10th Trials - Phase 3: Community Vote

[Zawadx]

Phase 3 - Community Vote

It's time to vote for your favorite Master candidate!  Every community member has one vote. You can change your vote at any time as long as there is still time on the clock.

Vote based on who you think would make the best Master of that element. Do not vote based on who is the best player or who you know personally. Try to pick someone who you think would help the community the most as THE representative for their element.  If you do not have any preference for who should be Master, or cannot decide between the candidates, please select the "None Worthy" option. 

To help you make the best decision possible, feel free to ask the candidates questions.  Both challengers and defending Masters ought to answer the questions in this thread (and in the General questions thread) to help the voters make the best possible choice.  Please put all your answers in a single post (employing spoiler tags is recommended).  Also, challengers should include in that post a link to your Phase 1 submission post.


Questions and answers may begin now that this topic is posted.
Voting will begin when the polls are up at the official start of Phase 3.
Phase 3 ends when poll expires.

[Zyardran]

Spoiler for Jenk:

Discord : How do you justify the lack of knowledge in this post http://elementscommunity.org/forum/deck-help/floodingam-based-unupped-fg-grinder/msg1231978/#msg1231978 and this one : http://elementscommunity.org/forum/deck-help/regret-(ai4)-(nightmare-sosac)/msg1232551/#msg1232551 ? Both of these posts have been looked at as... well, very low-level, by several forum members. How would you revisit them if you could?

I justify my knowledge of this (10 being the highest) 3/10. I'm still learning though, so maybe I'd improve. I don't really know how I'd revisit them to be honest, they were good enough to be considered complete by the TrOs for trials, so...

You are tied with jippy for second to last on the global point rankings in trials right now. The last one, Dm, has gotten 0 point. Give an analysis of this fact.

*Discord is still newb, this is first trials. Maybe she'll get better.

I must disclose, right now, you are very very far from instigating a doubt on my vote, and not in a beneficial way for you.

I don't intend to win trials anyway, as I still don't think I have a good chance against iancu. But hey, I'll give it my best shot at least. If you won't vote me at least vote iancu

Spoiler for CO:

MoE applicants: Let's see something completely random. Amaze me.

Am I doing it right?

Spoiler for Sub:

- How would you represent yourself in a comic if you wanted to be recognized, but without saying anything in the comic? Describe your looks.
- How would you represent your element's "essence" as a character in a comic? Would it have a gender? Describe its looks.

<--- Sayaka, but with my minor modifications (Pink hair, eyes, etc)~
Idk tbh, I'll have to think on that one

Spoiler for Aves:

Randomness has been a common theme for entropy devotees. In your eyes, is there any other quality that captures the essence of ?

Fun

There've been a lot of doubts about you. What quality or qualities do you think you have that the doubters miss about you?

Hmm, let's see: Motivation, stubbornness, and the will to keep going no matter what anyone says

If a new forumer showed up and was named Black Hole, would you form a TPvP team with them?

Yeeesssss!

If you become master, who is going to be your favorite minion?

It depends on the situation

Spoiler for Calin:

I can't say I've been impressed by the War #9 Entropy team, which was, statistically(by winrate and place), the worst entropy team yet, so:
What went wrong? War #9 was my first war. I really don't know how well did in past wars, but if I have to say it, I think we did a pretty decent job. As for what went wrong, well, I think iancu bidding on me is what went wrong. The only thing I did good at was testing the decks, imo. I think entropy could've done alot better with another, more experienced player to back him up instead of some random newb
Do you consider entropy a weak element? If no, then what is your explanation behind this deck? No, I think is a very strong element, with the right cards in a deck. I really don't know how to explain that deck. Blame iancu
How hard was entropy hit by the addition of shards in war? I don't think we were hit very hard, in fact I think they kinda helped a little, shards made some of our decks stronger. stronger=better :P
I don't remember seeing any dissipation stall from you, why so? Or did we?
You guys haven't played the Dishole bow despite being known as a very strong deck, why so? Uuuh, blame iancu I was just testing the decks, I never really took part in their discussions,
Let's suppose Tinkerer boost would work with QPs, would this give entropy a strong option? Build a deck using this new rule. Yes. I think it would give entropy a very strong option. I really don't know how tinkerer works, so I can't say I can build a deck for it. (My deckbuilding skills suck anyway :P)

You are not a good deckbuilder and your in-game knowledge is very low, what recommends you as a master of any element, let alone entropy?

I don't know. But I can only say this: We all start somewhere, so I guess I may not be ready for being a master yet, but I'm willing to learn.

As seen in your trials posts, you don't really know much about dissipation shield, after being an entropy lover for such a long time and even participating in war #9 as entropy soldier, how do you explain this?

I don;t particularly like Diss shield all that much, but I will use it when I feel like it would be useful. I don't particularly like shields that take your quanta to block damage in general, it's just not worth it imo.

Why did you enter trials if you don't plan to win the mastership?

I entered trials to see how far I could go. I like pushing my limits (though I wish there could've been another challenger to make me work harder for this). Not everyone who enters their very first trials wins it, it's how we learn. I like to learn the hard way too, so when I get pwned by iancu in finals, I'll learn something useful out of it :P

Spoiler for Drippy:

1.For everyone: Is the element you are trialing for your favourite element? if its not then which is and why didnt you trial for it? If it is then which is your 2nd favourite and would consider trialing for it next time if you dont win these trials?

Yes, yes it it . My second favourite element is tied between Darkness and Gravity, and no. I feel like my heart belongs more in entropy.

2.For everyone: Do you value higher the general of an element in war or the element itself? (for example your favourite element is  but STANDIN became the master of  would you want to join the great master STANDIN or your favourite element no matter what general it has?)

This is a tough question. I think I'd have to go with... the element itself. I would always wanna join iancu in a war or next big PVP event, and I think iancu knows I will always love him regardless of his choices, but I will stay true to entropy.

3. For everyone: On the other side of the coin. As a general yourself, would you value higher more active players that may not hold your element as their favourite or players that have your element as their favourite but arent so active-or there are other problems-?

I'd have to value activity over not-so-active, activity plays a huge part in a lot of things, so I guess it's basically needed.

5. Challengers Only: assuming you make it to the finals. How would you react if the master didnt draft you in the coming war?(considering you want to be in the same team)

Utterly heartbreaking

6. Last question for everyone: Why do you want to win trials? Why do you want to be a master?

I want to win trials (though not while iancu is master, he deserves it more than me~)and become a master because I always wanted to be the representative of such a wonderful thing.

Spoiler for Higs:

To all: How has your favorite element affected your life?

Alot of ways. But here's a good example. Entropy=chaos, and I get alot of that outside of the forums. Only thing is, it makes me feel so comfortable just joining in with it, it makes me feel at home in a sort of way.

[iancudorinmarian]

Spoiler for Jenkar:

Analyse your performance in trials so far (both phases) in a critical manner. Where did you go right? Where did you go wrong? What would you change if you could? You have 4 hours. (if someone wants me to answer this, pm)

I really don't like phase 1 of trials, but I guess I did ok. In phase 2 I only lost one match, and it was against Root, so that doesn't count , so I'm happy with that. I think I played well and chose the right decks at the right time in most cases. I am a bit unhappy with the elements I chose in phase 1, they restricted me a bit too much, but in the end it didn't matter much. I wouldn't change anything if I could. This was a successful trials for me, and I'm looking forward to keep up what I've been doing.

Spoiler for Afdarenty:

And some questions for all trialists:
If you become the 10th Master of your Element, will you be the War General?
If you become the 10th Master of your Element, will you be the Brawl Boss?
If you become the 10th Master of your Element, what are your goals? What is the minimum that you could achieve that you'd look back on and say 'Yes, I did a good job there'? Please be realistic.

Yes, I will be general.
No, I will not be Brawl Boss. I don't like brawl.
Win war, that's the best achievement a master can get imo. I hope this counts as realistic (as a side note, I also made the entropy cards section prettier!)

Spoiler for Submachine:

- How would you represent yourself in a comic if you wanted to be recognized, but without saying anything in the comic? Describe your looks.
- How would you represent your element's "essence" as a character in a comic? Would it have a gender? Describe its looks.

- Kakashi Hatake, 'nuff said
- Maybe as a person that takes decisions based on his whim or by taking probabilities into account. Gender is not important.

Spoiler for CleanOnion:

Let's see something completely random. Amaze me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3872153827&feature=iv&src_vid=sWeVOXpTOhk&v=SxP30euw3-0

Spoiler for Aves:

Randomness has been a common theme for entropy devotees. In your eyes, is there any other quality that captures the essence of ?

On a scale of 1-10, how hard is it to spell your name?

What do you think you could improve on as a master?

I think entropy also resembles mystery, due to things like Nova, Antimatter, Shrodiger's Cat, even mutation.

If you are from Romania, 1/10. Seriously though, not that hard once you hear it being pronounced once. I managed to teach it to CCC

Not much responsibility as a master except for war, so I'd like to improve as a team leader.

If you become/remain master, who is going to be your favorite minion?

No need to hide anymore, Aves. I understand your hidden message beyond this question and accept you as my minion and follower.

Spoiler for Calindu:

I can't say I've been impressed by the War #9 Entropy team, which was, statistically(by winrate and place), the worst entropy team yet, so:

• What went wrong?

The matches. We tried to create some new and interesting decks, some worked, some didn't. I think I did well for first time general while having no idea what's going on.

• Do you consider entropy a weak element? If no, then what is your explanation behind this deck?

No, that is just silly. We played that deck because we thought it would be a good idea in that particular match. And it did well, 2-3 is not bad at all.

• How hard was entropy hit by the addition of shards in war?

We used a few ourselves, so I don't know. I don't think we were hit that hard by the introduction of shards.

• I don't remember seeing any dissipation stall from you, why so?

We did play dissipation stall. Take a better look.

• You guys haven't played the Dishole bow despite being known as a very strong deck, why so?

I didn't really like this deck, as it seemed weaker than the disquake to me, so I stuck with that one. As simple as that. Plus, we did play it: here

• Let's suppose Tinkerer boost would work with QPs, would this give entropy a strong option? Build a deck using this new rule.

This depends a lot on vault and matchup and everything. And I'm also too lazy to build a deck right now. Tinkerer is going to be nerfed anyway, so really no point in doing that.[/list]

• Would you draft Discord again if given the chance?

That's another question that's difficult to answer. Depends a lot on the pool of players, prices etc. But most probably, yes. She was active, played her matches and did all the testing.

• Assuming you will be general next war too, what is a realistic objective?

As you think the last team entropy was the worst, you may not consider this realistic, but: winning or at least top 3.
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Spoiler for dark ripper:

1. Is the element you are trialing for your favourite element? if its not then which is and why didnt you trial for it? If it is then which is your 2nd favourite and would consider trialing for it next time if you dont win these trials? Yes, it is. My second favourite element is most probably darkness. So many cool cards, and it also holds a sentimental thing for me since it was my first element. I don't think I'd trial for darkness, but who knows.

2. Do you value higher the general of an element in war or the element itself? (for example your favourite element is  but STANDIN became the master of  would you want to join the great master STANDIN or your favourite element no matter what general it has?) If I'm a simple player that wanted to be drafted, I'd take the general into consideration more than the element.

3. On the other side of the coin. As a general yourself, would you value higher more active players that may not hold your element as their favourite or players that have your element as their favourite but arent so active-or there are other problems-?Most of the time you have to take the experience/activity ratio into account, which is sometimes hard to estimate.

4. how would react if you had the lowest votes out of everyone in phase 3? As long as that None Worthy guy doesn't beat me, all is fine.

5. Why do you want to win trials? Why do you want to be a master?Because I get a really cool colored name, colors are awesome...errr...I mean...because I get to represent my favourite element, yes that's it!

Spoiler for Higurashi:

How has your favorite element affected your life?

The most I can say is that I really like randomness and probabilities. I'm a big fan of card/dice games in general (not necessarily CCG, just normal cards). Most of the time I play (especially competitively, not so much when I'm just playing for fun) I calculate some probabilities during the game, like "I have x% chance to draw that card", "If I do this, I increase/decrease my chances at winning" etc. This also has to do with the fact that I like math.

[Jenkar]

Discord : How do you justify the lack of knowledge in this post http://elementscommunity.org/forum/deck-help/floodingam-based-unupped-fg-grinder/msg1231978/#msg1231978 and this one : http://elementscommunity.org/forum/deck-help/regret-(ai4)-(nightmare-sosac)/msg1232551/#msg1232551 ? Both of these posts have been looked at as... well, very low-level, by several forum members. How would you revisit them if you could?

You are tied with jippy for second to last on the global point rankings in trials right now. The last one, Dm, has gotten 0 point. Give an analysis of this fact.

I must disclose, right now, you are very very far from instigating a doubt on my vote, and not in a beneficial way for you.

[CleanOnion]

MoE applicants: Let's see something completely random. Amaze me.

[Aves]

Randomness has been a common theme for entropy devotees. In your eyes, is there any other quality that captures the essence of ?
@Discord
There've been a lot of doubts about you. What quality or qualities do you think you have that the doubters miss about you?

If a new forumer showed up and was named Black Hole, would you form a TPvP team with them?

@iancudorinmarian
On a scale of 1-10, how hard is it to spell your name?

What do you think you could improve on as a master?

[Calindu]

Hey there! The questions will be for both of you unless I specifically say otherwise.
I can't say I've been impressed by the War #9 Entropy team, which was, statistically(by winrate and place), the worst entropy team yet, so:

• What went wrong?
• Do you consider entropy a weak element? If no, then what is your explanation behind this deck?
• How hard was entropy hit by the addition of shards in war?
• I don't remember seeing any dissipation stall from you, why so?
• You guys haven't played the Dishole bow despite being known as a very strong deck, why so?
• Let's suppose Tinkerer boost would work with QPs, would this give entropy a strong option? Build a deck using this new rule.

Iancu:

• Would you draft Discord again if given the chance?
• Assuming you will be general next war too, what is a realistic objective?

Discord:

• You are not a good deckbuilder and your in-game knowledge is very low, what recommends you as a master of any element, let alone entropy?
• As seen in your trials posts, you don't really know much about dissipation shield, after being an entropy lover for such a long time and even participating in war #9 as entropy soldier, how do you explain this?
• Why did you enter trials if you don't plan to win the mastership?

Have fun!

[iancudorinmarian]

Fairly disappointed about the 9 None Worthy votes. I'd like to know why you made such a decision, whether is it personal or an objective decision. PM me if you don't want to make that public. Keep in mind I'm not doing this to hold grudges against you, I just want to know what made you vote neither me nor Discord so I can improve on those parts.

Thank you all for the votes, I will do my best to not disappoint you and prove you you made the right decision in voting me.

[Zyardran]

Thank you for your votes everyone, I'll also be seconding iancu on the non-worthy votes thing. I'd like to know what I can do next time to improve on this subject for next time. See you in the finals, iancu...

[Zawadx]

I didn't vote for Discord because she doesn't believe she can be a master. Ever. Yes, she's talking about improving, but it's too withdrawn, too placated. I don't think she has the drive to ever rise to the top <.< C'mon Disco, you're better than that.

I didn't vote for ian because his answers just didn't convey a knowledge that a master should have.

[iancudorinmarian]

Thanks to all of those who talked to me about this. Seems like the main problem was my answers, but that can't be helped, I'm not a good talker, neither here nor IRL, so all I can do is try to prove myself in pvp

[Higurashi]

When I already know the participants, answers play a smaller role. Still, you could potentially convince me if you suddenly showed some passion, vision, direction or certainty of beliefs. All of these are things I require of a Master, because they are given an enormous power in terms of building or rebuilding an elements' fanbase.

Where would Aether be without the War 3 team and the commitment that deuce gave to the element? I'll tell you: it would still be placing in the middle in Wars and its fanbase would have exactly zero active veterans and subsequently fewer new enthusiasts.

Where would Darkness be without finally getting a skilled General and a great team? Still placing in the middle and without any of the recent hype.
Where would Time be without 10 men? Still missing many of its strongest decks.
Where would Fire be without Root? Still without a top-tier Master and still struggling to stay in the top 3 as it should.
Where would Air be without the Jenkar/hain combo? Still placing in the middle and struggling to find its top-tier meta decks (though Afda would've found them by now; he's very good).

A Master has the greatest power to influence the game-tied community there is. They need a vision to be a true Master. Several Elements have yet to find their place in War, so their potential remains untapped, but to truly make your element ascend it also has to mean something to you so that you have ways to inspire others.

If these key elements are missing in a Trial, I vote none worthy. A Master is a Master, not an Intermediate.