Western Tournament - 2 April - Eve of Dragons - Unupgraded

[TheIdioticIdiot]

TStar: 2
Seraph: 1

It was like a chess match with us.  Awesome games.

nice... you have successfully avenged GG
sad I wasn't there to play the chess match, but nonetheless..

so... this makes:
GG: 3
TII: 3
TStar: 4
KDZ: 1
total of 11, which makes team the team with the second most tournament wins, after team death, who has rastafla... (I think)

[Seraph]

I avenged Team UW, traitor...
jk, I am open for substitution

[TStar]

I made about 30 decks but only ended up using basically 4 of them.  As it turns out I never used any of the Sanctuary or Discord decks I made, which I never expected.  Also kinda happy that I never had to resort to a mono aether deck.  I used 3 of them in the Finals so I'll post them here with a recap.

I ran into a ton of EQ users along the way, so Game 1 I went with a minimalist pillar approach and played an immo rush with graboids.  As it turns out it was the perfect deck to use as he went Discord/EQ and had no defense from the onslaught.

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55p 55p 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58r 58r 58r 58r 58r 58r 58v 58v 58v 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aaGame 3 had me worried about another Discord deck and I debated playing an entropybow to counter it.  My gut told me that everyone so far had played a mono deck and that I should prep for it, so I did.  I played a gravity counter deck that I'd used several times when I expected and once the Gravity Shield came out if was only a matter of time before my Catapult or Chimera showed up to finish him off.

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[Higurashi]

By the by, this was a new record: 63 participants. Luckily we didn't get much trouble, or I would've despised being the only TO. >_>

[Seraph]

Game 1: what he said (and me in an earlier post), I had little chance, although this was a pretty cool deck I use sometimes

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Game 3: what he said, Ehh Mono Aether, not even going to provide a deck image as this deck was not as original as the other 2, 13 pillars, 6 dragons, 6 lighting, 6 dimensional shields

[Kjaska]

I made about 30 decks but only ended up using basically 4 of them.  As it turns out I never used any of the Sanctuary or Discord decks I made, which I never expected.  Also kinda happy that I never had to resort to a mono aether deck.  I used 3 of them in the Finals so I'll post them here with a recap.

I ran into a ton of EQ users along the way, so Game 1 I went with a minimalist pillar approach and played an immo rush with graboids.  As it turns out it was the perfect deck to use as he went Discord/EQ and had no defense from the onslaught.

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58u 58u 58u 58u 58u 58u 590 590 590 590 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f2 5f2 5f2 5f2 5f2 5f2 5f6 5f6 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9For Game 2 I was expecting him to counter the rush with heavy CC or perms so I went with a counter deck of Pulvy/EQ.  He totally outmaneuvered me and went with Discord/BH and once the Discord popped out on the second turn I was toast.

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55p 55p 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58r 58r 58r 58r 58r 58r 58v 58v 58v 593 593 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aaGame 3 had me worried about another Discord deck and I debated playing an entropybow to counter it.  My gut told me that everyone so far had played a mono deck and that I should prep for it, so I did.  I played a gravity counter deck that I'd used several times when I expected and once the Gravity Shield came out if was only a matter of time before my Catapult or Chimera showed up to finish him off.

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55o 55o 55o 55o 55o 55o 55p 55p 560 561 576 576 576 576 592 592 595 595 595 595 595 595Another deck that I used regularly throughout the tournament was a variation on the Game 2 deck that was focused more on CC.  I came in very handy against an AM deck when I was able to Guard my own dragon.

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you didn't mention me at all :<

I'm kinda drunk, so I didn't get it from the get go, that you were talking about a match and not the whole tourney in your post above. I enjoyed my 2 games with you immensely, not least because you were a kind of celeb on the forums, at least in the PvP sections. I'm glad you won and I hope to battle you again - under more favourable circumstances connectivity wise :>

[TheonlyrealBeef]

By the by, this was a new record: 63 participants. Luckily we didn't get much trouble, or I would've despised being the only TO. >_>

No Dm? Hmm I had time.
Was looking at the time and thought about joining the tourney 10 minutes before it started, but didn't want to give a bad example xD (you should totally be there 15 minutes in advance)

[TheIdioticIdiot]

I avenged Team UW, traitor...
jk, I am open for substitution

just recently noticed this message..
@all UW participants, I am deeply sorry, if you need help beyond the war, I am happy to provide that, but in war, I will have to throw all I have got at you (pun intended, catas ftw!!)