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  4. Posted

    And so it comes to this.  No, it has nothing to do with my incredibly scrub performance this year at Worlds after my decent performance at my first Worlds.  It's more personal-related that I hang it up for UFS.

    It has been fun, but as the future looks right now, I don't really forsee myself having the time to play UFS anymore.  Originally, I was so sick of the Grey Wars.  Antigoth and I had a great conversation (BIG thanks for that, Brian.  You REALLY put my mind at ease on the subjects we covered).  But there are matters in life that will have my attention in the future, and I don't forsee myself really having the proper time to play the game anymore to the point of relevence.

    I'm going to say that I had an amazing time this year, despite how bad the event went.  It was nice, for one, to see Bittner complete the Trinity of Character Cards for UFS House   (those team shirts were awesome, btw).  It was also nice to actually see Paul show some emotion and talk a bit!  Not that anything's wrong with ya, dude.  But, like, whenever I saw you, you had such a plain look on your face.  Smile a bit more!  =).

    OMG the italian restaurant.  The love letter, the toasts...Scott coming over and saying Knight Breaker and Pasta over and over with me.  So pringles.  That dinner was awesome.  James making fun of Goo was hilarious too.  For those math majors-If you divide James by 3, you get Goo.  =p.  The whip cream in the face to Jeremy, Paul, and whoever else was great, too.  Goo and I party-boying our way out of the italian restaurant was great.

    It was so great to finally meet Archimedes.  Dude is seriously awesome, and it was a long-time coming to meet him!  You never did tell Santa what you wanted for Christmas, btw!  =p.

    Scott...Pasta.  Pasta.  Pasta.  Knight Breaker.  Knight Breaker.  =).  I know you loved that card I made you.  DON'T YOU LOSE IT, OLEXA!

    Shinji...if only you didn't scare the piss out of my bladder when I walked into the dark bathroom and out of nowhere i hear a "Hello!"  Dance your butt off, dude =p.

    Thomas.  Not sure of your board name...but that random hot anime chick that gave you her number...GET ON THAT, MAN!  Distance is nothing in this case!  Awesome guy, too.  =).

    The Brits for a strong showing.  You guys were more or a less a pleasure to have.

    Andrew (DaiAndOh) for sitting at the top table for a round and doing pretty well in the end, despite the last 3 rounds!  Bad luck happens!

    I can sit here and give a whole bunch of shout-outs, but I rather let you guys post away.  I will say this though-I can easily have Goo make me a deck and make an appearance here or there.  If anyone wants my email address, add me as a friend and I'll PM it to you.  Love you all  =)

  5. Posted

    I want to say this now.  Shinji was a pretty good guy irl, despite the fact I never really got to hold much of a convo with him over the trip.  Not gonna lie-I wasn't exactly ready to roll out the red carpet going into Worlds, but after this Worlds, I have to say that no one should hate.

    However, scaring me half to death when I went to go pee in the wee hours of sunday morning?  Will do without next time!  I so thought you were Andrew since the way you said hello was kinda like how he did.

    And this kid can do some DDR.  SERIOUS DDR.  =p

  8. Posted

    Pre-new ban list, Spinta was broken beyond hell.

    It has now come down to the level of overpowered, one step below Broken.  Why?

    Chun-li is gone.  That's why.

     

    If there's one thing the previous 2 ban lists accomplished, it is that they banned most of the enablers.  Chun-li just broke the card to hell, because she could start messing with what you did on your turn with the card for much too free of a cost.  Sure, Akuma+ A New Low can do that now, but that requires having another card out, Responding and making a 4 check to pass the Response cost, responding again with a foundation, and then having to make a check of 6 for Spinta (A New Low requires you to make the check at +1 difficulty).  As supposed to Chun-li, who was all "What, two forms?  BLAM! Free response, eat that."

     

    And one comment about damage redux and Omar's deck.  I played against the deck last night, and lost 2-1.  I only won game one because he got 0 Seals, 0 BRTs, 0 Red Cyclones, and only 1 Abelia's out to which I had an Oral Dead (to hell with the fools that thing Oral Dead is not as useful anymore.  That card won me game 1 vs. him since he couldn't do any recursion against me.)  In game 2, he had 2 BRTs, a Red Cyclone, and 2 Make a Difference out by turn 2.  I proceeded to scoop at that point.  While my deck isn't the greatest example of how awesome damage redux works (I don't attack much), the point remains. 

  10. Posted

    Potm has won me games in conjunction with No Memories along with the draw power.  It is very practical in this deck so far.  It also helps me push over the damage I need if I'm short some change in damage.  The thing about it is that it enables some things in this deck and, despite the lack of a big damage pump, still finds itself as useful.

    Scroll of the Abyss+Kings Games.  Life gain of KG.  KG+No Memories (With Path out, of course).  KG+Saikyo.  KG+Unorthodox.  It is a great defensive piece.

    Free Will, as much as I do agree with you, is a necessary evil.  I've been very unlucky with checking my Menuett's, and without Free Will, I can only get my Menuett's back with Free Will.

    I'll keep the attack lineup you recommended in mind, however, should I choose to generate some more damage if it is necessary.

    I do agree on Huge Wrestling Army.  That is basically the first card to go if I need to fit something in, and Buddist would find it's way in, along wiht some tinkering of the 2x ratios.  I want to see how it plays out now with the Ban list, but trust me, I've been trying to convince Andrew (and I've got backup from some people, too) that HWA isn't necessary.

  13. Posted

    So, DaiAndOh came up with this fun idea.

    Then the bannings happened.

    Then I had some ideas.

    Out came...Death Blanka.

    Characters:
    ::Blanka:: x1

     

    Actions: 10
    Power of the Light x4 2/3 +2H
    Preventing the Curse x3 2/3
    Dan’s Taunt x3 6/5 +3H

    Assets: 9
    Path of the Master x3 2/5 +??
    Kings Games x2 3/4 +1M
    Scroll of the Abyss x2 3/5 +2M
    The Evil Doer Destroyer x1 4/4

    Attacks: 3
    Menuett Dance x3 6/2

    Foundations: 43
    Free Will x4 2/5
    Inhuman Perception x4 2/5 +1H
    Saiko-Ryu x4 0/4 +3H
    Unorthodox Training x4 2/5 +2M
    Trapped in a Nightmare x3 2/5 +3H
    Rev’s Calling x3 2/5 +1M
    No Memories x3 4/4
    Oral Dead x3 2/5 +1L
    Huge Wrestling Army x3 1/4
    Alluring Beauty x3 1/4 +1L
    Destiny x3 2/5
    Cursed Blood x31/4
    Hulking Brute x2 3/4 +2H
    Perfect Sense of Balance x2 2/5

    Side Board
    3x Seal of Cessation
    2x Warriors Dream
    2x Military Combat Arts
    1x Perfect Sense of Balance
     

    First things first.  Yes, there are only 3 Menuetts.  When I get my 4th, it'll go in.

    First thing people see is Dan's Taunt.  Yes.  Dan's Taunt.  Have I used it?  Yes.  Has it won me games?  In the limited games I've played, it has already won me a game.

    On a good go-around, I've drawn all 65 cards in this deck (either via them being checked, in play, or in my hand) by turn 4.  Now, you may say that with only 20 vitality, I can't survive that long.  Originally, that was the case.  Then Unorthdox training, Kings Games, Scroll of the Abyss, and Evil Doer Destroyer went in.  I live!!!

    This deck is still in a testing stage, but I can honestly say that with the bannings of Olcadan's and Chester's, I feel VERY good about this deck.  I basically lost to Magnus's Ibuki deck because of those two cards.  Revenant's Calling and Destiny would have eaten him alive had it not been for the accursed card.

    I'm not really worried about milling myself out because most of my deck utilizes both my momentum and my hand.

    I'd REALLY appreciate the thoughts and comments.  This deck is just so fun.  And don't give me any make it Chaos suggestions.  That's just not very imaginative.

  16. Posted

    The other day I was running my Death/Fire deck vs. Magnus's evil Ibuki deck, and the results of the match left such a bad taste in my mouth and it was all due to those two infernal cards.  It's so bad that 3 No Memories played on turn 2 wasn't enough to overcome all the stupid chester's hitting me and owlfaces eating my Destinys. 

    And I seriously had what I needed to sit on my ass for the whole game until I had my Menuettes to kill with (wtb 1 more btw).  Go go lack of fun times due to chester and Olcadan's and makai.

    That rant was semi-inspired by the mentioning of the cards.  Sowy.  =p.

  18. Posted

    After today, I want Chester's and Owlface gone now.  I got rocked because of those two cards.  So hard to sit on your ass when stuff is negating your ass-sitting skills.

    the thing is, though, that Close Throw doesn't really do much for those symbols.  It's like...meh, whatever.  It's average at best.

    Look at my previous thoughts for thoughts on errata's and bans of the similar manner, Shinji.

  20. Posted

    Followed closely by Fire Yang, imo.

    Post bannings, it will become a better symbol with it's smash-face style.  Not great, but it can definitely win you some games.

    Here's the biggest reason why:  Blinding Rage and Makai High Noble, while good for the stats, all of a sudden became less staple and more side-board.  Tell me how often you told yourself the only reason you ran those cards was to stop Olcadan's.  Now you have potentially 7-8 foundation slots to work with instead of wasting them on anti-olcadan's.

    Spinta doesn't belong in every fire deck.  I've said it before and I'll say it again.  It definitely belongs in Fire Akuma, and his abuse of A New Low along with it make it great.

     

  22. Posted

     

    1. Number of Chun-lis played at the event.

    A little less than 25% of the decks at the event will be Chun li-that combines sandbags/sideboards and main boarded.  I'm guessing about 40-50 people will be there, so as outlandish as it seems, I'm saying 8-10

    2. Will at least one Chun-li top 8 - yes/no.

    Stupid question is stupid =p.  Sorry, dut.  I'm not saying you are stupid (that right there would be flat out false), but the answer is a no-brainer.  Yes, she will

    3. Number of Chun-lis diversified at the event.

    I'll say 4.  Some of the sandbags/sideboarders will make the top, though.

    4. Which player will it be that wins the tournament within the tournament and plays top 8 as Chun-li?

    If Macek goes (and with all due respect to the other Chunners out there), he will.  He has already diversified Matt Kohls at a previous major event.

    5. Will SoS or an equivalent tie breaker play a part, like I think it did for Chunster, at the Cannats?

    No.  It will be close, however.  Assuming 6 rounds, I'll say the winning Chunners will have at least a record of 4-1-1, with the runner-up coming in at 3-1-2 or 4-2-0

    6. How many Chun-li Sandbags will be in the top 8?

    I'll go with 3.  Yes, this implies that I am saying half the top 8 will be comprised of Chun-li.

    7. Will we see a top 8 (or diversified) Chun-li off of either Void or Water as a primary symbol?

    No.  Maybe off of water next month.  Void doesn't have what it takes to make her work right.

    8. Will Chun-li top 4, top 2, or even win the thing?

    At worst, she will top 2.  To be honest I don't know how the matchup is vs. HanzoKick, because that is my other pick to win it all.

     

    Thanks for that clever little thing you did there, Hewitt.  Quite amusing.

     

     

  23. Posted

    ROTBI said:

    Goo said:

     

    well this banning only cripple card combos which i see order having a field day with people staging area and only good can prevent that. cursed blood was a huge mistake to bring back because i see no reason for any other symbol besides order using it to have field advantage. my thought would be to have it reprinted without the order symbol. close throw? seriously come on i would expect overhand throw then that. it does'nt make sense what so ever to even bring that back. martial arts champ make sense. fel long kick should have been banned.ira spinta should have been jedah only, juni spiral arrow should make you chuck momentum. to many cheesy cards that get off very easy.

     

     

     

    Um, no sarcasm intended here, I'm honestly not understanding why Fei Long's Forward Kick should be banned.  Could you explain it to the uninformed (myself)?

    Hanzokick is pretty unfair, that's why.

    Well, the thing is is that the HanzoKick deck has gone largely underestimated.  Now, I know I'm going to draw some fire for saying this, but I still believe the deck doesn't get enough credit.  I think it's better than simply top 8s and a win here or there.  I'd rank it as probably the second best deck behind Chun-li right now, honestly.  I find myself surprised more and more when I hear of a Hanzokick deck making top 8 only to not win the event.

    The other reason Goo mentioned that is as such:  On our train ride home last week, he brought up the point that you can make a good and effective Hanzo deck sans the kick, but  there's no point since it would be completely inferior to Hanzokick.  It discourages creative deck-building to have such a condition like Hanzokick exist.  The solution would be to get rid of forward kick, or make it a Fei Long E.  Now, most people would probably just say F*** Hanzo, but hey, some of us might think of creative ways to work him.

    Now, with the loss of these banned cards, the deck has gained even more power.  No more owlface and Chester's to hit those Bitter Rivals, Ways of Punishment, and any other manner of foundation-powered damage push-throughs.  If Hanzokick doesn't make it to AT LEAST the top 4 at nats, I'm going to be shocked.  Seriously shocked.

    I was personally hoping for a rather large ban-hammer to drop.  My list is quite extensive, and also includes errata's for certain cards, one of which being Spinta as well.  But, rather than  a character-only, I would have attatched something like "If you play an effect that adds this card to your hand, this card will return to your hand during your end phase instead." So as to stop these silly and somewhat unfair loops.

    The issue is a lot of power cards from the pre-Hata era of the game are too powerful for what they cost.  Spiral Arrow has no cost.  Spinta's cost is HEAVILY abused by the decks that run it-it's more of a boon imo.  Spike's 1 check serves no justification for it's imbalanced power.  Honestly, would it be the worst thing to hit some of these cards with Errata's?  I mean back a few years a lot of these cards that were super-powerful had very big costs.  Yoga Mastery, while still a bit too strong, had a very big cost attatched to a 4 diffculty.  You could seriously risk decking out or losing cards you need in order to kill your opponent.  I've witness people lose because they lost that one attack or foundation they needed to push themselves over in the past, myself included.  Things like lost memories, which was card for card.  Psycho Power, which had an outlandish 5 difficulty and a momentum+commital cost.

    For anyone interested at all, here was my wish-list of bans:

    BRT
    Makai (check)
    Owlface (check)


    And the longish part, erratas:

    Foward Kick-Fei Long E
    Feline Spike-Felicia E, nix the Reversal
    Spinta-Effect listed above
    Spiral Arrow-Commit 2 foundations, discard 1 momentum as cost.
    Chun-li-Only non-attacks are playable on your opponent's turn.  I say this because her effect reminds me a lot of Mil Rank.  Too easy of a cost to fufill for what it does.
     

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