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NDL's games night gives successful captains another shot

Niko and Sharky's Battleships final adds an extra-turn rule, with the week's only upload reaching roughly 1.5 million views.

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BETA SQUAD BATTLESHIPS

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0:00Niko explains the eight-by-eight board, with Beta Squad cutouts taking the place of ships.
0:25Niko and Kenny introduce their captain personas before the opening match.
7:52Sharky and AJ deliver their in-character introductions and begin the second game.
17:21The final begins with a new rule: every successful hit earns another turn.
19:40A five-block ship is sunk as the final develops into a run of consecutive hits.

Niko Omilana changes the terms when NDL's Battleships tournament reaches its final: land a hit, and you get another turn. With Sharky across the board, a lucky coordinate can suddenly become a whole sequence of trouble.

"BETA SQUAD BATTLESHIPS" was NDL's only new upload this week, extending a games-night run that has already brought out UNO cards and a guessing game. Niko, King Kenny, AJ Shabeel and Sharky play in naval and pirate costumes, with cutout versions of Beta Squad members standing in for ships. The video also includes a candy sponsor segment.

The comments have become a little strategy discussion of their own. Viewers pick apart Sharky's placement of neighboring pieces and the confusion it creates about which ship Niko has hit. Others notice Niko calling B6 twice. For all the captain personas, remembering your previous shots remains part of the job.

At roughly 1.5 million views, the new upload is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. "BETA SQUAD GUESSING GAME" and "BETA SQUAD UNO" are also adding views, giving this latest table game some familiar company.

NDL added about 10,000 subscribers over seven days, though its current daily viewing pace is less than half its usual level. Nearby in the challenge-and-entertainment crowd, Brotherofcolor is having a particularly busy week, while TBJZL's subscriber count is unchanged. NDL's own week belongs to games night, where the final's extra-turn rule makes every successful guess that much more consequential.

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What viewers say

sharky strategically confusing Niko about the AJ's ship was mad genius
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did anyone else notice that niko went for B6 twice when he played against sharky
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Sharky placing himself and Aj together is class😭😭
@MarwanJang-s9iSee it on YouTube
the final between Niko & Sharky was so intense omg
@hibuhhhh67See it on YouTube
Sharky's strategy was so smart, I'm stealing that for myself gen.
@IceCreammieeSee it on YouTube
Niko is genuinely so smart, he figures thing's out so quick
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