Catan Pro Climbs To #1 Rank - Game 7 "I Feel Like A Genius Now"

[@TheExpertArcher]

Stumbled across this channel at Game #1 of this season and have been absolutely loving the content and commentary!

[@dandydrew]

I appreciate that Jet. We have only just started!

[@alexwtherapy4259]

That face :o

[@NLOsiris]

Nice, good job! Frankly i didn't see the win there either for some reason 😅

[@moona202]

Loving this series.

[@robertommb]

Shouldnt red just have picked 843 & pointed to 8/10 ??? Better than picking 8/10 and race

[@dandydrew]

Yes. He got “unnecessarily creative” and paid for it. Take 843, point down for 3:1, and buy development cards for the win.

[@petecampbell6117]

@@dandydrew The old "gotta have all five resources" mistake...

[@erichartshorn949]

Hold up where are you from i know someone named drew that sounds exactly like you. Lol also i love your vids man. Catan is classic.

[@robertommb]

He lives in Florida! If you go to his chanel and click "comunity" after videos and playlist you can find a post whit his picture

[@dandydrew]

It’s very unlikely we have crossed paths but you never know. Appreciate the kind words. 🎉

[@timojoosten2484]

Hey, love the videos, I think it would be really entertaining if you teamed up with someone like dylighted and play one color in a game together and discuss what is best

[@dandydrew]

This actually happened! I did 4 coaching videos with Dylighted where we played the games and talked through the moves together.

[@robertommb]

The table waited so long to start blocking you. Red just pitty robed black the hole start of the game

[@dandydrew]

I talk about the meta game and this game is a great example of that. Black upset 2 players on the first move and you can see the consequences of that

[@salamanka4793]

up this comment if you also insta like the video when dandy says "hello amazing people" :D

[@JuBall1803]

as a chess grandmaster once said: "If you see Mate in 1 look for better."

[@DidierPilon]

The fact that instantly saw that win was the ego boost I needed to keep on keeping on today haha

[@dandydrew]

Let’s go! Nicely done there Pilon

[@henryrawling5281]

Great game Dandy! Loved play to hold the YOP, makes the dev so much more valuable. YOPs can be so under appreciated!

[@JustineAdlong]

That's probably my biggest takeaway from this video... I can already feel my win rate going up haha

[@petecampbell6117]

If there's a way to win, Dandy Drew will find it. By the way, good luck staying low-key with the new user name and the ninety-percent win rate! I learn something from you every game. Thank you, sir!

[@theodickerson3134]

Commenting for the algorithm because I love this content and want to see the channel grow :)

[@dandydrew]

You are a scholar and a gentleman Theo 😎

[@Kristor333]

Dad!

[@dominicpowis9166]

Instead of chess boxing we can have Catan boxing! Dandydrew vs dylighted !

[@dandydrew]

RIP Dylan

[@Renkin26]

Love the series, I've learned a lot! Just played a placement game where I didn't have brick when a lot of brick was on the board and no one was doing trades even when I knew they had 3 bricks and I was offering multiple cards. I feel like for placement games I have to think differently than when playing normal ranked games.

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Whoa! Guess you need to work on your endgame checklist, crazy to see something like that slip by you. Great video as always👍🏼

[@dandydrew]

Hey now… 1 in 40 videos to get a noob blunder is pretty good lol

[@petecampbell6117]

@@dandydrew And to make an error like that and still win shows you played a totally solid game...

[@shishirkataria]

I just don't know what everyone was thinking during their second placements. Bizzare to the max. Smh😅

[@vishwaschoudhary8683]

Les gooooo dandy i hope you get 2nd 😂 rooting for you and dylighted for 1st and 2nd but still lowkey want to see you both fight in a match soon

[@dandydrew]

I am rooting for everyone to crush it. If Dylighted comes back and gets #1 this season, I would be absolutely hyped for him.

[@-JoMar28-]

Ah shoot I forgot to like and comment! Going through past videos that I watched just to make sure 😜 Best videos around, download all videos for my lunch breaks!

[@Sunbeatle707]

No good port? Missed the win in hand?? No problem.

[@dandydrew]

Hey now… we don’t talk about those moments around… Next time Ill just say I did it for “content” haha

[@MACMAMI]

I've actually had a lot of losses starting in first position, while when starting in fourth position I win a significant chunk of them (even if I get handed fourth-position starts disproportionately by a wide margin, hahahahahaha!) 😅 As for your setup: I'll admit I was VERY skeptical in how it would turn out being on such weak wheat and not even having access to the brick port..............but you're absolutely right: placement is just part of the game and time and time again we've seen seemingly crushing double O/W/S setups or powerfully balanced setups ultimately fizzle out because the play failed to follow suit. And I don't think your opponents played this game well in my opinion while you were able to exploit their weaknesses effectively.

[@vamsikgp]

I came from Dylighted's recos and love this content. I love the laid back peace of this while I also enjoy the drama of Dylan. super nice and pace of the game is also super! I saw the win and surprised you didn't take it. Glad you acknowledged it!!

[@JustineAdlong]

I just love your positive, roll with the punches attitude. Makes learning so much easier!

[@thistamndypo]

amazing? me? 😊😊😊

[@dandydrew]

Everyday! And never forget it :)

[@zealiskander]

REALLY fun board. Have you seen the shape the cities made? Almost no blocks and insane production from a lot of people. Shame about the mistake, but you still got there in the end. You live you learn I suppose.

[@dandydrew]

I got to show my humanity every once in a while… for content, of course

[@ricardomartinezlaventman1240]

great content, ive learned a lot! Thank you!

[@slidenaway]

Yet another example of people just doing wild and stupid shit lmao. But I see this kind of stuff all the time in my own games, so it's very helpful to see how you handle it! GG as always, great lessons to be learned

[@dandydrew]

Frankly the weird stuff never goes away but simply evolves 😂

[@hansvandijk5736]

Well played, even the blunder didnt take that away haha

[@chocomoan98]

Loved the play to be patient with the yop when you had to win. I'm just kidding man I missed the yop play too, happens to everyone. Love the content keep up the great work.

[@dandydrew]

Patience for days! I seriously appreciate the support and kind words. I’ll bring the occasional blunder for content purposes :)

[@stenn6514]

Love the content keep up the great work

[@njo6480]

GOAT

[@justinharris5761]

Great video as always. Can I ask your thought on not picking the 5-9-10 and the 4-9-11?

[@dandydrew]

That is a viable setup. It’s not clear in the video but I spent pretty much every second calculating ideas. I liked the potential of this setup and how it plays off the radar. Either way, it’s all about outplaying the board in either setup, which we did… minus the blunder haha

[@plaverbach]

Qould you done this play at higher levels? Because red should have blocked you

[@Patriciern]

5-9-10 (Road left toward the ore port) 4-9-11 (Road right toward the 3-11/9-2) All five resources. Starting wheat and brick. Can connect for Road. Eight pips of production to feed the ore port out the gate. Profit.)

[@californiaplant-basedeater2761]

You know he won, right?

[@dandydrew]

That is a great setup, no doubt about it! I am a massive fan of off the radar setups though and playing for potential. Ultimately, I think that’s the nice advantage of what we picked. Plus I like the challenge of a wacky setup sometimes.

[@Patriciern]

@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 Is there a law against exploring alternative avenues to victory?

[@californiaplant-basedeater2761]

@@Patriciern Well, no. No, there isn't. But he had already put up a poll yesterday asking people: what they would do on this board in 4th?

[@Patriciern]

@@dandydrew Good point. I mostly play Catan with friends and because of that am used to being target number one out the gate. There's simply less need for the inconspicuous start given that premise. 😀

[@marlyman123]

first :)

[@giulianoc9246]

Sorry to be that guy but shouldn't the series title be 'Catan Pro's Climb to #1 Rank', unless you get to rank 1 after a win here :). Anyway, looking forward to the video!

[@irein4118]

what lol no its like “part of the journey to my rank 1 goal”

[@giulianoc9246]

@@irein4118 hmm yea, I suppose either way supposes that he makes it again. Either way, the videos are great!

[@dandydrew]

You are that guy! Tsk tsk Glad you are enjoying the channel ;)