You can play it yourself at pokemonchess.com :D

@desertpillow1

Жыл бұрын

nice

@mintyfresh122

Жыл бұрын

very cool alpharad

@fridge2046

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the face reveal

@SansLikespizza

Жыл бұрын

Pokeman chest

@s1csty9

Жыл бұрын

it's not working for me

how chaotic, i love it

@jaylee6083

Жыл бұрын

Adds a lot of strats than regular chess

@nikodabos

Жыл бұрын

yeah

@DuckieChan.

Жыл бұрын

chess.

@typoplays

Жыл бұрын

You need to add this to your website😊

@admg2005

Жыл бұрын

make it official!

Bro’s biggest enemy was the rulebook

@JuggR

Жыл бұрын

True

@thecreaturehunter

Жыл бұрын

Overused

@Gizmonavi

Жыл бұрын

i blame the rng

@ItzRyujin99_

Жыл бұрын

​@@thecreaturehunter blud who r u

@FlopNonStop

Жыл бұрын

I think I’ve seen this comment before

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

@waitingfortheequinnox

Жыл бұрын

Classical.

@gengarzilla1685

11 ай бұрын

Vintage Pokémon.

@cosmickatgirl

11 ай бұрын

That is truly the most pokemon thing of all time

@vanished2667

10 ай бұрын

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

@justarandomguyplayingrando4792

5 ай бұрын

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

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

@scotginger4690

Жыл бұрын

Even in Chess, Jan's words ring true.

@blakehensley2135

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@Rinnerott

11 ай бұрын

FlygonHG moment

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

@Jack_Of_All_Trades768

Жыл бұрын

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

@miah8163

Жыл бұрын

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_

Жыл бұрын

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

@holdenwoofter5896

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

The ultimate “That Crit mattered”

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

@thelastshadowpigz

Жыл бұрын

S tier comment.

@Ditto.007

Жыл бұрын

He never learns and thats what we love 😂

@farhanhusein4751

Жыл бұрын

looooool i can imagine janne voice

@lezestykiwi909

Жыл бұрын

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

@heartofthefluft8541

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@ingo1848

Жыл бұрын

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

@Wade_in_your_water

Жыл бұрын

Alpha always takes up the villain role I love it

@Jason_Ultimate

Жыл бұрын

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

@gengarzilla1685

11 ай бұрын

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

@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime

10 ай бұрын

A true Icarus moment

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

@samuraiturtle.2637

Жыл бұрын

Pick it up Pick IT *UP*

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

@notoriousDIP

Жыл бұрын

And complicated

@beo9057

Жыл бұрын

@@ImanError404 no not yet :)

@kirakat5

Жыл бұрын

Ngl pretty complicated

@datgremlin3478

Жыл бұрын

It's also very complicated

@JP-TT

Жыл бұрын

And its also kinda complicated fr fr

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

Жыл бұрын

Should've used en passant.

@emdivine

Жыл бұрын

@@FectoElfilin Holy hell

@cuckoobrain7999

Жыл бұрын

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

@plutosupporter7758

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@matthewblaikie7903

Жыл бұрын

But the magikarp defence tho...

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

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

@Hack--rz1io

Жыл бұрын

And against Alpha of all people

@clemente3966

Жыл бұрын

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

@SamualN

Жыл бұрын

it all balances out eventually

@AWanderingSwordsman

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

​@@Hack--rz1io Comedy writes itself

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

@kirby47897

Жыл бұрын

flew too high

@bahumat9853

Жыл бұрын

Should have played around the crit.

@harrysteel864

Жыл бұрын

Something something icarus

@ironboy3245

Жыл бұрын

@@bahumat9853 Jan shaking his head

@randomname9291

Жыл бұрын

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

"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

11 ай бұрын

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

@QueeenCrimson

7 ай бұрын

I think Alpha villain arc began loooong ago

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

A true nuzlocker always goes down to the crit

@orangesilver8

Жыл бұрын

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

@dylpickle_z

Жыл бұрын

truly the nuzlocke king

@oblongLogin

Жыл бұрын

He should have played around the crit.

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

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

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

@peephobe

Жыл бұрын

hes kinda bad 🎐

@CDCHexaku

Жыл бұрын

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

@peephobe

Жыл бұрын

@@CDCHexaku well both apply

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

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

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

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

@SuperIsaiah

Жыл бұрын

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

@SamWeltzin

Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewt329

Жыл бұрын

@@SamWeltzin But also a sore loser.

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

@kariquigley3817

4 ай бұрын

Serpireor:i am safe!!! Abstol:no

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

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

@IdentifiantE.S

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

RIP Pokemon Duel

@cameronweaver2013

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@SunshineRey

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@CasualPizza

Жыл бұрын

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

@SunshineRey

Жыл бұрын

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

@CasualPizza

Жыл бұрын

@@SunshineRey oh alr

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@jerronng5568

7 ай бұрын

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@fruitloops2058

Жыл бұрын

Lady Luck gives and Lady Luck takes

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

@idk_n_idc0_0

9 ай бұрын

It sure was 😂

@thegamersclub9326

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely lol.

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

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

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

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

@TigerBrows

Жыл бұрын

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

@TY-Ch

Жыл бұрын

PChal: He should've played around the crit!

the pain of loseing 2.2 seconds away from winning. my heart goes out to you

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

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

@RyeBread08

Жыл бұрын

Where can you play it?

@zack5162

Жыл бұрын

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

@Lyra_dragonal

Жыл бұрын

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

@RyeBread08

Жыл бұрын

@@zack5162 ok thank you 👍

Aaron winning with luck feels incredibly poetic

@justzanu9338

Жыл бұрын

After many misses on super effective take lol

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

0:30 honestly....that just sounds like someone added the gimmick of checkers to chess

This was a real Alpharad moment

@infiniteworld3981

Жыл бұрын

This was a real Alpharad video.

@Sjors_

Жыл бұрын

Truly the Alpharad moment of all time

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

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.

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

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

@WiiMote070

4 ай бұрын

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

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

@Auriel_1337

Жыл бұрын

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

@TheKeeperofWisdom

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

8 ай бұрын

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

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

Imagine pokemon chess becoming actually competitive and having other tournaments

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

Probably one of my favourite videos this year

You can’t even be mad at that ending. Cyber deserves the win with that gamble.

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!

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)

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

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

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

11 ай бұрын

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)

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

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

That ending was so well set up. Bravo.

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

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

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

Glad I found you love the pkmn videos

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

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

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

I love that Vernius is so ripped but his face looks so baby XD

That last play was the VERY DEFINITION of an icarus moment

Glad to see Chess finally get some DLC

This looks amazing. I would watch more Pokémon Chess content

I’ve watched Astroid for so long and now seeing him in an Alpharad video is so surreal

@lucarnes

Жыл бұрын

literally i had to do a double take when i saw him on screen

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

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

No matter how often I rewatch this, its just as good as the first time

This feels like a long KZread short I don't know how else to describe it

It is weird how luck is Jacob's biggest ally and enemy

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

this reminds me so much of Pokémon duel, it used to be my life

9:53 Let just forget about this while Pokemon chess thing for our sanity health…

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.

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

9:18 Alpharad trying to use stall to win. In chess. 😂

Can't wait for Pokemon Challenges to tweet out you need to play around the crit.

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

Damn, should've played around the crit Fr love the content, also damn that was such fitting music for the backing tracks

That final crital hit is a thing like the battlefield slogan but pokemon version, "only in pokemon".

Honestly such incredible storytelling

always love Alpha's storytelling