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| 0s | hello welcome to the politopia channel |
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| 3s | today we're going to be showing you an |
| 4s | epic game between two highly skilled |
| 6s | venger players this epic back and forth |
| 9s | game will keep you on your seats the |
| 10s | entire time and without further Ado |
| 12s | let's get to it in the west we have |
| 15s | Chris Krakens the co-leader of the |
| 17s | kraken's house plague is white and in |
| 20s | the South we have uh Meister lampy uh |
| 23s | he's an arctic wolves player he's |
| 25s | playing as |
| 27s | lime and we have some pretty generic |
| 29s | vanar spawns with two guaranteed animals |
| 32s | none of them have good resources because |
| 33s | it's vanar uh we're going to expect a |
| 36s | Warrior opening for both of them but uh |
| 39s | Chris kraad could have a really good |
| 40s | Forge spot or white could have a really |
| 42s | good Forge spot down in the uh with |
| 44s | those three mountains so we'll see how |
| 46s | that turns |
| 47s | out one last thing to bring up is the |
| 50s | interesting option for white here in the |
| 52s | western corner of the map since they are |
| 55s | right there at the corner all they have |
| 56s | to do is move one of their Warriors over |
| 58s | to the side to in order to save them a |
| 59s | couple of stars on a future turn to |
| 61s | level up their Capital with their early |
| 64s | game economy being really really |
| 65s | terrible saving those couple of stars |
| 67s | really could go a long way so we'll see |
| 69s | how these players decide to play things |
| 72s | out let's begin both players choose to |
| 75s | expand outwards looking for their two |
| 77s | starting Villages unfortunately lime |
| 79s | isn't able to find a second village to |
| 82s | help boost his early game production and |
| 83s | economy and white saves his lighs housee |
| 86s | for a future turn |
| 93s | both picking up hunting to begin their |
| 95s | economy run this does lead to |
| 97s | interesting texy choices for them |
| 100s | further on either give them access to a |
| 102s | stronger economy or a potential option |
| 105s | of archery in the |
| 107s | future yes very strong unit for vengar |
| 110s | Archers they counter a lot of Swordsmen |
| 122s | lime does actually go for Archers by the |
| 124s | way |
| 127s | so okay so we see live trade their first |
| 130s | swordsman outside of their original one |
| 132s | so they're planning to go on the |
| 134s | offensive and take archery at the same |
| 138s | turn right over there the first Archer |
| 141s | has been trained at the capital ready to |
| 143s | start applying some ranged pressure to |
| 145s | White forcing him to go on the |
| 147s | defensive there's some crazy line and |
| 151s | Marketplace at Forge right yeah venger |
| 155s | see I think every single one of those |
| 157s | mountains has has gold on it possibly |
| 160s | venger does have a high metal spawn rate |
| 163s | so as soon as they can even though they |
| 164s | already have Smithy they do typically |
| 167s | like to pick up climbing and then mining |
| 169s | very early on to give themselves that |
| 171s | boost um but oddly enough the other |
| 173s | secondary one is if they have enough |
| 175s | organization to pick up farming CU they |
| 177s | usually have quite a bit of farmland and |
| 180s | lands it's just really hard to get |
| 182s | initially yes the venar resources are |
| 185s | very odd and look at that with that it |
| 189s | is |
| 193s | Rich lime gets a population ruin |
| 195s | allowing him to upgrade their Capital it |
| 197s | doesn't look like they'll be able to get |
| 199s | a giant |
| 208s | still one other interesting thing with |
| 211s | archery being picked up is all these |
| 213s | Swordsmen are now receiving a defensive |
| 215s | bonus on the forests while white decides |
| 218s | to pick up climbing and is getting a |
| 220s | defensive Forest on the mountains so |
| 223s | both of them do have a decent spot for |
| 225s | their swords men to be very potent not |
| 227s | only on the offense but defense as |
| 235s | well and there there come the forges |
| 238s | those are going to be very useful if you |
| 240s | look at White's position absolutely be a |
| 243s | giant next |
| 244s | turn absolutely skyrocketing in his |
| 247s | economy going all the way |
| 250s | up going all the way up to 13 stars per |
| 253s | turn for venger is actually looking |
| 254s | pretty good by turn |
| 261s | nine we see a very good army from from |
| 264s | lime very formidable with all these |
| 265s | archers they counter The Swordsman very |
| 267s | well but |
| 270s | unfortunately I don't think it's going |
| 271s | to last very long because these Giants |
| 272s | are going to come |
| 276s | in and with that |
| 278s | immediately white now has two Giants on |
| 281s | the board on turn 10 absolutely giving |
| 283s | him another threat for lime to deal with |
| 286s | however archers are going to have a |
| 289s | field day dancing around all of these |
| 291s | Giants an interesting choice is made by |
| 294s | Whit here to pick up a border growth |
| 297s | instead of rushing out another Giant |
| 300s | perhaps saving it for another turn but |
| 302s | also giving him better access and |
| 305s | preventing lime from having good roads |
| 306s | in the |
| 313s | future or see it looks like white is |
| 315s | going to come off with an early City |
| 318s | Advantage because they've gotten to |
| 320s | those cities in the uh in the East far |
| 323s | quicker |
| 335s | lime is going to have a lot to catch up |
| 337s | with because he's already behind an |
| 338s | economy as well as City production going |
| 342s | to have to be able to claw his way back |
| 344s | in this five versus 6 City game we'll |
| 348s | see if lime has any tricks up of sleeves |
| 349s | in order to turn this around |
| 370s | he's building up an army of riders which |
| 373s | counted The Archers very well |
| 375s | but lime gets that Lighthouse that means |
| 377s | a Giants Within Reach for him |
| 387s | now on turn 14 is where the first most |
| 390s | exciting play of the game |
| 393s | happens chopping a lot in order to |
| 395s | afford roads he rushes for with The |
| 397s | Swordsman kills another archer off with |
| 400s | a rider in order to get a very secure |
| 403s | Siege on the capital the only way for |
| 405s | lime to come back from this is in order |
| 407s | to get a giant push luckily he's able to |
| 410s | secure the defense with a forge as well |
| 413s | as another mind spot but if that Capital |
| 417s | was captured that would have been a very |
| 418s | early end to this |
| 431s | game it's another live city sieged two |
| 434s | more live cities |
| 437s | sieged there's three Giants within his |
| 440s | borders it's not looking |
| 443s | great he will Manish to un Siege one of |
| 446s | them but only one |
| 453s | L would have to require in order uh at |
| 455s | least two monuments in order to un Siege |
| 458s | this but unfortunately it's not going to |
| 461s | happen and whes is going to take another |
| 463s | big lead into this game by taking a very |
| 466s | important city cutting off all of lime |
| 469s | cities away from his Capital he takes |
| 472s | trade right before the capture which |
| 473s | lets him get these incredible Market |
| 475s | spots you don't see that a lot with v |
| 477s | gear in order to counter the aggression |
| 480s | of the white venger lime is rushing for |
| 483s | uh into the middle and trying to cut off |
| 485s | all of White's |
| 486s | cities and now making a double Siege |
| 489s | themselves one of which also with a |
| 492s | giant however all of lime cities are |
| 495s | completely cut off from the |
| 498s | capital so if you look at the city of |
| 500s | Arup is a 40 Health giant it's level one |
| 503s | it doesn't look like there's any hope at |
| 504s | all of uh Chris un sieging this but |
| 508s | you'll see he's still upgrading it |
| 510s | seems like he would just want to cut off |
| 512s | all the the resources there and make it |
| 513s | a waste but he knows he's counted all |
| 516s | the population takes two monuments |
| 520s | population and then that Forge over |
| 522s | there seals the deal and he gets a giant |
| 524s | from level one oh |
| 527s | man 36 Stars per |
| 530s | turn 36 stars with the power of both |
| 533s | smiy and |
| 536s | trade the white venger is able to |
| 538s | Skyrocket his economy going from the |
| 541s | deadlands to one of the wealthiest |
| 543s | polytopians on the |
| 547s | Square very |
| 557s | dramatic with one more Trading Post |
| 559s | leveling up the cities he jumps up from |
| 561s | 36 to 44 Stars per turn on turn 18 at |
| 566s | this point he's going to be able to |
| 567s | afford anything that he's going to be |
| 569s | requiring plus he's getting another |
| 572s | Siege on the lime Capital but this |
| 575s | game's not over |
| 576s | yet his a Pally has 12 Stars per turn so |
| 581s | barely a |
| 586s | quarter by that's end of turn 18 lime is |
| 589s | doing a counter Siege in order to take |
| 591s | their original first city back in |
| 596s | response whites venger will be leveling |
| 598s | up his cities and actually applying |
| 600s | pressure to once again multiple lime |
| 603s | cities sieging the capital sieging the |
| 606s | outer city of |
| 608s | discar he is able to apply even more |
| 611s | pressure to make sure that lime does not |
| 613s | have enough Breathing Room in order to |
| 615s | come back into this |
| 619s | game for not the first time this game |
| 621s | lime barely manages to save his capital |
| 623s | from |
| 628s | Sing that's another important Siege |
| 636s | happening yeah we're seeing two more |
| 638s | sieges with Giants and we're about to |
| 639s | see another Siege on the |
| 641s | capital a third Siege in a row on the |
| 644s | capital is he going to be ignoring the |
| 646s | city of uh uh this one it doesn't look |
| 650s | like he has any options to un Siege it |
| 653s | it already has so many Giants he's used |
| 654s | all his monuments and there's just no |
| 657s | room to place anything |
| 661s | he takes free spirit so he's setting up |
| 664s | for uh Knights |
| 670s | presumably and lime is going to capture |
| 672s | that city with the uh insane and |
| 676s | look gra Stars per turn drop to only |
| 681s | 22 from all the uh the horrible loss of |
| 683s | connections so thanks to the power of |
| 686s | Roads ends up being able to level up the |
| 688s | capital all the way so instead of having |
| 690s | to defend it to get uneg it back ends up |
| 693s | just training another giant this time I |
| 698s | don't think that the white venger is |
| 699s | going to be able to apply a fourth Siege |
| 701s | in a |
| 702s | row and in fact it's actually lime |
| 705s | that's applying pressure and has cut off |
| 707s | all of white cities through the center |
| 710s | of the map |
| 722s | white is working to take their City back |
| 724s | so they can restore their economy look |
| 726s | at all those markets |
| 728s | which used to be producing so many stars |
| 730s | but now they're R run down and abandoned |
| 735s | absolutely if you take a look at the |
| 737s | economy he went from 44 Stars down to 22 |
| 741s | just from taking a single City that |
| 744s | absolutely devastated White's plans in |
| 746s | order to run away with this game so he |
| 748s | will be securing the city back but this |
| 751s | does give lime a little bit of a chance |
| 753s | in order to make a |
| 775s | comeback he takes chivalry and he |
| 777s | captures back his City |
| 783s | goes up to 43 Stars per turn just from |
| 786s | capturing that |
| 788s | City 21 stars in one |
| 790s | [Music] |
| 795s | turn but white is not done yet setting a |
| 799s | Siege blocking the backup with the |
| 801s | Archer and trying to set up a low HP |
| 804s | Rider line to prevent line from getting |
| 807s | back to his City he's runting to apply |
| 809s | even more pressure before he's ready to |
| 811s | secure the game with his knights in a |
| 814s | last ditch effort in order to save his |
| 816s | own City and to stop the constant sieges |
| 819s | lime uses his archers to kill off a |
| 821s | couple of riders secures with roads |
| 824s | throwing the assorts men |
| 827s | forward and promotes to a veteran in |
| 831s | order to protect that City from future |
| 833s | attacks |
| 839s | lime is still holding out hope but with |
| 842s | this turn uh White is going to crush all |
| 844s | his dreams he sieges three cities one of |
| 847s | which is |
| 848s | unbreakable and it's the first |
| 850s | appearance of his |
| 853s | Knights and faced with this crushing |
| 855s | pressure lime resigns the only city that |
| 858s | could have been saved is her axis right |
| 860s | over here in part and the is completely |
| 865s | unsalvageable at this point but also |
| 867s | with an onslaught of 4 kns and two more |
| 870s | Swordsmen and a whole bunch of giants |
| 872s | still at White's disposal Light Lime |
| 880s | resigns the game already started off |
| 883s | slightly disadvantageous due to Chris |
| 886s | being able to upgrade a second City with |
| 888s | hunting then I overcommitted with |
| 890s | archery and I didn't really get any |
| 892s | damage done and fell behind both |
| 895s | economically and acceleration wise after |
| 898s | he got the first shot Giants he was |
| 900s | playing the entire game with an economy |
| 902s | military and Technology |
| 904s | Advantage I ended up getting a lot of |
| 906s | good trades with my units as I kept the |
| 908s | time pressure up uh Chris was running |
| 911s | out of time almost every |
| 912s | turn it took him a while but after 23 |
| 916s | turns he finally got me in the |
| 919s | end so why do I think I won in the game |
| 921s | vers Meister well early game I have |
| 924s | access to these great mines which allow |
| 927s | me to get excellent Forge spots and |
| 929s | early Giants so I have this giant lead |
| 931s | but then I also get this city lead |
| 934s | towards the mid game and that's really |
| 936s | helpful for me producing more units but |
| 939s | also keeping Meister on the back foot by |
| 941s | kind of surrounding his cities and |
| 943s | forcing him to defend from multiple |
| 945s | angles but what it really comes down to |
| 947s | and I think what my biggest strategy was |
| 950s | in chess when you have a winning |
| 952s | position one of the ways to convert it |
| 954s | is to trade down all of your pieces |
| 956s | until all you're left with are your |
| 958s | Pawns and then you can advance them and |
| 960s | win that way and that's kind of how I |
| 963s | think I really won this game and my |
| 965s | strategy going into it we had this |
| 967s | really messy mid game but I knew that |
| 969s | once the dust settled if I was able to |
| 972s | hold on to my cities if I was able to |
| 974s | like eventually consolidate that I would |
| 977s | win thank you all for watching feel free |
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