FPL Season 3 Finals!

[@ryanmccoy121]

Etan and Finn are my top two favorite players in the pro league so I was a bit sad to see Etan had to step away but seeing Finn take the bronze made me smile. Team Fortified played really well in those first games.

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

"blocked... by virtue of thick wood" -Incursus, 2024

[@12many4you]

Log blocked, if you will

[@mrviking6892]

hahahah

[@Mechalanglo]

Monkey Air Force vs. Fortified: First 30:48 Second 43:28 Third 57:55 Westwind vs. Skillgap: First 1:24:32 Second 1:36:38 (wrong commanders shown) Third 2:04:32

[@theturdflinger]

thank you for putting this up

[@123-k8v]

Goat

[@Pigeon0fDoom]

Maybe just put timestamp, and not who vs who. After the first game, because it's a best of 5, the results are known. Although, with only 6 games listed, you can deduct that quite easily

[@12many4you]

Hero... Thank you so much

[@12many4you]

​@@Pigeon0fDoom true.. numbering them is better

[@Khaim.m]

In game 2 of the finals, malme moved his battery from above the core to just behind it. That saved him from an early death because one of the first cannon hits against him went through the top row; if the battery had still been there it'd probably have taken out the whole base.

[@SmilingKratosTheGodOfWar]

I have a feeling EtAn was a bit upset their team lost in the semi-finals.

[@still_in]

fortified played super well in those first games

[@jtojagicc]

entire tournament I felt Finn and Amburulo were not on top of their respective games and those games were a return to form, really good to see them play like that

[@leinine1834]

I think that was my favorite forts event as well Very well played skillgap, owning their name and consistently showing impressive plays, it just doesn't get old

[@ZeketheZealot]

I appreciate the balls on WestWind to roll atypical cheese builds round one and two

[@thewhiteknight3945]

Those 1st 3 matches felt like such a throw from Monkey Air Force. Fortified played really well, but it seemed more like MAF playing really bad was the reason they lost. Maybe Tutonic was just nervous stepping it? But he just never made the switches he needed to in order to back up Helicopter.

[@misteral9045]

I dunno how they made it to the finals.

[@TheRealXXDarknezz]

They didn't play bad, Fortified played excellent that day and made it look easy

[@epicxiphos8269]

Great tournament, thanks for putting this together everybody :)

[@duedman-alleswasknallt5775]

In the second match of the finals from like 1:54:27 onwards all I am myself has to do is to cannon focus the firebeam/sniper/economy position. The firebeam cover is literally the only thing that allows Malme to do any damage at all.

[@Harbinger_of_Doom146]

Exactly, I was so confused that i am myself took so long to target the firebeam, if he focused it sooner he probably would’ve saved his teammate

[@dylanhall2993]

I dont play but i really enjoy seeing the game played at a competitive level

[@Ronaldopopkings]

Loved the tournament. So nice to see a game of forts while eating or relaxing ^^

[@math6234]

Never played this, yet you casting the matches makes it awesomely interesting. Thanks! :D

[@TheLuftpolsterfolie]

Precision german engineering

[@amburulo852]

This Seasons MVP is Klaualles for sure

[@Torror_2005]

that 1 v 2 was CRAZY

[@benrund-scott1598]

Big fan of skillgap, mainly cause of Klaualles's god performance awhile back

[@77philesposito]

You've done great things for this game!

[@joshuaharlow4241]

@Incursus I have been loving the videos! Always a long time PC gamer, but my 'APM' has always been in the negative digits. =P All that to say, thank you for presenting this interesting, deep an entertaining field of play. It is folks like yourself that will establish the legitimacy of the future landscapes and arenas.

[@TexasGTO]

I was cheering for Skillgap this whole series!

[@Torror_2005]

same, especially after klaualles won that 1 v 2

[@Emulleator]

Congratulations to Skillgap. Sad Etan didn't play, I like watching him

[@underscoredfrisk]

Congrats newcomers!

[@fast-yi9js]

that reflected plasma oh my gawd

[@sea_emperour346]

5 Cannons is insane!

[@MarkoDash]

"It's only two Nukes" Incursus, 2024 meanwhile in 1945....

[@Helena-me6mp]

brooo chill

[@bladesunder]

Amazing games. The best and by a long shot

[@WarhawkTalon]

Incursus, would you consider adding an Anti-Spoiler to your FPL vods in the future? I remember TotalBiscuit doing that for his Starcraft tourneys. It helps to avoid figureing out which team is going to win by noticing how much time there is left in the vod.

[@QuestionTree]

Lol why does that dude have a Soviet mark on his shirt?

[@ekothesilent9456]

“Soviet mark” is a hilariously American term for the “hammer and sickle” all the symbol means is “unity between the agricultural and industrial classes” usually associated with communism but not strictly, and definitely a huge oversimplification to call it a “Soviet mark”

[@famus_tem8351]

OH GOD THAT FIRST KILL

[@renevile]

is there going to be a 2v2 or 4v4 turnament that is AI and Player Vs. AI and Player?

[@saltyowl3229]

Question because I’ve played the game and genuinely cannot find a tactical benefit to it; why does basically every upper player on the cave sorta maps just. Genuinely refuse under any circumstances, including canons and snipers, to fully defend their mines? Whether its blocking the entrance… with background bracing that lets EMPs through, or an energy shield… that only covers 1/3rd of the space, letting canons and lasers over the top. The response is almost universally to just. Let half the mines get shutdown for the first 5 minutes. Or continuously rebuild 1-4 per shot. All the while leaving the literally irrelevant defenses unimproved Especially with EMPs, since the damage isn’t of the kind that charges a commander active lots

[@saltyowl3229]

I am myself’s strategy approaching the 2 hour mark is a great example of the way I think it should be done… a lot more often? Most people refuse to do connectors with anything but wood or rope. But knowing there’s a buzzsaw on the field and enough chip damage flying to destroy wood accidentally, takes the time and resources to just front it with metal. Then putting extra resources into adding plating to ensure that no lucky pair of nukes could get to the core, by adding some metal to nullify small arms fire, ensuring that the nukes themselves would have to hit plating 3 times without repair, thus preventing the maximum burst of two. Yeah its expensive but it eliminates a HUGE amount of risk in a lot more circumstances than it actually gets done. I’d say my main point is that I’d like to understand why people seem to disregard that so often for what appears to me as just minimal speed increases to an extra weapon or late game mine upgrade or turbine with no defenses. I don’t say it like that to imply they’re all missing the obvious, but because I feel like IM missing something here and I’m trying to make it as clear as possible what I am seeing, so it’s easier to figure out what it is I’m trying to figure out

[@TomLeys]

@@saltyowl3229 Repairing metal plates when they get damaged from nuke AoE is too expensive. You can trap yourself in a death spiral by trying to repair metal being continuously nuked. Plates on spindly extensions are just asking for a plasma or cannon shot, usually not economically worth shooting at that sort of extension but if it is cut it's going to drop multiple plates costing you hundreds of metal. Regarding EMP defense, after the first EMP lands you're going to be already behind. It's scary (and potentially counterproductive) to go further behind by focusing your limited resources on building new defenses rather than saving for the next tech building or weapon. All these rushes depend on sacrificing some early defence to race to some objective (nukes, heavy weapons, full eco) before your opponent. Extra defenses slow you down.

[@DarkKen87]

Great season!

[@deucedeuce1572]

I noticed that this isn't in your list of videos or your list of live videos. I only found it, because it was a recommended video for the #11 video I was watching.

[@yeetoburrito4684]

“I think he’ll be ok-“ 🤯

[@wolf2403]

So, which stream has the 4 core swings?

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

holy crap Fortified stop they're already dead!

[@ChrispyNut]

FINALLY! I've so long suspected Helicopter of being Matteo, but hadn't heard it confirmed. Such a great player, but somehow just can't win tournaments. E2A: I'm pretty sure he and I are related, as my family fit the adage "if you have any luck at all, it's bad luck".

[@a.m.135]

Strange, to my experience the casters never missed a chance to mention that it is Matteo. If you followed some matches you must be extremely unlucky that you only got it confirmed now. I agree he is a good player but his competitiveness and anger is eating him up. And it is visible to everyone through his comments in chat

[@ChrispyNut]

@@a.m.135 I typically skip the chit-chat during intervals. Just so happened this time, I clicked as it was mentioned. As I said in the E2A, I'm of a family who only knows bad luck, so, would fit. 😆 It's a shame when a hobby ends up bringing greater frustration than enjoyment, I've experienced it myself and witnessed it numerous times.

[@jtojagicc]

Spoiler: 1:08:55 "I think they'll be OK" 😅😅

[@shalthepal6513]

GG Skillgap

[@justinpeterson7246]

those nuke whiffs had me cringing so hard. That RNG

[@TrainMann]

ugh, not a big fan when people get punished for stepping out of the meta and switching things up again. In the end, it's just too much of the same strategies over and over.

[@ubik3750]

Fortified sniper usage really annoy me. So glad they lost in semi.

[@sensha5470]

Fortified had a plan every game, they knew the game and knew the commanders they were using, and abused them perfectly. MAF did none of it, they played standard and hardly accounted for anything fort did. They should have looked at who they're facing and knew what was coming at them, because it was extremely predictable. Game1 fair, just standard outplay. Game2 howis are already standard, and your opponent has even better howis at the price of having to wait MUCH longer to fire. Fire first, and have AA ready. MAP did neither, then bitched about "OP commander grr, saw that coming." But if they saw it coming, then why didn't they counter it? Game3 there's literally a single reason to ever pick that commander. You already know it's likely. The second you see swarms come from up and down, you know the entire game hinges on who has map control because there is NO other world than the one we saw: four nukes flying every minute or so... so why would you tank up and not even try to contest? You can't tank 4 nukes!

[@Ushio01]

So Etan quit not wasting his time for third place. First 3 matches were pretty pointless as a result.

[@rorixdragonblade8480]

way too much rng using nukes

[@Zarkaar]

old matteo would have mopped the floor with the danke merkel girls.. it's so over

[@amburulo852]

womp womp 😢 lil bro

[@mehrschwein7378]

gendering is one of the worst things that happened to the english language. It's incredible confusing to no natives like me and makes 0 sense, especially when you know peoples gender. Isn't it misgendering when you gender individuals?

[@nerd1000ify]

It's only misgendering if you use the wrong gender for a person (like referring to a person who identifies as male using 'she'). The rules are something like this: Only living things have genders. This is different to some other European languages like German and French where most non-living objects also have genders. It's usually ok to assume a living thing's gender is the same as its outwardly presenting biological sex unless you're told otherwise. He/him or She/her. People who don't match this assumption will usually find some way to tell you how they prefer to be referred to. If the subject is a person and you don't know the gender (or they prefer not to have one), use "they/their" If the subject is not a person and you don't know the gender use "it/its" There are two strange exceptions to the rules that I am aware of. The first is that you can use the female gender for watercraft (boats, ships and submarines). The second is that under some circumstances it is ok to use 'it/its' for babies and small children, as if they were a non living object. Neither of these make sense, but you can just ignore them because the regular rules can be applied to these cases instead and you will still be speaking correctly.

[@leons.5643]

Extremely disappointed by skill gap, they knew what was coming and didn't react

[@ski7792]

they won?

[@juusto3_352]

@@ski7792 Might be an anti-spoiler comment. If someone were to read the comments before watching, this might confuse them about who actually won. Quite smart really if it is. Certainly got me since I read a bit of the comments before watching :D

[@ski7792]

@@juusto3_352 maybe? seems too big brain for a youtube comment section though

[@juusto3_352]

@@ski7792 hah sure does tbf

[@alexandr8918]

gaygar trolled, or he's just bad?

[@alexandr8918]

On the other hand, Malme was simply too good, maybe gaygar looks so bad cuz of the contrast...

[@KrazyKunoichi]

I don't understand why there is 20 minutes of nothing at the beginning. Seriously. Just cut(edit) it out and get into the conversation at the very least. Intermission between matches is one thing, and would be understandable, but 20 minutes of nothing? Is it because of YTchat? An answer is all I seek.

[@dominicgodinho3652]

EMPs should be banned in tournaments. They make interesting match ups consistently flop to one sided victories. Which is completely uninteresting. Or they need a heavy nerf. Shouldn't be able to disable enemy cores at the very minimum.

[@Spectral-Spiff]

solution actually countersnipe the EMP instead of tanking them like a bag of potatoes or do the same back to the enemy

[@dominicgodinho3652]

@@Spectral-Spiff and yet it seems too mant top players get absolutely snowballed by them. They are so powerful that they can do game changing damage in the time it takes to just build and start landing hits with a sniper. Also, if the enemy is smart they won't continually spam the emp on cooldown and use it irregularly to impose a much higher cost in focus / concentration on their opponents.

[@dominicgodinho3652]

@@Spectral-Spiff i don't particularly see an other single weapon as having such a dis proportional effect in the early game in relation to cost in investment and apm requirement. I've been watching this game a long time, and nothing else so frequently turns an interesting early game tension / buildup into a flop.

[@dominicgodinho3652]

@@Spectral-Spiff seems to disproportionately favour players who already have the upper hand in apm

[@dominicgodinho3652]

@@Spectral-Spiff also doing the same to the enemy as a necessity doesn't seem like a fun or interesting gameplay staple

[@leocurious9919]

This lagging video is unwatchable.

[@Tuck-Shop]

Run fine for me. Maybe your device just needs a reset to free up RAM

[@leocurious9919]

@@Tuck-Shop Seems like it was a youtube issue with this video (streams?) yesterday. All other videos worked flawless. Now this video works too. Mind you, sound was working without issues, it just looked like the video feed of the game stopped all the time.

[@Tuck-Shop]

@@leocurious9919 I am happy it is all sorted now. If YT worked on fixing problems as much as it worked creating them it would run perfectly.