Dandy your quickness to trade when you have a benefit to gain without being too greedy is a strength. However, that 2 sheep and ore for wheat with black was definitely and overpay that cost you
One of the main reasons I stopped playing competitively... too much reliance on the other players to accurately assess the board and block the right player. In lower elo games (
It happens. Better to keep a positive growth mindset and appreciate the fact that black is in the Dandy Crew. That way, I am winning even when I am losing. 😜
Nice video! I especially appreciated your commentary; it feels more thorough and instructive than before you went on your break. But maybe that's just me. Thanks and keep up the good work!
I had one of these games a bit ago where I felt like I was in a good position with two towns on an 8 and a good number and resource spread. At the end of the game, there was nearly triple the 6s rolled than 8s
@dandy, do you think that at 9:30 in the video if you offered to trade orange if he promised not to plow you on the port, does he take it (and would he renege)?
It was a heavy handed trade, no doubt. Losing my port play would hurt my game and there was the risk he would 7 out, which did happen in hindsight. In these situations, you have to take calculated risks in hopes you can be the player who gets the momentum. To be fair, he would have had the city even without the trades since he wouldn't have 7ed out and used his wheat port for the ore so it ended up working out.
@@dandydrew with hindsight would it have been best to go straight for the 3 1 port instead of 3 10 11 so that you wouldn't need that trade? not sure it would have mattered with blacks set up regardless really
There are 4 ways to improve your hand efficiency: 1. You can place on ideal ratios of resources. This is best case but usually to make that happen, players sacrifice starting production to have all 5 resources. 2. You can trade to fix a stuck hand - In this situation, there’s a surplus of wheat and I have good reasons to believe I can make trades for them. 3. You can port to deal with having a lack of a particular resource. 4. You can build to spots that improve your ratios. Early on since you don’t have as much production as the late game due to cities and expansions, the ports aren’t as useful… It’s primarily a mid to late game option to churn the extra production you are receiving from a city or settles. The reason the 3 10 11 is important here is that my wood and brick ratios improve dramatically while helping me secure a long term road. In an ideal situation, I get the 3 10 11 about as fast as I did, and get one of the excess wheat or roll the 4 to get to the port immediately following. I didn’t get any 4s until it was too late and wasn’t receiving trades from the other players. Strategically, I also believe the wood port was a better play for the other player since realistically, that’s the resource he would be porting anyways. I stand by the 3 10 11 and think it dramatically speeds up my game assuming black doesn’t take off.
@@dandydrew thanks for the reply! just trying to improve my own game. i agree about the other player going to wood port. only would use a 3 1 port in his situation after 2 cities maybe. i usually default to going to a port first if its somewhat contested but i see your reasoning to get production first especially in a road game. good tip to keep in mind
I want to play colonist but it is very laggy on my computer. I have my resolution low, animations off, running webGL, updated chrome, and am using an Ethernet cable. Still no better I’m not sure what to do to make this game playable on my computer
Is your computer/laptop running hot? Both colonist and CU make my laptop run hot. I bought a fan cooler gor about $30 to place underneath my laptop and not had any problems since
nothing more annoying than when someone is popping devs to get army and the 2 other people are busy building cities lol. 0 gamesense from the other 2 players.
Leleko here! Thank you for the love, my friend. It was an honor to play a game with you, i hope it happens again! ❤️
you played well, gg
Thanks for the support and GG to you Leo 🎉
@leoo21100, I was rooting for you from the beginning, since I also saw that wheat port play thirty seconds off rip. Well played!
Dandy your quickness to trade when you have a benefit to gain without being too greedy is a strength. However, that 2 sheep and ore for wheat with black was definitely and overpay that cost you
One of the main reasons I stopped playing competitively... too much reliance on the other players to accurately assess the board and block the right player. In lower elo games (
It happens. Better to keep a positive growth mindset and appreciate the fact that black is in the Dandy Crew. That way, I am winning even when I am losing. 😜
is it really a DandyDrew video if he doesn't say "my cats are going crazy"?
My cats' names are Klaus and Teuber. Maybe there's some spiritual juju going on when I play CATan?!
crazy that orange lost everyone game in one decision
yeah these guys are always trying to get a "revenge" at any cost, pathetic and without any consideration for future plays...
Nice video! I especially appreciated your commentary; it feels more thorough and instructive than before you went on your break. But maybe that's just me. Thanks and keep up the good work!
The second pick on the 843 was weak. Had to be 693-wheat port. Then 3rd or 4th takes the 6511 and its a more balanced game. GG wp.
I had one of these games a bit ago where I felt like I was in a good position with two towns on an 8 and a good number and resource spread. At the end of the game, there was nearly triple the 6s rolled than 8s
@dandy, do you think that at 9:30 in the video if you offered to trade orange if he promised not to plow you on the port, does he take it (and would he renege)?
10:49 are you suuuure? btw orange has 2 wheat and 5 sheeps...
maybe will be better if you take port firstly
Came here to comment just this! Feels like Dandy gave the 1st city
It was a heavy handed trade, no doubt. Losing my port play would hurt my game and there was the risk he would 7 out, which did happen in hindsight. In these situations, you have to take calculated risks in hopes you can be the player who gets the momentum. To be fair, he would have had the city even without the trades since he wouldn't have 7ed out and used his wheat port for the ore so it ended up working out.
@@dandydrew with hindsight would it have been best to go straight for the 3 1 port instead of 3 10 11 so that you wouldn't need that trade? not sure it would have mattered with blacks set up regardless really
There are 4 ways to improve your hand efficiency:
1. You can place on ideal ratios of resources. This is best case but usually to make that happen, players sacrifice starting production to have all 5 resources.
2. You can trade to fix a stuck hand - In this situation, there’s a surplus of wheat and I have good reasons to believe I can make trades for them.
3. You can port to deal with having a lack of a particular resource.
4. You can build to spots that improve your ratios.
Early on since you don’t have as much production as the late game due to cities and expansions, the ports aren’t as useful… It’s primarily a mid to late game option to churn the extra production you are receiving from a city or settles. The reason the 3 10 11 is important here is that my wood and brick ratios improve dramatically while helping me secure a long term road. In an ideal situation, I get the 3 10 11 about as fast as I did, and get one of the excess wheat or roll the 4 to get to the port immediately following. I didn’t get any 4s until it was too late and wasn’t receiving trades from the other players. Strategically, I also believe the wood port was a better play for the other player since realistically, that’s the resource he would be porting anyways. I stand by the 3 10 11 and think it dramatically speeds up my game assuming black doesn’t take off.
@@dandydrew thanks for the reply! just trying to improve my own game. i agree about the other player going to wood port. only would use a 3 1 port in his situation after 2 cities maybe.
i usually default to going to a port first if its somewhat contested but i see your reasoning to get production first especially in a road game. good tip to keep in mind
I want to play colonist but it is very laggy on my computer. I have my resolution low, animations off, running webGL, updated chrome, and am using an Ethernet cable. Still no better I’m not sure what to do to make this game playable on my computer
Is your computer/laptop running hot? Both colonist and CU make my laptop run hot. I bought a fan cooler gor about $30 to place underneath my laptop and not had any problems since
Wow 70%
You're not getting as lucky lately
The past DandyDrew would have drawn 2 VP's and a mono and Black would've 7'd out right after the trade
nothing more annoying than when someone is popping devs to get army and the 2 other people are busy building cities lol. 0 gamesense from the other 2 players.
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