Armada Team Tournament - Vassal

[Dorrin314 115]

We have our first tribute!

Indeed I was offered, now we'll see how I do...swarm vs swarm, should be interesting.

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

Ardaedhel (Alamo City Fleet) has offered up Cutter9999's fleet and we (The Vanguard) have countered with Miferr's Indevaris.

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

So ACFC Det 1 and The Vanguard have established our matchups.

DourPrize's B-wings will feast on the rapidly-regenerating flesh of MoodSwing's dual pickles and token corvette (see what I did there???).

Cutter9999's pile of TIE bombers will face down Miferr's balanced Indy/Yavaris fleet.

And CNinja and I will duke it out Neo-Wave 0 style, with his the VSD carrier fleet against my zombie CR90 swarm.

Edited March 1, 2016 by Ardaedhel

[Truthiness 5,696]

I have offered up myself to OBJECTIONABLE Content (silly Biggs). I await their reply...

[Madaghmire 7,274]

I don't want to raise any eyebrows but Madag's fleet looks very similar to mine

 

And it's made on Armada Warlords. We all now know where Madag gets his tactics, skill etc from now

 

 

The bad news is we have 11 teams. So there is going to be a bye.

 

Don't worry about it Biggs, I vote as the representative for my team for that bye.

You caught me!

 

For real though, there's a few very similar looking lists in this tournament. Great minds I guess.

[clontroper5 4,232]

I don't want to raise any eyebrows but Madag's fleet looks very similar to mine

 

And it's made on Armada Warlords. We all now know where Madag gets his tactics, skill etc from now

 

 

The bad news is we have 11 teams. So there is going to be a bye.

 

Don't worry about it Biggs, I vote as the representative for my team for that bye.

You caught me!

 

For real though, there's a few very similar looking lists in this tournament. Great minds I guess.

I will take credit for those fleets

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

Ard (CR90B/SW-7 Rieekan swarm)

- vs -

CNinja (triple VSD balanced carrier)

This Friday at 1930CST/0130GMT!

[Madaghmire 7,274]

 

 

I don't want to raise any eyebrows but Madag's fleet looks very similar to mine

 

And it's made on Armada Warlords. We all now know where Madag gets his tactics, skill etc from now

 

 

The bad news is we have 11 teams. So there is going to be a bye.

 

Don't worry about it Biggs, I vote as the representative for my team for that bye.

You caught me!

 

For real though, there's a few very similar looking lists in this tournament. Great minds I guess.

I will take credit for those fleets

 

You shouldn't. I designed a mc30-corvette tr90 swarm before I even had wave 2 in hand, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. You can take credit for the ridiculous bid though.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Madaghmire

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

I don't want to raise any eyebrows but Madag's fleet looks very similar to mine

And it's made on Armada Warlords. We all now know where Madag gets his tactics, skill etc from now

The bad news is we have 11 teams. So there is going to be a bye.

Don't worry about it Biggs, I vote as the representative for my team for that bye.

You caught me!

For real though, there's a few very similar looking lists in this tournament. Great minds I guess.

I will take credit for those fleets

You shouldn't. I designed a mc30-corvette tr90 swarm before I even had wave 2 in hand, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. You can take credit for the ridiculous bid though.

Agreed. The first time I saw The Clonisher list was when I was taking my CR90B/SW-7 swarm out for a spin on Vassal. I outbid it then, just like I do now. And I very nearly took this swarm list to the World Cup tournament.

Not that I'm complaining about the bids. I love that the progression of the game is forcing the bid to hurt rather than be incidental. I could've fit a whole extra ace in my list in place of the bid I made--which is how it should be.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Ardaedhel

[Truthiness 5,696]

 

Not that I'm complaining about the bids. I love that the progression of the game is forcing the bid to hurt rather than be incidental. I could've fit a whole extra ace in my list in place of the bid I made--which is how it should be.

 

 

Rieekan is looking more and more like my go to commander because of this. The bids are just too out of control for me to even bother making an attempt at first player. Might as well take the opportunity to get better at second player. I'm stuck with Garm and a 9 point bid for the tourney, but I think this might be the last time I do that for a while.

[MattShadowlord 1,494]

 

I could've fit a whole extra ace in my list in place of the bid I made--which is how it should be.

 

Is it though?

I mean, is it really good for a game to have who goes first be so important? Anyone who ever played IG vs Tau in 40k would probably have the view that a game is better when the order of activations isn't the most important thing in the game.

 

Anecdotally, the lowest bid I have come across so far was 286 / 400 (133 of Squadrons and 1 carrier) and the lowest I have used is now 365 / 400 (Demolisher etc). Both of these were ludicrous, although the latter would be really good vs another Demolisher list.

Which isn't necessarily how it should be

[Viperous 351]

 

 

I could've fit a whole extra ace in my list in place of the bid I made--which is how it should be.

 

Is it though?

I mean, is it really good for a game to have who goes first be so important? Anyone who ever played IG vs Tau in 40k would probably have the view that a game is better when the order of activations isn't the most important thing in the game.

 

Anecdotally, the lowest bid I have come across so far was 286 / 400 (133 of Squadrons and 1 carrier) and the lowest I have used is now 365 / 400 (Demolisher etc). Both of these were ludicrous, although the latter would be really good vs another Demolisher list.

Which isn't necessarily how it should be

 

 

You've just found the counter to Clon's fleet. Congratulations! Go and post your findings on the threads discussing clons invincibility. You've allowed every Armada player to sleep undisturbed. That is, until you decide to enter it in a Vassal tournament.

 

[MattShadowlord 1,494]

 

You've just found the counter to Clon's fleet. Congratulations! Go and post your findings on the threads discussing clons invincibility. You've allowed every Armada player to sleep undisturbed.

 

Hah sure, spend 1 point less than your opponent! We've cracked it. If they do the same, repeat until one of you hits 98pts+Screed!

Genius

[Ginkapo 9,320]

This Friday at 1930CST/0130GMT!

I wanted to watch this one! Full report pls

Edited March 2, 2016 by Ginkapo

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

This Friday at 1930CST/0130GMT!

I wanted to watch this one! Full report pls

I'll try to remember to record it, but I'm terrible about remembering that...

[moodswing5537 1,415]

DourPrize vs. Moodswing will be tonight 7:00pm CST (I guess that's -6 GMT, carry the one....oh screw it....just check every hour till we show up....;-) 

[miferr 179]

Cutter9999 vs. miferr

 

Thursday, 1900CST/0100GMT

 

(I just cut and pasted Ardaedhel's time, subtracted 0:30, and pray he did the math correctly.) 

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

I think ACFC and The Vanguard should get props (We'll take any points we can get) for perfect scheduling.

 

A game tonight, Thursday night and Friday night!

[ianediger 1,345]

Ianediger vs. Viperous Friday, March 4th, 1:30 p.m. CST/7:30 GMT

[Viperous 351]

Yes! Let's go Alderaan Choices!

[Madaghmire 7,274]

Btw I love the name Alderaan Choices.

[BiggsIRL 6,717]

 

Two new analyses:

 

Team Analysis (First Time Vassalers)

Team Analysis (Alderaan Choices)

[BiggsIRL 6,717]

And with a short week to play before Round 1 really gets cranking, here's this week's "Matchup of the Week":

 

Ardaedhel vs. Caribbean Ninja - Friday 4th @ 1930 CST / 0030 GMT

 

Look forward to a pre-matchup analysis, "Biggs' Pre-Match Bet", and a live stream of the game itself!

[Madaghmire 7,274]

Ohhhh thats a good lookin' matchup right there.

[Quadro28 173]

Quadro28 vs Skycake match will be Monday at 8pm CST(3am GMT)