949s | the scene um you know some of them have |
| 4952s | been playing for a while Meister TOS but |
| 4955s | sand fairly new uh and his he's already |
| 4960s | playing wonderfully like you learn a lot |
| 4962s | you |
| 4963s | improve and then you create beautiful |
| 4965s | games like |
| 4966s | these |
| 4969s | mhm so advancing in he's got the ra out |
| 4973s | way ahead of you and they're already |
| 4974s | doing damage |
| 4976s | they really are backwards scared of The |
| 4979s | Swordsman a little bit and there we |
| 4982s | go first centipede on turn |
| 4986s | 12 uh definitely something you only see |
| 4989s | on archipelago for Santi oh Mystic don't |
| 4992s | worry you're not alone in having a loss |
| 4994s | featured on the broadcast |
| 4999s | Chris I didn't say were you emulating |
| 5002s | Meister lamp in the Explorer as well |
| 5006s | um I don't want to talk about that |
| 5007s | Explorer okay okay actually it happens |
| 5011s | to everyone you know like I I was really |
| 5014s | hoping that there would be at least one |
| 5016s | lanti connection to his City in the |
| 5019s | west but yeah but to be fair like they |
| 5023s | are the only tribe that don't actually |
| 5025s | take advantage of the Explorers except |
| 5027s | the drylands so it's it's really easy |
| 5029s | easy to kind of click the EXP explore uh |
| 5034s | you know being so you used to uh getting |
| 5037s | explorers with the other tribes so I I |
| 5039s | do that often actually yeah I can't |
| 5042s | remember whether or not I misclicked |
| 5044s | there I don't think I did though I think |
| 5046s | I did want the Explorer um |
| 5049s | okay I really like this park of Fortune |
| 5051s | here just with the two fungi um you're |
| 5055s | able to get your centipede and then you |
| 5057s | know hopefully some AI pops up here you |
| 5060s | know a variety of ways you know blow up |
| 5062s | your own RI uh kill a poison unit you |
| 5065s | got a lot of stuff to deal poison damage |
| 5068s | um and then just you know Siege this |
| 5070s | city you know setting up aggression over |
| 5073s | here setting up aggression over here |
| 5075s | trying to use his land connection as as |
| 5076s | best you |
| 5078s | can star Mystic says that he had already |
| 5083s | three lost featurs yeah so he's a bit of |
| 5086s | a like a lost |
| 5088s | King Play Beautiful games it's just that |
| 5091s | you know your opponent um won you know |
| 5095s | not because you lost but because they |
| 5096s | were beautiful when you were part of |
| 5098s | that yes beautiful |
| 5102s | experience know like keep our fingers |
| 5104s | crossed for for some you know one games |
| 5108s | for you to feature I'm doing my part for |
| 5111s | the environment got that recycling ruin |
| 5113s | um unfortunately it's not going to help |
| 5116s | me too much but the funy are leveling up |
| 5119s | that City so I can take a nice |
| 5121s | population growth |
| 5125s | beautiful um explosion getting the |
| 5129s | centipede solidly protected not like |
| 5131s | perfectly |
| 5133s | but yeah unfortunately he did go after |
| 5136s | that vision and your Shaman was a little |
| 5137s | vulnerable if he hadn't gone up there |
| 5141s | very nice you know Shaman play to get |
| 5143s | your other units boosted but uh I mean |
| 5146s | you're losing out on the water units you |
| 5148s | don't have the nice like really tightly |
| 5151s | packed defensive setup Meister did or |
| 5154s | the hexon |
| 5157s | yeah and |
| 5160s | unfortunately he's still pushing in |
| 5162s | sieging that City I'm going to be able |
| 5164s | to pop a centipede up there with the the |
| 5168s | two fungi leveling up so nice little |
| 5170s | free centi |
| 5172s | feed uh getting another segment being |
| 5175s | able to whittle away at those R |
| 5178s | he |
| 5181s | but still behind |
| 5185s | it feels like a little too little too |
| 5187s | late even because his your opponent's RI |
| 5190s | here absolute monsters like tearing your |
| 5194s | army apart yeah and he look at how many |
| 5197s | R he's got up on that side of the map |
| 5199s | bringing in four ra definitely seals it |
| 5204s | yeah four cities to five losing that you |
| 5207s | know nice highlevel high income one in |
| 5209s | the west |
| 5213s | surrounded take note of the starfish I |
| 5217s | choosing favorites maybe yeah you don't |
| 5220s | have any on your |
| 5221s | side yeah didn't need them though you |
| 5224s | didn't need |
| 5226s | yeah like this game still it's very |
| 5229s | interesting to see the uh you know fi |
| 5231s | and I really do this is probably my |
| 5233s | favorite part watching the Explorers |
| 5236s | dance like that and both sides both |
| 5238s | sides got one of |
| 5239s | these we uh we both just thought it was |
| 5243s | in our best interest to dance a little |
| 5244s | bit and uh so we |
| 5247s | did very well actually Toby is a big fan |
| 5250s | of fichi and uh he he's using them a lot |
| 5253s | and recommending because you know people |
| 5256s | think that they are weak and actually |
| 5258s | don't bring anything to the game but uh |
| 5261s | he has this strategy of you know like uh |
| 5264s | 1,000 Cuts |
| 5266s | so yeah so he uses them a lot and I |
| 5269s | think it's a good unit actually I think |
| 5272s | fi have their place I think they're fun |
| 5275s | support unit for getting poison down |
| 5278s | getting more algae down but on smaller |
| 5283s | Maps simanti tends to want to get Rae |
| 5288s | because for eight Stars a 15 health unit |
| 5292s | that hits like a truck because it's |
| 5294s | boosted move four tiles um nothing |
| 5298s | really beats that in siman's |
| 5301s | repertoire and what's really really nice |
| 5304s | about RI is that they can explode so |
| 5306s | there's a lot of instances where you can |
| 5309s | use them to set up land bridges for your |
| 5312s | centipedes where you can use them to |
| 5316s | open up kills on Shaman like we saw with |
| 5319s | the game with sdge vers Meister where he |
| 5322s | opened up that kill for the shaman using |
| 5325s | the explode |
| 5327s | feature um |
| 5330s | and a lot of archipelago games |
| 5333s | especially you're going to have lots of |
| 5334s | water access so taking advantage of that |
| 5337s | being able to train multiple RI per turn |
| 5340s | RI versus fichi will almost always favor |
| 5344s | RI if fichi had 10 HP I might say |
| 5347s | something different but because RI have |
| 5350s | so much attack they need to be weakened |
| 5353s | significantly before they can't kill a |
| 5356s | fi anymore sure by significantly I mean |
| 5359s | the only time that a RI can't kill a |
| 5362s | fichi I believe is when it's on one or |
| 5367s | two HP I think that's the uh the |
| 5370s | calculation there and I'm also talking |
| 5372s | about the games you know against other |
| 5374s | tribes so it's not only the the like |
| 5377s | duels between simti it's oh it's |
| 5381s | fighting other other tribes navies |
| 5384s | against other tribes absolutely uh fichi |
| 5387s | can be wonderful if you can set up some |
| 5389s | algae on your opponent's side of the map |
| 5391s | it can actually really hinder them uh |
| 5394s | they been games I have played where you |
| 5397s | use fi to block your opponent's Port |
| 5399s | spots with algae and prevent them from |
| 5403s | getting a lot of Naval units so they can |
| 5405s | be very effective in that regard |
| 5408s | yeah absolutely pretending that you |
| 5411s | start a game already having fichi um the |
| 5414s | one thing about rachi is that they are |
| 5417s | expensive most of your if you have you |
| 5420s | know all coastal cities like you're |
| 5422s | likely to on archipelago you're likely |
| 5424s | not to have an average income of eight |
| 5426s | Stars per City and you're likely not |
| 5429s | able to take advantage of training units |
| 5431s | on all of your cities you know getting |
| 5433s | them in an army so fi just by virtue of |
| 5436s | being cheaper are already nice units |
| 5438s | they just help you get more units into |
| 5440s | the game and they help a lot in dealing |
| 5444s | damage uh you know the poison and then |
| 5446s | aachi sliding in will kill most of your |
| 5449s | opponent's units and if they have |
| 5450s | aquatis you've effectively negated it m |
| 5454s | also gives them more targets that they |
| 5456s | have to deal with very annoying units |
| 5459s | very |
| 5460s | pesky very easy |
| 5464s | to if I might say I think they're welld |
| 5467s | designed fi are a well-designed |
| 5470s | unit yeah I agree I think we have some |
| 5474s | time |
| 5476s | for would you like to see a Redemption |
| 5478s | game for you a Redemption game |
| 5482s | Absolutely I'll take a Redemption game |
| 5484s | any day day of the week let's do it okay |
| 5486s | so we're back to hudrick |
| 5489s | right week has ended everyone we're back |
| 5491s | to the |
| 5492s | hood and what's the last game of this |
| 5495s | stream yeah yes what's the context here |
| 5499s | what are we looking at so we've got |
| 5502s | Chris over here in the west um has less |
| 5506s | animals than pesx or Le |
| 5510s | Liberto um over here in the north corner |
| 5513s | of the map |
| 5516s | and I don't Chris do you feel like |
| 5519s | narrativizing this or you know taking |
| 5522s | over you know announcing From |
| 5523s | perspective or do you want to be a |
| 5525s | little more objective in the game you |
| 5527s | know I think it would be fun if I got to |
| 5530s | interject when I felt there was |
| 5532s | something to say and instead you |
| 5535s | characterize this game and I think a |
| 5538s | nice way to start might be turning off |
| 5540s | the |
| 5540s | fog I agree I agree so much because we |
| 5544s | have over |
| 5546s | here very interesting Island this is a |
| 5549s | continent yes this is Lakes by the way |
| 5553s | this is Lakes you're |
| 5555s | right um should probably tell by the |
| 5558s | omnipresence of this little ring of |
| 5560s | Lander on the map but we've got this |
| 5563s | Lake up in the north and then the big |
| 5565s | lake over in the |
| 5567s | middle becomes a little river here I |
| 5569s | guess and I have not seen such an island |
| 5573s | I mean I've seen definitely islands of |
| 5575s | villages on them but usually they have |
| 5577s | one maybe two land tiles not like a 9 |
| 5581s | by9 grd a 3X3 grid of nine |
| 5584s | tiles a little pingpong paddle shape or |
| 5587s | anything like that um just for the one |
| 5591s | Village |
| 5592s | too very got a whole island all to |
| 5595s | itself yeah and it gets rid of these um |
| 5598s | like deep ocean tiles for most of the |
| 5600s | game I mean like I can count them on my |
| 5603s | uh hands for the entire |
| 5606s | map but yeah immediately what I'm seeing |
| 5610s | here is quick count one two 3 4 five |
| 5613s | versus 1 two three and both players need |
| 5616s | to get into the water but also um |
| 5620s | getting into the water um from |
| 5623s | where |
| 5625s | yeah so Chris you got not a lot of |
| 5629s | animals um not a lot of great water |
| 5632s | access not a lot of villages |
| 5635s | and I mean I've already spoiled it I |
| 5637s | guess with this being a Redemption game |
| 5639s | but uh you do something very interesting |
| 5642s | throughout here so yeah we will see how |
| 5645s | this plays out turn on shared fog we |
| 5650s | snapping uh right now talking about old |
| 5654s | players though |
| 5656s | um which is Raichu um is sorry I do |
| 5661s | speak French so I I wanted to do do D |
| 5664s | named justice um absolutely he's another |
| 5667s | old player |
| 5669s | um who uh you know same as playing for a |
| 5674s | while unlucky replay on |
| 5678s | that let's get the the rewind for this |
| 5681s | Explorer poor guy so the Explorer he |
| 5684s | does pick up you know the only fogy can |
| 5686s | and explores towards your opponent but |
| 5689s | decides I won't reveal him I'll show you |
| 5692s | Vision on your Island every that you |
| 5694s | already saw before um an instant replay |
| 5698s | here |
| 5700s | before uh |
| 5702s | after okay so now I know that I have no |
| 5706s | water access whatsoever you do see the |
| 5709s | ruin though so there is that there |
| 5712s | always some positives you know |
| 5718s | exactly he's advancing training a lot of |
| 5721s | units um getting ready for if he needs |
| 5724s | to be a lot more aggressive but he |
| 5726s | really won't need to be that aggressive |
| 5728s | there's not a lot for him to do and you |
| 5730s | do get a really nice ruin there I think |
| 5733s | Stars really you know just put you back |
| 5735s | in the game before it was impossible |
| 5738s | star ruin fantastic star Ru from Chris |
| 5741s | here into |
| 5743s | forestry and again I think I'm going to |
| 5746s | see you channel that uh Meister that |
| 5749s | market man with the way I'm seeing these |
| 5751s | chops happen already on turn six |
| 5754s | getting ready for those Market spots and |
| 5756s | we've seen how powerful they are and how |
| 5758s | they can turn something |
| 5760s | around indeed still in the face of this |
| 5763s | you know an opponent who |
| 5765s | has not great but you know who actually |
| 5769s | has water access available to him in |
| 5772s | that |
| 5774s | way um really quick you know nice |
| 5777s | economic |
| 5778s | start uh for you you're going to |
| 5782s | see you a similar idea is you know |
| 5785s | getting some units but also going to see |
| 5786s | organization pop up early here looking |
| 5789s | for this Explorer I assume yeah yeah had |
| 5792s | forestry |
| 5793s | so but really nice |
| 5797s | explor okay he gets the lighthouse too |
| 5801s | rewarded for population and vision on |
| 5802s | all of your cities he's going to know |
| 5804s | what your plan is and boom border growth |
| 5808s | you're able to actually get into the |
| 5810s | water now get your own Giant on turn |
| 5812s | eight |
| 5815s | uh |
| 5817s | fantastic like it before I wasn't seeing |
| 5820s | anything but I'm seeing the means by |
| 5822s | which you're going to be able to |
| 5823s | actually even turn this game around |
| 5826s | now you know having that allows the |
| 5829s | water access but also mathematics early |
| 5834s | getting the second giant of the game |
| 5836s | up in capital yeah look at this I see a |
| 5841s | market here a market here |
| 5846s | two nice level high level Market spots |
| 5848s | right there seven and |
| 5850s | eight um plus being able to immediately |
| 5854s | go fishing because less cities lower |
| 5856s | Tech costs you know that's the one |
| 5859s | advantage of having less cities is you |
| 5860s | don't have to spend as much on |
| 5862s | technology yeah and I'm not |
| 5865s | saying I'm not saying that you know the |
| 5867s | same like um ideas for like markets |
| 5869s | because I see like great Market spots |
| 5871s | with these cities so connected to each |
| 5874s | other like a lot of Samos and markets |
| 5876s | right next to each other you even higher |
| 5878s | level SOS just placed up here and |
| 5880s | chopped but over down here in the |
| 5884s | East uh this is maybe just contributing |
| 5889s | to this one single Market spot and maybe |
| 5891s | a second with border |
| 5894s | Groove but I think I'm seeing already |
| 5896s | the ways in which you're going to be |
| 5897s | pulling ahead in this |
| 5899s | game managing to find that island island |
| 5904s | y your city yeah your Tech are looking |
| 5907s | great for you to be able to because it |
| 5909s | is you know in the markets a lot of |
| 5911s | techs but with you know so few cities |
| 5914s | and also so high level cities uh you're |
| 5917s | getting 18 stars per turn and writing is |
| 5920s | still only costing |
| 5921s | seven indeed and I saved some stars |
| 5924s | there Seven Stars left |
| 5926s | over um preparing for that and your |
| 5931s | opponent doesn't have immediate access |
| 5932s | to your city so that's so so yes there's |
| 5936s | a little choke point |
| 5938s | and we talked about the game afterwards |
| 5942s | um he and I talked about the game and he |
| 5945s | said his biggest regret um at in this |
| 5949s | position right here around turn 12 and |
| 5952s | turn 11 was that he wish he had attacked |
| 5954s | me |
| 5955s | earlier put applied more pressure yeah |
| 5959s | yeah if he' like pressuring the city |
| 5962s | from the water like a bom or something |
| 5965s | maybe not uh well if we check your |
| 5968s | vision actually uh bomber seems very |
| 5971s | possible uh yeah maybe not on stars |
| 5976s | but um you're not going to be able to |
| 5978s | shoot that and he just starts taking out |
| 5981s | that City like stopping you from |
| 5983s | developing into the water at all yep |
| 5986s | roads riding and roads before the city |
| 5988s | capture we're going to see an Explorer |
| 5990s | here |
| 5991s | naturally and boom |
| 5994s | this Explorer much more kind to you than |
| 5996s | the last one yeah Capital Vision I can |
| 5999s | finally see what he's been cooking over |
| 6002s | there Explorer ruin that walks all the |
| 6004s | way around that Lake very important |
| 6007s | Explorer ruin actually because now he |
| 6010s | has that Lighthouse so he's got three |
| 6012s | out of the four |
| 6014s | lighthouses um this one doesn't seem |
| 6016s | that hard for him to get in his own |
| 6017s | Corner well as a free giant it granted |
| 6021s | him I'm finding out now that this V |
| 6023s | Village is sitting on an pretty M large |
| 6026s | island but there's the First Market of |
| 6028s | the game M level eight |
| 6030s | Market yeah nice def more limited than |
| 6033s | Meister was just because of how many |
| 6035s | cities you have you know the limit of |
| 6036s | One Market Per City but fantastic Market |
| 6039s | spots already you got an extra 10 Stars |
| 6042s | per turn over him but he goes ahead |
| 6044s | picks up his own markets although I |
| 6047s | don't think he' planned out his Market |
| 6048s | spots as well earlier on which is going |
| 6051s | to show throughout the rest of the game |
| 6053s | mhm but he does have markets now and can |
| 6057s | place more of them because he has more |
| 6059s | cities so he's able |
| 6062s | to kind of contest that |
| 6065s | way there we go he's actually pulling |
| 6068s | ahead economy wise but he does have more |
| 6070s | cities you know techs are more expensive |
| 6073s | and in a watery game like this you need |
| 6075s | a lot you want all of these tchs very |
| 6078s | expensive the more cities you have take |
| 6082s | a look at this cute little play here |
| 6084s | yeah pushing the Catapult towards the |
| 6087s | Giants the catapults great at blocking |
| 6089s | him out um in the |
| 6092s | water and yeah going all the way in |
| 6095s | destroying the Juggernaut making sure to |
| 6096s | damage this one because this city is |
| 6099s | vulnerable here to a juggernaut ination |
| 6101s | but is surrounded by a couple other |
| 6102s | Juggernauts and catapults so something |
| 6106s | to think about but not be too worried |
| 6108s | about exactly and fantastic use of uh |
| 6111s | the port connections |
| 6114s | like straight through the city getting |
| 6115s | more population over there um upgrading |
| 6119s | these cities going to be very useful on |
| 6121s | that City gol uh I'm assuming and and |
| 6124s | take a look at this play here getting |
| 6126s | this massive border growth right really |
| 6129s | controlling all these tiles like no |
| 6131s | roads from you mhm and now look at where |
| 6134s | he puts the warrior into that um port on |
| 6138s | the North |
| 6139s | tile yep so that's going to be looking |
| 6142s | at that last l |
| 6146s | yeah yeah you've got no problems unsing |
| 6149s | over there and taking care of this |
| 6152s | Juggernaut as |
| 6155s | well and getting riding having riding is |
| 6158s | I should say allowing for a bit of an |
| 6161s | more active defense using those Riders |
| 6164s | to pick off archers without retaliation |
| 6168s | damage the they just get around here |
| 6174s | yeah you guys are trading your |
| 6176s | juggernauts in here but like you kind of |
| 6178s | have to if you just um give up the |
| 6180s | opposition and just allow them to do |
| 6183s | whatever um they start taking cities and |
| 6186s | everything foring these exch |
| 6189s | um Raichu is doing Oru in the East right |
| 6194s | getting those three catapults setting up |
| 6197s | a defense on that side of the |
| 6199s | map shivalry shivalry yeah this is |
| 6204s | something you know this is something he |
| 6205s | affords because of by virtue of so few |
| 6208s | cities such high level Market |
| 6210s | spots this is little Skirmish that's |
| 6213s | been going on here for the last coule |
| 6214s | turns I've been ignoring it but it is |
| 6217s | kind of funny it's has been going on in |
| 6218s | the background and we both were paying |
| 6221s | attention to it I remember thinking when |
| 6223s | I was playing this game I was like is he |
| 6225s | gonna shoot my warrior over there and |
| 6227s | then the very last like move he would do |
| 6229s | on his turn would be to move that Archer |
| 6231s | and shoot the Warriors and I was like oh |
| 6233s | because I wanted him to pass the turn |
| 6235s | and forget about it because there's a |
| 6237s | little ruin down there mhm now this city |
| 6241s | seems you know snuggly yours uh does |
| 6245s | have you know some roads to place like |
| 6246s | get these couple Warriors in couple |
| 6249s | catapults but it seems like you know you |
| 6251s | survive just barely here except for the |
| 6254s | fact that he has this Monument that he |
| 6257s | just gained with his eye of God and he's |
| 6259s | even able to not even use the monument |
| 6262s | just get some population and Houdini you |
| 6266s | Chris oh gosh oh not in my Redemption |
| 6270s | what I thought this is my Redemption |
| 6271s | game you know not supposed to be |
| 6274s | getting |
| 6277s | um but yeah this is a little bad for him |
| 6281s | actually even the Houdini is nice of |
| 6283s | course you know eliminate that giant |
| 6284s | yeah why do you have that way he |
| 6286s | achieved it this night |
| 6289s | here I goes straight through |
| 6294s | and another giant Siege he's just giant |
| 6296s | pushed here so I'm thinking to |
| 6300s | myself what is he possibly going to do |
| 6303s | you've crippled this catapult too with |
| 6305s | that a nice sailing |
| 6309s | pickup but he's crazy look at this four |
| 6313s | ports and then his killer Monument for a |
| 6317s | giant push here another giant coming |
| 6321s | down very nice defensive resource |
| 6324s | But ultimately it is in range of all |
| 6326s | these catapults still the Giant's still |
| 6328s | at full health he hasn't built up the um |
| 6331s | Machinery uh to defend properly and from |
| 6334s | this position like no water access a |
| 6338s | tiny City count um just sitting and |
| 6341s | waiting while your opponent sets up you |
| 6342s | know their higher level like more like |
| 6344s | just access to more markets period Chris |
| 6347s | you turned it |
| 6349s | around you know after this game was over |
| 6352s | I remember going into the polyam |
| 6354s | discussion Channel and just saying I'm |
| 6356s | shaking that's all I said that's all I |
| 6358s | said to and |
| 6362s | uh you know this was uh this was on the |
| 6364s | polyam finals that happened uh a little |
| 6367s | while ago |
| 6371s | and I think this really set the tone for |
| 6373s | the rest of the day for me because I did |
| 6374s | end up winning the other three games |
| 6377s | that I played after this but I just want |
| 6381s | to compliment um |
| 6384s | my opponent here in this game playing |
| 6386s | very very well the Houdini was |
| 6389s | unexpected and I was like oh no cuz I |
| 6392s | thought he was going to turn it around |
| 6394s | getting the eye of God as well and |
| 6397s | unlike the game with me versus Yeti |
| 6400s | Peaks um both players get markets here |
| 6404s | and you can see how much it changes the |
| 6405s | dynamic of the game I mean look how many |
| 6408s | ports are on that one coastal city that |
| 6411s | is a 49 Stars worth of ports just right |
| 6416s | there uh and the fact that both players |
| 6418s | can afford that is pretty |
| 6422s | impressive and I just found this map |
| 6424s | very interesting as in know said not |
| 6427s | often you see a map like this showing up |
| 6431s | you know and sometimes Lakes maps are |
| 6434s | heavily influenced by things like |
| 6435s | starfish but realistically neither |
| 6438s | player needed to get the starfish or |
| 6441s | even wanted to you know they weren't |
| 6444s | in their corner but I'm but I'm very |
| 6446s | curious what what did your opponent say |
| 6449s | about this like kind of being slow at |
| 6450s | the beginning because we also have to |
| 6453s | you know note that that it's like he |
| 6455s | gave you all the time to kind of |
| 6457s | expand um so yeah he um we had that |
| 6462s | little early Game Exchange where we meet |
| 6465s | each other and kill a couple of each |
| 6467s | other's units and he sort of |
| 6470s | Retreats um and I think |
| 6474s | that was probably his biggest regret uh |
| 6477s | if I as I mentioned before you know we |
| 6479s | have these this little early game |
| 6482s | Skirmish M and he sort of backs off and |
| 6486s | I think that in hindsight he does end up |
| 6488s | regretting this choice to to back off |
| 6493s | here to stop playing you Dev what what |
| 6496s | was it like did he feels safe and |
| 6498s | confident confident that he'll like um |
| 6502s | you know be be uh quicker on the I think |
| 6507s | this this explorer was what really made |
| 6510s | him feel secure okay mhm he sees that I |
| 6514s | have three |
| 6516s | cities and no water access realistically |
| 6521s | or very little water access probably M |
| 6524s | um meanwhile he's he has five and if you |
| 6528s | look at the score screen right about now |
| 6532s | this is reflected in the score |
| 6533s | right I'm about 800 score behind which |
| 6535s | is roughly the equivalent to two |
| 6538s | cities so he this is sort of this the |
| 6543s | typical win by more cities type of game |
| 6546s | where if you just sit back and let you |
| 6548s | and grow your economy then you can win |
| 6551s | later on in the game I think what really |
| 6553s | turned it |
| 6555s | around and what what I think he wasn't |
| 6558s | necessarily accounting for was how |
| 6560s | annoying the catapults would be |
| 6563s | on my side of the lake uh it's very hard |
| 6568s | for him to touch them at any point in |
| 6571s | the game um they're quite |
| 6574s | protected and that meant that despite |
| 6577s | the fact that he has lots of Giants and |
| 6579s | he puts them into the water quite |
| 6581s | quickly uh they do just get shredded by |
| 6584s | those catapults and |
| 6587s | then his coastal city goes from being |
| 6590s | really really good because it has all |
| 6591s | this water access and all these |
| 6593s | resources to being a liability because |
| 6596s | all the catapults are looking at it um |
| 6599s | so anything he makes there just gets |
| 6601s | killed juggernaut's going straight into |
| 6603s | it |
| 6607s | yeah yeah replay this turn then um after |
| 6612s | getting Houdini need a really simple |
| 6614s | recovery because of those |
| 6617s | catapults exactly and having the Knight |
| 6620s | that turn I realized I didn't think he |
| 6622s | was going to H me but I realized that |
| 6624s | whatever he did on defense would |
| 6626s | probably involve advancing his catapults |
| 6630s | and using up all of his support units so |
| 6633s | the Knight here is a threat of chaining |
| 6637s | through those backline units if they |
| 6638s | stay where they are uh and the fact that |
| 6642s | heinies me just makes that knight uh a |
| 6645s | little bit |
| 6648s | better absolutely he resigns just a turn |
| 6651s | after good game |
| 6655s | okay um yeah we have |
| 6658s | um this HRI simti pole so it's yeah |
| 6664s | pretty much equal yeah so Sim Sim simti |
| 6667s | is winning but it's like 58 to 42 12 |
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| 6733s | you guys watching out there enjoyed |
| 6736s | seeing this game play hopefully learned |
| 6738s | just a thing or two that you can use in |
| 6740s | your own games uh maybe a new look on |
| 6744s | hudrick I know a lot of players um look |
| 6747s | down on these uh tribes maybe they think |
| 6750s | they're a little bit worse but we can |
| 6752s | see the power of these tribes they can |
| 6753s | really do a lot hudrick getting those |
| 6756s | markets with those easy Sawmills can |
| 6758s | really have great economy y um and |
| 6763s | obviously the Forgotten skin I hope you |
| 6765s | guys are getting to enjoy that I |
| 6767s | certainly am in my next few games uh I |
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