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Chapel Division: Bracket and Results
« on: December 02, 2012, 08:44:43 pm »
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Results for the Chapel Division bracket are to be posted in this thread.

For each series post the overall winner and the number of games each player won. Please try to grab each game log from isotropic before moving on. Discussion of the results is not necessary but it is encouraged.

Here is the bracket for the Chapel Division of the 2012 DominionStrategy.com championships: http://dominionstrategy.challonge.com/2012chapel


Full rules can be found here: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5686.0

Each round, you are responsible for finding your opponent and scheduling a game by the end of the week. You may mutually agree to any rules you wish to play by. If you cannot agree you must play with the default rules as follows: veto mode off, identical starting hands on, official point counter on, fully random sets, point counter extension allowed.

The first player in the first game is decided by whichever player is 'higher' in the Challonge bracket. For round one, this means the higher seed will play first. To accomplish this, begin a game in the tournament lobby and select the player who is to play first. After that game, you may both move to the Secret Chamber lobby (but don't exit Isotropic!) and the player to play first will be the loser of the previous game.

If you have trouble scheduling, please message me and I will attempt to work it out.

Have fun and good luck!
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 09:39:54 pm »
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Here is the bracket for the Witch Chapel Division of the 2012 DominionStrategy.com championships: http://dominionstrategy.challonge.com/2012chapel
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 09:41:50 pm »
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Here is the bracket for the Witch Chapel Division of the 2012 DominionStrategy.com championships: http://dominionstrategy.challonge.com/2012chapel

Well looks like someone got caught copy/pasting my hard work...
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 10:04:17 pm »
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Well looks like someone got caught copy/pasting my hard work...

haha so it seems. i don't think i can edit this post without breaking things so we will just have to let it slide for now.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2012, 12:31:23 am »
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Oh yeah, I am seeded 8th here! That's gotta be lucky.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2012, 01:42:16 am »
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Yay! First match of the division! It was a very pleasant series of games played between Hongrich and me. It was tight throughout (at least for me) I would say.

timchen(allfail) vs. hongrich 4-2

game1 allfail 96-42
Young Witch business. Somehow I feel there should be a way to finish instead of building toward Colonies after the curses ran out...

game2 hongrich 38-27
Witch+trader. Not sure if it is a good idea to open with trader in this case (risking not to get witch turn 3-4), but worked for him as my second shuffle witch was only drawn at the end of the third shuffle and was blocked by his sole trader.

game3 allfail 39-32
I thought HP+Militia was clearly the dominant strategy here. My lower VP buying strategy might have some problem there... was quite scared at the end when I had a horrid shuffle.

game4 allfail 78-40
I didn't see a reason to skip Militia on this board. Playing Trade Route+NV against militia... that is probably not going to fare well...

game5 Hongrich 33-22
Interesting board with Chapel, Ghostship, Margrave, and Embassy, and Golem. I probably erred by choosing to chapel too much instead of buying Silvers?

game6 allfail 14-6
IGG rush (with Garden to boost) game. Yeah I know, huge advantage to first player. Dominion sometimes is a lame game. It's somewhat interesting that I never got the chance to buy a Trader.

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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2012, 11:20:36 am »
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In Game 6, it's a shame that there wasn't a good $2-Cost T1 Mint enabler around.  I would have loved to see an opening like that counter the traditional IGG rush.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2012, 01:48:42 pm »
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Hmm, I cannot decide in this division, either Timchen (because he is already winning!) or First (Because with a name like that I expect nothing less!)
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2012, 05:31:40 pm »
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ycz6 defeats Tdog 4-1

Game 1: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-133551-e3a3839b.html
ycz6 36- Tdog 32
Wharf game with a bit of courtyard thrown in. We both open silver/courtyard and rush the wharves. First player was nice on this board, as was the gold-province farmland play at the end for ycz6.
Game 2: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-134531-a2c01890.html
Tdog 61 - ycz6 51
A witch game here, with differing methods of trashing. I go for the chapel while he goes for steward and later dives into native villages. I play pretty straight forward Witch-Big Money, with some ventures in there after most of the coppers had been trashed. I grab the penultimate colony and the final one to take the win.
Game 3: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-135654-55a80372.html
ycz6 42 - Tdog 30
This was the most interesting game of the set. An engine game fueled by tactician and nobles. ycz6's engine outplays mine lead by his peddlers and more golems then me. Well done, this is an area where I am not too good in. I think I went in too late on the golems, and I didn't need the second tactician.
Game 4: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-140300-0da93bb8.html
ycz6 11- Tdog 7
I'm not sure what happened here, anyone have any ideas? IGG game where I had first seat and won the cursing split. Very similar decks, I just could not seem to get any 5's to grab a duchy, and a late militia kills my province hand.
Game 5: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-141311-e595c25e.html
ycz6 56-tdog 38
A game with a lot of big cards but really a witch game at its heart. I do not pick up Jack of All Trades on turn 1, which was a glaring mistake which was a large part in my loss. He plays this game much better all the way around, as I was down from the get-go. He picks up some hamlets, as I continue to flounder about. We transition into fairgrounds, with his lead just too much for me to overcome despite my fairgrounds being leveled up once more.

Thanks for the games ycz6 and I wish you luck throughout the rest of the tournament. Not all of them the most exciting games, but fun none the less. 
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2012, 06:12:34 pm »
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Game 4: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-140300-0da93bb8.html
ycz6 11- Tdog 7
I'm not sure what happened here, anyone have any ideas? IGG game where I had first seat and won the cursing split. Very similar decks, I just could not seem to get any 5's to grab a duchy, and a late militia kills my province hand.
You probably should have started buying Duchies sooner. There was only one reshuffle for him and none for you after you bought the last IGG, so the imact of that last Curse was largely just the -1 point, not really any significant deck disruption, and the the impact of the IGG was just giving the Curse, not the money. All this adds up to mean that +3 points from a Duchy would probably be better. Timing of Duchy purchases is one of the most difficult parts of Dominion, because it requires a good judgement of how many more times you (and in this case, your opponent) will shuffle. With the 3-pile ending in the picture, this game end crept up on you a lot faster than you thought.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2012, 06:29:26 pm »
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Game 1 First 43 : 15 BlackJackDavie
Key cards - Wharf, Border Village, Envoy, Hamlet, Outpost, Expand
all juicy engine components. My opponent went Province a bit too early.

Game 2 First 34 : 33 BlackJackDavie
Key cards - Sea Hag, Scheme, Moat, Baron
What a mess. we both struggled at $4 for like ... 12 turns ? pretty sure I played it wrong. Scheme+Moat could have provided decent defense. I was panic and just grabbed random cards, but miraculously those Estates (and last turn with double Duchy) pushed me just enough to win.

Game3 First 47 : 35 BlackJackDavie
Key cards - Vault (Possession, Festival, Council Room)
Council Room + Possession looked promising, but since cards were very expensive and we both opened 5/2, I decided to go for a simple Vault/Gold/Province route. His Militia hit me hard, but it may also collide with this Vault, so it dragged both of us down.

Game4 First 42 : 21 BlackJackDavie
Key cards - Tactician, Bridge, Conspirator, Inn
He claimed he has a trouble pulling off Tactician combo. So he went plain BM and snatched double Province once, but my Tactician engine caught up last turn with 4 Bridges in play

Final result: First 4 - 0 BlackJackDavie

Thanks again for a friendly series
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2012, 06:57:38 pm »
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Moomi 3 - 4 EgorK
From my point of view, these mistakes i made certainly haunt me for a year. EgorK still was better this time.Thanks to my opponent for honorable competition!
Game 6 was my favorite.

1. 1-0
Early Goons and Crossroads/Wharwes later made difference.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-143213-93c6b218.html

2. 2-0
Trader-Stables-NoBuyies. Egor traded his second Estate, which gave me a lead at the endgame.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-144009-64909ed4.html

3. 2-1
Lost control over my deck and Hunting parties brought victory to Egor.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-145217-820cdb54.html

4. 2-2
No good plan from me, and as i feel, nor did Egor. Least there must be better way to solve this.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-150929-095c0a7a.html

5. 2-3
Possession game. Equal decks, i felt that luck wasn't with me this time.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-152131-b8801cfa.html

6. 3-3
The only game I'm proud of. Especially about that one Governor I buyed turn 11.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-152718-95c7f98b.html

7. 3-4
I chose duchy/duke tactics with lots of silver... It was crushed by EgorK engine!
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-153722-792b3c90.html
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2012, 09:13:06 pm »
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nsnyder (20 seed) vs. Slice of Pi (45 seed)

nsnyder wins 4-2

Game 1: nsnyder 43 - Slice of Pi 56
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-164947-49c21b3f.html

I went smugglers/cities/goons, he went remodels and green cards.  I think I made some tactical errors, and SoP played tactically well.  Second to last turn I could have got within 2 points, but not quite enough.

Game 2: nsnyder 37 - Slice of Pi 30
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-170215-9b727adf.html

Governor/Militia game.  I opened chapel and SoP went for silver to grab Governor earlier, but then bought a chapel later once SoP had some Governors.  The game was very tactical in VP late.  I kept one Estate (only partially on purpose) which kept me ahead in the point game, but SoP got a two duchy turn so I had to try to take the second to last province and it worked out.

Game 3: Slice of Pi 27? - nsnyder 39?

Forgot the log for this.  Scores are approximate.  I opened Smithy, SoP opened Remake, and my Smithy/Stables was fast enough that SoP couldn't keep up.  Not a very interesting game, so the lack of log isn't a huge loss.

Game 4: Slice of Pi 46 - nsnyder 39
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-172311-a6f04cd1.html

I went for a green card rush with workshop/island/tunnel.  SoP wisely avoided the discarding attacks and did cartographers and money.  I didn't end the piles in time.  I think I got a little unlucky with workshops colliding and too many 1's and not enough 2's, but he played well.  I was hoping he would buy more tunnels to go with his cartographers so that the game would end faster, but he didn't bite.

Game 5: nsnyder 71 - Slice of Pi 57
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-173756-67e08c47.html

Colonies game where I went for governor/possession, and he skipped possessions.  I got very unlucky with potions early (my first potion hit 5P the first two times and my second potion hit my first potion twice), but eventually the possessions got rolling just in time.

Game 6: nsnyder 64 - Slice of Pi 43
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-174705-4efe33d4.html

I thought I was doomed when SoP got the 5/2 and opened Mountebank/Embargo, but I somehow managed to crawl back.  Ended up with pretty similar decks for the most part, except I had golds and he had governors.  This had a very funny early part where SoP embargoed Mountebanks, I bought a Mountebank gaining a curse, and then ended up discarding that curse to block SoP first Mountebank play.

Thanks to Slice of Pi for the fun games!
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2012, 09:52:49 pm »
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dwenzel (23) vs Jackalmonkey (42)

dwenzel wins 4-1

Game 1: dwenzel 65 - Jackalmonkey 34
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-175529-0ad57a66.html

Big money aided by good drawers. Got some good Inn -> Library -> Council Room draws to get a quick economy lead

Game 2: dwenzel 42 - Jackalmonkey 50
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-180006-1a45250c.html

Managed to get a pretty lean deck but it got to be too lean and Masquerade backfired pretty badly on me.

Game 3: dwenzel 33 - Jackalmonkey 25
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-183644-73843e00.html

Minions prove to be effective against Alchemists

Game 4: dwenzel 33 - Jackalmonkey 27
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-184056-27e33ca0.html

Tunnels did well against Torturers

Game 5: dwenzel 38 - Jackalmonkey 36
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-184605-e40f2745.html

Close one that came down to who could get the last Province. He came close with 7 coin a few turns but I managed to snag the last one
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« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2012, 10:10:45 pm »
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DWetzel (16th seed) def. Godica (49th seed) 4-1

And no, I'm no relation to the guy above me!

Game 1: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-183112-8ea68012.html

Godica 28 - DWetzel 31 (0-1)

Wharf/BM.  Godica went first, pretty sure we screwed that up, oh well.  Pretty boring game, I drew $4/$4 on T3/T4 and thought I was dead but the game timed out well for me.  He violated PPR and paid for it.

Game 2: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-183901-f7c361e1.html

Godica 5 - DWetzel 11 (0-2)

A fun board, with University/Wharf/Great Hall/Merchant Ship/Horn of Plenty.  An 8-Estate turn (counting 1 HOP that was worth $10) to pile out ended it.

Game 3: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-184644-a9fbd944.html

Godica 22 - DWetzel 31 (0-3)

A very dry IGG board (Hunting Party was there but meh, and Salvager made the the IGG kinda interesting).  He went for an early HP, which I'm pretty sure was a mistake, and Salvager/IGG got me a decent lead; he caught up in Provinces but I was running Duchies pretty hard.

Game 4: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-185558-2bbeb0f7.html

Godica 47 - DWetzel 37 (1-3)

A 5/2 opening for me meant death here IMO (thought about just getting Cache or MS, went with Ambassador, which was dumb as you will see).  And I played this whole game like an idiot.  And then he snuck a very early Possession on me: I kinda forgot all about that card.  And then he got the Schemes going with the Possession.  Did I mention I had an Ambassador?  Yeah, that's kind of important.  Frankly I have no idea how it was this close.

Game 5: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-190531-f09a4001.html

DWetzel 16 - Godica 11 (4-1)

A pretty interesting board IMO, but this game the 5/2 was terrible for him though he did Jester my first University which was pretty spectacular luck.  But he was pretty soon awash in curses from Familiars.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2012, 10:17:22 pm »
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I for one will be eagerly awaiting the DWetzel vs dwenzel final.
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« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2012, 10:19:25 pm »
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It's just four rounds away!

I'm sure Stef and jonts, among others, won't mind.
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« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2012, 11:11:57 pm »
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Oh jeez, if all goes according to plan I face Stef in three weeks.

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« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2012, 11:47:55 pm »
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Oh jeez, if all goes according to plan I face Stef in three weeks.

Gulp.

That doesn't sound like a good plan. You should plan on -Stef- losing before then.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2012, 10:33:29 am »
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Don't worry Robz, I'll take care of Stef for you....:/

czechvarmander defeats Dekryr 4-1.

Game 1: Dekryr 42, czechvarmander 33
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-063354-c3422aac.html

No 3 or 4 cost cards. King's Court is a trap here I'm almost certain. Vault-BM loses to Vault with a few Hunting Parties thrown in. I debated between Embassy BM and Vault BM here, but in hindsight adding Hunting Parties seem so obvious. I BLAME MY NERVES.

Game 2: czechvarmander 49, Dekryr 31
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-064334-25c0b301.html

A really fun, Wharf, Mint, Fool's Gold game. Turns into a slog at the end. I won the Fool's Gold split, helped by the fact that he sacrificed one of his FG's to the Mint.

Game 3: czechvarmander 25, Dekryr 22
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-065004-94df8f3d.html

A Witch game with some Hoard, Great Hall. Buying out the last curse for the win is always cheeky.

Game 4: czechvarmander 36, Dekryr 15
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-070417-64d0cc8e.html

Scrying Pool, Possession game. He bought far too many treasures and an Apprentice. Oasis and a thin Scrying Pool deck go great, and once the FV, Oasis, Scrying Pool, Possession deck is up and running it's all over essentially.

Game 5: czechvarmander 31, Dekryr 20
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-071308-981a6eeb.html

A chapel/Minion game. Again he bought too many treasures and not enough Minions, a caravan/chapel opening can really stop your early economy although he did hit 5 early. Caravans and Minions don't go great together, and chapelling away your coppers can hurt your Bank. I played a straight forward trashed down Minion deck.

I was really excited to play and Dekryr was a great opponent, friendly, fast and excellent to play against.

DWetzel is up next. I'm fairly certain we've played a few times before and IIRC DWetzel is a very formidable adversary. Looking forward to finding out which one of us will lose to Stef. :)
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2012, 10:39:41 am »
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Wow, whoever updates the bracket is NINJA-LIKE with their swiftness.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2012, 10:47:50 am »
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Wow, whoever updates the bracket is NINJA-LIKE with their swiftness.

nah, you just got lucky this time. i usually have a couple tabs open at work and unread posts is one of them. if i click over at the right time you win. and it helps that the challonge bracket literally takes me 5 seconds to edit.
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« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2012, 11:14:30 am »
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Don't worry Robz, I'll take care of Stef for you....:/

czechvarmander defeats Dekryr 4-1.

Game 1: Dekryr 42, czechvarmander 33
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-063354-c3422aac.html

No 3 or 4 cost cards. King's Court is a trap here I'm almost certain. Vault-BM loses to Vault with a few Hunting Parties thrown in. I debated between Embassy BM and Vault BM here, but in hindsight adding Hunting Parties seem so obvious. I BLAME MY NERVES.

Game 2: czechvarmander 49, Dekryr 31
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-064334-25c0b301.html

A really fun, Wharf, Mint, Fool's Gold game. Turns into a slog at the end. I won the Fool's Gold split, helped by the fact that he sacrificed one of his FG's to the Mint.

Game 3: czechvarmander 25, Dekryr 22
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-065004-94df8f3d.html

A Witch game with some Hoard, Great Hall. Buying out the last curse for the win is always cheeky.

Game 4: czechvarmander 36, Dekryr 15
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-070417-64d0cc8e.html

Scrying Pool, Possession game. He bought far too many treasures and an Apprentice. Oasis and a thin Scrying Pool deck go great, and once the FV, Oasis, Scrying Pool, Possession deck is up and running it's all over essentially.

Game 5: czechvarmander 31, Dekryr 20
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/04/game-20121204-071308-981a6eeb.html

A chapel/Minion game. Again he bought too many treasures and not enough Minions, a caravan/chapel opening can really stop your early economy although he did hit 5 early. Caravans and Minions don't go great together, and chapelling away your coppers can hurt your Bank. I played a straight forward trashed down Minion deck.

I was really excited to play and Dekryr was a great opponent, friendly, fast and excellent to play against.


A perspective from the loser  :'(.

Game 1: We were both thinking vault BM and going second I still followed his vault purchase (I considered vault better than Embassy here). I saw he was pretty much straight Vault-BM and I got a couple HPs to let me see my vault more. I am really excited to win this game. I've only been playing for a couple months and czech is double my level. Obviously this was a great start. Unfortunately, this is my best game and I make mistakes from here on out that prevent me from winning any more.

Game 2: Fool's Gold game. I am bad with fool's gold, but to ignore it is death. I trash an FG thinking the mint will allow me to get it back and see my FG more often. Clearly a mistake as I lose the split and therefore the game. I also never got a 2nd wharf which hurt.

Game 3: We both go silver-silver to get witches. Which works, neither one misses the 2nd shuffle. I pick up a turn 4 cellar hoping it will let me cycle more and see the witch more, but it doesn't work. I end up getting cursed more early (I think just due to bad shuffle luck, he isn't cycling faster than I am, but the cellar isn't helping that much.) I get a couple moats to slow the cursing down, but playing 1 early is a mistake cause I draw both my Witches dead  (unlucky, draw 2 cards both witches but I shouldn't have played it in the first place). My 2 witches seem glued together in the midgame. I play a witch late, which is a huge mistake cause he can buy out the curses to win. Not sure I could have come back, but I gave myself no chance.

Game 4: I buy too much treasure for Scrying Pool (I'm just not good enough with that card) and miss the SP-oasis synergy. But that being said I actually build a decent deck (he buys lots of Provinces with my deck at least). I think I make a turn 9 mistake buying the Province instead of the Possession. I think my deck is better at this point, but his Scrying Pool engine is just about to get started. Then I get to watch him use my deck to buy out the Provinces, always enjoyable :-\

Game 5: I buy too much treasure again and not enough minions. I felt like I got a bit unlucky here as well with his minions. I didn't think my deck was terrible, but his minions seemed to never cause me to discard a bad hand. I always discarded good ones, but his slim minion deck was superior here. Can't really complain about luck though, because I got a very lucky turn 3 and 4.

All in all I got outplayed by a superior opponent. Congrats to czechvarmander. Thanks to all the folks who are putting this on. I had a great time. Nice that us noobies can play some tourneys.
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Re: Chapel Division: Brackets and Results
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2012, 01:20:04 pm »
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Alright, in the Julie vs. Harniver match, Julie (rls 22) wins 4-1.  But, I forgot to grab the log for one of the games.  I tried my best to download the bundle of games and search for it, but I am just not that kind of tech person and I got annoyed after about 20 min of no success.  So, there's one log missing. 

It was a good match – I’ve never played in a tournament before, so was definitely a different experience than how I usually play (often “mindless” fast games, usually as breaks from work or while multi-tasking).  Even though I won 4-1, there were two games (#1 and #5) that were very close, and that I was in imminent danger of losing if Harniver had managed the end game differently.  I tried to get cute with Tunnel/Navigator in #1 and that did not work out.  And Double Tactician was probably not necessary in #2 (but always fun).

Game #1 – Julie wins, 38-29, http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-144343-727a91b2.html
Game #2 - Harniver wins
Game #3 – Julie wins 39-13, http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-151102-23454a76.html
Game #4 – Julie wins 45-31, http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-152535-495a3983.html
Game #5 – Julie wins 26-24, http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/03/game-20121203-154034-47af10ac.html
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