Divison C2: AdamH 6 games, Temron 0 gamesLink to entire stream on TwitchYouTube video playlistFirst match of the new season for me, I really really really want to get promoted and break out of the C division and I'm going to make this season the one if it kills me. Mpsprs has played 2 matches and won 11 games already so I'm going to need a good score this season to match that performance.
Game 1: AdamH 45, Temron 28
Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Beggar, Embargo, Menagerie, Shanty Town, Woodcutter, Feodum, Apprentice, Butcher, Mystic, Witch
There's a not-so-good engine here with Witch to crap all over your day, and Embargo for fun-times. I get The Golden Sombrero™ (where your opening buys are cards 11 and 12 of your deck) and some pretty terrible draws that set me WAY behind on the Curse split, so the game seems hopeless. Temron focuses on Apprentices over Butchers, though, and somehow my shuffles turn around in the endgame and magically I'm in a dominating position while he's Apprentice-trashing Silvers, which never feels good.
Here's a little nugget from the chat: two separate things are happening here.
* isotropicwasbetter (isotropicwasbetter@isotropicwasbetter.tmi.twitch.tv) has joined
<isotropicwasbetter> adam, you're the best, good luck
<amalloy> this is a tough match to pick sides in. i like watching adam's videos, but i play against temron a lot
<jsh357> pro dominion should be more like pro wrestling
<jsh357> there needs to be a clear villain here
<jsh357> some story to make us hate one of them
* isotropicwasbetter (isotropicwasbetter@isotropicwasbetter.tmi.twitch.tv) has left
isotropicwasbetter is the guy who has recently been creating some interesting table names while I stream, s/he is such a mystery...
And jsh, if you need someone to hate I'm sure I can come up with something
Game 2: AdamH 48, Temron 41
Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Vineyard, Trade Route, Death Cart, Scavenger, Sea Hag, Count, Horn of Plenty, Margrave, Witch, Harem, with Shelters
Sloggy game here. Terminal-draw cursing with weak trashing and no non-terminals other than Necropoils. He opens Sea Hag while I go directly for Witches and we split Curses 5-5. We both pick up Trade Routes and he goes for a Count and some Vineyards, using Death Cart to power them up. I go directly for Provinces. The game is really close up to the end, he actually misses a forced win (get two Duchies instead of Province) and I end it on a win shortly after.
From the chat,
<a_drowned_kernel> hareeeeem
<a_drowned_kernel> the e is long
I apologize for my constant mispronouncing of this word
Game 3: AdamH 14, Temron 9
Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Hamlet, Storeroom, Watchtower, Moneylender, Tournament, Walled Village, Baker, Festival, Mandarin, Nobles
There's a super-cool engine to be built here with Watchtower as the centerpiece. Temron lives the dream here and opens double Moneylender, which is actually not bad here and works out for him quite nicely! Another Golden Sombrero™ here and I'm quite behind. After the third shuffle, though, my draws turn from awful to really really good. I have a couple of scares but I manage to kick off pretty much every turn, and through some very precise play I can get lots of Hamlets and pile out the game using Princess on turn 11 (off my first player advantage). Aside from picking up the right number of extra Coppers to feed his Moneylenders, I don't know what else Temron could have done here to win this one.
<jsh357> my deck, my stack, my bakers and my jack
Wow. I mean I try to keep my streams PG-13, man. And "Bakers," is that what I'm gonna call that now?
<jsh357> when you start the game, you love the steed. when you understand the game, you love the followers. when you read the book of Marin, you learn to love the true waifu
That's much better. This is actually a really great quote.
Game 4: Temron 46,
AdamH 62Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Embargo, Market Square, Talisman, Treasure Map, Contraband, Market, Pillage, Rabble, Stash, Hoard, with Platinum/Colony
Umm, Big money on a Colony board. Embargo was mildly interesting but not so much. Flip a coin on this one, I don't have much else to say.
We both missed the power combo on this board:
<hugovj> Connect Treasure Maps, discard 3 MS: 7 golds
Game 5: Temron 10,
AdamH 53Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Cellar, Envoy, Ironworks, Remake, Scout, Sea Hag, Worker's Village, Embassy, Festival, Goons
GOOOOOOOONS! We both build roughly the same deck here, but I'm able to kick off most turns and for some reason he isn't and I'm not sure why. Anyways, he goes hard for green when piles aren't really all that low while I continue to build, and that's about it. This game was pretty interesting, actually, I just don't have much else to write up about it.
<theblankman> AI's advice to me once was get the first goons when you can, to attack, but don't get more until you're comfortably drawing your deck
<jsh357> ii agree with fest fest envoy
<bsben> I agree with the party at the envoy's house plan
<jsh357> the guests showed up at the door
<jsh357> he opened it up, holding a scroll in hand
<jsh357> the derp on his face was profound
<jsh357> fortunately, the envoy could deny one guest
Game 6: Temron 24,
AdamH 39Game log Twitch Highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Sage, Philosopher's Stone, Cutpurse, JackOfAllTrades, Procession, Band of Misfits, Count, Hunting Party, Pillage, Prince
"Jack and I win. So good." That's what it boils down to, but he gets some Hunting Parties that I found pretty questionable. Count is a possibility here but I never found the time for it. The theme of this match where my second shuffle is awful (Jack misses the shuffle) and the rest of the game goes swimmingly applies in this game as well.
<jsh357> at least temron's beard is manlier
Anyways, if I lost 6 games I would have been whining profusely, so thanks to Temron for being a good sport through all of this. I'm feeling pretty good about my play recently so hopefully I don't blow up in the middle or the end of the season and I can keep this going.