Greed's BUD2: Round 4

[Greed]

The deadline for all Round 4 games will be Saturday, May 2 at 11:59 PM Pacific (GMT -7). Do NOT forget to post or private message me your draft results.

1. I'malive24/7
1. skev21 (First)
Draft received.

2. Ragnarth (First)
2. Pikachu!
Draft received.

3. Tugnus (First)
3. DOCTOR DEVICE
Draft received.

4. ZADICO (First)
4. Sacred Silence
Draft received.

(First) = first pick
Bold Name = sent a good private message (details in the other thread)
Underlined Name = winner

Each round is randomized (opponent and turn). Predictions are encouraged!

Please get your games done in a timely fashion! Good luck, folks.

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Greed's BUD2: Round 5

The deadline for all Round 5 games will be Wednesday, May 13 at 11:59 PM Pacific (GMT -7). Do NOT forget to post or private message me your draft results.

1. Ragnarth
1. DOCTOR DEVICE (First)
Draft received.

2. Sacred Silence (First)
2. I'malive24/7
Draft received.

(First) = first pick
Bold Name = sent a good private message (details in the other thread)
Underlined Name = winner

Each round is randomized (opponent and turn). Predictions are encouraged!

Please get your games done in a timely fashion! Good luck, folks.

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Greed's BUD2: Round 6

The deadline for all Round 6 games will be Tuesday, May 19 at 11:59 PM Pacific (GMT -7). Do NOT forget to post or private message me your draft results.

Championship:
1. DOCTOR DEVICE
1. Sacred Silence (First)
Draft received.

Consolation:
2. Ragnarth
2. I'malive24/7 (First)

(First) = first pick
Bold Name = sent a good private message (details in the other thread)
Underlined Name = winner

Each round is randomized (opponent and turn). Predictions are encouraged!

Please get your games done in a timely fashion! Good luck, folks.

[ZADICO]

here we go!!

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

me and tugnuts drafted.

[Ragnarth]

Ugh... did not Lieutenant beat Pikachu before getting banned?. Or am i confused?.

[skev21]

He did but there isn't really any point in having a bye this late in the tournament when he can just as easilly give Pika the win.

Sorry I missed you last night, I must have gone straight to bed. Anyway I'm GMT+1 due to DST and can play:
Today anytime until 1am.
Tomorrow from 4pm until 7pm
Tuesday from 2pm until 1am
Wednesday not at all
Thursday from 4pm until 1am

Hopefully some of that works for you, let me know. Btw I'll take Scout as my first pick.

My PM to I'ma.

[I'malive24/7]

Response to skev:

Okay, I'm GMT-4 currently (EST).

I might be on from like 6-8 p.m. tonight, but I'll be busy. Maybe we can do our draft then.

Tomorrow I can be on from 5:30-9:30 p.m., which doesn't match up with your times.

Tuesday I can be on from probably 7 - 9:30 p.m. which could be a good day for us to play.

Wednesday I can't play either.

Thursday should be approximately the same times as Tuesday.

-I'ma

[Ragnarth]

He did but there isn't really any point in having a bye this late in the tournament when he can just as easilly give Pika the win.

Just asking since it's not how dqs in GS have been working. And it would suck for me to lose against an eliminated player.

[skev21]

Well it would suck for everyone that doesn't get a bye for someone to be given one. Lieu was banned before last round ended so it doesn't really matter. Do you think you deserve a bye to the semi finals?

[Ragnarth]

I think i should be talking this to Greed and not to you.

[xEaglex]

Just asking since it's not how dqs in GS have been working. And it would suck for me to lose against an eliminated player.

In the GS3 I was supposed to be setting up a time against my next opponent after you quit, and after about 5 days you came back in and said you wanted to play so I had to move back a round.

So don't talk, kay? I didn't complain about moving back a round to play you instead of getting a bye and neither should you.

[Ragnarth]

In the GS3 I was supposed to be setting up a time against my next opponent after you quit, and after about 5 days you came back in and said you wanted to play so I had to move back a round.

So don't talk, kay? I didn't complain about moving back a round to play you instead of getting a bye and neither should you.

I decided to play you before the deadline back then and HK decided i could still get the game. "So don't talk, kay?" is a bit annoying sentence and unnecesary in my opinion. I've not done anything to you and if you decided not to "complain" it's up to you, we are obviously not the same person, so don't come and tell me what should i do. I was just asking to realize how that decision was been made, that's all. I actually drafted units with pikachu before this post.

My units ( i dont recall pikachu units xd ):
Cleric
Scout
Knight
Stone golem
Poison wisp
frost
LW
furgon
Assasin
Ambusher

[Pikachu!]

Ragnarth: Cleric, Scout, Knight, Frost, Wisp, Stone, LW, GA, Assassin, Furgon.

Me: Cleric, Mud, Beast Rider, Dragon Tyrant, DSM, Pyromancer, BW, DMW.



Predictions:

1. I'malive24/7
1. skev21 (First)

2. Ragnarth (First)
2. Pikachu!

3. Tugnus (First)
3. DOCTOR DEVICE

4. ZADICO (First)
4. Sacred Silence

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

lol pika you and I have the same units. but I have a wisp too. Good luck with 8 units ;)

[skev21]

Pika has the Berserker too.

[Pikachu!]

Pikachu vs. Ragnarth
Winner: Ragnarth
Comments: Bleh, I had a game-winning advantage [cleric kill + massive damage + position for 3 units of mine], but threw it away. Good game, Rag :)

[I'malive24/7]

Skev: Cleric
Scout
Knight
Frost
Wisp
Assassin
GA
LW
Berz
Furgy

I'ma: Cleric
Mud
Dragon
DSM
BR
Stone Golem
Pyromancer
BW
DMW

Promises to be an interesting game :D

[Ragnarth]

Pikachu vs. Ragnarth
Winner: Ragnarth
Comments: Bleh, I had a game-winning advantage [cleric kill + massive damage + position for 3 units of mine], but threw it away. Good game, Rag :)

Ragnarth vs Pikachu
Winner: Ragnarth
Comments: First, i had set advantage. The only blocks in the game were, a dsm front block from him, at the beggining, not really important. A side pyro block for him ( that woulda allowed me to use my wisp one more time and not to have to sacrifice my cleric, in result giving me a huge advantage ), a dsm side block with -% for him that almost made the game longer but a knight side block for me allowed me to kill his dsm next turn.

I am curious about Guide saying he had the advantage after killing my cleric because it was exactly after that move that i knew i was going to win. I allowed him to kill my cleric in exchange of his witch, pyro and mud. After than that, i had a 1 hit to death frost, a weak furgon - stone, amb, scout and assasin almost full, a knight at 33 or so hp and full LW. All near to my stone golem. He had a freezed mud ( a sure death ), a dsm that couldnt come near to my units because my LW and my range units, a full dragon with 16 of power, a berseker far away, a bw ( in range of my scout and ambusher) and a cleric, useless at this time considering my quick move units and my frost vs his 3 wait turns units and a weak berseker. Then he made it even easier and allowed me to freeze his dragon trying to shoot my units slowly. I then kill his DSM. Good game Guide.

[Greed]

Ragnarth vs Pikachu
Winner: Ragnarth
Comments: I don't think Guide had the advantage when he says he did. I actually thought about allowing him to kill my cleric so i coulda kill his witch, freeze his mud and kill his pyro ( the one who blocked from side before saving its life, which did not allow me to have a huge advantage ). After than that, i had a 1 hit to death frost, a weak furgon, stone, amb, scout and assasin almost full, and a knight at 33 or so hp and LW. He had a freezed mud ( a sure death ), a dsm that couldnt come near to my units because my LW and my range units, a full dragon with 16 of power, a berseker a bw and a cleric. He had no range and i still had good hp units with stone.

I freezed his dragon and killed his dsm for my knight, and the game was over. Gg Guide.

Well, I'm glad you complained for nothing.

[Ragnarth]

Sorry for asking for an explanation to the tourney hoster about something unusual. I am in all the right of doing it as a player in the tourney, and you certanly should not say i was complainning for nothing. Nice to see you talk now that i made it easy for you.


Lol i just realized Guide predicted himself winning our game, good i did not see that before ^^.


PD: And yeah i am being an ass, so safe yourself those next posts people :p.

[Greed]

Sorry for asking for an explanation to the tourney hoster about something unusual. I am in all the right of doing it as a player in the tourney, and you certanly should not say i was complainning for nothing. Nice to see you talk now that i made it easy for you.


Lol i just realized Guide predicted himself winning our game, good i did not see that before ^^.


PD: And yeah i am being an ass, so safe yourself those next posts people :p.

I explained it perfectly fine in the last thread, so perhaps you should have read it there before you decided to complain here and now continue to complain for me supposedly not explaining myself. The answer is simple. Lieu was disqualified, so Pika advanced. Sure, Lieu beat Pika, but as skev explained, I advanced Pika in order to prevent a bye. Yes, you were complaining for nothing.

[Tugnus]

Tugnus vs DD
Winner DD

gg

[Ragnarth]

I explained it perfectly fine in the last thread, so perhaps you should have read it there before you decided to complain here and now continue to complain for me supposedly not explaining myself. The answer is simple. Lieu was disqualified, so Pika advanced. Sure, Lieu beat Pika, but as skev explained, I advanced Pika in order to prevent a bye. Yes, you were complaining for nothing.

Perhaps instead than being overbearing you could have nicely repeated what i missed, since i hope you want to solve questions that players in your tourney has. I just stated ( or i was about to ) i did not agree about the decision. And you certanly have to be prepared for people differing about you, and in this situation you had to give a response. But instead of that the best you could do it was to say i was complaining for nothing, even when i got the game in since i did not want to make a big deal about it. It was unnecesary to be mean. Maybe you don't realize the difference between discussing and complaining.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

DD vrs tugnus
DD wins

comments: classic bomb vrs power melee turt that most of my games have been. I thought he had me early, but he made a slight mistake allowing me to get his cleric + mucho grande damage with my mages. perhaps if he had LWed my pyro when I moved it in for a juicy burn, but he chose to furg. I BWed and after that I had mages all up in his grill. I got him on my off side but even still he had to play perfect to win (which he had been doing.) But not realizing I could quake a shrub and let my BR hit his cleric ultiately cost him. Endgame was just cleaning up his stoned crap.


our draft was (in no order)

Tugnus:

knight
stone
scout
lw
ga
assassin
furgon
frost
berz
cleric

DD

dsm
pyro
dmw
bw
DT
br
mud
wisp
cleric


gg bud. Fun game

[Sacred Silence]

We drafted

Me:
-Mud
-Knight
-BR
-Frost
-Assassin
-DSM
-Furgon
-GA
-Stone

Zadico:
-Scout
-DT
-Wisp
-Berz
-Lw
-Witch
-Chanty
-BW

[Ragnarth]

Looks like zad is screwed ^^

[Sacred Silence]

Yah, I had a great pick.

[I'malive24/7]

I'malive24/7 vs. Skev21
Winner: I'malive24/7
s/s: none
Comments: I attacked his scout early, and killed it early. Almost lost to a really good wisp move, but decided that sacrificing my cleric, BW, and pyro was totally worth it to get his Wisp, knight, and most likely GA. In the end, I just had the advantage in attackers, and moved slowly, methodically, and ended up winning by Stoney, Mud (Hurt), and Witch.

[skev21]

I'ma beat me. He played it better than me even though I got a much better side, took too many early hits and didnt have enough left at the end to hold him off, he won by a full witch, stone and 3hp mud. Good game.

[Ragnarth]

Question:

If i get first pick and let's say i pick scout. Can my opponent pick mud and then dragon?. Because pikachu almost did it with me but since we were not sure he did pick other 2 units.

[Magician]

No, you can't do what you've just described.

[Ragnarth]

Alright. So I'malive's draft isn't in order. I just got confused.

[Pikachu!]

No, you can't do what you've just described.

*shrug* I didn't see why not [would you mind explaining?], but I wasn't 100% sure.

[I'malive24/7]

No, that's exactly what I did with skev, and I'm pretty sure you can do it.

If you can pick dragon with any other pick, why not pick #3?

[Magician]

I remember it being asked before, and being told no. I could be mistaken, though. Greed?

[skev21]

You can do that, people have done it both this year and last. There's no reason it shouldn't be allowed as the person with the first pick then takes 2 afterwards.

[Greed]

You can do it. Sorry for the late explanation. It's simply another two turns in a row for the other person as usual.

[Sacred Silence]

I just sent another PM to Zad:

Hey, today is the deadline but I'm sure we can get an extension for tomorrow if necessary. I'm pretty busy today but I can play earlier on, so let me know what times you're available today and tomorrow and I'll try to meet one of them.

[ZADICO]

yes, we have to play tomorrow...

[Sacred Silence]

I think we're set to play at 8PM EST.

[Greed]

I think we're set to play at 8PM EST.

I'd prefer if you had told me this earlier and asked for an extension, but I'll allow it.

[Sacred Silence]

Sorry Greed, thanks.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

will there be TAL points for semi finalists?

[Sacred Silence]

I beat Zad in a very close game.

[I'malive24/7]

will there be TAL points for semi finalists?

Hopefully.

Let's get semi-finals started! The sooner, the better!

[Greed]

will there be TAL points for semi finalists?

I'll leave that for Mag or HK to decide, but there will be a consolation game either way. Round closed. I don't think a new thread is necessary, so I'll update this one with the next one sometime tomorrow.

[Sacred Silence]

Let's go!

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

gig sucks.

[Greed]

Updated. Go get 'em.

[Greed]

Semi-finalists did receive points last year, so I believe it'll be the same this year.

[I'malive24/7]

"Yo,

You have first pick in our BUD draft.

My times look soooooooomething like this:

Wednesday: I probably will log off in 15 minutes and not come back
Thursday: I am unavailable
Friday: The chances of me logging on between 8 and 10 p.m. EST are about 1 in 3.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - noon, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: ???? (I may be gone all day or home half the day, or home all day, I really don't know).
Monday and on: I will get back to you.

So basically, I'm busy as hell this week, and with the exception of Saturday might not be able to play for a little while.

When can j00 draft and play?

-I'ma"

My pm to SS, sent just now.

[Sacred Silence]

My reply:

Same, I'm very busy too. Tomorrow I'm busy. If possible we can draft anytime you're available between 8-10pm EST like you said friday. And then whenever is best for you inbetween 10-12 on Saturday morning. Those are really the only times that work for both of us. Let me know bud, and good luck :). I'm glad and sad to have to play a friend for the semi finals but either way it should be a good game.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

me and rag will pick over VM messaging

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

draft for DD:

ga
wisp
dsm
dmw
pyro
DT
scout
bw

rag:
stone
frost
mud
knight
br
furgon
frost
assassin
lw

comments: really good game. I thought i'd lost it, but I got a really key br frontal (unmodified). came down to my wisp, DT, DSM wisp and frozen GA vrs his unstoned frost, furgon, lw, assassin and 9hp mud. he rushed his assassin in and i hit it with the DSM, heattacked my 21hp scout from the side it blocked. he wouldnt have killed it thugh, i could have wisped his mud and what not then shot it and he'd have had to get a frontal so very low probability. probably ended all his hopes though

very gg rag. I got good side too (ga/wisp) sorry it had to turn out that way. you played it very well.

oh:

winner: DD :p

finals bay bay!

and ss:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8543/picture4tjqzsr.png (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture4tjqzsr.png)

oh, i messed up what id have done. id have hit his mud, then killed the assassin with the DT, and wisped something or healed the turn after.

[Ragnarth]

sI lost. I played like a dumbass ( nothing new lately :p ).

First i got his strongest side, if i had picked the other one i woulda had a huge advantage. Still i think i was fine, but instead of even hitting his ambusher or stoping him from hitting my cleric by shurbing, i go and stone which basically allowed him to kill my cleric later and kill all my strategy. All my fault.

I then move my br instead of mud quake his scout dsm witch and dragon just after he moved his cleric, if i did that i woulda get his scout, probably his dsm and witch early later. After those noobish mistakes i kinda sttoped trying.

Sorry for the easy game, i am just not in my best days.

Now i see the screenshot i did not even use my furgon. What a dumbass!.

[Sacred Silence]

and ss: I love you.

Don't worry, I'll rape you in the finals, Doctor Douche!

Kidding about the rape part... I'll say surprise...

[Greed]

Don't worry, I'll rape you in the finals, Doctor Douche!

Kidding about the rape part... I'll say surprise...

You haven't won your semi game yet...

[I'malive24/7]

SS:
Cleric
Scout
Knight
Frost
BR
LW
Assassin
Wisp
Furgon
Berz

I'ma:
Cleric
Muddy
DT
DSM
GA
Stone Golem
Pyro
DMW
BW

[Sacred Silence]

Sacred Silence vs I'malive24/7
Winner: SS

I'ma and I played. It was an extremely close game, but I won. Great game, man.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

Greed, SS and I are both on and want to play.

tell us who goes first.

[I'malive24/7]

I'm mentally challenged and lost a nearly impossible to win situation at the very very end of my game with SS.

However, the game was one of the most interesting, and at the same time boring games that I've ever played. He had a center...thing... against my turtle, and we exchanged units for a while. Eventually, it was my Drag, DSM, Witch, stone, mud @ 28, and BW vs. his Scout, Berz, Furgon, Cleric, Frost, LW, and cleric. Both of my mages were 1 hit kill even with stone. He furg'd a ton, we combined to de-furg. That took about 10 minutes of no one doing any damage at all. Then he attacked, and I got his scout for my witch (my witch was alive due to a lucky block), and him freezing my mud. My placement was freakin' douchebaggish, however, and he was able to freeze my DSM and attack my mud with his Berz, effectively leaving me in a situation unwinnable just seconds after me having an all-but guaranteed win.

Anyway, it was a great game, and he deserves to go to the finals, and I deserve to be banned from playing TAO games forever for being a fool. I also completely missed a chance at his scout earlier in the game that would have guaranteed me the win.

GG and good luck man, whoop DD's asssssss.

[Greed]

I'm mentally challenged and lost a nearly impossible to win situation at the very very end of my game with SS.

However, the game was one of the most interesting, and at the same time boring games that I've ever played. He had a center...thing... against my turtle, and we exchanged units for a while. Eventually, it was my Drag, DSM, Witch, stone, mud @ 28, and BW vs. his Scout, Berz, Furgon, Cleric, Frost, LW, and cleric. Both of my mages were 1 hit kill even with stone. He furg'd a ton, we combined to de-furg. That took about 10 minutes of no one doing any damage at all. Then he attacked, and I got his scout for my witch (my witch was alive due to a lucky block), and him freezing my mud. My placement was freakin' douchebaggish, however, and he was able to freeze my DSM and attack my mud with his Berz, effectively leaving me in a situation unwinnable just seconds after me having an all-but guaranteed win.

Anyway, it was a great game, and he deserves to go to the finals, and I deserve to be banned from playing TAO games forever for being a fool. I also completely missed a chance at his scout earlier in the game that would have guaranteed me the win.

GG and good luck man, whoop DD's asssssss.

It's okay, I'ma, you can still win some points! I'll have the championship and consolation games up sometime tomorrow. Busy writing essays right now. Nice wins, DD and SS.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

just tell us who's going first I want to draft! >_<

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

/yawn ;)

[Greed]

Sorry for being a bit late, guys. Games are up. Good luck.

[Ragnarth]

I am not playing. Give the win to Ima.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

DD vrs SS

winner: DD
comments:I had a better draft. 8 attacker melee rush with 3 mages and an LW vrs his 4 attacker BW turt.

yeah, he didn't have a huge shot despite my early shittty play.

gg man.

WHOOOOOO I AM THE CHAMPION :p

[Sacred Silence]

Good game man. Had a bad draft, wasn't too much I could do but I atleast made it decent. Good game.

[DOCTOR DEVICE]

oh, drafts:

DD:
knight
br
mud
lw
dsm
dmw
pyro
ga
wisp
cleric

ss:
scout
DT
stone
bw
furgon
frost
berz
assassin
cleric

[Greed]

Awesome, good job to everyone who participated. Hope you enjoyed the tourney!

Greed's BUD2:

First - DOCTOR DEVICE
Second - Sacred Silence
Third - I'malive24/7
Fourth - Ragnarth

Points to be decided.