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.
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".
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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 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
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!
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)
I know nobody asked for or let alone cares about the names of the background music, but anyway, here goes: 00:00 The Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss II. 00:16 Winter, Antonio Vivaldi. 1:26 Trepak, The Nutcracker, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. 2:02 don’t know. 2:28 Moonlight Sonata, 3rd movement, Ludwig van Beethoven. 3:06 Carmen (Overture), Georges Bizet. 3:50 Ride of the valkyries, Wagner. 4:34 Nocturne op.9 No.2, Frederich Chopin. 5:55 La Marseillaise, French national anthem, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (I think) 9:00 1812 overture, Pyotyr Tchaikovsky. Please feel free to correct me or add any other classical pieces I might have missed.
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.
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
You can play it yourself at pokemonchess.com :D
nice
very cool alpharad
Can’t wait for the face reveal
Pokeman chest
it's not working for me
I respect the absolute blind faith in RNG at the end, RIP alpha
Never underestimate your opponent. They could make a good move at any time. But this was just rng.
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.
@@miah8163 10% chance to miss, 6% chance to crit
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".
The ultimate “That Crit mattered”
In the wise words of Mr. Pokémon Challenges himself: "Should've played around the crit"
S tier comment.
He never learns and thats what we love 😂
looooool i can imagine janne voice
I read “crit” as uh something different… damn I gotta clean my brain’s gutters
HAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 Man, now we need a Pokémon Chess Nuzlocke run
Jan's words echoed in your head:
"Always play around the crit"
Even in Chess, Jan's words ring true.
Underrated comment
FlygonHG moment
There is something poetic about a stall tactic falling apart to a critical hit
Classical.
Vintage Pokémon.
That is truly the most pokemon thing of all time
Well to be fair stalling does increase the chance of a crit happening
i mean completely rng based...don't see what ur talkin bout bro seems like a skill issue to me
Bro’s biggest enemy was the rulebook
True
Overused
i blame the rng
@@thecreaturehunter blud who r u
I think I’ve seen this comment before
how chaotic, i love it
Adds a lot of strats than regular chess
yeah
chess.
You need to add this to your website😊
make it official!
Alpharad losing to _someone else’s_ blind faith in luck is a truly ironic twist of fate.
he cybertron did miss his first "win" that game so without the miss that luck would not have been needed
Alpha always takes up the villain role I love it
Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to Alpha... she seems to be turning against him in recent years.
Alpharad luck just directs one to the funniest outcome, not necessarily the successful outcome.
A true Icarus moment
Alpharad: *Is about to win via timer*
Critical Hit: *Death whistle intensifies.*
Pick it up
Pick IT *UP*
Chess is a complicated game. Pokémon is a complicated game. And now they’re merged. Truly beautiful.
And complicated
@@ImanError404 no not yet :)
Ngl pretty complicated
It's also very complicated
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.
Should've used en passant.
@@FectoElfilin Holy hell
I don't think you're using infamously correctly but I'm not sure
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.
@@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
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
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
and part of the win was him killing Jynx, absolute irony
I love that the most unlucky person in the tournament actually got lucky for once in his pokemon career.
And against Alpha of all people
And that the single shot at luckiness was the ending move to win the whole tournament.
it all balances out eventually
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.
@@Hack--rz1io Comedy writes itself
"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
When you never wanted to be the king (you swear) but you play Pokémon chess
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
This is definitely a video by Alpha. Never gets punished until the last second where his podium collapses underneath him.
flew too high
Should have played around the crit.
Something something icarus
@@bahumat9853 Jan shaking his head
@@bahumat9853 yeah if he would’ve just went to e5 instead of d5 it would’ve been game over
A true nuzlocker always goes down to the crit
Actually if you consider the situation he could have played around the crit by switching out his pokemon there.
truly the nuzlocke king
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.
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
As a PokeChess GM myself, Jacob is an up an coming star that is truly frightening for the scene
hes kinda bad 🎐
@@peephobei agree that red dress still lingers in my mind
oh wait no not that kind of bad sorry
@@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
That ending is honestly the most Alpharad thing I've seen in a while
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.
Alpha wins through RNG, it's just part of the game.
Alpha loses through RNG: A dramatic and tragic event of mass proportion
@@SuperIsaiah Yup, exactly. lol
It's a pretty impressive talent, actually. He's a good entertainer. :D
@@SamWeltzin
But also a sore loser.
That was nothing short of a full tale of hopes, intrigue, valor and tragedy.
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
Imagine getting out-lucked by the man who missed 5 will-o-wisps in a row?
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)
@@SunshineRey no the miss is 10%, the crit is 1/16
@@megarotom1590 it's 25%, will o wisp was 75% acc in gen 5. it got buffed to 85% acc next gen
@@CasualPizza they are talking about the last pokemon chess game. They are right, I just mixed up the percents when typing.
@@SunshineRey oh alr
As someone who is obsessed with both Pokemon and Chess, I'm very glad that this monstrosity exists
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
RIP Pokemon Duel
@@GSamus14 was a great game, I had such a good setup lol
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.
What you didn't see is the amount of easy wins he lost out on because opponents got crits or winning attacks missed
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
Of all the times lady luck decided she wasn't gonna help you, it had to be for $1000
Lady Luck gives and Lady Luck takes
I love your choice of putting classical materpiece music in the background.
Loved watching the whole stream. Would love to see more in the future
That was literally the most Alpharad way to end the series 💀
It sure was 😂
Absolutely lol.
He really tried stalling indefinitely, this is the most pokemon moment of all time.
The critical hit from cybertron of all people still gives me chills
the pain of loseing 2.2 seconds away from winning. my heart goes out to you
Sometimes it feels like Alpharad is the villain of the internet, and he is.
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
Really great video! loved the music choice and the ending.
I would ask for the runback but there's no chance I'm ever coming back from all those blunders 😭
This video has proven that not even Alpharad's luck is infinite
If you think about it, a 6% chance is pretty lucky...
PChal: He should've played around the crit!
the last one was like losing a nuzlocke to the final elite four member or champion
I swear, this man is Icarus, but with infinitely regenerating wings, solely so he could burn them again
I love this game now I am actually obsessed playing this with friends
Where can you play it?
@@RyeBread08if you find little zs video on it, he has it in the video's link
@@RyeBread08 Google, you need to create a room and share the code tho
@@zack5162 ok thank you 👍
Aaron winning with luck feels incredibly poetic
After many misses on super effective take lol
The end of this video is so freaking good, the classical music paired with a moment that really comes full circle, it's hilarious
You can’t even be mad at that ending. Cyber deserves the win with that gamble.
A man known for his luck against a man known for his bad luck was truly fitting for the finals
This was a real Alpharad moment
This was a real Alpharad video.
Truly the Alpharad moment of all time
0:30 honestly....that just sounds like someone added the gimmick of checkers to chess
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.
Alpharad losing due to luck is irony at it’s finest
What's more ironic, that or the fact that it was Cybertron who benefited?
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 love that Vernius is so ripped but his face looks so baby XD
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.
I guess you could say that he, *flew too close to the sun.*
I understand the rage Alpha felt but, GOD DAMN, that was an AWESOME final move
I don't understand what happened. Alpha's king was still alive. How else do you win in chess?
@@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 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
Im so glad to see Aaron get a good rng roll. I swear he would have won words that year if the whisp hit
Awesome video, Alpha! Can't wait to see your next video on Pokemon Chess Boxing!
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!
Imagine pokemon chess becoming actually competitive and having other tournaments
9:18 Alpharad trying to use stall to win. In chess. 😂
It wouldn’t be an alpharad video if something didn’t go horribly wrong
Alpharad: "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point.
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.
I know nobody asked for or let alone cares about the names of the background music, but anyway, here goes:
00:00 The Blue Danube Waltz, Johann Strauss II.
00:16 Winter, Antonio Vivaldi.
1:26 Trepak, The Nutcracker, Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
2:02 don’t know.
2:28 Moonlight Sonata, 3rd movement, Ludwig van Beethoven.
3:06 Carmen (Overture), Georges Bizet.
3:50 Ride of the valkyries, Wagner.
4:34 Nocturne op.9 No.2, Frederich Chopin.
5:55 La Marseillaise, French national anthem, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (I think)
9:00 1812 overture, Pyotyr Tchaikovsky.
Please feel free to correct me or add any other classical pieces I might have missed.
Probably one of my favourite videos this year
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
the victini in the thumbnail looks like it is having the most prolonged edging session of its life
I watched the little z video, you played so well it's crazy!
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.
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
I’ve watched Astroid for so long and now seeing him in an Alpharad video is so surreal
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
If you told me Alpha would turn into the biggest PokeTuber 5 years ago I would have laughed. But here we are.
Glad I found you love the pkmn videos
Can't wait for Pokemon Challenges to tweet out you need to play around the crit.
It is weird how luck is Jacob's biggest ally and enemy
Glad to see Chess finally get some DLC
I love watching my favorite 7 creators and alpharad suffer by playing modded chess
this video was such a whimsical Journey to corruption vs Journey of near failure story, beautiful
That ending was.. Was just so poetic.... I would be doing FLIPS. Good old crit RNG to the rescue again....
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.
The classic Pokémon blunder - you didn’t play around the crit
Getting to see this video from this perspective after seeing the original was not disappointing. Great vid.
That last play was the VERY DEFINITION of an icarus moment
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
That ending was so well set up. Bravo.
This looks amazing. I would watch more Pokémon Chess content
The music choices in this video just make so much sense I love it
I love how Jacob doesn't mention the money price, and it's only mention on the grand finale at the end of the video. Beautifully painful. lol
9:53 Let just forget about this while Pokemon chess thing for our sanity health…
Just like real Pokémon, it all comes crashing down to a horribly timed crit
Seeing Pokémon and chess combine is very interesting and not knowing anything about chess only makes it more interesting