Path Creation Battle 

The detailed explanation of rules during 1st slow minute of the video is some supreme quality content. 11/10

This is a really great concept once again, the only issue is that if chrisis mode triggers, it is too powerful, and results in the other side also doing so, creating this constant shift of powerspikes, and the inability to tell who is winning. Still, great work as always, keep it up!

Hmmm, I like this idea but the nature of crisis mode could use some work I think. When orange got its initial spike, it wrecked up cyan so hard it triggered crisis mode for them. Only because orange had just triggered it, crisis mode was significantly less powerful a game changer for cyan, and they never really recovered from that.

This was a really neat concept and satisfying to watch the lines grow and be created throughout the video. The demonstration of the rules at the start made it very clear how it worked. My only problem was how powerful crisis mode was for orange when it was the first one to get it that it immediately put cyan into crisis mode. It basically made it impossible for Cyan to come back even with 3 of them in a row cause it couldn't get a footing after it got destroyed by the first one when the marble pool after the first wasn't as big cause it got triggered so many times. It made it a gun being pulled out of your pocket in a knife fight rather than emergency button to get back into the game like in the tree battles. Not a bad concept to have but it needed to be better balanced for battle like this given how simple it is to form cannons.

I feel like the biggest issue is just that the high level cannons are too powerful, since for orange throughout the game it meant that any time they got a green on them, no matter how many things cyan had just built it'd be instantly removed

Had a feeling orange would win, they had a solid defense throughout, while cyan was more often rushing, while leave big openings. Also the fact that cannons upgrade overtime meant protecting them was a must. I know all this stuff is just rng, but it's still fun nonetheless

Having the triangle that moves the marbles between the sides also change position was an odd choice. I feel like it unbalanced the match and caused crisis mode to activate a lot more often

I feel like the main issue was that whenever a side started to get past the 50% mark, the random spike at the top would move to pretty much turn them off, creating a situation where you could only win through a crisis mode.

Nobody talks about the dedication it takes for you to consistently list every music track you use in your videos in the description, which I am incredibly thankful for.

It looked like cyan had trouble getting early branching marbles, which crippled their ability to make defensive cannons. Almost all of them were out far enough to be vulnerable to a heavy attack from orange.

I really liked the concept on this one, however I feel like the crisis mode kind of 'ruined' it, as it's so powerful that it kind of rewards a party for losing, then with their newfound advantage, the crisis mode is significantly weaker on the opposing party.

This channel needs more subscribers, this is so chill and satisfying.

Orange's fully upgraded cannons in the top left were the deciding factor, no matter how many crises modes teal used they were never able to fully take them out, and those cannons would ruin all teal's progress anytime they were allowed to fire

What if you did this but with grey spots set up with its own branches and cannons to be claimed by branching out to them?

Pretty sure the deciding factor was the array of lvl 5 cannons yellow gains on the top left corner at 6:54, it kept ripping through blue's path Like at 9:04, even though blue gained quite a lot of ground, the green cannon dart projectiles shredded through most of it

Really love this! I have to say though, i dont like the crisis modes, i would prefer to see a best of three rather than the hand of the creator extending the fight by changing the rules when one side struggles!

Orange had excellent tactics - all of his turrets were connected so that any 1 green ball split into all at once, so they all fired. Or almost all of them. This quickly upgraded the turrets.

I don't know why I'm not addicted to watching these. There is no randomness to it. The win is predetermined

8:00 The song ramps up with orange barrage, those syncs are so good

I really like the whole concept. I can't believe how entertaining it was. I was rooting for orange the entire time.

I'd love to see this mode again! Only bit of feedback is the crisis mode. The constant trigger makes it very confusing and even somewhat annoying to watch. I recommend implementing something along the lines of a crisis cooldown system for each colour! (They both get their separate timers)

To be honest, the divider moving in the direction of the color that is winning just loses the fun of the game because it changes the objective from "Build a long enough path to the enemy line" to "Get a good enough Crisis Mode to completely obliterate the enemy". Also, the strat to this game is to preserve a bunch of max level cannons all clumped up and protected so the crisis mode can make them go crazy lol

Great video, Mikan! Good thing you added rules. Figuring it out is more fun, but it makes easier for wider audience.

the middle thingy that moves to distribute the orbs actually gradually changes position to the left or right. Normally this isnt an issue if it lasts for like 10s per side or sth, but because it lasts for a relatively long time, theres a pretty unfair advantage

The fact that orange just said "POWRRIP!!) And then destroyed blue I loved that part

The crisis mode is going too far. I'd be okay to see a player being saved from death with a crisis mode, but not a player win BY crisis mode.

the cycle of "it's so over" and "we're so back," illlustrated

This is amazing... As a concept... The way the marbles are being distibruted is just so weirdly balanced. The side of the splatform is way too slanted so for most of the game, the marbles just get stuck and nothing happens for a while- which leads to the next problem, the crisis thing. It feels useless since it should've been there from the start, but instead it just feels OP.

7:40 That is so many ups in the orange team!

This feels like it would be a really fun multiplayer game actually. Where you control the spikes on the side for where the ball goes or some other way to control where the ball goes. But regardless, I feel like there could be a lot of strategy in this, specifically because of the power shifts, even without the crisis mode.

Crisis Mode had issues due to how much the first one triggered cleaned out the marble pool, making the retaliating trigger significantly less effective and pretty much assuring the first one to end up losing would win

3:24, dude...nostalgic overload over this intro music oml. My childhood just came and slapped my face...

'Which will win, Orange or Cyan?' It's your video, we already know Cyan's dead.

3:33 here we see a fair and unfair situation. Here orange has the advantage in cannons, but cyan/light blue/teal/aqua/turquoise has the advantage in pathways.

This really was an emotional rollercoaster.

Once again a crazy good concept. I love this race.

Feels like there needs to be a defensive option. Blue got screwed by merging a bunch of lines early and having a bunch of vulnerable choke points that are easy to hit and will cut their tree at the root, but without taking care of the underlining problem of their formation. Orange on the other hand had much more branching early, thus was way harder to break.

the rubberbanding in this is insane lmao

Yay MIKAN!! You’re always awesome!!!!😀👍

Orange really did a comeback there, impressed

Red: develops bombs Blue: *guess i'll Crisis Mode* Blue: creates a giant branching cannonway Red: *guess i'll Crisis Mode* Red: rains bullet hell Blue: *guess i'll Crisis Mode*

I love the moving triangle platform will being more side to the color who having disadvantage. Love the concept!!! And the crisis chain always makes the race more intense.

This reminds me of a few years ago when I built a custom program like this for a school project, where you had little sprites running in random directions making a line, and when they hit a border then they would fill in the shape they made with their corresponding color. The side to fill up 75%+ of the board first wins

something to look at is also the efficiency of the split joints to ac as a magnifier, if the ball hit slot 1-5 of orange a single bullet impulse would split multiple times and fire the same cannon 3-4 times. effectively that corner meant every ball falling onto those slots counted as having 3 balls fall into other slots, blue never had that kind of magnifier so while they did get more balls their "action economy" was too inefficient to convert those balls into a real advantage.

While crisis mode is very op, it’s kinda fun to watch both sides constantly going back and forth on who has CRISIS MODE!

The end definitely felt like a battle of crisis modes.

Good, but i feel like the marbles got stuck at the top causing the crisis mode to become op, without having constant action

4:06 oranges first crisis mode 4:24 cyans first crisis mode 6:34 cyans second crisis mode 6:49 oranges second crisis mode 7:02 cyans third crisis mode 7:23 cyans fourth crisis mode 8:10 cyans fifth crisis mode 8:43 cyans sixth crisis mode 9:01 oranges fourth crisis mode 9:13 cyans seventh crisis mode(before losing) Crisis leaderboard: 1st cyan(for having 7 crisises before losing) 2nd orange(for having 4 crisises before winning)

Crisis mode was a bad idea. But if you throw it out you’ve got a great concept.

This man deserves much, much more everything he needs

You forgot to mention that if a path disconnects from its line, it collapses suddenly.

very awesome i just wasn’t a fan of it when it all piled up but then it just got so satisfying so i give the video a 10/10

I have a feeling where Cyan is just a dead marble that even Mikan doesn't want it to win. lol

crisis mode needs a time constraint. cyan smashed the panik button atleast 3 times in a row. but keep up the good work

MIKAN never runs out of ideas.

I feel like that arrow wobbling about in the middle should of had a much wider range it moved. The ramps at the end blocking the orbs, along with the mid ramp having lopsided range that shifted around probably contributed to one side just having to sit there unable to do anything for a lot of the time, thus constantly causing those crisis modes

Cool concept but not huge on crisis mode. Blue had a great set of cannons set up but then the crisis mode created a cluster of high level cannons right on oranges wall that blue could never get rid of, especially with a comparatively terrible crisis mode in response to the first

I like how the human brain can attribute mindsets and "personalities" to entirely random decisions. For example, blue made incredibly quick and long paths that were frail and used "defense paths" to protect the paths that were used for cannons, while orange made a scaffolding strategy to create the strongest cannons that could rip through any defense without risking any harm done to them.

why are these so satisfying. it perfectly hooks in my adhd brain

I personally prefered it a lot more that you had to figure out the rules yourself. It was part of the charm of these videos when for the first couple of minutes didn't know what heck was going on until you made the rules out in your head. And the rules were always very simple so it was easy to figure them out with some time and observing the video.

Fr. Needs more respect This content fr be very fun (I also suggest doing some kind of commentary 1v1 duel thing voice like Johnny vs dave for the funny)

Cyan fights for the Users! ...But it sure as heck wasn't enough in the end.

Randomizer: Don't worry, we'll give most of the greens to Orange. Blue: WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BULLETS!!! ORANGE: Actually you do.

The fact that the small Spike at the top sometimes pushes Marbles more towards the Left, and sometimes more to the right, irritates me ngl

imagine this + the tree growth battle

This should have been longer I swear, 10 minutes probably isn't enough. Crisis mode is no longer the saver of disadvantaged, it itself is an incredibly powerful weapon.

That ending is the definition of "COVERING FIRE!!!!"

the moment when I feel like done for the day, I saw this came up and start watch to the end.

CrisisMode is so overpowered that I wasn't even surprised that it went back and forth

yellows comeback starting at 4:12 was really cool

Orange is like that big bank with a billionaire CEO - it's clearly a powerhouse, yet it's still getting help from the arbiter.

If crisis mode added a second ball dropper to the other side temporarily instead of a full dump with the slider I think this would be way better.

Crisis mode kind of seems to be against the spirit of the idea. Like, it's supposed to be an even fight. And sure, both sides could get it, but if one side needs it, then they're losing the fair fight already. Random extra power-ups could be cool, or instead of crisis make it so both sides get a push at the same time, so they both get a boost simultaneously.

4:03 POV: you feel like there's no way orange can possibly survive, confused on how the video is only halfway, *then you see crisis mode*

Crisis mode should have a cooldown, and if both sides activate crisis, the middle pusher should stop for a moment to allow a reset.

No complaint here, this was a fun one to observe!

This music makes it worth watching

if you dont notice, the shifting converyor belt that separates circles shifts in which side is losing, the spike shifts to the favor of orange when theyre losing but shifts to blue after the crisis mode is finished and small amounts of linea are left in blue side, meaning whoever activates crisis mode faster with full of exponential growth is the winner of the trade, however they will cause themselves to favor the other side afterwards if they're alive enough to sustain the crisis mode, and then activate crisis mode when their side is full enough while the other side isn't because of the shifting of the spike's favor. it think its a good concept on survival games but with lines.

why was this so insanely satisfying

The whole marble sorter got clogged 😂

The sorter triangle at the top is out of alignment and it bothers me to no end, even if i'm unsure how much it actually matters

8:04 Blue: enters crisis mode Orange: anyway I started blastin

Great battle of crisis modes

The video was amazing and cool

Ah man, woke up to see a new Mikan video out. Nice.

Cyan"HA This isn't even fair" Orange: "Are you sure about that" Cyan: "yes" Orange: "think again"

This video is 100/10 its amazing

I think orange won because of their interconnected system. Blue had like 3 completely seperate paths, but all of orange's paths lead to rome.

8:02 is pure chaos i love it

That first crisis mode permanently put red in the lead. Blue couldn't recover ever, and when it looked like it was, one green anywhere on the top half of red completely reset blue. To the point that crisis mode was wasted more often than not for blue. There just weren't enough resources built up. I think the pierce shot was too strong. I like the idea of a shot that strips away a layer and breaks an unshielded line, but it cut right through everything. The moment red got it, blue was done. Never had a chance to build anymore since the pierce would dive right through everything and destroy it regardless of status.

Mabel races are the only thing I watch befor i am going sleep

i love how blue tries to progress as orange tries to shoot down the long paths

idea for sequel: this grid looks triangular... new ball: straight! moves the path straight. cannons can be upgraded with a three way crosspath.

Honestly I think the feeder probably should have been slightly tilted down to avoid the massive marble pileups.

I dunno I feel like this one was way too much determined on crisis mode. It should mix things up but not define the whole match

dang orange with the comeback from the beginning

This is such a creative idea the only problem is this little lips at the top caused all the marbles to get stuck.

Finally, the left team won

The triangle at the top moving more towards one or other side was absurd.

Honestly, I'd prefer it without the slider changing its path and the crisis mode. Crisis mode rewards the side that comes close to losing first with a functionally unbeatable advantage, while leaving the side that was in the process of winning without any path to victory. Let the dice, and the balls, fall where they may.