So who is travelling for the Nats?
Thinking a few pre, during, and post event beers and games are called for! I've got flights and will be arriving late afternoon Friday (how far is Paramatta by train from the city station the airport link goes to?) and then heading home dinner time Monday.
Assume everyone will stay at the hotel that Andrew suggested since he got a deal for us (nice work!) at that place and it's within walking distance of everything.
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Showing posts with label _Simon. Show all posts
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Nats Decks
So who has selected what they're playing for the Nats?
As I have no play group currently I've been having to play JOL which means figuring out what deck to play in advance in order to tune it. I have ruled out Disco's whacky 419 / Hide the Heart combo, it's very cool but I can't quite get it to run properly. Got a Brujah Debate deck that isn't working that well either so that's on the scrap heap. Have a nice Tupdog deck and an OBT toolbox with guns and black metamorphosis that are both going well but aren't going to win championships.
So currently thinking Baali Vote, Derange Malk sleaze, AAA sleaze, Nos Princes, Maryanne bloat / vote, or Howler and friends :-) Hopefully narrow it down by October!
What's everyone else thinking?
As I have no play group currently I've been having to play JOL which means figuring out what deck to play in advance in order to tune it. I have ruled out Disco's whacky 419 / Hide the Heart combo, it's very cool but I can't quite get it to run properly. Got a Brujah Debate deck that isn't working that well either so that's on the scrap heap. Have a nice Tupdog deck and an OBT toolbox with guns and black metamorphosis that are both going well but aren't going to win championships.
So currently thinking Baali Vote, Derange Malk sleaze, AAA sleaze, Nos Princes, Maryanne bloat / vote, or Howler and friends :-) Hopefully narrow it down by October!
What's everyone else thinking?
Thursday, 4 July 2013
The Horizon
So this is the best tip I ever got on strategy:
"Learn to recognise someone heading who is heading over the horizon and make sure you don't waste resources either helping them or helping someone else push them over"
By horizon they obviously mean when someone else is about to be ousted that isn't you or your prey.
This is really about not worrying about table balance and realising that sometimes when someone is down you need to kick them. Previously I would worry about anyone that wasn't my prey being ousted and waste resources stopping that happen. Which sometimes is required and sometimes is not and this little tip, given to me by my mate Sven in London, is really about picking which case it is and making the most of that.
Pretty much once I got to the heart of what that meant and understood it I went from someone who could get a few VPs and maybe the odd game win to someone that got game wins. I reckon this is the most common limitation people place on themselves when they first start playing tournaments so there it is.
S
"Learn to recognise someone heading who is heading over the horizon and make sure you don't waste resources either helping them or helping someone else push them over"
By horizon they obviously mean when someone else is about to be ousted that isn't you or your prey.
This is really about not worrying about table balance and realising that sometimes when someone is down you need to kick them. Previously I would worry about anyone that wasn't my prey being ousted and waste resources stopping that happen. Which sometimes is required and sometimes is not and this little tip, given to me by my mate Sven in London, is really about picking which case it is and making the most of that.
Pretty much once I got to the heart of what that meant and understood it I went from someone who could get a few VPs and maybe the odd game win to someone that got game wins. I reckon this is the most common limitation people place on themselves when they first start playing tournaments so there it is.
S
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Deals
Hi All
So getting the discussion started with a bit of a general question - what are you play groups like at deals?
Pretty much in our small group, we've same core dudes for like 10 years or so, deals are pretty much on an action by action basis; you rescue me, I support your next vote that kind of carry on. That's pretty much the way it's always been. Mostly also with everyone being experienced we kind of expect sensible (well in Greg's case sensible is more like predictable weirdness!) cross table behaviour. We also don't really beg help to live, if it's clear me being off the table is good for my cross tables allies then effort won't be wasted trying to talk someone into helping me.
I'm playing some JOL league games at the moment and there is some crazy deal cross table oust carry on, made worse by the dealing taking place without all parties at the table (so to speak). It's like worse than a tournament, I'd forgotten how bad some of the Europeans are when it comes to table talking. It's total VP dealing, you oust him and then I'll oust this dude. Is this sort of carry on normal in anyone's local groups? Or we just see some, not heaps, of it at tourneys?
S
So getting the discussion started with a bit of a general question - what are you play groups like at deals?
Pretty much in our small group, we've same core dudes for like 10 years or so, deals are pretty much on an action by action basis; you rescue me, I support your next vote that kind of carry on. That's pretty much the way it's always been. Mostly also with everyone being experienced we kind of expect sensible (well in Greg's case sensible is more like predictable weirdness!) cross table behaviour. We also don't really beg help to live, if it's clear me being off the table is good for my cross tables allies then effort won't be wasted trying to talk someone into helping me.
I'm playing some JOL league games at the moment and there is some crazy deal cross table oust carry on, made worse by the dealing taking place without all parties at the table (so to speak). It's like worse than a tournament, I'd forgotten how bad some of the Europeans are when it comes to table talking. It's total VP dealing, you oust him and then I'll oust this dude. Is this sort of carry on normal in anyone's local groups? Or we just see some, not heaps, of it at tourneys?
S
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