Tourney Results

[Hot Rod]

I still have to figure out this second CommonDialog error, I fixed the first one, but this second one isn't so easily dealt with it seems.   

[Oscorp]

Just wondering what the best way to connect and contact with Damascus and Onslaught might be.  I`m in the overpower Hamatchi group and I have MSN.   oplover at hotmail.ca



More results for me.    Played Kyle tonight.

Lucked out, drawing Dow and Leetch in the first hand.  I ventured 3 and he bet 4.  Unfortunately he had a mitt full of activators.

Kyle led off with an Ally into Deathstrike.  Already having DoW in hand he pulled out my lone negate.
I played DoW next.  Kyle attacked it with an activator.  We traded shots but my DoW card advantage was too much and he ended up conceding after losing one of his front line.


In the second battle I drew Down but not out.   I placed my one special and a power card and off we went.  Kyle KO'd DoW and I attacked with a power card which was blocked.  Kyle conceded.

Third hand I drew Absorb sound, to go along with my placed power Leech.  I bet two for the win...  Absorb sound was negated but leech hit, draining his hand of the full four cards.  I held on for the win 26 to 22. to win the game on venture.

Great match Kyle.  Just a heap of bad luck on that first draw for you.

Oscorp now 4-2.  still waiting to play Nate Grey, Onslaught and Demacus

[BigBadHarve]

More results.

Ncannelora and I had our match.

4 rounds of bloody destruction it was.

My Trick or Treaters faced down against his team.... as before, secrecy until told otherwise.

Round 1:

We placed away, and each ventured only a single. Then we began.

I started with Penance stare to get rid of a few of those placed cards - avoided with a special.

He returned fire with a lockdown on Ghost Rider. Not good. I did have a negate, but he had some other stuff I was worried about more, so I saved it.

He had only 2 in hand, so I called upon Wolverine's tracking senses in the hopes of getting a nice little string. Negated.

An attack by him on the X-babies. level 4 energy special. I take it and back away with placed card advantage.

Round 2:

We place away again, and I venture 4. I've got solid firepower this time. Time to do some damage.

He attacks with a nasty special that I need to avoid. So I use Angel from the site and avoid the attack. I return fire with an Ally and Blood Hunger which he also promptly avoids. My guess is that he had energy icons in hand.

Energy Ally on Morbius and an energy special on Ghost Rider. I absorb the hits. I throw a tiny level 1 intellect at him. He avoids again. Lots of defense, this guy!

Teamwork against Morbius, I take it. Follow up I use Wolverine to shift on to the babies. I retaliate with a level 4 multi which he takes. Ouch - he tosses a crunchy level 10 hit at Morbius. I take that because I can. Morbius can take a beating. I return with a level 5 energy at him. Also a hit.

At this point, despite winning venture, he realizes that I can kill at least two of his characters. He concedes, giving me four missions.

Round 3

BEST LAID PLANS.

His event comes up and I set my next hand. Knowing that if I can go first in the next hand and bet for the win, I can possibly take it. So I venture a mere 1, and stick it out. I start heavy with an ally and Morbius' Savage combat. The ally KOs his guy, but he's able to stop the Savage combat on another character.

A two hit string against Morbius flushes some of my defense. I fire a tiny little level 1 power card against his central character. Hit.

Level 8 multi at Morbius. No defense. The Vampire is dusted. Not good, but I have a lot of attack still and can really hurt him.

We trade a few more blows. He's killing me on venture, but I have the ability to KO his entire front line. He has a choice to make. He attacks me with a level 6 power card. It hits Ghost Rider. I retaliate with lil colossus, bridging the venture gap and hurting his other character as well. Now he sees that not only can I match venture, but I can kill his two remaining front line characters. He concedes. It's not a total rout, though, as my guys are severely crippled.

Round 4
MIRACLE WORKER ALIVE

Removing hits crashes us a couple of times, but we resume and get back to the brawl. He places everything he can, leaving only 4 cards in hand. Bet for the win and immediately hit him with Colossus Siberian strength, costing him 3 of his cards.

We fight it out, he hits me with a draw 3, which potentially can disrupt my plan, but thankfully I also have mine. We trade some more blows, but ultimately I have more venture and take the round and the game.

It was a fun match. Ncannelora had me worried a few times. Much of my defense didn't come up until that final hand. In fact, I got ALL of my Spider Woman avoids at once in that final hand. (You know, the one in which she came to the front line!) So, I was taking more of a beating than I usually do. Thankfully, these guys can take it...

When I left him, he was just starting his match with Kyle. Their report should be up when they're ready.

I am waiting on Demacus and Onslaught, then I am done. Looking forward to it, guys! This round Robin tournament has been a blast. Hopefully we can keep doing them. I love the variety of opponents!

-BBH

[gameplan.exe]

quick update, 'cause I have to get those pesky kids to bed! 

But, faced off with Kyle in a tough, tough fight. It was up and down, but I pulled it out in the end.

So, I'm 2-1

update:
okay, so here's a concise/vague rundown between me and Kyle

Round 1
We start with a pair of Events, his was useless in the first hand, mine was best-case-scenario in first hand

he had a discard, I had none.
we both placed 4.

we have some back and forth, but he lands a pair of 7s on one of my characters, and I had to concede.

kyle: 2-5-0
me: 0-6-1

Round 2
No Events

No Discards for either of us. He placed 4, I placed 7.

We each went 1 and I conceded from the top.

kyle: 4-3-0
me: 0-5-2

Round 3
He had 1 discard, but I talked him into going 3 FTW. He placed 2, I placed 1.

There's some bloody back and forth, and I lose a character, but it's ok. I stick it out and win the Venture.

kyle: 4-0-3
me: 2-3-2

Round 4
I had 2 discards, he had 1. I placed 1, he placed 4.

This was a quick battle, but I started the upswing.

kyle: 3-1-3
me: 2-5-0

Round 5
Both had 3 discards. He placed 1, I placed 0, because now's my chance, I'm going 5 FTW!

It goes round and round, attacks, defenses, draws, discards. in the end, he's wining the Venture, 9-10, but I have a 1 placed and a 3 in my hand. He passes. I need to choose my targets carefully here, because I know he has defense. I poke the 1. It lands! 10-10. I play the 3, it lands! I win the Venture and the Game.

Good match, Kyle. Hats off to ya 

[drdeath25]

Lost to Bios.

Took him to the power pack. Went 8 hands into the power pack. The Whole time he had xbabies only. I had a 8-stat and a sidekick to go along. He won.

[Oscorp]

I played the big cheese Onslaught tonight.  we ended up playing two games due to a moronic error on my part at the very end of the first game that caused us to have to start over.

Both games were very tight, with the venture bouncing back and forth and battles in which each of us ventured for the win.  But in the end Onslaught gave me a sound beating.  KO'ing my last two characters and winning venture all in one battle.

I don't want to give anything away about his deck so I will pass on a full write up for now.  But if he would like to give a break down he can feel free to reveal anything at all about my deck.

Oscorp 4-3...  needs to play Nate and Damascus

[breadmaster]

updated results (very likely containing errors, based on my track record)

big bad harv 6-1
oscorp 4-3
breadmaster 3-2
ncannelora 2-1
onslaught 1-0
bios 2-3
kyle 1-4
nate grey 0-2
dr. death 0-3
demacus

[Onslaught]

I don't mind if anyone knows my deck at this point, I was running the Beyonder chain against Oscorp's Team X/Dazzler build. I guess a recap is in order before I forget everything:

Hand One
Discards: One for me, none for him

He plays Shockwave Rocks the World, I'm not too affected by it besides an 8E powercard. He placed a 7E TW, so we were pretty even on cards. He ventures three and I keep my drawn card, I venture two and stay in and end up losing venture by three. He got Legacy Regression online during this turn too.

Me: 0-5-2
Him: 3-4-0

Turn Two
Discards: One for me, none for him

He has three cards placed and four in hand, and proceeds to bet four for the win. I was already planning to bet four myself, so I drew two (kept one, discarded the KO event. Doh). Even with that extra card extending my advantage, I was leery of betting high. Still, my hand seemed much stronger so I went ahead and bet five, giving him three extra cards (all keepers) on a turn where he was going for the win. He opened with Leech, which was stopped by Acrobatics from AoA battlesite. He had a WHW placed and I had Lil' Longshot placed, so I'm guessing he planned to try Leech/Absorb Sound/WHW for Absorb sound to punch things through.  A small chain from Beyonder killed Maverick, and I started to attack Dazzler to avoid walking into Kinetic Absorption. By the time he had the extra actions to pop Webhead and use it for something, it no longer made sense for him to force through the Absorb Sound so he grabbed Legacy Regression (which I had sent away with Lil' Iceman just to burn a turn). He replayed it and I took venture, but not before he used Absorb Sound to discard one of my placed cards.

Me: 5-0-2
Him: 3-0-4


Turn Three
Discards: Neither player had any discards

This was a pretty limp hand, with some poking at Sabretooth and some high value cards used to block low value attacks to save Beyonder. White Queen went down this turn. We tied venture, and moved onto turn four.

Turn Four:
Discards: I believe neither player had any discards

He drew Down But Not Out, which left me with basically nothing for the turn. He ventured an additional one (max that he could), and I bet one and conceded.

Him: 3-3-1
Me: 2-3-2

Turn Five:

I can't recall this turn very well, other than that he placed a Kinetic Absorption and Dazzler's Avoid, while I won venture. At some point during this turn he blocked my Lil Colossus, and I killed Sabretooth after using Street Prophet from the site to block something on Magneto.

Final turn:

I ventured five for the win, and he kept all three. Morph 2f from the AoA site on Team X was blocked, followup Magneto 4M from Beyonder was blocked, followup White Queen 4E AA from Beyonder was blocked, followup White Queen 3i JW hit, followup 4m powercard kill, followup 2s powercard on Dazzler (the second additional attack from Morph's 2f) was blocked. Dazzler's 6E OPD hit Magneto, and then he killer her with his 11 anypower.

Interesting match, because I kept planning my turns around DoW. Whether or not it would affect me if he played it (i.e, if it was just a 1 for 1 trade, or if I was going first with two activators did I want to open with an activator attack, etc), whether or not he could deal with my placed Lil' Iceman, etc. Ultimately the cautious play didn't effect the overall flow, because I don't see any point where I could have ended the game ealrier than turn 6 with more aggressive betting. Much more important was the Down But Not Out turn, which prevented me from having four missions ventured for the win while not giving him any extra cards.

[Nate Grey]

updated results (very likely containing errors, based on my track record)

big bad harv 6-1
oscorp 4-3
breadmaster 3-2
ncannelora 2-1
onslaught 1-0
bios 2-3
kyle 1-4
nate grey 0-2
dr. death 0-3
demacus

Congrats to all the latest winners and good luck to everyone still needing more match-ups. Looks like I missed everyone tonight when I logged in this late evening. I'm trying to be in at least by 10 pm PST for those who would like to wait up for me (normal times for me are 11 pm - 1 am PST). Will try to be in even earlier Friday evening.

[Demacus]

Think I've finally got everything working.  MSN name is kfinneg@hotmail.com 

[BigBadHarve]

Think I've finally got everything working.  MSN name is kfinneg@hotmail.com 

Awesome. I've added you to my list.

Onslaught - do you use MSN, or are you exclusively a Hamachi man?  I added your email to my MSN in the off chance. Hamachi doesn't seem to like my computer, I've had it before but had a lot of issues.

-BBH

[gameplan.exe]

Congrats to all the latest winners and good luck to everyone still needing more match-ups. Looks like I missed everyone tonight when I logged in this late evening. I'm trying to be in at least by 10 pm PST for those who would like to wait up for me (normal times for me are 11 pm - 1 am PST). Will try to be in even earlier Friday evening.

I'm normally up past 11P too. Last night was strange, being on so early...

Anyway, I should be up late tonight for sure (as most Fridays), and I'll see if I can sneak in a few games. This tourney has been more fun than expected! 

[BigBadHarve]

I'm normally up past 11P too. Last night was strange, being on so early...

Anyway, I should be up late tonight for sure (as most Fridays), and I'll see if I can sneak in a few games. This tourney has been more fun than expected! 

Any chance you can convince your cadre to join in on the next one?

It might be cool to have everyone in the forums participating. Especially if we keep the round robin format where we all play everyone else.

-BBH

[Bios]

I need MSN names from ncannelora, onslaught and nate grey.

[gameplan.exe]

my MSN name is ncannelora@hotmail. I'm also on FB under that same name, and I log into the Hamachi with the same name (convenient having such a rare surname; thanks Dad!  )

And, BBH, I might convince Ranerdar to play, but I don't think the others would. My mom doesn't have a home computer (she just uses her smart phone), one of my brothers only barely likes Overpower and mostly plays to hang out (despite his massive collection, because he likes to collect stuff), and the other brother who plays (a_noble_kaz) was so turned off by his experience on The Forum that I doubt I could convince him to join