Can Koal Defeat Colin??

[@1_random_commenter]

Playing Koal against Colin on a map with no roads is the most JTQWN shit I've ever heard of. Absolute nutcase, absolute legend.

[@aa01blue38]

Well, this is awkward... 1:34 So there is no backstory, JTQWN just challenged me randomly, and of course I would accept, so this happened

[@alexisdipoalo9443]

And he won't accept me 😢

[@RTDice11]

Good show

[@Tzizenorec]

Did he specify that you should play as Colin? I'm thinking maybe this is a penalty match for that one time when "Head of JTQWN" accidentally picked Colin to play as. He then had to lose to Colin as penance for that mistake. 😆 Or... win against Colin? That part still confuses me, tbh.

[@xShadeThePyromaniac]

​@@Tzizenorec one does not simply "make sense" of JTQWN

[@critoboi]

we really need more JTQWN replays, he is the legend of the community

[@TarsonTalon]

I think Sensei has shown that Colin isn't untouchable, and now players are inspired to spam infantry against Colin, negating the firepower he's able to field with SPAM, blocking all of Colin's production by base-locking.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

you say that like Sensei himself show us how to do stuff

[@ja1369]

Sensei needs banned on high funds

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

@@pikminologueraisin2139he shows the young’ins how it’s done

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

i dont think using another tier 0 CO is a valid way to show that collin is untouchable

[@bongcloudopening5404]

​@@epicgamerzfail4575i think what they're saying is that you can use your infantry to weaken Colin's income as much as possible (especially sensei with his disgusting 40% infantry firepower) Pretty much harass Colin's infantry early game as much as possible because he's weaker than yours, if you can't get an income lead to tour properties, then you can never match Colin's income thus increasing your chances of losing the match, you can do this with any CO like here in the vid, with the exclusion of Jess since she has the same infantry as Colin.

[@hadoukenfighter]

"He only plays Rachel and Toad" Now I'm imagining Koal with Toad's awful voice when he speaks.

[@snipebob2222]

*toad voice " March faster you dogs! FORCED MARCH!"

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

Koal as toad doing the game grumps Mario galaxy clip ‘we wont let those fuckers take this land!’

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Fitting. xD

[@MercenaryPen]

Playing Koal on a map without any roads seems a little disrespectful- less like the hand JTQWN and more like just the middle finger of JTQWN

[@brennanb280]

The first flaw when trying to decipher a JTQWN decision is trying to decipher JTQWN decision at all

[@haveyoutakenyourjoymygoods943]

Two kids fights, the experience. Also good to seeing you getting better little by little

[@napalmcannon2513]

JTQWN is an enigma, I can never understand them

[@paragon359]

AWDS campaign ahhh matchup

[@MurtorSH]

Get well soon, Mangs! Best wishes from good ol' Germany!

[@LetsPain]

Ein Land, ein reich ein Kommentarbereich. Was ist euer Handwerker?

[@michaeljohnson7556]

I don't have a brother to beat up on the cartridge FeelsBadMan

[@FedoraReshiramGaming]

I think i see 'how' Koal was able to beat Collin in this, and JTQWN took advantage of the CO Collin's gameplan, where they save money and then spend it on high tech vehicles/strong units. Because collin's cheaper units allow him to spam tanks/artillery/medium tanks and everything else more cheaply, he doesn't spend on infantry on the turns he pops the gold rush even at a income disadvantage, whereas because JTQWN got the income advantage thanks to his capture game. But because Collin likes to spend on stronger units, and doesn't want to build infantry when you could get say '3 medium tanks' on 1 turn with a battle chopter, why would you buy an infantry if your that far ahead? Koal however, 'has' to buy an infantry, notice how he buys 1 every turn, the leftover cash from buying high tier forces leaves him enough just for infantry, so his capture game is still strong even when both sides are fielding tanks/artillary/chopters/even bombers, whereas Collin runs out of infantry quickly as he doesn't wanna spend his turns rebuilding infantry when he could be buying medium tanks and such. so as the going got tough, while Collin was 'still' struggling to finishing capturing the north, Koal had already begun fielding 'more' soldiers and was doing the victory march, using the freshly built forces to reinforce his frontline, keeping up the pressure and 'forcing' collin to slow down his infantry rebuild/capture to build more high tier units... thus catching him in the dooomed if dont/do plan, if he builds infantry to assist his surviving infantry with capturing the properties, he lacks tanks/artillary/anti-air/bombers etc to hold the aggressive, if he builds said forces, his capture game slows down and now instead of being -5k income he's at -10k income, to the point even his massive bank can't save him, which we saw~

[@MarkofWisdom]

This seems like a good summary of the big reasons Koal was able to win, as well as being well positioned to take advantage of every super power he had with the +2 movement letting him get much further than the colin player was expecting and hit units he thought were safe, as well as be able to reach base to block them faster or just capture sooner because of infantry moving farther

[@control9lcme]

That is something I see a lot in games reviewed by Mangs and Deejus - often player winning vehicle fight ends up with no infantry to actually get something out of the win, while allowing opponent to get back in the game. I feel that one of the underestimated reasons why transport openers are surprisingly strong is that people look only on early economical effect from them and not how much more threats it allows to generate. If you do not have infantry on the frontline, you have no threats and cannot win. Maybe one day we will see vehicle walls around infantry outside of Sami shenanigans.

[@Duothimir]

If you don't have boots on the ground, then you own nothing.

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

@@FedoraReshiramGaming this is why infantry is always important. Winning the ground game means nothing if you have no infantry to take properties

[@officedullard8722]

Koal on a map without a single road. Very daring.

[@TrueSTARbornFall]

It's very funny to hear colin have a firepower lead.

[@Mixa_Lv]

I'd like to see a more detailed analysis on this match, it just didn't make any sense. You did a good commentary, but there were very few deeper analytical insights, probably because of your current condition, but this match would've really needed them. Also, I don't think you noticed, but on day 14 Colin had 5 com towers over Koal's 1. I don't remember if that has ever happened in these casts.

[@JD-xz1mx]

I really wish Colin were balanced. "Economy focus" is very me.

[@Keeki95]

You know he has a sister?

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

@@Keeki95 sasha isn't really economy focused. Her day to day is nice but it's not play style defining. Her main gimmick is her CO power

[@KidMangaX]

You are doing me a huge solid by uploading when you did. The chemo is catching up to me, so I’ve been having some insomnia. Time to watch this and SLEEP

[@Janonas]

Why is the bottom right tile visible?

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Because Mangs is sick. His power is diminished.

[@naberiusbuster3489]

You better get well fast Mangs. You aren't the same like this. This was a fun map. Unlike everyone else I forced my opponent to resign by grabbing every contestable property on the map. Why commit my forces to a risky base rush when I can just secure the middle and sides and crush him on income instead?

[@sigurdtheblue]

Definitely the best wacky matchup fight I have seen.

[@AxidoDE]

JTQWN be like: They see me Koalin' They hatin'

[@izalco2867]

Koal posting, Adder WABAG

[@omega17ds]

Been waiting for this one!

[@HyperKadaj]

I think AA01Blue's mistake was going for the comm towers so soon instead of getting as much income as possible in the early game. JTQWN exploited that and maintained his aggression via greater income throughout the match.

[@oof5992]

Can Koal? Is that a new variant?

[@plackt]

KanColle?

[@LK.Cynric]

Beautiful game! Insane to see colin with 4 com towers. Insane how he still lost! Great agression! really fun match. Thank you for bringing it to us even while sick, hope you get better soon!

[@achesst]

Let me answer your question with another question: is Koal controlled by the Hand of JTQWN?

[@Beefster09]

Looks like darkling woods with comm towers instead of pipes in the middle

[@paleintrovert6495]

Get well soon Mangs!

[@Dexterritory212]

always funny to see wild games like these get well soon mangs^^

[@LetsPain]

Hey mangs, wish you a fast Recovery.

[@Pannedcakes-90]

Dang Mangs, hope you get your voice back soon. It's great to see you back again, but don't hurt your throat just to show us a great game.

[@ShasOSwoll]

If Koal and Colin stand on each others shoulders and steal Grit’s overcoat I think they’d be about as tall as Adder

[@likegel9510]

5:30 The AWBW capture limit script will only take effect when there is a capture limit.

[@elvaporoso]

I see that you are still under the weather. Hope you get well soon. I miss your scream of "trail of Wooo!!

[@amiasg9305]

Road Toad is such a great nickname for him

[@pierre-andrelecomte9384]

i hope you will have other special matches like that permanent snowing olaf vs hachi something like, i dont know, adder +1 move all the time?, free repair rachel?, no negative luck jugger/flak? talking about special matches, no more mangs """imposible""" challenges?

[@jkingsoul5115]

Advance Wars stories showed us why +1 d2d move adder is a fuckin threat. Very sick, do enjoy myself some *5 move mechs on Scop.*

[@MisterVercetti]

*Sane, rational people:* Why on God's Green Earth would you pick Koal to go up against Colin on a map with literally zero roads?! *JTQWN:* The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

I hope you get better Mr Mangs!

[@control9lcme]

Regarding rockets - I don't think there is any other way to interrupt last lab capture at this point, and even then all it does is delaying inevitable by one more day.

[@billybones116]

I think the major mistake was going all-in on comm towers. That always bites me hard. Especially on many-tower maps like this one, because you think having 3 or 4 towers will make you unstoppable, but it's usually not worth the big income (and often unit) sacrifice. Also as Colin it seems like you should prioritize income due to how it synergizes with his powers to have high income. Of course this is all easy to say in retrospect. AABlue has a much higher Elo than me.

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

any word on what happened to the last AW video? It was like a flak video but it was taken down?

[@thunderjellyfish3680]

he thought he was fighting the n°1 live league player but the leaderboard's score is only about total wins and not losses (like you can be ranked 1 with a 700 mmr), so it was just Mangs beating a not so impressive opponent (above average but not among the best live league players) and thinking he defeated the n°1...

[@Rocky712_]

​​@@thunderjellyfish3680Mangs replied to this question under the Switch 2 video. He said his opponent requested him to take down the video.

[@VainerCactus0]

RIP Mangs, he died of a cold right after this video. F to pay respecs. F

[@magicalcapi9148]

Now JTQWN isn't in the global league, but I'm prettyyyy sure when he was in HF he was THE (not one of the) highest ranked player Please feel free to correct me, but, yeah... JTQWN is a certified memer, but his plays are no joke

[@randomredshirt5274]

I'm nowhere near the level of either of these players, but my gameplan with colin would've been to start tank threats as early and on as many fronts as possible, because your opponent can't respond to them all, and then push the front where your opponent falls behind. I think by going for the com towers he lost the initiative and allowed jtqwn to decide where to fight.

[@mimizdani8194]

omg i am sick tooo like you. You feeling a bit dizzy too?

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

dizziness is so cringe man it shouldn't be this disruptive, don't want to say it's the worst symptom but like fyck off i know i'm sick

[@monsterchief117]

Colin should have just not made any units until Blue Moon reinforcements arrive.

[@352MoneyMan]

oh no egg man is sick

[@beny5107]

Spoiler Alert: Hawk Wins

[@Tryptic214]

I do appreciate a good 5-comm Colin. But the price was too high.

[@unvanishing]

koal aka toad

[@SteamWolf320]

Advance Wars is good for my Koalin.

[@control9lcme]

Now imagine the massacre if it was Adder instead of Koal 🙃

[@Rudesayer]

What a legend

[@oatmeal710]

i'm blackout drunk, shirtless in the living room, fat hairy belly exposed, curtains wide open, blaring this video on my surround sound and screaming as loud as i can. it's 12:37 pm

[@theFerraridkid]

Hope you feel better soon Mangs!! ♥️ Have you been able to dabble at all on the Reboot Camp Fan Campaign? 🙂

[@nuafricafoundation]

Just beat Days of Ruin. Can we get another Days of Ruin match?

[@hollen9_tw]

Does mangs catch a cold recently? cus I find his voice kind of sound different. If that is the case, hope Mangs get well soon

[@ShadowOfCicero]

I deeply question the notion Colin is a stall CO. If his opponent has exceeded 55/45 in properties, his D2D is negated by economy. If the Com Towers go 2/0 or 3/1, his D2D is negated by quality. If either of these occurs, he has no choice but to try to create pressure with his CO Powers. Otherwise, he (like Hachi on the back foot) just gets slowly ground down by his opponent's powers. Unfortunately, the only way Gold Rush applies direct pressure is early tech-ups. If that doesn't work anymore, you have to start cracking out Power of Money. On a 24k a side map, even a naive pop would be an 80% firepower boost. We all like to meme with Colin. Would he better if he was played more conventionally?

[@kstarks9049]

Over commit on 17?

[@lero4827]

Good match!

[@KaoriSakuraCh]

Yes

[@amiasg9305]

I love JTQWN

[@ja1369]

Re edit of an existing map

[@defensivekobra3873]

Without any roads on this map, is koal just a strictly worse version of adder?

[@Darkness5423]

Pretty much in every way, has one more segment than adder for reg CO, for the same movement increase (obviously taking out the power increase on roads since zero roads). Koal without roads is basically the meme "We HaVe AdDeR aT hOme!", with that said J strat showed he didn't even need the firepower boost which is impressive.

[@MaKiHiSo]

Coal is stronger than gold

[@Scrap_and_build_ourselves]

Get good Bwangs huhuhuhuh. No wait, get well Bwangs huhuhuhuhuh.

[@privategallade9120]

🥚

[@beansconfrijolitos996]

HOLAAA MANGOOOOOO 🥭!!!!

[@lexi1337-r6s]

This is like the worst map for Koal. Not a single road tile.

[@wallahitsnotmine4255]

I am sorry but i can’t admit colin loss, what the fuck just happened? I am too tired for this shit and to analyse it

[@derkatwork33]

No offense to the Colin player, but you need to have a rating of 500 to lose with Colin here. You had 5 comm towers.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Ahhh, but he was playing against JTQWN, which is an automatic minus 700MMR debuff, against one of the best AWBW players not on the global league.

[@magicalcapi9148]

I feel the throw play was when Blue miscalculated and threw the units to try get gold rush and failed That lost was MASSIVE, he NEEDED Colin engine going but that was too much of a loss to make up I get it that's Colin, but one don't just throws fighters in the away of AAs... at least, not early

[@Rocky712_]

The issue is he was behind a few turns behind on the base trade, especially because a few of his units got trapped by an air unit between the mountains and after the base trade, he immediately lost a huge chunk of his units, because he did not account for a trail of woe. Colin is broken, especially with 5 com towers, but you can still obviously throw away the game in a single turn.

[@yoh1914]

Get well soon.