I Attempted "Pokémon Chess"

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[@Alpharad]

You can play it yourself at pokemonchess.com :D

[@desertpillow1]

nice

[@mintyfresh122]

very cool alpharad

[@fridge2046]

Can’t wait for the face reveal

[@Lionsfan91]

Pokeman chest

[@s1csty9]

it's not working for me

[@chess]

how chaotic, i love it

[@jaylee6083]

Adds a lot of strats than regular chess

[@nikodabos]

yeah

[@DuckieChan.]

chess.

[@typoplays]

You need to add this to your website😊

[@admg2005]

make it official!

[@erintempleton1342]

Bro’s biggest enemy was the rulebook

[@JuggR]

True

[@thecreaturehunter]

Overused

[@Gizmonavi]

i blame the rng

[@ItzRyujin99_]

​@@thecreaturehunter blud who r u

[@FlopNonStop]

I think I’ve seen this comment before

[@keerthiannadorai4412]

There is something poetic about a stall tactic falling apart to a critical hit

[@waitingfortheequinnox]

Classical.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Vintage Pokémon.

[@cosmickatgirl]

That is truly the most pokemon thing of all time

[@vanished2667]

Well to be fair stalling does increase the chance of a crit happening

[@justarandomguyplayingrando4792]

i mean completely rng based...don't see what ur talkin bout bro seems like a skill issue to me

[@fonkeymonkey1048]

Jan's words echoed in your head: "Always play around the crit"

[@scotginger4690]

Even in Chess, Jan's words ring true.

[@blakehensley2135]

Underrated comment

[@Rinnerott]

FlygonHG moment

[@anonymousturtle34]

I respect the absolute blind faith in RNG at the end, RIP alpha

[@Jack_Of_All_Trades768]

Never underestimate your opponent. They could make a good move at any time. But this was just rng.

[@miah8163]

If you watched Little Z's video he shows that a few moves earlier, Cyberton had a straight shot to Alpharad's king but the move missed, so I think it evens out in the end.

[@Banan_Man_]

@@miah8163 10% chance to miss, 6% chance to crit

[@holdenwoofter5896]

What key difference between a good tournament player and a great tournament player is not playing for the best value, but playing for the win. What he did may have been the worse play on paper, but it was his highest odds of winning. In a lot of games it's called "playing to your outs".

[@jgotchabeezy]

The ultimate “That Crit mattered”

[@SmileyNoteblock]

In the wise words of Mr. Pokémon Challenges himself: "Should've played around the crit"

[@thelastshadowpigz]

S tier comment.

[@Ditto.007]

He never learns and thats what we love 😂

[@farhanhusein4751]

looooool i can imagine janne voice

[@lezestykiwi909]

I read “crit” as uh something different… damn I gotta clean my brain’s gutters

[@heartofthefluft8541]

HAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 Man, now we need a Pokémon Chess Nuzlocke run

[@SimplyAnExistence]

Alpharad losing to _someone else’s_ blind faith in luck is a truly ironic twist of fate.

[@ingo1848]

he cybertron did miss his first "win" that game so without the miss that luck would not have been needed

[@Wade_in_your_water]

Alpha always takes up the villain role I love it

[@Jason_Ultimate]

Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to Alpha... she seems to be turning against him in recent years.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Alpharad luck just directs one to the funniest outcome, not necessarily the successful outcome.

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

A true Icarus moment

[@TrainzAlexCarrStudios2003]

Alpharad: *Is about to win via timer* Critical Hit: *Death whistle intensifies.*

[@samuraiturtle.2637]

Pick it up Pick IT *UP*

[@thepopeofpineapples6275]

Chess is a complicated game. Pokémon is a complicated game. And now they’re merged. Truly beautiful.

[@notoriousDIP]

And complicated

[@beo9057]

@@ImanError404 no not yet :)

[@kirakat5]

Ngl pretty complicated

[@datgremlin3478]

It's also very complicated

[@JP-TT]

And its also kinda complicated fr fr

[@Insullar]

I love that the most unlucky person in the tournament actually got lucky for once in his pokemon career.

[@Hack--rz1io]

And against Alpha of all people

[@clemente3966]

And that the single shot at luckiness was the ending move to win the whole tournament.

[@SamualN]

it all balances out eventually

[@AWanderingSwordsman]

He actually had basically won earlier but the killing blow missed, which is what put him that situation at the end where he had to crit. He also missed like 5x more than anyone else. Dude was mad unlucky.

[@MushokuShiro]

​@@Hack--rz1io Comedy writes itself

[@King0fKyles]

No one ever expects the bidoof gambit, truly one of the most formidable plays that few can play around

[@matthewblaikie7903]

But the magikarp defence tho...

[@nicholaslowell2510]

"Live long enough as the hero and see yourself become the villan" This is it guys The main character arc is over Alpha's rumbling arc begins

[@iantaakalla8180]

When you never wanted to be the king (you swear) but you play Pokémon chess

[@QueeenCrimson]

I think Alpha villain arc began loooong ago

[@g.wilson536]

Legit, the pure irony of Alpha, one of the infamously lucky gamers, losing to RNG against someone seemingly infamously unlucky in pokemon RNG, and losing to a crit sends joy through me.

[@FectoElfilin]

Should've used en passant.

[@emdivine]

@@FectoElfilin Holy hell

[@cuckoobrain7999]

I don't think you're using infamously correctly but I'm not sure

[@plutosupporter7758]

Context for anyone who doesn’t know why Cybertron is infamously unlucky with Pokémon RNG: In gen 5, he went to the finals of the world championship, where he missed 4 will-o-wisps over the course of the set, leading to his loss. Pokémon then buffed WoW’s accuracy from 75 to 85.

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

​@@plutosupporter7758 a 0.09% event to occur as well. Then then 1/10th of 1% and it happened. Ohh you know Cybertron Popped Off

[@DeathDragon1730]

This is definitely a video by Alpha. Never gets punished until the last second where his podium collapses underneath him.

[@kirby47897]

flew too high

[@bahumat9853]

Should have played around the crit.

[@harrysteel864]

Something something icarus

[@ironboy3245]

@@bahumat9853 Jan shaking his head

[@randomname9291]

@@bahumat9853 yeah if he would’ve just went to e5 instead of d5 it would’ve been game over

[@pikanachuster4032]

The story telling is so on point and the way Alpha drags us through the narrative for the conclusion is truly stunning. I laughed so hard at the end 10/10

[@sdsanz92]

I audibly gasped when I saw the triple super effective move to win. Easily the best play out of the entire tournament.

[@codenameloser8488]

Alpharad defeating Kidd in 2 moves by chaining 3 super effective moves and taking the king just to lose the finals match because the man that missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row in a pokémon tournament got a crit on the pawn that was protecting the king is just an absolute Pokémon chess moment

[@byzantine5761]

and part of the win was him killing Jynx, absolute irony

[@AuraKingVedant]

A true nuzlocker always goes down to the crit

[@orangesilver8]

Actually if you consider the situation he could have played around the crit by switching out his pokemon there.

[@dylpickle_z]

truly the nuzlocke king

[@oblongLogin]

He should have played around the crit.

[@Blaybay123]

I think the last match illustrates Pokémon Chess really well You can get into the mind of your opponents and outplay them with a thought out strategy but that all means nothing in the eyes of a crit

[@volty883]

What spectacular storytelling. Truly Phenomanal. Cyber getting that crit last moment was beyond clutch and just goes to show how you should always play around the crit Jacob

[@theronjohnson2640]

As a PokeChess GM myself, Jacob is an up an coming star that is truly frightening for the scene

[@peephobe]

hes kinda bad 🎐

[@CDCHexaku]

​@@peephobei agree that red dress still lingers in my mind oh wait no not that kind of bad sorry

[@peephobe]

@@CDCHexaku well both apply

[@SamWeltzin]

Watched the LittleZ video first, and coming to this really makes me appreciate Alpha's ability to weave a narrative.

[@SuperIsaiah]

Alpha wins through RNG, it's just part of the game. Alpha loses through RNG: A dramatic and tragic event of mass proportion

[@SamWeltzin]

@@SuperIsaiah Yup, exactly. lol It's a pretty impressive talent, actually. He's a good entertainer. :D

[@andrewt329]

@@SamWeltzin But also a sore loser.

[@lordbidoof8790]

That ending is honestly the most Alpharad thing I've seen in a while

[@Saiavinn]

That was nothing short of a full tale of hopes, intrigue, valor and tragedy.

[@kariquigley3817]

Serpireor:i am safe!!! Abstol:no

[@squid_cookie570]

Alpha's insane RNG and Cybertron's 5 will-o-wisp RNG came together to create an absolute abomination that last game

[@DragoSonicMile]

Holy crap... that final move looked like a Platinum nuzlocke.

[@howdy4504]

This is actually a brilliant evolution (pun intended) of chess. It adds more strategy and an element of chaos to make it so interesting. 10/10

[@silverchord5790]

As someone who is obsessed with both Pokemon and Chess, I'm very glad that this monstrosity exists

[@IdentifiantE.S]

I don't know much about chess but this video really made me want to get interested in it, that was probably also the goal of the video I guess

[@GSamus14]

RIP Pokemon Duel

[@cameronweaver2013]

​@@GSamus14 was a great game, I had such a good setup lol

[@shiningbind90]

Imagine getting out-lucked by the man who missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row?

[@SunshineRey]

Nah, that’s just his luck averaging out. If Aaron “Cybertron” Zheng can hit five 25% misses, he can hit one 6.25% chance crit. (Edit: thank you for the correction, Megarotom)

[@megarotom1590]

@@SunshineRey no the miss is 10%, the crit is 1/16

[@CasualPizza]

@@megarotom1590 it's 25%, will o wisp was 75% acc in gen 5. it got buffed to 85% acc next gen

[@SunshineRey]

@@CasualPizza they are talking about the last pokemon chess game. They are right, I just mixed up the percents when typing.

[@CasualPizza]

@@SunshineRey oh alr

[@StrikeAxl]

Wow. Cybertron really got a lucky crit with 2 seconds left. Holy hell. Love to see Frank featured like this. His channel and editing are so underrated.

[@Moleoflands]

What you didn't see is the amount of easy wins he lost out on because opponents got crits or winning attacks missed

[@jerronng5568]

Cybertron had immense bad luck the whole event even more than Alpharad during the last round But even though he missed like every win possible he still won That's the difference between someone who Plays around luck and uses it when necessary and someone who doesn't

[@captainjellystar1453]

Loved watching the whole stream. Would love to see more in the future

[@MoaDib27]

The fact that Alpha lost because he didn't play around the crit it's beautiful

[@haelstrom101]

Of all the times lady luck decided she wasn't gonna help you, it had to be for $1000

[@fruitloops2058]

Lady Luck gives and Lady Luck takes

[@darthsquidward3092]

I love your choice of putting classical materpiece music in the background.

[@blazedoesart7465]

The end of this video is so freaking good, the classical music paired with a moment that really comes full circle, it's hilarious

[@Vernias]

I would ask for the runback but there's no chance I'm ever coming back from all those blunders 😭

[@exavend1149]

Really great video! loved the music choice and the ending.

[@grizzlygaming801]

I love that in the clip at 2:38 where he says out of danger into danger that he shows a clip of danger into danger. XD

[@Krunchy]

That was literally the most Alpharad way to end the series 💀

[@idk_n_idc0_0]

It sure was 😂

[@thegamersclub9326]

Absolutely lol.

[@joethegreat7242]

He really tried stalling indefinitely, this is the most pokemon moment of all time.

[@boxxedin]

this video was such a whimsical Journey to corruption vs Journey of near failure story, beautiful

[@ReillyHart]

Getting to see this video from this perspective after seeing the original was not disappointing. Great vid.

[@Pacnakes]

Sometimes it feels like Alpharad is the villain of the internet, and he is.

[@galagatorgames1317]

This video has proven that not even Alpharad's luck is infinite

[@TigerBrows]

If you think about it, a 6% chance is pretty lucky...

[@TY-Ch]

PChal: He should've played around the crit!

[@soot.mp3]

Awesome video, Alpha! Can't wait to see your next video on Pokemon Chess Boxing!

[@lektornese]

Im so glad to see Aaron get a good rng roll. I swear he would have won words that year if the whisp hit

[@ryrockwell2288]

I love this game now I am actually obsessed playing this with friends

[@RyeBread08]

Where can you play it?

[@zack5162]

​@@RyeBread08if you find little zs video on it, he has it in the video's link

[@Lyra_dragonal]

​@@RyeBread08 Google, you need to create a room and share the code tho

[@RyeBread08]

@@zack5162 ok thank you 👍

[@Cochu]

Aaron winning with luck feels incredibly poetic

[@justzanu9338]

After many misses on super effective take lol

[@fallensnow8859]

You got to understand cybertron got unlucky throughout this tournament but still won from pure skills until the end where luck is really needed and he got it.

[@windee5714]

I love watching my favorite 7 creators and alpharad suffer by playing modded chess

[@therandomguyonyoutube6415]

This was a real Alpharad moment

[@infiniteworld3981]

This was a real Alpharad video.

[@Sjors_]

Truly the Alpharad moment of all time

[@bawpt1590]

A man known for his luck against a man known for his bad luck was truly fitting for the finals

[@dutchh.]

I swear every time I’ve watched an alpharad video recently it’s just him losing at various different things 😂

[@BuCyt]

As he lost,he heard Jans words echo through his brain "you should've played around the crit"

[@antokaknee]

Alpharad losing due to luck is irony at it’s finest

[@WiiMote070]

What's more ironic, that or the fact that it was Cybertron who benefited?

[@hudson9195]

I understand the rage Alpha felt but, GOD DAMN, that was an AWESOME final move

[@Auriel_1337]

I don't understand what happened. Alpha's king was still alive. How else do you win in chess?

[@TheKeeperofWisdom]

@@Auriel_1337 Cybertron won since he got that 6% chance of a crit, letting his rook move again. Since Alpharad's king was right next to the rook it was a victory.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I watched the little z video, you played so well it's crazy!

[@alexmoon273]

in terms of practical battle this is actually far more realistic representation of battle except moving constantly it should be it is able to move twice

[@treeninja8924]

Anytime anyone references cybertron, it’s so funny that it always ends with the clip of will-o-wisp missing 5 times (or a joke abt missing)

[@Nexu5z0]

Imagine pokemon chess becoming actually competitive and having other tournaments

[@flamboyantwarlock7101]

I want a hybrid form of this with Mortal Kombat's old chess mode. You choose a pokemon to represent each class of piece (I.e, your knights are Aggron, your queen is Gardevoir, your pawns are all Pawniards, etc), and just play normal chess against your opponent. But any time a piece would capture another, they actually battle to determine to the outcome (i.e, you can move to capture an opponent's piece, but lose your piece in the process). Damage and status effects carrying over between battles, so your power pieces eventually get worn down and can be taken by weaker pieces more easily.

[@sammiknapp8456]

This looks amazing. I would watch more Pokémon Chess content

[@MoonbeamPony]

Okay, but knowing Alpharad, that ending was the best possible conclusion. That was peak content.

[@joaofelipesiqueira21]

I just imagined Magnus Carlsen losing the Chess World Championship Finals to a critical hit and bursted out laughing, truly a superior form of chess is being played here

[@IRelic8283]

Glad I found you love the pkmn videos

[@bananaman4948]

The fact that at 7:50 1812 overture was playing which is a song about a war that got turned on its head is a good touch

[@Xidphel]

Alpharad: "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Alpharad proceeds to become a chess player and also a fanfic writer of The Stormlight Archives (the person who wrote this monologue of a rage quit was a fan of The Stormlight Archives)

[@Dinoxdeath]

Everyone in the comments already said how beautifully cursed this was, so I'd like to take a moment to ask the editors to perhaps turn down the music a bit since there is no subtitles. Although subtitles would be great anyway and that way more people can watch the video! Closed caption really really doesn't do the trick and I found it quite hard to follow with so much stuff going on, so who knows how many genius moves I missed!

[@JormelKaze]

That ending was so well set up. Bravo.

[@Carnables]

That ending was truly a pokemon experience lol

[@Terrabyte13]

Can't wait for Pchall to react to this and tell him he should have played around the crit

[@johnmartinez8580]

Wow, I wasn't expecting it to end like that. It hurts, man

[@pokylyte96]

The critical hit from cybertron of all people still gives me chills

[@ren_suzugamori1427]

Truly, Alpharad was on a winning streak. He was getting so close! And all it took was a lucky critical hit to have that dream come crumbling down like the tower of Babel.

[@jinjer420]

I love how he uses classical music since chess is deemed a sophisticated and intelligent sport.

[@CreativeUsername1997]

I’ve already seen the Little Z video, so I’m excited to see your painful… painful 2nd place all over again.

[@Theblaziken2000]

That's CRAZY two seconds left. Man this seems like it would be so much fun... If only I had friends who liked Pokemon.

[@user-pk2uw5oo6c]

Oh my gosh, that's so cool, my favourite board game fused together with my favourite video game. & just wanted to say thank you so much for making me laugh you & other KZbinrs has changed my life. You always make me smile & laugh for the past few years. 😁😁😁

[@MrWeegee]

The music choices in this video just make so much sense I love it

[@Kryzx_.]

Pokemon chess is one of the most chaotic and amazing thing's ive ever seen

[@VenomBurst]

Lol I remember back when gen 5 was coming out a pokemon chess game came out. I still got mine. Cute others are trying out different styles of it. Fun game.

[@aroseinbloom1]

I do think Jacob's biggest weakness in this game is his cockiness. I feel like that's what keeps him being a relatively average competitive Pokemon chess player, every time he does alright he acts like he's invincible. He's like the real life Pit: mid tier with an Icarus complex.

[@CyanPlushCaptain]

I guess you could say that he, *flew too close to the sun.*

[@ReikuYin]

That ending was.. Was just so poetic.... I would be doing FLIPS. Good old crit RNG to the rescue again....

[@kidvega0450]

This is a reminder that even the internet funny man is truly not the protagonist of every single one of his videos. I felt the pain at the end of the video.

[@pulsestar1053]

the last one was like losing a nuzlocke to the final elite four member or champion

[@hunterthomson6128]

You should've listened to Flygon HG, "always play around the crit"

[@TKHedgeHog]

That last play was the VERY DEFINITION of an icarus moment

[@bwyndir]

always love Alpha's storytelling

[@komeeetta97]

the use of the 1912 overture at the end,,,,magnificent

[@ziggly0018]

that ending was so hype, I genuinely jumped out of my seat.

[@KingDJ524]

Glad to see Chess finally get some DLC

[@tonyblock721]

This version of chess has a ton of potential plays, as seemingly you get to pick the typing of every piece! Would love to be able to play this and experiment

[@Permafr0st5]

I liked the 1812 overture at the end. Such a great song.

[@ConceptsYep]

Probably one of my favourite videos this year

[@darianramos344]

Literally just finished the little Z video and was wondering when I’d get to see your perspective

[@Retro_Acted]

If you told me Alpha would turn into the biggest PokeTuber 5 years ago I would have laughed. But here we are.

[@wistfulcake3923]

This is the one time wooper can actually be a good Pokémon.

[@dylanvanbezouw5403]

Love the video, but alpha when is the smash charcters tier list coming : )

[@fiqures1529]

Hey Alpha, would you be able to put a music list in your future videos? You seem to have the right songs for every scenario