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Jamboree Journal, Volume 4

Posted: 23 Jun 2019, 20:08
by ShinkuroYukinari
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JAMBOREE JOURNAL, Volume 4

Welcome Again, Reader!

As I already noted in Volume 3, this volume will be shorter, since Volume 3 was a much longer write-up on 1 game, so I kept it concise, and I wanna fulfill my usual 2 per round quota. Think of this one as a Volume 3.5 if you so wish.

YALL' GOT ANY MORE OF THEM TPS?
ROUND OF 16 - DANIELEK VS EAGLEMUT
Ottoman vs Belgium, AsunciĆ³n


Yup, Eaglemut himself joined the tourney!
Entering this game, Daniel was rocking a sweet 1:0, surprising everyone by successfully beating Eaglemut's Ottomans as Malta, making it a fine nod to history and a fun game to observe.
This time though, Daniel ended up choosing the Ottomans for a sorta double-feature, and for a good reason.

[spoiler=Before I proceed, it is important to talk about the Asuncion map itself...]Asuncion is one of many new maps unique to WOL, and one of the more unconventional ones
As you can see from the picture, the map is pretty sparse on resources, and features a very long Trade Route that reaps large benefits to those daring enough to take it.
Yup. 226 Resources from 1 Trading Post.
And there are 6 on the route!

Another fun aspect of the map are the Abandoned Houses in the centre. If sieged down they spawn a 100 food crate.
And there are a lot to siege down.
The map is designed with the Trade Route as its main focus, and civs that synergise well with it or are able to secure the Route quickly will shine here.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Now, for the civs themselves...]Ottomans are one of the original 8 civs from when AoE3 just released, and the WOL team decided to keep their charm and unique mechanics, whilst also giving them new toys to play with!
Ottos got 3 new units, only one of which got featured in the match. Nizam-i-Cedid is their ultimate unit and it works like a super Janissary, and Humbaraci is a super-Grenadier unique to Ottos, replacing the Grenadier.
And then we have the Deli. Costs 40 more food than a normal Hussar, but is noticeably more bulky, letting you pack a bigger punch when shipping 3 of them in Age 2...
Another really good bonus for Ottos is that their Infantry and Cavalry trickles coin when sieging, similar to Orcs in Warcraft 3. Note that this doesn't work for Abus Guns, only for units that siege with flaming torches. Even so, the bonus is really good if you can get to sieging, whether it be the classic Ottoman rush(cementing your economy advantage with the extra trickle alongside crippling the opponent's eco) or simply sieging down random houses(wink)
All in all, if you are coming from TAD and like playing Ottos, you'll feel right at home with WOL Ottos, not to mention the Ottoman rush being stronger now, thanks to the trickle and Delis!

As for Belgium, I made a nice and hefty decription in Volume 3, which you can check out here, so I won't delve too much into the Civ, but do remember that Belgian TPs debuff the enemy economy by 5% each, which stacks additively![/spoiler]
Now for the game itself!
Eaglemut decided to go for an early TP spam with his second shipment being Advanced Trading Posts, which was a pretty solid idea given how good TPs on Asuncion are, their now 120 wood cost and that it curtails the Ottoman economy ever so slightly with that 5% debuff per TP.
As for Daniel, he went really aggressive with the usual early TP and a quick age-up into Janissary spam.
Those Jans then proceeded to siege down the Abandoned houses, giving Daniel a massive gold boost, to the point that he switched to Abus Gun spam while having only 2 villies on gold! The map was really good for him in that regard, allowing him to artificially boost his usually bad Ottoman economy due to the slow villie spawn rates with the trickle from sieging, plus free food crates as a cherry on top! Really a match made in heaven for Daniel!
Eaglemut was generally at a disadvantage during this game, but he fought rather well, and tried to utilise his strengths to the maximum, cementing his TP advantage with securing 4 out of 6 TPs and attempting to raid Daniel's villies, albeit unsuccessfully.
By 11 minutes Daniel was able to stroll into Eaglemut's base with a large army of Jans and Abus, successfully sieging down his Town Center and killing off most of Eaglemut's army in the process...
Even with 4 TPs to Daniel's 2, the Might of the Ottomans proved too strong for Eaglemut, and he resigned 2 minutes later, which meant 2:0 for Daniel.
Half an hour later, this became a 3:0 for Daniel as Serbia proved Strong once again, vs China!

Huge thanks to both Eaglemut and Daniel for providing us with such entertaining games and really good sportsmanship, and good luck to Daniel in the Semifinals, as he recently beat the one and only Mitoe in the Round of 8!

Luckily this time, I happen to have the stream link right here!
Thanks for reading and I'll see you in Volume 5, covering Round of 8!

Re: Jamboree Journal, Volume 4

Posted: 24 Jun 2019, 00:27
by TheNameDaniel
Nice write up :)