The amount of missing technologies in this game is just a perfect example of why you should every now and again check to see if you are tunnel visioning too hard. Take a step back for 10 seconds, check your villagers, their amount, resources, production buildings, weaknesses in your base and the enemy base, re-evaluate your approach and most importantly, check your techs!!!
Absolutely baffled that we never saw the Abbasid player build a single camel. One camel with camel support would massively drop the damage that GUA's horsemen would have done (+1 melee armor to infantry, -20% damage on the cavalry). Would have been game-changing in a lot of those fights.
I mean just the fact that he didn't research the spear-range upgrade against literally a mass of horses is suspect.... owO that must be some pressure to forget all these, like GUA's super late blacksmith ups.
No. This video is 1 hour 32 minutes long and Drongo spoke every. single. second. for 1 hour and 32 minutes… He needs to let the game do some of the work for him
"textbook 56 minute town center" glorious moments like this made it interesting. Congrats to both magic and GUA! Well fought regardless of the missed. People forget that being on this level forces you to be 120% all the time
yeah not to mention he didnt tech up Phalanx from house of wisdom. Which increases spearman rage by 100 percent. İts a stupidly over powered upgrade that cost so little money, yet he didnt do it. This game was full of mistakes but it was also very heavy on micro. Sometimes players fighting at 3 fronts while managing their economy. Great play by both parties.
I can't believe I just watched a one and half hour of this gameplay and never forwarded or anything. Your casts are beautiful and they are better also due to knowledge you have of the game. I am AOM player really wanting to play AOE4 but since when I started watching these casts, I am really just watching this rather than playing. GGs to both. Kudos to aussie!
Magic probably thought that he has controlled three islands so he underestimated his opponent greatly. I counted at least 15 bombards were destroyed due to poor positioning. He didn't bother to aim the catapult at villagers repairing the keep. Besides, since the right bridge was so heavily defended, why didn't he try assaulting from the left bridge, that was where GUA's economy from. Lastly, if i was in Magic position, i would tech-switch into Knights (with few Camels mixed in) and made a surprise attack so GUA couldn't react with spears. Knights are so good late game because they can tank keep shots, archer shots and most importantly they are tanky enough to chase and destroy the artilleries completely before any repairs. Edit: Also, is Wonder victory allowed? If yes, this game wouldn't even last 60 minutes.
The issue for magic on that right bridge, was not using his cannon to just take out the stone wall center. Instead he kept trying to funnel fire through the broken right side of the wall, which made him vulnerable to Calvarin counterattack. With just a little patience, his cannon could have ripped the stone wall apart, and he would have been much freerer to attack without exposing himself. And of course, make more than 10 keeps with no boiling oil....oi!!!
Drongo, I would love for you to do one of these commentary’s on one of your own gameplays and explain what and why you’re doing certain things. I’m new to AOE and trying to understand best moves/tactics to play against my friends.
Aussie you are a god at commentating. I absolutely love being a spectator of age of empires because of your entertaining and educational commentary. Truly master class and can’t give you enough praise. Keep up the good work my man!
Insane micro and game sense from both side but they missed so many thing both of them it's crazy, upgrades wise it was sad af and honestly even walling wise it made absolutely no sense. It was painfull to watch but in a good way. What a convoluted match.
I don't usually comment on videos, but I wanted to say that this was so much fun to watch! I LOLed at the 1hr water break and Drongo biting his lip. This game is so much fun to watch!
The amount of attacks magic completely blundered is sad. He kept putting his spearmen behind his bombards and then losing them all. Also he didnt use enough mangonels. A group of mangonels could have done insane damage to GUAs midgame horseman blob. Also no walls.
@@priceless3020 I actually can appreciate the lack of Camels because of their cost and how fast such a large mass of horseman can take them out, at least in the open field. Now on those bridges, yes even one camel could have changed battles.
I can't believe the tenacity of both these players in this game. It's absolutely an insane back and forth. GUA, WELL DONE MATE. That's quite the defensive capability. Would have been insane to see blue put down the boiling oil.
I am known to be legally blind 😆🤣🤣🤣 You sir are such a joy to our ears, unreal commenting, been watchin you for days in a row and it is on point, consistent, inventive and hilarious to say the least. Keep it up 💯
GIVEYOUANXIETY really gives me anxiety. He hadn't even researched that church + resource upgrade, it would have paid itself back in MOMENTS! And the demo ship upgrade would have been gold, too. (Edit: Actually, he got the tithe bonds at 1:20:00. This is such a ridonkolus game...Constant total aggression for an hour and a half. The players must have been exhausted.
This game could have ended up a loooot earlier if iammagic made the castle upgrades since the beginning, researched the spear man upgrade, made some camels, made some walls on his island and used the trade spot on the east island. He just gave away so much time for the other player to get all his stuff. Nice commentary as always!
this game is absolutely beautiful from any views, and this is from a 32 yr old man who played WAR3 before I have never thought that I could be addictive to any RTS game no more until met this
@@lucaxtshotting2378 yeah, and he basically kept trying to force a single strategy despite it not working. He clearly had time to change it up and try something different.
It was roughly this time when I had it in my mind that GUA was the clear victor. Magic did realy well up to about 40-45m mark but as soon as they had that first cease fire it all started to go downhill. GUA started making really good choices while Magic just kept what he already had. Unfortunate too, as many pointed out, it could of gone far better for Magic had he used his civ powers more effectively but I think he treated this a lot more like AoE3 where civ powers arent as unique as they seem to be in 4.
51:07 "an insuperior upgrade knowledge" If I had been drinking anything when i heard that, I would have accidently spit that drink out from laughing. I think you meant inferior, not insuperior LOL.
My goodness MY very stabilized and defensive self would've put up stone walls AGES ago after I settled down a keep or 3 behind the bridges. magic had this in the bag but he let it slip across his NOT SO BOILING OIL fingers! Props to give you anxiety for not surrendering and fighting like a rabid dog the entire match HAHAH French amirite!? This is definitely one of those you look back on in great memory or suffering detail depending on which side you are on. Beast of a game!
The way those Culverin blow siege engines to smithereens is ridiculously satisfying xD Also, Drongo, how you gonna ignore the play of the game at 35:50!? ;p
"...while having a superior game knowledge, might have an 'insuperior' upgrade knowledge, it seems." *Inferior* (adjective) - lower in rank, status, or quality (noun) - a person that is lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
me too i am so surprised! no camels ! spearman against horseman and archers .... very strange. he lost so much artilery too. i think the anxiety made him have a tunnel vision
It physically hurt me when I saw that Magic wasn't making stone walls to keep the horde of horsemen out, knowing they had very little siege power. Goina blame the excessive workforce of workers, only 200 pop and much of his army was spearmen, honestly the camels that the Dynasty uses would have probably helped a lot.
From a spectator standpoint though, it is insanely exciting. Demo ships are not hard to take out with a few springalds or even good ranged focus....its just one of those areas players are getting used to. Also you will likely see transport ships more commonly to avoid bridges if demos are a real threat. No need to nerf it just yet.
Watching a game go this long with GUA not getting most of the upgrades really did give me anxiety. The +35% hp for cavalry would have been so huge. Enlistment Incentives for Keeps with that extra -10% cost for Archery Ranges and Stables too... at least Blacksmith upgrades started around 1 hour in. xD
why didn't Magic just take the sacred sites and win the game much earlier??? He had access to all 3 for so long.. EDIT: nvm there is a fourth one that he needs to get to win.
yeah, usually these sites are way in the middle of no where for both players meaning overextending armies, or there is one site right next to each person's base, meaning by the time you get that 4th one, you are probably already stomping the other guy.
If only magic had a safe traderoute with like 3 keeps and an army flooding around for like 30 minutes. Unfortunately he only had the island that was not under his control to trade.
I love your channel love the quality, Quick question though. Do these players just randomly queue or is it all private scrim style games that are scheduled in advance.
I think the gameplay videos you post are great, but what I really miss are the more learning based videos with civilization guides, build orders, hotkey setup, game options, etc. Would it be possible to have a mix?
GiveUAnxiety Really giving anxiety not building those Blacksmiths And I dont know but Magic and Anxiety didnt have stone production (Dont know if there is an alternate way to mine it) and Drongo keeps scolding him to make the Wall. He could still make wooden walls I guess (new to the game so apologize for mistakes) !Ah The classic Demo Ship at 35:53 and 1:11:15 but wasnt the Demo ship range too large ? The halfway realization by Anxiety that those 12 Shotters were better then the Archers! Magic Market Building , I think he was too stressed to realize the market route towards right side was more safe then on the left I still think what if Magic actually focused more on Demo ships building and do constant Demo attacks Like the last transport boat Cavalry attack could totally be destroyed Still After all those Up and Downs , This is one of the most Interesting battles , even better then the Turtle one you uploaded Late games battles are always fun rather then early game surrender!
It’s amazing to me how unplaytested French feel. Way too good cav, incredible Econ with the villagers buff and the strongest Navy in the game. They had to know, right?
Also access to one of the best siege units in the game. Oh, and exceptional crossbowmen. Who in their right mind would release the game with the French in that insanely dominant position? It's bonkers to me.
Frankly, this was Magic's game to lose....and he lost it. He had absolute dominance of the map, keeps everywhere, draining the map of gold. Boiling Oil + a few walls....and this game ends at like minute 40. We can argue that France is OP....but not by this game.
@@travisdunlap4526 magic had only 2 upgrades in the House of Wonder! so crazy. what is the point in playing abassid if you don't use the upgrades ....
This happened to me the other night for 2 hours until I built a wonder and the other guy rage quit. He called me "dog poo poo". I do not care for confluence.
Oh man, it's frustrating to watch Iammagic cross that bridge chokepoint so many times. It seems like it would have been a lot easier to destroy the wall more, instead of funneling through an ideal kill zone for his enemy. GUA had a crazy Demolition Ship connection somewhat early on too. It took out like 7 or 8 artillery pieces in addition to a bunch of Spearmen. So scary on these kinds of river crossing maps!
Oh jeeze, full map control for Iammagic, zero use of relics and sacred sites until way late into the game. Painful. That could have totally changed the pace.
@@keeganmoonshine7183 well, Confluence usually has 4 sacred sites, as we saw in this match here. Tough to hold all 4. If you can manage to hold all 4 on this map, you usually have already won by that point! Lol
@@hybralisk the sacred sites victory doesn’t make much sense, there just aren’t that many incentives to fight for them other than the gold on most maps. I would much rather prefer the victory points system in relic’s other games (company of heroes, dawn of the war). Holding the sites in the neutral ground actually has real strategic value.
@@fanzhang5568 ok, so, passive gold generation that doesn't rely on unit supply being used is super strong. If MAGIC had the 3 Sacred Sites and even 3 or so relics from when he first gained map control, that could have been thousands and thousands of gold even if he lost the Sites later. It's a tiny investment of time and effort that can fuel critical banking for important units/upgrades/buildings in the late game. Taking something like the Relics will also deny one's opponent such an option. It more than pays for itself cost wise in after only a few minutes. I honestly think that controlling the Sacred sites and gathering as many Relics as possible here could have given IAMMAGIC a win. Well, that and maybe not funneling his units into a brutal killzone when there were other avenues of attack over and over.
"If you're putting up walls you're already losing." - IamMagic as he stands against a backdrop of burning villages and corpses.
The amount of missing technologies in this game is just a perfect example of why you should every now and again check to see if you are tunnel visioning too hard. Take a step back for 10 seconds, check your villagers, their amount, resources, production buildings, weaknesses in your base and the enemy base, re-evaluate your approach and most importantly, check your techs!!!
So much going on everywhere though, don't think they could blink
1:11:15 demo ship "destroys enemy army." You should clip that piece. Insane demo.
That seriously needs to do less damage to Land units,
@@calebmaple4788 Its bugged with the upgrade is does max damage if you get the distance correct. (Max distance iirc)
35:54 Drango missed that glorious fireship explosion.
the fireship at 1:21:08 would have been fantastic too if it was a little faster
how did he miss that? :D
I saw that! He called the second one but missed that first one from GUA. I'm sure he's upset he missed it lol, always love that tricky demo ship
I did too, what I mean is I didn't see the fireship coming in but saw all those units disappear and thought he deleted them lol.
Absolutely baffled that we never saw the Abbasid player build a single camel. One camel with camel support would massively drop the damage that GUA's horsemen would have done (+1 melee armor to infantry, -20% damage on the cavalry). Would have been game-changing in a lot of those fights.
I said this out loud to myself at least a dozen times. Also, research the damn oil!!! Lol
Feel like this was IamMagics game... sad to see him loose!
I mean just the fact that he didn't research the spear-range upgrade against literally a mass of horses is suspect.... owO that must be some pressure to forget all these, like GUA's super late blacksmith ups.
Yes. He keep building spears, whe could have won with camels/knights and maa, and GUA forced to spendd gold on crossbows.
All those raids would have been stopped by walls, spears without upgrades, 5 lost keeps due to no burning boil. Messy
Epic commentary. This game would have dragged if not for Drongo's charisma.
I was thinking the same thing. Made it interesting to watch.
No. This video is 1 hour 32 minutes long and Drongo spoke every. single. second. for 1 hour and 32 minutes… He needs to let the game do some of the work for him
@@gunkanjima3408 Lets agree to disagree mate. Lol
Great apart from somehow he missed the epic moment that chagned the game, demo boat taking out 4 bombards + ton of spears at 35:50
Nonstop talking appears to be his style. Solo casting, I'm cool with it
"textbook 56 minute town center" glorious moments like this made it interesting. Congrats to both magic and GUA! Well fought regardless of the missed. People forget that being on this level forces you to be 120% all the time
IamMagic was all over GUA's base,.... I blinked and GUA is raiding the trading route.
With every blink the tide changes. Epic match!! So intense.
I was surprised magic never tried to get camels, since they have a big advantage against cav and are good support
yeah not to mention he didnt tech up Phalanx from house of wisdom. Which increases spearman rage by 100 percent.
İts a stupidly over powered upgrade that cost so little money, yet he didnt do it. This game was full of mistakes but
it was also very heavy on micro. Sometimes players fighting at 3 fronts while managing their economy. Great play by both parties.
I can't believe I just watched a one and half hour of this gameplay and never forwarded or anything. Your casts are beautiful and they are better also due to knowledge you have of the game.
I am AOM player really wanting to play AOE4 but since when I started watching these casts, I am really just watching this rather than playing.
GGs to both. Kudos to aussie!
Magic probably thought that he has controlled three islands so he underestimated his opponent greatly. I counted at least 15 bombards were destroyed due to poor positioning. He didn't bother to aim the catapult at villagers repairing the keep. Besides, since the right bridge was so heavily defended, why didn't he try assaulting from the left bridge, that was where GUA's economy from.
Lastly, if i was in Magic position, i would tech-switch into Knights (with few Camels mixed in) and made a surprise attack so GUA couldn't react with spears. Knights are so good late game because they can tank keep shots, archer shots and most importantly they are tanky enough to chase and destroy the artilleries completely before any repairs.
Edit: Also, is Wonder victory allowed? If yes, this game wouldn't even last 60 minutes.
Both players just trumping each other. I have no phalanx. So what... I have no blacksmith. I am massing Spears. Ok... I will mass horsemen.
@@sarveshseri HAHAha good one
The issue for magic on that right bridge, was not using his cannon to just take out the stone wall center. Instead he kept trying to funnel fire through the broken right side of the wall, which made him vulnerable to Calvarin counterattack. With just a little patience, his cannon could have ripped the stone wall apart, and he would have been much freerer to attack without exposing himself.
And of course, make more than 10 keeps with no boiling oil....oi!!!
Yes wonder is allowed. But it is not considered viable
I love games like this, i think this is the way the game should be, and not 20-25 rushy games, the struggle makes its so freaking good
yeah but 90 minutes is too much, you feel exhausted after just one game.
1-hour games are perfect
Drongo, I would love for you to do one of these commentary’s on one of your own gameplays and explain what and why you’re doing certain things. I’m new to AOE and trying to understand best moves/tactics to play against my friends.
great idea
"I can't keep all my teeth in my mouth" - a quote I could have done without ;D
Aussie you are a god at commentating. I absolutely love being a spectator of age of empires because of your entertaining and educational commentary. Truly master class and can’t give you enough praise. Keep up the good work my man!
You are honestly such an engaging commentator. Constantly attentive and energized. That’s a sub!
@38.15, that sneaky villager hiding behind a wall and building another section of the wall!
Please keep casting long games! Loved every minute of it, thanks Drongo for the great job
Insane micro and game sense from both side but they missed so many thing both of them it's crazy, upgrades wise it was sad af and honestly even walling wise it made absolutely no sense. It was painfull to watch but in a good way. What a convoluted match.
I don't usually comment on videos, but I wanted to say that this was so much fun to watch! I LOLed at the 1hr water break and Drongo biting his lip. This game is so much fun to watch!
The amount of attacks magic completely blundered is sad. He kept putting his spearmen behind his bombards and then losing them all. Also he didnt use enough mangonels. A group of mangonels could have done insane damage to GUAs midgame horseman blob. Also no walls.
Not to mention missing Camels for the bonuses to other units and the being the best anti-cav unit in the game....
@@priceless3020 I actually can appreciate the lack of Camels because of their cost and how fast such a large mass of horseman can take them out, at least in the open field. Now on those bridges, yes even one camel could have changed battles.
That was fun! 2 pros, playing like noobs,battling like pros? hell yeah!
22:24 Fishing boat is so chad it gets mistaken for a demo and scares off a Baglah XD
I can't believe the tenacity of both these players in this game. It's absolutely an insane back and forth. GUA, WELL DONE MATE. That's quite the defensive capability. Would have been insane to see blue put down the boiling oil.
I am known to be legally blind 😆🤣🤣🤣 You sir are such a joy to our ears, unreal commenting, been watchin you for days in a row and it is on point, consistent, inventive and hilarious to say the least. Keep it up 💯
GIVEYOUANXIETY really gives me anxiety. He hadn't even researched that church + resource upgrade, it would have paid itself back in MOMENTS! And the demo ship upgrade would have been gold, too. (Edit: Actually, he got the tithe bonds at 1:20:00. This is such a ridonkolus game...Constant total aggression for an hour and a half. The players must have been exhausted.
This game could have ended up a loooot earlier if iammagic made the castle upgrades since the beginning, researched the spear man upgrade, made some camels, made some walls on his island and used the trade spot on the east island. He just gave away so much time for the other player to get all his stuff.
Nice commentary as always!
This game is epic, great stamina on the commentary!
Can’t believe I watched this whole game haha. Left a like for the 1 million words you said in 90 mins 😂😂
this game is absolutely beautiful from any views, and this is from a 32 yr old man who played WAR3 before
I have never thought that I could be addictive to any RTS game no more until met this
Amazing game but I was surprised at the major oversights from both players
32:40 lol @ the raiding Mangonel
This was an insane battle! Awesome commentary, best AOE4 game I’ve seen
Absolutely amazing game, congrats to both players and our commentator:)
I just got into the aoe franchise and I genuinely love your channel, keep it up man!
I'm here from the "This Is What Happens When You Let Them Cook" video.
1:30:37
The way he says "so important" is gold ;d
I don't watch sports, but I sure am enjoying watching and listening to the commentary
I discovered your channel yesterday and can't stop watching this awesome matches^^. You are a really great caster :)
Is anyone else trying to move the camera around the map thinking it's your game?
I’m at an hour 15 in, and I’m gonna guess that GUA wraps this up. Magic’s late-game leaves something to be desired.
@@lucaxtshotting2378 yeah, and he basically kept trying to force a single strategy despite it not working. He clearly had time to change it up and try something different.
It was roughly this time when I had it in my mind that GUA was the clear victor. Magic did realy well up to about 40-45m mark but as soon as they had that first cease fire it all started to go downhill. GUA started making really good choices while Magic just kept what he already had. Unfortunate too, as many pointed out, it could of gone far better for Magic had he used his civ powers more effectively but I think he treated this a lot more like AoE3 where civ powers arent as unique as they seem to be in 4.
If only he knew how to play his civ he was in a very good position, had good map control. This is kinda frustrating >.
51:07 "an insuperior upgrade knowledge" If I had been drinking anything when i heard that, I would have accidently spit that drink out from laughing. I think you meant inferior, not insuperior LOL.
Wow, what a great turn around. Great to watch and fantastic casting. Well done :)
90 min of pure epicness, MAGIC BUILD WALL !!!!!! - sorry but had to be said... agian lol. GG to both - that was great to watch
My goodness MY very stabilized and defensive self would've put up stone walls AGES ago after I settled down a keep or 3 behind the bridges. magic had this in the bag but he let it slip across his NOT SO BOILING OIL fingers!
Props to give you anxiety for not surrendering and fighting like a rabid dog the entire match HAHAH French amirite!?
This is definitely one of those you look back on in great memory or suffering detail depending on which side you are on.
Beast of a game!
1.5hrs, no blacksmiths, no universities, no churches, no camels, no def upgrades......Wot
50 thousand people used to live here , now it's a ghost town .
This is what you ear whenever you start call of duty 4 (modern warfare) single player
Your subs count is increasing quickly! Good to see. Good luck to you Drongo
Crazy game. I feel like if magic had boiling oil as you said it really could have been a different story.
Love the commentary Drongo! Really makes the video for me
the only thing better than Drongo casting is; Drongo and Lidakor. :)
The way those Culverin blow siege engines to smithereens is ridiculously satisfying xD
Also, Drongo, how you gonna ignore the play of the game at 35:50!? ;p
Well done mate. Great casting.
I've never heard the word "cognizant" before your streams/YT and now I hear you say it ALL the time haha. Such a strange way to say "aware" :P
"...while having a superior game knowledge, might have an 'insuperior' upgrade knowledge, it seems."
*Inferior* (adjective) - lower in rank, status, or quality
(noun) - a person that is lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
me too i am so surprised! no camels ! spearman against horseman and archers .... very strange. he lost so much artilery too. i think the anxiety made him have a tunnel vision
Why he played abassid then lol ! he used nothing from abassid!
Wow, I imagine it will be quite some time until we see a game like this again.
Its re-assuring even experienced players forget some of their upgrades !
you mean all the upgrades :)
This must be the greatest AoE4 match yet. Holy crap.
best commentary ever. so entertaining
Thanks for uploading many times a day, I need these videos while I'm working!!
@ 58:00 I thought GUA was done for that was very impressive match.
It physically hurt me when I saw that Magic wasn't making stone walls to keep the horde of horsemen out, knowing they had very little siege power. Goina blame the excessive workforce of workers, only 200 pop and much of his army was spearmen, honestly the camels that the Dynasty uses would have probably helped a lot.
The demo ships versus land units needs to be fixed.
From a spectator standpoint though, it is insanely exciting. Demo ships are not hard to take out with a few springalds or even good ranged focus....its just one of those areas players are getting used to. Also you will likely see transport ships more commonly to avoid bridges if demos are a real threat. No need to nerf it just yet.
"The classic 58 minute Town Center" hahaha
"15.000 People used to live here - Now it's a Ghost Town!"
damn boy, 1 1/2 hour. that was awesome
That was an insane nail biter that went on forever. Those two must have needed a stiff drink and a long rest afterwards lol
Id like to see if walling off keeps would be a good strategy, putting them tight up to the keep.
When I see a 1 hour 31 minute video I get excited lol
None of them had done any practice for a game that runs that long 😅
Watching a game go this long with GUA not getting most of the upgrades really did give me anxiety. The +35% hp for cavalry would have been so huge. Enlistment Incentives for Keeps with that extra -10% cost for Archery Ranges and Stables too... at least Blacksmith upgrades started around 1 hour in. xD
This beats soccer. Aussie, I'm a fan!
A kingdom for a Camel !!! - some spears probably
Why do the French seem to have the best of EVERYTHING cannons cavalry crossbows hulks Econ. Did fucking Macron make this game?
1:11:10 to 1:11:25 HOLY SMOKE
Best commentary ever
why didn't Magic just take the sacred sites and win the game much earlier??? He had access to all 3 for so long.. EDIT: nvm there is a fourth one that he needs to get to win.
yeah, usually these sites are way in the middle of no where for both players meaning overextending armies, or there is one site right next to each person's base, meaning by the time you get that 4th one, you are probably already stomping the other guy.
If only magic had a safe traderoute with like 3 keeps and an army flooding around for like 30 minutes. Unfortunately he only had the island that was not under his control to trade.
Abassid can beat French on water in the dark age as their fishing boats fire arrows and are capable of killing enemy fishing ships
That was surprisingly satisfying
Great game. Very entertaining, thanks to caster and both players for the enjoyment 🍻🍻🍻👍😃🙈💨🤬☺😄😃🇨🇦
Drongo - "Im so excited about this game I cant keep my teeth in my mouth"
I love your channel love the quality, Quick question though. Do these players just randomly queue or is it all private scrim style games that are scheduled in advance.
I think the gameplay videos you post are great, but what I really miss are the more learning based videos with civilization guides, build orders, hotkey setup, game options, etc. Would it be possible to have a mix?
this replay is so magically anxious!
Now that was one hell of a game.
GiveUAnxiety Really giving anxiety not building those Blacksmiths
And I dont know but Magic and Anxiety didnt have stone production (Dont know if there is an alternate way to mine it) and Drongo keeps scolding him to make the Wall. He could still make wooden walls I guess (new to the game so apologize for mistakes)
!Ah The classic Demo Ship at 35:53 and 1:11:15 but wasnt the Demo ship range too large ?
The halfway realization by Anxiety that those 12 Shotters were better then the Archers!
Magic Market Building , I think he was too stressed to realize the market route towards right side was more safe then on the left
I still think what if Magic actually focused more on Demo ships building and do constant Demo attacks Like the last transport boat Cavalry attack could totally be destroyed
Still After all those Up and Downs , This is one of the most Interesting battles , even better then the Turtle one you uploaded
Late games battles are always fun rather then early game surrender!
You can buy stone in the market, 200 should be enough for a small wall like that on the bridge
4 ribauldequins at bridge a chokepoint would be insane
It’s amazing to me how unplaytested French feel. Way too good cav, incredible Econ with the villagers buff and the strongest Navy in the game. They had to know, right?
Also access to one of the best siege units in the game. Oh, and exceptional crossbowmen. Who in their right mind would release the game with the French in that insanely dominant position? It's bonkers to me.
Frankly, this was Magic's game to lose....and he lost it. He had absolute dominance of the map, keeps everywhere, draining the map of gold. Boiling Oil + a few walls....and this game ends at like minute 40. We can argue that France is OP....but not by this game.
@@travisdunlap4526 magic had only 2 upgrades in the House of Wonder! so crazy. what is the point in playing abassid if you don't use the upgrades ....
don't forget, the french get melee damage upgrades for free. I didn't know that worked even without a blacksmith though
It does not work without the blacksmith. You get the upgrades as soon as the blacksmith is built, it shows up as a notification.
@@GuilhermeBerger42 ty for the correction
Great game, great cast.
This happened to me the other night for 2 hours until I built a wonder and the other guy rage quit. He called me "dog poo poo". I do not care for confluence.
I wonder how he surpassed the chat filters
@@159donat the word 'french' cant even pass the chat filters lol
Watching this makes me feel less guilty for forgetting my upgrades all the time....
this shit beats Netflix 🤣 crazy entertaining game and commentary
Can’t imagine that the top player doesn’t know to research the oil for keep and make camel to counter knight.
44:58 out of curiosity, how is explosive technology bugged?
The explosive area improves to 2-3 times larger, but the upgrade only says +40% damage. So the radius buff seems unintended.
Oh man, it's frustrating to watch Iammagic cross that bridge chokepoint so many times. It seems like it would have been a lot easier to destroy the wall more, instead of funneling through an ideal kill zone for his enemy.
GUA had a crazy Demolition Ship connection somewhat early on too. It took out like 7 or 8 artillery pieces in addition to a bunch of Spearmen. So scary on these kinds of river crossing maps!
This was absolutely insane
Oh jeeze, full map control for Iammagic, zero use of relics and sacred sites until way late into the game. Painful. That could have totally changed the pace.
im just sitting here wondering why Magic didn't end the game as soon as he had control of all 3 sacred sites and had Giveuanxiety locked on 1 island..
@@keeganmoonshine7183 well, Confluence usually has 4 sacred sites, as we saw in this match here. Tough to hold all 4. If you can manage to hold all 4 on this map, you usually have already won by that point! Lol
@@hybralisk Ah that makes sense. Thought it was just 3 and he had them all.
@@hybralisk the sacred sites victory doesn’t make much sense, there just aren’t that many incentives to fight for them other than the gold on most maps. I would much rather prefer the victory points system in relic’s other games (company of heroes, dawn of the war). Holding the sites in the neutral ground actually has real strategic value.
@@fanzhang5568 ok, so, passive gold generation that doesn't rely on unit supply being used is super strong. If MAGIC had the 3 Sacred Sites and even 3 or so relics from when he first gained map control, that could have been thousands and thousands of gold even if he lost the Sites later. It's a tiny investment of time and effort that can fuel critical banking for important units/upgrades/buildings in the late game. Taking something like the Relics will also deny one's opponent such an option. It more than pays for itself cost wise in after only a few minutes.
I honestly think that controlling the Sacred sites and gathering as many Relics as possible here could have given IAMMAGIC a win. Well, that and maybe not funneling his units into a brutal killzone when there were other avenues of attack over and over.