I first saw this game a year ago when Northernlion played with friends but once they stopped I didn’t find any channels with good commentary at the time. Found yours on the weekend and have watched 30+ videos already. Thanks for the hours of entertainment.
I never understand this mentality, if I ever got into a game with you I would be stoked to play a regular game to the best of my ability and see if I could win. Target blocking for no reason and letting the board take off baffles me. Side note, love the videos and keep them coming! Had a jet ski accident and I am stuck sitting around at home since surgery. The daily videos are the perfect escape and easy enjoyment each day.
What target blocks? Most of the blocks were justified. Dandy is manipulating you as well as the table with his commentary. And he's very good at it. Saying to us things like bro i'm at 4 points only - look at orange - knowing quite well he'll take road from orange and orange wont be able to win the game anymore. He's just postponing the inevitable. He's trying to keep it under the radar for the other players on the table. Don't know why he's got to lie and manipulate viewers as well. I mean how can orange keep road long term with no brick and less wood than Dandy + they're sharing numbers so not even luck can keep him alive? Orange barely kept army. Dandy just didn't want to take road until last moments because once he secures it he knows it would be harder for him to manipulate other players on the table. I like Dandy and his content but he talks to the viewers like he's tabletalking us as well and is not being objective about the game at all which personally I find annoying. Also if he was indeed target blocked without any reason would he really have MULTIPLE chances to win this game?
I am glad you mentioned this. I understood why black hit me in terms of position. My point was that black played so defensively against me that he ultimately put himself in an unfavorable position for his own game. He has very little hope to win in this endgame because he ultimately lost his win-condition to orange. Balancing the board is not just solo blocking and focus firing one player and look who got last here… I don’t expect anyone to understood what reputation play feels like but it happens all the time when I am using a recognizable account. People have admitted live on stream to blocking or not trading me simply because I am Dandy. I know for a FACT black would never have played that aggressive against me if I was on an anonymous account. It comes with the territory and I take it as a sign of respect at the end of the day.
@@mariomileta5854 Part of being good at lying/tabletalking is believing what you say. Its hard to switch that off for the sake of content when you're still trying your best to win. I agree with you though that sometimes as a viewer it can get a bit tiresome.
Isn't knowing another player is a pro catan player enough of a reason to prefer blocking them? That in turn can give you a better chance at winning by disadvantaging a pro player. Granted, it's not necessarily sportsmanlike, but the mentality *IS* understandable.
exciting new video! :) had some tough games yesterday - always loosing while missing 1 card for the win or 1 roll. But i guess its a "win" in playing good, just some tough luck the last few rolls.
Drew is so good and so manipulative, it's hard to argue blocking him doesn't make sense. I've been watching all your youtubes and twitches, and just finished one with voice chat where did such a great job of pretending to be hesitative about trading away you ore to first place road player, and then you rushed him and another player into it, only to immediately Dirty Mono them both with a "Presidential Laugh". It was scary how well acted the performance was, as well as other times blatantly lying with no hesitation in voice chat. Also, you have such a huge advantage right off the bat in this game with your set up as well. Considering how aggressively your were attacked, you still had best odds to win at the end. If they hadn't gone after you it probably is a landslide win for you. On different note, I was hoping you'd point right rather than down for road on initial 5/9/10 settle, even with the possibility of the plow. As always, keep the videos coming, very enjoyable. And glad you've changed your name.
You should control the game if you had not so greed by extension one road further, and instead just set at the wood port. This earlier settlement would increase your wood benefit and would also potentially kick Blue out of the game because of brick productivity. I thought Blue's hex placement was simply wrong possibly due to an error like mouse pad slide.
Is there a reason you don't port for a sheep on 23:12? 4, 9 and 5 all put you over 7, and its unlikely orange uses a knight before his turn so you'll have some protection.
I didn't really understand the argument of the 942 settle securing road network, since you can always connect via the 62. I think with the earlier 3:1 port you much more easily could win
Yeah I agree the 4 9 2 is better production but who gives a f about getting 3 brick instead of 2 each time a 4 rolls when you could instead have the 3 to 1 port, then move back to either that spot or the 6 2. Because of that move, I think Drew was stuck for a long time without another settle. Not only did he lose the port and get a stuck hand, but he made himself appear like a massive threat as well.
Game would have been over long ago if you didn’t get blocked early on with all that production. Even though it was annoying, it technically gave everyone else a better chance to win as opposed to just watching you dominate.
I feel like the race was totally unnecessary. You had a very strong setup and with great expansion spots and road locked. The further ahead you are the less variance you wanna go for.
The fact that you were so close to winning in the end just shows that the majority of blocks that you’re complaining about throughout were warranted tbh
I clearly have a strong position and would have never denied that. The point about the blocks was that black was tunneling in a way that hurt black's chances because he was more concerned about me than his own win condition. It would be make more sense if he was feeding orange road while taking army, but he let orange have army without any consideration. At the end of the video, I made the point that defensive (as opposed offensive) play tends to be less effective in ranked games for this reason.
Spoiler comment: U still came in second despite Black targeting you all game. Had he been playing normally, you would've easily won that with your setup :)
Bruh. Plowed and robbed. Cmon the plow was understandable and a few block. Always be quick to stay anon once you posted yt videos. Never repeat the same mistake
IMO any "professional" must have option on site to buy a 20 random nicknames+you can add one number any few days, so this is create Imanipulate 0 to 9 every day or some
I first saw this game a year ago when Northernlion played with friends but once they stopped I didn’t find any channels with good commentary at the time.
Found yours on the weekend and have watched 30+ videos already.
Thanks for the hours of entertainment.
Thank you for much and that’s amazing you are enjoying the channel. Glad you are here! 🎉
Also found colonists through NL!
I never understand this mentality, if I ever got into a game with you I would be stoked to play a regular game to the best of my ability and see if I could win. Target blocking for no reason and letting the board take off baffles me.
Side note, love the videos and keep them coming! Had a jet ski accident and I am stuck sitting around at home since surgery. The daily videos are the perfect escape and easy enjoyment each day.
What target blocks? Most of the blocks were justified. Dandy is manipulating you as well as the table with his commentary. And he's very good at it. Saying to us things like bro i'm at 4 points only - look at orange - knowing quite well he'll take road from orange and orange wont be able to win the game anymore. He's just postponing the inevitable. He's trying to keep it under the radar for the other players on the table. Don't know why he's got to lie and manipulate viewers as well. I mean how can orange keep road long term with no brick and less wood than Dandy + they're sharing numbers so not even luck can keep him alive? Orange barely kept army.
Dandy just didn't want to take road until last moments because once he secures it he knows it would be harder for him to manipulate other players on the table.
I like Dandy and his content but he talks to the viewers like he's tabletalking us as well and is not being objective about the game at all which personally I find annoying.
Also if he was indeed target blocked without any reason would he really have MULTIPLE chances to win this game?
I am glad you mentioned this. I understood why black hit me in terms of position. My point was that black played so defensively against me that he ultimately put himself in an unfavorable position for his own game. He has very little hope to win in this endgame because he ultimately lost his win-condition to orange. Balancing the board is not just solo blocking and focus firing one player and look who got last here…
I don’t expect anyone to understood what reputation play feels like but it happens all the time when I am using a recognizable account. People have admitted live on stream to blocking or not trading me simply because I am Dandy. I know for a FACT black would never have played that aggressive against me if I was on an anonymous account. It comes with the territory and I take it as a sign of respect at the end of the day.
@@mariomileta5854 Part of being good at lying/tabletalking is believing what you say. Its hard to switch that off for the sake of content when you're still trying your best to win. I agree with you though that sometimes as a viewer it can get a bit tiresome.
Isn't knowing another player is a pro catan player enough of a reason to prefer blocking them? That in turn can give you a better chance at winning by disadvantaging a pro player.
Granted, it's not necessarily sportsmanlike, but the mentality *IS* understandable.
tough game but the kind you need to walk away from after and take a break
Blue said “red just wants to win” as if that’s not the whole point of the game
All said and done, Black played themselves.
exciting new video! :) had some tough games yesterday - always loosing while missing 1 card for the win or 1 roll. But i guess its a "win" in playing good, just some tough luck the last few rolls.
Omg that ending was brutal, so close!
Super cool game. Blue one with the one hex placement! When do you ever see that?
Drew is so good and so manipulative, it's hard to argue blocking him doesn't make sense. I've been watching all your youtubes and twitches, and just finished one with voice chat where did such a great job of pretending to be hesitative about trading away you ore to first place road player, and then you rushed him and another player into it, only to immediately Dirty Mono them both with a "Presidential Laugh". It was scary how well acted the performance was, as well as other times blatantly lying with no hesitation in voice chat. Also, you have such a huge advantage right off the bat in this game with your set up as well. Considering how aggressively your were attacked, you still had best odds to win at the end. If they hadn't gone after you it probably is a landslide win for you. On different note, I was hoping you'd point right rather than down for road on initial 5/9/10 settle, even with the possibility of the plow. As always, keep the videos coming, very enjoyable. And glad you've changed your name.
found black
as soon as you saw black was sniping you don’t greed that first road and city
Having the win in hand three orbits in a row only to end like that... Wow.
The stats at the end redeem black’s blocking plays. But the real issue was blue and black 2 nd settles. They allowed your mass production.
Did you mean to road instead of settle? That seems like a misplay at the beginning
are you playing on a website? what is this, id like to know since i dont have the physical game
You should control the game if you had not so greed by extension one road further, and instead just set at the wood port. This earlier settlement would increase your wood benefit and would also potentially kick Blue out of the game because of brick productivity. I thought Blue's hex placement was simply wrong possibly due to an error like mouse pad slide.
14:20 why steal from black not blue?
Thanks for the video, Mike Tython
You the beth!
Is there a reason you don't port for a sheep on 23:12? 4, 9 and 5 all put you over 7, and its unlikely orange uses a knight before his turn so you'll have some protection.
makes his hand extremely vulnerable to steals. Better to just use the brick as padding, and risk a 7 rolling.
Man I would be so pissed to lose because of all those 7s. Those noobs had no business being in the game
I didn't really understand the argument of the 942 settle securing road network, since you can always connect via the 62. I think with the earlier 3:1 port you much more easily could win
It secures the road network and settlement spot, where as the 62 is just road network
high production settle spot*
Yeah I agree the 4 9 2 is better production but who gives a f about getting 3 brick instead of 2 each time a 4 rolls when you could instead have the 3 to 1 port, then move back to either that spot or the 6 2. Because of that move, I think Drew was stuck for a long time without another settle. Not only did he lose the port and get a stuck hand, but he made himself appear like a massive threat as well.
Dandy! Great vid. What other games do you enjoy playing in your free time? Could be video or board, just curious 😄
He is a pretty good chess player.
25:51 you block the 8 ore and steal from orange. Block the 8 brick and steal from blue.
I was looking for a card for the win.
@@dandydrew that makes sense, I respect that. I’m sure you were tracking and had good odds of snagging a wheat, just got unlucky
Game would have been over long ago if you didn’t get blocked early on with all that production. Even though it was annoying, it technically gave everyone else a better chance to win as opposed to just watching you dominate.
That was intense!
Why didn’t you just settle the wood port? Why the extra road????
I got greedy and paid the price 🙃
I feel like the race was totally unnecessary. You had a very strong setup and with great expansion spots and road locked. The further ahead you are the less variance you wanna go for.
I agree that the greed got me there!
This game needs a streamer mode or something.
This was hard to watch. I felt sorry for you the whole game 😅
No reason to feel sorry. “If you can’t take the heat then get off the street”
The fact that you were so close to winning in the end just shows that the majority of blocks that you’re complaining about throughout were warranted tbh
I clearly have a strong position and would have never denied that. The point about the blocks was that black was tunneling in a way that hurt black's chances because he was more concerned about me than his own win condition. It would be make more sense if he was feeding orange road while taking army, but he let orange have army without any consideration. At the end of the video, I made the point that defensive (as opposed offensive) play tends to be less effective in ranked games for this reason.
So unfair :( good mental strength tho
yo dandy, if u struggle with ppl try to snipe you on stream, maybe just delay your stream by a few minutes. just an idea on how to work around it.
I would be raging if I was in your place. I was raging just watching.
I want to throat punch black
Spoiler comment:
U still came in second despite Black targeting you all game. Had he been playing normally, you would've easily won that with your setup :)
Aww... should have had it.
This game was an absolute clown train! 🤡 😂
Lol, dude... That greedy play at the beginning costed you the win. Not blacks bad play. Your huge greed 😂
Found black
I agree 100%. It was too greedy and if I knew black would be willing to feed, I would have settled. You live and you learn! :)
That is your 1% bud
@@unknownm7968You got it man. ❤
bro really needs to change his name away from iManipulate, talk about starting off with a disadvantage on top of people recognizing him
It’s been changed. You are seeing games that happened a while back 👍
THE most annoying kind of player 😂
wow 14 stolen !
Hard to watch. Really wish people were idiots targeting someone for no reason. Playing like this just sucks
I bet Black was Dylighted!
Bruh. Plowed and robbed. Cmon the plow was understandable and a few block. Always be quick to stay anon once you posted yt videos. Never repeat the same mistake
IMO any "professional" must have option on site to buy a 20 random nicknames+you can add one number any few days, so this is create Imanipulate 0 to 9 every day or some
Don't say gd please