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There are two lessons in this video: 1. *Never give up.* Keep your cool and focus on how to maximise your opportunities to win. Dylan briefly opened up trading with his OWS partner to keep Blue down so they could both catch up, and risked 7s to buy as many dev cards as possible to create point-scoring opportunities. 2. *Be really careful about giving intel on your hand.* I think in this case you can argue it both ways. Orange said his hand was all knights so Dylan wouldn't assume hes a threat. But it also indicated to Dylan and Blue that there was a higher chance to draw a VP. This creates higher demand on the dev card deck, but also on the materials required, which you produce a bunch of. So does it really decrease your chance of getting robbed that much? It's debatable.
There's almost some merit to starting on the 9 12 pointing to the 9 10, starting brick and the wheat port gets you to first settlement much faster, keeps you from looking as strong before you city and then makes getting to the sheep port easier. On top of two settlements and two cities being strong and the additional wheat, there's a chance to sneak road and army simultaneously for the win. Edit: plus there was no way orange would ever take the 9 10 as their second placement.
I kind of hope you do another season of this! It has been such a fun watch and definitely pulled me into your channel, but I understand wanting to focus more on in person tournament success
why did you point right with your second settlement? why not point left towards the wheat port? both of your settlements point the same direction and it’s not like anyone was going to take those ports from you. personally, i would have settled on the 11-5-4 and pointed left, like you originally proposed and then raced blue to the 9-10. but yeah, for sure when starting on the 9-10 I think it would have been better to point left
to further my point, had you pointed left with your second settlement, then the road building you pulled would have gotten you onto both the sheep port and the wheat port, because you would have been one road away from each.
I’m not sure that the 9-10 was the strongest position, tbh. Being on that desert is killer for value, working from 5 tiles to start instead of 4. Then all the time you’re robbed you’re down to 3 tiles. something important to consider: your pick of the 9-10 was on the second to last position. Orange then hd the last pick. What are the odds that orange, who was starting on nothing but ore and wheat would pick another ore wheat position? … on a desert tile. I think there’s no chance they pick that spot. and if they do, they lose. arguably, that 9-10 was yours for the taking with an expansion if you start on the 11-5-4 to have the road and settlement resources to take it. but then i dont have a good answer for how you get wheat besides steals and trades.
Got super lucky with the VPs and steals at the end. A win is a win, but I feel like there were some lessons to be learned from this game, because rarely will a 10 roll this often when you’re double citied on a 10-ore. Same with pulling 4 VPs But still an awesome match to watch, congrats on the comeback!
Starting settle, I'd probably pair the 9 4 11 with the 5 8 10. That way orange doesn't get a monster setup, and you likely can just road to 9 10, maybe need to 4:1 though for settle. But no reason Oj would take 9 10 so it would be open there. And I'd point road down maybe thinking to get to the 6 2 long game to maximize the brick with the wood. Those are my thoughts. Bot games I always dislike.
16:45 >> rolls resources on every turn -_- >> rolls one seven "never lucky" Has to get 4 straight VPs and get 3 out of the 4 numbers they're on to be the top rolls in order to reluctantly admit they got even the slightest bit lucky Catan "pro" is someone who can gaslight people so hard they convince themselves they aren't winning. So often it's "omg you blocked me and I lost, that was such a bad play" when in reality if you hadn't been blocked you would've won. The narcissism was kind of entertaining at first but it's getting ridiculous
Like it or not, it helps him maintain that 39% win rate. If you can convince your opponents that you're being tortured the whole game, you win that often. The audience is gaslit at the same time as a byproduct
huge part of the game is making yourself not seem threatening. He’s just weighing the threats of the game. When he’s in a monster position he admits it, and when he isn’t he makes that clear. He’s top 10 on the leaderboards for a reason, not just luck. This game may have been lucky but he still made the critical decisions to win such as placements and going to the sheep port
He wasn't gaslighting the blocks genuinely did screw him and it was brutal. He got lucky to win this game and more often than not wouldn't win this game. The intelligent part was correctly analysing orange's talk as truthful and therefore recognising that the dev card deck was hot for VPs, Monos etc. But even so, if he doesn't pull them all like he did, it woulda been tough to win this game.
@@jkrummya player with high emotional intelligence who plays and streams (or records) at the same time, should be able to differentiate between talking to the viewers and talking to the opponents. From all the Catan content-creators that I've ever seen, only one is able to do this: jack_usher.
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Almost every game: “I’m never lucky”
*Proceeds to pull 4 VPs and a mono*
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There are two lessons in this video:
1. *Never give up.* Keep your cool and focus on how to maximise your opportunities to win. Dylan briefly opened up trading with his OWS partner to keep Blue down so they could both catch up, and risked 7s to buy as many dev cards as possible to create point-scoring opportunities.
2. *Be really careful about giving intel on your hand.* I think in this case you can argue it both ways. Orange said his hand was all knights so Dylan wouldn't assume hes a threat. But it also indicated to Dylan and Blue that there was a higher chance to draw a VP. This creates higher demand on the dev card deck, but also on the materials required, which you produce a bunch of. So does it really decrease your chance of getting robbed that much? It's debatable.
There's almost some merit to starting on the 9 12 pointing to the 9 10, starting brick and the wheat port gets you to first settlement much faster, keeps you from looking as strong before you city and then makes getting to the sheep port easier. On top of two settlements and two cities being strong and the additional wheat, there's a chance to sneak road and army simultaneously for the win.
Edit: plus there was no way orange would ever take the 9 10 as their second placement.
If he didn’t place there then all those 10’s to build him an early city wouldn’t have happened with no road mats to get to the 9/10 brick port
watched this 20 times This is a Dylighted(spoonkid) classic
You did not. It was posted less than an hour before you commented lol
hello fellow spooner
@@lawrencecobb2107you are a genius!!!!!
Love the videos Dylan! Keep up the good work :)
I kind of hope you do another season of this! It has been such a fun watch and definitely pulled me into your channel, but I understand wanting to focus more on in person tournament success
10:20 this is the moment to chat more. Orange and blue are slowly teaming up here.
why did you point right with your second settlement? why not point left towards the wheat port? both of your settlements point the same direction and it’s not like anyone was going to take those ports from you. personally, i would have settled on the 11-5-4 and pointed left, like you originally proposed and then raced blue to the 9-10.
but yeah, for sure when starting on the 9-10 I think it would have been better to point left
to further my point, had you pointed left with your second settlement, then the road building you pulled would have gotten you onto both the sheep port and the wheat port, because you would have been one road away from each.
I’m not sure that the 9-10 was the strongest position, tbh. Being on that desert is killer for value, working from 5 tiles to start instead of 4. Then all the time you’re robbed you’re down to 3 tiles.
something important to consider: your pick of the 9-10 was on the second to last position. Orange then hd the last pick. What are the odds that orange, who was starting on nothing but ore and wheat would pick another ore wheat position? … on a desert tile. I think there’s no chance they pick that spot. and if they do, they lose. arguably, that 9-10 was yours for the taking with an expansion if you start on the 11-5-4 to have the road and settlement resources to take it. but then i dont have a good answer for how you get wheat besides steals and trades.
Got super lucky with the VPs and steals at the end. A win is a win, but I feel like there were some lessons to be learned from this game, because rarely will a 10 roll this often when you’re double citied on a 10-ore. Same with pulling 4 VPs
But still an awesome match to watch, congrats on the comeback!
pointing left is just asking to get plowed, wheat port is useless, much rather secure settlement spots, be more efficient and not waste roads
Pointing left is competing with black and blue. Sure shot way to get robbed early
I think more lucky than thr 4vps was the amount of 10s that rolled haha
4 vps and mono were more lucky than 10s
Starting settle, I'd probably pair the 9 4 11 with the 5 8 10. That way orange doesn't get a monster setup, and you likely can just road to 9 10, maybe need to 4:1 though for settle. But no reason Oj would take 9 10 so it would be open there. And I'd point road down maybe thinking to get to the 6 2 long game to maximize the brick with the wood.
Those are my thoughts.
Bot games I always dislike.
Your idea is too slow you will waste too much time trying to road settle
I also like this a lot, u only need one 4:1 for the wheat or some trades :)
Honestly at some point of high level play luck and skill become indistinguishable 😉
Without luck any strat is useless
The 10 ore production is realy what pulled you trough. It was insane
Yoooo insane end game
Both of black’s starting settlements were bot picks, so that explains their nonsensicality (bot picks focus solely on production).
4 VPS and Mono - Sometimes lucky B)
why can i not see his rankings in my colonist? does that mean this is cap?
Online Catan is rigged so hard...non stop 10s and VPs. THAT is not random.
Your dice was degusting, the 10 roll in row was omfg, very good strat to follow dev cards deck
Wow, wild game!!!
There’s too much dice luck in this game to win 7 straight playing ranked at that level
Wait how old are these videos o.O
the season ended weeks ago BAHAH
Why are you still playing with utter noobs on rank 6. Does the match making in colonist really suck so badly?
"Never lucky"
16:45 >> rolls resources on every turn -_-
>> rolls one seven "never lucky"
Has to get 4 straight VPs and get 3 out of the 4 numbers they're on to be the top rolls in order to reluctantly admit they got even the slightest bit lucky
Catan "pro" is someone who can gaslight people so hard they convince themselves they aren't winning. So often it's "omg you blocked me and I lost, that was such a bad play" when in reality if you hadn't been blocked you would've won. The narcissism was kind of entertaining at first but it's getting ridiculous
Like it or not, it helps him maintain that 39% win rate. If you can convince your opponents that you're being tortured the whole game, you win that often. The audience is gaslit at the same time as a byproduct
huge part of the game is making yourself not seem threatening. He’s just weighing the threats of the game. When he’s in a monster position he admits it, and when he isn’t he makes that clear. He’s top 10 on the leaderboards for a reason, not just luck. This game may have been lucky but he still made the critical decisions to win such as placements and going to the sheep port
He wasn't gaslighting the blocks genuinely did screw him and it was brutal. He got lucky to win this game and more often than not wouldn't win this game. The intelligent part was correctly analysing orange's talk as truthful and therefore recognising that the dev card deck was hot for VPs, Monos etc. But even so, if he doesn't pull them all like he did, it woulda been tough to win this game.
@@jkrummya player with high emotional intelligence who plays and streams (or records) at the same time, should be able to differentiate between talking to the viewers and talking to the opponents. From all the Catan content-creators that I've ever seen, only one is able to do this: jack_usher.
you genuinely sound kinda jealous my boy.