I am 100% sure, Matthias, that 100% of the people here who have met you know that you were just trash talking.
The Schaub brothers are definitely some of the best (definitely best in Ohio), wish they still played, but I think they’re still busy with http://Cohio Games.
I didn't really have a splash army, though. I had 2xRats, 2xHSBs, Raelin, and Brandis. Most of that army has 4 defense *outside* of Raelin's aura. A tough matchup for spiders.Well, he had the matchup vs Ken. Spiders and Wyverns destroy the splash armies we create, because the whole point of splash armies is a gradual positioning game with different pieces. Spiders are actually a really hard counter for those armies (Ken had told me that he was running them and I tested them, those games aren’t even close).I do think IS was playing the best Heroscape of anyone at Gencon last weekend. He didn't lose a game and won some really tough ones (pulled out an incredible win vs. Dysole with a single Nakita vs 7 squad figures starting in his own startzone, beat Matthias Spiders vs Heavies).
Top 4 is a bit silly of a way to think about it given Heroscape's strange cultural state as a discontinued game that we get together to play. But also no one was really thinking about Heroscape skill that way. Caps was mostly just complaining that he was matched against Heroscape celebrities in Day 2 who are always tough to beat
But otherwise, yeah. He was definitely on top of his game this year. Last year was Matthew’s year, this year it was Nathan’s. Ken is still probably the best player at GenCon, especially given that he plays even less than myself or the Ash’s play (I play about 10 games outside GenCon each year, Ken plays about 0).
Right, I was talking IS vs Matthias.I didn't really have a splash army, though. I had 2xRats, 2xHSBs, Raelin, and Brandis. Most of that army has 4 defense *outside* of Raelin's aura. A tough matchup for spiders.Well, he had the matchup vs Ken. Spiders and Wyverns destroy the splash armies we create, because the whole point of splash armies is a gradual positioning game with different pieces. Spiders are actually a really hard counter for those armies (Ken had told me that he was running them and I tested them, those games aren’t even close).I do think IS was playing the best Heroscape of anyone at Gencon last weekend. He didn't lose a game and won some really tough ones (pulled out an incredible win vs. Dysole with a single Nakita vs 7 squad figures starting in his own startzone, beat Matthias Spiders vs Heavies).
Top 4 is a bit silly of a way to think about it given Heroscape's strange cultural state as a discontinued game that we get together to play. But also no one was really thinking about Heroscape skill that way. Caps was mostly just complaining that he was matched against Heroscape celebrities in Day 2 who are always tough to beat
But otherwise, yeah. He was definitely on top of his game this year. Last year was Matthew’s year, this year it was Nathan’s. Ken is still probably the best player at GenCon, especially given that he plays even less than myself or the Ash’s play (I play about 10 games outside GenCon each year, Ken plays about 0).
I played them poorly, though.
Dang, I don't know how I thought you were talking about me...
Don’t worry, I’m not trash talking you bud. As I mentioned, glad I have validation for the Brandis secret tech hype train!
I’m on the right of Nathan I’m that first photo after suffering my only loss of Day 1 at the hands of Ken.Pics by @Jormi_Boced on BGG:
In the first pic, tag me standing on the front left about to play Nathan @infectedsloth (my only loss - I had to leave after 3 games) - he won the Main event tournament defeating last year's winner Ken @Matthias Maccabeus in the semi-finals - he is sitting on the left next to me.
