These mini-map games have the same absurd aggressiveness and creativity as the Home Alone movies.

LMAOOOOO after the mangonels team kill the villager at 26:40, someone in the chat says "good riddance" and it killed me lol

t90: he's booming now! el_matador: has 13 villagers 30 minutes into the game :D

The Polish villagers sound so adorable. It is like they are innocently asking questions and responding. Especially with how the tone changes as they speak.

that villager regeneration bonus for the Poles really put in work. GG

You don't see that often: pretty much the same number of villagers and the same number of resources collected with a K/D of 30/3.

Ranged buildings nerf was on point. Towers are still strong. But way more balanced. This map looks awesome, by the way.

Ozone was probably thinking: My towers have reduced range... So to compensate I will build MORE!

It's crazy how trivial Castle Age is in these maps sometimes if you're already on the backfoot and being pressured down.

The tower change has made this series so much better! So much more variety.

Matador has been consistently painful to watch lol just getting dominated

This game was amazing. Probably my favorite of the set so far

This was the best small map game to date!

What a game! Love the passion this two brought!

im ready for the largest maps ever series after this!

I imagine after this series Matador never wanted to see a tiny map again 😅

"This has become his life, in and out, take your time, in and out, in out, in out, in, out in..."

Amazing game. The decision making alone is so difficult here. Time is the most important resource on these small maps. And even if you make perfect decisions, micro has to match...

Wow, that was a slog. I'm very glad for the tower change, though Ozone played through those changes pretty well.

i was just looking for a "the smallest... " and T90 uploaded just in time. thanks!

Slopes are my fav by far! so this is perfect ! :D

Whenever these two play against each other it looks during the first half like Matador would win and then it all turns around and Ozone wins.

What a game. I get the feeling Ozone had so much fun in this game.

I don't know if Matador had to play at 4:00 AM his time but he definitely seemed very "mashed-potato" tired and not his usual strategic self. Near the end of the game, his mangonels were his only win condition - he HAS to keep them alive and protected or it's gg and not for me. He had the option of ranging down literally HALF of Ozone's entire vil population in the SE (~90% of Ozone's wood income), with 3 mangonels at once those vils could have been 0 HP before Ozone even realized they were under fire and not have a chance to pull them back. He had the option to range down the 3 blue towers deep into matador's base that prevented him from gathering wood, stone, and being able to use his barracks, it would also free up space for him to strategically gate and protect his high-value win-condition units like archers or mangonels so they'd have somewhere safe to retreat to (because if they don't it's gg) He had the option to safely range down Ozone's houses, which being pop capped would've been underestimatedly strong. Tiny delays in waiting for units to die before the next one is produced would be huge in Matador's favor. What he decides to do instead is send all of his mangonels forward almost completely unprotected to target the TC. His final win-condition protection being 2 spears, 1 vil, and one of his opponent's buildings VS a growing mass of scouts that he has already seen, a mass of archers that he has seen, and 30+ villagers that he has seen. It's just baffling.

I think the building range nerf has proven to be a smashing success, even if it's the same type of game it's way more dynamic and fun (or at least, more interesting than more of the same)

what a fucking game!!! gg to finally updating the towers settings, it made it soooooo much better :) props to you lord T90

a little over halfway thru, this is a great match lol

Mat could've done better with his archers at the start. Sending 1,2 or 3 after a mob of vills that regain health was pointless. Running them under the towers. Sending 1 to the others base. He wasted away soo many of them. His vills where doing fine at defending. He easily could've had 14 archers and would've won. I dunno maybe im wrong lol

Haven't watched the full game yet, but Mayans resources lasting longer can make a sizable difference in those settings, so I like the pick!

This one was epic those mango shots OMG matador was hanging on by a thread

These recent ones with short range mod are great. They are wild games.

Wow, intense stuff

There was a long period in the game where ozone had a stack of gold from stone mining and plenty of wood for a market. I reckon if he focussed on macro a little more these games wouldn't be close at all. Somehow he always ends up tied on villagers despite causing absolute havoc.

phenomenal game!!!! such a good watch :)

this is the type of smallest game I wanna see this was amazing

Man, I'm exhausted from merely watching ... I imagine playing these maps is extremely taxing on the players.

infantry is so underrated, i feel like eagle+archer or m@a could put in some work

G gg the KD was Crazy early to mid game like 29-1 or so then slowly not evenes out but GGG

The map reminds me of Age of Mythology, somehow

11:25, this happened 2 time, if Matador just knew that Ozone didn't have stone anymore, if he just committed one vill more this tower would have gone down.

9:34 Look O-zone stone mining 😂😂

Such a fun game! Looking forward to HC5!

HIDDEN CUP HYPEEEEE

great good game!

I cannot believe Ozone came back from that start. It looked like he was totally dead. How many more vills did EM produce? Like 40?

It's nice having the towers not be basically infallible. :D

Honestly they're investing so much into towers it feels like it'd be easier to not fight them back and just save for castle

This one lasted longer than expected

It would be interesting to see what may have happened if Matador went 1 or 2 mangonels and several scorpions. That may have been better against the scouts, of course he didn't know about them till it was too late.

Ozone ascended to another plane of existence

Crazy good game

Best minimap game imo! GG

These micro maps feel like chess vs checkers compared to the regular maps. One mistake microing and you're out.

Always a quick match

the best yet imo

The towers weren't the stars here, they're just the bait to pull in Matador for vil fights.

Just an idea: what if tower range eere dependent on the distance from the tc? That way, towers are really weak offensively, but relatively strong defensively, changing the whole dynamic back to army

What a great game!

Stone walling forward towers would be over powered

In todays tutorial we will learn what will happen if you do not wall in your towers. Impressively long match

best one so far

These are awesome, but does he do LEL or COM games on Twitch? I miss those.

If somebody plays one of these small maps with Lithuanians, can they still get the +3 TC range with hillforts?

That was a test vill, it's fine.

Margoogoo

Amazing

GG

I would have loved to see a "Smallest ever map" in the Hidden Cup map pool. I don't even really care which one it was, but throwing some of the best players in the world into a game on these tiny maps in a large tournament would have been classic.

Nerf archers😂

I like the tower nerf but I think tc and castles should be left as normal

Hidden Cup 5!

Smallest hiddencup when?

Ozone is clearly a better player. Elo doesn't matter. Competitors should be close in skills at any level

Hey T90, when I fed my chickens today, my favorite chicken jumped another chicken to get past her, to get to the food. Should I be concerned about this, or just laugh my sack off?

Slops

T90: "we will not be seeing as many towers [for hidden cup 5]" MBL: hold my boar

HE DIDNT CLIP THAT OUT

How do we play these maps ?

Horse collar is so useless, I don't know why Ozone got it. He would have gotten like 30 extra food because of it but spent 75 food and 75 wood for it. I wonder if there is a reason he didn't wall in his initial towers. An insane fightback from Matador though.

Hey T90, can I donate money for the winnings? And how do I do that? I don't just want to donate to the channel, but to the pot that they can win in these games. To add a bit more money that's on the line. Maybe y'all could have a donate to the pot link that y'all provide, and can advertise it at the end of the video? I for one would donate and it would definitely be more efficient if there was a link where anyone could go donate to the pot.

Love it. Castle Age to GG.

9 vil starts on these maps would be insta max madness pro

Ozone seems to almost always outclass matador. maybe he is used to claustrophobia

You can’t say now that the tower Nerf Hasn’t improved the quality of games…. Definitely has!

I think the shorter range on buildings actually makes tower rushes stronger in a way. It makes it so much harder to counter tower if you get down.

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Good comeback by Matador, but just what the hell was he doing throwing away all his eco at the start of the game? The outcome could've been very different if he'd taken down those towers more strategically earlier

IMO Ozone is held back as a player because of his idle TC time. I've yet to see a match from him where his idle TC time is anywhere close to his opponent's win/lose, and if he overcame that somehow he'd definitely have gotten into the hidden cup

when do we get smallest low elo legends ever? as a 900 elo I volunteer as tribute.

Why no knights?

You cant call them that anymore

Third comment just dropped

so stressful to watch :(

Post #35 asking for a youpudding white phosphoru duel on tiniest maps

Ozone not making any military until 19 mins is a mistake at least make skirms

Why don't people do 2 tc feudal khmer?