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| 0s | today's tale is one of hubris a player's |
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| 3s | explosiv start fizzling out in the story |
| 5s | of a fish who tried to climb a tree I'm |
| 7s | mind a funny polym champion and I'm |
| 10s | Cloud glider a pro polytopia player |
| 12s | today we have for you a polym |
| 14s | semi-finals match between Meister Lampe |
| 16s | and Mystic Creator polium is mijan |
| 19s | chilling out the big bucks to attract |
| 21s | top politopia talent players test their |
| 23s | skills against one another fighting for |
| 25s | hundreds of dollars the link to this |
| 28s | tournament and the community to get |
| 29s | involved are in the description below |
| 31s | let's get |
| 33s | started so interestingly of our players |
| 36s | Mystic Creator down here in the South |
| 38s | and M Lampe up here in the north are |
| 40s | going to start off with lighthouses |
| 42s | right next to their |
| 44s | spawns that gives them easy access to |
| 46s | them but not quite yet Mystic is going |
| 49s | to go ahead pick up that early level |
| 51s | three city with the using the lighthouse |
| 54s | and that second Farm we just take a look |
| 56s | at all the farms on this second city of |
| 58s | his to like off to a crazy explosive |
| 61s | economic start he's delaying his |
| 63s | expansion by going backwards a bit here |
| 66s | but he's hoping that it'll pay off with |
| 67s | these higher level cities and everything |
| 70s | else yeah because he's sending this |
| 72s | Warrior back and delaying his expansion |
| 75s | it means that his Tech costs won't go up |
| 77s | as high as quickly since he's not |
| 79s | capturing cities as quickly and this |
| 81s | city here that's 2 4 68 population just |
| 84s | in farms if he just gets one |
| 87s | construction spot just right here that's |
| 89s | a quick Giant |
| 92s | yeah |
| 93s | absolutely like the L that third City |
| 95s | capture is going to be huge for him yeah |
| 97s | my does the opposite going for that |
| 100s | quick expansion and we're going to see |
| 102s | another Workshop falling through that |
| 104s | economic |
| 105s | theme wow that Warrior goes way Far West |
| 109s | I was not ready for |
| 111s | that he's going to pick up his yeah |
| 114s | debling down on that he's going to go |
| 117s | ahead and pick up riding here |
| 120s | [Music] |
| 121s | it on the other hand Mystic Creator goes |
| 125s | full Eco he uses 10 stars to get a five |
| 128s | stars back upgrade and does not decide |
| 131s | to go riding instead just spamming out |
| 133s | these Warriors and expanding slowly so |
| 135s | he can get some upgrades while he's |
| 137s | expanding and Betty was terrified right |
| 140s | now seeing that one tile of the enemy's |
| 144s | Terrain in his |
| 146s | vision uh thinking that his opponent |
| 148s | might be in the Northwest connected by |
| 151s | land yeah something we should have noted |
| 154s | is um Mystic here is actually using the |
| 156s | zasi skin while me Lampe is using the |
| 160s | regular zeev skin so they actually have |
| 163s | slightly different terrain tiles for |
| 165s | spawn and just how they look in general |
| 168s | so looking at this spawn indicates or |
| 171s | looking at this tile indicates to Mystic |
| 173s | creator that his opponent could be |
| 177s | somewhere nearby |
| 180s | [Music] |
| 182s | absolutely he's going to and pick up |
| 185s | climbing uh for this ruin here which is |
| 188s | the first time he's gone off oh that's |
| 191s | crazy yeah he picks up climbing for this |
| 194s | which should delay him on his path to |
| 197s | like a giant on there that second City |
| 199s | where he had all the resources for of |
| 201s | construction but he ends up getting it |
| 203s | on turn six even with buying climbing |
| 206s | with all those economic Investments he |
| 208s | made before you that first giant is huge |
| 211s | we see it coming out on turn six it also |
| 214s | gives him his Monument which allows him |
| 216s | to Giant easily in his second second |
| 218s | City if he chooses to use it there of |
| 221s | course he can also choose to use it in |
| 223s | any of these other cities I I think he's |
| 225s | absolutely using it on the middle City |
| 227s | it looks like he's got the population |
| 229s | for a giant on his second City already |
| 234s | yep doubling down on this expansion |
| 237s | versus Eco fishing he's trying to expand |
| 239s | out into the water that he |
| 241s | sees and same thing here it looks like |
| 244s | Mystic should be in the East with how |
| 246s | the terrain is cutting across the middle |
| 248s | of the map he's taking an Explorer too |
| 251s | something we're definitely going to see |
| 252s | from Mystic but yeah he sees that Mystic |
| 255s | is not in the East rather than the South |
| 257s | here so here Mystic V fishing prior to |
| 260s | capturing the two cities to ensure that |
| 262s | when he gets this Explorer right here it |
| 265s | can travel across the water and meet his |
| 267s | opponent ma l |
| 272s | fantastic explore all things around but |
| 274s | like oh just so shy of that uh pival |
| 278s | Lighthouse over |
| 280s | there his score is going to explode this |
| 283s | turn from under 2,000 points uh trading |
| 287s | barely any stars for his opponent to |
| 290s | basically double his opponent's score |
| 293s | here uh he also does this crazy thing |
| 296s | with his Warriors in the west I was sure |
| 298s | he's going to move towards the ruin he |
| 300s | and that Village there moves him a |
| 302s | little differently perhaps hoping for |
| 304s | another Village we're going to see me |
| 307s | Lampe debling down on that expansionist |
| 309s | thing picking up roads we might see him |
| 312s | going in for that Grand Bazaar he's got |
| 314s | these six cities on his Island but he |
| 317s | also might be going in for Bridges there |
| 318s | are a few good spots to put them that'll |
| 321s | connect them like |
| 322s | that yeah on the other hand we see |
| 325s | Mystic here going into the water placing |
| 327s | down these two ports and sending the |
| 328s | Warriors into the water he's preparing |
| 330s | for a naval play despite how little |
| 333s | water there seems to be between him and |
| 334s | his |
| 336s | opponent yeah |
| 338s | absolutely big thing about mystic's |
| 340s | position is this what you'll see with a |
| 342s | lot of players they get this early |
| 345s | Advantage like you know giant turn six |
| 347s | with no Giant in sight for um our |
| 350s | economically deprived M |
| 353s | Lampe uh but usually they take this |
| 356s | economic Advantage they have from the |
| 358s | higher level cities with more income the |
| 360s | Giants are fantastic units to Pummel |
| 362s | their opponents with and they all |
| 364s | channel into one big attack well it |
| 366s | looks like he's getting ready to attack |
| 367s | him on the water steal a city from him |
| 370s | and turn that into a game-winning |
| 373s | thing for right now m l despite them not |
| 377s | making contact is already on the |
| 378s | defensive looking for some way to save |
| 383s | himself and we getting |
| 386s | pelted mhm pelted on the water if Noah |
| 389s | to defend end he could make a bridge |
| 394s | though yeah oh he's going to pick up |
| 396s | this uh Explorer but it's not going to |
| 398s | be too helpful for |
| 400s | him so yeah he's going to snipe that |
| 402s | ruin away from him with the bridge yeah |
| 405s | another bridge to attack this raft |
| 409s | here oh that's absolutely killer yeah |
| 412s | here we see me Lampe using his Riders |
| 415s | cleverly to bounce around and hit his |
| 418s | opponent's units and Retreat to safety |
| 420s | the thing about rafts and Juggernaut is |
| 423s | and juggernauts are that they don't do |
| 424s | retaliation damage so hitting with these |
| 427s | Riders and retreating back out of range |
| 429s | provides a lot of value for maest |
| 432s | lamping |
| 433s | mhm yeah looks like the Mystic the big |
| 437s | thing about him losing that ruin I think |
| 439s | he |
| 440s | overextended now we're going to see M |
| 442s | Lampe claim two veteran swordsman all |
| 445s | right that one in the back's a little |
| 446s | bad but that second one it's right next |
| 448s | to that really vulnerable far away hard |
| 451s | to defend level one city there and I |
| 454s | think what we're seeing here is you know |
| 456s | Mystic crator kind of abandoning that |
| 458s | Advantage he had it slow conservatively |
| 461s | safely the entire time and as soon as he |
| 463s | steps out of that strategy that safe |
| 465s | stuff instead of going for that safe |
| 467s | ruin back there he walks up there and M |
| 470s | Lampe Snipes a ruin from him gets that |
| 472s | swords when it's going to be annoying to |
| 474s | deal |
| 477s | with and we see right after that Mystic |
| 480s | creator sets up a Siege with a |
| 482s | juggernaut this time that's not going to |
| 483s | be so easy to un Siege as with two |
| 486s | riders that he did last |
| 490s | time absolutely and like there's just |
| 492s | not enough units to kill it here but my |
| 496s | has a plan he's getting that road on |
| 498s | that City he's not doing that for no |
| 500s | reason oh he's using everything the |
| 502s | roads the six |
| 504s | cities um just enough like that one |
| 507s | Lighthouse you got in the South part |
| 509s | that was NE here for that giant and this |
| 511s | park of Fortune here with just one star |
| 514s | before that after that um upgrade level |
| 517s | three before he got him back just barely |
| 520s | enough he pushes that giant off saving |
| 522s | the game for |
| 527s | him we can see here that Mystic does |
| 529s | bring the giant down to 10 HP but not |
| 532s | being able to take that City here is |
| 534s | going to be |
| 536s | [Music] |
| 537s | huge it actually works out |
| 540s | in a really interesting way this next |
| 544s | turn SOA is actually going to do |
| 547s | something pretty interesting here like |
| 549s | he actually uses the fact that his set |
| 551s | so low Health to sacrifice his own giant |
| 555s | clearing that tile before getting some |
| 558s | damage uh then getting a little cheeky |
| 561s | hit on that Scout there |
| 563s | too he's just cleared out like the only |
| 566s | problem like now two Riders on those |
| 568s | back cities going to clear any siege |
| 570s | that Mystic can get and that whole plan |
| 574s | of taking that early game |
| 576s | Advantage uh and turning into a win is |
| 579s | slipping out of his |
| 582s | fingertips here we actually see an |
| 584s | interesting Monument placement here |
| 586s | right here we have a bridge spot since |
| 589s | there's landle right here and the landle |
| 591s | right here but because he placed this |
| 593s | Monument he's actually not going to be |
| 595s | able to utilize this bridge tile anymore |
| 598s | [Music] |
| 601s | might be trying to Corner his opponent |
| 604s | win on the water block off the potential |
| 608s | border growth and bridges from |
| 613s | Meister here we just bouncing a bunch of |
| 616s | units around getting as much value as he |
| 618s | can out of the rider trades since a |
| 619s | rider is a three star unit whereas a |
| 622s | scout is a five plus whatever the unit |
| 625s | cost |
| 628s | unit mhm |
| 631s | the big thing we're seeing is these two |
| 633s | giant bottlenecks two choke points on |
| 635s | the |
| 636s | bridges uh that both players are able to |
| 639s | defend and noticing this Musa gets |
| 642s | archers which are fantastic for |
| 644s | defending all of his cities |
| 647s | here they're not going to take damage |
| 649s | against Giants from a distance and |
| 652s | they're hard to Target with these |
| 654s | bottlenecks here yeah we also see Mystic |
| 657s | places a bridge down to finally get this |
| 659s | Village over |
| 661s | here and that Village has six t eight |
| 665s | tiles of water around it so he can |
| 667s | definitely pump out Naval units from |
| 669s | here if he |
| 671s | wants |
| 674s | mhm well it seems like he's definitely |
| 677s | getting pushed into the |
| 680s | water yeah it's clear that one of them |
| 682s | has a land advantage while the other has |
| 684s | a naval Advantage just look at all of |
| 687s | maest lamp's land units he has a |
| 689s | combination of riders archers even a |
| 692s | single veteran swordsman whereas Mystic |
| 695s | has Giants juggernauts Scouts and |
| 700s | rafts yeah it looks like Land versus |
| 703s | water but then Mystic uh ends up getting |
| 706s | Knights this turn free spirit and |
| 710s | chivalry it looks like he's trying to |
| 712s | challenge his opponent on land |
| 716s | to he sees like all of these nice |
| 718s | chainable units and he gets even three |
| 720s | nights this turn yeah three nights is |
| 724s | crazy yeah especially when you can see |
| 727s | like M Lampe has Vision on that uh |
| 730s | lighthouse in the South part of the map |
| 733s | like he can definitely see this it turns |
| 735s | out he can see all three nights |
| 737s | but yeah and Border grow |
| 740s | too yeah cutting off cuts off these two |
| 744s | Bridges |
| 749s | here he's spacing his units to prevent |
| 752s | the night chain as much as |
| 754s | possible and we see that Mystic actually |
| 757s | destroys this Monument to place the |
| 761s | bridge and allow his |
| 765s | KN a very nice |
| 769s | chain and here's another the big |
| 772s | thing yeah oh another five unit chain |
| 778s | there the big problem for |
| 781s | Mystic uh what I'm going to call his |
| 784s | hubris here is that he doesn't have a |
| 787s | single unit that can really land a Siege |
| 789s | after that giant when uh me was a l in a |
| 794s | lot worse of a position way less |
| 797s | equipped to deal with |
| 799s | it the giant Siege didn't work but how |
| 801s | is a veteran Knight going to work better |
| 804s | and now we see this uh Juggernaut he |
| 807s | finishes with it forgetting that |
| 809s | Juggernaut stay like this in on a bridge |
| 812s | I think because well this is just kind |
| 814s | of devastating what happens |
| 816s | next one two three all of no retaliation |
| 822s | four five 6 seven units finishing off |
| 828s | that Juggernaut from near full health oh |
| 831s | that's got to be that's got to |
| 833s | [Music] |
| 835s | hurt and now we can see that mystic's |
| 838s | Advantage has wh down a lot more he only |
| 841s | has two giants left one at full health |
| 843s | one at almost half Health compared to ma |
| 847s | Lampe having his own Giant and a lot of |
| 849s | archers and a lot of riders his Naval |
| 852s | has all but died down he only has one |
| 855s | singular raft now oh sorry two rafts now |
| 858s | one in the back line one in the front |
| 860s | but neither of which are upgraded and no |
| 862s | other Naval |
| 867s | units yeah for other of this game he's |
| 870s | going to continue hurling these land |
| 873s | units uh into these sieges that he does |
| 877s | get the siege but there's never a chance |
| 879s | that they're actually going to hold |
| 881s | whereas we're going to see my |
| 884s | Lampa unlike most players who would be |
| 887s | doing the exact same thing mystic's |
| 888s | doing right |
| 890s | now he's just going to notice that his |
| 893s | Advantage is in |
| 894s | Waiting uh see that he's not able to |
| 898s | launch an attack yet just just hold off |
| 900s | wait and build up his economy they're |
| 903s | switching strategies from the beginning |
| 905s | of the game meister's becoming a lot |
| 907s | more conservative and economic whereas |
| 910s | Mystic is deciding to start throwing all |
| 914s | of his units at his opponent in these |
| 916s | really aggressive pushes and it's going |
| 918s | to end up working out the exact same as |
| 920s | it did at the start here he uses three |
| 924s | Knights to land one Siege and knights |
| 926s | are eight star units so this Siege here |
| 929s | costs him almost 30 stars to pull |
| 936s | off and his then just on the next turn |
| 939s | one two three and then four units here |
| 943s | and all of those Knights are |
| 945s | gone and Mystic I'm sorry maer Lampe |
| 949s | took zero retaliation through that |
| 951s | exchange so he's benefiting a lot from |
| 954s | these |
| 957s | trades yeah Mystics whole Army is |
| 960s | getting ground down in these unfavorable |
| 963s | trades whereas Meister keeps growing and |
| 966s | growing if we actually take a moment to |
| 968s | check their incomes now while Mystic had |
| 971s | a huge lead at the start he is actually |
| 974s | slightly behind now with his 28 Stars |
| 976s | per turn compared to me lamp's 31 star |
| 979s | per turn funny to point out if uh Mystic |
| 984s | had kept that Monument somehow or placed |
| 986s | it on a different tile that he didn't |
| 988s | need to destroy it there their incomes |
| 989s | would have been the same at that |
| 991s | point until that is the markets start |
| 994s | coming out for myamp he's not messing |
| 998s | around he wants to win this game |
| 1000s | [Music] |
| 1002s | quick he picks up navigation and he |
| 1005s | starts Making |
| 1007s | Waves that's a lot of damage he's doing |
| 1010s | to these units and that's a very |
| 1011s | well-placed bomber very hard to deal |
| 1013s | with this is going to soften up all |
| 1016s | those Defenders and make these Knights |
| 1017s | tear through them like butter |
| 1020s | however is it going to be enough though |
| 1023s | it seems like maer lamp is not concerned |
| 1025s | at all as he continues to level up his |
| 1028s | markets and just get his income Sky |
| 1031s | High there goes the yeah M's got to do |
| 1033s | something quickly if he doesn't take a |
| 1035s | city then these markets and this giant |
| 1037s | income disparity is going to take him |
| 1039s | out he uses the naval Advantage he has |
| 1042s | he comes he PS in with the Knight he |
| 1045s | lands for his juggernaut |
| 1049s | now if this Siege holds it could make a |
| 1051s | big |
| 1054s | difference but he seems unconcerned he |
| 1057s | yep he blocks off all the tiles houding |
| 1061s | that giant ending mystic's attack and |
| 1064s | the game what a turn around slow and |
| 1066s | steady truly did win this race today |
| 1069s | congratulations M |
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| 1088s | one bye-bye |