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Title: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on April 29, 2009, 11:24:11 AM
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIANGABE, TYPE NW CHAMPION FOR 2008-2009!!

It's time for the playoffs!  We had a successful season split into two halves.  xCaLeBx won the first half with TheKarazyVP and 777Godspeed grabbing 2nd and 3rd.  In the second half BrianGabe honored us with his Redemption awesomeness and easily won the second half.  Since TKVP and 777 had spots in the playoffs already, DaClock and BloodBoughtBeliever received the 2nd and 3rd seeds for the second half.

There will be three rounds to the playoffs.  The quarterfinals will pit the 2nd and 3rd seeds from each half.  The winners of the quarterfinals will meet the top seeds in the semi-finals with those winners meeting in the finals.  The first two rounds will be in the best of 3 format with the finals being the best of 5.  I realize finding available times for opponents to play is the biggest obstacle so I won't put a deadline on the playoffs.  Ideally I'd like to have them finish in May.  The brackets are below.


777Godspeed         
                             |777Godspeed   
DaClock                  |                      |
                                                    |777Godspeed       
                            xCaLeBx            |                        |
                                                                              |
BloodBoughtBeliever                                                  |BrianGabe         
                           |TheKarazyVP                               |
TheKarazyVP        |                      |                          |
                                                    |BrianGabe         |
                             BrianGabe          |


GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on April 29, 2009, 11:25:52 AM
nice brackets with the underlining and stuff =D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 01, 2009, 03:52:50 PM
Blood Bought believer PM me so we can set up a time for your death, I mean our game.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on May 03, 2009, 10:42:39 PM
DaClock,

        Let me know a few of your open times to play and we'll get the playoffs started.   ;D


Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: DaClock on May 17, 2009, 08:22:12 PM
I'll go ahead and forfeit my game, I don't really have time to play it anytime soon.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on May 17, 2009, 10:25:03 PM
Sorry to hear that Ben. I look forward to games in the future though.

I can play Saturdays or Sunday afternoons (West Coast time).



Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: xCaLeBx on May 18, 2009, 08:58:07 PM
So Saturday night here...
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 18, 2009, 11:25:46 PM
Blood Bought believer PM me so we can set up a time for your death, I mean our game.
Helllo?
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on May 19, 2009, 10:15:15 PM
So Saturday night here...
I would do that....... but it is Memorial Weekend camping time.  ;D   I will have to catch it the following weekend or some freak night during the week that I have time.


Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on May 20, 2009, 10:47:35 AM
Blood Bought believer PM me so we can set up a time for your death, I mean our game.
Helllo?

I have not heard from BBB, so TKP you move on.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 21, 2009, 11:26:05 AM
*Looks at who I move on to*

Crud. Hai Brian when ya wanna play? (Can't play this weekend)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on May 21, 2009, 11:39:07 AM
*looks around*  who's Brian?  :dunno:

I'm usually on weekday afternoons.  Sometimes a Mon, Wed or Thur evening can work for me too.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 22, 2009, 09:54:24 AM
Kk I'll keep an eye out for ya on Mon/Thur.

Edit:
ATM I'm sick. I rather play when my cognitive abilities are at 100% let ya know when I get better.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on May 28, 2009, 10:24:48 PM
Caleb,

     I can get our game in this weekend. Saturday or Sunday sometime. Post or PM some times that would work or just hit me up when you see me here or on Hamachi.


Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Cameron the Conqueror on May 29, 2009, 12:11:57 AM
FYI, Caleb quit the boards and hasn't been seen since.  In ROOT, he was replaced with another player.  So, I doubt you'll get your game. :(
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on May 29, 2009, 11:22:21 AM
AHHH!!  They're dropping like flies!   :o


Okay, Mike, you move on to take on the winner of Gabe and RR.   :)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 29, 2009, 12:27:30 PM
Now if I can get gabe to delete his name in a giant hissy fit..... ;)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on May 29, 2009, 12:31:03 PM
Now if I can get gabe to delete his name in a giant hissy fit..... ;)

That does it!  I'm tired of The Garden Tomb, Christians getting tatoos/piercings, The Schaef and people correcting me when I make a ruling wrong.  I'm quiting forever!  >:( >:( >:(

... or not. ::)

 :rollin:
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Rrulez on May 29, 2009, 12:32:18 PM
Now if I can get gabe to delete his name in a giant hissy fit..... ;)
I'm getting a tatoo!!! >:(  >:(
Now, now, calm down.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on May 29, 2009, 11:18:15 PM
Well, I'm pierced, tattooed, not tired of beating or being beat by TGT, don't mind being corrected by The Schaef or others when I make wrong rulings, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.......   ::)     soooo, it's on with the winner of Gabe and RRs grueling playoff game.



Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on June 02, 2009, 10:58:48 PM
still waiting to beat RR or BrianGabe......... ;D



Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 03, 2009, 02:31:52 PM
RR, are you still sick?  I haven't seen you on Hamachi in a long time.  Let me know what time works for you to play in the near future.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on June 04, 2009, 12:46:33 PM
Sorry, I got over my cold, then my sis got strep who I had to care for. I got a doc appointment today, how about friday 2pmish (EST)?
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on June 05, 2009, 09:31:18 PM
And I totally forgot. How bout just PM me when you are on XD
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on June 11, 2009, 08:16:35 PM
Im just gonna bow out of this. I love playing redemption but I have VBS+ other stuff so im slowing this down. Thanks for letting me get here and have a ton of fun though.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on June 11, 2009, 11:05:30 PM
Aww, bummer RR. It looks like Gabe and I are such formidable opponents that everyone is passing on playing us.   ::)   *it is fun for me to dream*    I can play next week Gabe. I'm on vacation and will be around to play.



Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: New Raven BR on June 12, 2009, 01:18:16 AM
HOLY UNSUCCESSFUL BLOCKS, BATMAN!!!
Final Round match between Godspeed777 and briangabe?!
in the words of Vazzini
INCONCEIVABLE!!!
:rollin:
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on June 16, 2009, 12:48:41 AM
Aww, bummer RR. It looks like Gabe and I are such formidable opponents that everyone is passing on playing us.   ::)   *it is fun for me to dream*    I can play next week Gabe. I'm on vacation and will be around to play.



Godspeed,
Mike
Id play you ;)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 17, 2009, 10:17:23 PM
Mike and I played our first game of the playoffs tonight.  I hadn't seen him online for quite some time so it was great to spend some time catching up.  I won the game 5-1.  He didn't draw many good enhancements but it was really a pretty evenly matched game.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on June 18, 2009, 06:32:14 PM
I look forward to game 2 of the playoffs. It was definately an interesting game. I shuffled my defense early in the game and it never showed up properly again. I had plenty of Heroes show up to play, but enhs were sporadic to say the least. Being rusty from not playing didn't help me much at all facing Gabe. Any mistake is capitalized on by Gabe and.........well he doesn't make many of his own for me to do turnabout fair play.   ::)



Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 18, 2009, 11:46:44 PM
I won our second type NW game tonight.  I think we might have set a couple records for type NW.  There were 22 Lost Souls rescued in our game, 17 by one player.  Sorry, Scott, there were a couple "redeemed demons" even though we know those don't really count. ;)

Even though I opened up with a large BTN Hero who got a few free souls before Mike found defensers, I think Mike might have taken it easy on me so he could get outside to paintball with his kids. ;D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on June 19, 2009, 01:54:09 PM
Yay Paintball. Who woulda thunk that it ranked right up there with noodling, foosball and washers as All-Time greatest sports. Much like kids who play football, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball and so on.......my kids selected paintball as their sport to be involved in. Fortunately, my wife and I can participate in with them also. It is nice to be involved in the sport with the kids rather than being a glorified taxi to and from 3 different practices on opposite sides of town which is 20 minutes away.   ::)    I consider myself fortunate and blessed in this.

oh, and I wasn't taking it easy on Gabe. I left out a few key cards that woulda kept the score closer possibly, but he dominated from the beginning. If anything, I think he took it easy on me so I wouldn't cry at the blowout.   ;D

I'm looking forward to going  5 games or possibly 7 if we decide we wanna keep playing playoff games. I don't believe STAMP has said best of 5 or best of 7....so we will wing it.   ;)

Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 20, 2009, 08:53:34 PM
Hey, Mike, I put together a brand new deck for round three!  ;D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 20, 2009, 11:04:43 PM
In a standoff between two powerful defenses Mike rescued a Lost Soul as time ran out giving him the win for game three 1-0!  Wow, what a game!!! ;D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on June 21, 2009, 01:49:01 AM
If memory serves, Gabe had decked out and I still had 16 cards left in my deck. The game seemed a tad ponderous to me, with neither offense being a shining star, but mainly a defensive slip n slide to keep the LSs from being rescued. There were plenty of LSs drawn early in the game to be RA'd, but not that many RA's took place. An enjoyable game with a couple minor errors on my part and none that I can think of on Gabes. Now on to Playoff Game #4.


Godspeed,
Mike


Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on June 22, 2009, 10:38:03 PM
Don't worry, guys, I'm not ignoring you.  Just been busy.  I've been enjoying reading the game recaps.   :)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: New Raven BR on June 22, 2009, 11:24:21 PM
when's the next season?
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on June 23, 2009, 12:36:20 AM
Mike, I've gotta toss together a new deck before game 4.  I should have one together soon.

Scott, have you thought about having a Type NW side event at Nationals?  If you're ever going to promote this category that would be the time!
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: New Raven BR on June 23, 2009, 12:54:39 AM
awww, no raven?
lol
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 02, 2009, 12:03:40 AM
Mike and I played game 4 tonight.  My offense stunk.  Fortunately for me his defense didn't show up very strong before time ran out.  My defense survived because his deck was missing a key Hero in the brigade he was using that would have ruined my day.  What a game.  Final score was 4-1.  Always a fun time.  I'm looking forward to game 5.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 07, 2009, 06:11:29 PM
Mike and I played another playoff game on Sunday night.  It ended in a 2-2 tie thanks to me squeeking out a LS on my very last turn.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on July 07, 2009, 06:51:19 PM
So let's see, I count it up as Gabe leading the Series 3-1-1?  Mike can still win the last two and force a one-game sudden death.  Good luck to both of you!
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 09, 2009, 11:25:36 PM
Mike and I played another fun NW game tonight.  My new deck took a long time to set up and his protection Fortress was hiding.  A provisioned Seeker of the Lost was able to "Shibboleth" away his entire defense at one point.  

I gave up a few souls early, but then my "Fight by the Numbers banding" defense showed up (thanks to King Rehoboam and Captain of the Host).  I was able to keep him from rescuing for a while after that.

I rescued a Lost Soul with only 4 minutes left, to take the lead and the win.  The final score was 4-3.

You don't see stuff like this in T1 folks.  Ya just don't. :laugh:
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: lightningninja on July 09, 2009, 11:51:28 PM
Wait... wouldn't captain negate his ability? Also, I'd like to join once next season starts. I'm assuming September?
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 09, 2009, 11:58:52 PM
Wait... wouldn't captain negate his ability?

King Rehab?  Yes, his SA would be negated by Captain.  Negating Rehab's SA still leaves the original battle FBTNb though.  And it doesn't negate it if you have Gates in play.  

Twice I got to give Mike my Hur for Captain to fight causing me to draw a new hand.  ;D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: lightningninja on July 10, 2009, 12:15:03 AM
Wow... gates just got so awesome, lol.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 10, 2009, 08:16:02 AM
Scott, have you thought about having a Type NW side event at Nationals?  If you're ever going to promote this category that would be the time!
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on July 10, 2009, 10:40:00 AM
Mike and Gabe, great competition!  Sounds like you had a lot of fun.  I'll get prizes mailed out soon.

I will continue Type NW in the fall. 

Whether or not I have a competition at Nats will depend on whether Mike and Bryon need my help.  I promised them back in the fall last year.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Korunks on July 10, 2009, 10:59:47 AM
I won our second type NW game tonight.  I think we might have set a couple records for type NW.  There were 22 Lost Souls rescued in our game, 17 by one player.  Sorry, Scott, there were a couple "redeemed demons" even though we know those don't really count. ;)

What category are you playing where you can rescue 17 lost souls in a game  :scratch:
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 10, 2009, 11:02:35 AM
What category are you playing where you can rescue 17 lost souls in a game  :scratch:

The title of this thread says it all - Type NW.  The rules are on the first post.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Korunks on July 11, 2009, 08:10:18 AM
It's time for the playoffs!  We had a successful season split into two halves.  xCaLeBx won the first half with TheKarazyVP and 777Godspeed grabbing 2nd and 3rd.  In the second half BrianGabe honored us with his Redemption awesomeness and easily won the second half.  Since TKVP and 777 had spots in the playoffs already, DaClock and BloodBoughtBeliever received the 2nd and 3rd seeds for the second half.

There will be three rounds to the playoffs.  The quarterfinals will pit the 2nd and 3rd seeds from each half.  The winners of the quarterfinals will meet the top seeds in the semi-finals with those winners meeting in the finals.  The first two rounds will be in the best of 3 format with the finals being the best of 5.  I realize finding available times for opponents to play is the biggest obstacle so I won't put a deadline on the playoffs.  Ideally I'd like to have them finish in May.  The brackets are below.


777Godspeed          
                             |777Godspeed   
DaClock                 |                      |
                                                    |777Godspeed       
                            xCaLeBx             |                        |
                                                                              |
BloodBoughtBeliever                                                  |________________
                           |TheKarazyVP                               |
TheKarazyVP         |                      |                          |
                                                    |_______________|
                             BrianGabe         |


GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

actually the first post is this, I thought I saw a post on type NW a while back put it seems to have gone.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: Gabe on July 11, 2009, 08:19:45 AM
Oh, right.  My bad.  This (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=14185.0) is the post you want.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: 777Godspeed on July 11, 2009, 11:14:02 AM
Gabe summed it up nicely. I was able to jump out to a quick 3-0 lead and then struggled. My protection fort did not come out and protect leaving my defense vunerable and eventually gone. It was an enjoyable game that had many twists and turns. Gabes patience is a huge plus to his playing style as was evidenced during this game. Gabe you are a true Champion and I have been honored to play against you during these playoffs. There are far better players than I that should have been in the Championship, but I have enjoyed the opportunity. Congratulations Gabe. (if there is one more game then read this after we play.) lol     ;D
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: redemption99 on July 11, 2009, 11:25:04 AM
If this starts up again then i might be interested  in playing =)
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: lightningninja on July 11, 2009, 04:06:48 PM
Wait, I thought good cards and bad cards were equal? Did they change that? And I would LOVE to join when this restarts.
Title: Re: Type NW RTS League - Playoffs!
Post by: STAMP on July 12, 2009, 01:49:33 PM
This thread updated.  I'll start another thread for the 2009-2010 Type NW League as a placeholder since it won't start until Sep 8.

Thanks!
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