World of Warships - Top Cat

[@TcFreer]

Thanks Boss, and everyone here. Loved playing this game, it was a lot of fun. Cheers for the kind words as well sir, massively appreciated. Hope you all enjoyed it and had a giggle.

[@paulbaker6740]

Very well played sir

[@TcFreer]

@@paulbaker6740 thank you very much, 👍

[@konradfox7392]

Very good game lad!

[@adriangibbons893]

Hi TC, it’s Gibbo here. Lovely to see you featured by Jingles. I hope you are keeping well and you’re still enjoying Bobs. Oh and great game btw.

[@TcFreer]

@@konradfox7392 cheers glad you liked it!! 👍

[@paul_ujb]

3:53 “Choo choo! You might live, you might die” Sounds like another game we’ve recently seen Jingles playing. 😅

[@Wolfeson28]

I was gonna say, I thought "death by choo-choo" was for tomorrow's video. :)

[@month32]

Jingles really takes a lot more satisfaction from pretending being a speeding torpedo machine than normal.

[@r.slaurent437]

Top Cat! The most effectual! Top Cat! Who's intellectual!* Close friends get to call him "T.C.," Providing it's with dignity! Top Cat! The indisputable leader of the gang. He's the boss, he's a VIP, he's a championship. He's the most tip top, Top Cat. Yes, he's the chief, he's a king, But above everything, He's the most tip top, Top Cat! Top Cat!

[@r.slaurent437]

Not quite this old, but I do remember watching this cartoon, ah, the memories, life still made a modicum of sense back then...

[@captbumbler5356]

remember it well. Officer Drible

[@r.slaurent437]

@@captbumbler5356 it was "Dibble" actually, nice guy, they both saved each other's bacon quite a few times over the years... Dibble taught me that sometimes, you just need to close your eyes and pretend you didn't notice certain things...

[@TcFreer]

Rofl and that is pretty much how I got my in-game name, it was on at the time I was trying to pick one

[@r.slaurent437]

@@TcFreer you made a damned good choice.

[@shadowfox8748]

“How much health does he have left?” Enough jingles … he had enough

[@lerougeau2399]

As to what the Italians are doing with a French ship, while the Germans were the ones to try and seize the fleet at Toulon, it was the Italians who salvaged what could be recovered and began to refit them. The destroyer Lion which was part of the Guepard class was one of the few vessels seized intact and was handed over to the Italians and served as the FR 21 before the Italians scuttled it to prevent capture by the Germans in 1943. I believe that is what the FR 25 is supposed to represent

[@jacopomangini3036]

We actually had a second french Guepard class too, Valmy, renamed FR24, but it was still refitting at the time of the Armistice, since it was one of the successfully scuttled ships at Toulon. I guess Wargaming though "what if they had a third one?" Upon further - albeit basic - research, at least one more destroyer was in Italian hands, albeit very shortly. Italian salvage specialist had just started their work on the namesake of the class itself when the Armistice was announced. Another destroyer of the same class, Verdun, was broken up in Italy after ther war, but it was refloated after the Armistice, so I don't know if some italians had something to do with that. It is certainly possible that after the Armistice and the creation of the Italian Social Republic, the Republican Navy tried to refloat and refit some of the french scuttled ship, to create at least a token non-coastal fleet out of nothing, since nearly the whole Navy accepted the Armistice and joined the Kingdom of the South.

[@kaltaron1284]

So that ship got scuttled two times to not be captured in its career?

[@jacopomangini3036]

@@kaltaron1284 Do you mean Valmy? It's unclear if we managed to scuttle it or not at the news of the Armistice. The Germans for sure scuttled it in Genoa to block the port and prevent the Allies from having a big harbour closer to the front. They weren't interested in putting precious resources into refitting ships for the Mediterranean theatre, and understandably so. So it's either two or three scuttling for that ship.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@jacopomangini3036 The original poster talked about the Lion/FR 21. Someone else mentioned a FR 24. O wonder if three scuttlings would be a record.

[@jacopomangini3036]

@@kaltaron1284 FR24 is Valmy. About Lion/FR21 it's unclear if the germans prevented the scuttling, or if the scuttling was incomplete/didn't cause enough damage, with the latter being more likely.

[@Someloke8895]

It's okay Jingles. It's the Italian Ship interface option, showing only friendly ships, with added "switch sides" option half way through......

[@patraic5241]

I love the IJN torp line. More than half of my kills are gun kills. A few things to remember with their guns. The turrets are like battleship turrets. Pre-aim them. Don't miss. You need first round hits and every volley after it has to hit. Finish off the wounded. They do hit hard but you won't win against a full health gun boat.

[@liberalsockpuppet4772]

I was surprised to learn that those guns slap when they manage to hit. Enjoying my mid tier J DDs in ranked.

[@a.l.e.x8118]

did you go for the 8km or 20km torps on the yugumo? cause I have the 8s equipped and am thinking if I should even bother researching the others

[@valkyriedd5849]

I enjoy hunting and killing IJN destroyers in the Jervis, my favourite prey is the Akatsuki.

[@patraic5241]

@@a.l.e.x8118 It really depends on your play style. I don't do well with short range torps. I definitely prefer the 20s or 12s. Whatever is available on the ship. Because of their versatility. I'm very good at predicting lanes and where the other side is going. My torps are timed to arrive when they do. They are forced to maneuver against the torps or get hit. Either way it tends to spoil their plans. I, of course, do take mods and skills to boost speed and reload.

[@wisdomleader85]

I really despise these torp spammer players who almost never use their guns in their DDs. They basically rely on the most skillless in-game mechanic to do damage and kills. Sadly people without mini-map awareness still manage to allow them to achieve their goals.

[@ryankiser523]

12:00 You fool! The King George V was capturing C! You could tell by using the minimap - someone was capping C before the Konig got inside the capture border. Since the Lazo was up North, that meant it was the King George!

[@ArgolasBowmaster]

You could tell as soon as the King George's spotter plane was seen where he was off to. When I was a more active player the rule of thumb I followed for finding battleships was look for a spotter plane

[@kyleroach-smith1291]

the cap started being flipped before the konig got there as well, was actually fairly obvious where he went

[@jonahstephens2904]

Jingles, I just want to say that your joking and laughter has given me such a boost of energy today. The past couple of weeks haven't been the best, and I've been taking refuge in your uploads. Today is already a not-so-great day, but your cheerful laughter has improved it tenfold. You may not see this, but I just wanted to say thank you for that. Thank you, old man!

[@matthewsykes4814]

I've a bag full of hugs if you want one or two 🙂

[@davidmoore1253]

Actually Jingles, the Italians salvaged a number of French ships from Toulon, including two light cruisers and several destroyers. They didn't get much use from them though, as Italy surrendered before they could be repaired. But it is at least a semi-historical ship, which is pretty good by WG standards.

[@daszieher]

"All-round good egg and snappy dresser" is probably one of the nicest things that can be said about someone.

[@thepiratemongoose8965]

Taking D was perfectly safe. 3 enemy ships, 2 were spotted, and C was being flipped by someone that wasn't spotted; the KG5 had to be the one in C. Also, can we get a round of applause for the Velikiy, who earned 87 XP on a win? Pro-level gaming right there

[@Ayeshteni]

Yeah, noticed that 87 XP pro-gamer myself.

[@maurits1988]

Surviving a battle that took more than 15 minutes and score a well deserved 87 Xp is also a great achievement

[@allanlindsay9414]

"Blundered into a 40 knot smoke screen" Best belly laugh I've had in a while. Great match TC.

[@thomasbernecky2078]

TC: I see what you're doing there, Jingles.

[@sunshower6560]

I saw the Top Cat logo and the yellow cat. “It’s been 84 years…”

[@chrisrogers1679]

Glad i asked you to send it in TC as it was an amusing and high quality game from you. Made me chuckle with the poor Oct Rev that got decimated lol

[@m0ntheg3rs]

The enemy team obviously ate a stead diet of crayon and paste during their childhood.

[@ygma1460]

Yes Jingles, boats and killer trains are cool and all, but do you remember there is Brother Dreadnought whose story we would like to continue?

[@mynameiswritinwater]

^this - because Brother Dreadnaught wants to go "Choo choo" too on some Nurglings

[@Oene22]

What's the stealth reading? "6.3 kilometers. Not great, not terrible."

[@juankovacs6033]

AcShUaLlY jInGlEs, the italians occupied a stretch of land around their border with France (including Toulon) and Corsica for a brief period of time. Italy invaded France in 1940 but they did basically nothing other than tying some french troops in the Alps (the invasion lasted 15 days until France surrendered to Germany and the french only had around 300 casualties here). Edit: furthermore, 2 destroyers of the Guépard class were given to Italy by the Germans and renamed FR21 and FR24.

[@emberfist8347]

The Italians were opprotunist like in the First World War. They waited to see who was winning before throwing their lot in with Germany and effectively beat a dead horse as France wasn't going to last much longer. Also the scuttling Jingles mentioned at Toulon happened two years later when Germany initiated Case Anton the invasion of Vichy France.

[@Vinemaple]

Damn, I want me one of these FR.25s! But I don't play any more. Used to play V-25 and do this kind of thing at tier II. It's cool to see Paolo Emilio get scaled down to tier VII, that looks really fun. Tier V-VII is where all the action is, lol Note how TopCat barely bothers shooting at the Okty. That's not because he's certain he'll get a torp kill, it's because the Okty's armor is too heavy for 127mm (+/-) guns. If you're in mid-tier and you need to shoot HE or SAP at a Russian battleship, pro tip: shoot the stern. It's the only place you're likely not to shatter. Just remember to switch to other locations and pray for fires once you damage-saturate that small stern area. Also, tier IV-V DDs should remember, just because an Okty isn't looking at you, doesn't always mean he doesn't have *any* turrets pointing at you, and his secondaries are perfectly adequate and CAN sink you if you get too close or spend too much time within range. Racked up a lot of DD kills in my Okty, just by doing torpedobeats.

[@gamkem1405]

Great game TC! Thanks for the video JINGLES! I passed on the dockyard for this ship. Wish I would’ve gone for it. Love playing DD’s.

[@jagx234]

Remember the kraken unleashed and Benedict Cumberbatch torp dodging clips? I miss those :)

[@andreaspedersen3952]

Those DDs... First the Fubuki who misses the opportunity to shoot at TC when he was hydroed. Then the Gaede who misses the opportunity to shoot at him when he himself hydros him. No wonder there is so many more plebs in the game than2 years ago.

[@davidlabedz2046]

Jingles commentary made good gameplay more fun to watch!

[@captbumbler5356]

Someone has been playing Choo Choo Charlie too much LOL

[@kristoffermangila]

Top Cat... jeez, I saw that Hanna-Barbera series when I was in high school on #CartoonNetworkAsia! And that was in the early 2000s and now I'm 40! PS: GG to the featured Italian tin can driver!

[@jackaubrey8614]

Ha! Oh youngling, I watched it when it originally aired......

[@jarrodkopf6813]

To be honest, I only got the reference because I used to watch the show on Boomerang in my middle and high school years.

[@American_Slav02]

Glad I work the night shift so I can watch this on my lunch break

[@johndough3943]

That was a great crossover episode of WoWS and Choo-Choo Jingles!

[@nota2810]

Damn. I still remember that show. Good old gold Jingles.

[@dgeneratio1]

whenever Jingles says "Choo Choo", i think of Charles.

[@Ragefor3Dayz]

Love how we can hear the chair creaking just see how much health was left lol

[@bubbaray998]

Damn you sir. our laughter is too contagious and gets me going to the point where I cannot breath! Keep the good content coming. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!

[@johanvantpadje3662]

Yes, old enough to catch the reference in the title ;) I love the commentary on the video's, keep up the good work. And perhaps a little less of Charles? Choo-Choo ;)

[@johnfrench5279]

The German's might have occupied Toulon, but the Italians were indeed the ones who salvaged scuttled French ships there.

[@MrKunstarbeiter]

The italians where in charge of the "remains" of the french fleet in Toulon, after the occupation of southern france. That may be the source of this "Background story"!

[@emberfist8347]

And there were ships of the Guepard-class in Italian service.

[@phantomsworld1314]

Just found your channel after five years crazy stuff

[@tomekes5782]

The real question here: WTF was the player in the Piotr Veliky doing all game??? He survived until the end, he wasn't afk, and yet throughout the entire match, he managed to score 87 points only. HOW????

[@Ushio01]

0 damage, cap or defence points it has to be.

[@mynameiswritinwater]

cruisin but not bruisin. not making any allegations but it felt bot-ish

[@D4RKBRU73]

This is not him playing unicum-like, this is the enemy presenting itself on a silver plate :3

[@Orca19904]

This ship is like the World of Warships version of Choo-Choo Charles.

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent]

When he started to flip D cap, he was about 1/4 behind the C cap flipping. Then you can tell that the C cap progress picks up meaning there are now two enemy ships in that cap.

[@markmayfield2228]

I think we now know whose spirit resides in Choo Choo Charles.

[@SirKingWest]

That sound of Jingles’ chair creaking as he literally gets closer to the monitor to view the health bar

[@sonartech7721]

I have always enjoyed TC over the years. It’s always good to see at least someone with a brain play the game from time to time. Looking at you Fubuki……………………………..

[@Nurg1982]

I love the FR25, haven't had a bad game in it thus far

[@mynameiswritinwater]

utterly true - and the fun part being, everybody thinks it's crap or has normal italian torps when you come straight at them with a smile on your face... especially if it is something slow firing like a Brest or Cherbourg (or BB )

[@leetonge5171]

Late Jingles. A month in the salt mines

[@Light-hawk]

Anyone else here baffled at the Pyotr Velikiy on his team managing to only get 87 base XP on a victory?

[@slavkovalsky1671]

AFK with some secondariies hits?

[@slavkovalsky1671]

Or... fired one salvo, got one overpen, and then disconnected?

[@Light-hawk]

@@slavkovalsky1671 That's the thing though. They were not AFK. If you check the mini-map you see they moved around the map throughout the match. Granted they stayed in the back most of the time but did eventually move up into the cap circle on the enemies side of the map. I'd have thought even 1 overpen or just secondary hits alone would at least have put them above 100 base xp. Guess not.

[@slavkovalsky1671]

​@@Light-hawk I got nothing, then. I have seen that amount of XP a few times, but those were AFKs getting some 2ndaries or AA hits...

[@anubhavdassharma1854]

Despite that questionable decision at the end, the Gaede actually played pretty well

[@valkyriedd5849]

Charles influencing the chugga chugga Choo Choo?

[@valkyriedd5849]

Chuffing excellent match TC.

[@iamjordandavis]

just finished work, great timing!

[@giroromek8423]

Someone's enjoying Choo Choo Charles a bit too much. Right Jingles?

[@MrSulake]

"Someone will die..." Sounds like a Chaos DD. Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows, only that it flows.

[@Cobra-King3]

1 minute ago? We truly are slacking off eh my fellow miners?

[@ObatongoSensei]

An Italian DD charging at you in a cloud of high speed smoke strongly reminds me of that vintage horror movie titled "The Fog"... It works pretty much in the same way with just the same amount of fear and death. :)

[@iokarus]

All hail The Mighty Jingles!

[@cjmpaja]

I only now noticed that the "Kraken Unleashed" achievement badge has been changed...

[@sardaukerlegion]

This boat remembers me the Romulan Bird of Prey.

[@stefanocrosazzo3262]

ACTUALLY JINGLES Fr25 is a premium DD. Luca Tarigo is the T7 tech tree one

[@nathanhubball]

Sounded like it was a Choo Choo Charles video today😅

[@Slackjaw570]

Omg when jingles said how much health does he have left I said 117 more than he needed right as jingles said it lmao

[@Scp4217ContainTheBismarck]

Chugga Chugga chew chew, someone's gonna die

[@franz265]

The Oktoberplayer was placed 3rd in his team :D

[@regioammiraglio7500]

well no the FR 25 exist in real live under the name of FR 24 (ex Valmy) who was a Guèpard class captured and modificated by Italy. So the only "never existed" thing is the name, FR 25

[@tntfreddan3138]

Top Cat. One of my favorite cartoons as a kid, and I'm only 21 XD

[@Xethuron]

"Choo-Choo" Wrong game Jingles 😉

[@demike3483]

3:33, BUT he is doing God's work over there removing the slimeball that thought a Submarine was an acceptable choice! Worth it! Subs are worse then CVs at this point.

[@slayer90220]

Awesome content always look forward to your videos

[@genericpersonx333]

What the Hell...Actually Jingles, with regards to a French destroyer in Italian hands following the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon, it was actually the Italians who did most of the work of salvaging and intended to use the ships; The Kriegsmarine was not keen to deal with a scuttled fleet. Italian plans were thwarted by their premature defeat less than a year later, but if things had gone better (and fuel found to run them), Italy expected to have several French destroyers and a handful of cruisers under the Italian flag by 1944.

[@SolomonSaul]

my morning just got better....

[@scottrussell3862]

Tea break jingles..... Sorted. Thanks you salty bugger!

[@Korhanne]

Thomas the dank destroyer.

[@sharilken]

I'm not sure what you mean about the sub 'incident' at the start Clearly just giving the sub a player 'speed boost consumable'

[@sebastiandomagala9233]

Could have known where the KG5 was all the time. Only 3 enemies left, cap was running, two ships spottet outside cap circle. So, where could the KG5 possibly be???

[@gaiuscaesar3841]

The name FR25 never made sense to me. Italians didn't have a ship named FR25. They did however have an FR24, which was an french Guepard-class destroyer that Italians salvaged and started repairs on.

[@markfrank3307]

Morning Mighty Jangles ]

[@Mr.P.Griffith]

Wtf is an Aztec pyramid doing on an island? @11:33

[@huzarion3814]

Buddy every map have some easter egg , just after you get killed in battle fly around islands and you will find some of those.

[@domobran7]

Italian destroyers are my favorite ships in the game. Thank you for this gameplay. Also, why do I get impression you were inspired by Choo Choo Charles while commenting on this?

[@libertycosworth8675]

Yes Jingles, GET ON WITH IT! (a rather Monty Python-esque moment, huh?) 😆😆

[@13stalag13]

Would you be talking about the American cartoon about a cat gang boss named Top Cat?

[@castelainteva8082]

Actually italy was occupaying France as well (the Southeast) and they were salvaging and using captured french warships

[@Fackeldackel]

That PV though...The most busted T5 tech tree BB in the game, a ship well suited to fight in T7 matches thx to its BS armor and guns, not AFK and yet just gets 87 base EP despite staying alive? WTF??? How? How is this even possible? This goes beyond criminally misplaying! This should be impossible! JC i'ld be raging at this player...

[@Magnusthesausagedog]

Next match title - live fast, die young, I leave a beautiful smoking ship

[@balli7836]

I wonder how the Veliky of his team survived but only got 87 base XP. It wasn't afk. I saw him moving.

[@luke_3_113]

Well that was fun!

[@grizzly6856]

Clever baby 49

[@P_Nut8421]

I actually thing CB's with hidden enemy ships would be really cool. You don't know what ships the opposing clan is bringing until you visually spot them in battle. This would definitely make CB's very challenging for both teams especially if you bring in something with great stealth like a Shimakaze and are able to stay undetected throughout the whole battle.

[@Sporting1210]

"people" also say , that the entire italian dd line is bad and that is because "people" in general, but especially in wows, are not very smart, lazy and ..hum..mediocre at best in anything they do (that said i would agree, that the line gets increasingly less effective and awkward to play from T8 upwards). The FR25 is a ship i'd really like to have (that and the Smalland, which will never happen, because not even WeGee will bringTHAT broken ship back in any other form than crates and i dont buy those...so there is that). I particullary liked how he didnt smoke up at the start despite being spotted by the sub. Balls, matchplan + map awarness equals a good player - well done TC o/

[@TcFreer]

Appreciate the kind words thanks for them. I hope it gives some people a few ideas and helps, I'm not great but I hope it helps point out some points to people

[@swiftsmackdown4645]

stay safe old boy

[@Kenoscope]

IT'S.... Jingles!

[@johnproctor5662]

Mighty Jingles, Potential idea for a World of Warships video. Find a video of someone taking the new, all singing all dancing, overpowered USS Louisiana out for a battle, I think Trenlass has one, and title it “Puric Victory.” “Yes, you won, but at what cost? You dignity? You honor?”

[@whisk3y9]

"Jesus Christ its Jason Bourne"

[@em1osmurf]

if the hallowe'en ships are any indicator, sooner or later a "tier" with ray guns, photon cannons, etc on ships may not be far away.

[@Enemy0fMine1415]

Is someone a tad obsessed with trains atm... Me thinks jingles is 🤣

[@TheMoulie]

Just a quick FYI. Upper Echelon has an interesting warning video up about a social engineering hack being spammed to youtubers in the guise of a legitimate looking notification about using copyrighted music. It delivers a nasty payload via an Adobe document. Worth checking his video from last night.

[@86Kiaser]

Top Cat is a USN fighter wing, famous in the F-14's.

[@heridfel]

Good video. Explains how to play these italian boats