The Legend of McClain

Long overdue.. here's the legend of MCCLAIN!
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[@Martyste]

31:43 Shoutouts to that one villager who nonchalantly entered the enemy base, ignored the scout charging him and DOINKED the trebuchet while being at 1HP. Gi-ga-chad.

[@monkeytale5754]

McClain knew that villager was too OP so he friendly fired him to make the game more competitive too. Classic McClain!

[@MaxYoung-Maxinfet]

16:30 I love when the editors insert their thoughts in a video.

[@ryangeiger7616]

He is the true hero

[@rooftopmentality1996]

Editor so funny for that one I loved that so much, especially the lego sound

[@Raiom.]

Yeah that was so funny, I loved it

[@Tye1348]

T90 thanks for these low elo games. Am Fatslobs age 72 and had stopped playing due to becoming frustrated in my inability to micro manage. These games helped remind me to just go have fun playing. Keep presenting reminders like these to that effect! Once again thanks for all you do!

[@DrBluefox]

we love you fatslob, thanks for dropping by!

[@gabrielcastineiramonteiro6446]

34:48 "I don't want to convert anything, i just want to shoot stuff" - Hernán Cortés in 1520 probably

[@miguelangelcosiorangel2617]

Inaccurate. Spanish conquistadors indeed converted to all native tribes to Catholicism when they stablished in the "New Spain"

[@GerackSerack]

@@miguelangelcosiorangel2617 Fun fact! Nahuatl was the second language to get a written out grammar (first one was Spanish) and the first language to have two grammar books! Conquistadors were really into converting, so they made great efforts to learn native languages.

[@zxylo786]

​@@GerackSerackYeah. Very interesting since here in Mexico catholicism is a very big deal. Almost everyone here is a catholic.

[@ahmicqui9396]

​@@miguelangelcosiorangel2617Not Cortez though. The spanish crown tried to convert the natives, but most of the conquistadores used faith as an excuse for personal gain.

[@rbase96]

16:15 Classic hardy moment

[@FinnyTheRed]

Clain and Able

[@gauterh]

Hardy is killing it! 16:15

[@ABoyNamedJoe]

"I don't want to interfere" It's like the prime directive.

[@DustinHorvath1987]

LOL first thing I thought of. I thought of that, and of contacting primitive tribes in New Guinea.

[@sleeplesshollow4216]

McClain is beyond legendary. He realized right away that ELO means nothing in tournaments and so has forgone ranked entirely no different than any other top 100 player to focus exclusively on how to best people in tournament settings. Truly the hero we all deserve and need

[@fionariley739]

I ironically found your channel just today watching low elo gameplay, watched both of the McLain videos and peed myself a couple of times laughing, and couldn’t be happier with the timing of this McLain update

[@kis4659]

You have no idea how happy I am to see the return of McClain.

[@blackheart1798]

Same

[@GR3c0rds]

He’s kind of a legend!

[@monomyth24]

Those animations are exactly why Hardy is paid the big bux

[@ThorB0]

I think about McClain before falling asleep.

[@Zombiphobia]

Every night I slip into my pjs, kneel at my bed, close my eyes, and clasp my hands, asking God to grant protection for our boy McClain.

[@garioldwin]

This comment got me laugh so hard 😂. I was thinking about McClain also before falling to sleep yesterday!

[@wraithwyvern528]

​@@Zombiphobia The Lord protects the simple; I was helpless, but he saved me. (Psalm 116:6)

[@nxmikaze]

7:26 even the sheep was ready to attack

[@Mantolwen]

The ancient legend of McClain and Abel

[@DustinHorvath1987]

I'm not sure how Age Does it, but in a lot of games, "unranked" is still secretly keeping an MMR for the players so that absurd matchups don't occur. I know that this is the case in Rocket League at least.

[@Cordman1221]

DOTA2 does this as well.

[@TenkaEmpiresFFA]

Always delightful to watch LEL, McClain had so many times in which I thought "he's dead" but, he came back from death!!! Also, yeah, I have a duo with whom I play 2v2v2v2s who always starts the games with a "I'm ready for you to save me" so @ 36:09 God damnit picea

[@PiceaSitchensis]

God-damn right I do my Sempai!

[@hrotha]

I like how red maxxed up the infantry armour before getting any other blacksmith upgrades, only to never make a single infantry unit

[@jonathanweber3969]

That's actually the malay bonus hard at work so glad all the infantry both received all the best armour and weren't even conscripted

[@stevenswann5293]

32:16 Saying is actually "Fool me once, shame on... shame on me. Fool me twice.... can't get fooled again" - George "Dubya" Bush

[@Hunoa44]

Yeah,more Mc Clain! :) Sometimes a sweet reminder of old legends like that is very fun to watch,reminds us for why they truly are legends And thanks for great commentary T90,why great? Cause its ENTERTAINING!

[@tomtenthij5676]

30:30 T90Offical:"Range you say? Trebuchet"😂😂

[@greenknight44]

Being the kid who read the whole manual because i loved the italicized history facts under all the units and research definitions. It amazes me that so many people still don't know what certain researches do. Especially with the roll-over mouse help activated. But I also don't play super competitively either haha

[@ryanoglesbee1075]

Hats off to your editor for the epic illustration of Mcain's past exploits with cannon galleons

[@scionkai2524]

I was really pulling for McClain, made my night seeing him get the W. I hope if people ever reach out to him the don't do it in an overly patronizing manner or troll him. Hopefully McClain takes it in stride if they catch on to these vids and you guys become buds. Maybe McClain being a cohost shoutcasting will break viewership records, lol

[@_Vinny_br]

Buddy, loved the reproduction, keep us updated and informed about McClain's legendary career... I'll be following... and the other official tournaments of course

[@squeezenator8470]

I think a neat idea for a game/series would be to take a random game state of a LEL game and have two pros finish it out. You only have 30 vills at the hour mark, but also 4 layers of fortified walls and have experienced zero pressure from your opponent.

[@kylebattin5115]

Oh nice! Welcome to our newest legend!

[@kylebattin5115]

Also Hardy's edit was hilarious 11

[@russoft]

As an aside, low elo and mid elo are my favorite content. Wacky strategies too. Pro games are interesting, but there's already so much content from those players.

[@MrLakALot]

That edit was pure gold

[@robertherlihy917]

An emotional roller coaster of hope and despair. At this moment, I both love and hate you T90.

[@Dysiode]

19:07 this is exactly the way I would be playing an RTS multiplayer! Very relatable. I laughed so hard at this

[@JohnnyHeaters69]

I only ever play Quick Play 2s, 3s and 4s. T90 once said you have a 50/50 chance winning a game in ranked against your own elo. We prefer to be surprised by the skill level, you never know what to expect. It's especially fun when you come up against people who are slightly worse than you so they put up a fight but you can still flex on them a little lol

[@BayWa4eva]

50% on average. actually it depends on your elo. since your elo change depends on the opponents' elo and your own elo is mostly stable that means your winrate is adjusted to the bell curve. mid elo is about 50%, high elo is higher, low elo lower. if your elo is 1000 and the most players have 1100 while only a couple have 900 then you'll fight 1100 more often than 900. with 50% winrate in this situation you would steadily climb to 1100 (you gain more per win than you lose per defeat).

[@itsyellow1037]

Bruh this man knocks me out cold in like 10 minutes every night 😂 much love.

[@Zallazar]

the wonder edit just had me dying of laughing. top tier :D :D

[@Mustis91]

i really wonder whats going on in McClaines mind. I think after about 10-20 games of losing like he usually is, i'd be like "you know what. maybe there's a guide on youtube"

[@bloated_complacency]

This McClain series is really coming into fruition. Lol I have to say that I very much look forward to watching these McClain videos

[@fritzjovetic3302]

I remember the team game. It was on stream and McClains Teammate got Tower rushed. McClain was low on vills and helped his teammate at his base. The other team build a wonder and McClain took his Canon Galleys and attacked the other team and finally killed the wonder, before he got destroyed at home 11

[@2tontonygalento63]

That thumbnail is insane

[@Lebensgott]

thanks for the edit! its spot on!

[@lewisnic1234]

Lack of patrol lost him those fights… he kept just sending elephants and was clicking units so they weren’t attacking

[@snieznybalwan]

The persistence in making Malay Cavalier omegalul

[@federicocapucci]

This looked like that Metapod VS metapod fight on Pokemon

[@Storm-1.]

YESSSS YESSSS THE MESSIAH IS BACK!!!!!!! I ASK DAYS AND WEEKS FOR HIS RETURN AND HE IS FINALLY BACK HALLELUJA!!!!!!!!!!

[@danielgodes8192]

Love Hardy cartoons

[@LuxFerre4242]

The t90Bro challenge was so fun, almost as fun as the co-op.

[@MrRoofbreaker]

epic animation from the editor. loved the vid. would have enjoyed the wonder even more. Otto FTW

[@hamstersmash]

haven't binge watched your channel for maybe 2 years now, good to return with some fatslob and more low elo games

[@billrich9722]

This makes me feel a lot better about my own play.

[@JoDaG777]

I would love wonder and relic victory to be featured as an option similar to choosing maps. Maybe we can vote on one alternative winning strategy and we have the option to star or ban it at the same time we do it to maps.

[@PalacEvphoria]

I found ur channel a couple days ago through the 6 elo game and im here for mclain

[@robertt.5463]

I for one would absolutely love the return of bro channel content-- I can't believe its been FOUR YEARS!?

[@MadArcherJr]

Hardy is the best part of this video. You're doing your best Hardy.

[@drewskiwest5284]

for some reason in both AoE 2DE and the other AoE 2 i have on steam, my trebs do not auto attack... ever... and idk how to fix it. i don't click any hotkey to make them do anything other than pack/unpack. but beyond that, they just sit there unless i click on units....

[@thepug189]

Props to the editor for improvising the lost game that suddenly came to T90's mind mid match. Lol

[@Maxidonis208]

We have actually seen a McClain win before. At the end of the 60 Elo video you showed the one win you could find in his history. There he used Spanish cannon galleons to scare his opponent into surrendering.

[@paulinasieron9261]

Finally this fine gentelman is back on track

[@DavidSmith-mt7tb]

Gotta love how a player has all this area he chopped out of the wood that the other player isn't going anywhere near and he has a light cav setup with 20k wood and like 10k food in the bank and he doesn't just decide to make a handful of stables up there and mass a huge blob of cav

[@vampiricspirit]

hidden cup V is where its at. Can't get enough of it.

[@machete660]

The placement of that monastery is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in an aoe2 game

[@sammcfarland515]

McLean is the Chris Chan of AOE2

[@foxinthelake]

A civilisation that devoted everything to the workers and the people, with universities that educated for the sake of education. All beliefs were tolerated such that holy relics were left unprotected, and yet undefaced and unmolested. A place where peace was so pure that the only weapons forged were in the act of demonstration of complex science, or to allow the weaker men parade as low grade horsemen. Not even one of these men was considered expendable; the poorest of troops would be microed to survival, to live - all for one. This civilisation was stormed by the hordes; a people with no values or curiosity beyond gunpowder and aggression. As the grand walls and gates fell, one final trebuchet was pinned to a corner against the wall. He and his engineer brethren had pummelled dozen of barbarians in the last line of defence, but he was the final one. Now there were only the workers left to survive, so dedicated to their crafts that they had simply continued replenishing lumber camps throughout the siege. The trebuchet fell, finally, with the satisfaction that his delay would save his people. Now, they had developed a weapon; their science would save them. He watched the first, proud bombard tower build to completion on the horizon as the final drop of HP bled from his timbers.

[@swingforgame7229]

Some day, in the next few years, McClain will find these videos... Hi McClain, BIG FAN

[@Massudo135]

I play QP mostly, because comp is scary, and I lose a lot by relic victory. I miss the countdown and usually get surprised by the loss, or I just can't get into their base to get the relics. I absolutely hate it!

[@minikawildflower]

THE Legend himself

[@danidavis4811]

Agreed about the relics and wonders!!

[@nicola3197]

Mcclain ❤

[@joshuahorne2163]

The moment we've all been waiting for!

[@tomtenthij5676]

20:01: T90official:"This beginning to look like the legend ofISIT From Back in The day"

[@waylandertheslayer3259]

Great game! Hyped for HC5!

[@samhuffman867]

32:17 T90 turns into George W Bush lmao

[@indraallian6371]

GG Always fun to watch LEL. 😎

[@Homerojay79]

When I hear the name "McClain" I imagine a mix between John McLane and Macaulay Culkin (as he was in Home Alone ofc)

[@tomtenthij5676]

21:13 "very good to let McCain unfold.

[@daniloalves1139]

If I were a little more courageos I would play just like McClain. I always AFK, try to build a little pretty base and all, love doing defense only but the thing is I actually win games a little even playing that "badly" because I kind of want to be at least 800 elo... since the games are more fun and "at least a little challenging". But If I were FREE! FREE! I would be McClain.

[@David-yw5fg]

42:42 HEATED SHOOOT!!!!!

[@ZarfuRS]

mcClain is genuinley an inspiration

[@SilverwingStudios]

Quickplay is played CONSTANTLY. It is THE PLACE for those of us who wanna play against and with humans but don't wanna be competitive. I play LOADS.

[@TsarChekhov]

based t90 bringing up serious sam

[@tomtenthij5676]

20:00: T90Official: "This beginning to look like the legend of Isit from back in the day"Or fatslob"🤣🤣

[@daniels999]

Holy shit, these battles between them hurt my eyes 🙈

[@tylermcclain9713]

As a McClain who plays this makes me so excited every time I see he is at it again!

[@tomtenthij5676]

McClain is A Legend!!!! I love Him From The First Time we saw him on the stream 😊

[@bensonrabe6728]

Yesssss the return of McClain!!!!!

[@FF-pv7ht]

the +100k ress collected bu ending up with similar stockpiles in the end is crazy

[@duncanmccabe8071]

I think you would be surprised by how many people use quick play. There are fair amount of players like me with kids that play quick play because finding the time to stay in shape is hard. I even played black forest in a quick play team game. He memed with Japanese on African Clearing and made 50 fishing ships!

[@apan990]

japanese using fishing ships isnt a meme strat, in fact its what id do as well if i had any amount of water available. but i didnt know ppl actually played QP, figured it was 90% r*nked, and 10% custom lobbies (i play the latter).

[@seanehle8323]

I've been following you about 5 years, now (since ZeroEmpires stopped casting on KZbin). The onion game you're talking about sounds like a legend of Wall game?

[@EBAH_FEAR]

What would you rank a player like pratama at after a game like this?

[@benvangelderen6753]

I want McClain to use scenario editor to make a campaign map. Feels like it would be super detailed.

[@catalinmarius3985]

MOOOORE, I WANT MOOOORE LEGEND OF MCCLAIN!

[@dudefrombelgium]

Keep em coming please. I need my LEL fix.

[@davideaton6928]

Stronghold crusader 2 was amazing . Good times .

[@Jugger69YT]

Hardy made my day.🤣

[@user-nm2hh7uo8p]

I hope there will be more updates on him. Mcclane is the Legend of Legends😊

[@justrandomgaming3904]

Absolute MChine!!!

[@jvan6582]

McClain for president 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡

[@getreal9950]

Mclean and Abel. I have heard of this one!

[@Alex-di9hs]

came for the content, liked because you are a fellow serious sam enjoyer

[@CptManboobs]

Red gives off big Stronghold player vibes

[@husainjam]

Again what upgrades for conq? I know Bloodlines n husbandry. What about blacksmith? Do we get archer upgrades for armour or cav ?

[@thesocraticatheist9611]

Archer armour buddy, conqs die to skirms, so archer armour

[@apan990]

dont get any so u can lose with dignity for picking a cringe civ :D (yes i hate the spanish civ with a passion). jokes aside tho as the other person said, archer armor, thats all, theyre gunpowder so much like hand canons fletching and co. dont do anything to help them.

[@husainjam]

@@apan990 in my case get all upgrades and not make a single conq

[@apan990]

@@husainjam based XD

[@gmg9100]

@t90official I've been watching since before the great onion strat. I'm actually an extremely old youtube viewer 🤣🤣😅 I have a few accounts. I used to watch at only 1.5 speed. But recently, I've been slowing it down and running your casts on a TV while I do other tasks. You are legitimately my sports entertainment 🤣🤣 I'm not planning on going out of my way to watch the superbowl, but I'll be spending 40 hours+ watching your hidden cup content. I love your work, bro. ❤ I'd have to look it up, though.. like 2014? 2016? I'm not 1000% sure.

[@gmg9100]

When I say extremely old, I don't mean like my age... I'm 30 🤣.. but I am old enough that when I was a kid, I would sit in my room, build castle walls, and then send hoards of elephants at them 🤣🤣 I'd also do the monk only slow grow rush, where you can convert higher than your pop space, and the whole goal is to turtle until your missionaries are established and unstoppable. Then it's the slow, satisfying wall push forward. 😂😂 I also played the stronghold games. Man, I'm a dweeb 😂😅