Post by Zxqueb on Mar 19, 2006 21:36:57 GMT -5
I played in 2 Sealed CTAs this weekend and had a blast. The first was 4 boosters of any active set, 600 pts. Second was 3 domination boosters. Here's the report for #2. I wanted to post while it was fresh in my mind.
CTA #2:
Bartleby + pilot and gear
ROTS Jackalope + 3/1/0 pilot
2x RD Undines information with a WH simian
2 other infantry pieces.
Game #1: Played Aerrigad who didn't get a stellar pull. She had a Jackalope, a WH Violator and a WHr10/Zibler drop. Basically, I camped in hindering in the middle of the board with a physical shield of infantry at my rear arc while she attempted to assault my position. She couldn't hit my 25D with her 10 attacks and when she did get the jackalope based into my rear arc, I captured her. I picked her threat pieces off one at a time until time was called. Win with 3VCS
Game #2: Played lunaya1978 who had a bunch of infantry and a JF Loki. I basically used the same tactics. Early in the game, she hit me with a lucky shot and cracked Bartleby, but missed the pulse. She shut down which opened her up to a DFA from my Jackalope. I shut down with the jackalope on the following turn as I continued to pound the shutdown Loki, but she couldn't take advantage of the situation. Once the Loki was cracked, it was cleanup for most the game. She took VC3. I took 1 and 2.
Game #3: Played ObeeKris. Now THAT was a GAME!
He pulled Tremor, a HD Kelswa, a JF VTOL and assorted infantry. I messed him up in terrain placement because I took his second blocking and put it where it wasn't useful. I played H2O as I wanted to be able to outmaneuver Tremor. He made a mistake with his vtol early on and gave me a couple of shots on it. Once that was salvaged, I was planning on going for VC3 late in the game if I needed to. He came out from behind blocking and we had some tense rounds where I missed a few key break aways / shots and he did the same. Finally, he shut down and I cracked him. He ended up taking out my Jackalope, but couldn't crack Bart. I pressed the attack and took out Tremor in the last 5 minutes of the game. Won with 3.
The nice thing is that after the results are entered and rankings updated, I should have broken top 20 again.
Z
CTA #2:
Bartleby + pilot and gear
ROTS Jackalope + 3/1/0 pilot
2x RD Undines information with a WH simian
2 other infantry pieces.
Game #1: Played Aerrigad who didn't get a stellar pull. She had a Jackalope, a WH Violator and a WHr10/Zibler drop. Basically, I camped in hindering in the middle of the board with a physical shield of infantry at my rear arc while she attempted to assault my position. She couldn't hit my 25D with her 10 attacks and when she did get the jackalope based into my rear arc, I captured her. I picked her threat pieces off one at a time until time was called. Win with 3VCS
Game #2: Played lunaya1978 who had a bunch of infantry and a JF Loki. I basically used the same tactics. Early in the game, she hit me with a lucky shot and cracked Bartleby, but missed the pulse. She shut down which opened her up to a DFA from my Jackalope. I shut down with the jackalope on the following turn as I continued to pound the shutdown Loki, but she couldn't take advantage of the situation. Once the Loki was cracked, it was cleanup for most the game. She took VC3. I took 1 and 2.
Game #3: Played ObeeKris. Now THAT was a GAME!
He pulled Tremor, a HD Kelswa, a JF VTOL and assorted infantry. I messed him up in terrain placement because I took his second blocking and put it where it wasn't useful. I played H2O as I wanted to be able to outmaneuver Tremor. He made a mistake with his vtol early on and gave me a couple of shots on it. Once that was salvaged, I was planning on going for VC3 late in the game if I needed to. He came out from behind blocking and we had some tense rounds where I missed a few key break aways / shots and he did the same. Finally, he shut down and I cracked him. He ended up taking out my Jackalope, but couldn't crack Bart. I pressed the attack and took out Tremor in the last 5 minutes of the game. Won with 3.
The nice thing is that after the results are entered and rankings updated, I should have broken top 20 again.
Z
I have no doubt you can do it Zxqueb! It does get difficult making ranks those last few times. You need to play in a lot of games.. which means lots of driving. 
