Guest posts by Kirchj33

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Rainbow Decks / Re: Veens Vicious Viotech/ VVV (upgraded FG Killer, for score and electrum, 95% EM)

« on: August 09, 2011, 12:20:03 pm »

This might prove helpful :
(Max number of Condors = 9)
With skyblitz, chimera, no eclipse:

X	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
1	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48
2	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96
3	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120	126	132	138	144
4	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96	104	112	120	128	136	144	152	160	168	176	184	192
5	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK
6	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK
7	28	42	56	70	84	98	112	126	140	154	168	182	196	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK
8	32	48	64	80	96	112	128	144	160	176	182	198	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK
9	36	54	72	90	108	126	144	162	180	198	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK	OTK

Sweet!  Just to clarify, columns represent malignant cells, rows represent condors?

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Trial of Gravity / Re: 4th Trials - Phase 3 - Community Vote

« on: August 09, 2011, 07:16:31 am »

*claps for epic speech*

I am thoroughly entertained!

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Trial of Earth / Re: 4th Trials - Phase 3 - Community Vote

« on: August 09, 2011, 05:56:59 am »

Just a small question for Earth challengers (and the master) should they so choose to answer my class Trials Question.

Q: “Earth’s most recent card, Iridium (Vanadium) Warden, had initially gained a lot of attention when it was being developed, but is now mostly overlooked when it comes to deck building. Do you think this is because the Warden requires another card (spell buffs) in order to work properly? Or do you think that the creature simply can’t compared to the other utility creatures found in other elements?”

Hey Kuro,

Great question.  The warden provokes some interesting deckbuilding choices.  I do believe there is a window of opportunity for this card to play a prominent role in earth's arsenal because of its cheap cost to play and effectiveness in the early game.  However, I feel that one of the main limiting factors in its disuse is that in order for the warden to flex its muscle as something more than just a blocker, as you mentioned, it requires a buff.  I tend to hesitate when using cards that require any combination of cards because you then decrease your own efficiency.  Simply adding 6 wardens with equivalent buffs requires adding 12 cards to a deck, and playing at least a duo.  I believe its strength lies in sneaking a warden or two in as a distraction from other damage.

However, to me, what limits this card most when considering playing it as a buffed creature, one must think of earth's arsenal as a whole.  One of the best counters to earth's strongest creature (graboid) is reverse time.  This causes an earth deck to fall behind in quanta, and for a buffed warden, its an absolute show-stopper.  Because opponents may have a higher likelihood to bring RT against an earth deck, it reduces the potential effectiveness of a buffed warden itself.

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Trial of Earth / Re: 4th Trials - Phase 3 - Community Vote

« on: August 09, 2011, 02:38:42 am »

“I hold the Earth in the palm of my hands, a responsibility I do not take lightly.”

Why Is the element of Earth so important to me?
I LOVE the versatility of earth.  It has disruption, it has protection, it has an extremely powerful weapon, it has amazing creatures (arguably the strongest in the game), it has alternate ways of producing quanta, and it has CC.  Above all, I feel earth has been underrepresented in war to this point, and I would like to be the one who embraces the challenge of pushing earth to new heights.
Why am I qualified to become Earth’s master?
I began playing Elements back in December as a casual PvE grinder, my score quickly rose to the ranks of some of the elites in the game, but I felt I needed a greater challenge. 
My first quest I set out on was to increase the level of enjoyment of AI3 grinding.  I was lucky enough to learn under the tutelage of jmdt, and after working tirelessly for over a month, I created the TADAbow (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22518.msg304907#msg304907), a deck many consider to be the most powerful and most versatile deck that exists in elements.  For me, it certainly beat USEM/USEMosis for enjoyment and was the answer I was looking for.
I then set out to learn how to PvP properly.  Again, I was lucky enough to learn underneath another legend, and TStar taught me the nuances of deckbuilding and countering opponents.  I was able to move from last place after the first month of BL, all the way up to 3rd before I stopped grinding.  My war 3 record was .500 (a fine achievement for a team member), and I achieved victory in the Booster Draft.
In addition, I have contributed a number of solid decks to Elements, anywhere from unupped T50 decks to FG grinders, to AI3 EM decks.  I believe my biggest strength is my ability to deckbuild, and am considered by many as one of the top builders in the game.  I am organized (a key attribute for war), and always back up my info with statistics.
Along these lines, I have championed several important statistical studies in Elements, most prominently, the FG Efficiency Study (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25609.msg349334#msg349334).
My resume
30 (gravity) cards short of 6 upped copies of every card, including 12 pillars and pendulums of each element
Winner of Booster Draft
456k+ score
15931 wins
6601 losses

Undefeated winner of 4th Trials – Phase 2 – Earth Battles
-Standings- (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28891.0.html) 

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Crucible Archive / Re: Betrayal | Betrayal

« on: August 08, 2011, 11:24:37 pm »

Cool card art!

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Falling Empire / Re: Signups for Falling Empire

« on: August 08, 2011, 08:26:53 pm »

Singing up for barbarian. 

SING ME A BARBARIAN SONG NAO!

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Falling Empire / Re: Signups for Falling Empire

« on: August 08, 2011, 05:53:36 pm »

I vote for expanding the court to 5 and adding Marisa.  The jester needs a queen to juggle for.

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Falling Empire / Re: Signups for Falling Empire

« on: August 08, 2011, 03:08:04 pm »

IGN/Chat: kirchj33

*Court Jester*

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Trial Battle Archive / Re: MatrimKK 3 - TStar 0

« on: August 08, 2011, 12:42:26 pm »

Great battle music, fun deck to play.  I've learned to expect nothing less than the highest quality from what you do Matrim.

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Gemini / Re: Oracle : Gemini

« on: August 08, 2011, 11:12:50 am »

I made the classic (stupid) mistake this morning of not changing my mark, so I'm reposting Hig's extra steal version so I don't make that mistake again:

by kirchj33

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6rn 6rn 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6u7 6u7 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 7gp 7gp 7h0 7h0 7h0 7h0 7h0 7t4 7t4 7t4 7t4 7t9 7t9 7t9 7um 7um 8pp

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Farming Studies and Statistics / Re: FG Efficiency Study - Applying statistics to all of the myths

« on: August 07, 2011, 09:08:41 pm »

Testin' VVV (fully upped)
CCC, coud you put your data again? I can't seem to download it, and i would like to see what in the effin' name of god gives me such a bigger FGei(cn) than you. Maybe i was just real lucky with some near-skips god, but i wanna see.

Most likely a result of your average game-time being so much faster.  Oni & I are working on providing more data so that we can do a full comparison.

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General Discussion / Re: FG Efficiency Study - Applying statistics to all of the myths

« on: August 07, 2011, 09:08:41 pm »

Testin' VVV (fully upped)
CCC, coud you put your data again? I can't seem to download it, and i would like to see what in the effin' name of god gives me such a bigger FGei(cn) than you. Maybe i was just real lucky with some near-skips god, but i wanna see.

Most likely a result of your average game-time being so much faster.  Oni & I are working on providing more data so that we can do a full comparison.