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[@CybertronVGC]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME IT WAS SO MUCH FUN

[@zestysword]

The champ himself

[@0ogman_]

the one time you land a move

[@Ravagethem]

The champ is here!!!!

[@immagns]

MY GOAT

[@luna6315]

goat

[@rodolfoabizares6034]

Alpharad: *doesn't play around crit* PokemonChallenges: I see you have learned nothing from me...

[@therranolleo468]

when every Pokemon has 1 hp there is no playing around crits

[@PFEANYCS]

@@therranolleo468 there are critical hits though. It’s one of the only two RNG rules in the game. And a critical bit directly caused one of alpharad’s losses. The original commenter has a joke that works and doesn’t ignore any of the information presented in the video. Can’t say the same about yours.

[@Watburnt]

@@therranolleo468 yes it is you can make sure you cant have you're king taken by a random crit it's hard but doable

[@AWanderingSwordsman]

@@Watburnt I don't think it's actually doable. You are always at the mercy of crits in this game.

[@mrclen9388]

Alpha plays only for the content

[@bozobozo6369]

PLEASE get some chess youtubers to try this!!! this is actually such a creative idea it’d be wild to see experienced chess players try it out 😂

[@moviesquad73]

Hmm. Does Anna Cramling like pokemon? I need to know!

[@basimcool9278]

levy about to sacrifice his pikachu

[@weskintime4177]

@@basimcool9278 and he sacrificed the ROOKCHU

[@JerryMcB3rry]

​@@moviesquad73well, judging from the videos that she made on the panda channel when that was a thing, no not really lol. It would be fun seeing her try to figure it out tho haha.

[@sdsign4229]

I can see Levy liking it, Hikaru being “meh” about it, Magnus hating it, and the Botez sisters loving it. The people from PogChamps would love it though, like Stanz, Ludwig, etc.

[@JoseELeon]

The "i made a severe lapse of my judgement" followed by "dude he is a genius" killed me

[@ExpandDongMan]

The hardest opponent they all faced was easily the rule book 😂

[@bandana5595]

expand

[@0DHatesInfants]

dong

[@bewill5121]

the hardest opponent cybertron faced was rng

[@RushWheeler]

Man

[@carsongxd]

Expand

[@FirestarFilmsYT]

Alpharad losing to rng is truly poetic

[@nigel_main9872]

And Cybertron winning with rng, at that

[@salamander9153]

Not to mention very ironic

[@zamalamahama4894]

He flew too close

[@luke88890]

Flying too close to fire

[@ari_dexel4288]

Didn’t play around the crit

[@yellowstalk6653]

I swear Jacob's godlike normal RNG and Cybertron's usual hellish RNG came together for a split second and created some kind of singularity of fortune that wound up reversing their fates.

[@xraenon1664]

The fact that Cybertron, the guy known for having the _worst_ luck in Pokémon, won off a crit? Plain old date has better storytelling than most movies these days

[@ianlawvoiceover1056]

Especially playing against alpharad, known LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE

[@timob1681]

the years of terrible luck finally paid off

[@CT-1118]

Well, this isn't Pokemon, this is Pokemon Chess, the additional poshness gives more luck

[@gilbertgloardy7987]

​@@CT-1118 well he still have the bad luck with all the miss

[@luigimanzelli3786]

to be fair he would've won earlier if he didn't miss a checkmate, he was still pretty unlucky 😂

[@HeisenbergFam]

Alpharad writing "wtf is pokemon chess" is golden, the commentary and editing are on point

[@dertpert]

You are everywhere

[@thecheesestealer7407]

Waltuh?!?!

[@theendersmirk5851]

Alpharad knows how to respond to video suggestions. Especially since this is *his* setup for a bunch of his videos.

[@guillermoortega-ruggia9111]

Who are you, how are you everywhere?

[@Bestgirl3]

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one confused.

[@minigovroom8344]

The Underdogs praising Vernias for being a genius to cutting to Vern having no idea what was going on is gold 😂

[@DoMorrMusic]

that made me laugh every time it happened

[@SpathiCaptainFwiffo]

The Vern nation is a nation of liars and schemers AND DECIEVERS AND RATS -ToxicCarriedNick3 2022

[@joefennell6220]

8:25 😂

[@14sirs]

"My horse is it a rook" from SmallAnt absolutely killed me, because he first didn't even call it by the right name by calling it the horse(understandable), but then tried to correct himself by calling it the rook which made him even more wrong 🤣

[@DaikoruArtwin]

Actually, Normal type is a really good type for pawns. In normal Pokemon, resistances are important to allow switch-in and resisting STAB attacks, which makes Normal a bad type defensively due to its only resistance being Ghost. But with these Chess rules, there's more importance in not having weaknesses since these are what opens up combos into potential instant-losses. So Normal type with its only weakness being Fighting is actually really good to prevent these combos from happening.

[@yuugur666]

Yeah the moment they said normal after bug I was like "wtf are you talking about"

[@malxire]

But resistants are also a deterrant from making regular moves so normal can't double trade with anything but Ghost

[@DaikoruArtwin]

Put a Normal pawn in front of your King, and make your King Ghost. The only type that can combo off that pawn is Fighting, but your King is also immune to Fighting, so that's one way to make good use of the type matchups and blocks all possibilities of combo-capturing your King off that pawn. Except crits :')

[@voiceoreason9884]

​@@DaikoruArtwinThat would only work if you were defending from a rook or a queen. None of the other pieces would ever be coming at the king head on, and even the rook and queen would still have the option of going around the sides.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

@@voiceoreason9884 Yeah of course, every pawn near your king need to protect against different pieces, but the most dangerous one is definitely the queen since it can keep the combo going in many directions. At the very least, that gives you one less side to worry about.

[@FrostyRonan]

We have to applaud Vernias being in this tournament.

[@CrazyHand7894]

The leader of the Vernation!

[@WDinATX]

If only he wasn’t so unlucky…

[@bannabrain]

And little z said that somebody else was the unlucky

[@spoons4545]

@@CrazyHand7894 God, I hope the Party Crashers make fun of him for not winning a single game.

[@charlymoon741]

let's go verNATION

[@FireallyXTheories]

The editing to remove the more nuianced rules until they became crucial for specific games was top notch. Flowed so well as a result!

[@CamKoudo]

Vernias being called a genius, while he himself has no idea what he's going is peak comedy xD

[@themos9751]

moral of the story: when asked, "do you know how to play chess" 9/10 pokemon youtubers respond, "what is a chess?"

[@Porter_Luigi]

Who knew that reading the rules was the greatest weapon!?

[@ThatOneHermit]

You see, I would agree with you but vernias just so happened to be the one person to lose EVERY SINGLE GAME he played

[@empireyouth5791]

Indeed there is a difference between reading and understanding the rules And understanding the implications of the rules on the game And in other words it takes more than reading the rules

[@justinfabela4899]

This is genuinely so sick! I can't imagine how much of a nightmare it was to edit all this footage 😅

[@Kiopulsar]

The what?

[@yingerfeltonboi654]

I love seeing Alpharad be one of the victims instead of the one roping people into the silly events.

[@JiroTheFro]

That is one of the endings of all time. A man of pure luck battles a man of pure unluck, culminating in the unluckiest man winning by a stoke of pure luck. Perfect storytelling at its karmic finest. Awesome commentary by all on the couch as well! Definitely trying this out sometime

[@Vernias]

I have gravely failed the Vern Nation

[@Afrodoodle]

Imagine being LAST PLACE!

[@marykandis959]

​@@Afrodoodle I see the TC crowd has followed the sovereign of the Vernation to this battlefield. Well met sir

[@Boz0Bot]

@@Afrodoodle WITH 0 WINS!!!! (but fr now, you were my biggest hope.... but ig the vern virus doesnt just exist in mario party)

[@Ducksterguy]

I was rooting for you the whole time, leader of the Vern Nation!

[@willtheinspector2560]

The Vern Nation Decimation

[@Raziel_HHL]

SPOILERS . . . . . . . Without Will-O-Wisp misses there was nothing to stop Aaron from winning

[@MelodyLumina]

jacob "rabon iv" alpharad should've played around the crit

[@Electro4890]

Why put in spoilers like this stating the obvious? Now you're just tryna make people get spoiled lmao

[@pineappleboi1719]

@@MelodyLumina Jan is going to absolutely flame Jacob for this...

[@CobaltWarden]

Honestly “we say everything you want to hear, and many things you don’t” is a hell of a catch phrase for the podcast

[@TheSpectator7]

If you guys were to include all 18 types on the Chess board, my best suggestion is give only the Queen and King the option to be Dual Typed, providing the King better defense while exerting more offensive pressure from the Queens

[@DarkShadowOblivion]

King would need multiple hit points to make that work, honestly

[@fabribe1683]

As Nick would say: Take your time Vernias, don't worry

[@Luke-io6fv]

I bet most people don’t know who you are talking about but I do! Tcnick3!

[@A.S._Trunks]

Lol toxic nick

[@thomasmogford6095]

Lmao

[@CreeperAwwMan]

lol toxic carried/cringe nick3

[@andrewt329]

@@Luke-io6fv I doubt that. He's been on Z's channel a lot and has more subs than over half the competitors here. He's crazy.

[@sharkodactyl7796]

THIS WAS SO FUN! The music was great, the narrative was perfect, I loved the intercuts of all the different streams (hell on earth to edit, I imagine), the Underdogs' commentary was great, and how perfect is it that Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng's bad luck chases him from competitive Pokemon straight into Pokemon Chess. It really do be like that! Anyways Pokemon Chess Tournament 2 featuring Wolfe Glick when??

[@rogeliogarzamartinez7039]

Wolfe and Pimpnite would be great additions to the next tournament!

[@fiendfi7119]

hey! the site could use some patching. as you noticed during the tournament, the low health music and promotion overlay are broken but there's also a bug with moving a piece multiple times where if you choose not to, the game can start taking the other player's time while it's still your turn, softlocking the game. customizable time control would be a nice quality of life addition and imo a king taking another king with a not very effective matchup should result in a draw.

[@themanhimself1949]

i agree! i wish there was customizable times, & an "endless" mode for when you either both need to study the typechart midgame or when someone just needs to go afk for whatever reason.

[@themanhimself1949]

also i havent found a way to mute the game audio. i like to call with my friend while playing, or listen to music during random battles. its not necessary, but sure would be nice!!

[@fiendfi7119]

@@themanhimself1949 have you tried muting the tab?

[@aidanfenton4377]

@@themanhimself1949 right click the tab at the top of your browser, firefox you can mute tab, in chrome you can mute the site or you can natively mute the browser if you open it in a new window

[@the_godbodor7026]

I love how almost everyone was like “they are being so smart” only to jump cut to them saying something like “I don’t know what I’m doing.” Comedy gold.

[@evantherandom3169]

22:28 just makes me think: "And this will be the crit that will pierce the heavens!!"

[@taokretz2776]

RNG aside, the amount of strategy possible simply from assigning different types to pieces is insane. Imagine trying to prepare actual chess openings but you also need to account for what type all of your opponent's pawns are.

[@skybattler2624]

Happens to me several times. There is even an instance where I saw the opponent has a fighting queen facing against my ghost king, and proceeded to do a fool's mate precisely to lure the queen out. And it worked.

[@danny18894]

Aaron never thought he'd win 1000$ for a Pokemon game after missing 5 Will O Wisps in a row

[@RaeCrazyGaming]

been a fan of little z for a while now but omg this video was incredibly hype. incredible storyline and editing. Congrats to cybertron too!

[@dvdv4270]

Idk why but I find it funny every time they said “Aron cybertron Zheng” it just reminds me of that one SpongeBob scene where they describe the Alaskan worm as “big scary and pink”

[@AGTP527]

One of your best videos Zach the commentary, the editing, the vernias to laugh at it doesn't get much better than this

[@larvatar2387]

The amout of times I said "STOP THROWING STOP THROWING STOP THROWING" in the first 5 minutes is a testament to how entertaining this is and has the potential to be. I can't wait to see more Pokemon Chess

[@therranolleo468]

gotta get Hikaru and Levy into this shit too, see actual masters at chess fumble their way down the pokemon type chart is platinum content

[@Iamtimeforsomethingnew]

Gotham gets sent one of these games under the guise of it being a guess the Eli submission and his mind exploding when a piece has a super effective attack for the first time

[@therranolleo468]

@@Iamtimeforsomethingnew its all fun and games until the queen decides to move twice in a row and eats the enemy king, no check no checkmate

[@tevildo7718]

@@Iamtimeforsomethingnew Did that actually happen? If so do you have a timestamp?

[@juxxthefluxx]

Loved seeing perspectives and games that we missed while watching the stream.

[@Dr.Pimento]

The soundtrack at 3:08 goes hard Also at 18:56 the callback to the first video with Winter is genius

[@ethanwalters3445]

This was a top tier video! So so entertaining, well edited, and such an awesome concept!!

[@crnphl]

this video was so entertaining omg. the concept itself is really creative and a lot of fun to watch but on top of that the editing and commentary from the underdogs as well as zack's individual comments just made it a blast to watch. would love to see more of this!!!

[@logan-ninja7495]

The amount of fun i've been having playing this for the past 2 hours is unreasonable, This is outstanding

[@bigrock8752]

Lets just take a second here to appreciate the godlike editing

[@ryan_raus]

I loved this. I had a hard time following on stream but the editing made this super easy to understand and enjoy!

[@kitsunebiShake]

this is my first time watching one of your videos (i believe i've seen your channel but i'm always reluctant to actually watch new people lmao), usually whenever i pick up a new channel i just leave it playing on the background but this is one of those rare times where i was hooked from the start, the energy and the editing are so good and fun! this was such a fun video and now i'm fully interested, looking forward to watching more stuff from you!

[@__C8H10N4O2__]

been looking forward to this, the stream was great

[@ceebee4564]

Ya know, Normal and Bug are actually not garbage. Normal has no super effective type matchups sure, but it also is only weak to Fighting. And Bug wins 3 type matchups with 3 type losses. Which is WAY better than Grass's 3 type wins and 5 type losses.

[@serpentmaster1323]

Im over here enjoying that when you set a peice to a certain type, it seems there are predetermined pokemon that fit it best. The rook pokemon I saw were spectreir, glastreir, galarian rapidash, mudsdale, terakion, zebstrika, kingdra, tauros, corviknight, ageslash, sirfetched, and absol. clearly choosing the knight/ horses of the type. Love it.

[@McBehrer]

22:40 HUGE Setback energy. Absolutely terrible luck the entire game, until the moment he REALLY needs it, and everything magically falls into place

[@louisroy4911]

The full VOD was totally worth the watch, but I couldn’t wait for the multiple perspectives 😘👌🏼

[@failedcabbage]

that ending was absolutely insane !!! What a perfect conclusion for the tournament

[@armaanlatheef7897]

14:58 what a perfectly edited sequence that was, props to the editor

[@pocketlint4182]

This was hilarious and awesome. Amazing commentary, editing, and clip selection. Awesome video dude!

[@fettuccine9722]

The editing was fire, good video!

[@CaptainKiddYT]

We stan our Ice Queen

[@MasterHeracross]

This has to be one of the funniest videos I've seen in a while + the editing was top notch lol poor Verinas

[@Built-different-Ngl]

Seeing Alpharad in the cat saying "ZACK PLEASEEEEEEEEEE" and Zack ignoring him had me crying real tears

[@NeonCitizenTeal]

It'll be interesting if abilities could be given to the different types, *Normal* - Run Away: This piece can move 1~2 spaces backwards instead to it's normal movement. You cannot capture a piece with this movement. *Fire* - Flame Body: The piece that captures this piece has a 20% to become burned. A burned piece is captured at the end of the opponent's third turn after the piece was captured. *Water* - Drizzle: Adjacent enemy pieces do not get an extra move after capturing a piece that was super effective or a critical hit. *Grass* - Harvest: If this piece is captured and the square this piece started on is unoccupied, when a pawn is promoted you may regain this piece and put it in it's starting square. *Electric* - Static: The piece that captures this piece has a 20% to become paralyzed. A paralyzed piece can only move and capture pieces as if it were a pawn. *Bug* - Compound Eye: This piece cannot miss it's attacks. Has a 15% chance of getting a Critical Hit. *Fighting* - Defiant: This piece cannot be captured by a piece it resist. *Flying* - Aerilate: This piece may move through friendly pieces. It cannot capture pieces the turn it passes through a friendly piece. *Poison* - Poison Touch: The piece that captures this piece has a 20% to become poisoned. A poisoned piece has a 35% of being captured at the end of each of it's owner's turns. *Ground* - Lightning Rod: Adjacent pieces cannot be captured by Electric pieces. *Rock* - Sturdy: Once per game, if this piece would be captured it isn't. *Psychic* - Telepathy: When this piece captures a piece by a Super Effective or Critical Hit, you may move another piece for the additional move instead. *Ice* - Refrigerate: The piece that captures this piece has a 20% of becoming frozen. A frozen piece cannot move and cannot be captured. It unfreezes at the start of the opponent's fourth turn after being frozen. *Dragon* - Pressure: A critical hit will never occur when capturing this piece. *Ghost* - Cursed Body: If this piece is affected by a status condition, adjacent enemy pieces have a 20% of gaining the same status condition at the end of each turn. *Dark* - Intimidate: Adjacent enemy pieces cannot capture this pieces unless they are super effective against this piece. *Steel* - Heavy Metal: This piece is unaffected by status conditions. *Fairy* - Flower Veil: At the end of the turn remove status conditions from adjacent friendly pieces.

[@cyndaquilllover4807]

The meta of a Pokémon chess would be crazy

[@Matrixmacy]

13:41 Absol willing in its super luck ability I see

[@mirrormagic7674]

The effort of content nowadays is so much more than even 2 years ago. I really love it! As much as I loved the more casual stuff, Underdogs fill that void.

[@ElXando1993]

Looking forward to adding z type moves

[@ElXando1993]

@@Lark703 not currently. Not sure it needs to be either but thanks for the enthusiasm!

[@therranolleo468]

Z moves: once per game attack ignoring miss/crits and type advantage Giantamax: you piece is now chonky and takes 4 squares instead of 1

[@catd5307]

I hope that the official Pokémon company teams up with u to turn Pokémon chess into an official game where they have tournaments

[@dbtawesomesauce5448]

13:31 vernias: before I pull a stupid ( proceeds to pull said stupid )

[@FranXiT]

This is one of the best videos ive ever seen. PLEASE more pokemon chess. This is amazing.

[@haydenschaff8179]

This was a masterpiece. You made Pokémon Chess look awesome.

[@borahbros1664]

I had so much faith in Vernias, I’m sure one day he can redeem himself in Pokémon chess…

[@thekingofpotatoes1932]

The commentary + editing here was absolutely top class lmfao

[@MstrKipper]

Yesss I was so waiting for this video excited to finally see it!

[@FlarpTart]

Yay! More PC! I’ve been playing it a bunch, and I finally got some more content!

[@dinodigger3825]

Can you do this again, this is one of my favorite videos you have made; both this and the live video.

[@Just_a_Dragon69]

Cybertron was't unlucky, he was just saving all his luck for this moment

[@aldincalderon8845]

This is a crossover i never expected

[@therealsans1401]

This was actually so crazy cool. I loved the editibg for zhang being the unluckiest player to winning with pure luck! Great vid Z

[@ryangarcia3729]

This was a great video!

[@xaius4348]

This was so good! And the casting was on point!

[@eeevan7939]

This was so hype to watch live :D

[@ForeverKite42]

HELL YES!! Very hyped! that looks so fun! I am god awful at chess, so this is right up my ally!

[@killercore007]

I really think that the whole super effective move again thing should be limited to just a max of one free per turn, as it just snowballs way too easily as current. It would also make the queens less busted and make you have to think more about how deep you want to go in with a piece.

[@AYSplayer]

But it makes them predictable.

[@IamGrimalkin]

I haven't played this yet, but I imagine if people got good at it they'd quickly learn to play around multiple multiple-piece capture chains. That's what people do in Draughts, after all. It does look like it needs some balancing to reduce the power of the queen though. Here's some ideas: -Allow people to add multiple of the same type. That way, you can assign the best offensive type (perhaps not ice in this version) to more than just the queen, and can also make better defensive pawn walls to hold the queen off. -Add restrictions to which pieces can do super effective takes. One idea would be to let them take pawns/pieces that traditionally rank equal, higher, or one weaker than itself. That way, pawns and knights can take everything, bishops can take everything except pawns, etc. This would not only make the queen less OP but possibly more balanced than regular chess.

[@donovanmahan2901]

however if there is ever an update for double typing, 4x weaknesses should absolutely be chainable.

[@Destructer94]

14:48 THE WAY THE CAMERA SLOWLY PANNED UP, I CAN'T 😂

[@pieoflords5082]

4:55 i dont know why that moment is so funny to me, it's like you can just picture the grimacing face of someone watching that play out

[@xDari14]

You should make your own app like this and put it out separately so Nintendo won't sue you I'm sure many will enjoy playing it:)

[@furiouscorgi6614]

If it doesn't monetize for profits, it's parody and thus allowed

[@SonicHaXD]

LMAO Alpharad is usually the one to make people suffer XD

[@medjaimcgraw5632]

ayyy its SonichaXD

[@mikeberg6407]

Holy sht, you have absolutely out done yourself with this on Z. The RNG elements made this *chefs kiss* and cogger just perfect voice for commentating . The ending too though 😂"gtfo with your critiques"

[@sirwoofie]

Thanks for making this pokemon chess tournament, I never would have found your channel if it wasn't for Alpharad's video on it. The content's great!

[@jonnybirch2268]

That was so much fun to watch!! And I loved the music background 😂😂

[@minikretz1]

The editing is perfect, and so is the commentary

[@arthurazs]

omG that was so intense. I wanna watch more pokechess, great work!

[@yuki_dawn]

When you made your first video on this; I thought the idea was genius. And now I've actually got to play it for myself? I'm hooked! This game is actually fantastic! Unless I'm facing a pro; I've always found regular chess a bit too easy to win against the levels of opponents I face, and there's not much challenge in doing that, but now there's so much more to consider upon each move, and with the added RNG or crits and misses being factors to consider; this game is seriously just so much fun!

[@iscremintothevoid]

2:38 The Voltorb Flip music is insanely fitting, love it!

[@dubhog]

Chess pros vs pokemon pros would be an incredible video

[@Rngenius_]

This is the best video I have seen in a while. What an ending as well. Legendary.

[@midorimatsuda7241]

The editing on this is a work of art.

[@danieljoshuaplummer841]

This may have been the most mental anguish I have experienced well laughing harder than I ever should.

[@nunyabusiness755]

I need to see more of this. That was great

[@HeroNolan]

Absolutely love this concept

[@alexlouden4756]

Wow the insightful commentary, hilarious edits, and surprisingly hype gameplay, this was just the best

[@freemovies411]

Expertly edited, I loved it all, smiling so hard right now.

[@jordongodfrey9640]

How has this turned into literally the best new thing. Listening to you all commentate was so great.

[@afoxinafoxhole7891]

Am was expecting every confrontation to become a Pokémon battle to see which piece lives

[@maxbrown6466]

The sequel we all waited for