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Post by tjpandv on Aug 17, 2006 5:00:33 GMT -5
Elite, thanks for putting that report up over here. Loads of good detail and plenty of personal stuff as well. The pre-Worlds playtest sounds awesome. A real work out to be sure. I'm not sure if any of the UK guys got together - Wayne and Mark don't even seem to post on WK or Realms. Was Millamber the only German player to make it? It looks like Heavygear's game is improving - a good Euro Event and now a strong Worlds - does anyone have the final results (top 16 etc)? I like the bit about clearing the Ares from the Worlds - what would the point of a 600 point battle with 2 players trying to kill of all those clicks in 50 minutes? Having travelled all that way, did you think that the 3 day format was right? I wonder if the European/Rest of the World view is different from the N American one? Come on Brinxter, get your report in..  |
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Post by baw on Aug 17, 2006 10:12:27 GMT -5
If anyone was deserving of Fellowship it certainly was you Elite! I am really glad to hear that you won it  I skipped over that part. It is awesome to see everyone there. ZXqueb is a lot more laid back than I expected (Someone with a name like that, I expected someone more offbeat ) |
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Post by rearly on Aug 17, 2006 17:35:58 GMT -5
Was Milamber the only German player to make it? Having travelled all that way, did you think that the 3 day format was right? I wonder if the European/Rest of the World view is different from the N American one? hi Phil, let me answer some of your questions. - Milamber was the only German player.
- i dont agree with the 3 day format. the SSF was originally taking 4 rounds on the Saturday and there were no plans for any constructed.
i personally came away from this championship with a bitter taste in my mouth. i find it sad that Farid's comments on who he felt should have been Fellowship were completely at odds with mine (IMO Fellowship went to the right person) There was no way that Isaru should be in the running for Fellowship. he stalled, wasted time, was late and i felt that Isaru should have been DQ'd for time wasting. there i said it, he ruined the competition for me. if any other World's players read this then if they saw what happened to me in the first round of Constructed they will empathise. he turned up late to the SSP, so late that they had to give him a bye! we were given clear instructions on what was expected of us for the 600 and he chose to ignore them. i appreciate that there is a language barrier however if i was in his shoes i would have made an extra effort to be sure, he did not. he came back from the lunchbreak late without even deciding on his army. he then made it up, keeping everyone waiting and got it wrong not once but three times! i was forced to wait while everyone else started. this combined with his pernickity desire to move my pieces and pogs and an apparent inability to make a move properly only fed my frustration and the fact that the BMs knew the sitch and gave us an extra 3 mins would have been fine if Isaru had not decided to take 2 mins and 45 secs to do nothing. his lack of action cost me the game by virtue of his taking out 2 ATVs while i had all but slagged his Frigga before the time permitted. during his turn of doing nothing. if i sound bitter and twisted that is correct, i love the game and know that i sometimes make mistakes that cost me however i cannot understand how he was allowed to get away with it. the desire of WK to ensure that the players all have a good time fell below their own high standards as it is sure that i did not. |
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Post by elite130 on Aug 17, 2006 18:28:20 GMT -5
Hi Rearly I think we are talking about different people. Isaru was as far as I know not reciever of any byes.
Also he was an American.....
So i am guessing you are talking about some one else.
I am talking about grimlock57 he was spending most of his time with MechTran.
He played no Frigga that I was aware off.
Was he the short itlian guy ? I hear everyone hated playing him
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Post by mikeguth on Aug 17, 2006 22:12:40 GMT -5
For the real scrubs in the audience, like me and my son- could someone put up the army used by Tillman(?), the German champion that everyone didn't want to play against?
The army I like best so far was the Kurita-Liao SA army with Slam Centrella and Tomark. Ultimate in close assault goodness!
mike guth
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Post by tjpandv on Aug 18, 2006 10:10:55 GMT -5
Mike, here's that HK/Liao army you were after - its lifted from Marc's excellent Worlds write up:
Yen-Lo Wang Centurion
"Slam" Centrella
Brawling
Kuro Ha
Into the Breach Katana
Brawling
CNC ATV X3
CNC Bishop
HK Thunderbird
CNC Thunderbird
Liao Gnome
Liao-HK Situational Alliance
Its the sort of army that would be dead useful down the pub on a Friday night.
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Post by Zxqueb on Aug 18, 2006 10:19:20 GMT -5
Was he the short itlian guy ? I hear everyone hated playing him I played him in the first round of constructed and lost due to dice (5 crit misses!). He wasn't a bad player and was an ok opponent. I certainly didn't hate playing against him. He did, however, have a more limited understanding of some rules than I expected people to have at worlds. But the more I thought about it, the more I wonder if some of the rules discrepencies were due to a translation problem in the rulebook. Mechwarrior tends to have a bunch of subtle wording differences which alter gameplay (Scored vs Dealt, etc). I wonder how much this affected the the non-english speaking players. It could be that they are just playing a slightly different version of the game in some countries. Maybe some of you would have better insight than I? Thoughts? |
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Post by tjpandv on Aug 18, 2006 10:21:16 GMT -5
By the way, did we ever discover the mystery player who upset Richard so much.
From what was said, I'm a little suprised he was kept in the Event/wasn't handed some sort of sanction.
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Post by Zxqueb on Aug 18, 2006 10:24:31 GMT -5
i personally came away from this championship with a bitter taste in my mouth. i find it sad that Farid's comments on who he felt should have been Fellowship were completely at odds with mine (IMO Fellowship went to the right person) There was no way that Isaru should be in the running for Fellowship. he stalled, wasted time, was late and i felt that Isaru should have been DQ'd for time wasting. there i said it, he ruined the competition for me. if any other World's players read this then if they saw what happened to me in the first round of Constructed they will empathise. I assume you are talking about the Japanese player. I don't think that was Isaru given what Elite said. But I hate that you had that sort of game. Everyone I played was well mannered and friendly. I'm sorry it tarnished the tournament for you! Z |
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Post by Zxqueb on Aug 18, 2006 10:27:26 GMT -5
I skipped over that part. It is awesome to see everyone there. ZXqueb is a lot more laid back than I expected (Someone with a name like that, I expected someone more offbeat ) It really was interesting to meet people in the flesh. I was expecting you to be different too, though I don't think I can put my finger on how. More intense about the game, I think. At any rate, it was good meeting you. Maybe next time we can actually get a game in! Z |
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Post by rearly on Aug 18, 2006 10:54:03 GMT -5
I assume you are talking about the Japanese player. I don't think that was Isaru given what Elite said. But I hate that you had that sort of game. Everyone I played was well mannered and friendly. I'm sorry it tarnished the tournament for you! Z i was talking about the Japanese player his WK call sign is Waffen_CC IIRC and humbly apologise to Isaru for making this mistake. i played both Italians and the one referred to i would have called a pushy player, he tried to hurry me however i realised this was in order to make me take poor decisions (i am not a slow player) he didnt like losing! my main feeling of discomfort was that i asked about stalling after my first game in which the opponent seemed to wait until the 3-5 min warning then killed one piece (a LRM Team) and lent on the table till time was called so i couldnt react. i said that he should hurry and i even had a BM watching however the BM said i needed to ask directly for help at the time. when i played Waffen_CC the first time during the sealed i did ask for help however was told he was more a slow player rather than stalling. the second time is the time i referred to when i had all the problems. in summary i do not think that the 4-5 record i left with is a fair reflection of my abilities as a MW player and now i will have to wait until next year to prove myself - ho hum such is life. |
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Post by TrevortheAwesome on Aug 18, 2006 13:40:52 GMT -5
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Post by tjpandv on Aug 18, 2006 14:23:49 GMT -5
Trev, great journal entry and the battle report was without doubt the best I've ever seen - I just hope that Z doesn't take that as the standard report from now on!!
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Post by baw on Aug 24, 2006 22:08:50 GMT -5
@trev.. You have lots of good stuff to read. I enjoyed reading it. I have to agree with TJPANDV. That was an awesome write up. So trev.. How much will it cost to have you come and transcript all the games I play? @zxqueb Wait until you sit across the table from me playing MW I am pretty intense about MW then (hehe) Always looking forward to a good game of MW, maybe next time! |
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