So after 5 close games andwilk defeated me and showed me that i am not ready yet to enter the group of lvl 40+ players.All games were intresting (i think because we played with veto mode on so we vetoed all the curse giving cards).
game 1 25-29 andwilk wins
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/16/game-20121216-085726-9e3962cd.html An intresting game in which we both opened with ironworks for great halls,while i bought fool's gold and he bought silver.I think that fool's gold was a better choice,because a combination of walled villages rables and 1 pawn would be unstopable.During,the game i was anxious and i wanted to end the game with a win as soon as posible.I saw he had a weaker deck so i thouth of buying all the dutchies. He needed 2 colonies to defeat me.(i counted wrong i thouth he needed more than that thinking that i had 2 more great halls and estates than him).This decision was a mistake and i lost a game i controlled from the start.He bought 2 colonies and a dutchy in 2 turns and defeated me.
game 2 67-69 andwilk wins
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/16/game-20121216-090739-4ade509d.html We both had a diferent strategy on the game.He wanted to earn victory points from colonies,while i wanted to also use tunnels and bishops to trash these golds i would gain from his and my minions.Now that i see the game i think i should have bought more mining villages and bishops.i also did the mistake (again miscounted ) to buy a colony leaving the last one for andwilk.A strange game in which i dont know which strategy was better.
game 3 18-44 andwilk wins
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/16/game-20121216-091706-2df8c22f.html I made a horible mistake here.We were both able to draw nearly our whole deck and the horns of plentry were split 6-4.He had 1 province with 7 left,and as you can see from the logs i did play cellar with a huge hand but i chose not to discard any cards.I had 2 cellars in my hand and there were like 10 cards in my discard pile.If i had played my cellar(i always fear the resufle ) my next draw would be destroyed,but by drawing both my hop the provinces would be split 6-2 and i would probably win because i also had the money for a duthy.Again this mistake destroyed my better start.
game 4 46-34 i win
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/16/game-20121216-092853-bfeddd04.html When we started this match i knew everything was over.I couldnt win 4 games,playing second in the three of them.This was a much simplier game. He went for apothecaries,while i bought 3 salvagers(my favourite card) and a vault.I bought some early golds due to the vault,while he bought 8 apothecaries.At the end he had dificulties reaching 8 while i have been salvagering my cards to easily reach 8.
game 5 27-24 andwilk wins
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/16/game-20121216-093547-f24ba147.html Again i dont know who deserved to win. He bought more high cost cards like hightay and laboratory ,while i bought low cost cards and cards giving + buys and went straight for vineyards.they were splited 2-0 3-1 but at the end he had 4 of them(i bought two potions).I am not sure if i would win even if i had 5 vineyards,because he had more buying power.He could easily buy a province or 2 before i could end the game.I wasnt unlucky in this game but if i were lucky i would have won ( he won by 3 points and 4 vineyards and 18 action cards,with 1 less action card on his deck he would have lost).
All games were very intresting and andwilk is a good player.When the brackets were created i was lvl 35 and he was lvl 32.Now i am improved (lvl 37) but he is lvl 40. So it isnt an upset that i lost.The tournament was that great that i was anxious because i wanted to continue playing on it.Great organisation jonts and greatexpectations,and thank you for doing it. If only it could be done more than once per year,that would be great(but i suppose this was the last one).It is great that we have a second chance at the rats division.Its somethink like europa league,it ofters a new goal to achieve , to win this tournament.Andwilk good luck in the rest tournament.Defeat obi wan bonogi,show that i lost from a great oponnent.