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Mage Wars => Events => Topic started by: Puddnhead on May 08, 2017, 02:12:37 PM
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Greetings Forum-goers!
Arcane Duels is hosting a Mage Wars: Arena tournament at Origins this year! We are still nailing down the details on which day(s?) and need to gauge interest. If you will be at Origins and are looking to duke it out in the arena let us know!
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awesome news. count me in.
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Me too!
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I am going to see if I can make it. Have not got a ticket to Orgins yet but may just so I can participate.
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Farkas, you should enter Origins and win with Straywood. I'll win my next fundraiser tournament in June with Straywood and together we'll prove Straywood superiority.
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I want to see some form of Paladin take it home. While I do think rushes with paladin or buildups with forge and a big buddy or two are typically more popular and will most likely be even more popular in a time format, temple is still the way to go imo. ;)
Good look to all! And make sure to have fun and hopefully get some pictures or video footage!
Btw, grizz for the "Gen Con War," I hope there will be some sort of summary for all of the matches since to the best of my knowledge, we only get to see you vs Coshade. :(
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That would be sweet Grizz!
the Straywoods dominating the arena all across the US. :D
If I'm going no more Mage swapping I'm going to main my Straywood for the next 5 weeks.
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That would be sweet Grizz!
the Straywoods dominating the arena all across the US. :D
If I'm going no more Mage swapping I'm going to main my Straywood for the next 5 weeks.
What does your Straywood focus on?
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Farkas, you should enter Origins and win with Straywood. I'll win my next fundraiser tournament in June with Straywood and together we'll prove Straywood superiority.
That's cute.
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Farkas, you should enter Origins and win with Straywood. I'll win my next fundraiser tournament in June with Straywood and together we'll prove Straywood superiority.
That's cute.
+50
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straywood shmaywood. not seen those dominating anything around here.
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That's it. Farkas, kill the shark at Origins. The Devils mine. I'll also handle the old wizard at Gen Con. It's going to be an un-BEARably good time!
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As long as the time is right, and I'm not working the booth, I will participate.
@zot I think you mean they're only dominating the discard pile.....
#DoubleDragon
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looks like meats back on the menu boys.
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In all honesty tho I would just like to play new players and have a good time. Win or lose I want to have to some good matches. So bring it on.
I really don't know what others would be bringing to the tournament besides maybe Sharkbait. So I may have an advantage with a lot new players but I'm also at a big disadvantage not really playing much outside of the few circles where I live and in places I visit like STL. Again eitherway it will be fun.
To answer Reddice question my Straywood focuses on swarms but has really good flexibility with some of the higher lvl animal creatures. I also use animal kinships in my build. Very much nature school focused. Still needs some developing but I have done really well with it in the past.
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hear, hear. well said. good times playing our favorite game with excellent people.
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One of my sparring buddies from STL is going as well. we are going to be car pooling together.
Maybe more will join from that area.
Are you guys thinking a one or a couple day tournament?
I am pumped for the event.
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Wish I could come! (although without OCTGN, it's going to be quite difficult to practice.)
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One of my sparring buddies from STL is going as well. we are going to be car pooling together.
Maybe more will join from that area.
Are you guys thinking a one or a couple day tournament?
I am pumped for the event.
Should get together sometime here with my KC crew here and have a battle of I70 event
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One of my sparring buddies from STL is going as well. we are going to be car pooling together.
Maybe more will join from that area.
Are you guys thinking a one or a couple day tournament?
I am pumped for the event.
The current idea is to just do a one-day event. That could change based on the number of participants or the availability of the players and judges. I hope to get more details to you guys very soon.
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straywood shmaywood. not seen those dominating anything around here.
That's probably because I'm the only one who plays one in the Indy area....
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not true dave. your bm is fairly decent.
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I have a doctor's appointment on June 15th at 3:30pm. I really hope it doesn't conflict with any of my matches...
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Yea planning on going still may only be able to attend a day or two. But still super pumped. Eager to hear the details.
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So, unless there is a great outcry, the tournament will be held on the FIRST day of Origins, June 14th at 10AM Con-time. We will be in the Gaming Hall.
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WHOOOO!!
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WHOOOO!!
WOOOOO!!! So excited! Can't wait! HYPE!
Edit: CRAP! I have class at 11:40-1:15 on that day.
Edit2: Looking at google maps I'm going to have to leave the convention center for class at around ten minutes after 11 at the latest. It's closer to where my class is than I realized. Still this might mean I might have to cut my first match short.
Edit3: or wait are you talking about the WHOLE tournament? I can't do this because of class on that day but I already paid $80 for my origins badge! PLEASE don't pick that time for the whole tournament! I've been looking forward to this for weeks and I REALLY don't want to miss it!
Also some people work during the summers or have class or other responsibilities. Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to schedule this in the afternoon or evening instead of the morning? If you have to you could spread it out over more than one day.
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Yea not sure if that works for my buddy either.
Thursday, Friday, or Saturday works best for us. I should of not assumed it would be on a weekend. My bad
That said may have one more if we do attend
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So, unless there is a great outcry, the tournament will be held on the FIRST day of Origins, June 14th at 10AM Con-time. We will be in the Gaming Hall.
if folks are having long waits for badges or getting in, this may be too early. how about 1pm. that would allow for folks to grab food before matches too.
and thanks to the ad team for putting on this informal competition.
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So, unless there is a great outcry, the tournament will be held on the FIRST day of Origins, June 14th at 10AM Con-time. We will be in the Gaming Hall.
if folks are having long waits for badges or getting in, this may be too early. how about 1pm. that would allow for folks to grab food before matches too.
and thanks to the ad team for putting on this informal competition.
I hope not my class on that day doesn't end until 1:15 pm and then I wont be able to make it to the convention center until 2pm because I have to take the bus.
Honestly I have no idea why they would even think of scheduling this on a Wednesday morning unless they were expecting all the participants to be either school kids or from out of state. Some people have other responsibilities during weekday mornings. In fact I'm pretty sure most people do in general.
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i just realized this is wednesday. i will not be arriving at origins until wed night. thought the con started on thursday like gencon.
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i just realized this is wednesday. i will not be arriving at origins until wed night. thought the con started on thursday like gencon.
June 14th is a Wednesday
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yes. i cannot make the tournament on wednesday. so sorry. count me out.
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yes. i cannot make the tournament on wednesday. so sorry. count me out.
They really should schedule it for another time. It's really silly to schedule it for a Wednesday morning.
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yes. i cannot make the tournament on wednesday. so sorry. count me out.
They really should schedule it for another time. It's really silly to schedule it for a Wednesday morning.
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Everyone needs to chill, we'll reschedule
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i was not upset. i figured it was what it was based on availabilty. if it can be moved that is awesome news.
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Move it to a Friday or Saturday and I'll put in for the days off. No promises but I'll try.
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The Great Outcry of 2017 has been heard and The Arcane Duels Origins Arena Tournament will begin at 6:00PM (1800) Con-time on FRIDAY, June 16th.
Be prepared to play well into the night.
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Sounds perfect! Arcane duels...Arcane duels...Arcane duels
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awesome.
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Yay! Hype!
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News update....
from the Midwest Alliance. Since the date was moved I have talked to my buddy in STL. They have three guys competing. My buddy and I from Champaign, IL will be in it as well. Thus we will take two vehicles.
My Straywood is bench pressing shoalsdeep crocodile's preparing for the event. ;)
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Count me in. I'll be working the booth all convention. Have not played in a tourney before...
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welcome all. this is great news. should be a great competition. thanks to ad for putting on this informal impromptu event for us players.
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Update... im working the booth until 630pm on Friday.
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PoppaBear I'd be willing to bet you could get off booth early on Friday. Just call it a hunch having worked with AW in the past.
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Probably. This is my 4th Origins volunteering For them. Last year was crazy with the debut of Royals.
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Hey everyone!
We are playing mage wars all day in gaming hall aisle 500 (GH 500). Join us for some games!
We are right below the sign!
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We have 8 players already confirmed! Feel free to stip by! We have extra books if you need them
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We are on are way ETA is 5:30. Four of us coming from STL
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Rally near the aisle 500 sign in. The gaming hall. I expect a 630-7 kick off
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Thanks again to arcane duels for hosting tourny. Had a great time playing against Coshade and Puddinhead. And to the other players Harry and Arthur, very fun matches. Got some good intense games in. Looking forward to getting some games in with other builds. I have played over 20 matches with the Straywood in the past 3 weeks. Still got some tweaking to do with the book. Thanks again.
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If anyone is around today, we are playing mw at the GH gaming hall right between aisle 200 - 300
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Great turnout and very fun games. It was a blast! Thank you to everyone who participated and a serious shout out to out St. Louis guys who drove 9 hours just to play! You guys rock! 8)
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Good job running an excellent event! When you get time I know we'd all love a report!
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Yea I drove 3 to STL 6.5 to Columbus. And the same back. 19 hours in three days. Well worth it tho. Lots of fun. A lot of interesting builds from what I saw. I think the one that stood out most was double battleforge turn 1. I have to say I have not personally tried it out but the players in STL have been running it a lot.
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Yea I drove 3 to STL 6.5 to Columbus. And the same back. 19 hours in three days. Well worth it tho. Lots of fun. A lot of interesting builds from what I saw. I think the one that stood out most was double battleforge turn 1. I have to say I have not personally tried it out but the players in STL have been running it a lot.
Double forge turn 1? Wow.
Not something I'd ever run, but cool nonetheless!
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Also not sure if I'm supposed to drop this info or if was posted any where else but academy forcemaster was available at Origins....and we were able to pick up copies from arcane wonders. Not sure if it is an official release but it was sweet nonetheless!
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It's the pre-release. I'd imagine come about Monday our friends at Arcane Duels might have some more to say......
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wow. what a great event. sorry for all the folks who missed it. while informal, the competition was fierce. twelve showed for a spur of the moment event. huge kudos to the st louis team who drove twelve hours round trip in the same day to attend.
thanks to arcance duels for pulling it together so quickly and to all the participants. and finally huge congrats to the winner. i will not divulge so the ad team can roll out the summary.
looking forward to gencon and seeing everyone once more.
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Brief rundown of My matches
We had 12 players in the tournament.
I think this was the spread of all the mages, I could be wrong.
Wizard
Paladin
Araxian Crown Warlock x2
Adramalech Warlock
Forcmaster x 3
Anvil Throne Warlord X 1 (edit)
Bloodwave Warlord
Straywood Beastmaster
Joktari Beastmaster
I played the Straywood went 1-3
All by death.
First match
against Coshade's Forcemaster
I made lots of mistakes playing too aggressive for my first match.
Coshade ran a thoughtspore with a hurl rock, And a minds eye.
He Ran lots of enchantments on himself and cursed me mid game.
My creatures did some work but I played too aggressive with my Mage getting hit with the curses and the rocks to finish killing my Mage.
I did not properly armor up. I should of tried and taken out the thoughtspore too. I was nervous during my first match and did not stick to my game plan. I did do some good damage but Coshade was able to lay it on a lot faster.
Thinking back I had a few tools I could of pulled out such as some surging waves to his Mage and/ or elephant grass to make myself obscured.
Second match
Sailor vulcans Forcemaster
This match I played a ton better and was more relaxed.
He opened with thoughtspore and minds eye. Very similar match. He had surging wave on his. Enchanted and armored up.
I played an early elephants grass behind my lair. Best move I ever did. I was able to force his Mage to come to me. I had tons of creatures out, I disarmed his chest piece to put some major damage down. Was able to put down a call of the wild to get the extra damage for the win.
Third match
Against my buddy Arthur's Forcemaster
Yeah not too happy about playing 3 forcemaster's in a row
But I knew his book and practiced against it several times, so that was a plus.
His standard opening is to move and play mana siphon. He also played Mordok's Obelisk right away knowing about my swarms. I summoned a pet falcon round two after my standard lair harmonize opening. Round three he casted suppression orb. I enchanted my bird with lion savagery and divine might. My Mage and the falcon did some work on the mana siphon to destroy it. I saved up for a giant wolf spider and put bear strength on it. He of course than put down harsh forge monolith and I took care of that fairly quickly. I also destroyed the suppression orb. From there he had a fair amount of equipment including galvitar. My pet flacon and his force fist thoughtspore had their own side battle going on with my falcon killing off the thoughtspore.
I got slavorg out along with sosruko and Tarraki. Biting and clawing on his Forcemaster. Got one taint off. But many of my effects were missing. He put out force field with an arcane ward on mid game so just kept attacking. Arthur also placed confusion on Slavorg allowing him to hit me once. I did not properly guard and should of just kept guarding with him near the end. I got galvitared in the face for the finishing blow. Close match tho. One I should of won if I properly guarded.
Final match
Puddinhead's construction yard Bloodwave warlord (edit)
Good solid match. Maybe my longest match of the tourny.
Puddinhead opened with construction yard and a ballista. Panzergaurd came out early to defend the ballista and his Mage. I popped a falcon and a bunch of hounds out on the board. He moved down one and focused at first my harmonized lair with the ballista. The move closer with his Mage with 0 armor no boots I thought I could push him through a vine wall. That's what I did. I rolled pretty horribly only getting 6-7 damage off. I opted not to do a second wall push in the same round, And played more defensively putting down another creature. I tried it again a second time a couple turns later disarming the boots and rolling on 3-4 damage. 10 damage with two pushes with two different walls because the first was destroyed. I was very disspointed in the amount of damage from the Wall pushes.
Puddinhead was playing very well targeting my creatures so I never had as much as I wanted out. He also played a mid game battleforge and a late game barracks which I thought was really amazing and cool he pulled it off. He armored up effectively and summoned a Bridge troll early....as well a bunch of goblin grunts from the barracks late. I use my force hammer to try get him into killing position. I don't think it did the damage I wanted. He swarmed my Mage and focused me down. Last ditch Effort i only had a couple of surging waves spell left so I attacked his panzergaurd and surging waved him. He fled in corner double earth walled. He dealt with a some of my other creatures and targeted my Mage with his bridge troll, attacked his own wall to bring it down on purpose and came out. Unfortunately for me he had initiative next round.
Puddinhead hurled Boulder for the win.
Good game I should of targeted the ballista taken it down early, and that may have solved my ability to swarm faster and have a more consistent damage on him. I also needed one more big attack spell in my book.
All in all very fun competitive tournament. Learned a lot about my book by playing new opponents. All the players were really nice and enjoyable to game with. Again thanks to the arcane duels for hosting.
We got some cool promos and awards for participating in the tournament. The players that ranked higher in the top 4 got some cool stuff as well all donated by arcane wonders.
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Great write up, Farkas! Just a clarification about the tournament roster:
3 Forcemasters
2 Adramelech Warlocks
1 Arraxian Crown Warlock
1 Paladin
1 Straywood Beastmaster
1 Johktari Beastmaster
1 Wizard
1 Anvil Throne Warlord
1 Bloodwave Warlord (me)
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Opps my bad should of remembered that I updated it to make it correct. Thanks Puddinhead!
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Did any ability of Bloodwave was used?
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Did any ability of Bloodwave was used?
Talos got a Veteran Token at the end of a match. ;)
Melee +1 was consistently useful.