Colosseum II - Round 3

[Calindu]

Calindu 4-0 AnnaMall

Gladiator too OP, nerf.

Game 1, 2: WIN WIN

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61r 61r 61r 61r 61u 61u 63a 63a 63a 808 808 808 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80l 80l 80l 80l 80l 81q 81q 81q 8pu

MA rush with 17 upgrades is too fast, I had a 5 ttw second game.

Game 3: WIN

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61r 61r 61r 61u 61u 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80l 80l 80l 80l 80l 80l 8pu

Psions>Dim Shields, had 5 of them by the end of the game.

Game 4: WIN

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5i4 5i4 5i4 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 61r 61r 61r 61r 61r 624 624 624 624 624 7gk 7gt 7gt 7gt 7gt 7gt 8pu

He got a quinted Nymph pretty fast, so I had to wait for 2TK, played a Silence and bang, gg.

Ggs AnnaMall!

[AnnaMall]

AnnaMall 0-4 Calindu

Superior character set up and arena did not leave me any chance, as I realized during deckbuilding.

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Did not test great vs mono aether but had to give it a shot after spinning today the 4th nymph

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Was my best shot at mono aether. Used a different mod each match with dims/more entropy Q/- puries/flood that I overwriten by accident

[Zso_Zso]

Zso_Zso 4 - 1 vagman13

First deck for the first 4 games (no change after winning due to Mindless), with  5 (First blood) + 6 Brutish + 3 from vagman's (3-6) = 14 ups:

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4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6u5 6u5 6u5 8pj

First 3 games won, then the 4th lost. Instead of descriptions, I give you the game-play videos:

So, it was time to switch to a deck with only 9 ups (no more First blood):

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5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5og 5og 5og 5ol 5ol 5ol 5op 5op 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mv 7mv 7mv 7mv 7mv 8pr

This was mono-air vs mono-air.
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GGs, my upgrade advantage got me the games.

[rob77dp]

Zso_Zso 4 - 1 vagman13

First deck for the first 4 games (no change after winning due to Mindless), with  5 (First blood) + 6 Brutish + 3 from vagman's (3-6) = 14 ups:

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4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4vc 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 4ve 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6ts 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6tv 6u5 6u5 6u5 8pj

First 3 games won, then the 4th lost. Instead of descriptions, I give you the game-play videos:

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So, it was time to switch to a deck with only 9 ups (no more First blood):

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This was mono-air vs mono-air.
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GGs, my upgrade advantage got me the games.

I think First Blood strength only applies for the first two games and not four.  Only thing I can think of is that Mindless (cannot change deck) has been ruled to supersede the de-activation of First Blood and hence those +5 upgrades for First Blood get to linger through the first loss.  If this is not the case, I believe the game 3 and 4 decks by Zso have too many upgrades due to expiration of First Blood.

[Zso_Zso]

Zso_Zso 4 - 1 vagman13

First deck for the first 4 games (no change after winning due to Mindless), with  5 (First blood) + 6 Brutish + 3 from vagman's (3-6) = 14 ups:
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I think First Blood strength only applies for the first two games and not four.  Only thing I can think of is that Mindless (cannot change deck) has been ruled to supersede the de-activation of First Blood and hence those +5 upgrades for First Blood get to linger through the first loss.  If this is not the case, I believe the game 3 and 4 decks by Zso have too many upgrades due to expiration of First Blood.

It is because of Mindless (cannot change deck if winning). The question of First-Blood + Mindless interaction was specifically asked before the event started by Dragoon here:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,49498.msg1078902.html#msg1078902

Laxa replied this:

Good catch, unless I am opposed, I feel like strengths should overrule weaknesses.  In this case, you would keep the extra upgrades.

I have chosen this strength + weakness combo specifically to take advantage of this ruling.

[Laxadarap]

That ruling still holds true.

[Laxadarap]

Deadline extended 24 hours.  This is the only extension, if a match does not happen (taker and kakerlake) I will rule an activity win.