This Betrayal Cost me MILLIONS of Gold.. | Sea of Thieves

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

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[@vicbar399]

Gaming glasses? I will stick to my irreparably blue light damaged eyes thanks very much

[@gtbkts]

I'm gonna get a pair for my friend, because his dog keeps breaking his. Thanks for the discount!

[@magicpyroninja]

You see that's the problem right there my friend when you set up an alliance like that everybody needs to go off and focus on their own mission. You make more money with one crew doing world events one crew doing fort of the Damned in one crew doing something else. Not by having three crews doing for the fotd. Also less risk of being betrayed if you're not working in the same area

[@Doodleanimations77]

Where are you streaming at I looked and I couldn't find it

[@jaywerner8415]

As someone that spends way more time on their PC then i probably should. I might have to grab a pair of those glasses.

[@Ben-de6rb]

it's rare to see Cliff "lose", adds a bit of humanity to the story.

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

There's actually a fair amount of videos where I lose tbh, at one point some people even complained that I kept uploading videos of things going wrong lmao

[@Ben-de6rb]

@@CliffTheStoryGuy really? I guess the winning stories stay on my mind longer. Thank you for this longer story. :D

[@brockstanton9558]

@@CliffTheStoryGuy I guess it is thst you always make it a positive ending

[@wwerty234]

No it’s not lmfao. Ive sunk cliff.he isn’t the greatest at pvp but he definitely isn’t bad. It is rare for him or any streamer to post them losing.

[@RustyTiberius]

@@CliffTheStoryGuy I wouldnt even count this as you losing. This turned into a kobayashi maru no win scenario. They literally played every card they could against you and you still choose who you were donating those chests to. Wait to go Captain

[@gackrider5277]

"The worst thing about betrayal is that it never comes from the enemy."

[@CinematicEnlisted]

"The one who betrays you is the enemy"

[@frogman7579]

You don’t get it

[@CinematicEnlisted]

@@frogman7579 "The one who accuses not getting it is the one who doesn't get the fact that getting it isn't as simple as simply getting it"

[@TheRealYgrek]

​@@CinematicEnlistedwell... i would say you can't argue with that, however you could argue with the fact that you can't argue with that meaning you tecnically can argue with that

[@CinematicEnlisted]

@@TheRealYgrek yeah but to argue means you do not get that to argue Is the act of understanding the objective nature of argument, meaning the betrayal of understanding stems from arguement which is caused by your arguing over not understanding, therefore argueing Is equivalent to not understanding, meaning you do not understand

[@averysatterlee5464]

Ooooooh that's gotta sting. Seems unfair that you're made a target out of just because you are a content creator. Can't imagine the maturity level and will of iron required to not only accept this, but to take it on the cheek with a smile and make a video out of it. Massive props, cliff

[@crocodilerock4662]

Jokes on those guys. They might have stopped cliff from getting millions of gold, but he got a 22 minute video and a sponsor plug out of this. Who’s the real winner at the end of the day heh

[@natusmundi]

100% agree - thank you for doing your darnest to be your best self, Cliff!

[@serpantking7469]

Cliff is the (story guy) person you use as an example of being the bigger person

[@I_Crit_My_Pants]

Targetted harassment at content creators is a pretty standard thing, it's also pretty standard for content creators to HAVE to take it on the chin or they look petty.

[@IwrsTheKing007]

honestly, I could never, there's nothing I hate more than betrayal

[@MichaelisSL]

I love that Cliff’s vocabulary is slowly gaining more and more Sea of Thieves slang and jargon, absolutely love it 🤣

[@chazzypoofs]

That's so unfortunate. Sounds like a bunch of Cringe. Especially it being for community day. In the end, the gold is just pixels, but what really sucks is that the players decided in the end to be a bunch of screen lords. This is why no one admits to streaming their game anymore. It turns wholesome encounters into situations like these where players want to "Show off their sick PVP moves" and troll the streamer because "They're now the content" I hope they enjoyed their 15 minutes of streaming fame. Hopefully the next one will be better Cliff!

[@Munchprime]

I watched the whole 9 hour stream and the most infuriating part was your "captain," after 9 hours of camaraderie and shared hard work, not only sitting by watching your boat get destroyed by some egotistical psychopath as if it was a personal beef and his refusal to help was some grandiose and noble deed, but actively threatening you when you showed any sign of wanting to defend yourself. His actions definitely deepened my distrust of any ship equipped with DA sails. Every one of them I have encountered seems to have been cut from the same cloth.

[@GilTheKing-yx7gz]

When SoT becomes that much of a part of your life, you become something you're not.

[@arthurcornelus8101]

Yeah those DA sails turn people man. Last session I was doing a gilded voyage for GH. Already made several alliances during the voyage, when one solo sloop with DA approaches me in a suspisious way. After outmanoeuvering him (I was parked at an island) he proclaimed that he wanted to touch my loot for GH emissary grade. I gave him permission to come aboard, but he kept putting his ship in a favorable position to which I answered accordingly. Losing his patience he opened fire. Well, me having had a long day/session and already fighting off other pirates, I didn't feel like it so I decided to annoy him by running. Using every bit of terrain to make cheeky moves (and him giving me some usual trash talk) I had finally put everything in my rowboat and set sail for Reaper's (even though I was flying GH). While rowing over I heard him complain that he didn't have time anymore and he scuttled. On my way to save my ship I left my rowie and went on to continue my voyage (as my ship was a long distance away already). Lady luck didn't favor me, as I saw a Reaper roll up on the hideout and going from grade I to IV real quick. I decided to engage but alas, Rare threw me the sink-gong whilst ablard the enemy ship so I thought the battle was won. However, they didn't sink for some reason and they started to recover from my initial ambush. Getting boarded by some skeleton curses and some back and forth later and I sunk, stacked and all. Gave them a gg and got one back, I told them that the rowie they supposedly found was mine and they commented on it that it was a Godsent. Didn't finish the voyage but the defeat was bittersweet.

[@Munchprime]

@@arthurcornelus8101 Yeah. My own most recent encounter w/ DA sails was a brig named "FORM AN ALLIANCE" with an alliance offer flag up, which should have been my second clue (the first being the half furled DA sails they sidled up with). I mean, what friendly player names their ship that, instead of naming it something fun or clever and then negotiating the alliance in person? Anyway, as soon as they got close, they said "friendly?" and me being the type that likes to have and encourage positive interactions with other players in this community, I zipped on over to say hi. While I'm distracted having a friendly chat with the two on the deck about the tall tale I'm halfway through (meaning I obviously have no loot), their helmsman scoots into a favorable position against my boat. As soon as he's got it, the two on deck immediately blast me with both their blunderbusses and then proceed to chainshot down my ship's mast, but refuse to put any holes in my boat. They proceed to triple board and kill me and my gf twice. It being abundantly clear that they didn't want loot or even to sink us (they just wanted to ego trip by spawn camping another crew, I guess...) and being outnumbered 3 to 2 by sweaty double gunners, my gf and I opted to just leave the server and go to a different one to resume our tall tale rather than allowing these idiots to waste our time. That was the final straw for me, though. I've had hundreds of positive interactions with other players, but every single one of the 12 or so sets of DA sails that I've run into has inevitably set up an ambush and opened fire. So I've decided that I'm gonna make an exception just for them and shoot first from now on. Let's see how they hold up in a fight where they don't get that initial backstab they want so badly.

[@arthurcornelus8101]

@Munchprime you tell 'em! One important detail (and red flag) I forgot to add: his ship name was "SS YOUR MUM". I screenshotted it, might send it to Rare B). The rainbow flag was also present of course (as a "meme").

[@eduardomann205]

Im the guy with the broken mic who was on the same ship as the "captain". The sloop had also stolen our cannonballs so there was nothing we could do. Its not like we wanted Cliff to sink, there was just nothing we could do. And I know the "captain" personally and he would never do something like that. He was always telling us to help Cliff.

[@VilladsDog]

You know its a good day when cliff uploads

[@lorgoulloux]

Yes sir

[@cardraccoon9344]

Agreed

[@gogs5783]

trueee

[@SoyBoy4202SoT]

Fr

[@faultedjam]

Hold up we get a 22 MINUTE VIDEO THIS WEEK!? This has easily made my day!

[@Obi-Wan-Kenobi55]

Same!

[@Spartan-6969]

Same!

[@SheikahRey]

Same!

[@John-is1dw]

Same! Let's start a chain

[@ZintyGT]

Same!

[@jonathanbaarts]

Don't ever change Cliff, always be who you are, you're awesome!

[@Sentinel07]

Alliances can certainly get chaotic, especially since all the nametags become purple so you cant tell which players are on which crews (even more so if you have gamertags turned off). I think there's an easy solution to this, that being make the gamertags of each crew of the alliance use a different color so you could distinguish which players belonged to which crews.

[@articapt69]

This man tells stories better than the pirate legend.

[@alexalvarez6351]

I stumbled onto your channel by accident, now I’m thinking it was fate that brought me here. No other sea of thieves KZbinr has me more intrigued and wanting more content than you. Your emotes while telling the story make it 100x better

[@TheRealYgrek]

You sure it wasn't just the algorithm recognizing what you like? Honestly, I found Cliff randomly aswell so I suppose you may be right

[@Pokemichael]

I like that cliff even shows the stories where he loses. So many KZbinrs decide to only show their Ws and pretend to be invincible

[@Leukavia]

This perfectly captured just how much of a clusterfuck multiple ship alliances become Shit gets so chaotic that at a point you can't even tell who it is that even betrayed you.

[@yidawang3468]

是的，这是一个没有人可以相信的游戏，包括他们自己的船员

[@Nightseekerxd]

Hello Cliff. I just wanted to tell you this: That Guy with that"Broken" Mic? Yeah, his Mic wasnt Broken. He spoke in the Machine Language. He was a True Believer of The Machine Cult. Praise The Omnissiah!

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

I was so ignorant

[@TheGamingScience007]

I have faced situations like this and can feel your pain. I stacked a FOF as well a FOTD but was betrayed by the alliance.

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

Happens to the best of us

[@Ds2211-x9e]

Even though I knew what was going to go down, I was nervous for the betrayal and then the fact that he was stream sniping. This is one of your best episodes ever Cliff!

[@Hyperion9700]

One of the few people on this platform that got me to watch the entire sponsor segment. Trust and betrayal both add to that sweet sweet content ❤

[@thomasfinch6292]

Bless you cliff, this came out just in time for me to have something to watch during the last stretch of my work day

[@Dr_Ornstein]

Hope you had a good day, bro

[@juggernugget]

The sheer flexibility of what you can do to other players in this game makes this game even more thrilling. Including being kind

[@Potato_Is_Fancy]

ive recently gotten into sot and ive been having alot of fun solo slooping and watching your videos just makes me open the game again and again

[@newusername6228]

This was defo one of my fav streams of yours to watch while doing my own Community Day grind

[@llllIllIIl]

First red flag would’ve been no cannonballs.. they emptied it for a reason, and were definetly plotting for a while

[@nathangrim23]

Your videos and pace22's videos have me hooked on this game man it feels like every session in this game has an interesting story to tell

[@Idontcookcrystalmeth]

You should also watch Hitbotc

[@timothycrossman]

You really put the story in Cliff the story guy, no matter what I counter you come across in this game you will always be able to make an interesting story out of it

[@ragdoll_brainrot]

This is honestly the best sea of thieves channel I’ve ever seen. The editing is amazing and the storytelling is next level. Great stuff

[@melissalamfalusi8208]

Erin Stirling:

[@captainred22449]

I highly recommend this dude to those who want entertaining stories. Cliff and his crew are about the coolest dudes you'd meet on the seas.

[@skyde666]

Hahaha. Yeah sure, crying cringe newgen swordlords are not cool to meet at all.

[@captainred22449]

@@skyde666 here’s a towel to wipe to sweat away, sweaty boi

[@ntray3729]

@@skyde666 Did someone shit in your Coffee or why are ya salty wihout reasoninf?

[@xA0SAA]

@@skyde666im quite skilled, find sword annoying, but i can't see the issue with a guy telling fun stories on youtube. he doesn't find pvp toxic as well as his skill not really mattering in the form of his content, grow up

[@xA0SAA]

@@skyde666oh, you're one of those geeks that post cheating clips haha

[@zoboothemafoo]

There is only two kinds of streamers. The bad ones that bully their enemies with full teams of supporters to back them up if their CrAzY iDeA doesn't pay off, and the good ones that get shit from their own followers like this. I wish you the best, Cliff. I hope your followers get better over time.

[@MikeWhyy]

Another amazing story from cliff for this new book of tales for 2023!

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

I see you leaving a comment before watching the video Maykaal

[@mr.tuttles8288]

I had a similar experience on community day actually. My duo sloop and a 4 man galleon did FoTD stacking for well over 4 hours (at least) before we got all the loot ready to sell. They galleon we spent hours having fun with decided to turn on us and sell the loot. They did sell with alliance flag at least, so we got 50% of it lol.

[@MikeWhyy]

Aaah Tuesday, My favorite day! The day cliff finally posts…

[@CreepsDreeps]

Cliff is prob the best SoT story KZbin just because he does cool stuff like this I only wish you posted more because we want more awesome stories like this but even if he doesn't post a lot I will always look forward to another video

[@inserthenamehere8744]

finally I can stop rewatching the last video over and over I can rewatch this one

[@alainafabbro4966]

Guys I have nothing to do today for once I'm having my favorite dinner and cliff uploaded, today is gonna be great. YES

[@thomasjohnson1399]

Cliff is the best way to relax during spring break. Amazing video again cliff! 👍

[@BlondCeltic]

1. Wake up 2. Watch cliffs video 3. Finish watching cliffs video 4. Hop on sea of thieves 5. sink 6. cry 7. watch cliffs video 8. sleep 9. repeat

[@mikethegamer6179]

It’s always a great day when Cliff uploads a video 😊

[@moosh-ie]

I had a situation extremely similar to this. Except I was getting rizzy with the girls on our brigantine. But yeah we were betrayed in the end and my last words were “maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way”. it was actually uncannily similar. The last sloop that was a reaper joined and took out all of our ships at an outpost. We only found out after they started using our ships to sink the others.

[@Kairos572]

Just got back into Sea of Thieves, Cliff, and another youtuber is the reason why and I started doing pvp because of how fun Cliff makes it seem.

[@gradymeek4275]

Just came back to playing and watching sea of thieves for the first time in over a year, this is the first channel I came back too!

[@nootnootinseamoth5551]

This just remines me of the time I helped a new player clear an ashen winds just to torched his ship with the ashen winds skull.

[@TPOID]

Amazing video Cliff! The betrayal was so frustrating to watch live xD

[@K.Kong616]

Bro that one guy was speaking the language of gods

[@hahagager]

When the merchant won’t give you things you bought then go buy a voyage to update your gold and they should give you your things

[@samcochran8203]

As my friend and I learned the hard way cliff, never trust a pirate, and always figure out who's got the most to lose and the most to gain when making an alliance

[@davidfrazier912]

Cliffs narrating is heavenly

[@delayanimation423]

"Be careful who you trust, Sergeant. People you know can hurt you the most." -Ghost, COD MW2

[@legendarycl4p-tp716]

I bought a set of ga glasses 2 years ago and still love them ! Was very expensive to buy here in Australia, but we'll worth the $280 investment

[@frogman7579]

Always nice to see a new upload from cliff!!! Thank you for looking cliff

[@Davie-jx4rh]

When fighting skeleton gallons as a solo sloop, try to use your maneuverability to get around the back or the front, with some decent maneuvering you can sit around the stern and out of cannon range Yesterday I did 2 skele fleets solo

[@yoshikagekira2198]

The rarest and the most expensive treasure is Cliff posting a video.

[@Mavvyd96]

As a huge metalhead, I appreciate the heavy music in your vids.

[@shaketin]

Man the cursed cannonballs on skelly ships are craz. They seem to be launching them every 2 other shots so going against a few ships while solo slooping almost always sinks me

[@bloxels4934]

This man’s voice is perfect

[@210josiah9]

a couple friends and i sold a box of wonderous secrets towards the end of community day, got around 120k-130k for the sale, it was insane

[@FenrrixV1]

You just follow the first and most important rule of Jack Sparrow, "if u dont have to fight, then don't fight.." He always takes negotiations first and fight is the very last option in his book.

[@akarxgt6000]

On season 8's community day I ran 3 commodity runs and a bunch of other stuff and ended up making ~4 million. It was amazing AND my mom taught me how to drive a car

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

I wish the NPCs would've let me done that as well 😭

[@Lemoncoder103]

Wish my mom would play. Idk she gets motion sick so no video games period.

[@akarxgt6000]

@@CliffTheStoryGuy must've got unlucky 😂

[@Deloiz]

I have only been in an alliance once, and it ended up like this. Got back to my ship with nothing left in it. Now I just solo... It's a lonely life...

[@wpk12]

I know how that feels, but you'll run into some more trustful people out in the seas, as of late people I've met has been pretty chill

[@glacity]

I've had stronger bonds with crews that I've battled heartily than crews that I've randomly stumbled across and decided to ally with. If a crew fights cleanly til somebody sinks (especially if they're willing to stand their ground with loot onboard) and they are courteous in chat, you know they're trustworthy. Those guys get part of their supplies and loot back from me if they want it. Good battle brings good people together, that's why I enjoy PVP so much in this game.

[@CleanChimp08]

Your videos make me want the game even more than I already do. Nice video

[@TtSxot6]

A 22 minute cliff video is the best way to spend 22 minutes of my day

[@Hublbupf]

People going out of their way to ruin someones experience for no reason other than getting some attentiion is definitely cringe. But probs to you, how you handled the situation. Hope to see you on the seas some day.

[@jjtninja]

Had an Alliance backstabbing last night. I had a Reaper 5 Brig, and allied with a Lv 5 Reaper Sloop. We were stacking the Fort of the Damned when another Reaper Sloop came up and also joined the Alliance. We weren't keen on sharing and explained we had one more run at the Fort. They agreed, but 15 minutes later they attacked us. And these guys were Hourglass players. What ensued was a 2 hour guard against an Alliance betrayer who we sunk 6 times along with an enemy Reaper Brig that showed up in middle of this. We succeeded in defending and selling aside being harassed every step of the way.

[@antontribelgorn3641]

The broken mic guy sounds the same way a sentient computer would speak after it after opens a 7 zetabite zip-bomb

[@LaBarata12]

Bahahaha oh man- I love your videos, dude, but after all the times I've seen you ruin people's days in similar ways I have no words for how well-deserved this is

[@unstablejumo8098]

I got sleepball spammed by a skelly sloop as a solo sloop on my second session back from a 2+ year break from the game. I was rusty and it did not go well. I essentially survived until it went away. At least, I think it went away. I didn't see it sink as I was bailing like a mad man.

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

That makes you a better Solo Slooper than me

[@idkwhattonamethis646]

You know it’s good when not only did cliff make it but it’s over 20 min long

[@Groxcima]

Thanks a lot for making these sort of videos, they're really good for new players to get introduced to the game, and new players is something SOT really needs.

[@ianhuskins2491]

I used to play SOT back when the white megalodon event was out and before. I just can’t anymore. I have too much self respect to play for 9 hours and then get betrayed like that. You definitely have the patience of a saint. Great video though!

[@蝦羅地会ハコボ]

That segway into the sponsor segment was very well done. Well done indeed😎

[@pyukyu3334]

Damn, that was a rough loss, but an epic journey to get there! This game never ceases to amaze me with how much there is to do

[@justwingit412]

It’s moments like this that have caused me to distrust almost every crew on the seas.

[@scallywagIC]

Just wanna say. Love your videos, never got to play sea of thieves but love living it through you

[@matt.9936]

Wp cliff, it was a fun to start of with anyway, i still gotta apologise for my mates behaviour

[@101Babbles]

the betrayal is rough. Even if you grind for that many hours. I've been betrayed many times before 2020. These guys did what i call the Caribbean move. It's a good trick to make them trust you and then pounce. I will give them credit for actually taking most of your supplies. Never ever had that happen to me. Great job from both sides. Respect to them not being toxic. Thumbs up from me and also earned a sub from me Cliff!

[@seaot]

Gotta love when you see when your phone light up with a KZbin notification on a Tuesday😂 and I have no school till Friday night thanks to strike… best week honestly

[@bobobserver8990]

Larinna literally held me hostage for 30 minutes while trying to get either an ashen key or chest since I had the other part. Was in the middle of my first Gilded Voyage at the time. Was literally screaming for help in game while trying to get support from Rare...at a late hour where help was impossible. I watched another ship sail up to mine at New Golden Sands and set themselves on fire before risking closing the game and starting it back up again. Given the glitchiness of Larinna endlessly counting my coins I was afraid my ship, remaining loot, and my voyage would all be lost. Thankfully it wasn't and said burning ship shot a bullet across my bow as I sailed away cursing Larinna's name to the heavens. Made about half a million on that voyage. Honestly, I'm surprised the voices in your head weren't screaming in all caps to try and warn you. Who knows, maybe they were. Though to be fair they have lost much trust on previous outings, though the polls is still on you for giving them the option to torture you.

[@utellmewhatitshouldbe7912]

It’s so sad to see all the reapers chests be taken from Cliffs ship

[@mitchellnelms7572]

Anchor at a small island with your nose or back to the island for galleons while you're solo.

[@rivertonrock]

When the merchant doesn’t let go of cargo, force quit the game, load back in, and it should work. (Coming from a solo merchant main)

[@jhoughton33]

dude the merchant ambasador set looks so freaking cool but i just hate that it takes seven months AT LEAST to get everything

[@connormacintosh7480]

Tbh Cliff if that were me, I would be fuming with so much anger that I would probably break my pc monitor.

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

The Skelly Ship sinking me with a sleep ball made me more angry tbh

[@pitt8382]

i found your channel 2 weeks ago and now i ended up watching nearly every single video and i still want more...

[@TacticalFormat]

Cliff: It is confirmed that skelly sloops do NOT drop ritual skulls, in order to get them from skelly galleons you need to sink them in order for them to drop the ritual skulls, just an FYI, again, great video!

[@SPEECHLEss2641R6]

I have watched all your videos and I’m still not bored

[@admrlav3rge909]

Me and my friends still have PTSD from our previous community day

[@MehmetSalihAvci1453]

For a second I thought he was gonna say “please do not show them …. ANY MERCY”

[@joe_schloogs]

Still my favorite cliff video

[@SlyShiftyy]

"betray is as much of a part of this game as is cooperation" W Cliff moment

[@Arodox47]

If you ever can't take stuff from the merchant, you can purchase a voyage from them and it will allow you to take the things.

[@ThatFlyingDemo]

Being sick in bed and then seeing this banger made me not so sick

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

Hey hope you can shake the sickness off cwis

[@Carl_Wheezer.]

OH MY GOD CLIFF YOUR CHANNEL GREW SO FAST! I remember when you had around 2000 subs and a few videos out (back when I still played) but omg the content keeps getting better

[@CaptainVin]

I'm from Italy, and when you say for the Grande finale , was just amazing ❤😂

[@BlobsterWasHere]

Allways Love the Cliff uploads smile went onto my face when i saw this :)

[@nicktabor6278]

Late cause of work but a happy end to my night for sure

[@InTheVoid]

Ah gotta love the “FOTD of the damned” 😅

[@Josef_Daquarius]

We’ve been blessed with a 22 minute video 🙏

[@tbuff91]

That one hurts. The other day I met a guy at an outpost and he was chill but his skeleton cursed friend was a troll. Luckily I sold my little bit of loot as his jabroni friend attempted to sink my ship right after. This game would be far more fun without the toxic trolls. Long time players that are looking to troll have nothing to lose and new players have everything to lose. This is where the game starts to become stupid imo.

[@Johngrivine]

Cliff you should have seen that coming, I know the voices were happy that day.

[@gamingwithnero2066]

Hello Cliff, hope you have an amazing day and I just want to tell you that you have the best vids ever!

[@CliffTheStoryGuy]

That's very kind of you, thanks Nero! Hope you have a great day too!