Dimon(E) vs PiKa(A) - Nov LW Finals - Red Alert 3

It’s the finals of the 2021 November Ladder Wars! Dimon vs Pika in an Allies vs Empire best of 7!
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[@koffiepot82]

Me first seeing this channel: "why are people watching this" Me after 10+ hours watching: "why am I still watching this"

[@Rbum4]

RA3 right now: allies are too strong, but this is balanced because the best 1v1 player in the game never plays allies.

[@ZC.Andrew]

Everyone says Allies are too strong, but maps with lots of water seem to favor Empire players more. Striker/Tangu clouds and Tsunami tank spam seem to be really strong.

[@harrylee9289]

Too true. I would say if every player makes 0 mistake that the only wining faction will be allies.

[@sorakuzunoha108]

i think allies is pretty weak if you don't know how to play it properly

[@harrylee9289]

@@sorakuzunoha108 Every faction is weak if managed poorly. Allies is op because it has some sharp tactics which are very difficult to counter. I have to make it clear. It's not the combo. Not cryo copter or cryo blast. It's the tactics and timing capability that makes allies so broken. If done properly, you don't even need micro. Nowadays people just don't utilize it as the tops did before.

[@dropanukeonusaagain6606]

"RA3 right now: allies are too strong, but this is balanced " no not balanced allies are strongest faction in vanila

[@mir5117]

The saddest moment is when you hear:"this is Sybert signing out"

[@Killerbee4712]

I am just so impressed after all these years, Red Alert 3 still has a... decent sized community

[@DmytroBogdan]

These games just show how hard Dimon is trolling in other non-important matches

[@eeegor922]

This game is really unbelivable. On the 3rd game i wondered Dimon would never comeback, but its still enjoyable to watch this game, so i would do it anyway. Despite that Dimon made gameturn and i have no any words for this shit. those two guys are trully amazing and also commentator is fully horoic, thank you for this channel всем русским ку, остальным большой шлеппа

[@darrenlim2222]

in the end, Dimon is a sick sick guy Gives his opponent a glimpse of victory Then brutally comes back in a 4wins in a row fashion But Pika too is brutal, really made dimon sweat for sure, i really want to see pika beat dimon soon. This is a 10/10 game, absolutely satisfying. Thanks Sybert for hosting them, love your commentary.

[@mygrandma3041]

The confusion, the desperation, and the disappointment when Pika just sold his MCV with no ability to build it again is killing me 😂 Despite all that, Pika is my favorite allied player and I think we should give him the title of drunk Dimon 2.0

[@tednugent1100]

some of the best ra3 games I've seen, amazing stuff

[@BVasquezp]

I think I just witnessed Dimon's rage

[@minatoyellowflash100]

Such amazing games. Watched it in one sitting. Your commentary is also extremely enjoyable.

[@911shan]

Games 3 & 4 were just sooo much fun to watch!

[@bradrolim3731]

Beautifull game! Watched it to the very end!

[@jupiterloverful]

Pika demolished Dimon the first two games (escpecially two) but then he made a series of blunders and cheese moves (that I see a bit disrepctful to do them against Dimon) adn he just lost the initiative in game 3 onwards, he sat the whole 4th and 5th games down and didn't really assault Dimon on main base level, he just believes in doing army shave offs. really enjoyed how these players going atypical faction players, with Dimon finally adapting the Navy prowess in Infinity Isle ( the best game of those) GG wp guys, I love everything about this Channel !

[@joshchu]

1:40:16 that BO could work if the player doesn't forgot to deploy the prospector, I've pull it off at least once or twice in cabana 10+years ago, it's the riskiest of the risky things. 1 power, 1 AF in water away from the land, 2 Apollo straight to the empire base to delay any air units, 1 ref & deploy the harvester to tech up the AF, sell MCV and capture a oilrig to build 4-6 cryos right away and rally them all to the empire base, if any defVX was founded, gather 3 cryo to freeze it head on or find an angle to freeze power plants, then improvise, the amount of cryos in this short amount of time might send opponents into panic mode and start teching up or pumping defVX(if they decided to hording tengus on the ground ready to overwhelm apollos is the hardest thing to deal with, shrink them constantly), allies would have maybe 3 tengus away to lock every critical target down. including CY(don't target refs, focusing on production building, Mbay first). your ref will mostly got destroy by ground force, but as long as you can squeeze out a vindi you can pick all the production building out if the apollo keeps drones away from cryos. you basically gambling in hope for the opponent to spend a bit to much on multi dojos ground force at the start

4:01 That is not a Peacekeaper; it is Natasha cosplaying an Allied Peacekeeper.

[@OneSybert]

You may be on to something there.

[@danielcollins7414]

I love that this one tournament by Dimon and Pika is the one that gave Sybert a brain aneursym

[@tasovac975]

The last few games had me cheering like on a football match. I'm really glad to see empire prevailing against a clearly superior faction. If instead of pika, there was a more aggressive allied player, there would've been no contest in my opinion.

[@kingkongredalert3521]

pika best allied player in the game, no doubt about it. Also bonus drinking game: take a shot every time someone complains about allies in this comment section!!. It really is about the players here

[@Beziznub]

Kong is right when he says that Pica is the strongest player for the allies at the moment, Dimon himself also spoke about this.

[@IIIlIIIllIl]

"Don't hate the faction, hate the player"(Notorious B.I.G.).

[@Beziznub]

@@kingkongredalert3521 you have already played with Fodel, what can you say about him at this time, I remember in 2010 he was a very strong Japanese, he was popular like Dimon in our time.

[@kingkongredalert3521]

@@Beziznub flode definitely a top player right now but he’s not active sadly. Still- when he’s online I can’t touch him. I can say the same about a few players who are older and would return to still play top level games. I’m just happy 4del is back- and 2 days ago I was observing live 4del vs vindies, was exciting to say the least and felt like 2012 :)

[@greeniakovos3185]

Worth to say that Dimon uploaded these games from his account and it's very interesting to see how he sees and plays the games

[@OneSybert]

Also, it’s linked in the description.

[@karolbellay8309]

Best game tournament ever

[@OneSybert]

Definitely a top series for sure.

[@indream-]

Dimon just decided he wants a reverse sweep.

[@максыыаааыы]

Димон это сила! Очень круто!!!!!!!

[@redalert4677]

Clearly good games

[@Daokakao]

So much heart attacking moves, omg.... Dimon is absolute beast

[@gbegaming2536]

outstanding matches! Love your work!

[@walid8981]

the best match you've ever seen

[@hughm0n6u33]

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUCKKKK What a series

[@abdallaha92]

AND DIMON DOES IT AGAIN

[@chips989]

that 1st game was wild

[@losio6879]

There should be a balance mod for this game. Allies are just broken. Something like Mental omega for Ra2 (that was created for balance purpose)

[@brcuezhang174]

希望他俩再比一场，dimon使用苏联！

[@user-gs6bc4kz2x]

What a comeback!

[@dudishosh]

anyone knows how to set up a RA3 PVP game like they do? , I have the game on Origin - thanks

[@OneSybert]

Ever since the official servers went down people use alternate methods of connecting, the most popular one is C&C Online: cnc-online.net/en/

[@matvey_youtube]

Спасибо за видео. Это было невероятно!

[@petergeorgehill]

What’s the best way to play this game again? Buy a cd and cd drive? Or get it off steam?

[@OneSybert]

Yeah a lot of people have the Steam edition. Some people use EA app because of the Ultimate Collection.

[@petergeorgehill]

@@OneSybert Can you play multiplayer if you get it through Steam?

[@OneSybert]

Yes, but the official MP server went down years ago. You can play online with C&C Online: cnc-online.net/en/ You may also want the 1.12.6 community patch: www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=1004431

[@JusticeJudge]

Ah sweet taste of Allies salt.

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

Fuck yeah!

[@JWQweqOPDH]

A reverse sweep is *super* amazing normally, but it sort of felt like Pika lost on purpose, particularly on Cabana. Perhaps Pika started having some celebratory liquor after taking Dimon 3-0.

[@Rbum4]

Still waiting for some sort of a universal community balance patch. ideas: - longer windup time for cryogeddon - nerf cryogeddon building 'damage'. buff time bomb building damage - nerf shrink ray range or cooldown - no more harvesters phasing through walls

[@OneSybert]

You'd never get Allies to agree to that. Harvesters going through walls I think most people are fine with.

[@Empiro3]

Cryogeddon is just way too good. If Allies get to that point it's basically almost as good as any superweapon. I think a common suggestion to nerf cryo in general is to not make it insta-kill, but to make the unit take double damage.

[@Rbum4]

@@OneSybert everything together is maybe a bit much, but allies do have to agree that certain elements of their faction are just overtuned now. And the harvester thing just seems like a weird bug to me that needs fixing. If you box in your harvester it should remain boxed in. Sickles, tengus, cryo, neither faction cares that much about just walls. You should need to sell a wall segment if you want to evacuate a harvester...

[@milan99cz]

What a series, wow!

[@Masterx3]

you talk a lot about ragequitting in game 4 where nothing really worth of rage quitting happened. killed a dojo? so what? however amazing content sybert. I love it and I watch every second of it. Your commentary is entertaining and this to me is Liverpool vs Man City (soccer teams)

[@squishymusic9723]

I swear Dimon is doing these reverse sweeps deliberately

[@DarkClanGeorge]

Does anyone else watch Sybert videos while they eat, or is it just me?

[@OneSybert]

That's fairly common from what I hear. I definitely do that with all kinds of KZbin videos.

[@fakhritaamallah]

lovely Content man , keep up the good work , if possible please comment on RA3 uprising online if possible

[@86niisan8686]

@22:10 1 pp 2 refs 3 dojos (sold one) 2 engineers, burst drone, 6 soldiers....... and 3 walls is 10K thats why he doesnt have the money for a 3rd ref or mechabay untill 1.5 minutes into the game when harvesters have collected about 13 runs together thats when he pops his mecha and gets another rack and pp. if he didnt built 3 dojos with 2 engies and sold one, he wouldve gotten Mbay faster. (he sold all 3 dojos off camera, one left, one right and one in base)

[@outlawkrump]

Garrison value!

[@justtoiko5576]

I thought there was no way Dimon could come back after losing 3 games in a row. Oh boy I was dead wrong.

[@86niisan8686]

if only dimon had stopped making tsunamis and vxes... the tengus were the way to go with some infantry. pika had missle soldiers, cryos apollos and vindicators.... you cant bring tanks and vx choppers against that combo! go low cost air units and low cost infantry so he cant use the full potential of his cryo+bombers and cryo+missile troopers.

[@Cerealkiller8642]

PikA's weakness is his lack of stamina. He clearly got tired after game 3.

[@gamesandthoughts2388]

Дима, б,лят,ь, а ты смотришь касты Сайберта?

[@holysaintknight343]

GGs

[@microqueen69]

I think it's fair to say that Allies are the Protoss of RA3.

[@OneSybert]

Empire is Terran, Soviets are Zerg? Not based on lore, but I think that's how the multiplayer actually works out.

[@rooky3526]

@@OneSybert Other way around actually. Tengus are easy to amass and incredibly mobile around the map, kinda like zerglings, the high dps and glass cannon qualities of the striker vx reminds of hydralisks, and the tankiness and respectable dps of tsunami tanks reminds me of roaches. And well, Soviets being a somewhat basic faction reminds me of terran. Allies are for sure Protoss due to how good they are once they have all of their tech.

[@vicked21]

Sybert should commentate WWE matches now :)

[@Al0neStillAlive]

Allies too stronk!! (Proceeds to spam tengus and with the most picked faction in the game)

[@tH4ttUs]

Dimon is no Empire Player ;)

[@holyordersoftheemperorsinq246]

Dimon just got really angry

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

If he did - that was a perfect example of getting the tilt work in your favor. "Let your rage be your strenght", kind of. Brilliant.

[@as-ng5ln]

How is RA3 a buggy, unfinished mess?

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

Wonder if you're a real as109, lol. But it's safe to say RA3 is not well-polished gameplay/mechanical-wise. The list starts with the pillar-glitch graphical bugs and goes on with various things depending on player PoVs on it. I have one of my own but don't think anyone would be actually interested in reading it here, that's not a topic of this thread anyway.

[@OneSybert]

There’s a long list of things, but one obvious thing is sometimes when harvesters spawn in they don’t start collecting, they just drive off to the side and sit there. Then sometimes they’ll take a longer route because there’s either some problem with the terrain or some other issue that you can’t see. Even a minor delay to the harvester can lead to a big difference when you add it all up, 1 additional second for every trip for one of you harvesters could drop your economy by 10% through no fault of the player. There’s a ton of other stuff that can happen randomly as a result of a rushed production cycle that EA forced the developers into.

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

>Then sometimes they’ll take a longer route because there’s either some problem with the terrain or some other issue that you can’t see./> Think it's about the outdated CNC harvester AI aka the harv goes to its original ref no matter the distance, even if there's a new one right next to it. Anyway, unit pathfinding was always a weak spot of CNC (kinda same for StarCraft/BW workers). Generally agreed on a tiny feeling of rawness of RA3, yet still, it's waaay better than CNC4 was...

[@normy6801]

No Soviet today, my life is ruined. :(

[@OneSybert]

Great series, regardless.

[@normy6801]

@@OneSybert Haha, indeed a great series, dimon getting 0-3 and then pulling a 4-3 is fucking amazing. Well, don't know what happened to Pika in game 6 and 7, he throws so much in those two games.

[@mygrandma3041]

Your life is ruined ;( but your day is fantastic ;)

[@ridzuwanayob4025]

fuh, sengit

[@Channel-qr5mh]

You never show how much money players have.

[@OneSybert]

I do now. I didn't know how to do it back then.

[@Channel-qr5mh]

​@@OneSybert I think you knew but just forgot that you can switch players view and see what he/she sees. Yes, in the latest recordings I noticed you use some sort of software that allows to see all players info at once.

[@gnomer5908]

на русский переведи!!!

[@izdreamthhackshield7156]

....

[@moeunsitha1075]

Spoilers Simon win

[@hawkins1384]

I hoped Pika would win, because I don't like Dimon. Well... maybe next time.

[@Beziznub]

why don't you like Dimon?

[@Rbum4]

@@Beziznub I also used to dislike dimon some time ago, when he made soviets seem like the strongest faction in the game, as his win rate seemed so high. But once I realised that actually allies are the most unbalanced faction, and that apart from dimon, most of the top players in RA3 play allies exclusively, dimon became the hero of the people.

[@Beziznub]

@@Rbum4 ha ha yes there is, for beginners it is easier to play Soviet, I myself started playing Soviet, but then I realized that they are the weakest faction of all, only in the hands of pro players they seem to be strong

[@mygrandma3041]

Haha, it suck when you hate the best player, because you are gonna see them often and whenever they win, you are not gonna be happy. (I'm not judging you and I respect your opinion, we have different opinion and I don't have any problem with it at all)

[@7jm]

I have seen it before U r too late

[@OneSybert]

I'm right on time.

[@7jm]

@@OneSybert dimon uploaded this 11 days ago tho

[@farisullah8464]

@@7jm what's the name for Dimon's channel ?

[@nikitatribunskii1218]

@@farisullah8464 kzbin.info/door/8E9y2TRAG2QufmlcO71nYg

[@7jm]

@@farisullah8464 dmitry nagovicin

[@redneckincanada]

@1:41:14 "it's gonna be there in about an hour" LOL that's pure gold. Spit my damn drink out.

[@ProtonCannon]

These games were absolutely incredible!

[@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht]

53:11 "It sort of sucks but... Dimon has been defeated" I love him being accidently biased in favor of what of his watchers thought at that moment.

[@hughm0n6u33]

We pity the non allied side ofc

[@illusealrr1006]

If you listen to the whole cast closely, he is in favor of dimon always.

[@normy6801]

@@hughm0n6u33 So true, I just hate allies being op.

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

Of course he's biased. Dimon is the protagonist.

[@mygrandma3041]

Well, Dimon is always a favorite player since I started watching this channel, so it's not surprising to me at all. We love that guy. So I don't think it's accidental bias. People just expect Dimon to win because he's great at the game, so if he didn't win, it's not weird for the other end to be disappointed when he didn't win.

[@grailfinder201]

When Pika is calm: he is the best alied player. When Pika is tilted, then even Sybert can beat him. Dimon has similar dynamic going, but not to that extreme and (possibly) alcohol related.

[@OneSybert]

I'll take that. I'd be happy if I ever took a game off of Pika

[@normy6801]

@@OneSybert Looking forward to it when that day happened. :D

[@the7thsection]

Its honestly pretty incredible how Dimon can alternate between playing Soviets and Empire on that level, considering how fundamentally different the factions are. How well he protected his water expansion on Snowplow from the constant riptides, how he used the Striker VX's both to patrol the map on Industrial Strength as well as to catch the occasional Appolo fighter, how he distracted his opponent to clear out the garrisoned structures... Just wow. Especially the 4th game on Industrial was a pure joy to watch with how well Dimon played to Empire's strong points... But as a longtime E player, it also felt a bit sad, as i probably won't be able to do it so cool anytime soon xD

[@-_-collectorp-_-]

Holy molly, Pika was so savage on the 3rd game. Snow Plow is such a broken map for Allied with there stupid cryo advantage

[@faritop]

Snow Plow

[@-_-collectorp-_-]

@@faritop oh my bad, fixed!

[@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht]

That Aircraft carrier at 33:51 looks like it has been bugged in place... happens sometimes.

[@Bruce0]

This is even more impressive than the 2016 Cavaliers comeback

[@namngo2165]

What a tournament. That was a great refresher for me. Thanks you very much for the casting Sybert. As a Dimon simp, I felt sad for Pika at 6th match. After all top players are just human like us :( I just love seeing matches on Cabana Republic, so I felt a little bummer. But I got compensated by an extremely unexpected and thrilling Snow Plow, and a good Infinity Isle, and a tryhard Dimon who came back from 0 - 3.

[@lit_wine]

Димон просто молодец! Словно феникс из пепла 🔥

[@Sheyl3319]

This upload streak is going insane!

[@someguy7474]

As an SC2 player I dont really know whats going on but the Red Alert 3 is super fun to watch and the great casting makes the games so hype and exciting to watch. Amazing series game 3 and 4 especially were great to watch!

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

It's very dynamic with constant micro and harvester harasses, interesting to watch, yeah. Combine good replays/VoDs with an action music set - and you get a good soup (just like Sybert does).

[@ZC.Andrew]

RA3 is more Starcraft-y than any other Command & Conquer game. It's an excellent game with a flavor all its own, although its single-player campaign is sorta "meh" IMO, especially if you're used to Blizzard stuff. Like Sybert says, it's clunky and weird sometimes, but that's also part of its charm. You should give it a try!

[@St0RM33]

allies so broken

[@tH4ttUs]

if you play air. but pika is alos played ground ;)

[@jentrix605]

Thanks for uploading!

[@agustaafkalashnikov1429]

Others Pro Player : sell generator, sell refinery, ... Dimonnn : Sell MCV !!!!! WTFFFFF...

[@viktorovich27]

56:00 now thats a tilter, its beyond me how the garrisoned troops didnt fucking attack the dog

[@dropanukeonusaagain6606]

In vanila RA3 without any mods allies are far superior faction to any other

[@7jm]

1:16:35 are u making fun of xyhc and cwedvin ?

[@ДенисИванов-п8м]

Sorry Sybert. I can`t find them D:

[@dennisgarcia2109]

That funbal tho bro. Ggs

[@Wow4ik92]

What a comeback

[@CoffeeCc]

Holy shit lol

[@Vordikk]

"Pik4a" is not a "Pika" actually but "pikcha" aka "picture", as "4" reads like "ch" in case of russian styling. He seems to be russian player as well. :)

[@stefanmilanovic85]

I enjoy so much watching this gameplay! Thank you Sybert for showing them.

[@MrDaldagnuur]

Caster is simping hard for dimon lol

[@nhatvinhnhatvinh7310]

When the title says Dimon or C9q9md, ... Nevermind

[@mrkwd21]

why do we never see units from uprising?

[@OneSybert]

Uprising has no multiplayer.

[@dimitrijespasic473]

@@OneSybert There is an Upheaval mod that adds Uprising units to RA3. Maybe that's the way to add Uprising units in multiplayer.

[@eliasrudnitsky3884]

yuri would be proud

[@jaboulamine6222]

Dimon the mad man 💪

[@x-men69-96]

I love your voice so much Sybert. I just discovered that u have a Twitch channel too. You look so easy on the eyes too. Love everything.

[@OneSybert]

Thanks! Haven’t been doing anything on Twitch for a while. I’m hoping to do more live streaming this year, but I don’t know if I’ll have the time.

[@x-men69-96]

@@OneSybert Behind the beautiful funny voice is a really handsome man. I watched all of your videos more than twice. Plz keep posting videos and streaming RA3. You have brought my favorite childhood game back to life. Appreciate your time a lot.

[@ardonic7671]

did any one knows what does S.H.R.I.N.K beam stands for ???????

[@OneSybert]

According to the RA3 wiki (I assume they got it from the manual) S.H.R.I.N.K is Strong Homogenous Residual-Interactive Neutron Kinetic So... it basically means nothing at all.

[@ardonic7671]

@@OneSybert wow thanks for the info bro what a long complicated name for such a Si-Fi device

[@tebbybear8072]

Since when Dimon plays empire ....

[@OneSybert]

For at least the last 2 years he's alternated between Soviets and Empire. I know when he was playing DDF a lot someone said he played Empire to avoid Soviet mirrors, not sure why he switches though.

[@tebbybear8072]

@@OneSybert Cool, good to know. By the way, I like your content so much. Keep up the good work. I like RA3

[@potatocantsnipe3541]

Will there be a LW for RA1 and RA2?

[@OneSybert]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh does anyone run ladder competitions for RA1 or RA2? I haven't heard of any, but if I get replays I'd probably take a look or if I knew when they were happening for RA2 I'd try and cast them.

[@potatocantsnipe3541]

@@OneSybert I'm excited if there are any, they are sooooo entertaining to watch with you as the caster.

[@Beziznub]

Dimon is a legendary player, he plays very well for Japan, losing 0-3 and then coming back 4-3 is tough ...

[@xiyaowang9452]

spoiler…

[@Beziznub]

@@xiyaowang9452 I'm sorry friend, I forgot that the video was released not long ago) she came out on Dimona's channel a long time ago, and I thought that they had already reviewed everything 😅👌

[@jireh7931]

Geeze

[@xiyaowang9452]

@@Beziznub yeah you were like the only comment when i click into the video lollll

[@Beziznub]

@@xiyaowang9452😅