"The only winning move, is not to play." WarGames - 1983

Remember the time we thought WoWS is going to be somewhat better than WoT because the dev teams are different? Yeah so much for that

I remember, years and years ago, when a bunch of Eve Online bittervets gave up on CCP's incessant stream of bullshit and moved over to this shiny cool new tank game from a small eastern European studio. How time flies.

Creative direction: is literally just more HE spam

The game is fun if u don’t take it or yourself too seriously. I enjoy it a ton by largely ignoring social media, grabbing a glass of whiskey , and mashing potatoes. Stone the crows

i get my warships enjoyment from Yuro, Daniel, Chase, and a few other warship memesters

Subs in the game are the next screw up for WG. Also, the next commander rework will screw the game for us.

Just a suggestion.... Drachinefel. Go watch. Right up your alley.

I agree, I've pretty much entirely quit wows at this point. They only winning move is not to play the game. We'll see if enough people take that course of action and whether they give enough of a damn to course correct.

The more often WeeGee cheats on me the more convinced I am that it's time to start seeing other games.

Just found your channel about a week ago. Just started playing WoWS. Honestly man ty for the educational videos. You showed me why the learning curve is about 10 times as hard as I thought it was. your the only person I have came across that coaches well.

i escape the hell that was Legends just to come back to the hell that is WoW's PC.

Good luck with your exams. I'm personally very excited to hear more technical and historical discussion on ships, so count me in for any content you make along those lines.

I think I've never been to your channel for super gameplay. It have always been how can I be a better player. So keep on teaching. : )

Heya, thanks for the carry that match! I was sadly a bit of a potato in it, but watching your gameplay was quite fun, and I consider myself lucky to have seen it all :) -The Bismarck

Big shout out to art department those guys r killing it. Best of luck on exams

I'm convinced the biggest reason for the upcoming skill change is so they can shift more towards selling premium captains that you have to buy. Special captains that give you a major leg up.

That movie you were trying to think was "War Games" with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy about simulating nuclear war on the NORAD Cheyenne mountain Computer. The computer said that it did the simulation numerous times and came to the conclusion that the only winning move was not to play.

I was a Beta Tester for WoT and played competitively in a good clan Wallet Warriors for a good while. I had around 15k battles and kept a almost Unicum stats playing solo. I stopped playing WoT because it was getting more and more predatory IE: Defender, IS3a all the premiums that were way better than the tech tree ships and then doing false scarcity on said ships for more money on crates. I ended up with those OP tanks but i still did not like I had to get those new shiney's to be meta relevant. I Beta tested WoWs as well. I played both games till i finally felt like the WoWs development was doing it correct and was tired of the WoT team. I play WoWs off and on over the years and go through spurts where i play a couple months hardcore. The PR, ARP Yamato, Satan Crates, Research BS, Locking legendary's behind Research points has put a even worse taste in my mouth than WoT. I'm an Officer for a clan and most of the guys are feeling the same way. We are just tired of WeeGee being so so greedy and not even trying to hide it anymore. Every single decision is now based on making us pay more money. All the good premiums or ships come out way better then the tech tree ships.. They sell for awhile then they remove them to then sale again in crates etc.. making them "rare" and expensive. Moving legendary's behind research was to make you reset lines knowing most would dump converted XP to go back up the lines to get the modules. Same with putting some of the best OP ships in research. I miss CV RTS, I miss battles lasting over 10 minutes. I'm tired of having to read every single Special sale and trying to read between the lines or making sure i understand what it is saying like Black friday missions on Black ships only showing the ship name with a non B and not actually specifying in wording That the mission is only for the non Black Edition ship and you must own the Standard Version to complete said mission. I know they did this on purpose because they knew people would miss read it. I read it correctly but many many others did not ( at least 6 in my clan read it wrong). I think i'm done with spending money, I have about a year of premium time left. BTW I have spent a metric fuck ton worth of money on both games hell I even have Type 59, and a ARP Yamato.

World of Warships: A game with warships in it, that is mostly about warships getting mauled by planes and someday warships getting mauled by subs. I have a feeling I'm going to wind up uninstalling one way or another.

My uncle wrote a book about his time as a Naval Architect in the Indian Navy. ‘My Ships Sailed the Seas But I Stayed Ashore’ by N.S. Mohan Ram. If you want I’ll send you a copy.

I would’ve thought graf zeppelin would have been the last straw, especially for you

If you have interest in submarines I'd recommend giving Cold Waters a try. It's a sub sim game. Would recommend getting the epic mod for it cuz it increases the sim factor to it lol you can even play surface vessels in it as well but, keep in mind the game was originally made for submarine warfare so you can only do so much with the surface ships. The mod is still actively supported today to. Killerfish Games is supposed to be releasing a new naval sim game some point next year to. Sounds like it's gonna be real cool if Cold Waters is anything to go on.

I’ve extrapolated that you are an educator! I am glad to say that I myself am also going into the field of education next year. Please, please, please, stay safe and stay sane! I know how much of a hassle being a teacher is from firsthand experience and observation, so please do what you need to do.

The only way to win is to buy yourself a Kaga and stomp over everyone else. Flambass demonstrated it that it can be done. World of Warships: the only way to have fun is at the expense of someone elses' fun

I love the way you think and talk about things like that :) Im on the same page .

Wargames movie: At the end, The WOPR (Joshua) Computer said the Only way to win at Thermo Nuclear War war was not to play ;) From an old fart !

Good luck chase! In whatever you doin

To be fair, im not surprised with this whole sh*tshow. What i angry at was how WG always do it in every christmas. Can they do better and stop being greedy? Hope 2021 bring better WoWS...

Are you gonna take another look at Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Chase?

...not to play? No wonder woman, I can't swim. Okay? Oh god... I really wish I learned how to swim... I'd piss on a sparkplug if I knew it would do anything....

Hey, I made the video!! Good luck with school, Chase. Hope to run into you again soon!

The best way to deal with these "rigged" events is totally in our (the players) hands. Just don't buy them.

iChase I know you, Jingles and Notser really only cover this game but I would still watch you guys cover anything else. Uboat and Cold Waters? Maybe =D

Uninstaled WOWS during the pay 2 Rico dumpsterfire, but it's sad because I bought a gaming PC specifically to play wows open beta test. Watching WG kill the very first PC game I ever got is sad. Unfortunately that's what they are doing, they are milking the the playerbase dry before the game dies off, rather than try and fix the things that are killing the game, which are entirely wargamings fault and would be fixable if they actually gave a shit.

I was surprised! It was my first Xmas sale, and other commentators had raved about it.

It's my first year with WoW so I only bought one container before the shite hit the fan on them. I'm glad the users brought this all to the front, but i was looking forward to getting a really decent ship. Didn't buy any more boxes.

Just waiting on "War on the Sea" at the moment. I really liked Coldwaters.

1983 "Wargames", a quote from the WOPR near the end of the movie.

I’m a newish player and I thank you for your content. Just got an Arizona and Kidd today gifted to me by friends and a family member and I look forward to many battles in the future. o7 Commander!

The film you're thinking of Tron Legacy; Kevin Flynn gives the line to Sam regarding Clu. To be fair, since the Puerto Rice dumpster fire, at least a handful of people in WG have been trying to win back the player base. They'd published details and mad it clear what purchasing was required for the Dockyards. The problem is when the people who have dollar-signs for eyes undo ALL of that in one go by flat out lying and they need to be sacked. The depressing bit is that I do (mostly) still enjoy the game itself and the clan I'm in is a fun group of people which helps the enjoyment. I want the game to exist, it's juts who ever seems intent on sabotaging the long term health for quick buck *sigh*.

Fight the enemy where they aren't. So, go play another game.

Wait, what did they do? I haven't kept up with WoWS news for like a year?

I've said for a very long time, War Gaming does not use a Match Maker, this is a misnomer, in fact it is secretly known as the Money Maker, oh, by the way, I've been on a 14 month winning streak and am considering reloading the game.

What has changed is WG removed the statement that semi-accurately explained how the crates work but left in a statement that was misleading at best and could be argued was outright fraud. Also making the Makarov the main short list ship was a truly scummy move.

I hope to see you discuss history with Jingles and Drachinifel some day, best of luck with school!

There is a difference between a screw up and a deliberate scam. And what makes it even worse is that the chance to win ANY ship was very small to begin with. So why force the odds to a few shitty ones that no one wants? Because they are shitty.

I’m surprised at the shocked outrage. The crates worked just as I’ve been telling my clan they would for months. I thought the outrage was people memeing.

I was already at this point regarding WG and this game since somewhere between 12 to 18 months ago.

...to not play?

Truth. Warships is basically a port model viewer for me now as well.

From the list of WeeGee screw-up in last three years.......this is not surprised at all with the Christmas box P.S. : bought 8 mega box and 7 of them is camo+flags, and I was just "lucky" to get a T8 Russian light cruiser My friend bought 20 mega box ( told him don't go crazy on spending but...) he got like 18 box of camo/flags, and the ship he got was Makarov and Crappy Kream (joke). He said he should have spent the money to buy a T8/T9 ships instead...

Understand, WoW is wargaming's IP. It belongs to them. When they do something you dont like your options are to keep playing or walk away. Its a bit frustrating when you have a lot of time invested then they do something to just trash it. I felt the same way with star wars, but ultimately their investment is larger then yours or mine. c'est la vie

In all honesty, you should know this by now. People come here for you. Not the game you play. You. That being said, if you publish your first play of cyberpunk (in episodes that arent longer than 30m), I'd watch it. And i'm sure I wouldnt be the only one.

The only way to win is.... Not to play...

I remember walking away from WOT Blitz 5 years ago after years of investment. I came to WOW thinking the design team was different and the mentality would be different.

Yeah, Going into 2021 is going to be interesting, especially with the Commander Skill Rework being dropped on us next month. But, I am looking forward to the Italian battleships.

Things that ruined the game for me: * CVs * Subs * Selling high tier premiums * Copy-paste events * More ways to race through the game without learning. And looking at the last three months of the year, what did we get to do? October: Early access USN BBs...for sale...no real missions. November: More EA and still no real missions to do. Decmber: We are 1/3 into the month and still nothing to do. Anounced for January: Two new campaigns, snowflakes, drydock. Nothing, nothing, nothing and then everything at once. AS for the santa crates, I don't care. Not gonna buy a single one since I have 35 T10s and 102/107 ships on the list. Been playing co-op/ops only for the last year. Just to have some casual "cruise and shoot" stuff. I've always said "Forget new ships, give us more to do with the ships we got!" The "Rinse and repeat" has gone too far.

i mostly still play the game only for the in game models, as its the only interesting content left that wont try to reach into your pocket

well you sure do sound a lot better iChase, i.e. happier, more relaxed, more Canadian which is good in itself. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Let us know if you do any streams?

Funnily enough the movie you were thinking of is called Wargames

have you ever gave war thunder naval a try yet its a lot more fun at least to me

Rule The Waves 2 gameplay and especially the art department!!! actually the game that got me through the PR disaster last year.

chase you should branch out your YT content. Upload something other than wows. While initially you will get less views but I would atleast enjoy coz of you. Coz for me at the end of the day, I come for youtuber and, not the game itself. I will watch whatever you post.

The only thing that WG is sorry about, on the satan crate fiasco, is that they got caught. They haven’t admitted the scam, nor changed the wording on the advertising - still the same, disingenuous enticement to gift them money. That’s not customer service, that’s simple exploitation. Not unique in the business world, granted, but it’s important that long term customers of WG realise that their business approach has changed from growth mode to cash generation mode.

Yeah, the pain of having-it-all must be hard.

It's a mature game. Hopefully its amazing for new players. If everything was 50% off, it would be a good start for longevity.

WG listenint to feedback : "duly noted"

So would it be possible to buy some containers and then refund them if you don’t like what you got?

Gotta love finals huh

Also, fun fact I haven't actually PLAYED warships in 8 months or so, yet my stats have actually gone UP by several points according to wowsnumbers (youtube name is not the same as my warships name)

I lost all interest in playing months ago. There's too many bugs for me to want to play. Most of my friends gave up on the game well before I did. There's no new permanent game modes that I can actually play with the ships that I have in port. The operation of week are crap, except for maybe Narai and yo can only play that so many times before you get bored of it. The constant grind of the last few years of the game wore me out

Honestly, I fundamentally believe that every decision WG makes for WoWS is made to actively make the game worse. They just seem determined to have everyone hate them; Submarines, more HE spam, more premium bullshit, more lootbox bullshit, CVs getting worse, German BBs still getting the head, shaft, and balls, Commander Skill Rework, etc. WG really just seems like they want the game to burn down.

Hi chase, Would you consider playing the game „From the Depths“? Where you can build your ships or other Vehicles.

Personally I never spend money to play a game. Any game. I just go in and play. I play a lot and get killed a lot. But it's just a game. I don't feel the need to have the latest and greatest.

Once is a coincidence, twice is a pattern, three times is enemy action.

hi chase, can u tell me some ships have more guns aft than the towards the bow?

When I first saw the spreadsheet about the captain skill rework I was like: why? *sad noises* then didn't look at it for another week and then was like "WTF WHY, JUST WHY?" Buffs to CVs which they don't need traded for stupid perks for cruisers (yes, Hinden with 6km torpedoes needs torp skills...hahhaha) and BBs, we don't need any more HE skills for BBs, like how amazingly high on methadone you have to be to come up with those stupid skills? And on top of that all those "IF...THEN...OR...NOT" skills are completely dumb as well. In german there's a word "Verschlimmbessern" which actually means that you completely f something up you originally wanted to improve. That's pretty much WG in a nutshell.

Yeah , screw WarGambling and screw people who actually bought the containers

I have been playing WoWs since day one of the open beta and I've logged 17.5k battles in that time. I've been a Super Tester and been involved with numerous events. At this point the Crap WG pulls no longer surprises me, it only makes me sadder. I guess the only reason I stay around the game is the community of friends I've made sailing the Random Waters. But I've been playing less and less with each new WG Greedy Screw up. What is the direction of WoWs? Greedy money grabs, Pay to advance Grinds, Ignoring the player base, introducing new ship lines and generally being a waste of the players time.

Milking whales is how they make money - it is how any company makes money. Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Lambo all milk whales. No milking the whales = no game at all.

This is an issue in WarThunder lately too. They could be great games. If they weren't scams created only to farm fools.

The outrage is not surprising, the game was made more accessible, so there are new players who may not be aware of the history of this game. Everyone loves to call out EA and their loot boxes aka "surprise mechanics" but not everyone thinks to translate it to WG.

Wows; the only game I would rather be working on assignments than playing it

Ah WG does listen to feedback. Then they proceed to take massive dumps on it and replace them with imaginary spreadsheets.

I think if subs make it into randoms that will be the last straw for me. This was the first PC game I fell in love with as a kid, really sad to see it go in such a direction that I don’t even recommend it to my friends anymore.

Good luck on your exams! Also, when school is more fun than a video game. xD Yeah, Wargaming is now embargo'd on my end. Indefinitely. I won't say NEVER, they MIGHT pull their heads out of their butts one day, but I don't have any expectations it'll be any time soon.

I might play once a week or a couple times a month. Closed Beta start, but not a whole lot of time to play, so I am mediocre most days. The game is not much fun anymore, I am seriously thinking about throwing in the towel and uninstalling. That would stink as I have quite a bit of money invested, but man... not sure if they can turn this around even if WG realizes the situation.

Chase, are you talking about Ultimate Admirals: Dreadnoughts? :D It's sad to see some of the best KZfaqrs/CCs taje a break from the game..WG should pay attention to this! If the CCs don't enjoy the game anymore, they should quickly do something about it, because they are loosing the earlier entusiasts too.. And that's bad for the game.

Yeah no, I as of late completely lost all motivation to keep playing this game, for once I don't like how they handle the game and the constant drama that revolves around it and second, I like to engulf myself In books and/or games that create complex fantasy worlds for one to explore and dive into since I started doing that my stress with college has somewhat worn off a bit.

Same here: Cyberpunk 2077 all the way and no more scammy containers for me.

So very true, this game is done, I for one will not spend any more money on this company. They have pooched it beyond saving. I have been out of the game for a month and am really happy to be. I started playing from the start. This is what happens with greedy people. They continue to get greedy!!! Good luck in your studies man.

So glad I quit the game two years ago. Realized I was spending way too much money on those damn loot crates and getting crap in return. I do still enjoy watching WoW content creators though. Still entertaining to watch!

Guess how many xmas crates Ive bought this year? Zero. I remember when containers used to be good back in 2016. WG usual fuckery

Hey Chase, I think there might be an issue with your recording device! I'm seeing like 15 frames per second and lots of stuttering. Hope everything goes fine with your school! I'm a junior in high school and getting ready for college applications so I know how stressful it can be balancing warships and school! Hope you exams go well and can't wait for the next vid!

The mistake people make with this game.. is thinking WG is not here to make money, it's a free to play game of course , and it is was or is a good game...depending on your view point .I have not played since the Puerto Rico disaster ,and I spent a good deal of money on the game... but in the end it turned into a time whore of a game that resulted in minimal rewards for the time I invested... but hey... that's just my opinion. Enjoy the game... just be leery of spending any real money on it.

i still play the game, but i dont spend anymore money on this game

i bought AC vikings instead of arp yammi, now i will get CP 2077 instead of santa crates! win win situation

Yeah, it is time to move on.

A greedy company and a salty and toxic playerbase, what better combo can there be?