First Mage Wars Tournament on OCTGN

[ringkichard]

Creates a different metagame from meatspace tournaments, which has advantages and disadvantages. Did anyone try Ballista cheese?

[Boocheck]

Schwen stated in his tournament rules, that balista had unique trait right from the start

[adanaz]

Will you be posting Bignics spellbook too?

[Schwenkgott]

[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]BigNic - Druid[/spellbookname]
[mage]A Druid Spellbook[/mage]
[mage]built by the OCTGN SBB[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNA01]3 x Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1A08]1 x Geyser[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWA02]1 x Force Hammer[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1A09]1 x Jet Stream[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKA01]2 x Surging Wave[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNW01]3 x Bloodspine Wall[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J13]1 x Mana Flower[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ12]1 x Vine Tree[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ03]1 x Etherian Lifetree[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWPROMO33]1 x Raincloud[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1W04]2 x Wall of Thorns[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ02]2 x Corrosive Orchid[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ10]1 x Stranglevine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J22]2 x Tanglevine[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNC21]3 x Thornlasher[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC20]3 x Vine Snapper[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC10]3 x Raptor Vine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC06]1 x Kralathor, The Devourer[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC17]1 x Tataree[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1E32]1 x Regrowth[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E36]2 x Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E01]2 x Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWE03]1 x Falcon Precision[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E02]1 x Block[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E29]2 x Nullify[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ06]1 x Eagleclaw Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ08]1 x Vinewhip Staff[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ04]1 x Druid's Leaf Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ10]1 x Meditation Amulet[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWPROMO34]1 x Chitin Armor[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNI02]2 x Burst of Thorns[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I28]3 x Teleport[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I06]2 x Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I17]1 x Minor Heal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I07]2 x Dissolve[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I12]3 x Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I24]2 x Seeking Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I23]2 x Rouse the Beast[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I21]1 x Purge Magic[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I20]1 x Purify[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]

[adanaz]

Cool, thanks.

[Intangible0]

I'm rather late to posting this (been super busy) but we have the videos up now. They turned out pretty good

Also, thanks to Arcane Wonders for posting these earlier!

Semi Finals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLahFg178C4

Finals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwCojRg_nEY

[krj]

very nice game, congrats for both players. i like the comments too, without them it would be much harder to watch

hope to see more of that kind of initiative in the future.

[ben_tyrer]

Intangible0, your coverage of the matches is great!

I hope you commentate on the next event as it makes it a really good, insightful, watch.

[andy]

I also really liked watching the commentated game.  It was very helpful for me as a newer player who is still learning a lot of the basic strategy of the game.  My only comment is that the audio was occasionally glitchy (watch for a minute or two starting around 10:30 in the finals commentary, for example).  It happened a few times throughout the match.

[sdougla2]

Thank you for doing the commentary on these games and posting them. The audio quality was a little iffy in places, but otherwise well done.

I was surprised by the play styles I saw. There was a distinct lack of fast, efficient pressure in both games. None of the 3 players applied significant pressure quickly, but they didn't have strong late game plans either, which seemed weird to me.