Round 9 Results

[Gyrodiot]

Round 9 : time's up !

Important note

Due to the metagame-based nature of this round event, you don't have to post your picks (I'll post them at the end of the round). Your results and decks are still required.

Matchups

majofa	vs.	kirchj33
ak65ala	vs.	RavingRabbid
kevkev60614	vs.	dracomageat
Seraph	vs.	nilsieboy
The Mormegil	vs.	truddy02
SteppingStone81	vs.	TheForbiddenOracle
ddevans96	vs.	Terroking
coinich	vs.	mrpaper
agentflare	vs.	DevilLoss
Kakerlake	vs.	Napalm Grenade
valuka	vs.	Five In One
calindu221	vs.	Jocko

Picks

RS : Relics spent

Player	Picks	RS
majofa	A11   B4   C10   D9   E8   F1   G7   H6   I2   J12   K3   L5	2
ak65ala	A12   B9   C10   D2   E8   F1   G6   H4   I11   J7   K3   L5	0
kevkev60614	A12   B4   C6   D9   E8   F1   G5   H2   I10   J7   K3   L11	0
Seraph	A5   B12   C11   D2   E8   F1   G6   H10   I9   J7   K3   L4	2
The Mormegil	A5   B12   C11   D9   E8   F1   G6   H10   I2   J7   K3   L4	2
SteppingStone81	A5   B12   C4   D2   E8   F1   G11   H10   I9   J7   K3   L6	3
ddevans96	A5   B4   C2   D8   E6   F12   G3   H11   I1   J9   K7   L10	0
TheForbiddenOracle	A6   B10   C2   D12   E1   F7   G3   H8   I11   J9   K5   L4	0
RavingRabbid	A10   B4   C9   D2   E7   F1   G6   H11   I8   J12   K3   L5	0
coinich	A5   B12   C11   D2   E8   F1   G6   H10   I9   J7   K3   L4	1
Terroking	A10   B4   C9   D5   E12   F1   G7   H6   I8   J2   K3   L11	1
agentflare	Missing picks
kirchj33	A5   B11   C4   D12   E8   F1   G6   H10   I9   J7   K3   L2	2
Kakerlake	A6   B4   C2   D9   E10   F1   G11   H8   I7   J12   K3   L5	3
valuka	A1   B4   C5   D12   E10   F2   G3   H11   I7   J9   K8   L6	4
Napalm Grenade	A1   B4   C7   D2   E8   F6   G11   H9   I10   J12   K3   L5	3
nilsieboy	Missing picks
DevilLoss	A6   B11   C1   D12   E7   F4   G8   H10   I5   J9   K3   L2	0
dracomageat	A2   B4   C11   D5   E8   F1   G6   H9   I12   J7   K3   L10	0
calindu221	A12   B9   C10   D7   E8   F1   G6   H2   I11   J5   K3   L4	0
mrpaper	A12   B4   C6   D5   E8   F1   G10   H9   I2   J7   K3   L11	1
Five In One	A5   B11   C2   D12   E7   F1   G8   H10   I9   J6   K3   L4	2
Jocko	A12   B8   C10   D2   E4   F1   G6   H9   I11   J5   K3   L7	0
truddy02	A7   B3   C2   D11   E6   F5   G1   H8   I4   J9   K12   L10	3

Results

R8 : Round 8 Total RelicsA : Relics from slotsB : Relics spentC : Bonus from Event

Player	R8	Result	A	B	C	Total
majofa	55	Win	+18	-2	0	71
ak65ala	40	Loss	0	0	0	40
kevkev60614	37	Win	+19	0	0	56
Seraph	44	Forfeit	+13	0	0	57
The Mormegil	62	Win	+20	-2	0	80
SteppingStone81	74	Win	+20	-3	0	91
ddevans96	10	Loss	0	0	0	10
TheForbiddenOracle	33	Loss	0	0	0	33
RavingRabbid	13	Win	+19	0	0	32
coinich	44	Loss	0	-1	0	43
Terroking	46	Win	+14	-1	0	59
agentflare	11	Loss	0	0	0	11
kirchj33	64	Loss	0	-2	0	62
Kakerlake	34	Win	+15	-3	0	46
valuka	28	Loss	0	-4	0	24
Napalm Grenade	30	Loss	0	-3	0	27
nilsieboy	3	Loss	0	0	0	3
DevilLoss	10	Forfeit	+13	0	0	23
dracomageat	6	Loss	0	0	0	6
calindu221	7	Loss	0	0	0	7
mrpaper	40	Win	+20	-1	0	59
Five In One	39	Win	+13	-2	0	50
Jocko	29	Win	+16	0	0	45
truddy02	19	Loss	0	-3	0	16

[kev]

kevkev 3 - dracomageat 2

This was... not a tremendous amount of fun.  lol.  Too many desyncs. 

We desync'd a bunch of times trying to get the game going, a portent of things to come.  draco used a 30-card dimshield/mindgate deck.  During the first real game he CS'd my phase spider, rewinding it, which made it look as if I'd deck him.  10 cards out we desync'd.  The next game I lost the toss and I didn't get a rewind.  We desync'd late but I'm confident I would've decked so I just gave it to him.

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593 593 593 593 593 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61u 61u 620 620 620 620 620 620 63a 63a 63a 63a 8pm

The ugliest rush you ever did see.  I found a great mix of EQs, pillars, and damage.  He was one quanta short of getting his first shield up in time.

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58o 58o 58o 58p 58p 58p 58p 58p 58p 593 593 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 61u 620 620 620 620 620 620 8pu

During G2 I realized draco hadn't taken any damage cards.  We desync'd halfway through but he conceded.

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I figured he'd bump up to a fatter deck and rather than build a 60-card deckout and let the coinflip decide I decided to give the ugliest rush another shot.  Playing is more fun than not playing.  He had plenty of quanta this time and found 4-5 shields in his fattened deck.

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58o 58o 58o 58p 58p 58p 58p 58p 58p 593 593 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 61u 620 620 620 620 620 620 8pu

With no PC and no real rush I just decided to strap on a 60-card deck and leave it to a coinflip if need be.  draco took something like 50 cards.  We desync'd (of course), allowing him to see my deck before I saw his.  He deserves a lot of credit for conceding rather than backing out and making his deck 60 cards.  Thanks for the matches and staying true to your moral compass, draco.  I promise the next time we play it'll be more fun. 

by kevkev60614

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[coinich]

Bah, ggs mrpaper.  1-3.  I completely countered him the first game.  He changed up his deck after the first match, and plain outrushed me with Phase Spiders.  Phase Spiders!

[Terroking]

Terroking 3 - ddevans96z 1

Nice matches, dd, I was pretty scared, in fact.

Picks:
A10 - Guardian Angel
B4 - Phase Shield
C9 - Relic
D5 - Mindgate
E12 - Dissipation Field
F1 - Relic x5
G7 - Abomination
H6 - Purple Dragon
I8 - Relic
J2 - Relic
K3 - Relic x6
L11 - Phase Spider

Relics Spent: 1
Relics gained: 14

by Terroking

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Game 1: I won the coin toss, so he went second and was 1 card down from me. That was pretty much what sealed the game, after we started I realized i should have made it 31 cards, but thankfully RNG came through and I didn't need it. Tons of fast Pillars for me, combined with slow quanta from dd (I instantly knew toadies from Water mark/Air pends, and was relieved once I saw OE as it meant he wouldn't have Dragons). 2 Aboms met a Wings, after which I did nothing but put up a Diss Field and play Pillars. We desynced halfway through, but dd conceded as his damage was never going to break by quanta before the generation>his damage.

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 623 623 623 623 623 623 80g 80g 80g 8pu

Game 2: Toadies meant to Steal and no Pulvy, the only 2 PC cards on the board. Thus I felt confident in this deck, slightly less so when I saw AN Aether mark from him and hoped it wasn't Minggate vs. Mindgate. He was playing a weird trio, / / , with Dune Scorps, Blessings, and Phase Shields, respectively. Didn't see anything else. Good fortune meant I won the toss again and he'd deck our first, which was no trouble at all seeing the amount of Shields I got from dd plus my own.

(Same deck as above, with 3 Aether and 2 Time Factories added. The Time Factories because if he had Eternity it'd be easy to deck me out, but he'd have to run pends with a Time mark to stop me from being able to play a copy. They were insurance that didn't work out)
Game 3: Saw a 40 card deck and hoped he had Eternity, but alas, to no avail. Pretty slow game, he had Wings, so even though I eventually got a 46/41 Phase Recluse out and 5 3/4 Scorps, nothing happened. I decked out.

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Game 4: Didn't expect Eternity since he didn't have one last game, so a 60 card stall was the way to go. Had dd used Dims instead of Wings here, he'd have won, however, an early Dragon+Archangel rushed him too fast. He still have close, though, 2 turns away from killing me with Scorps.

GGs, dd.

[ddevans96]

ddevans96 1-3 Terroking

A5 - Dune Scorpion
B4 - Dimensional Shield
C2 - Owl's Eye
D8 - Deathstalker
E6 - Blessing
F12 - Golden Hourglass
G3 - Wings
H11 - Quintessence
I1 - Toadfish
J9 - Ghost of the Past
K7 - Parasite
L10 - Nightmare

Game 1 (Loss):

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5ie 5ie 5ie 5ie 5ie 5ie 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5ol 5ol 5ol 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu
Game 2 (Loss) :

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5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t
Game 3 (Win):

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5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5rl 5rl 5rl 5rl 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt
Game 4 (Loss):

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5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5oo 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2

[Terroking]

*Facepalm*

I forgot to include Targets in my picks :/

To random.org!

EDIT: Guardian Angel, Purple Dragon, and Phase Spider will not be featured in next round's Grid.

[mrpaper]

mrpaper3 -coinicch 1

game 1 Loss
He had dune scorpions while I had a deck made with phase shield and mindgate.  I also add the lobotomizer to reduce the scorps damage a lot!  The problem was, I wasnt making enough damage with just the lobo and the only damage I could draw from him was his scorpion but he had no gravity quanta (was his mark).

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61u 61u 620 620 620 620 623 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 80e 80g 80j
game 2-3-4 Wins
I put the mindgate away, added more lobo and phase spiders which led me to outrush him everytime!
good games coinich

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61t 61t 61t 61t 61u 61u 61u 61u 620 620 620 620 620 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 808 80e 80g

[Calindu]

Slot picks:A12:Relic
                B9:Forest Scorpion
                C10:Heal *Target*
                D7:Relic
                E8:3 Relics
                F1:5 Relics
                G6:Relic
                H2:Relic
                I11:Emerald Dragon *Target*
                J5:Rustler
                K3:6 Relics
                L4:Procrastination *Target*

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Played variation of this deck.

Battle1:Mirror match,he got a better draw and won.
Battle2:Again a mirror match.Got a decent sh-- draw(1 pillar) but i got some pillars from draws,i only needed dragons from draw but got more pillars.
Battle3:RNG screwed me again,1 pillar draw.He got 5 pillars,but no rustler.

Ok...that's my 2nd mirror match lost.

[~Napalm]

Kaker ~ 3
Napalm ~ 2

Games 1 and 2 - Loss and Win

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61q 61q 61q 61q 61q 61q 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 745 745 745 745 745 745 81q 81q 81q 8pl

This was my basic strategy. Steal was sitting next to a 5 Relic spot, I doubted that it'd be taken. Admittedly, I did overlook Pulverizer, but I figured I'd use Chargers as damage to get past any other Shield I might need to worry about. Lightning was to either stop enemies with Momentum or finish off the opponent earlier than scheduled.

Game 3 - Loss

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I tried using this to take control of the board. Turns out, 1 Eternity can't control anything, it can only stall for time.

Games 4 and 5 - Win and Loss

by ~Napalm

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 576 576 576 61q 61q 61q 745 745 745 745 745 745 80a 80a 80a 8pu

Now I just wanted to dump Chargers as fast as possible and kill as many of HIS chargers as they came out. I ALMOST rushed him with Gravity, but he managed to fly 1 OE and get an EE on the field at the LAST possible moment to prevent me from sneaking in the win.

Long Story Short. My decks could handle his Pulvy + EQ, but could not handle Chargers + Eagles Eye. I SHOULD have been able to pull out the first win though. 3 Dim Shields were hiding in the last 8 cards of my deck. His only damage was EE's. I might have squeaked out a win had I stalled until the last possible second then spammed Chargers and used remaining lightnings on his hp. I was denied my chance when a didn't top deck a shield :\

Napalm Grenade Round 9 Relics Invested 3 Relics Remaining 27

Cell Card *A1 Lightning *B4 Dimensional Shield C7 Relic x 1 D2 Relic x 1 E8 Relic x 3 F6 Nova G11 Sapphire Charger H9 Relic x 1 *I10 Eternity J12 Relic x 3 K3 Relic x 6 L5 Relic x 1

* Targeted Cell

[Kakerlake]

Kakerlake 3 - 2 Napalm

1st: Dim Owls wins

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5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 61t 61t 61t 7n5 7n5 7n5 7n5 7n5 7n5 80d 80d 80dPretty straight forward match, Owls > Chargers. Additionally, 3 shields were hiding in her last few cards. Didn't matter though, since I would have won by deckout otherwise.

2nd: Chargerquake loses

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593 593 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 745 745 745 745 745 745 77f 77f 77fAgain, pretty straight forward. Lightning > Chargers. Also, my pulvy didn't show up.

[15:54:43] ~Napalm [»] Kakerlakee: That match was entirely about your Chargers vs my Lightnings. Everything else was pretty much a moot point. lol

3rd: Charging Owls wins

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576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 5oc 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5ol 5ol 5ol 5pu 745 745 745 745 745 745 7n5 7n5 7n5Strange desynch happened here, I played vs. Napalm while she was away, in the garden with her uncle (or something). Anyway, she played by hitting always space after 20 seconds, leaving me wondering what's up.

[16:16:34] Kakerlakee [»] ~Napalm: first I was like: awesome, a crazily shitty hand for napalm! then I was like: y u no answer meh? then I was totally

We replayed and I won. Again, Owls > Chargers.

4th: Flying EQ Chargers loses

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55l 55l 593 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 745 745 745 745 77f 77f 77f 7n2 7n2Playing with EQ vs. a 18 Pillar deck is... not very effective. She outrushed me with 2 fast chargers and my rushing part came waay too slow. Yet again: Lightning > Charger.

5th: Charging Owls wins

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576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 576 5oc 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5ol 5ol 5ol 5pu 745 745 745 745 745 745 7n5 7n5 7n5Owls > Chargers... if only I had realized this a little sooner, I would have won 3-0 *cough*

Thanks for the match napalm, even though the desynching and not playing part was >>> playing part, it was very enjoyable and a nice match!

summary of desyncs and other errors:
error, overflow!

[valuka]

valuka 1 - 3 Five In One

I wanted some fun deck to build for the last rounds.
Was very unlucky there...
1. match i used this:

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won
2. 3. 4. round used this:

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And no Pulverizer in my hand in any game for his Shield and Eternity... In the 2. i has i think 13 cards left, the 3. around the same, the last 9. Amazing.
My picks:

A1 Lightning
B4 Dimensional Shield -> target
C5 Pandemonium
D12 Precognation
E10 Enchant Artifact
F2 Flooding
G3 Wings
H11 Quintessence
I7 Pulverizer
J9 Ghost of the Past -> target
K8 Lycantrope
L6 Forest Spirit -> target

I spend 4 Relics to upgrade.
Was not so GG's Five In One . For me, i mean

[Five In One]

Five in One - 3
valuka - 1

Good games valuka! Today really was not your day at all. Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

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55q 55q 55q 55q 55q 55q 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rm 5rr 5rr 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 7q3 7q3 7q3 7q8 7qcLoss: His heavy CC with a touch of PC complemented his two growing Forest Spirits nicely. I managed to get him down a decent amount, but with everything I played being destroyed on his next turn, valuka crushed me.

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55q 55q 55q 55q 55q 55q 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rm 5rm 5rm 5rm 5ro 5ro 5rr 5rr 5rr 5rr 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 7q3 7q3 7q3 7q8(2, 3, 4) Win: For the next 3 games, valuka had to have the worst luck ever. In almost all of the games, he didn't manage to get a Pulverizer until over half his deck was gone, and by that point neurotoxin and damage from my dragons made it impossible to make a comeback. On top of that, on most games I was able to get my Eternity and Turtle Shield out before he managed to play a creature, forcing him to wait until he got a Quintessence to play them. These games had to be slow and painful for valuka, and it was a shame we couldn't have a match where luck automatically decided the victor.
That was some insanely bad luck on your side, valuka. Hopefully you do much, much better in the last round of The Grid.

Also, looking forward to a rematch sometime in the future!