Yeah, they pretty much knew exactly what to expect, and countered it perfectly.
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Game 1: Early Arsenic looked threatening, but an early Mind Flayer made my jellyfish useless, and I got nothing else after that.
Game 2: I popped out some decent Poison before the Mind Flayers hit, but Purify took all that away and established complete control. I got worked over like a n00b.
Lesson: don't play what your opponents will expect. It loses.
Oh, and mrpaper, can you edit the title of the thread to say:
mrpaper (aether) 2 - 0 Essence (subbed for Bluesky)
Or sometihng similar? Plzkthxbai!