1.3 bakija (HYD) over Sir_Cat_Who_Eats_Photons (GBS bb)

Ted wasn't feeling well last night, and feeling that he was behind, he conceded the game.

I think I really just lucked out--the Shark hit me for 4+24+14 internals in 3 volleys in the first exchange, and *didn't* hit a Hellebore on the first 4+24 (which was pretty unlikely) and then hit one on the 14 (which wasn't that unlikely). If he'd hit both Hellbores on that first exchange (and with 42 damage in 3 volleys, odds were likely), I was likely done for. After the first exchange (even including my fighter), the GBS was ahead, and it wasn't till the next Hellebore hit that things turned in my direction. 

We were about to start T4, where I had, like, a dozen+ more power than the GBS, a reloading HB, and enough shields to keep in the way of the Shark's single disruptor and 3xP1s. It wasn't impossible that the Shark could have pulled off a win at this point (especially if my next HB shot misses), but odds were certainly in my favor at the point in which we ended.

Thanks for the fun game, Ted!

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Friday, February 16, 2024 - 12:43 pm: Edit

Well played, Peter! May your luck be equally good in your next match!

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Saturday, February 17, 2024 - 11:42 pm: Edit

Hardcore (Orion) v MadJack (THE GORN)

Sunday 2/18 at 12 noon eastern.

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 03:08 pm: Edit

MadJack over Hardcore in 3 turns

The Gorn took 19 internals before managing to anchor an angry Orion. I was helped by making a mistake moving 2 fake S's. They looked real to him so he got too close thinking he would juke those real looking fake S's. It looked like I was genius, but the reality was far from it.

Mr. Hardcore is a new solid tourney player. Fun game.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 05:06 pm: Edit

Carl-Magnus (Hardcore) was playing competitively for a long time, and just got back in after being away for a few years; he was always good :-)

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 05:09 pm: Edit

Jack wrote:
>>The Gorn took 19 internals before managing to anchor an angry Orion. I was helped by making a mistake moving 2 fake S's. They looked real to him so he got too close thinking he would juke those real looking fake S's. It looked like I was genius, but the reality was far from it.>>

Heh, yeah, every once in a while, I find that I (as a GRN) beat an Orion 'cause they accidentally get too close at a point when that is bad for them, but usually it is, like, an unforced error (i.e., they could have avoided being inside R2, but came in when they didn't really need to). At least once I killed an Orion 'cause I had 10 tractor allocated on T1, and the Orion came into R2, got grabbed with a 7 point tractor that they didn't expect, shot me for, like, 20 internals, and then got gutted by all the plasma.

But most of the time? The Orion kills me :-)

By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Monday, February 19, 2024 - 09:20 am: Edit

Yeah. I was watching the game starting with the last turn and both me and Doug Howard (who was sitting beside me) agreed that after the Orion shot at the Gorn at range two it should have HETted away to run out the 2 Plasma-Ss as much as possible.

Not sure, if Carl-Magnus thought the Plasma-S's we fake at that point or it was not until he turned off and the Gorn still worked to get closer that he thought they might be fake.

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Monday, February 19, 2024 - 10:59 am: Edit

The Orion fired at range 3. He was speed limited to 26 and so was going to take 60 on his 4 (probably) in a few impulses if he did Het and I was still there and had not fired anything. He had the right idea probably considering where he was to take the S torps on another shield rather than letting me add the phasers in.

What he really needed was a r4 shot and HET instead. I am bolting in that situation now and maybe I roll bad. Something lucky happened on the move chart there to allow that range 5 to 3 thing to happen putting my fakes at range 1. He had much to consider.

By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 08:29 pm: Edit

Spartan (RFH) vs. Andromedan (LDR)

Got to end of Turn 8.

Shields are pretty much gone Shield #1, #2 & #5 are down. 1 box on Shield #3, 7 on Shield #4, 6 on Shield #6. LDR down 3 WWs. LDR has taken more internals including 5 warp, 3 phaser-1s. All the batteries.
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Romulan hit me with 1 30 point torpedo this turn and I hit him with 5 P1s, 1 Std and 1 OL Disruptor and then an ESG on the same shield. His Shield #5 is down. Down 8 power. Has only 2 Ph1s, 3 P3 and 2 S-Torp Tubes left and no batteries.

Overall I have more weapons than him. But he has more shields.

Current board
Romulan
LDR

By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Sunday, February 25, 2024 - 06:14 pm: Edit

Spartan (RFH) vs. Andromedan (LDR)

Got to end of Turn 9.

LDR shields are pretty much gone Shield #1, #2 & #5 are down. 1 box on Shield #3, 7 on Shield #4, 6 on Shield #6. Got 7 more internals. 1 Disc, 1 ESG and some power


Romulan got 3 more internals by having me blast through the Shield #4. 2 Warp and 1 Phaser-3. Shields #4 & #5 are down.

Overall I have more weapons than him. But he has more shields.

Current board
Romulan
LDR

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 09:58 am: Edit

What kind of plasma does the TFH have coming up this turn?

By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 10:14 am: Edit

1 Plasma-S The other Plasma-S launcher was used on turn 7. His Plasma-Fs are gone. And he has no batteries. I was hoping to kill the other plasma launcher this past turn but I missed with one of the disruptors and so did not get enough internals. And the dice were not that lucky.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 01:57 pm: Edit

Doh. LDR stil have a possible weasel? IIRC, I saw 3 shuttles used?

By David Cheng (Davec) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 05:21 pm: Edit

Paul, as a semi-frequent LDR player, I commend your fighting spirit! Give 'em hell!

Also, many of you reading this probably got an email from me a few days ago about the Star Fleet Gaming Big Bang Blowout convention.

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The SFB tournament will be the backbone of the con. I am confidently expecting 32+, based on early RSVPs, and we might do much better.

This will be a once-in-a-generation event!

Hope to see you all there.

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By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 07:10 pm: Edit

Hey Peter,

As Paul said, RFH will have one S ready, and another in the next turn. LDR has 1 shuttle left, has been at lower speeds. Batteries are gone, but repairs are available, or so the chief engineer says!

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, February 26, 2024 - 08:17 pm: Edit

Thanks, Geof!

By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 06:21 pm: Edit

Spartan (RFH) over Andromedan (LDR)

Turn 11, impulse 6 - After a long and brutal battle, the LDR's shuttle bays emptied of the last WW, there was a final cry as the EPT closed in, two gatling phasers blazed in defiance, but it was not to be.

Great game, Paul, tough fight for the Romulan Hawk.

By David Zimdars (Zimdarsdavid) on Sunday, March 03, 2024 - 07:38 pm: Edit

I’ve been looking to hunt a Moose. Anyone see any Moose?

By Russ Simkins (Madcowak) on Monday, March 04, 2024 - 03:19 pm: Edit

Bull Moose? Much harder to find 'em after the rut! They don't respond to calls, move mostly at night, and generally avoid contact. Might have to track him.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 - 08:22 am: Edit

Geof (RFH) and I (HYD) are gonna start our R2 match today at 5:30 pm ET/7:30 am Japan.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 - 07:54 pm: Edit

Spartan (TFH) over bakija (HYD).

Well, that was a disaster. In my defense, I have only played the Hydran, like, 5 or 6 times in my life, and I don't think I have ever played a Hydran vs a plasma ship. So I had no idea what I was doing, and then made a mistake, and it all went terribly.

T1: Assuming the Romulan was going to launch an enveloper, I planned to try and get a R8 shot with my fighters to support from R9 or so. Plotted 31 till 8, 16 till 24, 26 till end, 2 standard HBs, my RS fusions armed, 2 weasels, 2 in tractor. TFH comes out at speed 19 and turns across my bow immediately. I slow down to 16, he slows down to 16, so we end up moving simultaneously. I launch my fighters and we close. He launches 2 standard S torps from about 12 hexes. That's not an enveloper. I assume he is going to turn off, but instead, he does not. I secretly and simultaneously turned in the direction I thought he was going. But was not to be. The Romulan turns in. Gah.

The plasma closes in, the Romulan closes in. At R8, the Romulan fires a couple P1s at each fighter, crippling neither. I end up using a HET (all my batteries) to turn towards the oncoming Romulan, centerline the incoming plasmas, shoot them a bit with a couple P1s (assuming/hoping at least 1 is fake), and take them on my #2. One is fake, my sheild stays up at 2 boxes. Just when it is least convenient, the Romulan speeds up to 27. We end up at R1 with a plasma F in the Romulan's hex, my almost down #2 facing his full #2. Romulan tractors me for 3 power, launches 2 more plasmas, fires a couple p3s at my most damaged fighters (at R2) and a P3 at me. We slow down to 13 and 12. I look at the movement chart, see we both move next impulse, so I'm not totally without hope. I fire at him with 3xP1, gatling, 2 standard HBs, and my soon to be dead fighers fires all the guns at the Romulans #1. I take a couple internals from a P3, my fighter explodes. My fighter return fire is pretty good and takes down most of the Romulan's #1. My fire takes down the Romulan's #2 and does 16 internals.

Next impulse, it turns out I misread the movement chart and we *don't* move. I take 70 internals and am savaged. An impulse later, I do get to move and turn, we end up centerlined at R1, still tractored. My fighter stays out of phaser arcs. I fire my remaining gatling and 2 fusions, do another 15 internals or so through the Romulan #1. Romulan drops the tractor. Impulse 31, Romulan avoids R1 from my fighter, kills it with a couple rear phasers. The fighter fires back, destroying most of the Romulan's #6. We move once more, and I resign. I have 72 internals, and maybe 11 total power. The Romulan has, maybe, 30 internals, and while it has no forward shields, that is not enough to remotely pull this out.

Well, that experiment with a Hydran was a failure.

By Seth Shimansky (Kingzila) on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 - 08:17 pm: Edit

The second round will begin on 16 Feb 24 and is to conclude on 1 Mar 24.

2.1 Moose WAX (11g1) AdmiralDZZI ZIN

This game is past due?

By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 - 09:25 pm: Edit

The tournament should really switch to Swiss format.

By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 - 12:07 am: Edit

That's a good idea, we should run a Swiss format non-Sapphire tourney just to see how it goes.

By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 - 01:12 am: Edit

Hey Peter,

It was a great game. I expected you would be super aggressive, and so I had to plan for that. I've been kinda fortunate in the past that Hydrans sometimes think they clearly dominate the close range space, and I think sometimes BigPlasma has a thing or two to say about that.

If you were gonna turn out, I wanted to get behind you, and have a chance to kill some fighters. I expected you to take a HB shot in the 6-8 range and run from the 2xS. I thought it would be lucky if I could get some shield damage with 1xreal so I could pick on you later with phasers, and half-consider a bolt shot, if it was really good.

When you turned, and I saw that I could avoid your FA, that's just perfect, I could turn in safely. I probably failed on my phaser fire with fighters, that was no good ... I should have fired just 2xPh-1 at one fighter and then evaluate.

When you hetted back in, then I was super glad I had 5 in tractor and another 5 btty to try to get you. After that I was just fortunate about the timing of my speed change, and the fact that I could assemble all of the plasma on your single hurt shield.

Your fighters were a pain, but I was able to get them on different shields, so I lost all three front shields, but I got my plasma all to land, so overall, I'm happy, and a bit lucky to be ready to capitalize on your inexperience, Admiral Bakija!

Best,
Geof