Howdy, y'all.
We had a great all day event last Friday. We started off with 3 rounds of Swiss (and 9-10 players). Ben and Joe finished 3-0 and will each be awarded 100 Gold. Tai and Curtis finished 2-1 and will each be awarded 50 Gold. After Swiss, it was time for Horde. After a couple rounds, we decided to forgo the League rounds and continue playing Horde for the rest of the night. With 2 Horde decks, we had 8 players playing at all times.
After 8+ Rounds of Horde, we decided to call it a night. Because we had so many Horde games, I'm limiting the awarded tokens to: 1 Token per Team per Table. Also, because one table had an unfair advantage (including 14 copies of Sever the Bloodline and a miscommunication of card drawing/banned cards rules), there will be 25% less tokens rewarded.
1 Round of income (Gold) will accumulate for last week.
P.S. Nolan's cube night on Tuesday: Derek (representing Kessig) didn't lose a single game. He earns Kessig another Horde token.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 11 & 12
Hello everyone and sorry for the late update. As you may know, I did written coverage for the Canadian Magic Tour in Toronto a couple of weekends ago. I've been a little busy since then, as I didn't attend this week's event either. But now, it's Reading Week!
Event 11 was Block Constructed, Event 12 was DKA-ISD-ISD Draft.
Event 11 saw Nephalia's ascension into power as they became the leader in Gold generated per Round (exculding Gavony's penalty). All prize packs were awarded to Nephalia and Stensia. Stensia still holds parts of Moorland Haunt and Hanweir in Gavony's North. The vampire nobility have also launched an offensive around to the south towards Isolated Chapel in an effort to stabilize their own mana base. On the other side of Innistrad, Nephalia has conquered over half of Kessig's territories.
Gavony has been penalized for an Illegal Deck problem. Grim Backwoods was not unlocked, but used in a player's deck. At time of purchase, they did not have enough gold to unlock the card. I awarded 2 control points, in an adjacent territory, to Stensia.
Congratulations to Joe and Ricky for winning the Draft in Event 12!
Event 11 was Block Constructed, Event 12 was DKA-ISD-ISD Draft.
Event 11 saw Nephalia's ascension into power as they became the leader in Gold generated per Round (exculding Gavony's penalty). All prize packs were awarded to Nephalia and Stensia. Stensia still holds parts of Moorland Haunt and Hanweir in Gavony's North. The vampire nobility have also launched an offensive around to the south towards Isolated Chapel in an effort to stabilize their own mana base. On the other side of Innistrad, Nephalia has conquered over half of Kessig's territories.
Gavony has been penalized for an Illegal Deck problem. Grim Backwoods was not unlocked, but used in a player's deck. At time of purchase, they did not have enough gold to unlock the card. I awarded 2 control points, in an adjacent territory, to Stensia.
Congratulations to Joe and Ricky for winning the Draft in Event 12!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 10
Dark Ascension!
As we explored the use of these new Dark Ascension cards, we discovered something:
Lingering Souls is too powerful in our customized format. It's like Invisible Stalker. You can interact with it, but are still at a disadvantage no matter how you do so. I also brought in my good friend Steve Roias (We draft and go to FNM at Hairy Tarantula). He piloted my experimental Esper Tokens deck. I respect his opinion greatly, and he also agrees that Lingering Souls is unfair in the format. A thank you to Ben for bringing this up first for everyone to consider on the League page.
Summary: Lingering Souls is banned. You have received a refund on resources.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
I was notified of Alix's likely withdrawal from the League recently. This means Stensia is short a player. Kessig has also been short a number of players for a long time. We're adding Steve Roias to Kessig and Nolan Raess to Stensia. Nolan will stand in as a player (not a GM) for now, until we get some fresh blood in the League. On that note, new League participants are always welcome!
This week, I didn't type up any feature matches. Instead, we played Horde! We were also treated to an impromptu Two-Headed Giant game: Mike and Sean of Kessig vs Ben and Tai of Nephalia. This Best-of-3 Match lasted 2 Rounds to determine control of Ulvenwald. Nephalia emerged Victorious from the pitched battle 2 games to 1.
How Two-Headed Giant happens: Ulvenwald has 2 control points. Ben and Tai both made an Attack on Ulvenwald. Mike attacked Ulvenwald as well (None of the control points were occupied previously), with Sean on defense for the Round. There were more attacks than control points on the territory (3 attackers, 1 defender). As a defender, Sean would have been paired with one of the attackers. Attackers are paired with defenders when determining opponents for a match. Attackers cannot be paired with each other for regular matches. So, a Two-Headed Giant game happens. Unlike the first time it happened, this was accidental and an unintended challenge.
As we explored the use of these new Dark Ascension cards, we discovered something:
Lingering Souls is too powerful in our customized format. It's like Invisible Stalker. You can interact with it, but are still at a disadvantage no matter how you do so. I also brought in my good friend Steve Roias (We draft and go to FNM at Hairy Tarantula). He piloted my experimental Esper Tokens deck. I respect his opinion greatly, and he also agrees that Lingering Souls is unfair in the format. A thank you to Ben for bringing this up first for everyone to consider on the League page.
Summary: Lingering Souls is banned. You have received a refund on resources.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
I was notified of Alix's likely withdrawal from the League recently. This means Stensia is short a player. Kessig has also been short a number of players for a long time. We're adding Steve Roias to Kessig and Nolan Raess to Stensia. Nolan will stand in as a player (not a GM) for now, until we get some fresh blood in the League. On that note, new League participants are always welcome!
This week, I didn't type up any feature matches. Instead, we played Horde! We were also treated to an impromptu Two-Headed Giant game: Mike and Sean of Kessig vs Ben and Tai of Nephalia. This Best-of-3 Match lasted 2 Rounds to determine control of Ulvenwald. Nephalia emerged Victorious from the pitched battle 2 games to 1.
How Two-Headed Giant happens: Ulvenwald has 2 control points. Ben and Tai both made an Attack on Ulvenwald. Mike attacked Ulvenwald as well (None of the control points were occupied previously), with Sean on defense for the Round. There were more attacks than control points on the territory (3 attackers, 1 defender). As a defender, Sean would have been paired with one of the attackers. Attackers are paired with defenders when determining opponents for a match. Attackers cannot be paired with each other for regular matches. So, a Two-Headed Giant game happens. Unlike the first time it happened, this was accidental and an unintended challenge.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Innistrad League - Event 9
The final event of Innistrad-only Block Constructed is over! Dark Ascension will be legal for use in Event 10!
A reminder: Info is updated for Dark Ascension.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Kessig's attendance has been lackluster these past few weeks. Come on out Kessig!
This is also the first week I've recorded Feature Matches.
Feature Matches
Round 1: Ricky (Gavony) vs. Joseph (Stensia) on Moorland Haunt
Joseph (RBw Aggro)
Ricky (GWb Tokens)
A reminder: Info is updated for Dark Ascension.
Territory/Upgrades/Unlocks Info: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiozar4z41f102o
The Map of Innistrad: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8948/innistradmapblogpost.jpg
Kessig's attendance has been lackluster these past few weeks. Come on out Kessig!
This is also the first week I've recorded Feature Matches.
Feature Matches
Round 1: Ricky (Gavony) vs. Joseph (Stensia) on Moorland Haunt
Joseph (RBw Aggro)
Ricky (GWb Tokens)
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