Forum Brawl #7 - Round 1 - Voting

[TribalTrouble]

Looks like Paratus should've put a This Is A Gravity Card in their deck

Indeed. How could we be so foolish?

[worldwideweb3]

For future rounds, teams can perhaps ask BMs (if they are present and free) to check submission legality before round deadline (unless you're doing a last minute submission)

[Naii_the_Baf]

Look, votes.

Captain Task: Twin Miracles

Spoiler for Hidden:

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself(...)
I generally like the idea of going out of what's expected, although seeing the context of the brawl and its lore, I don't think the intended meaning of the word "star" in the submission is the correct one, so it goes far off. That aside, I regard it as a good submission, even with what I've mentioned. Points for the effort, though.

Iron Manta(5)
The concept of a message to a distant beloved one is an extra, but it well gives some feeling to the task. The star is well described, although the writing is a bit too elegant for my liking. That's nothing bad, though, so I'm not taking it on count. The rest are details.

Green Manta(...)
Just a bunch of colorful dots in a black background with two undetailed big blue dots as the main focus.

Paratus(...)
Mostly what was expected. In any case, it is fairly well done, and it does resemble the typical blue dwarf you'd find. Nice work.

Space Trooper Task: Barren...

Spoiler for Hidden:

Paratus

Green Night(...)
Simple, yet viable and understandable. I like it.

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself(5)
Great explanation of deck gameplay and likewise lore. Need no more.

Iron Manta(...)
Short explanation that really doesn't add much to the deck(i.e.: it only explains the guards, tremors and the asteroids). I find myself unable to relate parts of the deck to what's explained or to others.

Mapper task: The Approach...

Spoiler for Hidden:

Iron Manta(...)
I may have liked the idea of the message text in the Captain task, but that does not bode well here. The art is good, although a bit intricate and hard to understand.

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself(4)
Simple and well defined. Say no more.

Paratus(...)
Well-detailed and understandable.

Green Night(...)
A bit hazy, but the idea of actually having a view of what the tripulation would probably see is nice. It could improve, but deserves some points.

Log Keeper Task: Ah, The Magnificence!

Spoiler for Hidden:

Green Night(...)
There is a lack on the diversity of words(especially in the rhymes), but otherwise it's a fair submission.

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself(...)
I like the theme and structure of the poem overall.

Paratus(...)
The first stanza disses me off; it feels unfitting with the rest of the poem. It does not really fulfill what I was expecting, even if it has some good points.

Iron Manta(5)
It's a well-done poem. I can't quite discern what I'm thinking, but...

Mechanic Task: Accelerating!

Spoiler for Hidden:

Green Night(...)
Honestly, it's a little confusing. I can see the space theme but I still am having some trouble understanding the speed relationship, even with the notes provided.

Iron Manta(...)
Buffed Acceleration | Overdrive.

Paratus(...)
Sacrifice for gain balances the card, although it only becomes useful when you have a decent amount of quanta generation in the game, although 4 damage cripples harshly and/or kills most creatures in the game.

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself(...)
Mass Acceleration | Overdrive with Momentum and double draw. I can see the relation with speed, but...

In reality, I'd only give out 4 points for this one, but since I have to use 10 I just added to the rest.

[Fippe94]

For future rounds, teams can perhaps ask BMs (if they are present and free) to check submission legality before round deadline (unless you're doing a last minute submission)

Yes, of course teams could ask for a legality check whenever they want.

[Fippe94]

Less than 7 hours left! Don't forget to vote! (yes that includes me)

[ARTHANASIOS]

Hope I won't be killed during the night in a dark corner by some angry FBrawl participants...

Spoiler for Captain:

Battlestar GFY=0
 (Interesting and original, but it goes too far away from the original goal imho. Moreover, I am a boring and disturbing person who wants to see a pair of blue balls. You got 0/5 because of this, sorry...)
Iron Manta=1
 (Like GFY, it is interesting and original, but it goes too far away from the original goal imho. however, unlike GFY, you had a picture of 2 blue dwarf stars but, since it wasn't the main aspect of your submission, you just got 1/5 from it, sorry...)
Paratus=5
 (I love pixel art and this is just amazing, pure 5/5!)
Green Night=4
 (Right in the theme, though the quality of the art could be better, you got 4/5.)

Spoiler for Mapper:

Battlestar GFY=1
 (The planet is great but thr rest are meh, 1/5)
Iron Manta=0
 (I don't like it, sorry... I tried hard to like your submission, but... 0/5)
Paratus=5
 (I love pixel art and this is just amazing, pure 5/5!)
Green Night=4
 (I love the way almost everything looks green from your spaceship. 4/5)

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

Battlestar GFY=3
 (You did nothing wrong but the fact both you and Iron Manta had so similar card choices and even used the same elements drove me a bit off. However, you got an extra point more than Iron Manta because you used more CI&A cards than them, 3/5.)
Iron Manta=2
 (You did nothing wrong but the fact both you and GFY had so similar card choices and even used the same elements drove me a bit off. However, you got a point less than GFY because you used less CI&A cards than them, 2/5.)
Paratus=0
 (I will judge it like it wasn't illegal. It still gets 0/5 though because the submission looks messy and the deck is unplayable because it lacks the quanta to do so. 0/5)
Green Night=5
 (I really loved your deck and gave it 5/5.)

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

Battlestar GFY=2
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little less than others, 2/5...)
Iron Manta=3
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little more than others, 3/5...)
Paratus=3
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little more than others, 3/5...)
Green Night=2
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little less than others, 2/5...)

Spoiler for Mechanic:

Battlestar GFY=5
 (Absolutely lovely idea, pretty speed-related too! 5/5)
Iron Manta=1
 (The name is about speed but the mechanic seems really, really NOT speed-related. 1/5)
Paratus=2
 (Not very speed-related. 2/5)
Green Night=2
 (Not very speed-related. 2/5)

[Aves]

Hope I won't be killed during the night in a dark corner by some angry FBrawl participants...

Spoiler for Captain:

Battlestar GFY=0
 (Interesting and original, but it goes too far away from the original goal imho. Moreover, I am a boring and disturbing person who wants to see a pair of blue balls. You got 0/5 because of this, sorry...)
Iron Manta=1
 (Like GFY, it is interesting and original, but it goes too far away from the original goal imho. however, unlike GFY, you had a picture of 2 blue dwarf stars but, since it wasn't the main aspect of your submission, you just got 1/5 from it, sorry...)
Paratus=5
 (I love pixel art and this is just amazing, pure 5/5!)
Green Night=4
 (Right in the theme, though the quality of the art could be better, you got 4/5.)

Spoiler for Mapper:

Battlestar GFY=1
 (The planet is great but thr rest are meh, 1/5)
Iron Manta=0
 (I don't like it, sorry... I tried hard to like your submission, but... 0/5)
Paratus=5
 (I love pixel art and this is just amazing, pure 5/5!)
Green Night=4
 (I love the way almost everything looks green from your spaceship. 4/5)

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

Battlestar GFY=3
 (You did nothing wrong but the fact both you and Iron Manta had so similar card choices and even used the same elements drove me a bit off. However, you got an extra point more than Iron Manta because you used more CI&A cards than them, 3/5.)
Iron Manta=2
 (You did nothing wrong but the fact both you and GFY had so similar card choices and even used the same elements drove me a bit off. However, you got a point less than GFY because you used less CI&A cards than them, 2/5.)
Paratus=0
 (I will judge it like it wasn't illegal. It still gets 0/5 though because the submission looks messy and the deck is unplayable because it lacks the quanta to do so. 0/5)
Green Night=5
 (I really loved your deck and gave it 5/5.)

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

Battlestar GFY=2
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little less than others, 2/5...)
Iron Manta=3
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little more than others, 3/5...)
Paratus=3
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little more than others, 3/5...)
Green Night=2
 (I equally liked every submission here, some a little less than others, 2/5...)

Spoiler for Mechanic:

Battlestar GFY=5
 (Absolutely lovely idea, pretty speed-related too! 5/5)
Iron Manta=1
 (The name is about speed but the mechanic seems really, really NOT speed-related. 1/5)
Paratus=2
 (Not very speed-related. 2/5)
Green Night=2
 (Not very speed-related. 2/5)

Be sure to not reveal your exact votes to anyone, to help avoid strategic voting. You are supposed to tell who you liked and why, but not how you spent your voints.

Well so much for that idea... 

[Fippe94]

Rip, Brawlmasters don't read rules.

Although the text is left from last year and isn't as relevant anymore since not all voters need to state their reasoning in the thread anyway, which makes strategic voting pretty much impossible. So it can be removed anyway I guess.

[Fippe94]

Spoiler for Captain:

Paratus is definitely the best one here imo, the pixel art is really well made.
GFY tried hard to do something different, but it was toofar away from my expectations and I didn't really like the twist at all.
Green Night is decent, nothing special, a bit bland.
Iron Manta is also a bit away from my art expectations, but the theme is still solid and it's not bad.

Spoiler for Mapper:

Iron Manta is my fav here, cool-looking art! Paratus is a close second.
GFY and Green Night isn't bad either, but I would have liked to see the actual spaceship in Green Night's art.

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

All were good, but GFY was my favorite. Token spam is always fun, and using Asteroid as a finisher in the such a deck is cool. Iron Manta's deck feels similar, but lacks such a finisher. I must say I do like Green Night's stall deck too, but it's a bit boring compared to GFY's I'm afraid.

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

I liked all the poems here, but GFY and Paratus gets slightly more points than the other. Can't really say why though, but they just feel slightly better.

Spoiler for Mechanic:

GFY is imo by far the most speed-related card. It speeds up the whole game with making the creatures hit harder and the players draw faster. Really makes the game "enter hyperspace". Iron Manta's card is basically a stronger Acceleration, don't really like that. The other 2 were good cards, but not as speed-related as GFY's.

[worldwideweb3]

Spoiler for Captain:

Paratus is definitely the best one here imo, the art is really well made.
GFY tried hard to do something different, but it was toofar away from my expectations and I didn't really like the twist at all i liked how it was different and unique.
Green Night is decent, nothing special, a bit bland.
Iron Manta is also a bit away from my art expectations, but the theme is still solid and it's weird stuff.

Spoiler for Mapper:

Iron Manta is my fav here, cool-looking art! Paratus is a close second.
GFY and Green Night isn't bad either, but I would have liked to see the actual spaceship in Green Night's art.

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

The death duos were both pretty similar so uniqueness points to green night~

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

I liked all the poems here, but GFY and iron manta gets slightly more points than the other. Can't really say why though, but they just feel slightly better.

Spoiler for Mechanic:

GFY is imo by far the most speed-related card. It speeds up the whole game with making the creatures hit harder and the players draw faster. Really makes the game "enter hyperspace". Green night is the only other card that directly affects speed so it gets the next spot, with the other two coming close 3rd and 4th.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Be sure to not reveal your exact votes to anyone, to help avoid strategic voting. You are supposed to tell who you liked and why, but not how you spent your voints.

Well so much for that idea... 

Darn! I don't know how I missed this part of the rules. I deserve to be killed during the night in a dark corner from an angry Forum Brawlers' lynch mob.

[DoctorC]

That moment when even the BMs don't read rules but Paratus still gets disqualified.