The Polish villagers sound so adorable. It is like they are innocently asking questions and responding. Especially with how the tone changes as they speak.
I don't know if Matador had to play at 4:00 AM his time but he definitely seemed very "mashed-potato" tired and not his usual strategic self. Near the end of the game, his mangonels were his only win condition - he HAS to keep them alive and protected or it's gg and not for me. He had the option of ranging down literally HALF of Ozone's entire vil population in the SE (~90% of Ozone's wood income), with 3 mangonels at once those vils could have been 0 HP before Ozone even realized they were under fire and not have a chance to pull them back. He had the option to range down the 3 blue towers deep into matador's base that prevented him from gathering wood, stone, and being able to use his barracks, it would also free up space for him to strategically gate and protect his high-value win-condition units like archers or mangonels so they'd have somewhere safe to retreat to (because if they don't it's gg) He had the option to safely range down Ozone's houses, which being pop capped would've been underestimatedly strong. Tiny delays in waiting for units to die before the next one is produced would be huge in Matador's favor. What he decides to do instead is send all of his mangonels forward almost completely unprotected to target the TC. His final win-condition protection being 2 spears, 1 vil, and one of his opponent's buildings VS a growing mass of scouts that he has already seen, a mass of archers that he has seen, and 30+ villagers that he has seen. It's just baffling.
Amazing game. The decision making alone is so difficult here. Time is the most important resource on these small maps. And even if you make perfect decisions, micro has to match...
Mat could've done better with his archers at the start. Sending 1,2 or 3 after a mob of vills that regain health was pointless. Running them under the towers. Sending 1 to the others base. He wasted away soo many of them. His vills where doing fine at defending. He easily could've had 14 archers and would've won. I dunno maybe im wrong lol
11:25, this happened 2 time, if Matador just knew that Ozone didn't have stone anymore, if he just committed one vill more this tower would have gone down.
There was a long period in the game where ozone had a stack of gold from stone mining and plenty of wood for a market. I reckon if he focussed on macro a little more these games wouldn't be close at all. Somehow he always ends up tied on villagers despite causing absolute havoc.
I think the building range nerf has proven to be a smashing success, even if it's the same type of game it's way more dynamic and fun (or at least, more interesting than more of the same)
It would be interesting to see what may have happened if Matador went 1 or 2 mangonels and several scorpions. That may have been better against the scouts, of course he didn't know about them till it was too late.
Just an idea: what if tower range eere dependent on the distance from the tc? That way, towers are really weak offensively, but relatively strong defensively, changing the whole dynamic back to army
Not just towers. Just some stone walls and gates (!) to control chokepoint would be massive. Imagine having a couple of archers protected by stone walls. There is nothing a dozen villagers could do to kill them
I would have loved to see a "Smallest ever map" in the Hidden Cup map pool. I don't even really care which one it was, but throwing some of the best players in the world into a game on these tiny maps in a large tournament would have been classic.
Hey T90, when I fed my chickens today, my favorite chicken jumped another chicken to get past her, to get to the food. Should I be concerned about this, or just laugh my sack off?
Horse collar is so useless, I don't know why Ozone got it. He would have gotten like 30 extra food because of it but spent 75 food and 75 wood for it. I wonder if there is a reason he didn't wall in his initial towers. An insane fightback from Matador though.
IMO Ozone is held back as a player because of his idle TC time. I've yet to see a match from him where his idle TC time is anywhere close to his opponent's win/lose, and if he overcame that somehow he'd definitely have gotten into the hidden cup
Good comeback by Matador, but just what the hell was he doing throwing away all his eco at the start of the game? The outcome could've been very different if he'd taken down those towers more strategically earlier
These mini-map games have the same absurd aggressiveness and creativity as the Home Alone movies.
Lmaooo
and with all the intense brutality of the John Wick movies.
Agreed. Getting brutalized by villagers and towers probably feels about the same as getting the smack down from Kevin McAllister 😂
Thank you T90!!! ❤❤❤
LMAOOOOO after the mangonels team kill the villager at 26:40, someone in the chat says "good riddance" and it killed me lol
t90: he's booming now!
el_matador: has 13 villagers 30 minutes into the game
:D
The Polish villagers sound so adorable. It is like they are innocently asking questions and responding. Especially with how the tone changes as they speak.
Sometimes I feel like I hear them saying lasagna.
Aztec villagers are so bubbly
that villager regeneration bonus for the Poles really put in work. GG
You don't see that often: pretty much the same number of villagers and the same number of resources collected with a K/D of 30/3.
Ranged buildings nerf was on point. Towers are still strong. But way more balanced. This map looks awesome, by the way.
The tower change has made this series so much better! So much more variety.
They seem perfectly balanced now
It's crazy how trivial Castle Age is in these maps sometimes if you're already on the backfoot and being pressured down.
I don't know if Matador had to play at 4:00 AM his time but he definitely seemed very "mashed-potato" tired and not his usual strategic self. Near the end of the game, his mangonels were his only win condition - he HAS to keep them alive and protected or it's gg and not for me.
He had the option of ranging down literally HALF of Ozone's entire vil population in the SE (~90% of Ozone's wood income), with 3 mangonels at once those vils could have been 0 HP before Ozone even realized they were under fire and not have a chance to pull them back.
He had the option to range down the 3 blue towers deep into matador's base that prevented him from gathering wood, stone, and being able to use his barracks, it would also free up space for him to strategically gate and protect his high-value win-condition units like archers or mangonels so they'd have somewhere safe to retreat to (because if they don't it's gg)
He had the option to safely range down Ozone's houses, which being pop capped would've been underestimatedly strong. Tiny delays in waiting for units to die before the next one is produced would be huge in Matador's favor.
What he decides to do instead is send all of his mangonels forward almost completely unprotected to target the TC. His final win-condition protection being 2 spears, 1 vil, and one of his opponent's buildings VS a growing mass of scouts that he has already seen, a mass of archers that he has seen, and 30+ villagers that he has seen. It's just baffling.
Ozone was probably thinking: My towers have reduced range... So to compensate I will build MORE!
Amazing game. The decision making alone is so difficult here. Time is the most important resource on these small maps. And even if you make perfect decisions, micro has to match...
This game was amazing. Probably my favorite of the set so far
Matador has been consistently painful to watch lol just getting dominated
What a game! Love the passion this two brought!
im ready for the largest maps ever series after this!
Wow, that was a slog. I'm very glad for the tower change, though Ozone played through those changes pretty well.
This was the best small map game to date!
i was just looking for a "the smallest... " and T90 uploaded just in time. thanks!
I imagine after this series Matador never wanted to see a tiny map again 😅
what a fucking game!!! gg to finally updating the towers settings, it made it soooooo much better :) props to you lord T90
Slopes are my fav by far! so this is perfect ! :D
"This has become his life, in and out, take your time, in and out, in out, in out, in, out in..."
Whenever these two play against each other it looks during the first half like Matador would win and then it all turns around and Ozone wins.
Mat could've done better with his archers at the start. Sending 1,2 or 3 after a mob of vills that regain health was pointless. Running them under the towers. Sending 1 to the others base. He wasted away soo many of them. His vills where doing fine at defending. He easily could've had 14 archers and would've won. I dunno maybe im wrong lol
What a game. I get the feeling Ozone had so much fun in this game.
11:25, this happened 2 time, if Matador just knew that Ozone didn't have stone anymore, if he just committed one vill more this tower would have gone down.
There was a long period in the game where ozone had a stack of gold from stone mining and plenty of wood for a market. I reckon if he focussed on macro a little more these games wouldn't be close at all. Somehow he always ends up tied on villagers despite causing absolute havoc.
Haven't watched the full game yet, but Mayans resources lasting longer can make a sizable difference in those settings, so I like the pick!
I think the building range nerf has proven to be a smashing success, even if it's the same type of game it's way more dynamic and fun (or at least, more interesting than more of the same)
This one was epic those mango shots OMG matador was hanging on by a thread
9:34 Look O-zone stone mining 😂😂
I cannot believe Ozone came back from that start. It looked like he was totally dead. How many more vills did EM produce? Like 40?
infantry is so underrated, i feel like eagle+archer or m@a could put in some work
phenomenal game!!!! such a good watch :)
a little over halfway thru, this is a great match lol
It would be interesting to see what may have happened if Matador went 1 or 2 mangonels and several scorpions. That may have been better against the scouts, of course he didn't know about them till it was too late.
These recent ones with short range mod are great. They are wild games.
This one lasted longer than expected
Best minimap game imo! GG
Man, I'm exhausted from merely watching ... I imagine playing these maps is extremely taxing on the players.
Just an idea: what if tower range eere dependent on the distance from the tc? That way, towers are really weak offensively, but relatively strong defensively, changing the whole dynamic back to army
Honestly they're investing so much into towers it feels like it'd be easier to not fight them back and just save for castle
this is the type of smallest game I wanna see this was amazing
Stone walling forward towers would be over powered
Not just towers. Just some stone walls and gates (!) to control chokepoint would be massive. Imagine having a couple of archers protected by stone walls. There is nothing a dozen villagers could do to kill them
Wow, intense stuff
These are awesome, but does he do LEL or COM games on Twitch? I miss those.
Such a fun game! Looking forward to HC5!
HIDDEN CUP HYPEEEEE
Crazy good game
It's nice having the towers not be basically infallible. :D
Ozone ascended to another plane of existence
If somebody plays one of these small maps with Lithuanians, can they still get the +3 TC range with hillforts?
The towers weren't the stars here, they're just the bait to pull in Matador for vil fights.
Always a quick match
Would have loved to see Matador using his Mangonels to kill villagers.
G gg the KD was Crazy early to mid game like 29-1 or so then slowly not evenes out but GGG
I would have loved to see a "Smallest ever map" in the Hidden Cup map pool. I don't even really care which one it was, but throwing some of the best players in the world into a game on these tiny maps in a large tournament would have been classic.
In todays tutorial we will learn what will happen if you do not wall in your towers.
Impressively long match
The map reminds me of Age of Mythology, somehow
The slopes look like the cliffs from AoM
These micro maps feel like chess vs checkers compared to the regular maps. One mistake microing and you're out.
great good game!
best one so far
Hey T90, when I fed my chickens today, my favorite chicken jumped another chicken to get past her, to get to the food. Should I be concerned about this, or just laugh my sack off?
Horse collar is so useless, I don't know why Ozone got it. He would have gotten like 30 extra food because of it but spent 75 food and 75 wood for it. I wonder if there is a reason he didn't wall in his initial towers. An insane fightback from Matador though.
That was a test vill, it's fine.
the best yet imo
What a great game!
T90: "we will not be seeing as many towers [for hidden cup 5]"
MBL: hold my boar
I like the tower nerf but I think tc and castles should be left as normal
Smallest hiddencup when?
Hidden Cup 5!
Margoogoo
GG
I think the shorter range on buildings actually makes tower rushes stronger in a way. It makes it so much harder to counter tower if you get down.
that's not it, the gameplay it's so much better and varied now
Ozone is clearly a better player. Elo doesn't matter. Competitors should be close in skills at any level
How do we play these maps ?
I think there is a map-pack for download.
Nerf archers😂
You can’t say now that the tower Nerf Hasn’t improved the quality of games…. Definitely has!
HE DIDNT CLIP THAT OUT
Slops
IMO Ozone is held back as a player because of his idle TC time. I've yet to see a match from him where his idle TC time is anywhere close to his opponent's win/lose, and if he overcame that somehow he'd definitely have gotten into the hidden cup
Ozone seems to almost always outclass matador. maybe he is used to claustrophobia
Amazing
9 vil starts on these maps would be insta max madness pro
Good comeback by Matador, but just what the hell was he doing throwing away all his eco at the start of the game? The outcome could've been very different if he'd taken down those towers more strategically earlier
Love it. Castle Age to GG.
when do we get smallest low elo legends ever?
as a 900 elo I volunteer as tribute.
Why no knights?
mezo civ kappa
@@scarabix3D ozone was poles
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so stressful to watch :(
You cant call them that anymore
Third comment just dropped
Post #35 asking for a youpudding white phosphoru duel on tiniest maps
Ozone not making any military until 19 mins is a mistake at least make skirms
Why don't people do 2 tc feudal khmer?