History Recap / TechnobladeSkyblockPotatoWar3Finale

The finale to LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}'s Potato War series, which has been going on for over a year at this point.

* HoldYourHippogriffs: "He's playing [[labelnote:Skyblock]]checkers[[/labelnote]], while I'm playing [[labelnote:Death Note]]checkers[[/labelnote]]!"

** '''Techno:''' Wait, come back! [[BigNo Nooooo!!!]]

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Technoblade says this trope word-for-word during the video when everything was in his favor and he was accounting for everything.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Technoblade didn't wake Squid Kid up during REM sleep because he wasn't sure if intentional sleep deprivation was legally considered torture.
** It actually is, so Techno avoided possible jail time with that one.
*** Not that the threat of being arrested would do do [[MemeticBadass anything to stop]] [[BombThrowingAnarchist Technoblade]].

* FailedASpotCheck:
** When Squid Kid got access to one of Technoblade's internal documents, he didn't notice the list of backup pet users ''at the very top of the first page.'' [[LampshadeHanging He even points that out.]]

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: After Squid Kid kicked Technoblade's alt account, he posted a tweet stating his island is no longer on public. Squid knows Technoblade monitors his tweets, but what he doesn't know is that he kicked Techno's alt account. But in Squid's video about the potato war, he knows that that was Technoblade's alt account that he kicked, and then he made the tweet about his island not being public anymore, but put the wrong reason on purpose. He then used Techno's strategy of using a level 1 rabbit pet against his island. Technoblade, however, already knew that Squid was setting up a counterattack and reacted accordingly. Squid's plan was foiled quickly. Important to note that one of the only reasons Technoblade figured out Squid's plan was because Squid could've posted the tweet at any time, because Techno was putting Rookie Axes into his hoppers for weeks. But he only posted the tweet eight minutes after he kicked Techno's alt.

* WorthyOpponent: In the words of Technoblade describing Squid Kid: "A man whose obsession with potatoes is rivaled only by my own."

[[https://old.reddit.com/r/Technoblade/comments/hr9kqx/skyblock_potato_war_3_finale_entire_script/ Transcript here.]]

** Technoblade knew he would watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAEqgfAts4 his Potato War 2 video]], so what he did was leave a few of the "finer details" out so that when Squid tried to use his tactics, he would fail.

The finale to Technoblade's Potato War series, which has been going on for over a year at this point.

** Technoblade knew he would watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAEqgfAts4 his potato war 2 video]], so what he did was leave a few of the "finer details" out so that when Squid tried to use his tactics, he would fail.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Squid Kid closed down his island... only for Technoblade to reveal that that's what he wanted all along, since having no people on your island gives you a 10% disadvantage.

** Technoblade found out that not only is farming potatoes really inefficient for gaining farming EXP, but it's more worthwhile to build a whole pumpkin farm and farm pumpkins for the farming EXP than it is to keep farming potatoes.

* HiddenInPlainSight: While he was explaining what happened in the previous potato war episode, in it, Technoblade used an advanced technique called LYING, which people would've noticed him doing if they had noticed that the dates of two of the clips were inconsistent.

* LostInACrowd: Whenever Technoblade wanted to get his alt account in Squid Kid's island without suspicion: "I waited until the day I released the second Potato War video to start, after that, tourists flocked to Squid Kid's island to see it for themselves; my alt blended right in."

* LostInACrowd: Whenever Technoblade wanted to get his alt account in Squid's island without suspicion: "I waited until the day I released the second Potato War video to start, after that, tourists flocked to Squid Kid's island to see it for themselves; my alt blended right in."

* LostInACrowd: "I waited until the day I released the second Potato War video to start, after that, tourists flocked to Squid Kid's island to see it for themselves; my alt blended right in."

%%* StreisandEffect: Technoblade avoids this during the potato war by not announcing that [=AFKing=] on Squid's island would help him.

** Technoblade still respects Squid Kid because he states "that it is only with a worthy rival that once can reach their fullest potential."

* {{Touche}}: Squid Kid admits defeat in the comments of this video.

Fan: "I'm gonna go AFK to help Technoblade win the potato war!"
Techno: "No dude please, please he fixed that months ago, that doesn't hurt him anymore!"

* FlawExploitation: Technoblade knew that Squid had the [=SkyblockAddons=] mod, which has a feature that prevents you from dropping valuable tools out of your inventory. That being said, the same thing works whether you have a Rookie Axe, which doesn't cost very much. A common trolling method in Skyblock is to fill people's inventories with useless items. Technoblade combined all of these facts, and used them to his advantage when he put lots of Rookie Axes in Squid's hopper, which caused him to close the island to visitors. Technoblade wanted him to do exactly that. (BatmanGambit)

* NotTheIntendedUse: Technoblade used one of the most powerful armor just to use it for its 3% speed bonus to optimize tilling dirt. He even lampshades this by saying that he knew he was playing the game as intended. (sarcasm)

%%* StreisandEffect: Technoblade avoids this during the potato war by not announcing that AFKing on Squid's island would help him.

* TheChessmaster: Technoblade has been manipulating events to go in his favor, and is always 20 steps ahead.

So I get to thinking, why would Squid lie about that? And I realize Squid knows I monitor his tweets, but what he doesn't know is that that was my alt account from his perspective that could have been some random guy with a rabbit and if that was the case I'd have no idea rabbits could be used that way.

!! Skyblock: Potato War 3 (FINALE) contains examples of:

** Technoblade knew he would watch his potato war 2 video (insert link), so what he did was leave a few of the "finer details" out so that when Squid tried to use his tactics, he would fail.

** When Squid Kid got access to one of Technoblade's internal documents, he didn't notice the list of backup pet users ''at the very top of the first page.'' He even points that out. (lampshading)

* FlawExploitation: Technoblade knew that Squid had the SkyblockAddons mod, which has a feature that prevents you from dropping valuable tools out of your inventory. That being said, the same thing works whether you have a Rookie Axe, which doesn't cost very much. A common trolling method in Skyblock is to fill people's inventories with useless items. Technoblade combined all of these facts, and used them to his advantage when he put lots of Rookie Axes in Squid's hopper, which caused him to close the island to visitors. Technoblade wanted him to do exactly that. (BatmanGambit)

* StreisandEffect: Technoblade avoids this during the potato war by not announcing that AFKing on Squid's island would help him.