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kingnanu
Warrior
214 Posts
    
 | | 05/27/2006 9:40 PM |
| For those interested the Arizona qualifier just finished round 3. The standings so far are as follows.
Robert Hatch- 3-0 Couatl/Kord
Kevin Benjovsky- 3-0 Couatl/Marut
Paul Grasshoff- 2-1 1/2Orc Palidin/Sacred Watcher
Robert Beacher- 2-1 GAS
Kevin Cleveland- 2-1 Couatl/Marut
Marco Terrazas- 2-1 Death Slaad/HGB
Guy Fullerton- 2-1 Tri HH
David Klaman- 2-1 Couatl/Kord
I hope you enjoy. I'll try and get the final standings and post them tomorrow. | |
Called shot for blood war: Leonal | |
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AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 9:45 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kingnanu
For those interested the Arizona qualifier just finished round 3. The standings so far are as follows.
Robert Hatch- 3-0 Couatl/Kord
Kevin Benjovsky- 3-0 Couatl/Marut
Paul Grasshoff- 2-1 1/2Orc Palidin/Sacred Watcher
Robert Beacher- 2-1 GAS
Kevin Cleveland- 2-1 Couatl/Marut
Marco Terrazas- 2-1 Death Slaad/HGB
Guy Fullerton- 2-1 Tri HH
David Klaman- 2-1 Couatl/Kord
I hope you enjoy. I'll try and get the final standings and post them tomorrow.
Whats total attendance? | |
Im out- find me on Hordelings if you want to chat. | |
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kingnanu
Warrior
214 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 9:48 PM |
| | I think about 20 people were signed up for the first round. About half were from SoCal. | |
Called shot for blood war: Leonal | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 10:19 PM |
| Sorry my friend posted here. Can a mod move this to Tournaments?
Anyway. I played Kevizoid (Kevin Cleveland) in the 4th matchup. Bad dice and failing every save (for anything that I need to save for) for my Monks ended my experience today. Two games where every monk routs and can't hit for there rounds makes it sort of hard to win. GAS wasn't strong enough to win here today, at least not with my crappy rolls. Guess I should have gone with something atypical. Live and learn.
So Dagni (Robert Hatch) is doing well and playing the guy that beat me in the second round (Kevin Benjovsky). Guy (Fullerton) is playing the guy that I beat in the second round (Marco Terrazas) and is one HH down. David Klaman and Dwayne Stupack are playing Couatl/Kord/Ballista vs. Archmage. Grasshoff just won against against his 4ht round opponent.
More to come.
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 10:29 PM |
| Robert Hatch (Dagni) D. Kevin Benjovsky (?)
Marco Terrazas (titusterrazas) D. Guy Fullerton (duh)
Dwayne Stupack (?) D. David Klaman (?)
Kevin Cleveland (Kevizoid) D. Robert Beachler (Robbdaman)
Paul Grasshoff (Grasshoff) D. Dan Udway (DrX.)
Lunch/Dinner break. I'll try to post screennames when I get them.
More to come.
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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Wrackspawn
ChristopherGroves
Warlord
6093 Posts
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 11:05 PM |
| Go Dwayne!
Lets hope at least one Archmage makes it through!
Pat E | |
"Games evolve. Otherwise we'd still be pushing rocks around the dirt. What do you think the cavemen said when some dude showed up with sticks?" - Chairman7w | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:17 AM |
| Waiting on the results of the final round then I'll post all info I can get my hands on. Dagni is sitting undefeated (6-0) besting Tried (4-2) last match.
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:29 AM |
| Top 8 Rankings
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1 (6-0) Hatch, Robert
2 (4-2) Grasshoff, Paul
3 (4-2) Benjovsky, Kevin
4 (4-2) Stupack, Dwayne
5 (4-2) Cleveland, Kevin
6 (4-2) Klaman, David
7 (4-2) Acosta, Gil (listed as 92821, Bobby by DCI for some unknown f-d up reason)
8 (3-3) Fullerton, Guy | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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Feathers
Underboss
1140 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:39 AM |
| Wow. Way to kick ass, Robert! And excellent going, Dwayne. Way to represent with the Archmage. [:)]
Congratz to the top 4. | |
Champion of Neogi
Completed Trades/Transactions: sttmxn, Krush, jgsugden, Ayrychx2, Venport, Tysac
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:40 AM |
| Top 4 Warbands
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Dagni (Robert Hatch)
45 Cleric of Dol Arrah
42 Couatl
65 Aspect of Kord
32 Warforged Bodyguard
05 Timber Wolf
05 Timber Wolf
03 Human Commoner
03 Human Commoner
Map: Drow Outpost
Tried (Dwayne Stupack)
29 Inspiring Marshall
98 Archmage
31 Rikka
15 Greycloak Ranger (minion: Wolf)
15 Greycloak Ranger (minion: Wolf)
06 Devis
03 Xeph Warrior
03 Xeph Warrior
Map: King's Road
ZeroKnight (Kevin Benjovsky)
49 Warpriest of Moradin
75 Marut
18 Sacred Watcher
18 Sacred Watcher
24 Xorn
08 Warforged Scout
06 Monitor Lizard
03 Man at Arms
Map: Dragon Shrine
Grasshoff (Paul Grasshoff)
46 Half Orc Paladin
34 Githzerai Monk
32 Justice Archon
18 Sacred Watcher
18 Sacred Watcher
18 Sacred Watcher
18 Sacred Watcher
13 Aramil
Map: Mushroom Cavern | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:42 AM |
| Semis Matches
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Dagni vs. Tried
ZeroKnight vs. Grasshoff
edit: cool 2000th post! | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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Lord_Raven
Sergeant
391 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 2:11 AM |
| Wow - amazing!! Dagni vs Tried... can't wait for the results from this one!
Rob - thanks for the posting! | |
Winter Fantasy, Wardrums Pre-release Champion
**Proud Member of Team Amish!** | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 2:35 AM |
| Well Dagni just beat Tried again. Weird game, things happened that I wouldn't have done but it's always different as a spectator. I'll let Tried and Dagni post their own thoughts on it. Grasshoff just beat ZeroKnight barely at the end of the game by just a few points. So we have Dagni vs. Grasshoff for the finals.
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 3:35 AM |
| Dagni wins!
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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grifter100
Skirmisher
48 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 4:30 AM |
| | Who´d have thought that a Monior Lizard was going to qualify? Wonders never cease... | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 4:45 AM |
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Originally posted by grifter100
Who´d have thought that a Monior Lizard was going to qualify? Wonders never cease...
Yeah interestingly enough it was slow and pretty much just eventually went and sat in Victory Areas. I think because it was a Monitor Lizard and not a Timber Wolf people just sort of ignored it.
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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Aravis
Underboss
1155 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 4:47 AM |
| | Woot woot. Archmage PWNZOR! You wont be the only one Dwayne..we need to talk about NOSTy Archmage moves.. | |
Welcome to Eternal Crack...
"Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!"
Champion of the Frost Salamander | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10425 Posts
United States
| | 05/28/2006 9:19 AM |
| Well, the CoDA/Couatl/AoK is now on the loose. And here I was hoping not to face 10 of them in Niles.
[:(]
I am really impressed by the variety of bands that filled out the rest of the top spots though. Excellent playing all!
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 9:33 AM |
| Congrats to Tried! I'll be interested to hear what made him decide to go with Devis... I know he was most comfortable with 10 activations.
Well, at least one of us made it in!
Pat E | |
"Games evolve. Otherwise we'd still be pushing rocks around the dirt. What do you think the cavemen said when some dude showed up with sticks?" - Chairman7w | |
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Dagni
Sergeant
870 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 10:38 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by robbdaman
Well Dagni just beat Tried again. Weird game, things happened that I wouldn't have done but it's always different as a spectator. I'll let Tried and Dagni post their own thoughts on it. Grasshoff just beat ZeroKnight barely at the end of the game by just a few points. So we have Dagni vs. Grasshoff for the finals.
R~
Lol, but I'm much more interested to hear your thoughts on the game. It's always interesting to hear what a spectator thought while he was watching - especially since when it's Dwayne vs myself, we know each other's thought processes so well.
- Dagni | |
Proud member of the GRUUMSH fan club! | |
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kgradert13
Sergeant
909 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 10:40 AM |
| He still had 10 activations.
Archmage, Rikka, IM, Greycloak x2, Wolf x2, Devis, Xeph x2 | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 11:42 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kgradert13
He still had 10 activations.
Archmage, Rikka, IM, Greycloak x2, Wolf x2, Devis, Xeph x2
heh... woops, didn't note the minions...
That would explain it!
Pat E | |
"Games evolve. Otherwise we'd still be pushing rocks around the dirt. What do you think the cavemen said when some dude showed up with sticks?" - Chairman7w | |
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Lord Namalk
Skirmisher
33 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 11:56 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Dagni
quote:
Originally posted by robbdaman
Well Dagni just beat Tried again. Weird game, things happened that I wouldn't have done but it's always different as a spectator. I'll let Tried and Dagni post their own thoughts on it. Grasshoff just beat ZeroKnight barely at the end of the game by just a few points. So we have Dagni vs. Grasshoff for the finals.
R~
Lol, but I'm much more interested to hear your thoughts on the game. It's always interesting to hear what a spectator thought while he was watching - especially since when it's Dwayne vs myself, we know each other's thought processes so well.
- Dagni
Robert, after watching a few of your games, especially against Dwayne, I found your play to be very calculating and percise. It's as though your thinking several moves ahead, but allways making the best move possible. Even when using pieces like the commoner.
I had a great time and I finally got to meet Dagni, Tried, Robbdaman, and of course Guy, as well as others. Thanks for all the help Dwayne and good luck in Co.
David | |
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lynchpt
Sergeant
929 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 12:02 PM |
| Congratulations Dagni and other qualifiers - it's a long day, isn't it?
Pat Lynch | |
Dreamblade Rules Advisor | |
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robbdaman
Underboss
2380 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 1:32 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Dagni
quote:
Originally posted by robbdaman
Well Dagni just beat Tried again. Weird game, things happened that I wouldn't have done but it's always different as a spectator. I'll let Tried and Dagni post their own thoughts on it. Grasshoff just beat ZeroKnight barely at the end of the game by just a few points. So we have Dagni vs. Grasshoff for the finals.
R~
Lol, but I'm much more interested to hear your thoughts on the game. It's always interesting to hear what a spectator thought while he was watching - especially since when it's Dwayne vs myself, we know each other's thought processes so well.
- Dagni
Heh, and the fact that you know each other's thoughts so well could be part of it. I wasn't the only one that saw things done and moves made we thought we're odd. Might be that your play styles are different or as you said you know what the other is thinking so that would effect your options and moves you'd make. I'll akin it to chess where a gambit could be looking several turns ahead. That's why I was hoping to see what you WERE thinking. It's not like I can ask you or Dwayne in the middle of a finals match what you're doing something for. [)]
R~ | |
Champion of the Titan
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Successful trades with: Tickparasite, Iyceman, Faragdar The Wise's friend, avrivah, Drakkengi, brucemc, Krush, maniacal_mini_monger, hung4treason, Gandy, NarlethDrider, Kunimatyu, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah..... | |
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drg871
Skirmisher
5 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 2:33 PM |
| | Congrats to Dagni and the other finalists. Especially ZeroKnight it’s nice to see a local player make the final four. | |
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SneakyJoeKDB
Sergeant
593 Posts
Utah
| | 05/28/2006 3:43 PM |
| | Great Job Tried! So glad to see an Archmage band qualify. Congratulations to everyone else who qualified as well. | |
"Like a thief in the Night"
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Kevizoid
Sergeant
373 Posts
Southern California
| | 05/28/2006 6:48 PM |
| | Its also a good showing of Rob's skill that he beat the 2nd-5th place finishers in his swiss rounds :P | |
SoCal Colluder | |
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Tried
Sergeant
501 Posts
| | 05/28/2006 11:36 PM |
| Both matches against rob were played on the Drow Outpost.
While not a terrible map for the Mage, the fact that Kord can double move 20 and get in an attack with a SS means there can be trouble from a number of different directions.
In each game, I considered that the best chance for a win was likely to banish Kord. He is the meat of Robert's band, and his offense is pretty limited without it. (Aside - plus, it is really funny to save a sword or two to put on Dol Arrah and watch him struggling to heal himself and stay alive for a few rounds. Its just really funny. I think my particular AM figure might not actually be CG).
Anyway, Kord is saving at +10, I thought I might have gotten at least one banish off on him. No luck. (well, my rolls were really bad game 1, but improved in game 2 to about average, and I even got one critical hit). It might help folks to know that this is the third time in three weeks these two bands have faced off, and variant but similar bands faced each other in Utah. (In the exact matchup, rob is now up 2-1.) Last couple tourneys, Rob's dice can do no wrong.
In the second match, I could have killed the bodyguard round 1, but this would require using a swift action. This may have been a mistake, but I calculated that if I could init next round, I had a chance to kill him anyway. Losing the deterent effect of the Swift spell was a gamble I decided not to take.
In both, I used my GMAs early to flood the bridge with figures. These were very key in leveraging position. In the second game, as I already pointed out, things could have been different if I could have won init in any round. Ah well. Next time...
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Let it be. | |
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Grasshoff
Skirmisher
21 Posts
| | 05/29/2006 3:06 AM |
| | Kevin, you're looking at it backwards. The reason we placed 2,3,4,5 is because our tiebreaks were really good since we played Robert and he was undefeated. | |
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GRUUMSH
Skirmisher
14 Posts
| | 05/29/2006 5:44 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by robbdaman
Dagni wins!
R~
Yes,
That's the way to go Dagni[:D]
Congrats and keep the winning streak going[)]
Greetz,
GRUUMSH | | | |
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Dagni
Sergeant
870 Posts
| | 05/29/2006 7:24 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Grasshoff
Kevin, you're looking at it backwards. The reason we placed 2,3,4,5 is because our tiebreaks were really good since we played Robert and he was undefeated.
Nah, you're both looking at it wrong. It's what happens when a tournament basically goes N+2 rounds. After all, we barely had more than 16 players, so we didn't really need a 5th round, much less a 6th! Given two extra rounds, I daresay whoever got first after swiss was liable to've played and beat most everyone near the top, otherwise how would that person have gotten first?
As far as being the one that got first, that's a testament to something, but not necessarily my playskill. They say that good players make their own luck. Well, I must've found a way to mass-produce it, because I had an overabundance of luck throughout the tournament. It was awesome.
- Dagni | |
Proud member of the GRUUMSH fan club! | |
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Dagni
Sergeant
870 Posts
| | 05/29/2006 7:38 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by robbdaman
Heh, and the fact that you know each other's thoughts so well could be part of it. I wasn't the only one that saw things done and moves made we thought we're odd. Might be that your play styles are different or as you said you know what the other is thinking so that would effect your options and moves you'd make. I'll akin it to chess where a gambit could be looking several turns ahead. That's why I was hoping to see what you WERE thinking. It's not like I can ask you or Dwayne in the middle of a finals match what you're doing something for. [)]
R~
Well, I'll certainly post a tourney report sooner or later. However, not only does a tourney report get really long really fast the more you try to explain what you did and why, but that also means the report gets written slower, possibly over more days, which means that less details even get remembered, much less explained.
On that specific game, I don't know what moves on my side might've puzzled you, but if you assume that the main strategic goal of all of my moves in the first couple rounds was to keep the Archmage from having ANY way of getting off an early banish on Kord, it might explain most of my moves. For example, there was one point when I figured out where I wanted each of my commoners to go, but then counted out one of them, and couldn't get where I wanted. The goal of the moves was to prevent Kord from being nearest target after moving where he wanted. Rather than attack the juicy target of Rikka, I had to attack Devis with Kord (near end of round 2, must've been) because that one extra square would've exposed Kord to the banish I was trying to play around. (the first time in three games that I tried to play around it. It worked surprisingly well, and turned out to not matter, as I passed the save late in the game.)
- Dagni | |
Proud member of the GRUUMSH fan club! | |
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Eliminator53
Sergeant
628 Posts
| | 05/29/2006 9:48 AM |
| | Congrats to Dagni and all those who qualified. It is cool to see a little bit of change in the meta already (the AoK is steadily replacing the Marut it seems). | |
Champion of Tavern Stripper
Knight of Knights
Squire of Death Giants
Somethin-or-another of Big Arse Swords | |
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