thanks, I’m at level 1 now, PMs are on
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In that case, you have a week to schedule a match with Castanietzsche
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ZAK Magnus 3 - 2 Nopethebard
ZAK 
Nope
(Switch to DeGrey)
ZAK 
Nope
(Skillfully randomize to a red bank)
ZAK Nope
(Mix Master -> One of Each)
ZAK Nope
(Chip Damage -> Thinking Ahead)
ZAK Nope
Good games, thanks!
Hobusu vs @CarpeGuitarrem
Bank and Swaps
Starting Bank:
Risky Move
Safe Keeping
Secret Move
Repeated Jabs
Sale Prices
Blues are Good
Combinatorics
Gems to Gemonade
Self-Improvement
Degenerate Trasher
Swap 1: Degenerate Trasher for It’s Combo Time
Swap 2: Self-Improvement for Mix-Master
Final Score: Hobusu 3 – Carpe 0
Hobusu wins
I’m not going to lie, this was mostly just a match where we were both desperately trying to see who could shake off the rust from not playing for months first, and apparently I managed to do slightly better than Carpe at that, haha! I’m fairly satisfied with how I played in the third game, but the first two were mainly just winning by being the one who made the next to the last mistake rather than by actually forcing a win.
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SirHandsome VS petE
3-2, nice games
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@Castanietzsche 3 - 2 @Hobusu
my opponent played low on pile so tax was excellent. we played a lot on wounds but quince is better at this game
We played a bit less on wounds on this one
hobusu changed his strategy, added risky move to the bank and played very high so tax was ineffective
I played double risky move at high 1-gem pile 
I added mix master back into the bank, I played a lot around keeping patriot mirror in game. we went quite high on economy but hopefully there wasn’t any good good bank chip to buy
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so whats going on with this tournament? Said i had until 24th to play my first match, we on round 2 now? I havent gotten a followup message, and i dont think that mock bracket above is accurate anymore?
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I’ll start the round 2 stuff in a few hours
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Round 2:
-Winners:
-@hobusu v @Castanietzsche
-@zak v @SirHandsome
—Losers:
—NopetheBard v @CarpeGuitarrem
— @DDDDD v @petE
@zeromh and @qauz haven’t reported match results, so they’ll just be the byes this round. They’ll both be eliminated if they do not report results by next Sunday
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I’ve already played my r2 match with hobusu 
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I know. I’m still listing it for the sake of completeness
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ok yeah thats why i was wondering if i was overlooked since i saw someon else already played twice. Should I wait for a message organizing it or just get it done with @zak ? Feel free to add me on Steam (friend code 49041119) or the Sirlingames discord Zak (SirHandsome on there), Puzzle Strike is short enough that I can be pretty flexible with when we play
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Go ahead .
I have belated round 1 results!
zeromh 3 - 2 qauz
Here’s my “take it with a grain of salt” analysis because I feel pretty rusty at this game right now:
There were no upgrade chips in the bank during the Midori v. Troq matches. As a result Midori was a bit dependent on whether I could buy a crash prior to drawing Dragon Form. In the first match I couldn’t; in the second match I could.
qauz then switched to Argagarg, which was a great counter given the characters and the bank. After losing, the bank had too much I didn’t like about it, so I switched to Grave. These were longer games and I think Grave’s deck control made a difference. Also some bad luck in drawing crashes on Arg’s part.
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SirHandsome VS zak (Round 2)
3-1, thanks for the match 
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Nice !
So, what’s going on for the 3rd round ?
If FFA can solve bracket problems I’m up
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DDDDD 3-1 petE
Close, enjoyable games!
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I’m going to concede my match against Carpeguitarrem. I just haven’t felt up for this. I’ll keep running the tourney of course, though you’ll probably need to wait a few days for the next round to start.
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Round 3 matches:
-winners:
— @SirHandsome v @zeromh
Bye to @Castanietzsche
-losers:
— @CarpeGuitarrem v @zak
— @qauz v @DDDDD
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