Stimp (Gorn) over Von_Nasty (Lyran)

This one mostly boiled down to one failure of a shot. After Jude lined up a perfect hack 'n slash, he missed with 3 of 4 ol UIM disruptors from range 3 (internet tells me that's a 1.54% chance). I thought it only bought me some time, but I was able to waddle around & survive long enough to run the Lyran out of WW on turn 7. Gorn still had a full #5 to launch out of (was going full speed in reverse using the rears as fronts at this point because all 3 front shields were completely down), and Lyran shields were shredded enough that the T8 EPT was likely going to do 35+ ints.
Excellent game Jude, sorry the dice bit ya.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 07:46 pm: Edit

Yikes. That's rough. I though me missing with 2 out of 2 bolts was bad.

Congrats, Daniel, and sorry it went down like that, Jude.

By Daniel Bitseff (Cadet_Stimpy) on Monday, September 23, 2024 - 12:30 pm: Edit

I only bolted once (f-torp), but it hit.

Most of his other disruptor shots were good, too (I think just a couple misses on 1-4 shots), but it was the timing of the 6,6,6 shot that was brutal. I couldn't have survived to reload like I did if I had around 20 more internals there.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, September 23, 2024 - 04:47 pm: Edit

Heh, no, no, in *my* game vs Jude in R1, I got a perfect turn 2, R5, centerline, 6xP1+F bolt shot on a flank shield (with plasma on the board to dissuade a HET back), and the bolt missed, leaving the shield at exactly 0. And then when I HET away and got 2 more P1s in the down shield at R6, I rolled 5, 6 and did exactly 1 internal. And then I played for another 2 or 3 turns, and then got *another* solid, R5, 5xP1+Bolt F shot on another, damaged rear shield, and missed with the bolt *again*, leaving the shield at, like, 1 box.

We played another turn or so, but I resigned at the end of that, our second session, as I wasn't going to have time to finish the game before time was up. It was still a game, certainly, but Jude had a not insignificant advantage, 'cause he played well and I got unlucky a lot.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 10:30 am: Edit

I once won a RAT because Ken Lin (in his LDR) missed with all 4 OL disrupters at my Zin at range 1. Even with one hit he had a good chance of winning - he out played me.

Them's the breaks.

By Timothy Linden (Timlinden) on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 03:37 pm: Edit

One of my games vs. Bill's Klingon my Orion managed to sneak a ringer into the disruptor fire controllers. His 8th overloaded UIM disruptor was the first one to hit... Does not matter much that he did all the usual excellent maneuvering, timing and other play when he just could not hit.

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 10:55 pm: Edit

This one is about over. Can we start thinking about the next one so we don't lose momentum?

By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 06:48 pm: Edit

and people call foul when the fed rolls Jackpot. Hitting with all four overloads....

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 07:24 pm: Edit

Last night I played Fed for 32 impulses against a very good Lyran. I hit with 3 photons at range 8 and did 23 with 8 great rolling phasers. Game over.

I don't call foul, I call it a waste of time for both of us. Fortunately, it was fast.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 07:43 am: Edit

Sure. You took a risky R8 shot and got lucky, and ended the game. But taking that shot is a bad idea in general, as while you rolled, say, 1, 1, 1, 6 and then 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, you had the exact same odds to roll 6, 6, 6, 1 and then 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, in which case instead of winning, you just lose (as you don't even break a shield).

Taking that range 8 shot as the Fed is, generally speaking, a bad idea, unless it is the only shot you are going to get. Especially given that the most likely result (32+2 per P1) is unlikely to put you in a winning position most of the time.

Yes. If every game with a Fed is "I got to R8 on T1 and rolled the dice", things get weird fast. But most games aren't that, as it isn't a good gamble in the best of circumstances.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 03:20 pm: Edit

Range eight shot with phasers is usually not worth the risk to me unless I will not get a better chance, but I am usually willing to take a chance on a 50/50 roll with photons if the opposing player is not experienced. The need to recover is just too great to chance it against an experienced player. Truth be told, I tend to go for the pointblank punch, because I have seen one too many photons miss at Range 2. I still have a vivid memory of firing 12 Overloads and about 12-18 phaser-1s at a Gorn Destroyer (on three different shields) and managing to score so much damage that I still needed to do ONE more point of damage to CRIPPLE it from two hexes range. One of the reasons I favor disruptors I expect, because you can reload much quicker while photons have that agonizing wait for them to recycle.

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 05:58 pm: Edit

I think in my game, range 8 centerlined was the right shot 1.32. I had the entire board to run, my opponent was only a few hexes from the map edge.

The truth is we could have waited until T2 at range 4. I would have hit with all four photons then and he would still be dead with 1 roll of the dice. It would just have been a slightly longer waste of time for that.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 06:58 pm: Edit

Problem is, against an Ace BP player, the Fed is unlikely to get anything closer than range 8.

By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Friday, September 27, 2024 - 02:38 am: Edit

Yeah, the FED is not an Orion. Still, in both ships you need eat some plasma in order to get close and fire. No guts, no glory. OFC, this is when you don't want the BP to stop and weasel...

By Daniel Bitseff (Cadet_Stimpy) on Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 06:38 pm: Edit

Stimp & BS scheduled to start final match at 7am pacific tomorrow (Sunday)

By Bill Schoeller (Bills) on Monday, September 30, 2024 - 07:01 pm: Edit

Stimp and I got 7 turns done Sunday. No time scheduled for next session. 2 mostly down shields for Stimpy 1 and 2, and 2 half down 4,5 I think. I have a down 4, and half down 1.

I am down 2p2s and 4 power. 2p3s repaired. Used sp, 2fast, 1hvy drone. 2 p3 repaired.

He is down 2fa p1s - 1 repaired as p3, and an f torp just repaired. Only down 1 power.

By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Tuesday, October 01, 2024 - 01:02 am: Edit

What is the shield status?

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Tuesday, October 01, 2024 - 04:20 pm: Edit

Gorn: Two mostly down shields (#1 and #2) and two half down shields (#4 and #5).

KLI: Down #4, half down #1.

(That info is there, just not necessarily super clear).

By Daniel Bitseff (Cadet_Stimpy) on Tuesday, October 01, 2024 - 08:04 pm: Edit

Well, it wouldn't let me upload the pics, so you'll have to use imagination.

Gorn: #1(1), #2(4), #3(23), #4(15), #5(22), #6(18)
Klingon: #1(12), #2(24), #3(23), #4(1), #5(24), #6(30)

By Daniel Bitseff (Cadet_Stimpy) on Tuesday, October 01, 2024 - 08:16 pm: Edit

Klingon

Gorn

I think you have to right-click & open in new tab or window to view.

By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Wednesday, October 02, 2024 - 12:03 am: Edit

Tnx, I did miss it was in Bills post.

By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Wednesday, October 02, 2024 - 09:48 pm: Edit

It is curious that the Gorn had Ph-1s destroyed, while Ph-3s are not ?? Must have had to make some tough choices in DAC phase due to drone defense requirements?

By Daniel Bitseff (Cadet_Stimpy) on Wednesday, October 02, 2024 - 10:40 pm: Edit

yep Geof, that was it.

Stimp (Gorn) over BS (Klingon) in another epic 10 turn battle. I'll try to muster the energy to do a write up at some point.

GG Bill!

By Geoffrey Clark (Spartan) on Thursday, October 03, 2024 - 09:22 am: Edit

Congratulations, Stimpy!!
Condolences, Bill.

Are we on course to do another Sapphire Crown at some point? Looks like Stimp has qualified, nicely done!

By Jack Taylor (Jtaylor) on Thursday, October 03, 2024 - 10:54 am: Edit

I think we are ready for another Crown but someone would need to double check me.

Geof (S14), Peter (S15), and Jack (S16), and Stimpy (S17)