Everyone told me
Not to stroll on that beach…
Seriously, @petE, well-played. I think I honestly lost on T1, or definitely after my T2.
I’m proud of myself for the analysis I did matching up with yours… just often one to two turns after yours. (:
I’m still very new to this game, and taking out @EricF in my game one was something of a fluke, I think. (I got lucky that he didn’t draw into his Taxman at a crucial juncture, allowing the birds and Gargoyle to go nuts.) I also made one solid plan there and stuck to it, whereas, in this game, I think I was all over the place, teching spells that would have been much stronger with a HH in play, and teching units that didn’t need the spells.
As I noted in my last few thoughts, I’m impressed with your deck and how fast it can get going on MoLaC. If the opponent has answer, you can just push for gunships, but you have so many ways to trigger MoLaC once it’s out that it’s hard to stop.
I like how your rules question was the same one I had. I’m going to make it public now. (:
@robinz You’re absolutely right that the T2 option I chose was probably the worst thing I could have done. I tried to indicate that I was being sarcastic when I said “at parity.” (: Sometimes I have a perverse need to do what will surprise the opponent instead of thinking long-term towards the endgame or even self-preservation. (See my Mirror/Mirror experiment against @CesareB for another example, and my last match against @Jadiel.) But I can’t tell you how satisfying it was just now to go back and read @petE’s thoughts and see him say, “He can’t kill Zane next turn without skipping a worker.” That was basically better than winning for me. (:
Seriously, this game and the one against @Jadiel have been really wonderful learning experiences. (The one against @EricF, too, just to really demonstrate how PPA works.) I’m super-glad I entered the tournament, even though I was literally sick and tired for most of it (got hit by the OP combo of 1-yr-old + 2-wk cold). Thanks @EricF, for organizing! I guess I still get another game, so I’m looking forward to it!