(Water Lt) Manuel 3 - 2 Afdarenty (Air Gen)

[Manuel]

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thx to afda for replaying g5 after we desynched and he had a perfect draw, we really appreciated the sportmanship

ggs

[Afdarenty]

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In testing we won pretty comfortably against the Shard Golem. Game plan was something along the lines of draw Vamp Dagger, maybe Fog, win easily. It was the draw Vamp Dagger part that I had trouble with, in the non-timeout games, anyway. That and Fog shields that didn't block - RNG was not kind.

Ended up giving up the win (twice, probably), on the grounds that I'd prefer to lose a match all involved felt was played fairly than to win a match and leave people feeling cheated. Sorry team. I hope you understand.


G1: No Fog, no Dagger, no Nightmare. Lost by a turn.

D1: First time out, at turn 1. Got Dagger, Fog. Agreed to replay, despite me having played it out and easily won against the AI (who played well, early Steam Golem, never missed an ability use).

G2: No Fog, no Dagger, 1 Nightmare. I had a pretty fast draw, though, with lots of Wyrms. Manuel needed exactly a Sniper Golem with an early Congeal to win, as well as for me to not draw Fog/Dagger in the top half of my deck. Which is exactly what happened. Lost by 10 health.

G3: No Fog, but Dagger! In a non-desync game! Was racing against an early Steam Golem, but still comfortably outrushed.

G4: Fog, Dagger! Very comfortable win, despite Fog not blocking much.

D2: Another time out at turn 1. I PM'd Manuel in chat immediately after the desync saying I wanted to play it out this time - the games were taking a while, I had other stuff that needed doing, and my hand was pretty much unbeatable. AI had a great draw, and again played well, with early Steam Golem/not missing an ability use. But I won with 86 health left anyway. Turns out Manuel quit the game immediately after the time out happened, though, assuming we'd just replay. Agreed to replay despite rules giving me the win (and a far from close game) because Manuel felt the situation wasn't at all fair for him - he didn't have the chance to play it out, and the AI can play very poorly sometimes. Some screenshots below.

Spoiler for D2:

The Golem had been out for around 4 turns in this one.

G5: Fog, no Dagger, 1 Nightmare. Does drawing Fog count as a good thing when it only blocks 13 (irrelevant) damage the whole match? Lost by a turn.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

I wanted to say, I was all for afda claiming the win.
Funnily enough earlier in the match I said they should have played out the earlier Turn 1 desynch... I just think it's a better idea to ALWAYS do something than sometimes. Manuel missunderstood how they were playing that rule, and hence what happened.

Like I said, it would have been an awful way to lose, but would 100% have been a fair win for air, and afda and I simultaineously conceded in chat lol... in the end afda won the sportsmanship-off..

[21:04:48] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› ‹@Ginyu› i know, but somehow they agreed on turn 1 desynch replay in game 2
[21:05:10] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› turn 1 desynch happened again, so manuel thought they would replay and left the match
[21:05:27] ‹Manuel› we replayed g2
[21:05:38] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› but that is not afda's fault, just highlights that you should never ever turn 1 desyncg replay unless one of you does not get into the game
[21:05:53] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› 3 - 2
[21:05:55] ‹Afdarenty› ‹@Manuel› Stuff it, lets replay
[21:06:07] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› rofl
[21:06:17] ‹JonathanCrazyJ› how nice, two generals both being sporting
[21:06:18] ‹Afdarenty› Screw the rules~

I even made sure via PM that Afda didn't regret his insane sportsmanship and take the win even after the replay, but he wouldn't take it.

I bloody hope Air win war now lol...

[killsdazombies]

Afda is a bigger person than i, I saw the tail of this and I just gotta say I respect the heck out of you and I hope yall do well in your last match (I think yu only have one left) I'm sorry it turned this way (no offense to any of course) but honestly you made a choice to try play when you could have taken a "free" win. You embodied the spirit we all want war to be, and I think you should be proud of that

[deuce22]

I bloody hope Air win war now lol...

No need to hope, it's just a matter of time. Been saying it since round 1

[chrispybacon84]

Sorry team. I hope you understand.

<3

[rob77dp]

I bloody hope Air win war now lol...

No need to hope, it's just a matter of time. Been saying it since round 1

But deuce, didn't you even say it BEFORE War somewhere in the predictions?

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Spoiler for Afda after game 5 replay: