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For this event, you are going to create a team of 5 heroes, as well as a reserve of 10 ten heroes. I will create random matches for your team to go up against. If a hero falls, one in reserve will take its place. However, there isn't a general reserve, but each reserved hero needs to be assigned to one of the starting heroes in order. So, let's say I start with the F5, and I want Chrono-Ranger as a reserve, so I put him behind Bunker. Now, if Bunker is ever incapped, Chrono-Ranger takes his place. Think carefully about what role each hero fills, and who should replace them if they fall.
*The event will go until one team is left standing.
*If the heroes lose a game, all heroes are incapped, regardless of how they lost.
*If you lose, do not replay the round, simply move on to the next round.
*You need to put the reserved heroes in order. So, you might have something like this Bunker -> Chrono-Ranger -> Expat.
*Each starting hero needs to heroes in reserve, for a total of 15 heroes.
*If one column is completely incapped, you can still play, but you will have to field one less hero, regardless of how many other heroes are in reserve.
*If you can only field 2 heroes, you are out of the event, regardless of how many heroes are left in reserved.
*I will randomize all matches, and all teams will play the same villain/environment combo in the same order. Until I get confirmation that most EU has recieved thier pre-orders, WCos, will not be part of the random games, but the heroes can be picked (if you have them).
*I will post the first game in a few days, after some teams have been picked.
*The first 5 games will be on normal, after that the games will be on advance.
*No promo heroes can be used.
*You do not have to use the same hero order from game to game.
*You get one "redo", where you can reply a match, but you need to accept the second result.
Here is the form to submit your team. Please feel free to post it here as well.
Here is the form to submit your games. Please feel free to post it here as well.
Here is the list of teams and who you need to face each round. If you redo the game, only submit the second game's results, and select that you used your redo. Remember, the first five games are normal, after that, everything is advance.
You can still submit a team and join the fun, hust fill out the team form, and start playing.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Oooh, neat idea!
I took my 4-hero team from event #14 and added in Tempest. If promo characters were allowed, I'd have used Prime Warden Tempest and kept Rook City Wraith, but as it stands, my first string is Legacy, Parse, Wraith, Tempest, Scholar. Pretty straightforward all-around amazingness, so I will be sad when that lineup changes due to injury.
Legacy is taking point primarily for damage boosts. Anything else that he can do could be done from anywhere else in the turn order, but for the idea of boosting the entire group's damage I went with Chrono-Ranger as the primary backup and Ra as the secondary.
Parse is the primary manipulator, so Visionary is her backup. After that I went with Sky-Scraper - not necessarily for directly affecting the opposition decks, but for the ability to wreak havoc with links as was demonstrated to me in a recent PBF game.
Wraith is just plain uber, but this slot was intended mainly for damage so Haka and then K.N.Y.F.E. are lined up behind her.
Tempest has ridiculously good capabilities overall, but I wanted the backups focused on support so Argent Adept and then the Sentinels landed here.
The Scholar isn't just a damage sponge, but that's where I usually try to start off with him. Same thing for the Naturalist. NightMist isn't in the same boat but ended up here anyway.
There are some heroes here that I don't play very often. There are some that I really like that aren't in these lineups. If I were building three distinct teams that would succeed each other once the prior team could no longer field at least 3 heroes, I would definitely change things up. I'm excited to see how this plays out!
Can you post the various teams, once submissions have ended?
Yep.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Look. I know your new status as a mod is exciting and all, but flaunting knowledge that there are going to be 105 heroes is just not cool man.
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
So play and show me up.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Team already submitted man, just waiting for you to do your thing so we can truly prove how bad I am at this game.
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
Hello. Relative newbie here. I'm a longtime lurker but rare poster.
But this idea sounds fun and innovative, and I may be interested in joining, if you don't mind a newbie that is (which I'm sure you don't), but I did have a few questions before deciding:
1. After the villain and environment are selected, is this just a play-on-your-own type situation and report the results here? Or is this some type of PBF or Hangout thing?
2. Is there a time frame when you have to play each game by? Love playing Sentinels but I know sometimes things can get busy (as I'm sure is true for anybody), so I may not be able to play a game right away, but it probably wouldn't be too long before I'd get to it. But I wouldn't want to hold everyone up either.
3. Will Vengeance villains be used? I guess it could work the first couple of games, but as the teams start having a different number of heroes, it might be trickier.
4. How long do we have to come up with our teams (do you have a specific deadline in mind)? If I'm going to play, I'd like to consult with my wife to come up with our heroes/reserves. But, again, don't want to hold things up too much.
5. No promo heroes ... are you kidding me? (Just to be perfectly clear, this last one is a joke ... it sounds like a perfectly fine rule... but my wife's going to be mad at me if she can't use Beacon or Super Scientific Tachyon ;) ).
Anyway, great idea! Look forward to possibly playing. And, if I can't/don't participate, I'm sure I'll enjoy just watching the results. Thanks! :)
I don't mind a newbie, and POST MORE!
You can play them anyway way you want. They can be by yourself and report the resutls, or in a hangout game (lots of great people there), or even a PBF game (great people there too). As long as you are playing, I don't care how.
No time frame at all. The score of your team will be based on how many rounds you can go. If that takes 2 days, great, 2 months, also great.
No, for reason you mentioned, I should have mentioned this above, sorry.
I am going to post the first three games in white text tomorrow night. This way people can get started, and if you need more time to come up with your team, you cannot look (honor system here folks). The teams up unitl then will be released to, just don't look at the sheet until you submit your team.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Thanks for all your answers and the welcoming, and I'm in. :)
Team has been officially submitted. Some difficult decisions had to be made, but I still think it's a good team, and I'm quite interested to see how it all plays out.
Here's my team and the reserves:
Legacy >> Haka >> The Naturalist
Visionary >> The Wraith >> Parse
Argent Adept >> Omnitron X >> Capt. Cosmic
Tempest >> Tachyon >> Unity
KNYFE >> Ra >> Expatriette
Good luck, everyone!
Question: Can we change hero turn order if we are so inclined between games?
Yes.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
This looks like fun! Another great idea, Pydro.
Here's my teams, assigned to the (very rough) roles that I wanted filled by at least one team member in any given game:
Utility:
Control/Damage:
Control:
Damage Mitigation:
Team Support/Damage/Misc.:
I randomized everything, just incase us at G+ want to join in the fun.
Unity, NightMist, Haka
Absolute Zero, Parse, The Naturalist
Legacy, Sky-Scraper, Mr. Fixer
The Sentinels, The Wraith, The Visionary
KNYFE, Tachyon, The Scholar
Hi all,
I've lurked on the forums for a while now, and even participated in a couple of other events, but this one seems like worlds of fun, so I figured I'd make my first post here. My team and reserves are as follows, then:
Ra-->Legacy-->Wraith
Visionary-->Argent Adept-->Parse
Chrono-Ranger-->Fixer-->Haka
KNYFE-->Sentinels-->Setback
Tachyon-->Tempest-->Nightmist
I tried to keep some sort of a "role" thing going on, but by the third string, I tried to add reliable damage to most slots. With Setback as the game-changing wildcard, hopefully.
I look forward to the event.
Alright, I got my team put together.
The actuator
Legacy->Argent Adept-->Scholar
The big meaty beats
Wraith(As she is too good to pass up)->Haka-->Ra
The manipulator
Parse -> Visionary--Tachyon(Card draw and stopping damage)
The multitasker
Omni-tron X -> Naturalist ->Captain Cosmic
The AoE/Utility
The Sentinels->Tempest->Sky-Scraper
Shame I had to pass up some of my favorite heroes(Fixer, Setback, Unity) but I figured reliability was more important.
I also figure this will rapidly become harder as I lose the first couple heroes, but eh, you do what you do.
Here is the form to submit your games. Please feel free to post it here as well.
Here is the list of teams and who you need to face each round. If you redo the game, only submit the second game's results, and select that you used your redo. Remember, the first five games are normal, after that, everything is advance.
You can still submit a team and join the fun, hust fill out the team form, and start playing.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
So I assume the redo thing is that if everything goes terribly wrong in a game, we get one mulligan? Just making sure because you didn't mention it earlier.
Yes. Wow, I really thought I mentioned it, ok mentioning it now.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
So, right now there are 14 teams. I have to say, it has been quite enjoyable looking at all the various teams and reserve heroes, I am glad I can finally share those. Good luck, everyone!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
So I notice it looks like I accidently submitted Setback on the form when I mean to put Scholar. Is it cool to change that?
Yep, I will take care of that when a get a chance.
EDIT: Fixed.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Wow. Legacy gets around. He's on every team except one.
...with good reason, of course.
"To such simple minds, my advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!"
Not sure if I'll actually have enough time to do this, but I went pure random, just in case.
1: Parse-->Argent Adept-->Guise
2: Captain Cosmic-->Nightmist-->Tachyon
3: Bunker-->Mr Fixer-->Chrono Ranger
4: Unity-->Setback-->K.N.Y.F.E.
5: Sentinels-->Scholar-->Expatriette
We've entered as Sentinels of the Halifax Multiverse - we play every Monday night so we'll get started then!
1: Absolute Zero, The Naturalist, Legacy
2: Sky-Scraper, Expatriette, Chrono Ranger
3: The Argent Adept, Mr. Fixer, NightMist
4: Tempest, The Wraith, Unity
5: Parse, The Sentinels, Omnitron X
We just generated a random team and then edited it a little bit.
Lead Bit Flipper, Handelabra Games
Developer of Sentinels, Bottom of the 9th, and Spirit Island
Hello,
This is my first day on the forums with an account and to be honest the only reason I made an account is for this event. So let's see how this goes.
Support- Parse ---> Argent Adept---> Naturalist
Control- Wraith---> Visionary---> Nightmist
Damage- Ra---> Fanatic---> The Sentinels
Boost- Legacy---> Chrono Ranger---> Tachyon
Wild Cards- Omintron X---> Guise---> Tempest
Welcome to the forums!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
WOW! Right now we have 18 team! That's awesome!\
So far, 3 teams are on round #3, and of the first 6 games submitted, there has only been 1 incap. This is going to get good!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
The War Report, first three rounds.
Round 1: What is usually a pushover team of wannabes turned deadly. The Ennead pummeled my heroes unrelentingly, pulling out a fresh member every time I was on the cusp of victory. My team put down all nine and escaped with fewer than twelve combined hit points. Haka was left behind in the belly of the Kraken.
Visionary - Argent Adept - Sky-Scraper - Absolute Zero - Haka (RIP)
Round 2: With the addition of KNYFE, the team went through Kismet like a bad taco through a large intestine: fast and messy. The unlucky Argent Adept took a beating from his teammates, but no one else dropped below 20 HP.
Visionary - Argent Adept - Sky-Scraper - Absolute Zero - KNYFE
Round 3: Man, I hate the Dreamer. And my team seems to have problems with large numbers of villain targets. The gunmen of Silver Gulch, amped up by Sky-Scraper's links, helped immensely in putting down projections. In the last round, Sky-Scraper saved the team from annihilation by Monolithing up, but the damage was too much for her.
Visionary - Argent Adept - Sky-Scraper (RIP) - Absolute Zero - KNYFE
How are the first few rounds treating you?
"To such simple minds, my advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!"
First 5 matches are up. I was hoping to see some villains that don't have a big difference in difficulty between normal and advance show up in the first 5 games, but alas, no Apostate or La Capitan.
Which are the hardest matches of the first 5? Dreamer and Miss Info?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Miss Information. As I will forfeit the match and let all heroes be incapped before playing against her ever again.
I have only completed round 1 and I suffered near the same results as you ending with Parse and Omnitron-X at 1. Ra and Legacy at 3. And wraith with 2 hp. One more villain turn and I would have lost all of my first team. All 9 came out to try and make sure I lost the first. Parse is my MVP for this match.
If you lose a game, do you have to fight the same villain again, or do you move on to the next one?
Lead Bit Flipper, Handelabra Games
Developer of Sentinels, Bottom of the 9th, and Spirit Island
You move on.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Ok. Might be good to put that in the OP =)
Lead Bit Flipper, Handelabra Games
Developer of Sentinels, Bottom of the 9th, and Spirit Island
Good idea. Will do!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Round 1: Heroes Begin To Get Cocky
Legacy-Tachyon-Scholar-Tempest-Absolute Zero
A first round Inspiring Presence and Hypersonic Assault meant the writing was on the walls early on, and even though a first round leaky room slowed things down a tad there wasn't much the Ennead could do to put up with the onslaught. All heroes (apart from Absolute Zero,) end at 20 HP or above.
Round 2: Heroes Start to Get Full of Themselves
Legacy-Tachyon-Scholar-Tempest-Absolute Zero
Another fortuitous first round Inspiring Presence and Hypersonic Assault proves to be useful. Adding a first round Electrical Storm and Cold Snap meant the talisman wasn't a problem, and in the end all heroes end at full health apart from a Pushing the Limits Tachyon and Absolute Zero residing in an exploding Cryo Chamber.
I'd like to start a "I hate the Dreamer in Silver Gulch" fan club. I used by reboot because the Dreamer liked having 2 tooth faeries out and if we blew up an explosive wagon, the lowest HP hero had to take 12 damage to get the Dreamer to survive. On her flip side she did just that, so I reset. Lowest HP character at the time had 5 health.
"Deja-fu? You've heard of that?"
- Lu Tze, Sweeper, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
I will post my games this weekend, once I get a chance to play. Sorry on the delay!
No worries!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
I'll volunteer for Parlimentarian of the I hate the Dreamer in Silver Gulch fanclub (it's really the only skill I have.)
She and the Hayes bros. conspired to make short work of us. I also used my redo and came out ok (although Silver Gulch had a nice rejoinder at the end with Sheriff Pratt opening fire on a little girl and causing Legacy to drop to 3 in the final seconds.)
And that is another reason why Sheriff Pratt is a terrible environment target.
Can't post game 4.
Got VERY lucky in the beginning (sorta). Started w/ Diplomatic Envoy and What Doesn't Kill You. When we got through Diplomatic Envoy, got 2x What Doesn't Kill You on the start of the turn, then Diversionary Tactics revealed Explosion in the Lab and The Memo (or whatever it's called), still at the start, flipping Ms. Information and then destroying The Memo.
She then proceeded to deal a ton of damage (reduced by 2 thanks to shielding winds), and killed Setback (he got better! (silver lining, 14 tokens)) and got Argent Adept down to 1 hp before we took her down. Still....scary!
However, I cannot add the game, as the form only allows up to game 3 at the moment.
"Deja-fu? You've heard of that?"
- Lu Tze, Sweeper, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Wow, I conpletely forgot about updating the form. Busy now, but I will update it later.
EDIT: Fixed.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Well the Dreamer destroyed my heroes. I used the reset after losing the first game basically turn one after she started with two dark heroes in play and then played one of her card that put in 3 more projections. Mixed with the Whipacorn and Arachnid my team never saw the light. Second game started much better but towards the end my team ran out of steam. Ended with me losing Parse, Wraith, Legacy, and Ra. Omnitron X walked away from the fight with exactly 1 hp left. It was a tense moment as I figured out the damage for the villain turn, subtracting for his plating and then figuring out exactly what each of the incaped heroes had to do for me to win. Luckily turn order wise Omnitron X went last for me.
Conclusion- I hate the Dreamer.
Just got done with my first game against the Enead, went pretty smooth, haven't played against them in forever. Set for MVP though his incapacitated side eneded up finishing off the last couple of them.
Randomized the first 3 advance games (rounds 6-8).
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
I've been getting pretty lucky the first couple games, but I'm dreading the advanced, as I very rarely play advanced in general, and my luck has to run out at some point(knock on wood). Though, first I need to get through the slugfest that is Akash-bhuta.
I randomized rounds 9 and 10, in case you want to play a bunch of games tomorrow. Yes, round 9 was completely random, and 10 could be dangerous if you are running out of heroes.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
I cannot, as of yet, submit games beyond Round 5.
Also, I shed a tear for Omnitron-X, who proved enragingly incapable of getting his psychic defense plating out against Miss Information. Goodnight, sweet prince, and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
"To such simple minds, my advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!"
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