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[AstroLad]

How to Play
1. Add everyone in your Group on GameCenter/Playdek

2. Challenge each person below you in your group to a separate match with the following setup:
-Storm of Souls + Immortal Heroes for decks
-14-Day Time Limit

3. Winner report results in the following format (ties, both report)
[Group Name] [Winner] [Score] - [Loser] [Score]

4. Have all your games started by Tuesday, July 5th. If someone has not invited you who should, or has not accepted your invite by midnight on Friday please post and I will remove them from your group. 14-day timer will take care of enforcing time restrictions after that.

Win is worth 3 points and tie is worth 1. Top 3 from each group will advance to the playoffs, where I have adopted a wacky format. The 3 seeds will play each other, while the top 8 also play. Then the lowest-ranked seed (based on score differential) to survive round 1 will have to play an extra game against the 3-seed champion. Don't worry yourself about it. Just try to make the top 3

Group Arbiter
AstroLad
sladeums
Diesel Pioneer / superrobot
Heel/[Slade]
gavatron/docwily
soldat7

Group Burrower
blahness
Got the Shakes
Smiley90
Brakara
Li Kao
Squirrel_Killer

Group Combustion
RaySpencer
tm24
Z3R05UM / Gatekeeper
jessecuster3
bonesquad/justjeff
LugNut74

Group Druids
eznark
Octobot
Roodiculous
slacker
_LOLduke_/DukeSucks
Mercviper

 

[RaySpencer]

Cool beans.

I have important questions!

- I'm at the top, so I challenge all 5 people below me yes?
- the main idea is that you should have 1 game vs everyone else in your group?
- and the most important question... What's combustion? Is it a card? How did you come up with the group names!?

Good job, it looks great.

 

[superrobot]

I've tried docwily and doc wily but I get user not found.
Galvatron works though.

 

[RaySpencer]

I made all my games! Lets get it on.

 

[AstroLad]

Cool beans.

I have important questions!

- I'm at the top, so I challenge all 5 people below me yes?
- the main idea is that you should have 1 game vs everyone else in your group?
- and the most important question... What's combustion? Is it a card? How did you come up with the group names!?

Good job, it looks great.

Yes to all!

Combustion is Combustion Idol

 

[RaySpencer]

Yes to all!

Combustion is Combustion Idol

Ok so I'm in the Mechana themed group? Heh cool stuff.

What made you decide on that specific card?

 

[Gatekeeper]

user jessecuster not found in database

 

[RaySpencer]

user jessecuster not found in database

He's jessecuster3 in game for me.

 

[Brakara]

4. Have all your games started by Tuesday, July 5th.

I guess that should be Friday, July 5th?

Win is worth 3 points and tie is worth 1.

How do you tie in Ascension? Isn't the rules so that if both players have the same score, the person who went last wins?

 

[AstroLad]

Yes and yes, . I'll update the op tomorrow. Every win is worth a billion points.

 

[Slacker]

Created my games. LET'S GET IT ON.

 

[blahness]

Created my games. I will probably lose most of them but this should be fun

 

[eznark]

I assume ochtobot is mecha octobot?

If so, all my games are created.

 

[jessecuster]

Created games.

 

[superrobot]

AstroLad 71 - 64(?) superrobot (Diesel Pioneer)

I was hoping for an advantage by playing during my Monday morning breakfast while AstroLad was probably up until 1 am his time.
This didn't work

 

[superrobot]

Group Arbiter: Galvatron 71 - 62 superrobot :s

 

[AstroLad]

Yes, I was super afraid that game after you slayed those two giant monsters.

Group Arbiter: AstroLad 71 - superrobot 64

 

[superrobot]

When that 6 Monster popped up during my turn I knew if you got it, the gap would be too much.
I just need to win 3 games now. *

* Not going to win any games

 

[octobot]

I assume ochtobot is mecha octobot?

If so, all my games are created.

Yep that's me

All my games started, lets go!

First game in my pool down

Octobt 75 | Eznark 63

 

[eznark]

Group Druids:

Mecha Octobot 75 eznark 63

What the hell, did they get rid of all the monsters in these two decks?!

 

[octobot]

Group Druids:

Mecha Octobot 75 eznark 63

What the hell, did they get rid of all the monsters in these two decks?!

We were both well suited for them too. I think that's a guarantee that none show up. Good game!

 

[eznark]

Yeah gg! I forgot how much I like this game.

 

[Slacker]

Good practice game with Ray. Seems like you really need to figure out what you're focusing on with the expansions.

Edit: Not so good game on my part against Octobot. I don't think I managed to acquire a single soul gem. >__< Well done, sir.

 

[octobot]

Second game in my pool
Mecha Octobot 87 | Slacker 60

Good game Slacker!

 

[Heel]

Bought the expansion, have pending games with everyone but soldat7 who I sent a GameCenter friend request to.

Guess I should get some practice games in later.

 

[RaySpencer]

Good practice game with Ray. Seems like you really need to figure out what you're focusing on with the expansions.

Edit: Not so good game on my part against Octobot. I don't think I managed to acquire a single soul gem. >__< Well done, sir.

Yup, but focusing on things is really hard to do when you dont get to decide what shows up in the middle. Its nice when it works, but it sucks when it doesnt, haha.

Im not super happy about having SoS in the mix too, I like just using new stuff! haha. Im always bummed when the middle is a bunch of old stuff ive seen before

 

[jessecuster]

Combustion - Jessecuster 65 - RaySpencer 64


GG Ray!

 

[RaySpencer]

GG Jesse

Well except for the outcome

So unfair!

Group combustion

Ray 64 - Jesse 65

 

[AstroLad]

Yup, but focusing on things is really hard to do when you dont get to decide what shows up in the middle. Its nice when it works, but it sucks when it doesnt, haha.

Im not super happy about having SoS in the mix too, I like just using new stuff! haha. Im always bummed when the middle is a bunch of old stuff ive seen before

The new stuff is fun, but it's just too dense if you don't dilute it a little.

 

[jessecuster]

Yeah you had better cards available for most of the game, I got lucky.

 

[RaySpencer]

The new stuff is fun, but it's just too dense if you don't dilute it a little.

Yeah, I'm sure it's better, it's just a personal thing. Haha. I bought a new thing I wanna see the new thing! Not this old stuff!

I'm horrible and always have been horrible at ascension anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

Edit:

Yeah you had better cards available for most of the game, I got lucky.

If I had better cards I sure didnt know it. Haha. Maybe one day I will figure out actually how to win in ascension. Right now it all just feels like blind luck.

 

[Li Kao]

Burrower blahness 67 - Li Kao 47
Fuck Everbloom ! ^_^

 

[Brakara]

Group Burrower: Brakara 80 - blahness 52

 

[Brakara]

Right now it all just feels like blind luck.

Obviously there's some luck involved (and IH has a tad more of this due to the randomness of the soul gems), but a better player will always have an edge (like in poker).

 

[jessecuster]

Sorry, who is RCCCL ?

 

[RaySpencer]

Obviously there's some luck involved (and IH has a tad more of this due to the randomness of the soul gems), but a better player will always have an edge (like in poker).

Yeah, I know this because I lose to people who know what they are doing all the time. But there is more than what I would consider 'some' luck, haha. Its just all in how you adapt to work with the 'luck' (the cards in the middle) you're given.

edit: and better players win in poker because of betting, they cant control the cards. BlackJack is a more apt comparison imo.

 

[Gatekeeper]

GG, Ray

 

[RaySpencer]

GG, Ray

Yeah good game. I had a decent flow going through most of it and got really lucky with things I needed showing up in the middle.

Group combustion


Ray 82 - Gatekeeper 62

 

[tm24]

I have no idea what the playoff system is, but im making the top 3

 

[jessecuster]

I would actually put it closest to Gin Rummy in that your "sets" are partly a good draw and partly a reaction to what is shown for the community effectively.

 

[jessecuster]

Combustion - Jessecuster 67 - ZeroSum 67



I win.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Group Combustion Z3R05UM [67] - jessecuster3 [67]

 

[RaySpencer]

Jesus, big fan of winning the close games I see Jesse! haha.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

How do you tie in Ascension? Isn't the rules so that if both players have the same score, the person who went last wins?

Yes and yes, . I'll update the op tomorrow. Every win is worth a billion points.

Isn't that just so every game has a definite winner, and a game isn't like kissing your sister? Since we're going damned dirty Euro-style, maybe we should just let ties be ties. Seems kind of odd that a blowout loss and tie where you went first have the same weight (I mean a billion points!? I could understand 50 million points, but I think Astro's getting a little point happy there.)

 

[jessecuster]

Jesus, big fan of winning the close games I see Jesse! haha.

Funny they were opposite games, too.


In our game I was totally playing for points lead, in this one I had to play best cards to get my points.

 

[RaySpencer]

Good game tm24

Tm24 62 - Ray 58

 

[tm24]

Good game tm24

Tm24 62 - Ray 58

I love Recylicrab or whatever theyre called

 

[Squirrel Killer]

Group Burrower: Squirrel_Killer 100 - blahness 87

 

[AstroLad]

Group Arbiter: AstroLad 95 - galvatron/docwily 47

Total fluke but I'll take it!

 

[tm24]

Group Combustion: Z3R05UM / Gatekeeper 76 - tm24 89

Those mechana combos