@@gamerunknown4629 nope and even the luisitani guerillas do well against the kush hotel warriors because the reason kush is better than most factions is their infantry has a huge armor penetration ratio.
Well, the Selucid ruling class was definitely greek(Macedonian technically but by Alexanders time there really wasn't much difference), and they fought like (Alexandrian) Greeks. So I'd say they count as Greek.
To be precise actually, the ruling class and the mobility were mainly Greek but among them there was a certain amount of Persians who had actually hellenized (meet and support the Greek culture). Seleucids were a Hellenistic kingdom though, without doubt.
@@herrsteinpilz9823 At the time of Alexander, there really wasn't. The Macedonians were thoroughly Hellenised long before Alexanders time and even from the beginning were pretty clearly related, speaking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language the Ancient Macedonian language is even considered a dialect of ancient greek, or otherwise a very closely related Hellenic language. There was never a written language for Ancient macedonian and they only ever used written ancient greek, making it even clearer that they were closely related. And by Alexanders time most of the noble class had abandoned the macedonian dialect altogether and instead used Attic(athenian) greek. They had differences sure but they were for the most part pretty similar. Even today two thirds of the ancient kingdom of Macedon are part of Greece(the country) and there are plenty who consider themselves "Macedonian Greeks" today. You might be getting confused with modern day macedonia which is actually a slavic nation that only controls about a third of ancient Macedonia. Apparently lots of Macedonian Greeks get quite frustrated by modern day Macedonia being a country.
Hello everyone I'm the host of the tournament. I appreciate all the support. There is one major thing I wanted apollo to mention which he did not. My game crashed about 3 minutes into the battle. I felt super bad because it was about a minute or so after kush actually did set my artillery piece on fire. Now I still destroyed 2 artillery pieces but them having that could have changed the battle handily. I still feel bad about it because it looks super sketchy for it to go down like that. I just thought I should give the kush player their credit because that artillery piece should have probably still been destroyed the second time.
I think this is the best Rome 2 battle I've seen you narrate. The plays by both players! The positioning! The attacks and counterattacks! The sallyouts! That's how you know they're great players
Dima Pavlov I did alot! It wad a lot of fun! I can't afford Total war Rome 2 so Total war arena was the next best thing! I was sad that it shut down :(
haven't watched the whole battle yet but just wanna say something about that artillery. that trick with the archers worked the first time, unfortunately someone crashed and we had to restart and for some reason the wall arty wouldn't light up. was a great game. can't wait to finish the video and see what Apollo and everyone else thinks.
Yeah I told him that in the email and asked him to mention it. Idk if he reads my paragraph descriptions because I told him a lot and strategy plan to mention but he didn't mention any of it
@@jamesminter70 I am guessing it is quite hard to fit all that into second by second commentary, but would have been interesting to hear. I like PA a lot but I'm not 100% certain; isn't he dyslexic? Making reading in depth quite the challenge, especially on the go during commentary. Great fight. Great video. Really enjoyable.
That huge Kushite force coming out of the woods was like the Rohirrim coming to Minas Tirith, I was wondering how the Attackers could possibly win(or where Kush's entire army went). Well now we know!
Honestly, with how many replays apollo watches, he should do a compilation of the best plays he has ever seen. He may actually have more to say on that than anyone else with how many battles he has watched over the years.
Thanks man appreciate it. It's nice to see some people enjoying this after a barrage of people saying they didn't like my tournament because all of the rules even though I just made a tournament to be fair as possible and only because I know myself and other missed total war videos on this channel
@@jamesminter70 Organizing these tournaments for a 6 year old game that's niche to begin with, it seems ridiculous for anyone to complain. Wouldn't even acknowledge it. Good shit.
That was such a great replay there. Definitely better than the last, for sure. The attackers & defenders did an incredible job at doing their respective roles, and with great tactics and strategies at play here. Bravo for the Kirby Fist Baiter (I think that was the name of their team, i am not sure).
The Japaneses and the Chinese often had units that consuming ammo was their destination, and they were aware. They would just be walking at the front under a vast amount of pressure.
Very nice battle! I love rome 2 and those siege battles , I'm a noon on this game since I dont play it a lot on my laptop but its good to watch those awesome plyers and learn from them , hope we see your team apolo competing with those 2 titans 😁
This feels like an alternate history where Rome never comes to power, so all of these factions are vying for the territory that would have been Roman to increase their empire.
You seem like a chill dude i would have some beers with and shoot the shit about whatever. Always enjoy your commentary and watching people that are better than me at this game.
Glad you loved it man! If you haven't seen "epic siege if tricks" by apollo that also has me as the luisitani with 3 others fighting 4 roman armies. That one is a daunting battle as well.
I'm really enjoying these on dark cold nights! Thanks for these treats Apollo. And a question, Do you think there will ever be a Rome Total War 3? If not what Era would you like to see the most in next Total war game?
It's funny how pikemen in Rome II can run like skirmishers until they pull a 6 meter(18 feet) sarissa out of their arse, and only then they're slowed down...
@@sigmarsson3180 well so the I developed the strategy for it. I knew their archers would skirmish us down if we let them. We needed to force their archers to take as many terrible shots as possible and the only way to do that is make them shoot over walls. My pikes weren't as good as the Egyptians so I used them to soak up arrow that the enemy desperately needed for the final push. I let the selucid player get on my side in the beginning on purpose. I like to fight for my cities the way a real army would. Armies often would make the attackers fight at the walls as long as possible to keep their families safe. Falling back would mean a loss of citizens or at the very least a district. It was a very grind kind of fight but I believed that's the only way to win
you were my first you tuber i saw your first video and your first war of rights video and i realized the channel has done a lot more than just total war
Thanks man it means a lot after a lot of people giving me negative comments about it. I just did it to bring total war back to the channel for everyone.
Seluecids were a hellenic dynasty that lived in southern Turkey and Pheonecia, but considering they are hellenic and future Byzantine land they can technically be considered a Greek faction
Epirus player is basically why that team lost. Didnt put up archers when you should've, wasnt aggressive enough at first which cost the Selucid player.
I love these long videos. I don’t have a gaming pc myself so I have never played a total war and I am dealing like I’m missing out on au much, also I really want to join 14th Brooklyn.
I never played tw arena but I saw some of it. I think it was a cool idea, but the armies for each player were just way to small. If they would've expanded them a bit I think it might've done better
Thanks man it means a lot after a lot of people giving me negative comments about it. I just did it to bring total war back to the channel for everyone.
@@genasis8049 no it's a tough faction. They don't start with a good position and limited building space and hard unit roster so auto resolve is your best bet also the lack of valuable resources isn't gonna make you any friends
Hey Apollo I was just wondering. Do you watch the battle replays before you record and add your own commentary? Or is what we see (what you upload) your first time seeing the battles?
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Kush: does whatever
Apollo: kush is awesome
It is a really solid faction when played appropriately. They shine in large fund battles
@@jamesminter70but I dont think they can win against club levy
@@gamerunknown4629 nope and even the luisitani guerillas do well against the kush hotel warriors because the reason kush is better than most factions is their infantry has a huge armor penetration ratio.
Well, the Selucid ruling class was definitely greek(Macedonian technically but by Alexanders time there really wasn't much difference), and they fought like (Alexandrian) Greeks. So I'd say they count as Greek.
fuck i wanted to be the nerd and point it out
To be precise actually, the ruling class and the mobility were mainly Greek but among them there was a certain amount of Persians who had actually hellenized (meet and support the Greek culture). Seleucids were a Hellenistic kingdom though, without doubt.
Pls dont say there is no diffrent between greek and macedonia
Alexander fucking was in war with them
@@herrsteinpilz9823 At the time of Alexander, there really wasn't. The Macedonians were thoroughly Hellenised long before Alexanders time and even from the beginning were pretty clearly related, speaking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_language the Ancient Macedonian language is even considered a dialect of ancient greek, or otherwise a very closely related Hellenic language. There was never a written language for Ancient macedonian and they only ever used written ancient greek, making it even clearer that they were closely related. And by Alexanders time most of the noble class had abandoned the macedonian dialect altogether and instead used Attic(athenian) greek.
They had differences sure but they were for the most part pretty similar. Even today two thirds of the ancient kingdom of Macedon are part of Greece(the country) and there are plenty who consider themselves "Macedonian Greeks" today. You might be getting confused with modern day macedonia which is actually a slavic nation that only controls about a third of ancient Macedonia. Apparently lots of Macedonian Greeks get quite frustrated by modern day Macedonia being a country.
Hello everyone I'm the host of the tournament. I appreciate all the support. There is one major thing I wanted apollo to mention which he did not. My game crashed about 3 minutes into the battle. I felt super bad because it was about a minute or so after kush actually did set my artillery piece on fire. Now I still destroyed 2 artillery pieces but them having that could have changed the battle handily. I still feel bad about it because it looks super sketchy for it to go down like that. I just thought I should give the kush player their credit because that artillery piece should have probably still been destroyed the second time.
Probably just game mechanics. Didn't see many arrows making actual contact with the piece, and it's only a chance that it will catch on fire.
@@adbar89 the one and only
@@jamesminter70 r/rimjob_steve 😆😆😆
I don't believe you. Argh
Vive la Napoleon ur welcome
Just had surgery and watching this while EXTREMELY high. Sooo entertaining. Thanks so much pixie poo!!!!
Bro your probably tripping balls😂
@@JROSE293 Ladies and gents, we got him.
I hope everything went well men!
@@ernestmoulin8962 Thanks man. It was a necessary operation but everything is going well. Lol just sore
Hey feel better tho
"Chronic Master...what?"
*rewinds*
"Oh..."
😂
Lmao I had to double take that as well
Wait, its chronic masturbator right
0:13
@@apollo4696 lol
I think this is the best Rome 2 battle I've seen you narrate. The plays by both players! The positioning! The attacks and counterattacks! The sallyouts! That's how you know they're great players
RIP total war arena, and kush's ballista's
WHO EVEN PLAY TOTAL WAR ARENA ?
Dima Pavlov it was so good tho
Dima Pavlov I did alot! It wad a lot of fun! I can't afford Total war Rome 2 so Total war arena was the next best thing! I was sad that it shut down :(
Need that game back
@@dp8088 i have erectile dysfunction
WOW What a battle, both teams were excellent. Very strategic plays. Can't wait for the next one.
Are you turkish? Like some of the commas look turkic but the writing is greek or no?
Or 3rd guess Bulgarian?
@@joshi3518 You're close but i am actually Greek!!!
I was already thinking about snacks before the video then he said" pause the video get some snacks and drinks" so I'm sold
Shut up stupid
Im a simple man...i see pixelated apollo siege battle i click it
Same
haven't watched the whole battle yet but just wanna say something about that artillery. that trick with the archers worked the first time, unfortunately someone crashed and we had to restart and for some reason the wall arty wouldn't light up. was a great game. can't wait to finish the video and see what Apollo and everyone else thinks.
it was a honourable fight!
Yeah I told him that in the email and asked him to mention it. Idk if he reads my paragraph descriptions because I told him a lot and strategy plan to mention but he didn't mention any of it
@@jamesminter70 I am guessing it is quite hard to fit all that into second by second commentary, but would have been interesting to hear.
I like PA a lot but I'm not 100% certain; isn't he dyslexic? Making reading in depth quite the challenge, especially on the go during commentary.
Great fight. Great video.
Really enjoyable.
@@DatCrazyNerf I'm unsure, we message frequently and it doesn't seem to afflict him much. Although it would make sense.
That huge Kushite force coming out of the woods was like the Rohirrim coming to Minas Tirith, I was wondering how the Attackers could possibly win(or where Kush's entire army went). Well now we know!
Shoutout to Bactria for taking on 3 separate armies and doing a damn fine job of it
Thanks man I appreciate you taking notice 😁😁😁
Regardless of how many times I hear it, Chronic Masterbater always gets a chuckle
Glad you dig the name man 😁
That artillery in the beginning tho😂 those artillery troops were thinking "ENEMY NUKE IN COMING!"
48:55 GETTING HIT WITH ARCHERS
Imagine someone throwing archers at you
That was truly one of the best TW battles I have ever seen. Respect to all players, it was great!
Honestly, with how many replays apollo watches, he should do a compilation of the best plays he has ever seen. He may actually have more to say on that than anyone else with how many battles he has watched over the years.
Love these siege battles. My favorite total war content on RUclips. Props to everyone involved.
Thanks man appreciate it. It's nice to see some people enjoying this after a barrage of people saying they didn't like my tournament because all of the rules even though I just made a tournament to be fair as possible and only because I know myself and other missed total war videos on this channel
Thx for the props
@@jamesminter70 Organizing these tournaments for a 6 year old game that's niche to begin with, it seems ridiculous for anyone to complain. Wouldn't even acknowledge it. Good shit.
@@theDiReW0lf thanks man!
Best battle I have ever witnessed in my whole life. Btw I was rooting for Hungry wolves
One of the best siege battles I've seen both teams doing good but them elephants just tipped the scale
That was such a great replay there. Definitely better than the last, for sure. The attackers & defenders did an incredible job at doing their respective roles, and with great tactics and strategies at play here. Bravo for the Kirby Fist Baiter (I think that was the name of their team, i am not sure).
Corbyfistbaiter. But your support is appreciated nonetheless
@@jamesminter70 You're welcome!
shoutout to the guy flexing . gets hit with a flaming arrow to the face .. doesnt even flinch . what an absolute beast
A epic battle on all sides. Truly i could not see a winner till the very end. Congrats to both sides.
Bactria player is great! Love seeing some good cavalry plays. All that micromanaging while holding the wall mostly by yourself... damn son, nice one.
The fight on the side of Epirus was Verdun 2.0
One of the most tense sieges I've watched so far I think, honestly couldn't tell who'd win! Such good strats
really one of the better matches from the last years.... hardly any flaws from both sides ... more micromanagement issues ... very entertaining
I NEEEEED a “javi/javy/javee” throw compilation.
This is probably one of the best fight I’ve seen on this channel
Thanks man! #unclutch
imagine being a slave infantry being used to "use up ammo"
The Japaneses and the Chinese often had units that consuming ammo was their destination, and they were aware. They would just be walking at the front under a vast amount of pressure.
I’d love if you do more Thrones of Britannia siege battles. I loved those
The problem is thrones crashes a lot
This battle man.. so much gore.. nice!!! Nice tactics by the attackers. Always makes my day just by watching rome 2 total war
Great battle! Was so close until the end. I honestly thought the attackers were going to win until the last 10mins.
Very nice battle! I love rome 2 and those siege battles , I'm a noon on this game since I dont play it a lot on my laptop but its good to watch those awesome plyers and learn from them , hope we see your team apolo competing with those 2 titans 😁
This feels like an alternate history where Rome never comes to power, so all of these factions are vying for the territory that would have been Roman to increase their empire.
Awesome analysis man
That would make for a SWEET series
Apollo:get some drinks and snacks
Me:*makes a three course meal
Finally! After many months, finally a damn good siege!
Finally waited so long for this battle😱😱😱
I never knew you could manually fire those tower mounted ballista like you could with normal artillery damn
they even have a greater range than enemy ballista
Yes. And being higher up gives you a much better vantage point
Pixie: talks
Random general in the background: FORWAAARD, FOR HONOR, MOOOVE, FOR GLORYYYYY
Once I saw it was 1 hour long, I rushed to get some snack lel
God I want a PC to just play this game.
i noticed that you show the replays from the winners perspective in this tournament , so i know who's going to win in the start of the video :)
You seem like a chill dude i would have some beers with and shoot the shit about whatever. Always enjoy your commentary and watching people that are better than me at this game.
Apollo: archers will be so important
Also apollo:they're just archers
Pixel you make watching games played very fun and can learn so much thank you! ♥
Holy shit that was one hell of a battle. Possibly the best one I've seen yet
Glad you loved it man! If you haven't seen "epic siege if tricks" by apollo that also has me as the luisitani with 3 others fighting 4 roman armies. That one is a daunting battle as well.
7:58 that horse took that arrow like a champ
I'm really enjoying these on dark cold nights! Thanks for these treats Apollo. And a question, Do you think there will ever be a Rome Total War 3? If not what Era would you like to see the most in next Total war game?
Thanks for getting me into total war love the vids
The defenders put up a very impressive fight in my opinion.
I love these videos. You've been doing this for a long time. And I hope you continue this.!
It's funny how pikemen in Rome II can run like skirmishers until they pull a 6 meter(18 feet) sarissa out of their arse, and only then they're slowed down...
Great video! You should post the pitch battles if they go to tie breaker since we missed out on the FULL siege tourney
He said no 😪 I'll try and him to do it again but I doubt he will
If he doesn't I can send it to you via email or discord if you like
Best battle of the tournament yet
Thanks man glad you enjoyed it
Did you play in the match?
@@sigmarsson3180 I am the host ok f the tourney and the bactrian player
You played brilliant by the way
But generally the tactics were jamm jamm
@@sigmarsson3180 well so the I developed the strategy for it. I knew their archers would skirmish us down if we let them. We needed to force their archers to take as many terrible shots as possible and the only way to do that is make them shoot over walls. My pikes weren't as good as the Egyptians so I used them to soak up arrow that the enemy desperately needed for the final push. I let the selucid player get on my side in the beginning on purpose. I like to fight for my cities the way a real army would. Armies often would make the attackers fight at the walls as long as possible to keep their families safe. Falling back would mean a loss of citizens or at the very least a district. It was a very grind kind of fight but I believed that's the only way to win
I remember when I first used a tortoise and was just absolutely flabbergasted
you were my first you tuber i saw your first video and your first war of rights video and i realized the channel has done a lot more than just total war
here we are again! i'm really enjoying this tournament
Thanks man it means a lot after a lot of people giving me negative comments about it. I just did it to bring total war back to the channel for everyone.
What a great battle can't wait for the next one
When he said pause the video and get some snacks and drinks... well I did just that 😂
wow just wow what a finish, what a battle such high level battle
Thank you man I appreciate it 😁 #kronicmasterbaiter aka unclutch
0:30 "Go over THE rule". First rule of Battle of Titans, don't talk about the Battle of Titans.
I watched every video so far and it's refreshing to have the no roman rule, you see faction that normaly you would not see.
Seluecids were a hellenic dynasty that lived in southern Turkey and Pheonecia, but considering they are hellenic and future Byzantine land they can technically be considered a Greek faction
Epirus player is basically why that team lost. Didnt put up archers when you should've, wasnt aggressive enough at first which cost the Selucid player.
the definition of down to the wire
I love these long videos. I don’t have a gaming pc myself so I have never played a total war and I am dealing like I’m missing out on au much, also I really want to join 14th Brooklyn.
The Diamond Crusader thank you for letting me know. I am currently saving up for a 2 + grand gaming pc
I just watch your vids at work the only thing that gets me through the long thought day!
Now THAT is a good match
Really Good Seige Thank You Pixelated Apollo 💖
Ngl when kush started coming out it was very epic lmao
Wow!! Loved the battle 👍👍
I never played tw arena but I saw some of it. I think it was a cool idea, but the armies for each player were just way to small. If they would've expanded them a bit I think it might've done better
Ah this is helping me get through covid 19 THANK YOU so much pixelated apollo
I’m surprised RUclips hasn’t demonized your channel for Chronic MasterBaiter
That's because they love my name lol
Demonized? How about demonetized? ;p
52:40 they missed a great chance to charge the pikes from behind with cav
Wow this is the siege pf titans great content
Hungry wolves hungry wolves !!!!
Amazing battle 😱😱
Hi apollo will there be a third age ep soon?pls say yes i have been waiting for 1 for ages now
That ballista team in the beginning were pro shooters
i saw the beginning and thought its over but they made a comeback
Arena gonna be back! From NetEase, China. Thats cool, new fractions new gameplay
do more of this type of stuff this is great
*Sound if me rushing to my pantry and grabbing 2 bags of chips and a Coke*
The Seleucid Empire is Hellenistic, which makes them technically part of the Greek culture
That was a good ass battle
I keep watching these siege battles over and over again.wish I can get the game though but what can u do
Please upload more tournaments pixelated Apollo please
Look at that accuracy frome the bactrian artillery
I was manually firing it. Hit the Insert key on your keyboard and you can fire in fps.
4:00 Apollo, the term you are looking for is "Hellenistic" ;)
Love you appollo
Keep on goinging
I love your vids keep the good work up :)
@13:50 Fighting for every cubit. Being Rome II, measurements should in in Roman terms. 😉
best battle out of the whole tourney :D
Thanks man it means a lot after a lot of people giving me negative comments about it. I just did it to bring total war back to the channel for everyone.
@@jamesminter70 love playing campaign on this game. However massilia is kinda hard to play with or im just bad at managing food and stuff.
@@genasis8049 no it's a tough faction. They don't start with a good position and limited building space and hard unit roster so auto resolve is your best bet also the lack of valuable resources isn't gonna make you any friends
@@jamesminter70 ye i was rushed to hit rhaeti and nori just for iron xD trade was difficult
Hey Apollo I was just wondering. Do you watch the battle replays before you record and add your own commentary? Or is what we see (what you upload) your first time seeing the battles?
Have to say, this was epic.
Glad you enjoyed the battle mate, #unclutch
Ever played a Game Called "Shattered Galaxy" Like 20 years ago and It was awesome thats how you do a RTS Online game
100th like! Love to see these siege battles!
59:06 Whenever the police raid a weed plantation