Seriously, my month of March disappeared.
New month, new goals! But first, a quickie Crucible 2016 report. I had fun. I didn't win.
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Okay, a bit more detailed, then.
As far as games played, I stood in for the bye-round on Friday night's X-Wing tournament. This was unique, as I didn't actually bring anything for the game. I bought a big ship (the Ghost) and played it and its shuttle at around 85 or so points. I won one of three games, but was just playing for fun.
For War Machine, I played a pair of Iron Arena games and a whopping two tournament games of War Machine. I lost the first round of the main event to Trolls, killing a total of 6 Runeshapers out of 4 units (so half points for 2 units) and nothing else. I'm not sure exactly what happened, honestly, and I've blanked most of it out by now. I then managed to be the lucky guy who got paired up in the following round, and played Mr. Jason Watt, a really nice guy, who would go on to win the whole damn thing. He beat me in fairly short order, teaching me a few new tricks in the process, and after a two hour wait (lunch), I pulled the bye round 3. At this point, I was pretty tilted , so I dropped.
Fortunately, this put me in a great place to go and play A Game of Thrones LCG, as it was starting right around that time. We had 6 players (woo top 8), and I came in second with my Tyrell Lord of the Crossing Knights deck. In the three rounds we played, I managed to get the Left-Right combo out twice, with dupes in one game. For those who don't know the game/books, they're twin bodyguards who are mostly useless unless they are both in play, at which point they are crazy good. Fun times.
On sunday, I skipped the Gibbet (4 years running on that) to play in Conquest LCG. I convinced another player to try a fun deck rather than a serious deck, just by my choice of deck. I lost all my games in the tournament (Still top 8! WOO!) but had fun in the process and got some random prizes as well.
On the whole, the event was a blast. I got to see some folks that I don't see often, spent some time enjoying the resort, watched some competitive Guild Ball, won free drinks in the bar, won free drinks from my/Ed's cooler, and didn't work for several days! A big win! The only downside was that some of my locals weren't able to make it, which put a bit of a damper on it. Next year, we kidnap them all and take them with us!
Thoughts for next year: I'll probably practice up on War Machine more, or simply not play in the competitive events. I felt like I had a decent pair of lists, but not the skill to play them fully. And I tilted way too quickly on the way it all played out, though a four hour gap in the middle of an event will do that. Its 11 months from now, who knows what I'll be playing, what'll be available, etc, etc. For now, back to the drawing board!
