I love how no matter what game, there's always a tournament or competitive level for it

It’s the dramatic rain after the tough loss for me. You played well, Dylan! Don’t beat yourself up. You’re clearly a pro.

I’ve never played catan, I know almost nothing about it, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. You have an incredible talent for clear and engaging storytelling, and you were able to break down an obviously complicated strategy game into a narrative that was interesting and meaningful to the least knowledgeable viewer-seriously dude, good fucking job.

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter, that’s longest road. I win.” BRUTALLLL HAHAHAHA I LOVE IT

I love that semi-final placement deal: two bricks, but cancelled once a three is rolled, two stone, but not if you build a city is hilarious!

The editing on this video is TOP TEIR. Maybe one of the best Catan videos I have ever seen on KZfaq. The overlays, the explanation, the personality in the video. Your passion is evident. Major props.

Idk anything bout this game but I respect the hell outta how happy he is and him sharing. Much love

You do NOT suck at the Catan, Dylan! You are one of the best Catan players in the world! Sure, keep practicing, and don't let pride overtake you. But, as long as you do your best, you shouldn't beat yourself up. Keep playing, and that dream will keep growing closer. You can do it!

You can just tell how much effort was put into this! Great video and commitment and I’m so happy you can have so much fun during these tournaments

I personally think this was one of your best videos yet! Really enjoyed the format, detailed commentary and editing. Super entertaining while I still learned something new

This is the first video I ever saw of yours and it took me down the rabbit hole of your KZfaq channel. I think this is honestly one of the best ones and you do a great job of describing Catan to the casual player.

Hey man just found your channel through this vid! What a heart breaking ending! I only play casually but you really show a high level of play and you really earned that top table! I’m excited to see more from this channel! Liked and subscribed!

Great lessons to be taken from this vid! Great documentation as always. Good luck in future tournaments!

Hey DyLighted, recently started playing Catan and binged almost all your videos. In the span of 1 week I've become better than all my friends thanks to you. So thanks. Also, I did not expect Catan could be so entertaining to watch. Your tournament and match videos really put me at the edge of my seat. Love your work. When are we getting more videos?

Absolutely loved this video, I love being able to see a different world which is about competitive board games, I've known catan for a while but never knew it was this complex!, although you made it easy to follow thanks to your story telling and the fantastic editing, good job!!! Thanks for the video !

For the Semis match i think i would have taken 6 4 10 brick sheep ore. Reasoning is you get the best brick on a high wood board, plus good sheep on a low sheep board. It can pair well with 9 3 10, ore wood wheat (all 5 resources plus coordinated ore and wheat), or a wheat-wood coast placement

Awesome video Dylan! All the work you put into this really shows

Man watching this video for the first time a month ago converted me, a previous catan hater into a complete passion for the game and a desire to win and get better. I watch your videos all the time, I hope you come back and make more soon!

Loved this video, especially the ending. The cuts between your monologue and the celebration at the table was so well done. And of course the "what's the point of a dream if you're not gonna flirt with it a little bit". I'm sure you'll make it one day 👍

I had the same feeling and thoughts when I lost in the semifinals of a tournament. I was doing so well and was so close. But you gotta keep grinding it out!

Great video- One of my favorites you have posted. I love when you just show a lot of different boards and I get to decide where I would go if I were in your shoes.

This video alone got me into cantan and board games in general, i had no idea what the game was about or how it worked but this video made me want to go learn and since learning I’ve come back to watch it again I enjoy 100x more. Awesome video!

Great video. I stumbled across your channel 3 months ago as I am currently sitting in the top500 on Catan universe and needed some tips to be more consistent in winning. The way you think in the game is great and it has definitely helped me improve! Keep up the good work!

Been following you for over an year now, I really like how you've grown as a player, content creator, editor and a sporting person! Good luck for the future tourneys.

Great video!!!! The editing during the live games was incredible

Love your attitude man. I didn’t even know of Catan before this but I always loved strategy games. You got me excited to try it out!

New viewer that was guided here by the algorithm. I can tell there was a lot of effort put behind this video. The storytelling and editing make this feel like something I should be watching on Netflix. Inspiring work!

Thanks for sharing Dylan. Great pointers, and good luck next time!

I’ve played Catan a total of twice. While in a military exercise. I have no idea how I was recommended this but glad I was. I’m subbing and now I want to play again. Thanks for the awesome video

I have literally no idea what is going on at any given moment, I have never even heard of Catan let alone played it, but honestly this may be my favorite comfort video on the internet. Your enthusiasm is infectious, humor on point- I absolutely adore it. Now I just have to google what a good 30 percent of those words mean. 10/10, I'm pretty sure you just got me into a youtube rabbit hole for a game I have no friends to play with. Five stars. If you ever make a 'how to' guide of this game in general, I promise to be the first to watch

Nice vid! Really cool seeing the journey through the tournament and hearing some table talk! Gotta get myself to some of these tournaments, looks like a lot of fun

As usual fantastic editing, honestly blows my mind the work you put into your videos.

The effort you've put into this is amazing. I love the high quality videos on this channel! Thanks dude!!

Hey man, i was working on rev and just did a bunch of captioning, and i saw this video on there. I went through it all and for some reason felt like i needed to look for your page and find you. i’ve never even heard of this game until today. I guess i wanted to say that i can tell how passionate you are about this and watching the end kinda broke my heart, you seem like a good dude. I can tell man, You’ll make it to the top one day.

i have been using Colonist because of you the last week! thank you so much. great way to practice quick games

You have such a good energy and vibe that makes these videos so fun to watch even though I don't play Catan.

3:32 red was trying to push orange to go left with his road, because he had no intention to build towards 2:1 Wood port. Instead red wanted the 2:1 Ore port at 6 and 9 up North. Yes its 3 roads away from Red's village, but if Orange is going left, then he is committed, therefore Red can make it in time. Good job on Orange for not falling for the mind games. Plus Orange needed the 6 Sheep spot more than another 8 Clay spot.

Wow, i'm so impressed what you do and what you already have archived! Don't be too hard to yourself. Sometimes as humans we just (don't) do things, we clearly could have done better looking at it after. And thanks for the great vid! I appreciate the work you put into. We believe in you! :)

Another, another, another wonderful video! Always a pleasure watching!

Amazing video Dylan! You're inspiring a lot of people in your journey man!

Roney (Orange) is a beast I've played him many times in these tournaments throughout the Northeast. Might be one of the best in person players I've ever played against

I've played this for years and never heard of deals before placing your first settlements. And also the advance conditions of those would make my head spin! Great video! Thanks for sharing!

i’ve started watching your videos just recently but i hope you continue to upload. you are one of the best players of catan IN THE WORLD and i’m sure you will achieve your dream of representing the US as long as you don’t give up. much love

My guy, you got me back into Catan. Amazing job in the tourney, and even better job with the video (smoothest ad placement I’ve seen btw, I legit had no idea it was an ad till you thanked them for being the sponsor). Fun as hell to watch, and your play-by-play visuals are super good for learning competitive mindsetst. Also I have a head-canon that the winner of your last game is a shark and the dude who yelled out “Dana!” has lost to her many times before

I’ve known about competitive catan for around 4 years now. I play competitive magic and you talking about the catan scene in NYC, staying with your friend, and regional comp all remind me of magic. It’s cool to see all of this!

The editing on this was top notch, great video Dyl!

Great video! You have plenty of data for next year. Come back stronger and hungrier! Great work, excited to see you get that champ spot some day!

I'm new to Catan and I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot! It must be frustrating not-winning a semi-final.. but isn't it amazing to be a semi-finalist?? 😁 you rock! you're competing against the bests, so that means you're one of the bests! 😁 keep going and thank you for the storytelling in these videos: you can play, explain, narrate, and even edit (not sure if you're doing it, but it seems like it); you're inspiring! 💪

The editing was excellent, it really told a story ;) I'm looking forward to finally see you win nationals one day :D

Where’d you go?? I wanna see more vids! I’m all caught up now, just found you a week ago

Incredible video! Keep pumping out content so KZfaq favors you in their algorithm! Keep grinding bro 🤘

Just happened across this video without ever seeing your content before. Wanted to say well done! The explanations are great and the visuals are even better. You earned a sub from me!

Lets goooo Dylighted with the vlog!!

Massive props for purposely going to a hard region to get some really good OTB games. I love playing online, but the social deals and metagaming are my favorite part and you really only get that OTB and only with good players because casual/newer players get really offended for some reason when you start making convoluted negotiations. The placements for the final board were not what I predicted and I'm honestly kinda surprised you went for the 3:1 wheat, but it paid off with that deal haha. I don't watch all of your videos so idk if you've mentioned this, but year of plenty and road builders should always be played early. The problem is that you can always assume (in high level play) that if a player has dev cards and is getting robbed that their facedown cards are always mono and vp because you'd use knights before rolls to mitigate robbers and use plenty and road when you get them. Essentially a monopoly is worth at least 1 vp the longer a game goes, so a facedown card is always a vp. I agree that you would've been robbed less if you just played rb earlier, and it would have also taken blue longer to get longest road. Great games overall though and thanks for the great editing. The official Catan recordings are always so garbage so it's hard to watch high quality games with high quality video

The video quality of these is straight fire!!! You’ve come a long way and I love it!

you're amazing! I smiled a lot during this video when I saw your passion and excitement, good job ;))

Awesome video! Felt like you took us with you!! Great editing to show the boards and placements too!

I've never been excited to watch a boardgame video on KZfaq till this channel.

I didn't know Catan was a tournament game. I just discovered this.I play it casually and it's fun to see you play in " hard mode " like this and theorycraft all move to your opponent.Thx for the video man and good luck.

you randomly came up on my suggested videos, and got me into catan. your videos are so well edited keep it going

thx sooooo much for another vid!!!!!!😘

I would have picked a different starting position. The semi final board was starved for wool. Best option to me for you is the 5/10 with rock and wheat. Go down from your left and get a wood tile after trading rock. And the best starting position imo was the 6/4/10 with wool, rock, and clay.

This was really fun to watch. You Will get there dude. Thanks for loading this up

Wow. The quality of this video really blew me away, especially after I saw the channel size, amazing work! Keep it up

I'm really missing the Catan content. Please come back!

I get the disappointment but saying stuff like “man I suck”, that hurts ;) you’re amazing and your vids have inspired so many to play better Catan. Learn from your defeats and breath under pressure.

Dang, well played blue. Thanks for the video Dylighted. You make Catan really exciting.

Great Video with superb editing quality. Waiting for your next video!

for the first semi match i think i would chose to place second because both first and second pick are the exact same reasouses with simller numbers which means that you both need to get the other 2 resouses and the second has higher chance od getting that. great video by the way!

Where you at bro?

Highest quality video you've posted yet, and the views show it! Keep it up, you have a community who wants to watch you play Catan, and many many people are happy with just stream-highlight-type games too!

I have never heard of Catan, let alone having any inkling of how to play. Despite that, this video kept me completely engaged from start to finish. Amazing delivery and explanation man, you’re one of the best up and coming KZfaqrs I’ve seen in years :)

You’re being very hard on yourself at the end though that’s understandable when the loss is raw. Always tough to go out in the semis.

great video, thanks. I feel like in last game picking 1st position also was a mistake, 3rd or 4th pick looks stronger on such a board where there is no super-strong first pick

Congrats on making it to semis man you played a great game I love the content!

This was really good. Fantastic editing. Keep it up!

This video is edited better than most of the official tourney videos! You’re a great player, and a great content creator!

I hate people who get blinded on blocking just one 0erson and the game gets dominated by another. You'd think this wouldn't happen in a semi finals game with theoretically "good" players...

That last game was unlucky. I hope you didn’t beat yourself up too much. As someone who discovered your channel relatively recently, I’ve watched almost all of your videos and would love to see you post some new content. Your commentary is fantastic and I love the way you introduce new and unconventional trade tactics to the game. Thank you for helping so many people get better!

Great editing. Great recaps. You've made a fan.

Damn you really convinced me, I'm litteraly gonna play catan online now

Are you planning on making new content? Or is this the end of the road? Best of luck with whatever you choose

Looking forward to the next video man!

DyLighted I loved this video dude. You explained the way tournaments work as the video progressed. I was surprised in the last game you chose to place first in stead of second, and that you made the elaborate deal with orange. I would have taken the strong orange spot you negotiatedk out of, as you cant trust the deal to be binding, however was a good game great video dude

Have you ever played in VR? There’s a great community on oculus and it’s so much fun and addicting to be able to play whenever.

Why haven't you been posting YT videos, I just like them a lot and wish there was more new ones with recent strategies, plz post soon✌

Amazing video!! Excited to see what you accomplish!

Love your vid man. Really cool and interesting. You seem like a cool guy

Come back bro❤️

Amazing video, good quality production. I'm not an expert at all but for your mental fortitude, it might be good to play with some friends and tell them to target you every round. You're a good player and your calculative ability is on display, which will intimidate other people. This is a facet that is highly annoying as you try to play anticipating logical decision-making. Being able to stay cool in those moments and not let the pressure and importance of the match will be very helpful, to your decision-making. As with anything in life that requires practice if you treat every interaction with it like it's a tournament, you'll approach a tournament with utter confidence. It may even be good to learn how to placate others a little. They targeted you for your cards, personally, I'd have shown them your dev cards immediately, ease their nerves make them think you're not a threat. Let them find another target to fixate on.

I need more content from you delighted! Almost done watching everything 2 times 😂

wow that video was amazing! super high production quality. i can't imagine how many hours it must have taken you to edit this.

Curious why you thought pointing to the desert was a waste? Ultimately the 5-11 spot with 6 total points of production and more ore is a pretty nice spot? Also gives you a little wood which you lack. I would have done the same. Too big of risk with red's strong road building to lose to that open spot.

Hi Dylan, would you consider allowing subscribers to send you end game images, and short description of their plan and you rate it? as a video concept?

I recently found your channel and have gone through a ton of videos, I need more!! Great content!!

You're killin it man! Keep up the good work and you'll win that chip soon enough

In my experience it seems like I lose much more often because I failed to take longest road when I could have, compared to games when I took longest road and then got gang-robbed. There's a simple reason for this that's often overlooked--by taking longest road you not only get 2 points, you also deny those 2 points to your opponents, which makes it much harder for them to win. Don't beat yourself up though--you played great! Probably much better than I would have if I were playing in this tournament. I also really appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos.

Nice to put a face to one of the best players I've faced, shazzy. Great vlog, showing what's so great about irl tournaments. Better luck next time

Such a great video! Very well edited, and I love your outlet/spirit! Looking forward to more like this man

Is this your last video? You need to upload again!