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Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« on: October 19, 2016, 12:33:09 pm »
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I have my F.DS Championship Round 3 match against Stef scheduled for Saturday. Any advice for playing against him? Or on how to prepare? Or maybe more generally, how do you make sure you bring your "A" game to a match?
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2016, 12:35:34 pm »
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Incapacitate him before the match
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2016, 12:39:28 pm »
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Bribe him?
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2016, 12:39:56 pm »
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Play safe strategies if there is a riskier one apparent unless you are very sure the riskier one is worth it.

Dare him to try and win with a terrible card. This works more than you'd think.

Stef is human. Don't let yourself be pressured or let him get in your head (not that he's trying to--people put him there themselves). He doesn't win just because he's Stef. You have the same capacity to make good decisions and shuffle luck is as big a factor against him as anybody else.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2016, 12:42:23 pm »
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Bring lots of coffee so he can't lull you to sleep.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2016, 12:44:04 pm »
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Buy a scout as opening move and confuse him from there.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2016, 12:44:45 pm »
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At first I thought you were playing "Stef?" and not "Stef"; the former is much worse at Dominion and fairly easy to beat.

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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2016, 12:49:13 pm »
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Go with classic Bobby Fisher. Bring a cigar, blow smoke in his face. 
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2016, 01:18:14 pm »
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Have jsh rig the match!
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2016, 01:22:22 pm »
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Quote from: dedicateddan on October 19, 2016, 01:18:14 pm
Have jsh rig the match!

But surely a known scoundrel like Stef will see it coming from a mile away!
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2016, 01:26:39 pm »
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My advice would be
- Don't mirror his play just for the sake of it. If you can't understand it then he's likely to do something detailed that you'll be unable to execute.
- Don't gamble on lucky draws when deck building, just keep it cool.
- If you can create end game pressure then keep it up, make it tough.
- Play treasure based kingdoms. Ban procession.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2016, 01:28:42 pm »
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He hunts based on movement, so try to keep still when you're in his line of sight.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2016, 02:27:17 pm »
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Don't
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2016, 02:36:22 pm »
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Quote from: Roadrunner7671 on October 19, 2016, 02:27:17 pm
Don't

I actually just played against Stef? today. I don't think it was that bad of an idea.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2016, 02:44:56 pm »
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Quote from: Mic Qsenoch on October 19, 2016, 01:22:22 pm
Quote from: dedicateddan on October 19, 2016, 01:18:14 pm
Have jsh rig the match!

But surely a known scoundrel like Stef will see it coming from a mile away!

Stef has beaten SCSN, which means he's strong, and he might trust his strength to save him, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of Stef.

But!  Stef has also beaten MicQ, which means he's skilled, and he wouldn't want to waste that skill, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of you.

Stef is known to be a scoundrel, and might put the glass in front of himself, thinking you would take the poison in front of him, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of Stef.

(Just wait till I get going!)
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2016, 03:07:29 pm »
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Believe in yourself and your strategy. I'd also say don't avoid the mirror for the sake of avoiding the mirror when it's obvious that a variant of the mirror is likely to be the best option.

This is true for any opponent though, I think.

Incidentally, whoever wins in my match this week against DG faces off against the winner of your match against Stef. So, I'm paying attention to this thread too just in case.

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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2016, 03:10:42 pm »
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Keep track of all moves and deck states in a spreadsheet that you keep on the side so you can always makes the best-informed decisions. 
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2016, 03:21:17 pm »
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2016, 03:41:56 pm »
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Quote from: SCSN on October 19, 2016, 12:42:23 pm
Bring lots of coffee so he can't lull you to sleep.

Good idea. I think I'll brew a pot of tea. I also made sure to schedule the match at 1 pm local time so that the match doesn't run past my bedtime.  ;)

Quote from: Kirian on October 19, 2016, 12:49:13 pm
Go with classic Bobby Fisher. Bring a cigar, blow smoke in his face. 

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Quote from: Witherweaver on October 19, 2016, 03:10:42 pm
Keep track of all moves and deck states in a spreadsheet that you keep on the side so you can always makes the best-informed decisions.

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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2016, 05:25:15 pm »
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Concede quickly so he can get back to work.
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2016, 05:36:46 pm »
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2016, 07:09:23 pm »
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2016, 07:56:01 pm »
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Quote from: Kirian on October 19, 2016, 02:44:56 pm
Quote from: Mic Qsenoch on October 19, 2016, 01:22:22 pm
Quote from: dedicateddan on October 19, 2016, 01:18:14 pm
Have jsh rig the match!

But surely a known scoundrel like Stef will see it coming from a mile away!

Stef has beaten SCSN, which means he's strong, and he might trust his strength to save him, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of Stef.

But!  Stef has also beaten MicQ, which means he's skilled, and he wouldn't want to waste that skill, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of you.

Stef is known to be a scoundrel, and might put the glass in front of himself, thinking you would take the poison in front of him, so you clearly cannot choose the drink in front of Stef.

(Just wait till I get going!)

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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2016, 05:14:18 am »
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Quote from: Donald X. on October 19, 2016, 05:25:15 pm
Concede quickly so he can get back to work.

Shouldn't you hope Stef loses? That way he doesn't need to play in any future rounds, so he can spend more time on his ShIT. :P
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Re: Advice for Playing Against Stef?
« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2016, 02:30:29 pm »
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Accept the fact that you're going to lose. Then go in there and have some fun.
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