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Beta Squad turn themselves into NDL's Battleships fleet

Naval costumes and miniature crew cutouts give games night a new look, but Kenny's ship placement leaves him painfully exposed.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 789,859 views.

BETA SQUAD BATTLESHIPS

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0:00Niko introduces an eight-by-eight Battleships grid, with Beta Squad cutouts standing in for ships.
0:55Niko starts uncovering Kenny's fleet along the bottom edge of the board.
7:20The opening match reaches its resolution.
7:52Sharky and AJ introduce their nautical personas before playing the other opening match.
17:21The final begins with a new rule: every successful hit earns another shot.

"Battleships isn't a game, it's a lifestyle," Niko Omilana declares, dressed for naval command. His opponent King Kenny arrives with schoolyard credentials: he says he used to be a world-class player. Then Niko starts finding his fleet.

In NDL's "BETA SQUAD BATTLESHIPS," the ships are cut-to-scale pictures of the group themselves. Kenny has arranged every piece along the bottom edge of his board, giving Niko a remarkably convenient route through his defenses. The fun is watching that discovery turn into an increasingly uncomfortable conversation across the table.

The upload drew roughly 790,000 views since yesterday. It follows NDL's UNO and guessing-game sessions, keeping the group around a tabletop rather than sending them out on a large-scale challenge. Here, the costumes and fictional captain introductions make calling out grid coordinates feel like an occasion.

AJ Shabeel and Sharky take the other opening match, with a much closer exchange of hits and misses. The final brings Niko and Sharky together under a consequential rule change: a successful hit earns another turn. Finding a ship can suddenly become a run of shots rather than a single small victory.

The video includes a candy promotional segment midway through. In the comments, viewers are picking apart the tactics: Sharky's adjacent pieces have prompted discussion about misleading an opponent over ship sizes, while others have spotted Niko calling B6 twice. Even a captain committed to the lifestyle can lose track of a coordinate.

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