I landed at once a throw–>AA and nothing else. Got my As oblivioned and bonecracked to death…
I found a low fueled Geiger here. No face cards, no Jokers, few As. And Gwen was lethal
Got jokered my 1st turn KA, then I played too scary to be thrown and ran into his dodge into K, again and again and again
Got a great lifelead and I took him down to magic pixel (60hp my side), with three Qs in my deck yet: then I waited in vain them…but finally managed to dodge his AA (15hp left…)
He took me down very fast to 33hp, then I managed to land some bQ to lower his hand and two consecutive BC, and he surely wasn’t lucky on topdeck no block.
My downfall was game 3 where my hand started terribad and once i got into the mene vortex there was no way out. Game 4 also the hand was irredeemable and i poked too little, game 5 the hand was good but i let the game slip out of my hands taking too many bad decisions.
Getting only 1 jokerin 5 whole games did not help.
Play scared, lose scared.
Respect and ggs mate.
I skimmed the tapes to confirm, and it seems I did not draw even one Joker in the set Was a hell of a set. I got steamrolled in games 1 and 2. Definitely could have used a Joker for some big Val combos and a very early TPoS. I was 2 games down and felt like I had little to lose so played a bit looser in the last 3 games. Legion played an aggressive Geiger but I managed to end TD before big damage could come out, and was able to take the match.
Thanks for reporting I had something to do right after, and GGs!
I took a fast lifelead landing some Gwen dmg/straight and took him down to 12hp. Then he set range for a scary comeback, but I managed a GB get out and closed with a Dreadlands Portal
Here he took lifelead, and for half game I couldn’t touch him… then I managed to land some dmg and topdeck my 3rd Q for KO.
Great draws on my side. I started with some black cards in hand and managed to land a 29 dmg combo with bK and bJ, lowering his hands and low hand Gloria couldn’t afford on her tools.
Just as a heads up for those who are waiting with bated breath for the finals: @MR75 and @Fivec have been having epic scheduling difficulties, but are hoping to get their game played this coming weekend (hopefully followed shortly by the match with @Caralad).
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The US Midwest wins! ggs Fivec, I had a lot of fun and hope you did too.
Really enjoyed this tournament, thanks to @vengefulpickle for running this tourney (and others) so smoothly. This format is one of my favorites for sure. I find that it’s easier to justify playing characters who are difficult to make work in standard CP, without actually banning any characters.
There were a lot of ups and downs, but the most tense matches I played (aside from this one) would have to be my first round match against @Bob199 and Winner’s Finals against @Legion. In both of those sets, I went down two games before making a straight 3 game comeback!
This was my first tourney since returning from hiatus. Although a lot of the OGs have vanished and some new faces have shown up, I’m happy to see that Yomi still has a welcoming and engaged community. Also I must give a shoutout to @cpat for training me in anti-Setsuki tech. The c in cpat does indeed stand for coach.