Agree, I had actually already thought about that and an in progress on solutioning it for matchups
Ok gang, we have 4/7 Round 2 matches complete (with a 5th pretty well decided), and all of round 1 (thanks for catching up @Marto!). On to…
XCAPS19 Round 3
- [XCAPS19] bolyarich vs zhavier
- [XCAPS19] Marto vs bansa
- [XCAPS19] EricF vs Shadow_Night_Black
- [XCAPS19] Bomber678 vs Dreamfire
- [XCAPS19] Nekoatl vs FrozenStorm
- [XCAPS19] codexnewb vs charnel_mouse
- [XCAPS19] James vs CarpeGuitarrem
I think this should have everyone properly matchmade but anyone if you notice you’ve played 3 as p1/p2 or you’re matched against someone with a 2-game difference in record, let me know and I will fix it!
GL HF ALL!
Sad to be kicked out so early, but I’ve enjoyed the draft format and would happily get stomped in it again.
I unfortuantely will not be available the next two weeks. Getting married and going offline. With 2 losses, ill just drop out. Draft was fun all. best of luck to everyone!
Getting married and going offline? Big occasion!
Apologies for the day-late posting gang, here are the new matchups!
XCAPS19 Round 4
- [XCAPS19] zhavier vs Marto
- [XCAPS19] Dreamfire : vs EricF
- [XCAPS19] bansa vs bolyarich
- [XCAPS19] CarpeGuitarrem vs Nekoatl
- [XCAPS19] Bomber678 vs James
@Shadow_Night_Black gets a bye in hopes last week’s matchup vs. EricF can be caught up to, and @charnel_mouse and I are the first to be officially eliminated (with @codexnewb conceding based on scheduling)
GL HF to all those remaining!
grats, mate. Wish you a world of luck and happiness!
@FrozenStorm I’m going to have no internet access for the next week and a half, so with 2 losses, I think I’ll just drop out too. GL HF to everyone still standing!
Sorry to hear that @Dreamfire, but appreciate the heads up
With @Shadow_Night_Black also completely MIA, That leaves us with 7 remaining (hopefully @Marto will come back soon as well)
XCAPS19 Round 5
@Bryce_The_Rice was assigned the bye
GL HF ALL!
Working on winning this event with the lowest possible “stength of schedule”
@EricF I don’t think your SoS has much bearing on your known and recognized skill
Well we do kinda need @Marto to finish his games to have 100% perfect matchmaking, but I will give him until EOD before adjudicating his R4 match. In the meantime this is the most proper seeding we have
XCAPS19 Round 6
@CarpeGuitarrem was eliminated last round, and we will have at least one more elimination (potentially two) this round.
GL HF ALL!
Unfortunately I’ve been forced to eliminate @Marto on account of his absence, which gives @bolyarich a retroactive bye. Thus, we will have a rematch and an elimination match for round 7 here in what is now our final 4!
XCAPS Round 7
GL HF to all four of you!
So zhav is the only one remaining without a bye, which means our semi finals will be
GL HF you two!
Congrats to @bolyarich for finishing third! @EricF has emerged victorious in round 8, which means @zhavier and @EricF are our two finalists! You two play until someone loses two, @zhavier is P1 for the next game (I’ll make a fancier post tomorrow)
XCAPS19 Round 9
So, I was looking at my draft options, and decided tgat I could no longer operate under the constraint of not “relying on” a spec or starter that was instrumental in a previous win.
Necromany is just too nice as a support spec/counterdraft.
So, with 5 real wins, the winning choices were:
Purple + Peace
Demon + Anarchy
Black + Truth + Growth + Necro
Red + Feral
Neutral + Strength + Present
Congrats to @zhavier on a very impressive tournament run and win! Shout out to @EricF on second place and @bolyarich for third place
That concludes XCAPS19, everyone, thanks to all who participated!
Stats for the curious:
Starter | Count in finished games | Count in games timed out after deck picks | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Black | 19 | 1 | 20 |
Neutral | 12 | 1 | 13 |
White | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Purple | 11 | 11 | |
Green | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Red | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Blue | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Spec | Count in finished games | Count in games timed out after deck picks | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Finesse | 26 | 3 | 29 |
Demonology | 22 | 2 | 24 |
Necromancy | 18 | 1 | 19 |
Strength | 15 | 2 | 17 |
Blood | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Peace | 13 | 1 | 14 |
Anarchy | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Truth | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Discipline | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Growth | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Feral | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Disease | 7 | 7 | |
Past | 6 | 6 | |
Present | 6 | 6 | |
Balance | 5 | 5 | |
Law | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Fire | 4 | 4 | |
Future | 4 | 4 | |
Bashing | 1 | 1 | |
Ninjitsu | 1 | 1 |
Counts don’t include bolyarich starting with Feral/Green against Marto, since I only looked at matches where picks were completed. Bomber and Dreamfire predicted all of the popular picks between them, except for Truth.