Up for playing now if that’s ok
How do we decide first
Normally I pre-determine who goes first as part of making the pairings. For this match, @Bob199 will be going first against @Penatronic.
Thanks, and have fun, guys! I’ll give you extra time to finish, but you’ll both be paired normally for round 2.
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Round 2 Pairings
Feature Match:
CAPS 2017: Jadiel ([Feral]/Future/Truth) vs. EricF ([Peace]/Balance/Anarchy)
CAPS 2017: zhavier ([Anarchy]/Strength/Growth) vs. Shadow-Night-Black ([Balance]/Growth/Finesse)
CAPS 2017: cstick ([Feral]/Necro/Anarchy) vs. Bob199 ([Strength]/Blood/Finesse)
CAPS 2017: petE ([Anarchy]/Strength/Growth) vs. Mooseknuckles ([Growth]/Necro/Strength)
CAPS 2017: shax (Mono Blue) vs. Barrelfish ([Finesse]/Present/Law)
CAPS 2017: ARMed-Pirate (Mono Red) vs. NikoBolas (Mono White)
CAPS 2017: Penatronic ([Present]/Peace/Blood) vs. robinz ([Discipline]/Fire/Truth)
CAPS 2017: payprplayn ([Necro]/Blood/Law) vs. FrozenStorm ([Demon]/Necro/Finesse)
CAPS 2017: Kaelii ([Finesse]/Discipline/Ninjitsu) vs. Hobusu ([Anarchy]/Strength/Growth)
My apologies to payprplayn on behalf of the random number generator for pairing him consecutively against the two top players from CASS 2016.
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It also stuck me against the two finalists from the last race!
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Any chance to have some of the later rounds posted earlier? I’ll be traveling next week and have more time this week for any matches
At this point, there’s a lot of “accomplished” players (yourself included I might add!). There’s basically no avoiding everyone running into people who know (more or less) what they’re doing 
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One of the weaknesses of swiss pairings is the inability to play ahead. At least this format is flexible enough to let players catch up afterwards.
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So, some of the past few tournaments felt like they were either dominated (in the sense that you saw them in almost every match) by Vandy or dominated by MoLaC. There’s a fair bit of MoLaC in this one (and that @zhavier vs. @Shadow_Night_Black game was crazy), but this tournament really feels like it’s being dominated by…
Nimble Fencer.
Which I think is kindof awesome.
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Don’t forget to start your Round 2 match…
Here’s the raw numbers for what people are playing:
6 Anarchy Specs
6 Strength Specs
5 Growth Specs
5 Finesse Specs
4 Necro Specs
4 Blood Specs
3 Law Specs
3 Discipline Specs
3 Peace Specs
3 Truth Specs
2 Balance Specs
2 Fire Specs
2 Ninjitsu Specs
2 Present Specs
2 Feral Specs
1 Demon Specs
1 Future Specs
0 Disease Specs
0 Past Specs
0 Bashing Specs
4 Red Starters
4 Green Starters
3 White Starters
2 Black Starters
2 Neutral Starters
2 Blue Starters
1 Purple Starters
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It looks like you missed Jadiel’s deck ([Feral]/Future/Truth]).
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Amazingly, the order didn’t have to change for anything!
0 Past specs completely blows my mind
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I’m still taken aback I’m the only one playing Demonz, and there’s a lot more Law than I typically expect. Other than those and Past though, the distribution seems more or less even with what usually shows up.
It’s because the spec only had one fading counter left, then 2017 happened, so now they’re gone =b
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That gives me my deck for the next tournament then! [Past] Disease Bashing!
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I think the starter deck distribution is quite different from what we’ve seen previously. Especially given that in the balance thread people were complaining that the red and green (and blue) starters are not viable…
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