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2012 / Re: Thief Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 20, 2012, 06:18:56 am »
Thanks for the great match, KristianBahle!  Game 6 was definitely all in the shuffle, but it's hard to complain when most of the other games came down to skill.  Your analyses seem on target to me.  I would add that in game 3 I first haggled for Gold/Torturer, rather than Torturer/Farmland, and I think that cost me any shot at victory.  Congratulations, and good luck with the rest!

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2012 / Re: Thief Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 17, 2012, 01:45:59 am »
P.S. : Special thanks to my next opponent for busting my nemesis  ;D

D:

If I'm lucky, you guys will have a chance to play each other in Rat Division.   ;)

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2012 / Re: Thief Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 12, 2012, 06:50:31 am »
Round 2, Lekkit vs mokelly.  Winner: mokelly, 1-4.

With a 9 time zone difference between us, Lekkit kindly agreed to a 1am match (10am his time).  These were some of the most unusual, unpredictable kingdoms I've played, and I think that's what gave me a chance against a higher-level player with such strong fundamentals.

We played no veto mode, same starting hands, with point tracker:

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/12/game-20121212-010837-cd31c0dd.html
Lekkit 39, mokelly 18
Ambassador/Lighthouse/Hunting Party were the keys here.  I didn't have much of a plan for the first few rounds, but Lekkit played as though he could taste his final deck distribution from turn 1.  He hit me with Ambassador almost every turn I didn't have a Lighthouse, and did much better on the Hunting Party distribution.  I expected a trouncing in the remaining games.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/12/game-20121212-011752-2bf4ed82.html
mokelly 36, Lekkit 30
Fishing Village/Council Room/Steward
We both went for the same cards, but I went entirely engine (skipping Silver) while Lekkit did more early trashing and money buys.  His deck had lower variance, and was able to go Province sooner, but my big turns were bigger.  With 3 Provinces left in the pile, I bought 2 with a 23 treasure turn, obliging him to buy Duchies for the rest of the game.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/12/game-20121212-013325-d35a0213.html
Lekkit24 , mokelly 28
It was clear from the start that Native Village and Wharf would be the core of our decks (especially with the 5/2 copper split), but my decision to go early for Potion/Apothecary/Wishing Well was probably the deciding factor.  Lekkit won the Wharf split 6/4, but with lots of green and no trashing, Apothecary/Wishing Well (with 100% guess rate) actually had somewhat better draw.  I should have seen Gardens coming, but Lekkit fired the first shot with a double Talisman buy.  That early warning let me pivot to Gardens (though not as strongly as I should have, it turns out) and stay barely ahead despite his taking 5 of the Gardens.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/12/game-20121212-014744-5acbba12.html
Lekkit 18, mokelly 21
Definitely our craziest game.  Seems like half the board was Embargoed by the end, including Governor and Ill-Gotten Gains early on.  Consequently we both went hard for the Remakes: Remakes were turned into Ill-Gottens (sometimes twice in one turn!), and Ill-Gottens into Golds.  My addition of Horse Traders and Market to the mix gave me more flexibility and less variance in buying, and I ended up getting the better balance of both Remakes and Curses.  That gave me enough of an edge that I could end it on my terms by gaining the last Curse to deplete a 3rd pile.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/12/game-20121212-020215-95973432.html
Lekkit 39, mokelly 51
Chapel and Ghost Ship were the key cards here.  I thought I was a goner when he got the first Ghost several turns before me.  We both went very different directions from there: Lekkit going for Dukes, with Cellar and Ill-Gotten Gains to smooth the variance; while I went for an engine, counting on Labs, a Cartographer and a very tight deck to help me take all 8 Provinces.  Cartographer proved crucial in sorthing through my green, while Lekkit had too many Coppers and Duchies to get his Dukes past 6 (with bad Chapel luck hurting him disproportionately in that department).


Many thanks for the memorable, surprising and hard-fought match!

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2012 / Re: Thief Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 08, 2012, 04:43:30 am »
Round 1, mokelly vs ckb.  Winner: mokelly, 4-0.

We played veto mode, same starting hands, with point tracker.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-220804-fa418d27.html
mokelly 47, ckb 26
My key was Bishops and Peddlers.  I planned to eat a Peddler for a big boost in the endgame, but I got off to an early enough lead that I could afford to eat 3 Provinces and keep my engine going.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-222058-fce4282b.html
draw, ckb 45, mokelly 45
Hard fought.  Lack of actions, combined with only action-hungry terminals, led to a dull early and mid game.  We both went money/Wharf/Envoy, though I wondered if Pirate Ship would have cleaned up.  ckb took a strong Province lead, leaving just 1 in the pile, leading me to take a Potion / Vineyard hail mary.  When I finally drew Wharf/Menagerie and drew 10 Treasure, ckb's risky decision not to take the last Estate cost him the win.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-223058-e3a41f58.html
ckb -1, mokelly 8
University/Feast/Witches.  Curse split was 5/5.  While ckb worked on a University/Courtyard/Witch engine, I dove for a handful of Duchies and drained the Feasts and Courtyards for an early end.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-225108-a7214bad.html
ckb 12, mokelly 32
Young Witch, with Hamlet as bane card.  ckb skipped Hamlet the first go around, and I drew my Hamlet for his first Young Witch play.  Those first few turns sealed the game--I was able to give him all 10 curses and draw my whole deck most turns.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-230728-e454b5e6.html
ckb 36, mokelly 43
This was our hardest-fought game.  With Courtyards, Hunting Parties, Border Villages, Embassies, and Festivals, we both had strong engines, but it wasn't clear what ratios were best.  I ended up with most of the Hunting Parties, and that helped avoid slowdown after buying 4 Provinces midgame.  ckb took a risk with some big multi-Duchy buys to keep within striking distance, and it came incredibly close to working.  He had 17 treasure and 3 buys his last turn--enough to win if he had either 1 buy or 1 treasure more.  Kudos for a gutsy gambit, and thanks for the great match!

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2012 / Re: Thief Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 06, 2012, 12:01:17 am »
Destroyer, I'm in the same boat as you: no reply from my opponent, ckb.  Looks like I'll be thrust into the maw of Lekkit with my mettle untested...

[ Edit: We're now set up for Friday at 10pm PST! ]

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