Classic League XI - Random Draft - CONGRATS EARTHLING

kevindola · #1 November 8th, 2023, 04:23 PM

The Finals are on Nightfall. (Dagmar, Unique, TG x2)

The Earthling (5-0) v. Sir Heroscape (5-1) pool of armies is

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Sir Heroscape wins the diceoff to pick first OR pick second and strike.

The Semifinals are on Receding Waters. (Lodin, Kelda, TG x2)

The Earthling (4-0) v. Chris Perkins (3-1) pool of armies is

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Earthling wins the diceoff to pick first OR pick second and strike.

The Sir Heroscape (4-1) v. OG-Blaha (3-1) pool of armies is

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OG-Blaha wins the diceoff to pick first OR pick second and strike.

The Quarterfinals are on Betelguese. (Wannok, Unique, TG x4)

The Sir Heroscape (3-1) v. Dysole (3-1) pool of armies is

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Sir Heroscape wins the diceoff to pick first OR pick second and strike.

Bonus Games

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Bonus Games-2

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Round 4 is on July. (Valda, Wannok, TG x4)

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Round 3 is on Nightfall. (Unique, Dagmar, TG x2)

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Round 2 is on Blackfoot. (Dagmar, Lodin)

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Round 1 is on Subduction (Thorian, Valda)

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Tournament Details

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This tournament will be bi-weekly. You will have two weeks to complete your game with your opponent. (Week 1 begins Monday 11/20, extension requests due to the holiday will be permissible with requests to tournament organizer)

The format is Random Draft Pool.

This event will use DELTA POINTS

Rules:

Army Constraints

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Randomized Draft (Strike 1)

For this event, the tournament organizer will provide a unique draft pool for each game. The pool will
consist of 1500-1600 points.
Random Draft Creation Rules

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-No unique cards will be listed more than once in the pool
-Common squads will appear x4 (remember rule of 12 though)
-There will be 0 or at least 2 common squads in each draft pool.
-Uncommon heroes will appear x1
-Common heroes will appear x6
-Generation will stop once a pick places it within 1500-1600 point range. Common units will count 50% towards this accumulation.
Before each game, there will be a dice-off, done by the tournament organizer.
The winner of the dice-off decides whether to "strike and pick second" or "pick first"
If the winner chooses ‘pick first’ then the loser of the dice-off will ‘strike and pick second’
Before any unit selections, the player who strikes and picks second may choose one army card in the draft pool and ban it from play in this game. (If an army card of a common unit is selected, ALL army cards for that unit are banned) The strike may be declined. Draft then proceeds as normal below
The person who picks first chooses one card's worth of figures and places it. Players then alternate picking and placing one card per turn from the drafting pool.
For each unique army card pick, you choose a single card's worth of figures and place it in your start zone (except if you draft Airborne/Rechets). If you wish to sit figures, that decision must be made at the time when you would place those figures (e.g. if you have a squad of 4 figures and placing all those figures would put you at the figure limit but you would have points left over, you may choose to place only some of those figures)
For each common unit army card pick, you make take as many army cards of that type as you like (up to the max available). Each squad past the first one you select will use your subsequent draft pick(s).
Examples
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So if I am picking first and select 2 squads of Deepwyrm Drow, then I will have forfeited my 2nd pick.

If I select Deepwyrm Drow x3 then my opponent will get the next 3 picks before I choose again (assuming they do not pick a multiple squad choice)

Later in the draft if more of that same squad are available, either player can pick those up as well

Sample Draft
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Axegrinders x4 85/squad Deathstalkers x4 80/squad Armoc Vipers x4 55/figure Air Elemental x6 30/figure Drow Chainfigter x6 20/figure Jotun 190 Laglor 120 Othkurik the Black 140 Tor-Kul-Na 220 Zettian Guards 55 Hatamoto Taro 80 Major X17 75 Chardris 80
Player 2 strikes Axegrinders
Player 1 selects Jotun (190)
Player 2 selects 3 squads of Deathstalkers (240, uses up next 2 picks)
Player 1 selects Major X17 (265)
Player 2 <pick forfeited>
Player 1 selects Armoc Vipers x3 (430, forfeits next 2 picks)
Player 2 <pick forfeited>
Player 1 <pick forfeited>
Player 2 Tor-Kul-Na (460)
Player 1 <pick forfeited>
Player 2 Drow Chainfigher x2 (500, done)
Player 1 Armoc Vipers x1 (485)

Matchups
Jotun, Major X17, Armoc Vipers x4 vs. Tor-Kul-Na, deathstalkers x3, Drow Chainfighter x2
Players continue drafting until they pass or until they have no options within the 500 point, 18 figure limits. Once a player passes or has no placeable options, their draft ends, and the other player may continue drafting until they have no options remaining.
*Airborne Elite and Rechets of Bogdan count towards the figure limit.

If the placed figures in the army require more than 24 start zone spaces, place the minimum number of additional start zone tiles needed adjacent to the back of the start zone. All additional start zone tiles placed must be adjacent to standard start zone spaces, must be the same level as an adjacent standard start zone space (use grass or ice), and cannot be placed adjacent to a space that is not in the start zone. If there is a dispute in adding tiles, contact an organizer.

Tournament Setup

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Maps

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Treasure Glyphs and Traps

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History of the Classic League

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Participants:

kevindola
ryguy266
Chris Perkins
Earthling
quozl
Foudzing
Sir Heroscape
Swarm
Xiegfried
SkyWhale
Shurrig
KnightOfLight
Shiftrex
OG-Blaha
Dysole
houndsrule
MegaSilver
Vydar_XLIII

Special thanks

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Chris Perkins · #2 November 8th, 2023, 04:52 PM

Neat idea. Look forward to seeing the pools.

Signed up

Foudzing · #3 November 8th, 2023, 06:06 PM

Signed up! I wonder from which awesome and crazy brain came this idea.

Dysole · #4 November 9th, 2023, 12:37 AM

Absolutely. Might need an extension for the first round but unsure.

~Dysole, loving draft events

Sir Heroscape · #5 November 9th, 2023, 02:38 AM

wow...interesting format. Excited to see how it goes.

Swarm · #6 November 9th, 2023, 07:27 AM

I'm in!

Xiegfried · #7 November 9th, 2023, 05:02 PM

Never played draft format yet, so I'm excited to give it a shot!

Dysole · #8 November 9th, 2023, 05:21 PM

I feel like x4 commons is going to lead to a lot of splitting commons which will likely create a number of "mirrorish matches". I almost wonder if 3x for commons will make things less samey.

~Dysole, musingly

KnightOfLight · #9 November 9th, 2023, 09:33 PM

This looks awesome! I’m in!

kevindola · #10 November 9th, 2023, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dysole

I feel like x4 commons is going to lead to a lot of splitting commons which will likely create a number of "mirrorish matches". I almost wonder if 3x for commons will make things less samey.

~Dysole, musingly

There are certainly many variations. We discussed and debated many of them. I would say the main dissents to x3 commons were

-Dislike that Squad x1 as the #1 pick not being viable with Squads x3 on the board (since #2 pick can pick the other 2 squads)

-Squads x3 unbalancing 4 man squads vs. 3 man squads with Rule of 12

We did heavily consider it x3 (or even x1 which I wouldn't have hated

) and thought out some extra rules to alleviate certain things, but ultimately decided to keep x4 commons for simplicity.

Dysole · #11 November 10th, 2023, 12:02 AM

I just think you're gonna see a lot of uninteresting drafts as they will split the commons.

~Dysole, noting that this happened with pretty much everyone that brought common squad x4 or higher in the last draft season

Foudzing · #12 November 15th, 2023, 08:55 AM

This is a choice between competitive fairness and "non-mirrorness", this iteration let the players choose if they want to go for a mirror or not whereas with x3 mirrors are basically forbidden.
And x2 would leave to the same problem (except x1 vs x1 instead of x2 vs x2) also a lot of squads are pretty terrible in x2.

This is a first draft anyway we'll see how it goes!

Wow we 16 already! Didn't expect that! Very excited I hope we see crazy picks and stuff!

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