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Re: GenCon Report
« Reply #45 on: August 18, 2014, 12:10:37 PM »
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #46 on: August 18, 2014, 01:22:15 PM »
Sandstorm would have wrecked that little army of Birds. Too bad the good Promo cards still haven't been printed.
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #47 on: August 18, 2014, 01:43:47 PM »
nah, who would include it into their spellbooks anyway? Whou would expect the now legendary Falcon Swarm! It is same as with Spanish Inquisition :)
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #48 on: August 18, 2014, 05:53:01 PM »
He beat a wizard in the top 4 who threw blanks on a chain lightning that could have taken out his entire army.

Sandstorm is an efficient zone removal card with a bonus against flying creatures. I run jet streams in my necro, and i would run a Sandstorm if it was a legal card.
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #49 on: August 18, 2014, 08:45:43 PM »
He beat a wizard in the top 4 who threw blanks on a chain lightning that could have taken out his entire army.

Sandstorm is an efficient zone removal card with a bonus against flying creatures. I run jet streams in my necro, and i would run a Sandstorm if it was a legal card.

CL first hit did about 3 hit 2 failed to do damage.  :o
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #50 on: August 18, 2014, 10:57:56 PM »
Hey!
I played that wizard that got in 4th at the tourney. I was too greedy that game and he took full advantage of that. My chain lightning failing to do 2 damage on 4 dice (he had about 2 or 3 birds with 1 or 2 health each) really messed up my focus and I played incorrectly the rest of the game. It was my first tournament ever so I guess I just need to learn to not get off my game plan when things like that happen.

I'll post my spell book sometime tonight if anyone's interested

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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #51 on: August 19, 2014, 08:52:10 AM »
Post away, will be great to see what you used

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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #52 on: August 19, 2014, 01:41:04 PM »
Spell books played

 
Player Name
Mage
Alec Carey
Warlord – Anvil
Alexander West
Beastmaster – Straywood
Andrew West
Forcemaster
Bill Servial
Warlock – Araxian
Brandon Freitag
Necromancer
Brian Bivona
Beastmaster – Straywood
Chris Nelson
Wizard – Air
Chris Ohalloran
Forcemaster
ChrisHarten
Druid
Chuck Carey
Necromancer
David Washburn
Wizard – Earth
Eric Ayers
Druid
Harry Hirsh
Warlock – Araxian
Jonathan Ambriz
Wizard – Water
Jonathan Oberto
Warlock – Araxian
Joseph Carey
Necromancer
Justin Bailey
Wizard – Water
Justin Lowe
Wizard – Air
Kyle Sharkey
Warlock – Araxian
Nathan Sanders
Warlord – Anvil
Nick Tinko
Wizard – Fire
Raymond Slover
Necromancer
Rick Aichele
Forcemaster
Scott Taylor
Druid
Steeven Toenjes
Forcemaster
Stephen Walters
Necromancer
Steven Durst
Forcemaster
Tim Mccurry
Wizard – Earth
Timothy Simmons
Wizard – Water
Tom Lynch
Warlock – Araxian




Wizards 8
   Water 3
   Air 2
   Earth 2
   Fire 1
Warlock 5
   Araxian 5
Necromancer 5
Forcemaster 5
Druid 3
Warlord 2
   Anvil 2
Beastnaster 2
   Straywood 2
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #53 on: August 19, 2014, 02:18:51 PM »
Round 1 Pairings
Justin Lowe - Brian Bivona
Jonathan Oberto - David Washburn
Chris Nelson - Rick Aichele
Harry Hirsh - Bill Servial
Nick Tinko - Jonathan Ambriz
Andrew West - Eric Ayers
Raymond Slover - Steven Durst
Brandon Freitag - Steeven Toenjes
Joseph Carey - Timothy Simmons
Alec Carey - Tom Lynch
Chris Ohalloran - Justin Bailey
Nathan Sanders - Scott Taylor
Stephen Walters - Chuck Carey
Alexander West - Kyle Sharkey
Chris Hartten - Tim Mccurry

Round 1 Totals

 
Player Name
Points Total
Alec Carey
4
Alexander West
4
Andrew West
4
Bill Servial
0
DROP
Brandon Freitag
0
Brian Bivona
0
DROP
Chris Nelson
0
DROP
Chris Ohalloran
4
ChrisHarten
4
Chuck Carey
0
David Washburn
4
Eric Ayers
0
Harry Hirsh
4
Jonathan Ambriz
0
Jonathan Oberto
0
Joseph Carey
0
Justin Bailey
0
Justin Lowe
4
Kyle Sharkey
0
Nathan Sanders
4
Nick Tinko
4
Raymond Slover
0
Rick Aichele
4
DROP
Scott Taylor
0
Steeven Toenjes
4
Stephen Walters
4
Steven Durst
4
Tim Mccurry
0
Timothy Simmons
4
Tom Lynch
0
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #54 on: August 19, 2014, 02:19:46 PM »
 

Round 2 Pairngs
Alec Carey - Alexander West
Andrew West - Chris Ohalloran
David Washburn - Harry Hirsch
Justin Lowe - Nathan Sanders
Nick Tinko - Chris Hartten
Steeven Toenjes - Stephen Walters
Steven Durst - Timothy Simmons
Jonathan Ambriz - Brandon Freitag
Chuck Carey - Eric Ayers
Justin Bailey - Kyle Sharkey
Jonathan Oberto  - Joseph Carey
Raymond Slover - Scott Taylor
Tom Lynch - Tim Mccurry

Round 2 Totals

Player Name
Points Total
Alec Carey
8
Alexander West
4
Andrew West
8
Brandon Freitag
0
DROP
Chris Ohalloran
4
DROP
ChrisHarten
5
DROP
Chuck Carey
4
David Washburn
8
DROP
Eric Ayers
0
DROP
Harry Hirsh
4
Jonathan Ambriz
4
Jonathan Oberto
0
Joseph Carey
4
Justin Bailey
0
Justin Lowe
8
Kyle Sharkey
4
Nathan Sanders
4
Nick Tinko
7
Raymond Slover
3
Scott Taylor
1
Steeven Toenjes
4
Stephen Walters
8
Steven Durst
8
Tim Mccurry
4
Timothy Simmons
4
Tom Lynch
0
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #55 on: August 19, 2014, 02:54:09 PM »
Round 3 Parings

Alec Carey - Andrew West
Justin Lowe - Nick Tinko
Stephen Walter - Steven Durst
Jonathan Ambriz - Alexander West
Chuck Carey - Harry Hirsch
Joseph Carey - Kyle Sharkey
Nathan Sanders - Raymond Slover
Steeven Toenjes - Tim Mccurry
Timothy Simmons - Jonathan Oberto
Justin Bailey- Scott Taylor
Tom Lynch - BYE



Round 3 Point Totals

Player Name
Points Total
Alec Carey
8
Alexander West
8
Andrew West
12
Chuck Carey
4
Harry Hirsh
8
Jonathan Ambriz
4
DROP
Jonathan Oberto
1
DROP
Joseph Carey
4
Justin Bailey
1
Justin Lowe
8
Kyle Sharkey
4
Nathan Sanders
8
Nick Tinko
11
Raymond Slover
3
Scott Taylor
4
Steeven Toenjes
4
Stephen Walters
12
Steven Durst
8
Tim Mccurry
8
Timothy Simmons
5
DROP
Tom Lynch
4
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #56 on: August 19, 2014, 04:04:18 PM »
Round 4 Pairings

Andrew West - Nick Tinko
Stephen Walters - Alec Carey
Alexander West - Harry Hirsh
Joseph Carey - Justin Lowe
Nathan Sanders - Steven Durst
Tim Mccurry - Chuck Carey
Kyle Sharkey - Raymond Slover
Scott Taylor - Steeven Toenjes
Tom Lynch - Justin Bailey

Round 4 Totals

 
Player Name
Points Total
Alec Carey
8
Alexander West
11
TOP 8
Andrew West
13
TOP 8
Chuck Carey
4
Harry Hirsh
9
TOP 8
Joseph Carey
4
Justin Bailey
1
Justin Lowe
12
TOP 8
Kyle Sharkey
8
Nathan Sanders
8
Nick Tinko
14
TOP 8
Raymond Slover
3
Scott Taylor
4
Steeven Toenjes
8
Stephen Walters
16
TOP 8
Steven Durst
12
TOP 8
Tim Mccurry
12
TOP 8
Tom Lynch
8

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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #57 on: August 19, 2014, 04:27:36 PM »
I ran the pairings 3 times
I tried Random and based of strength of schedule
The West bothers always got paired together. This was the random pairings

TOP 8 Single Elimination Pairings
Round 1


Tim Mccurry - Steven Durst
Nick Tinko - Steven Walters

Alexander West - Andrew West
Harry Hirsh - Justin Lowe

Tim won with 24 of 32 health Steven Had 49 Health
Nick won 3 of 41 health Steven Walters was at 3 of 32 at time
Alexander won at 34 of 36 with a [mwcard=FWA04] Hurl Boulder[/mwcard]  Andrew failed on the deflect roll
Justin Won at 30 of 32 Harry failed a defense roll


Top 4 Pairings

Tim Mccurry - Nick Tinko
Alexander West - Justin Lowe

Top 2 Pairings
Nick Tinko - Alaxender West

3rd/4th Pairings
Tim Mccurry - Justin Lowe

Final Stanings

1st - Alexander West
2nd - Nick Tinko
3rd - Tim Mccurry
4th - Justin Lowe
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #58 on: August 19, 2014, 04:57:52 PM »
Well, for next year, I'd definitely say have some one, or somebodies doing some video commentary pre-tourney on who they think will claim the prize, and posting to Youtube and/or Facebook. It would be nice to see how the top 8 perform and even get some ideas for other books (i.e. RUNNING SUPPRESSION WITH A WATER WIZARD  :'( ).

Or even for next tourney having a minion of your own Shad0w, so you don't have to do everything at once.

Other than that, this year's tourney was great and I am thoroughly impressed there were five Forcemasters! They will rise, slowly but surely!
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Re: Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014
« Reply #59 on: August 19, 2014, 05:02:36 PM »
After the lists publication, perhaps the top 8 players may give a quick rundown of MVP creature/spell and Best Plays, for their books  ;) Not asking for a primer here, just a few tips.
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