Advance Wars: "For your Technique, you are awarded 0 points." Colin: "I think upon review you'll find that I didn't lose any units, and thus my technique was perfect."
Veteran Soldier: "Yeah, I've fought in the Colin wars." Grandkids: "Wow cool, how many bad guys did you kill?" Veteran Soldier: "None." Grandkids: "Oh, so you performed more undercover tasks etc?" Veteran Soldier: "Nah, not really, no..."
"My officer employed a brilliant strategy: he gave us all paid time off so we wouldn't enter battle." "That sounds really dumb." "That's what I told him, 'till our enemy rolled up to HQ and were too confused to attack before reinforcements came."
I bet I know what's going on. Lash's AI must be programmed to prioritize terrain advantage over everything else (given how her passives work). Unfortunately, they didn't think to maybe put capturing properties higher on the priority list than seeking advantageous terrain. So the AI won't give up the HQ, which has the highest possible terrain advantage in the game.
I think it's much simpler than that. In lieu of units to fight, the AI units are simply directed to head towards the HQ. The tank gets there first and has no reason to leave since there are still no units to fight. The infantry then can't move onto the HQ to capture it.
@@aapjew18 That's the thing, units are able to move off of properties to let Lash capture them. But not the HQ. I think its star value takes priority over capturing it, because her AI is coded wonky and to prioritize the terrain advantage game.
@@driumissimo Hmm, the tank moves off of that factory a turn before the infantry can capture it though. It moved to a spot closer to the HQ and it was moving the turn before that. So that's still just explained by moving to HQ.
"Sir! There's bombers flying overhead and tanks rolling through the street outside the HQ! Plus, they just built a Medium Tank in one of our own factories! We have to do something!" Colin: "Nah, I think we'll be okay. Since you're here, wanna join me for a quick game of Advance Wars? I brought a Link Cable and everything." *Meanwhile, outside...* "Oh, COME ON! I wanna get inside this HQ to capture it, but this tank that some RANDOM GUY left sitting here is blocking the street! Now what do I do!?"
Lash on Day 14: "...Y'know, in hindsight, maybe capturing a bunch of properties out in the middle of nowhere when even the enemy doesn't care about them was a dumb move. Lets' bounce." Colin: _*Climbs out from under his desk_ "...Are they gone?"
Sturm: Lash, I've read your last mission report and I'm both very angry and very confused. How is it you've completely failed to capture the enemy HQ in 14 days while having unit superiority AND meeting absolutely no resistance? Lash: There was a tank in the way! Sturm: A tank? Lash: Yes! It was in the way so I couldn't capture the HQ! Sturm: You mean the tank you control...? Lash: Erm...Why can't tanks capture enemy HQs anyway!? Sturm: That...That is a good question. Get out of my sight while I ponder on this.
It's a very simple tactic. You're leaving your base undefended and allowing your opponent to advance freely until they run our of fuel. Once air support arrives It's all over.
Rts game logic: Invading enemy: starts off with a fully functioning base with control over half the territory to be captured Defending force: a pistol and a full tank of gas
Why 0 technique?! This is by far the smartest move ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not even Sun Tzu can think of this!!!!!!!! Heck, I feel stupid for not knowing this!! Einstein would give this a Noble prize if only the game did not give it ZERO TECHNIQUE!!!
@@ethanwhitehead2085 Yeah that's a shame, given how some levels have deliberate tactics you're supposed to figure out and use. You'd have thought this "secret" option would get you the best marks, but then again it's more likely a bug in the AI.
*Tank:* I have claimed this HQ as my own, and I will not move for anything! *Infantry on Day 13:* Uh, y'think you could get off the HQ? I kinda need to capture it. *Tank: I. Will. Not. Move. For. **_ANYTHING!!!_* *Lash:* Yeah, leave the poor tank alone, you big dummy! *Infantry:* **sigh** It's official. Black Hole is led by idiots. No wonder Sturm got his ass royally kicked in Cosmo Land. Bet he did real stupid shit, too, like going after APCs for no apparent reason. *Sturm:* You don't understand! They were just _sitting there._ Looking so _juicy!_ You would've done the same thing!
@@aboveaveragegaming5503 The infantry thar the factory produced on Day 13 would have finished capturing the HQ on Lash's final turn if only that tank had moved
Colin: I suggest you leave immediately. Lash: Or what? You'll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouth, and when they bark they shoot bees at you? Well, go ahead! Do your worst! (Slam) Lash: He locked the door!!!
Hawke: "so... you had them dead to rights, not a single shot fired and basically every property was under your control..." "...yeah..." "...and you didn't capture the HQ... why?" "the terrain advantage was for my tanks!" *gets bapped with rolled up report*
Given that Colin's supposed to protect these properties you'll expect them to already be in his control, and if he's given a couple of pre-deployed units he probably could've stand a fighting chance
@@butteredsalmonella Because this mission does not care if you are routed. The only thing it cares about is if your HQ gets captured or if 14 days pass.
I'd like to think the tank that's parked in Colin's HQ is commanded by Flak, who's just sitting there twiddling his thumbs wondering where Maximum Dumb is.
Standing here... im standing here, he was standing here but whos to stand, standing to wrong when our standing is down i think we can both agree standing breeds standing, but it has to be standing.
Lash: C'mon my monstrous little minions, fire at will! 14 days pass... Lash: I took a 2 week nap to find the enemy's HQ uncaptured. WHAT THE HELL? Minion: you said to fire at Will. Lash: Yes, so why didn't you? Minion: Well, Lady Lash, there was no one named Will in the enemy army. Lash: Why did you not take their HQ? Minion: You said fire at Will. We spent the time doing as you asked, we searched for someone named Will to fire at. Lash: ..... I'm out. I'm surrounded by IDIOTS!
@@eduardobonilla3178 aún una clase de videos de Mario Party, en las que Luigi gana sin hacer nada, por incompetencia de la IA, por eso es conocido el Meme de que Luigi gana por hacer nada
Well if I am right technique counter is based on units that you have lost .if % of loosed units is small then technique counter is high .In this case technique meter says 0 beacuse there were no units produced . Same like with power meter which is based on how many units you had destroyed .
@@lordbekon6133 dude this comment is three years old. Also reminds me of a tactic I did in a similar level except I hit and run a few units amd then hid in the corrals to get s rank by waiting it out lol.
Nah, because then all it would take is a couple black bombs and battlecopters to completely cheese victory. I’ve literally wiped out entire fleets before in multiplayer, and they’ve came back to kick my ass too 🤣
I bet Reboot Camp will fix this by ensuring defeat once all your Factories and other Deployment Tiles are captured if you haven't deployed any units yet.
We knock on this, but I think it's impressive the AI is doing so much without an opponent to work around. A human would just get bored or wait with no enemy.
"All I'll gain now are more casualties." Wait, MORE casualties!? How is it that you already have casualties? Did one of your troops trip on their way over here, or something?
Advance Wars: "For your Technique, you are awarded 0 points."
Colin: "I think upon review you'll find that I didn't lose any units, and thus my technique was perfect."
The best defense is absolutely zero offense.
His power should also be 100, because he never once failed to destroy an enemy in combat
@@aprinnyonbreak1290power is based on the highest amount of enemy units destroyed in a single turn
Grit: Hey! You ok, son?
Colin, with the entire peninsula that had been entrusted to him filled with black hole troops: yeah im ok
*Grit:* You are a Grade-A certified top-of-the-line CO, son!
**C-RANK**
C for Colin
@@conortruong206 Definitely not C for Cheap
@@Kalvinjj well the defense effort cost 0 credits
Are ya winning, son?
>more casualties
this means she somehow managed to get her own troops killed while encountering no resistance
Riot from the captured towns lol
The casualty was her bank account from having built anything past Turn 1 infantry and maybe the T-Copter.
@@a-s-greig never fuck with the economy ig
This is Lash we are talking about, so... XD
her units died of boredom while standing around the uncaptured hq.
Tank: Your HQ has been surrounded! Come out with hands in the air.
Colin: No.
Tank: Understandable. Have a nice day
The AI is stupid but it's expected just move the tank get the troops onto the HQ. XD
Colin, arriving back from lunch: "Alright, I'm ready, let's start the battle."
Soldier: "Congrats on the win commander!"
Colin: "Say what?"
Colin's 14 day lunch
@@marcinmisiek768 Well you'd be a big eater too if you were rich
The "C" in "C Rank" stands for Colin
Just like how the L on Luigi's hat stands for Winner
Smart move by Colin. Paying The Tank driver Secretly to occupy the HQ. That's the Power of Money 💰 for you.
He learned from his fellow [BIG SHOTS]
Yup, true genius. Didn't waste a single cent on this battle.
@@alexandrefillot9600 Always nice to see a fellow Deltarune enjoyer
@@Minecraft_Gamer-ih3gfagreed
Veteran Soldier: "Yeah, I've fought in the Colin wars."
Grandkids: "Wow cool, how many bad guys did you kill?"
Veteran Soldier: "None."
Grandkids: "Oh, so you performed more undercover tasks etc?"
Veteran Soldier: "Nah, not really, no..."
"My officer employed a brilliant strategy: he gave us all paid time off so we wouldn't enter battle."
"That sounds really dumb."
"That's what I told him, 'till our enemy rolled up to HQ and were too confused to attack before reinforcements came."
I bet I know what's going on. Lash's AI must be programmed to prioritize terrain advantage over everything else (given how her passives work). Unfortunately, they didn't think to maybe put capturing properties higher on the priority list than seeking advantageous terrain. So the AI won't give up the HQ, which has the highest possible terrain advantage in the game.
I think it's much simpler than that. In lieu of units to fight, the AI units are simply directed to head towards the HQ. The tank gets there first and has no reason to leave since there are still no units to fight. The infantry then can't move onto the HQ to capture it.
@@aapjew18 That's the thing, units are able to move off of properties to let Lash capture them. But not the HQ. I think its star value takes priority over capturing it, because her AI is coded wonky and to prioritize the terrain advantage game.
@@aapjew18 You can see a tank occupy a factory near the 3 minutes 30 seconds mark, and then move off it to allow infantry to capture it the same turn.
@@driumissimo Hmm, the tank moves off of that factory a turn before the infantry can capture it though. It moved to a spot closer to the HQ and it was moving the turn before that. So that's still just explained by moving to HQ.
Also wasted a fuck tonne of time capturing all the property on the way there too.
- Now that you're right next to the HQ, what will you do?
- Honestly, I didn't think we would reach this far.
"You cant lose a single unit if there's no actual units deployed"
You can't win if I don't play. 😋
"Sir! There's bombers flying overhead and tanks rolling through the street outside the HQ! Plus, they just built a Medium Tank in one of our own factories! We have to do something!"
Colin: "Nah, I think we'll be okay. Since you're here, wanna join me for a quick game of Advance Wars? I brought a Link Cable and everything."
*Meanwhile, outside...*
"Oh, COME ON! I wanna get inside this HQ to capture it, but this tank that some RANDOM GUY left sitting here is blocking the street! Now what do I do!?"
It's more like this:
"TERRAINADVANTAGETERRAINADVANTAGETERRAINADVANTAGETERRAINADVANTAGETERRAINADVANTAGE-"
"What do you MEAN tanks can't capture buildings!? Just get in there blow the door open with your cannon or something!!!"
The tank guy: at last, the ultimate moment for a little bit of trolling!
Truly, Colin is the greatest student of Sun Tzu with this level of galaxy-brain plays.
Won the battle without a single casualty.
Well the greatest tactic in war aside from nuking the enemy is doing nothing after all
Calls him a grade-A CO. Gets C rank.
Grade A. Rank C.
Olaf: "I can't tell if Colin is the dumbest commander I've ever seen or the most fucking brilliant..."
“or that the enemy CO was just stupid”
Colin must be Captain Tylor 's ancestor.
Lash on Day 14: "...Y'know, in hindsight, maybe capturing a bunch of properties out in the middle of nowhere when even the enemy doesn't care about them was a dumb move. Lets' bounce."
Colin: _*Climbs out from under his desk_ "...Are they gone?"
Sturm: Lash, I've read your last mission report and I'm both very angry and very confused. How is it you've completely failed to capture the enemy HQ in 14 days while having unit superiority AND meeting absolutely no resistance?
Lash: There was a tank in the way!
Sturm: A tank?
Lash: Yes! It was in the way so I couldn't capture the HQ!
Sturm: You mean the tank you control...?
Lash: Erm...Why can't tanks capture enemy HQs anyway!?
Sturm: That...That is a good question. Get out of my sight while I ponder on this.
Some say, hes still pondering to this day.
She may not be a luck based CO, but she definitely had Lady Luck on her side that day
Latter
Sturm: Wait, why was she asking me!? She's the head of R&D!
At least In Cards of Combat they can.. let’s count our blessings.
"You okay son?"
There's a tank that's been right outside my door for a week
Tank Driver: "I don't know how to make the gun go boom."
Task Failed Successfully. Colin, you had ONE JOB, and you didn't even do it! How are you even still here?!?! This place is COVERED IN TANKS!
Colin: Sir, I did Sun Tzu teaching of Art of War, Sir!
Olaf: Ahhh excellent Colin, I knew it it was a good idea to put you here!
To truly understand the power of money, you must first not spend any. - Colin probably
Just resting in his account
... little did Lash know, the place was actually deserted all this time, with Colin's mannequin left behind as a decoy.
Cost of human life: Zero
Net Profit?!?: 52,000
Mission succeeded on every level.
The power of money!
Colin wrote this
"The epitome of martial excellence isn't winning every battle, but winning without fighting." ~Sun Tzu, the Art of War
It's a very simple tactic. You're leaving your base undefended and allowing your opponent to advance freely until they run our of fuel. Once air support arrives It's all over.
Rts game logic:
Invading enemy: starts off with a fully functioning base with control over half the territory to be captured
Defending force: a pistol and a full tank of gas
"You are a grade-A certified top-of-the-line CO, son!"
100 points for speed (on a timed map) C-rank
Why 0 technique?! This is by far the smartest move ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not even Sun Tzu can think of this!!!!!!!! Heck, I feel stupid for not knowing this!! Einstein would give this a Noble prize if only the game did not give it ZERO TECHNIQUE!!!
Technique depends simply on how many units you build.
@snkrules you cant lose if you not play - Sun Tzu problaby
@@ethanwhitehead2085 Yeah that's a shame, given how some levels have deliberate tactics you're supposed to figure out and use. You'd have thought this "secret" option would get you the best marks, but then again it's more likely a bug in the AI.
@@ethanwhitehead2085 I was joking
@@xephyre6955 Probably should have worded your sentence more exclamatory than interrogative then.
This is not advance wars, this is advance peace
CO Powers:
NONVIOLET PROTEST
MAX FRIENDSHIP
POWER OF COMMUNITY
LIGHTNING HUGS
ENHANCED COMMUNICATION
@@lsmaug 😂
Relationship repair
Consented March
Friendly wave😂
I don't know why, but I just love the way the little tanks bounce up and down. They're so happy!
And he did it without losing a single unit!
That one tank on HQ :Imma end this woman 's whole career
*Tank:* I have claimed this HQ as my own, and I will not move for anything!
*Infantry on Day 13:* Uh, y'think you could get off the HQ? I kinda need to capture it.
*Tank: I. Will. Not. Move. For. **_ANYTHING!!!_*
*Lash:* Yeah, leave the poor tank alone, you big dummy!
*Infantry:* **sigh** It's official. Black Hole is led by idiots. No wonder Sturm got his ass royally kicked in Cosmo Land. Bet he did real stupid shit, too, like going after APCs for no apparent reason.
*Sturm:* You don't understand! They were just _sitting there._ Looking so _juicy!_ You would've done the same thing!
Not like the infantry had enough time to finish Capping it anyway even if it wasn't there she still would've needed about 1 more day
Sometimes I actually HAVE to destroy the APCs before my enemy's arty shells the crap out of my MD tanks
@@aboveaveragegaming5503 The infantry thar the factory produced on Day 13 would have finished capturing the HQ on Lash's final turn if only that tank had moved
Sturn: OUR ENEMIES HIDE IN MEHTUL BAWKSES
@@M4A1BestGirl From where are you photo pic?
Luigi became a Blue Moon CO?
Colin: I suggest you leave immediately.
Lash: Or what? You'll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouth, and when they bark they shoot bees at you? Well, go ahead! Do your worst!
(Slam)
Lash: He locked the door!!!
Hawke: "so... you had them dead to rights, not a single shot fired and basically every property was under your control..."
"...yeah..."
"...and you didn't capture the HQ... why?"
"the terrain advantage was for my tanks!"
*gets bapped with rolled up report*
When your enemy is so incompetent they fail even when you let them win
Given that Colin's supposed to protect these properties you'll expect them to already be in his control, and if he's given a couple of pre-deployed units he probably could've stand a fighting chance
Not neccisarilly. Alot of war torn regions are not completely under a countries control. Look at current day events
He WAS given pre-deployed units on Hard Campaign.... if they were routed it still doesnt count as a loss for some reason...
@@butteredsalmonella Because this mission does not care if you are routed. The only thing it cares about is if your HQ gets captured or if 14 days pass.
Honestly with Lash's "guess I'll just capture everything" line, imagine how horrible this would be if it were a capture battle?
"I won, no one died, and i didn't spend a penny. Pretty sure that deserves more than 'average'." - Colin
What's an HQ, again?
It's a 4 star terrain! Must sit on it
É uma revista em quadrinhos, eu acho
By: Andy
Big brain time: You can't lose a game if you never play it.
As a wise man once said, "I'm-a Luigi! Number 1!"
1:41 The moment victory was assured.
Turns out this strategy doesn't work in the remake. I was a bit disappointed.
Funny as it was, it does make sense that when redoing the AI, they'd make sure it wouldn't blow such an easy opportunity to win the game.
the algorithm must've blessed this video, it was posted 3 years ago but almost all of the comments are from the last 3 days
Lash: What's he doing?
BH Grunt: Uh, he's just standing there...MENACINGLY!
Day 13
BH Infantry: Please...move...we can win this.
BH Tank sitting on BM HQ: No.
Andy: What's an airport?
Colin: What's a unit?
I'd like to think the tank that's parked in Colin's HQ is commanded by Flak, who's just sitting there twiddling his thumbs wondering where Maximum Dumb is.
Advance war ai be like.
I’ll drop a tank on their HQ and won’t move it. Now I can no longer actually capture the HQ to win. What a great plan.
For those of you wondering this doesn't work in the remakes.
Typical rich kid, does nothing and still wins and even gets a decent score.
Standing here... im standing here, he was standing here but whos to stand, standing to wrong when our standing is down i think we can both agree standing breeds standing, but it has to be standing.
Standing
i love REM, great song
Great video. I struggled with this map for such a long time until i saw this. Do you have other tutorials?
Lash: C'mon my monstrous little minions, fire at will!
14 days pass...
Lash: I took a 2 week nap to find the enemy's HQ uncaptured. WHAT THE HELL?
Minion: you said to fire at Will.
Lash: Yes, so why didn't you?
Minion: Well, Lady Lash, there was no one named Will in the enemy army.
Lash: Why did you not take their HQ?
Minion: You said fire at Will. We spent the time doing as you asked, we searched for someone named Will to fire at.
Lash: ..... I'm out. I'm surrounded by IDIOTS!
Lash, a child prodigy that excels in both science and tactics, does not have the brainpower to capture an HQ properly. Sounds about right.
In fairness orange star has a commanding officer who’s a repairing whiz kid but doesn’t know what an airport is
Increíble!! esas clases virtuales con Luigi si sirvieron
Pasen contexto!
@@eduardobonilla3178 aún una clase de videos de Mario Party, en las que Luigi gana sin hacer nada, por incompetencia de la IA, por eso es conocido el Meme de que Luigi gana por hacer nada
Colin Ghandi
Nope, Gandhi would have gone for NUKES EVERYWHERE!
technique 0 pts??? xd
Well if I am right technique counter is based on units that you have lost .if % of loosed units is small then technique counter is high .In this case technique meter says 0 beacuse there were no units produced .
Same like with power meter which is based on how many units you had destroyed .
Division by zero error!
@@lordbekon6133 dude this comment is three years old. Also reminds me of a tactic I did in a similar level except I hit and run a few units amd then hid in the corrals to get s rank by waiting it out lol.
@@toiletpaper3394 it's fine, actually i'm glad i have the answer now ^^ (i didn't bother to check the mechanics myself after my comment XD)
The moment it all goes wrong 1:42
Intelligent Systems: What's playtesting, again?
Intelligent Systems: *swarming own HQ for terrain advantage*
Why does Colin even need to be there
Someone's gotta control the HQ
Man could go take a holiday and still have won lmao
Colin is so OP, he wins even without fighting :p .
Colin got in contact with his inner Boomi.
Grit: "Are you winning, son?"
they should've set an additional condition where if the enemy team has X number of units over your own force you get over run and auto lose
Or just program the ai to prioritize capturing an invading enemy hq over using said hq to provide a terrain buff for a tank.
Nah, because then all it would take is a couple black bombs and battlecopters to completely cheese victory. I’ve literally wiped out entire fleets before in multiplayer, and they’ve came back to kick my ass too 🤣
Lash and infantries: What are you doing ?
Tank: I don't know what i'm doing !
Day timer: Drops to 0
Tank: SH**, SH**, F*** ME !
Lash and infantries: 😫
"Drake?"
"Yeah?"
"Where are the tank controls?"
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
- Sun Tzu
She wasn't ready for that
Colin...Luigi...
Giliu and Lnoci...?
"Not so fast. These properties... are under... my protection."
I bet Reboot Camp will fix this by ensuring defeat once all your Factories and other Deployment Tiles are captured if you haven't deployed any units yet.
or just add three days to the mission timer
turns out, they simply fixed the ai
Makes me wonder ... if this lasted for 99 days, would it be the same result?
Yes, the AI doesn't recognise the HQ while the tank is sitting on it :)
"Good things happens to those who wait."
Colin after watching Shawn of the Dead once:
Luigi would be proud 👀
'Tis the power of having "reinforcements on the way."
Winning by just let the ai put their vehicles on the buildings, nice.
"Wars are expensive, but only if you spend." Sun Tzu probably.
No casualties!
Ah, so this is how the battle of Stalingrad was won.
Colin just employed the King Bumi tactic.
Colin: I have them exactly where I want them!
Colin and the blue boys just drinking coffee in their tower, looking at the world, burning.
Victory only because the ai forgot that you have to cap using infantry, not vehicles
AI’s are stupid at times
We knock on this, but I think it's impressive the AI is doing so much without an opponent to work around. A human would just get bored or wait with no enemy.
A human wouldn't rush the HQ? What kind of 'organic' 'humans' are you playing with?
Did the AI get stuck on stupid? And how did she end up with more casualties when she encountered literally no resistance?
The money spent
NO WAY! WE JUST DEFEND
LIKE NATURAL INSTINCT!
What a bummer, his man said he's A grade, but got C grade instead :/
C rank! There's a difference!
"Do nothing" - Sun Tzu
This doesn't work anymore in the Re-Boot Camp remake.
I wish they kept it
"All I'll gain now are more casualties."
Wait, MORE casualties!? How is it that you already have casualties? Did one of your troops trip on their way over here, or something?
A helicopter pilot ran out of gas and crashed.
The only casualty Lash had: Hole in wallet
Mario to Colin: Luigi, is that you?
Colin had a "NUTS" moment
Colin did a luigi....
Luigi: "That's-a my boy."
Getting only C rank for such an epic win?!
que demonios?!?!
hehe this is so ridiculous and funny
but hey Victory 😜
And thats... The power of money?
luigi doing nothing