February Tournament: Limited Shop

[Cognis]

I don't mind if we start round 2 sooner, I'll play the side event on Sunday.

[aww1979]

May i set the deadline for Round 1 to Feb 9 ?
I'm fine with that; I'm done everything except the side event anyway.

Would you like to play a 2nd Round for the Side-Event ?
Sure.

[Shantak]

I need your input on this.
May i set the deadline for Round 1 to Feb 9 ? Yes / No ?

Yes, assuming that everyone agrees and seems to be getting there in time.

Would you like to play a 2nd Round for the Side-Event ? Yes / No ?

Maybe. I don't know if I have the time for it, but probably yes.

[Salbei]

Slight update to the scores

Round 1 Summary
(05.02.2011 // 10:00 - update)

Round1 | Open

GroupA
Shantak (complete) -> 53 points
Sal 8 /ALX 8 /Jat 5 /Cog 5/Juz 7/Sha 8/
Asw 6/Aww 6/
Aww1979 (complete) -> 45 points
Sal 3 /ALX 4 /Jat 7 /Cog 10/Juz 7/Sha 4/
Asw 5/Aww 5/
Stroggoii (complete) -> 46 points
Sal 7 /ALX 6 /Jat 6 /Cog 3/Juz 4/Sha 6/
Asw 7/Aww 7/

GroupB (Jatill missing a single game)
Jatill (1 report missing) -> 29 points
Sal 6 /ALX 0 /Jat -(1miss)/Cog 4/Juz 4/Sha 4/
Asw 6 /Aww 5/
Cognis (1 report missing) -> 41 points
Sal 6 /ALX 6 /Jat -(1miss)/Cog 6/Juz 6/Sha 6/
Asw 6 /Aww 5/
240sxforever (1 report missing) -> 56 points
Sal 6 /ALX 12 /Jat -(1miss)/Cog 8/Juz 8/Sha 8/
Asw 6 /Aww 8/

GroupC (Juzamjedi is missing 4 games, Aswan jaguar 6 and Salbei 4)
Aswan jaguar (3 reports missing) -> 34 points
Sal -(4miss) /ALX 6 /Jat 6/Cog 9/Juz -(4miss)/Sha 6/
Asw -(miss6)/Aww 7/
Alex Ryugami (3 reports missing) -> 18 points
Sal -(4miss) /ALX 3 /Jat 7/Cog 2/Juz -(4miss)/Sha 3/
Asw -(miss6)/Aww 3/
Juzamjedi (3 reports missing) -> 38 points
Sal -(4miss) /ALX 9 /Jat 5/Cog 7/Juz -(4miss)/Sha 9/
Asw -(miss6)/Aww 8/

GroupA - complete
GroupB - Jatill missing 1 match
GroupC - Salbei missing 4 matches, Juzamjedi missing 4 matches, Aswan jaguar missing 6 matches.

240sxforever and Stroggoii haven´t submitted any reports yet.

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Schedule changes:
So far it looks like we could start Round2 early.Most reports are finished or should be ready by this weekend.Thanks for those fast reports.I´m going to wait till Sunday before any changes are made to the schedule.
Please let me know if you need more time till then.

I´d rather wait for 240sxforever and Stroggoii to submit their side event scores and also there is no solution for Aswan jaguar yet.So the Side-Event round2 is canceled for now.So you still got time till the end of the month to finish and report those 10 games.

[Aswan jaguar]

I believe its better that I am out of side event because I tried it and I am 90% certain that I would declare Alex Ryugami who I was at first to play with a WINNER!(too bad for you Alex Ryugami that I am out) I totally screw up.Not having in deck the 2 best cards for this (Worship,Platinum Angel)eases a little my failure.

[aww1979]

So, before I play the side event, let me make sure I understand it.

-I use Cognis's deck.
-I want to win all my games, but I want to do this at 1 life or as close to it as possible for best scoring

Now, am I supposed to play against all 10 decks, or only play against them in order until I lose, or play against them at random until I lose, or just against deck 1, or just against 1 random deck? If it's a gauntlet, how long is it?

[Salbei]

Here is the list again (from page 4)

side event | Open

Group A(6 matches)
Shantak (plays Jatills deck for the side event)
Aww1979 (plays Cognis deck for the side event)
Stroggoii (plays 240sxforevers deck for the side event)

Group B(6 matches)
Jatill (plays Shantaks deck for the side event)
Cognis (plays Aww1979s deck for the side event)
240sxforever (plays Stroggoiis deck for the side event)

Group C (6 matches)
Aswan Jaguar
ALEX Ryugami (plays Juzamjedis deck for the side event)
Juzamjedi (plays ALEX Ryugamis deck for the side event)

You play the deck that is listed behind your name.
You play against Deck1 to Deck10 one by one. (deck1, deck2 ,deck3 ... etc).Best of 1 Each.
It is in your best interest to NOT loose, but go as low on hp as you can.
No matter if you win or loose - you only have to play 10 games.
Also please report your life totals at the END of each match. This will be used for scoring.


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I´ve been lazy today and only played 2 matches.I still have to play 2 matches.Maybe later.

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Alright since nobody asked for more time i set the deadline for Round1 to Feb 9 (or when all reports are complete of course).

[aww1979]

Okay thanks, appreciate that. I'll play the side event later this evening when I can devote a few hours to it.

[juzamjedi]

I just posted my last couple of match reports today. Not sure if I will bother posting results for side event since Alex Ryugami scored quite well already.

Shantak, if you are curious you can compare your Zoo list to mine. I tried Ajani Vengeant and ultimately decided to cut him. I always had Watchwolf and Steppe Lynx instead of Mogg Fanatic and Birds of Paradise. My final change was cutting 2x Ajani Vengeant for 2x Incinerate and better mana.

[240sxforever]

I had a RW control build that I really liked. The AI could play it but not well enough.

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.588 3 Path to Exile
.822 3 Ajani Vengeant
.145 3 Lightning Bolt
.1254 2 Incinerate
.290 2 Wrath of God
.164 8 Mountain
.188 9 Plains
.1866 3 Inferno Titan
.1396 3 Oblivion Ring
.1918 2 Blinding Mage
.1460 15 ** Handicap: 7 cards
.1582 2 Emeria Angel

With this I took the brute force approach, if the AI had enough removal it eventualy would have to hit the right target...

[Salbei]

I just posted my last couple of match reports today. Not sure if I will bother posting results for side event since Alex Ryugami scored quite well already.

You are aware that you "share" your fate with him, right ? The low score for him resulted also in a low score for you.
Well you still got a lot of time for those 10 games, there is no need to play these right now.

Side event Score System

loss -> you gain 15 points / the deck you play looses 15 points
win -> you gain 1point per remaining hp / the deck you play looses 1point per remaining hp
The player with the least points wins the side event!

Keep in mind that every loss will reduce the points of the deck you are playing even further - so a report with 3-4 losses could swing things around quite fast.

I hope nobody is loosing all games on purpose to exploit this, but i trust you guys there.

[Salbei]

Lots of new reports added.Gonna update the summary at Wednesday evening (for me^^) so we can start the next round then.Just a few matches missing (including my own...kinda have to force myself to play the last 2 lol).

Also enjoyed Aww´s side event report.That is what you get for underestimating a deck
Like i´ve said earlier Deck3 was designed to beat anything with Bitterblossom (or lots of "small" creatures).The list sure looks whacky, but i had some nice matches against it.

I´m glad Stroggoii and 240sxforever submitted their reports as well.

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Preview

Round 2 6 players, 3 drop

Group D (2 matches)
#1 of Group A
#2 of Group C

Group E (2 matches)
#1 of Group B
#2 of Group A

Group F (2 matches)
#1 of Group C
#2 of Group B

---Round3 (final) top 3 players
Group G (6 matches)
#1 of Group D
#1 of Group E
#1 of Group F

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Round 1 Summary Update
(08.02.2011 // 00:00 - update)

Round1 | Open

GroupA
Shantak -> 69 points
Sal 8 /ALX 8 /Jat 5 /Cog 5/Juz 7/Sha 8/
Asw 6/Aww 6/240 8/Str 8

Aww1979 -> 54 points
Sal 3 /ALX 4 /Jat 7 /Cog 10/Juz 7/Sha 4/
Asw 5/Aww 5/240 5/Str 4

Stroggoii -> 57 points
Sal 7 /ALX 6 /Jat 6 /Cog 3/Juz 4/Sha 6/
Asw 7/Aww 7/240 5/Str 6


GroupB (missing Stroggoii)
Jatill -> 36 points
Sal 6 /ALX 0 /Jat 5/Cog 4/Juz 4/Sha 4/
Asw 6 /Aww 5/240 2/Str (6miss)

Cognis -> 51 points
Sal 6 /ALX 6 /Jat 5/Cog 6/Juz 6/Sha 6/
Asw 6 /Aww 5/240 5/Str (6miss)

240sxforever ->75 points
Sal 6 /ALX 12 /Jat 8/Cog 8/Juz 8/Sha 8/
Asw 6 /Aww 8/240 11/Str (6miss)

GroupC (missing Stroggoii 240sxforever Salbei)
Aswan jaguar -> 48 points
Sal(2miss) /ALX 6 /Jat 6/Cog 9/Juz 5/Sha 6/
Asw 9/Aww 7/240 (6miss)/Str (6miss)

Alex Ryugami -> 28 points
Sal(2miss) /ALX 3 /Jat 7/Cog 2/Juz 6/Sha 3/
Asw 4/Aww 3/240 (6 miss)/Str (6miss)

Juzamjedi -> 50 points
Sal(2miss) /ALX 9 /Jat 5/Cog 7/Juz 7/Sha 9/
Asw 5/Aww 8/240 (6 miss)/Str (6miss)

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Is 1 week going to be enough for those 6 matches of Round2 ?
Let me know if you need more time.Since Round1 went so smooth i doubt there is going to be a problem.
Are you guys fine with playing best of 5 instead of best of 3 for Round2 ? That should "stretch" the tournament a bit.

[Cognis]

I'm fine with it since there are only 6 matches and they are generally quite short.

[Salbei]

Current Standings
Still missing a few games.Especially GroupC is very close so please report in time.

Group A
All reports are complete.

Shantak 69 -> 1
Aww1979 54 -> drop
Stroggoii 57 -> 2

Group B
Missing Stroggoii´s report, but the outcome won´t change anything.So you may skip the missing reports.

Jatill 36 -> drop
Cognis 51 -> 2
240sxforever 75 -> 1

Group C
Very close.Stroggoii , 240sxforever and my report are incomplete/missing.I will play both of my missing games later today.

Aswan jaguar 48 (-3 = 45)-> 2
Alex Ryugami 28 -> drop
Juzamjedi 50 -> 1

Round2 preview

Group D
Shantak
Juzamjedi OR Aswan Jaguar

Group E
240sxforever
Stroggoii

Group F
Juzamjedi OR Aswan jaguar
Cognis


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Games for Round2 will most likely be best of 5 (instead of best of 3).
If you need a head start you could already play Group E since the results won´t change for that.But please wait with the report for that.

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I´ve been toying around with Camstudio today (similar to fraps but it is freeware, just google it).
Was quite tricky to make it record the sound - took a while.
Couldn´t find a way to embed it to this forum so here is my first attempt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEmsa6KDkbw

Hope it is worth the effort - now everybody can see my misplays lol
The quality is very nice (up to 720p HD) and the files are small enough so uploading doesn´t take forever (30-60 MB so far). Don´t even have to recode it unlike with fraps.That is a huge time saver.So i might do future reports in Video form.
I am using different sounds along with some minor changes to the UI, so don´t worry - your version is up to date
The Audio de-syncs for some unknown reason though.

Finally played the last 2 missing matches, made videos for those matches.Enjoy.

[Aswan jaguar]

I don't think I have a chance to take the first place since only Stroggoi's report of my games is missing,still maybe with some luck for me and bad draws for Juzamjedi who knows.No matter what, please Stroggoi play those games,too.