The 2:1s were clearly a strength in this setup, but also keep in mind the advantages of playing with your settles side-by-side - There are many games where high production + 3:1 port is all you need. By controlling space on the board, we took less critical blocks, had an easier connect for longest road, and had access to many quick points with our uncontested road settles. Glad it helped!

@@dandydrew Every board is different. It’s not often you have 8 of a resource next to a 2:1 of that resource. And next to it 5 and 9 of a resource next to a 2:1 of that resource. That allowed for the setup to be close together and unblockable

@@dandydrew Are there any situations where ports aren't needed?

He is the best catan player out there. Period. There is a gap of skill that is huge between him and Dylighted and everyone else even in the competitive scene.

watch his twitch and you'll see he gets unlucky a lot as well. It's just that he only uploads the entertaining games

He posts more victory’s than losses lol, gotta remember this is a highlight reel

​@@ryanlewis7124 yeah I mean who would watch a losing match unless it was entertaining 😂

For what it's worth, all our games that will be featured were played back-to-back. In the long run if you can maintain a 35-40% win rate, you are crushing!

m.twitch.tv/gmdandydrew He has classes on twitch that are top notch

Actually he created a whole invitational tournament in the underground catan scene

Done. :)

@@dandydrew Subscribed! Looking forward to watching your first video, just the next few days an hour seems like a lot of commitment ^^ Talk to you soon :)

​@@Jo24Park oh good I like his energy a lot more than dy

Yeah useful ports + uncontested settlement spots is a wicked combo

Maybe, but he didn't know that 9's and 5's were going to come up a lot. I like to hear about what were teh best plays, playing the percentages.

Pop means to buy development cards! Sorry I forgot to include that :(

YES!! Been waiting for him to upload an expansion forever

I wasn’t sure if there’s enough demand for it, but if people really want it then I’ll eventually do it. One of the main things though is that the base game universally more recognizable than cities and knights.

@@DyLightedPlaysCatan WE DID IT BOYS!! Thanks Dylan 😎

@@DyLightedPlaysCatan the fans can have a little cities and knights every once in awhile - as a treat. Agreed that the base game is more universally recognizable, but it would be really cool to see your take on the others maps/modes. Thanks Dylan!

Day 1 of asking someone to stop writing how many days they’ve been posting memes

Ah yes, we all know the boring objective KZfaq titles get way more views. Relax homie

His channel will slowly die if he doesn't use clickbaity titles. Blame youtube, not Dylan.

Not blaming anyone, I'm a big fan of his content, and I have no problem with him doing what he needs to do to please the algorithm. Having said that, if I see a spade I'm going to call it a spade.

There were some really interesting strategy decisions, and I'd argue not going with the super strong Ore spot is pretty unorthodox.