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  • @Alpharad
    @Alpharad  ปีที่แล้ว +5482

    You can play it yourself at pokemonchess.com :D

    • @desertpillow1
      @desertpillow1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      nice

    • @mintyfresh122
      @mintyfresh122 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      very cool alpharad

    • @fridge2046
      @fridge2046 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Can’t wait for the face reveal

    • @SansLikespizza
      @SansLikespizza ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pokeman chest

    • @s1csty9
      @s1csty9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's not working for me

  • @chess
    @chess ปีที่แล้ว +16866

    how chaotic, i love it

    • @jaylee6083
      @jaylee6083 ปีที่แล้ว +371

      Adds a lot of strats than regular chess

    • @nikodabos
      @nikodabos ปีที่แล้ว +54

      yeah

    • @DuckieChan.
      @DuckieChan. ปีที่แล้ว +92

      chess.

    • @typoplays
      @typoplays ปีที่แล้ว +319

      You need to add this to your website😊

    • @mini_hek
      @mini_hek ปีที่แล้ว +173

      make it official!

  • @keerthiannadorai4412
    @keerthiannadorai4412 ปีที่แล้ว +4261

    There is something poetic about a stall tactic falling apart to a critical hit

    • @waitingfortheequinnox
      @waitingfortheequinnox ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Classical.

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Vintage Pokémon.

    • @cosmiikat-wav
      @cosmiikat-wav ปีที่แล้ว +104

      That is truly the most pokemon thing of all time

    • @vanished2667
      @vanished2667 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Well to be fair stalling does increase the chance of a crit happening

    • @justarandomguyplayingrando4792
      @justarandomguyplayingrando4792 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i mean completely rng based...don't see what ur talkin bout bro seems like a skill issue to me

  • @fonkeymonkey1048
    @fonkeymonkey1048 ปีที่แล้ว +4072

    Jan's words echoed in your head:
    "Always play around the crit"

  • @SimplyAnExistence
    @SimplyAnExistence ปีที่แล้ว +5096

    Alpharad losing to _someone else’s_ blind faith in luck is a truly ironic twist of fate.

    • @ingo1848
      @ingo1848 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      he cybertron did miss his first "win" that game so without the miss that luck would not have been needed

    • @Wade_in_your_water
      @Wade_in_your_water ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Alpha always takes up the villain role I love it

    • @Jason_Altea
      @Jason_Altea ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to Alpha... she seems to be turning against him in recent years.

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Alpharad luck just directs one to the funniest outcome, not necessarily the successful outcome.

    • @Thisisthegreatestatofalltime
      @Thisisthegreatestatofalltime ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A true Icarus moment

  • @pikanachuster4032
    @pikanachuster4032 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    The story telling is so on point and the way Alpha drags us through the narrative for the conclusion is truly stunning. I laughed so hard at the end 10/10

  • @anonymousturtle34
    @anonymousturtle34 ปีที่แล้ว +6265

    I respect the absolute blind faith in RNG at the end, RIP alpha

    • @Jack_Of_All_Trades768
      @Jack_Of_All_Trades768 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      Never underestimate your opponent. They could make a good move at any time. But this was just rng.

    • @miah8163
      @miah8163 ปีที่แล้ว +252

      If you watched Little Z's video he shows that a few moves earlier, Cyberton had a straight shot to Alpharad's king but the move missed, so I think it evens out in the end.

    • @Banan_Man_
      @Banan_Man_ ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@miah8163 10% chance to miss, 6% chance to crit

    • @holdenwoofter5896
      @holdenwoofter5896 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      What key difference between a good tournament player and a great tournament player is not playing for the best value, but playing for the win. What he did may have been the worse play on paper, but it was his highest odds of winning. In a lot of games it's called "playing to your outs".

    • @jgotchabeezy
      @jgotchabeezy ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The ultimate “That Crit mattered”

  • @SmileyNoteblock
    @SmileyNoteblock ปีที่แล้ว +4869

    In the wise words of Mr. Pokémon Challenges himself: "Should've played around the crit"

    • @thelastshadowpigz
      @thelastshadowpigz ปีที่แล้ว +102

      S tier comment.

    • @Ditto.007
      @Ditto.007 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      He never learns and thats what we love 😂

    • @farhanhusein4751
      @farhanhusein4751 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      looooool i can imagine janne voice

    • @lezestykiwi909
      @lezestykiwi909 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I read “crit” as uh something different… damn I gotta clean my brain’s gutters

    • @heartofthefluft8541
      @heartofthefluft8541 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 Man, now we need a Pokémon Chess Nuzlocke run

  • @g.wilson536
    @g.wilson536 ปีที่แล้ว +1595

    Legit, the pure irony of Alpha, one of the infamously lucky gamers, losing to RNG against someone seemingly infamously unlucky in pokemon RNG, and losing to a crit sends joy through me.

    • @FectoElfilin
      @FectoElfilin ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Should've used en passant.

    • @emdivine
      @emdivine ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@FectoElfilin Holy hell

    • @cuckoobrain7999
      @cuckoobrain7999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think you're using infamously correctly but I'm not sure

    • @plutosupporter7758
      @plutosupporter7758 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Context for anyone who doesn’t know why Cybertron is infamously unlucky with Pokémon RNG:
      In gen 5, he went to the finals of the world championship, where he missed 4 will-o-wisps over the course of the set, leading to his loss. Pokémon then buffed WoW’s accuracy from 75 to 85.

    • @SuperSayianWarrior
      @SuperSayianWarrior ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@plutosupporter7758 a 0.09% event to occur as well. Then then 1/10th of 1% and it happened. Ohh you know Cybertron Popped Off

  • @nicholaslowell2510
    @nicholaslowell2510 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    "Live long enough as the hero and see yourself become the villan"
    This is it guys
    The main character arc is over
    Alpha's rumbling arc begins

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When you never wanted to be the king (you swear) but you play Pokémon chess

    • @QueeenCrimson
      @QueeenCrimson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Alpha villain arc began loooong ago

  • @Blaybay123
    @Blaybay123 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I think the last match illustrates Pokémon Chess really well
    You can get into the mind of your opponents and outplay them with a thought out strategy but that all means nothing in the eyes of a crit

  • @codenameloser8488
    @codenameloser8488 ปีที่แล้ว +1619

    Alpharad defeating Kidd in 2 moves by chaining 3 super effective moves and taking the king just to lose the finals match because the man that missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row in a pokémon tournament got a crit on the pawn that was protecting the king is just an absolute Pokémon chess moment

    • @byzantine5761
      @byzantine5761 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      and part of the win was him killing Jynx, absolute irony

  • @erintempleton1342
    @erintempleton1342 ปีที่แล้ว +5551

    Bro’s biggest enemy was the rulebook

    • @JuggR
      @JuggR ปีที่แล้ว +23

      True

    • @thecreaturehunter
      @thecreaturehunter ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Overused

    • @Gizmonavi
      @Gizmonavi ปีที่แล้ว +15

      i blame the rng

    • @ItzRyujin99_
      @ItzRyujin99_ ปีที่แล้ว +26

      ​@@thecreaturehunter blud who r u

    • @FlopNonStop
      @FlopNonStop ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I’ve seen this comment before

  • @DeathDragon1730
    @DeathDragon1730 ปีที่แล้ว +978

    This is definitely a video by Alpha. Never gets punished until the last second where his podium collapses underneath him.

    • @kirby47897
      @kirby47897 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      flew too high

    • @bahumat9853
      @bahumat9853 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Should have played around the crit.

    • @harrysteel864
      @harrysteel864 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Something something icarus

    • @ironboy3245
      @ironboy3245 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@bahumat9853 Jan shaking his head

    • @randomname9291
      @randomname9291 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bahumat9853 yeah if he would’ve just went to e5 instead of d5 it would’ve been game over

  • @sdsanz92
    @sdsanz92 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I audibly gasped when I saw the triple super effective move to win. Easily the best play out of the entire tournament.

  • @volty883
    @volty883 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    What spectacular storytelling. Truly Phenomanal. Cyber getting that crit last moment was beyond clutch and just goes to show how you should always play around the crit Jacob

  • @thepopeofpineapples6275
    @thepopeofpineapples6275 ปีที่แล้ว +4429

    Chess is a complicated game. Pokémon is a complicated game. And now they’re merged. Truly beautiful.

    • @Dip7man
      @Dip7man ปีที่แล้ว +68

      And complicated

    • @beo9057
      @beo9057 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@ImanError404 no not yet :)

    • @kirakat5
      @kirakat5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ngl pretty complicated

    • @datgremlin3478
      @datgremlin3478 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's also very complicated

    • @JP-TT
      @JP-TT ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And its also kinda complicated fr fr

  • @AlexTheMultiFanStudios
    @AlexTheMultiFanStudios ปีที่แล้ว +1188

    Alpharad: *Is about to win via timer*
    Critical Hit: *Death whistle intensifies.*

  • @Insullar
    @Insullar ปีที่แล้ว +1934

    I love that the most unlucky person in the tournament actually got lucky for once in his pokemon career.

    • @Hack--rz1io
      @Hack--rz1io ปีที่แล้ว +247

      And against Alpha of all people

    • @clemente3966
      @clemente3966 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      And that the single shot at luckiness was the ending move to win the whole tournament.

    • @SamualN
      @SamualN ปีที่แล้ว +40

      it all balances out eventually

    • @AWanderingSwordsman
      @AWanderingSwordsman ปีที่แล้ว +54

      He actually had basically won earlier but the killing blow missed, which is what put him that situation at the end where he had to crit. He also missed like 5x more than anyone else. Dude was mad unlucky.

    • @MushokuShiro
      @MushokuShiro ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@Hack--rz1io Comedy writes itself

  • @lordbidoof8790
    @lordbidoof8790 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    That ending is honestly the most Alpharad thing I've seen in a while

  • @DragoSonicMile
    @DragoSonicMile ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Holy crap... that final move looked like a Platinum nuzlocke.

  • @squid_cookie570
    @squid_cookie570 ปีที่แล้ว +1051

    Alpha's insane RNG and Cybertron's 5 will-o-wisp RNG came together to create an absolute abomination that last game

  • @King0fKyles
    @King0fKyles ปีที่แล้ว +1356

    No one ever expects the bidoof gambit, truly one of the most formidable plays that few can play around

  • @theronjohnson2640
    @theronjohnson2640 ปีที่แล้ว +1653

    As a PokeChess GM myself, Jacob is an up an coming star that is truly frightening for the scene

    • @peephobe
      @peephobe ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hes kinda bad 🎐

    • @KusaneHexaku
      @KusaneHexaku ปีที่แล้ว +69

      ​@@peephobei agree that red dress still lingers in my mind
      oh wait no not that kind of bad sorry

    • @peephobe
      @peephobe ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KusaneHexaku well both apply

  • @Saiavinn
    @Saiavinn ปีที่แล้ว +52

    That was nothing short of a full tale of hopes, intrigue, valor and tragedy.

    • @kariquigley3817
      @kariquigley3817 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Serpireor:i am safe!!!
      Abstol:no

  • @StrikeAxl
    @StrikeAxl ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow. Cybertron really got a lucky crit with 2 seconds left. Holy hell.
    Love to see Frank featured like this. His channel and editing are so underrated.

    • @Moleoflands
      @Moleoflands ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What you didn't see is the amount of easy wins he lost out on because opponents got crits or winning attacks missed

    • @jerronng5568
      @jerronng5568 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cybertron had immense bad luck the whole event even more than Alpharad during the last round
      But even though he missed like every win possible he still won
      That's the difference between someone who Plays around luck and uses it when necessary and someone who doesn't

  • @Vedant__Raj
    @Vedant__Raj ปีที่แล้ว +732

    A true nuzlocker always goes down to the crit

    • @orangesilver8
      @orangesilver8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Actually if you consider the situation he could have played around the crit by switching out his pokemon there.

    • @dylpickle_z
      @dylpickle_z ปีที่แล้ว +7

      truly the nuzlocke king

    • @oblongLogin
      @oblongLogin ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He should have played around the crit.

  • @SamWeltzin
    @SamWeltzin ปีที่แล้ว +767

    Watched the LittleZ video first, and coming to this really makes me appreciate Alpha's ability to weave a narrative.

    • @SuperIsaiah
      @SuperIsaiah ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Alpha wins through RNG, it's just part of the game.
      Alpha loses through RNG: A dramatic and tragic event of mass proportion

    • @SamWeltzin
      @SamWeltzin ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@SuperIsaiah Yup, exactly. lol
      It's a pretty impressive talent, actually. He's a good entertainer. :D

    • @andrewt329
      @andrewt329 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SamWeltzin
      But also a sore loser.

    • @BananaWasTaken
      @BananaWasTaken 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You also get to see that Alpharad made it to the finals without fully understanding the rules.
      He thought that if a piece attacked another piece it wasn’t effective against then either: nothing would happen, or the attacking piece would be destroyed. Instead both pieces get destroyed.
      You can see it at the start when he makes his king ghost to give it immunity to fighting and normal (which does nothing since the king would still be destroyed if attacked by a fighting or normal piece)
      You can see it at 8:01 when he doesn’t take the queen with his bishop.
      And at 8:08 when he thinks he can’t use his knight or bishop to take the queen.

  • @Fallensnowch
    @Fallensnowch ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You got to understand cybertron got unlucky throughout this tournament but still won from pure skills until the end where luck is really needed and he got it.

  • @darthsquidward3092
    @darthsquidward3092 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your choice of putting classical materpiece music in the background.

  • @silverchord5790
    @silverchord5790 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    As someone who is obsessed with both Pokemon and Chess, I'm very glad that this monstrosity exists

    • @IdentifiantE.S
      @IdentifiantE.S ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know much about chess but this video really made me want to get interested in it, that was probably also the goal of the video I guess

    • @GSamus14
      @GSamus14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RIP Pokemon Duel

    • @cameronweaver2013
      @cameronweaver2013 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GSamus14 was a great game, I had such a good setup lol

  • @shiningbind90
    @shiningbind90 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Imagine getting out-lucked by the man who missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row?

    • @SunshineRey
      @SunshineRey ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nah, that’s just his luck averaging out. If Aaron “Cybertron” Zheng can hit five 25% misses, he can hit one 6.25% chance crit. (Edit: thank you for the correction, Megarotom)

    • @megarotom1590
      @megarotom1590 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SunshineRey no the miss is 10%, the crit is 1/16

    • @CasualPizza
      @CasualPizza ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@megarotom1590 it's 25%, will o wisp was 75% acc in gen 5. it got buffed to 85% acc next gen

    • @SunshineRey
      @SunshineRey ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CasualPizza they are talking about the last pokemon chess game. They are right, I just mixed up the percents when typing.

    • @CasualPizza
      @CasualPizza ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SunshineRey oh alr

  • @ren_suzugamori1427
    @ren_suzugamori1427 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Truly, Alpharad was on a winning streak. He was getting so close! And all it took was a lucky critical hit to have that dream come crumbling down like the tower of Babel.

  • @blazedoesart7465
    @blazedoesart7465 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The end of this video is so freaking good, the classical music paired with a moment that really comes full circle, it's hilarious

  • @MoaDib27
    @MoaDib27 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    The fact that Alpha lost because he didn't play around the crit it's beautiful

  • @joethegreat7242
    @joethegreat7242 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    He really tried stalling indefinitely, this is the most pokemon moment of all time.

  • @Vernias
    @Vernias ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I would ask for the runback but there's no chance I'm ever coming back from all those blunders 😭

  • @grizzlygaming801
    @grizzlygaming801 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that in the clip at 2:38 where he says out of danger into danger that he shows a clip of danger into danger. XD

  • @elmichigamer7132
    @elmichigamer7132 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was holding that the VERN NATION would do more

  • @haelstrom101
    @haelstrom101 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    Of all the times lady luck decided she wasn't gonna help you, it had to be for $1000

    • @fruitloops2058
      @fruitloops2058 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lady Luck gives and Lady Luck takes

  • @Pacnakes
    @Pacnakes ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Sometimes it feels like Alpharad is the villain of the internet, and he is.

  • @galagatorgames1317
    @galagatorgames1317 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    This video has proven that not even Alpharad's luck is infinite

    • @TigerBrows
      @TigerBrows ปีที่แล้ว

      If you think about it, a 6% chance is pretty lucky...

    • @TY-Ch
      @TY-Ch ปีที่แล้ว

      PChal: He should've played around the crit!

  • @waks2001
    @waks2001 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the pain of loseing 2.2 seconds away from winning. my heart goes out to you

  • @lektornese
    @lektornese ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im so glad to see Aaron get a good rng roll. I swear he would have won words that year if the whisp hit

  • @bawpt1590
    @bawpt1590 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    A man known for his luck against a man known for his bad luck was truly fitting for the finals

  • @RyRothwell
    @RyRothwell ปีที่แล้ว +255

    I love this game now I am actually obsessed playing this with friends

    • @RyeBread08
      @RyeBread08 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where can you play it?

    • @zack5162
      @zack5162 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@RyeBread08if you find little zs video on it, he has it in the video's link

    • @Lyra_dragonal
      @Lyra_dragonal ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RyeBread08 Google, you need to create a room and share the code tho

    • @RyeBread08
      @RyeBread08 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zack5162 ok thank you 👍

  • @Cochu
    @Cochu ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Aaron winning with luck feels incredibly poetic

    • @justzanu9338
      @justzanu9338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After many misses on super effective take lol

    • @lohchong4862
      @lohchong4862 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stupid crit

  • @joshbreekveldt3741
    @joshbreekveldt3741 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know nobody asked for or let alone cares about the names of the background music, but anyway, here goes:
    00:00 The Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss II.
    00:16 Winter, Antonio Vivaldi.
    1:26 Trepak, The Nutcracker, Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
    2:02 don’t know.
    2:28 Moonlight Sonata, 3rd movement, Ludwig van Beethoven.
    3:06 Carmen (Overture), Georges Bizet.
    3:50 Ride of the valkyries, Wagner.
    4:34 Nocturne op.9 No.2, Frederich Chopin.
    5:55 La Marseillaise, French national anthem, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (I think)
    9:00 1812 overture, Pyotyr Tchaikovsky.
    Please feel free to correct me or add any other classical pieces I might have missed.

  • @floricel_112
    @floricel_112 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:30 honestly....that just sounds like someone added the gimmick of checkers to chess

  • @therandomguyonyoutube6415
    @therandomguyonyoutube6415 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    This was a real Alpharad moment

    • @infiniteworld3981
      @infiniteworld3981 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This was a real Alpharad video.

    • @Sjors_
      @Sjors_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Truly the Alpharad moment of all time

  • @antokaknee
    @antokaknee ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Alpharad losing due to luck is irony at it’s finest

    • @WiiMote070
      @WiiMote070 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's more ironic, that or the fact that it was Cybertron who benefited?

  • @howdy4504
    @howdy4504 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This is actually a brilliant evolution (pun intended) of chess. It adds more strategy and an element of chaos to make it so interesting. 10/10

  • @pokylyte96
    @pokylyte96 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The critical hit from cybertron of all people still gives me chills

  • @vincentthought6130
    @vincentthought6130 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can’t even be mad at that ending. Cyber deserves the win with that gamble.

  • @joaofelipesiqueira21
    @joaofelipesiqueira21 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I just imagined Magnus Carlsen losing the Chess World Championship Finals to a critical hit and bursted out laughing, truly a superior form of chess is being played here

  • @Nexu5z0
    @Nexu5z0 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Imagine pokemon chess becoming actually competitive and having other tournaments

  • @treeninja8924
    @treeninja8924 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Anytime anyone references cybertron, it’s so funny that it always ends with the clip of will-o-wisp missing 5 times (or a joke abt missing)

  • @aroseinbloom1
    @aroseinbloom1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I do think Jacob's biggest weakness in this game is his cockiness. I feel like that's what keeps him being a relatively average competitive Pokemon chess player, every time he does alright he acts like he's invincible. He's like the real life Pit: mid tier with an Icarus complex.

    • @CyanPlushCaptain
      @CyanPlushCaptain ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I guess you could say that he, *flew too close to the sun.*

  • @Infinity2-Gorpie
    @Infinity2-Gorpie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear, this man is Icarus, but with infinitely regenerating wings, solely so he could burn them again

  • @Dinoxdeath
    @Dinoxdeath ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Everyone in the comments already said how beautifully cursed this was, so I'd like to take a moment to ask the editors to perhaps turn down the music a bit since there is no subtitles. Although subtitles would be great anyway and that way more people can watch the video! Closed caption really really doesn't do the trick and I found it quite hard to follow with so much stuff going on, so who knows how many genius moves I missed!

  • @hudson9195
    @hudson9195 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I understand the rage Alpha felt but, GOD DAMN, that was an AWESOME final move

    • @Auriel_1337
      @Auriel_1337 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't understand what happened. Alpha's king was still alive. How else do you win in chess?

    • @TheKeeperofWisdom
      @TheKeeperofWisdom ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Auriel_1337 Cybertron won since he got that 6% chance of a crit, letting his rook move again. Since Alpharad's king was right next to the rook it was a victory.

  • @Xidphel
    @Xidphel ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Alpharad: "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alpharad proceeds to become a chess player and also a fanfic writer of The Stormlight Archives (the person who wrote this monologue of a rage quit was a fan of The Stormlight Archives)

  • @Daniel_Home
    @Daniel_Home 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Almost thought this was a small ant video as wooper beats a charizard

  • @MoonbeamPony
    @MoonbeamPony ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Okay, but knowing Alpharad, that ending was the best possible conclusion. That was peak content.

  • @jinjer420
    @jinjer420 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love how he uses classical music since chess is deemed a sophisticated and intelligent sport.

  • @Terrabyte13
    @Terrabyte13 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Can't wait for Pchall to react to this and tell him he should have played around the crit

  • @bananaman4948
    @bananaman4948 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fact that at 7:50 1812 overture was playing which is a song about a war that got turned on its head is a good touch

  • @LTGnothing
    @LTGnothing 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It wouldn’t be an alpharad video if something didn’t go horribly wrong

  • @johnmartinez8580
    @johnmartinez8580 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Wow, I wasn't expecting it to end like that. It hurts, man

  • @kidvega0450
    @kidvega0450 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is a reminder that even the internet funny man is truly not the protagonist of every single one of his videos. I felt the pain at the end of the video.

  • @CreativeUsername1997
    @CreativeUsername1997 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I’ve already seen the Little Z video, so I’m excited to see your painful… painful 2nd place all over again.

  • @sponge5
    @sponge5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The classic Pokémon blunder - you didn’t play around the crit

  • @infinityheart_tm9270
    @infinityheart_tm9270 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:46
    TCNick3 was right. Vernias is one of the least talented players he’s ever seen.

    • @WDCB1334
      @WDCB1334 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      “imagine being in last place with zero stars!”

  • @Kryzx_.
    @Kryzx_. ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Pokemon chess is one of the most chaotic and amazing thing's ive ever seen

  • @Retro_Acted
    @Retro_Acted ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If you told me Alpha would turn into the biggest PokeTuber 5 years ago I would have laughed. But here we are.

  • @ReikuYin
    @ReikuYin ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That ending was.. Was just so poetic.... I would be doing FLIPS. Good old crit RNG to the rescue again....

  • @pulsestar1053
    @pulsestar1053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the last one was like losing a nuzlocke to the final elite four member or champion

  • @bluntizard4481
    @bluntizard4481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:18 Alpharad trying to use stall to win. In chess. 😂

  • @awes5893
    @awes5893 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Alpha losing because of luck, and against Cybertron at that, is absolutely insane!
    Also, love the cheeky nod to Cybertron's bad luck knowing full well how this tale ends.

  • @demo4914
    @demo4914 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    9:40 "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point. After getting completely tooled by scheduling with my opponent changing times on me last minute and refusing to provide confirmation prior to the day of the match as to play times, losing this way somehow felt even worse than I had thought possible. My preparation was superior, my play was superior, and I lost, so I don't see a reason to continue engaging in an activity where what is within my control is overwhelmingly outweighed by what is not. I am done with competitive Pokemon, and you won't get a fond farewell. This community is infected to its roots with a degenerative disease that grows stronger over time but stops short of killing its host. Tournaments used to have a competitive spirit at their heart, this has been transplanted and replaced with an artificial organ that feeds on vitriol and mockery from insecure little boys that heckle by the sidelines and tear each other to shreds over scraps of attention. The environment we fostered has trapped us all like this in a vicious cycle, and escaping it requires acceptance of the harshest reality we all scramble to explain away, that none of the countless straining efforts we put ourselves through here will ever amount to one single shining glimmer of significance. I would make this the end, but World Cup is still ongoing, and I would never leave so many great friends out to dry, so I'll suffer through a few more games for them. One last thing before I leave you all to react with disdain, ridicule, and self-righteous fervor, before you do everything in your power to minimize my words and thoughts, box them up and shove them to some cobwebbed corner of your memory, and hope they disappear forever as a stain on your finite time ground to dust. From this moment on, nothing you say matters to me. The foulest insults you hurl with intent to wound will calmly settle at the earth before my feet, and the venom you spit will bring all the pain of a warm summer breeze. You are less than anything you can conceive, while I carry on, brimming with joy distilled from detachment.

  • @TKHedgeHog
    @TKHedgeHog ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That last play was the VERY DEFINITION of an icarus moment

  • @enzogcol6755
    @enzogcol6755 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:53 Let just forget about this while Pokemon chess thing for our sanity health…

  • @willdab34st23
    @willdab34st23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alpha I have a proposal for you: a Sonicmon Nuzlocke (the Pokémon fire red rom hack you and Jo played) Let me know if you accept this challenge

  • @tonyblock721
    @tonyblock721 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This version of chess has a ton of potential plays, as seemingly you get to pick the typing of every piece! Would love to be able to play this and experiment

  • @kabuto1584
    @kabuto1584 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It is weird how luck is Jacob's biggest ally and enemy

  • @KingDJ524
    @KingDJ524 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Glad to see Chess finally get some DLC

  • @evanhernandez5378
    @evanhernandez5378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At the end there you should of played around the crit.

  • @Lovemamga
    @Lovemamga 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact: there was a game kinda like this it was a Pokémon chess deck builder with gacha it closed down tho
    Edit:its name was pokemon duel

  • @MrWeegee
    @MrWeegee ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The music choices in this video just make so much sense I love it

  • @covex908
    @covex908 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seeing Pokémon and chess combine is very interesting and not knowing anything about chess only makes it more interesting

  • @CaseyLabAnimations
    @CaseyLabAnimations ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As always, alpharad's luck works in the funniest way possible. In the end, luck was against him

  • @bobawithoutthetea9206
    @bobawithoutthetea9206 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that Vernius is so ripped but his face looks so baby XD

  • @Onyx-tn1pj
    @Onyx-tn1pj หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:26 I listen to classic music while studying so thank you for Winter it’s the best of his season in my opinion

  • @ninjaslicertheguardian6433
    @ninjaslicertheguardian6433 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was about to say I didn’t really get how he lost but now I do so for those who might not understand: Cybertron hit a Crit on the piece blocking Alpha’s king meaning he could go again for free, hence his loss.

    • @Derfalken
      @Derfalken ปีที่แล้ว

      I was confused too. I know the crit gives him an extra move, but theoretically, couldn't he move his rook away for some dumb reason? I figured the game would make cybertron capture the king instead of just calling it there.

    • @Karomix3
      @Karomix3 ปีที่แล้ว

      With which piece did he do that exactly? Explain which pokemon he moved please?

    • @michaelvalentinoyo1259
      @michaelvalentinoyo1259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Karomix3 he used his rook to take the piece guarding alpha's king and got a crit to take the king.

  • @bwyndir
    @bwyndir ปีที่แล้ว +6

    always love Alpha's storytelling

  • @darianramos344
    @darianramos344 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Literally just finished the little Z video and was wondering when I’d get to see your perspective

  • @MelaLabelle
    @MelaLabelle ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait for Pokemon Challenges to tweet out you need to play around the crit.

  • @xDanKaix
    @xDanKaix ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can just hear Jan saying to play around the crits.

  • @fiqures1529
    @fiqures1529 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey Alpha, would you be able to put a music list in your future videos? You seem to have the right songs for every scenario

  • @LunarPegasus75
    @LunarPegasus75 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You know with all his bad luck in actual Pokemon, I think Aaron deserves the crit at the end.