Got my cheese potato, and my apple juice. Time to enjoy one of the best commentators and one of the best games ever. Thank you again for your work Pixelated Apollo, time to be entertained.

Yea, it's looking like the moment that you let the Gorilla Boiis pick a fight, it's over. You really have to make them play on the defensive as much as possible in order to keep them from maneuvering into the little kill zones they make

@samanyupalthi

11 ай бұрын

Yeah spread out skirmish them down use cav to disrupt etc! But its still too tuff, Hyena is a very good veteran player and bubbini has one of the best tactics in TW rome!

@mack626

11 ай бұрын

It’s a lot easier said than done, but you’re right. Maybe they should go for a massive Sally on defense, because they’re just not beating the GBs at their own game.

@BengalW

11 ай бұрын

@mack626 Of course, I'm not at all trying to say that I could do it first try, just offering what seems to be the counter. The GBs are incredibly good at positioning and pinning units in order to use javies. The only solution I see for that would be to force as many of them into a fight as possible.

@snowcrash.snowcrash

11 ай бұрын

@@BengalW If GB on defense, attacker team must bring two ballistae; every hit counts a lot. GB usually defends with a small number of relatively expensive troops. Defending from GB -> horse faction sally out for specialists like Ruvak gives more chances. Otherwise, Gorilla Bois are a fantastic team; teamplay is like that of famous tennis pairs. Pure domination.

Just finished watching the video from yesterday and there is already a new one out. Love this series!

If they had used the siege towers at the end they could’ve got a great flank! Great fight nevertheless

@christianvalencia4489

11 ай бұрын

I agree, dont know if they could win but that would be a nice move, I notice that players keep a lot of troops to maintain the troops in the sally outs in check, Gorilla bois take advantage of this and chew the inf with their tactics.

Don’t worry Apollo, I grabbed my Snacks and Drinks for another amazing video ❤

you are aCTUALLY a machine ... your coverage of the league is amazing .. the rate of delivery is lightning quick !!!!!

Another one!? The man is a replay making machine!

I like that Apollo was all like “but I’m lé tired….” And then was all super clicky with his red arrows and sing songy hahaha

At the end of the tournament you guys should do a battle where it’s everyone else vs the gorilla bois in a battle lol. Those bois are tough

The attackers could have won that battle, the left side of the settlement at one point only had 2 units if they had sent 1 or 2 Units up the tower to flank them they could have broken through before the defenders sent forward more units

@josephtangtaipei

11 ай бұрын

If they acturally try to bliz at around 19:40, they have to take full sword-side-shot by 6 archer shot at least, the risk could be very high, and that moment attacker are busy pursuing my cav general

Honestly you should use the Rome I music mod when covering these matches. It’d make it 10x more engaging! :)

Dear Apollo, amazing Work again on this Tournament. You got me so hooked Back on Rome II :) nice commentary and sooo glad you can loose as well and still get suprised :D although i would enjoy seeing you win of course! Big congrats to all Teams so far, super high Level and only distinctions on the extra Details. I wouldnt stand a Chance with any faction against anybody in group C :D

Honestly great video! Keep it up hope you're doing good. The gorilla boiis are like Real Madrid at some point it just gets a bit boring but I am loving this format. Greats from Germany

Gorilla Boiis are like the side with 6 units defending including 2 units being mobs going against a stacked attacking side and still yet find a way to win.

The amount of micromanaging involved by Gorilla Boiis is crazy, they really have made harassing troops with missiles before retreating an art form. That coupled with constant feints on the flanks gives their opponents not a moment of peace. It is frustrating to watch though. It's also interesting to see how rather than blob up and get stuck in, these battles are becoming more like chess - troops waiting for the briefest sign of an opening or weakness, then pepper the enemy, flank, charge, retreat etc. The matches look much more tactical but the insane amount of missile/javelin fire involved sort of make it feel cheapy too. It's more like watching Zulu than the opening of Gladiator.

It looks like the only two ways to beat the gorilla boys are to either rush their front lines all at once going through every gap, or to play with cavalry so that they can't do their little skirmish. The skirmish is their biggest strength, so the only way to win is to deal with it. And even then they're good at other maneuvres, so it's gonna be hard. Credit to them for playing so well!

Hi Apollo!! Love your content! I was wondering if you could do a live commentary on one of your games? Even if you don't talk to us, just hearing and seeing how you play would be awesome. Keep up the great work dude!

Good thing I already have my snacks and drinks ready!

Makes no sense for the Gorilla Boys to play two matches on the same settlement, twice… I feel like this tournament could use a better structure next year.

@franciscoapolinar2316

11 ай бұрын

Agreed I think it should just be a different settlement for each matchup

@samanyupalthi

11 ай бұрын

Every one plays a settlement twice( for two matches), so its equal! Point here is you can play max 2 matches in one week and it happens that this map is the one for this week!

@mack626

11 ай бұрын

@@samanyupalthiEveryone should have one matchup, of two battles, on a settlement. The Gorrila Boys had four battles on the first settlement and will have four battles on this settlement… it makes no sense.

@franciscoapolinar2316

11 ай бұрын

This would be match 3 with presumably a 4th against wolf gang on the same settlement just because it falls within a certain week is silly. Not balanced.

@samanyupalthi

11 ай бұрын

​@@mack626 Its correct according to the rules! 2 matches max per week One settlement per week So yeah gorrilla boiis played 2 matches on the same map twice and two weeks back to back! Its unfair though!

PA lots of love from pakistan.....

@Johan-kk1sh

11 ай бұрын

PA getting love from PK

Yeeeeeeessssssssss I have been holding my breath for this next video. Thanks dad.

Greetings from France Apollo, That was a hard on... ahem, hard earned victory last time !

yooo nice timing man, I just finished a TW: R2 game with a bunch of friends, and now we will enjoy this video together. Edit: Disasters battle, IDK why no one pushes on Especially when the Gorilla boys are in Defence, you gotta keep pushing them not give them openings and that siege towers move killed my soul they brought 12 siege towers and used none, Idk man it was a possible victory they brought 2 good factions and didn't use them properly. the worst thing you can do is when you have the advantage and you hold back just like the Austrians against Napoleon in the Italian Campaign they had the numbers and the better gear but kept holding back and maneuvering useless maneuvers and which caused them to lose the campaign against him.

@christianvalencia4489

11 ай бұрын

Agree, seems like the played are afraid of Gorilla bois sally out's (i understand why, these guys are pretty good) but like you say, they hold back and GB take advantage of this and chew the inf with javelins, when the reinforcements arrive is just too late.

@beef_and_potatoes

11 ай бұрын

@@christianvalencia4489 bro the siege towers move killed me, just imagine if 2 towers from the left flank were moved in place after the first engagement and they loaded 2 units up there just 2 no more that would've flanked the GB so hard it would put stress on them pulling back atleast 2 units to counter leaving them sandwiched in between and that's when they can clear the left flank with their numbers and continue advancing, sure the Sally out is scary but once your entire army is in the walls these units will be useless as they will come to you making them tired, sorry for the long replay man I hope you understand me

decisive victory

Gorilla bois be unstoppable

Shame they didn’t use the siege towers, I think they would have had a decent chance then, they were doing much better than the other teams so far

@jubjub7673

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the gorilla bois manage to keep scaring their opponents into storming into a bottleneck

Hard on victory 🤔 think I'll use that one 😂❤

Anyone else notice that one wolfgang unit that was somehow in the back of the settlement

@HyenA806

11 ай бұрын

Thats why i was so paranoid and sent my out of ammo archers to the VP just in case hahahaha

@dandantheman4801

11 ай бұрын

@@HyenA806 was there anything there though cuz it eventually disappeare

Last battle video wasn't so good cause you didn't babble and butcher the names of the factions, troops and everything else, so this is a nice comeback to origins 😁 DO NOT abandon your signature commentary!!🤣 Great vid as always, waiting for the next one

Yayyy more videos outside of group C

1:54 I love it how everytime PA announces that factions name (I have no clue how to spell it) he calls it by 2 different names, every single time 😂😂😂

Admit it, every time you see an Apollo TW vid you launch Rome II immediately.

Awesome content as usual! For their name think about Wolfgang as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Apollo!

yeahhhhhhh! new video! S2

Rock on

Love your content bro!

This was the most intense battle of the tournament so far :O

4:48 just wanted to say Apollo that no this wasn’t your worse blunders lmao. You have had ones in the past that would go on for like 5 minutes. A really long time ago. I love your work

Laying back watchin with my leftover McDonald’s here 😌

Yesss. !!!!

Today was just one of those days I had a Dr appointment and I have to get a hip replacement all stemming back to a infection of hip and sepsis of blood. Which sucks thought I'll be able to walk after it's done and I'm only 30 so I think I'll be fine and heal good, after something sad always good to come home and watch some pixelated Apollo. Cheers me right up 🎉

Welcome to the slaughter everyone!

I’m so invested

Aren't Wolfgang a veteran team? I'm sure I've seen them in apollo videos before.

Everyone of these videos are a real hard-on! 😘

Crimson chickens always have hard on battles, but the gorilla boys beat them off

When does season 9 start? And how to I get a spot??

Do they lose sometime the gorilla bois? Jeez 😂

@Apollo do you think some archers and slingers are better via having sheilds? Idk how the game considers them (do their shields still block while theyre firing?) But it seems like skirm v skirm hvjjg a shield would be a huge advantage.

Im sorry to break it to you Apollo but you can manually aim theureos spears if you turn off fire at will

Hey pixel you should try games like warno? There alot of big time battle modern warfare strategy games out there that might intrest you in trying and learning

we have been playing the same skirmishing game since empire, for real

Hey Apollo on your next video, can you show the standings?

Petition to change your team name to the Crimson Cocks after that hard on comment

@Apollo i feel like its better when attacking to try and hit multiple points, rather than group for one area like seems to happen on this map. Your thoughts? Would love to hear your opinion, do you think its better to hit as many points as possible and spread out the deffenders, or concentrate on one area? As an aside i also think its better when sending skirmishers in to melee to have them join in to a fight with other units, and not have them 1v1, would love to hear what you think about these things.

I noticed the units are a lot bigger, how do you make them bigger ?? It have more realism when they bigger the units !

@runevermeulen6434

11 ай бұрын

Gotta go to settings and then unit size ultra instead of large or small

What mod is this?

I don't have a LOT of experience with playing rome 2, however i played the older TW games and have watched a lot of gameplay. Is there a reason no one ever actually uses their towers? In this game, i feel like it would have been beneficial so that they didn't get stuck in that choke point...just an observation.

Don’t quote me on this but I think one team plays one map twice per group… correct me if I’m wrong

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Why didn't they use the siege towers to flank the entire match they were just sitting there they could have won 😮

You can't ignore an enemy force outside the walls harassing man come on it's the 1st thing you deal with. You could leave a few bits of siege equipment on the far sides of your army so if you do have to crush or chase them away with a significant force you can potentially turn it into an opportunity. X

Wait desert Rome is better than Seleucids? Wow I thought the other way around 😮

I’ve being waiting mate

@konggattiek637

11 ай бұрын

Congratulations you are first 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@FreePalestine07462

11 ай бұрын

@@konggattiek637I’m trying not be that kid 😂

@konggattiek637

11 ай бұрын

@@FreePalestine07462 no worries

Ive seen acouple unnecessary cycle from attacker,

Sonic :3

can someone explain why gorilla boiis got to play the same map 2x??? seems a bit off

@HyenA806

11 ай бұрын

Its the format, since we had to expand the league last second to 25 teams in stead of 20. It seemed more logical to repeat some maps than put new ones in all of a sudden out of nowhere. Its not the usual thing, it was only done as an emergency system to get more people involved.

@babaroach5695

11 ай бұрын

@@HyenA806 That makes sense, thanks for the response

Ur sleep is much more important brotha. Get ur sleep FIRST

Let's be real crimson chickens ate going to destroy ursas and winged whumsars just go Sparta while on defence cuz they are tough

Praying on the gurilla boys downfall for now

@HyenA806

11 ай бұрын

Hey man, thats no nice 🥺 gorillas have feelings too

Early ❤️

Why selucid didn’t use there towers to flank its killing me

LOL Are they cheating, seriously they seem to out range everyone😀

Glad it’s their last game. I want longer entertainment lol

@OwenMcGuire-ob9qq

11 ай бұрын

True dat, true dat

Couldn’t they have used the towers to outflank the defender

Man I don’t know how you don’t know this after all these years. Normal units with only 3 javelins fire only at the closest unit and you can’t direct where the fire goes. Thureos spears and similar units which have 5 javelins can direct their fire. Proper Javelin/peltast units have 7 shots, which is 2 more than Thureos, not 1 like you keep saying and can also direct their fire.

First!

4 people saying first is crazy

Hi can you please please please please please play bannerlord

Hope you get better sleep

wolfs

hi

honestly, as much as i like how this game looks most of the time, the battle animations are so painfull to watch it ruins any immersion/sadisfaction i get from the visuals.

I actually don't like the gorilla boys everything just falls perfect for them

@HyenA806

11 ай бұрын

🥺

I would rather watch these videos than talk to my AI girlfriend.

First

@sydvkwu9686

11 ай бұрын

No

FIRST COMMENT

@sydvkwu9686

11 ай бұрын

No

@Silvaliusjh

11 ай бұрын

How so?

This map is incredibly boring

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@ashtonhaggitt216

11 ай бұрын

Does your cult serve kool-aid?