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If you are interested in joining the Jan ROOT, please post on this thread. This tournament will also be going for
5 6 weeks (starting Jan 3rd).
"Dominant Cap" experiment is out:
This month, we will NOT be using the proposed Dominant-cap rule. But I would like everyone to share their experiences with that last month here (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-online-official-tournament/feedback-on-dom-cap-(used-in-novdec-root)/) regarding how this rule has affected your games.
"No 1st turn RA's or Doms" is in:
This month we will be experimenting with a limitation on each player's 1st turn of the game that they may NOT make a rescue attempt (or battle challenge) or play any dominants. Please post your feedback on how this rule proposal affected your games here. (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-online-official-tournament/feedback-on-1st-turn-limits-(used-in-jan-root)/)
Week 6 [FINAL] match-ups:
Prof U vs. Chronic
Pol vs. Alex
megamanlan vs. Hobbit
soul seeker vs. adotson
Red vs. tse
NWJ vs. Praeceps
slug vs. lp670sv
Drrek vs. katedid
maniac vs. Zardeck
Final Rankings:
1. (21/10) Prof Underwood
2. (21/13) Minister Polarius
3. (18/14) Chronic Apathy
4. (18/4) soul seeker
5. (18/8) megamanlan SS defeated Mega earlier
6. (16/2) Red
7. (15.5/4) NWJonathan
8. (15/2) Alex_Olijar *2 HP used
9. (14.5/-6) slugfencer
10. (14/7) adotson85
11. (14/1) Hobbit13
12. (12/-7) theselfevident
13. (12/-7) Praeceps
14. (10/-3) Drrek *1 HP used
15. (10/-2) RTSmaniac maniac ghosted on Drrek earlier
16. (7/-15) lp670sv
17. (6/-3) LordZardeck
18. (4/-13) katedid
Out of the tournament:
--. (2/-13) christiangamer25
--. (0/-5) Captain Kirk
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I am in.
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Next month should be easier for me (especially since classes don't start until half way through it). So I would like to play.
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Hook me up
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hmmm count me in and interested in this rule test.
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Can someone clarify the way RNRS points work for this? I recognize that there aren't prizes, however, do we get points based on our placement for each month, or is it determined by the Round Robin tournament during the summer?
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i'm in
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I'm in
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Im in.
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Im in
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I'm in
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Imin
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I'm in and the rest of my Doms ;D
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I will play again, just warning my opponents this is a brutally busy month for me so please have grace.
Kirk
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If I can finish my deck in time i'm in. when do we start?
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If I can finish my deck in time i'm in. when do we start?
January 3rd, but obviously you'll have that whole week as long as you communicate with your opponent.
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when do we start?
If you are interested in joining the Jan ROOT, please post on this thread. This tournament will also be going for 5 6 weeks (starting Jan 3rd).
Instaposted by my fellow ROOT Leadership (who also answered a ROOT question elsewhere on the forum). It's so nice to have help again :)
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Aw shucks Mark, you're makin' me blush.
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Week 1 match-ups posted.
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Next month should be easier for me (especially since classes don't start until half way through it). So I would like to play.
I think he means this month. However he was not paired up.
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I think he means this month. However he was not paired up.
Yeah, we talked about it over PM, and he might be joining us in a future month.
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Well Drrek has a bye haha. I'll join because of the bye.
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I think he means this month. However he was not paired up.
Yeah, we talked about it over PM, and he might be joining us in a future month.
Okay, makes sense.
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Red, I've added you to list, have fun.
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We can't just re-randomize with Red? He only joined 30 mins after it was posted, it's not like we all have times set...
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We can't just re-randomize with Red? He only joined 30 mins after it was posted, it's not like we all have times set...
It was still randomized. Theoretically, they would have ended up together regardless.
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Had a great game with CG25 tonight that ended in a 5-1 victory. He played great and we had some really unorthodox events that shall remain nameless :)
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confirm
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Had a great game with CG25 tonight that ended in a 5-1 victory. He played great and we had some really unorthodox events that shall remain nameless :)
What did you say about me?
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5-4 Red wins
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confirm
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I'm in!
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megamanlan, I've added you to the list, however, you won't get points for the bye since you joined late. If someone else would like to join this week, then you will play them.
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I guess I'll join for kicks and giggles and to eliminate a bye. I was being wishy/washy about it since half my month is free and the other half is school work. I suppose one game a week isn't going to kill me when it will overlap classes. Plus, it will help me work on not being so competitive.....to have fun and not care about winning in a competitive environment.
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Jon, I added you and you'll be facing megamanlan this week. Good luck to the both of you, have fun. =)
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Totally forgot to report I used a plot in my game.
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NWJonathan=4
me=4
Lotsa fun battles and GG :)
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If you have Gallows in play do I have to report that I used Haman's Plot?
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No. Only if you would have torn it in real life.
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Win over Katedid 5-2.
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Confirm. it was a good game.
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Hobbit took it 5-4.
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Confirm.
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I won against megamanlan 5-3.
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Confirmed
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5-1 victory.
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Confirm. My pride. Ow. Back to gardenciples. never using the new set again.
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I won 5-0.
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I won 5-0.
Confirm
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I will have to pull out from this month's tournament. I should have not signed up in the first place knowing how busy this month would be. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Kirk
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Week 2
Rankings and Matchups
posted.
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I beat NWJon 5-1 and used a Plot in the process.
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I beat red 5-0.
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Confirm. >:(
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4-5 loss to soulseeker
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confirm.
I appreciate Cliff's patience with me during the game too. What a great guy! :)
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I was blessed with the 5-2 victory over Praeceps. It was a great game, with some exciting twists and turns :)
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Drrek=5
me=2
Lotsa fun battles.
GG :)
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I won 5-2 over slugfencer in an absolutely fantastic game.
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Confirm. It was an interesting match, that could have ended any number of ways.
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Pol won 4-5 in an extremely good game. I learned to never ever ever run a deck without 2-Liner.
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And I to never hope my opponent doesn't have every Dom at the moment ;)
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I would like to start playing ROOT again. I can start now if you need someone, or can wait until February if need be.
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I would like to start playing ROOT again. I can start now if you need someone, or can wait until February if need be.
If you don't need someone, I'll join to keep it balanced. (Happy now Chris?)
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I've spoken with Randall and he withdrew his submission, since he didn't realize that we already had a bye, but he has pledged to participate next month. Someone should probably hold him to that. adotson85, I've added you to the list, and you'll be matched up in next week's game.
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I've spoken with Randall and he withdrew his submission, since he didn't realize that we already had a bye, but he has pledged to participate next month. Someone should probably hold him to that. adotson85, I've added you to the list, and you'll be matched up in next week's game.
Sounds good. Should be an easy win for somebody ;)
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I've spoken with Randall and he withdrew his submission, since he didn't realize that we already had a bye, but he has pledged to participate next month. Someone should probably hold him to that. adotson85, I've added you to the list, and you'll be matched up in next week's game.
Sounds good. Should be an easy win for somebody ;)
Since I have the bye this week, I would be willing to forgo the bye for a game w/ adotson85
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Sounds good. If you guys manage to play, then awesome. If not, you'll still receive bye points, tse.
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Sent him a PM. So hopefully we can get the game in this weekend.
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I won 5-2 against Katedid
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Confirm, it was a reallly straight forward day
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Took the game 5-1. GG.
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Was blessed with a 5-0 win against selfevident.
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Was blessed with a 5-0 win against selfevident.
Confirm, frustrating when you win like 5-6 battles when your rescuing and get no LS's, but it was a fun game none-the-less
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confirm blah
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Week 3
Rankings and Matchups
posted.
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I won my game against Hobbit 5-2.
It was nerve racking and I thought I was going to lose multiple times. The score does not describe the closeness of the game.
Thanks Hobbit for being patient with my noobish ways. A quality player and opponent. I'm glad I've been paired with patient people (or at least they seem to me patient.)
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confirm gg. :)
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I lost 5-2.
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I lost 5-2.
Yeah, I took this mod to town. Or Mayhem did. Yeah, it was mayhem completely. Good Game son.
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I won against Praecepts 5-1
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I won against Praecepts 5-1
Confirm
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I know it's probably too late to join this month, and if it is I understand. But if not, this noob would like to participate either this month or next. whatever is convenient.
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I beat katedid 5-1 in a great game. ;D
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confirm. I was told to inform you he used a Plot
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I won my matchup against Slugfencer, 5-0.
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****ROOT slaughterage alert****
The perpetrator=adotson=5
The victim=me=0
gg! :)
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Won my matchup with Pol 5-3. He played great and I did get a terrific draw.
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I ghosted Derrk
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I ghosted Derrk
I'm confused by this. There are several days left in this week. Are you saying that you have already determined that you are not going to be able to play the rest of the week, so you're giving the points to Drekk? Or are you saying that he contacted you and said that he won't be available the rest of the week, and so you should get the points?
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Confirm.
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Got ghosted by Christiangame25...
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confirm i drop not gonna bother with root anymore im just not a good enough player.
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Lost 5-4. Curse you King Amazing.
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I'm on a roll haha.
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I know it's probably too late to join this month, and if it is I understand. But if not, this noob would like to participate either this month or next. whatever is convenient.
It is NOT too late to start, you are welcome. I'll schedule you a game this week.
I ghosted Derrk
Having never heard back about this, I am scoring this as if RTS ghosted, and giving Drekk the points.
Week 4
Rankings and Matchups
posted.
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Almost exhausted all my resources, but pulled out a 5-1 win against Hobbit.
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gg, confirm.
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I beat Drrek 5-2. It involved me using a Plot.
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I beat Drrek 5-2. It involved me using a Plot.
I am Drrek and I approve this post.
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I won against lp670sv 5-1... he played well
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I won 5-2.
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Confirmed.
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Lost 5-2 to Lord Zardock. It was a nail biter. He played falling away on my 2 liner :( Very fun game
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I just beat katedid 5-2 in a very well-played difficult game.
EDIT: Posted just before me. I must agree, it was a nail biter. had me shifting in my char the whole time.
I also must say, it's games like that one that I wish i was able to record to watch over again.
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Lost 5-2 to Prof U.
Ignored my instincts twice. Once, cost me a timeout time. The other....maybe a win...maybe not. Alas...it is all the same, I lose. :'(
Good game Mark.
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Confirmed. Great game, and good to just play each other again.
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RTSmaniac=5
me=7
GG :)
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I won 5-0.
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I won 5-0.
Confirm
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RTSmaniac=5
me=7
GG :)
confirm
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It seems Prof U forgot to post this, but...
New Rankings and Pairings Posted!
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It seems Prof U forgot to post this, but...
New Rankings and Pairings Posted!
Yep, thanks for covering me :)
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I won 5-1.
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I won 5-1.
Confirm.
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I beat tse 5-3 in a game that went down to the wire, gg.
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I beat tse 5-3 in a game that went down to the wire, gg.
Confirm, he got a lucky draw on a late turn mayhem that did me in... great game!
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I'm having computer troubles getting rts to connect, so I'm going to ask that my opponent get ghost points for this week since I missed our first designated time to play anyway, and its my computer that is having the trouble.
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I won 5-3.
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Unfortunately, Pol is correct...so close and yet so far away. It was a good game though.
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
6-2 you mean.
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
6-2 you mean.
He probably played a type 2 game. You need 7 LSs to win in T2.
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
6-2 you mean.
He probably played a type 2 game. You need 7 LSs to win in T2.
No, it was T1. I didn't realize that i gave him 3-liner. I was just plain stupidified that game i don't know WHAT was going on. :p
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
6-2 you mean.
He probably played a type 2 game. You need 7 LSs to win in T2.
No, it was T1. I didn't realize that i gave him 3-liner. I was just plain stupidified that game i don't know WHAT was going on. :p
It's possible he won 7-2 then. If he had 4 LSs rescued and the three liner tapped then he could SOG/NJ the 3 liner (worth two) and another, rescuing 3 LSs at once. but i don't think it matters I'm pretty sure in ROOT we use the rule that you can only rescue 5 LSs in a game anyway.
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I won 7-2 in a very interesting game.
6-2 you mean.
He probably played a type 2 game. You need 7 LSs to win in T2.
No, it was T1. I didn't realize that i gave him 3-liner. I was just plain stupidified that game i don't know WHAT was going on. :p
Yeah, it was 7-2 T1. I had the Shuffler, Site Doubler, Anti Angel, Thorns, 3-Line, and Pigs. I count 5 Single LSs and 1 Double. It was a fun match and I really enjoyed it.
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but i don't think it matters I'm pretty sure in ROOT we use the rule that you can only rescue 5 LSs in a game anyway.
I sure hope so.
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In T1 the max you can rescue now is 5, and the game ends. In the olden days you could score over 5 such as you guys did, but they made a rule that it auto stops at 5.
In sadder news,
Red=3
me=0
GG :)
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At one point, it was possible to win with 10 souls total. In a 5 player multiplayer game, you have four souls rescued and you tap five different 2-Liners, one from each of your opponents and then yourself. You play SoG/NJ and all of your opponents play NJ to get the other half of each 2-Liner, while you use SoG to hit your own 2-Liner and one last soul. Unfortunately, due to two separate rule changes, this is no longer possible, but it was a fun concept while it lasted.
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At one point, it was possible to win with 10 souls total. In a 5 player multiplayer game, you have four souls rescued and you tap five different 2-Liners, one from each of your opponents and then yourself. You play SoG/NJ and all of your opponents play NJ to get the other half of each 2-Liner, while you use SoG to hit your own 2-Liner and one last soul. Unfortunately, due to two separate rule changes, this is no longer possible, but it was a fun concept while it lasted.
You would have to have literally everyone cooperating for this to happen.
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Well obviously, but I mean, it was still possible once upon a time.
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That would have been really fun and I wish I had been around for that.
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I lost to Prof U 5-2.
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Yeah, it was 7-2 T1.
In T1 the max you can rescue now is 5, and the game ends.
This is correct.
I lost to Prof U 5-2.
This is also correct. I was blessed with the win.
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confirm. Slug has a strange obsession with timing out....
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confirm. Slug has a strange obsession with timing out....
You do know that ROOT games last 2 hours, right?
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unless you agree to shorter time limits due to the fact you have work/church/school the next day....
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Although what happened this week may not have exactly been ghosting, I'd still like for NWJ to be awarded the ghost points/win. It was mostly my fault we never got around to our game.
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Although what happened this week may not have exactly been ghosting, I'd still like for NWJ to be awarded the ghost points/win. It was mostly my fault we never got around to our game.
I was counting this as simply a no game played since no one contacted me requesting ghost points. Did NWJ actually try to set up a game with you and then it didn't happen? I just want to make sure before giving him points and giving you the ghost.
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Although what happened this week may not have exactly been ghosting, I'd still like for NWJ to be awarded the ghost points/win. It was mostly my fault we never got around to our game.
I was counting this as simply a no game played since no one contacted me requesting ghost points. Did NWJ actually try to set up a game with you and then it didn't happen? I just want to make sure before giving him points and giving you the ghost.
yes we had a few back and forth messages. the last of which was sent by him to me today. I missed the original time we had set up to play and never got back to him with a solid new time.
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Week 6 [FINAL]
Rankings and Matchups
posted.
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confirm. Slug has a strange obsession with timing out....
You do know that ROOT games last 2 hours, right?
We both agreed to play to :45 min that game.
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confirm. Slug has a strange obsession with timing out....
You do know that ROOT games last 2 hours, right?
We both agreed to play to :45 min that game.
That's fine. There was someone - I think last month - who didn't know that ROOT games lasted the two hours.
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confirm. Slug has a strange obsession with timing out....
You do know that ROOT games last 2 hours, right?
We both agreed to play to :45 min that game.
That's fine. There was someone - I think last month - who didn't know that ROOT games lasted the two hours.
Wait, is there a 2 hour time limit?
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Yes. Instead of the traditional 45 minute long game times, ROOT games last up to 2 hours unless both members agree ahead of time to waive the time limit.
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Yes. Instead of the traditional 45 minute long game times, ROOT games last up to 2 hours unless both members agree ahead of time to waive the time limit.
Oh, yikes. I'll have to make note of that this time. I think my last game was 2 hrs and 30 min long or more.
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If neither participant cared, it's not important. We tend to be a bit more lax about it than tournaments held in real life.
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If neither participant cared, it's not important. We tend to be a bit more lax about it than tournaments held in real life.
Yeah, cause in tournaments held in real life, long games affect more people than just the players.
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Strictly speaking, long games still affect more than just the players on a very rigid line of fairness, however, it's not that big of a deal.
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I once failed to place instead of getting first at a Regional tournament because my game timed out with me ahead 4-2 and I was the only undefeated player, but the host allowed extra time and I ended up losing the game in "overtime."
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RTS Maniac just beat me 5-2 in a 29min game
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confirm
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I won 5-0 in an exciting game that came down to a hard ruling at the end.
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I won 5-0 in an exciting game that came down to a hard ruling at the end.
Yep, it was a GREAT game with several twists and turns. And after going undefeated up to this week, I finished off by getting clobbered. Congrats to Chronic for a well-deserved win.
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so what was the ruling?
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so what was the ruling?
That FBN LS prevented the CBP LS.
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I won my final RooT game against Adotson 5-2. Thanks for the fun month and a half...now back to the books.
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Confirm
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I defeated The self evident 5 to 3.
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I defeated The self evident 5 to 3.
Great game here, was pretty close but in the end silly mistakes and good card play by Red cost this one for me.
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I won 5-1.
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I defeated Praeceps 5-4 in a very close game.
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I defeated Praeceps 5-4 in a very close game.
Confirm
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FINAL Rankings are posted.
Thanks for a great tournament! See you next month (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-online-official-tournament/februarymarch-root/msg461478/#msg461478) :)
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Hobbit never showed in our game.
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Hobbit never showed in our game.
Are you saying that you two agreed to a time to play and he didn't show up?
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Yep.
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Yep.
OK, that's a bummer, because now I have to go back and redo the final rankings. The good news is that I think it'll bump you up to #5 for the month (which I think is a new high for you). The bad news is that it'll drop a bunch of people down 1 spot (but since they're out of the top 3 they probably won't mind).
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Unless you get a copy of the pm I wouldn't acept that.....
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Unless you get a copy of the pm I wouldn't acept that.....
It's fairly non-consequential, and if Hobbit comes on and defends himself saying no such thing happened, then we can discuss it. In the meantime, it doesn't change RNRS points or prizes, and anyone can forge a PM. Personally, I would accept nothing but screencaps when dealing with "proof" of a ghosting.
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I haven't said anything because mega is right. We set up a time I thought I could make and I wasn't able to (I said before hand that he could take the ghost points if I didn't show). It's all good. :)
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Yea! I actually won a local tournament here before. 3-0-1 (W/L/Tie score) But thats awesome too!
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I'm impressed Alex, you actually traveled back in time to lose.
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I'm impressed Alex, you actually traveled back in time to lose.
What?
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I'm impressed Alex, you actually traveled back in time to lose.
Your traveling forward in time is less impressive.
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Pfft I've mastered forward time travel. Just watch my next post will be 5 minutes in the future.
See? told ya! Forward time travel is so boss 8)
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Alec, I merged your posts, please don't double post in the future. :police:
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I had to double post to complete the joke....which now does not make sense....
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I had to double post to complete the joke....which now does not make sense....
Yeah, I had gotten your joke. It made me smile :)
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Wasn't CA joking too by using a double meaning of future? Either way they both made me laugh.
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Wasn't CA joking too by using a double meaning of future? Either way they both made me laugh.
This is correct. :)