Fuck everything I had a write up for the 2v2s and now I have to redo it because my computer crashed

Gimme a bit

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With the only remaining games being two Biomes games, I think now's a good time to give congratulations to those who played well in the 2v2 tournaments, as well as give a bit of a description of some of the games.

First, I'd like to acknowledge that Pangea Ultima has now completed, with Verzehrer of WG beating Math Wolf in an awkward 32 turn scruffle. Math Wolf's large army advantage couldn't secure him his own income in time before Verz was able to break through all of his (although Math Wolf pretty much just wins if he breaks the blockade of 16 on turn 17). Verz finishes with a record of 3-2; Math Wolf with 2-3.

To the 2v2s!

In first place on Szeurope with a record of 4-1 are ChrisCMU and Mirror of WG! Despite an early loss to Hydra where things seemed to go wrong after being just outdelayed on a turn 2 WB take, they battled back and won every other game, including a really cool game against SNinja in particular with picking to eventually counter a Russia ftb and other interesting pick ideas. In second is a tie between Hydra's team of ARandomPlayer and Derfellios with SNinja's team of rakleader and <SNinja> kirby with records of 3-2. Hydra's win/loss record is interesting, having only lost to teams below them -- the 2-3 Statisticians (after being unable to handle a triple pick WB) and the 1-4 First Column Confederation (after playing for tricks in the center on turn 4 and failing to take czech...even though even if it had succeeded, FCC would own a triple border...). Carlos and Rikku of The Juggernauts Clan tied with Verbal Kint and gus squared of Statisticians with a record of 2-3. TJC had my favorite win of this tournament, where Rikku gets autopicked virtually perfect coverage against FCC, and he leverages autopick Spain income into winning the game -- if you're going to watch any Szeurope game, watch this one. Stats' only win besides the Hydra one was in an unfortunate situation where gus squared gets his 1, 2, 7, and 13 of all picks all clustered in Russia, yet FCC isn't able to capitalize on breaking Russia income at all and simply get out-expanded once wiped from NWR. Bringing up the rear is MGO and MrTrolldemort of FCC with a 1-4 record, but their Hydra win was a pretty well-played brawl, maintaining their 1 income lead and preventing any big plays until austria could be taken and they just simply won out from there.

On Final Earth, in what will be the only three-way tie for first in Clan League 10's Division B, we have SNinja's rakleader and Tof; Statisticians' Yeon and Math Wolf; and WG's Super Smoove and almosttricky! Each team finished with a 4-1 record, where SNinja beat Statisticians (in a 28 turn game with Math Wolf being eliminated on turn 17), who beat WG (securing a key first pick in Greenland, and having important presence/denial on most of WG's potential income), who beat SNinja (a back and forth game that feels over in SNinja's favor by turn 6, evens out around turn 10/11 with both teams having their share of decent turns in this area, but doesn't really get decided until turn 16). Next comes dry-clean-only and Weatherman900 {TJC} of The Juggernauts Clan at 2-3, picking up a convincing win over Hydra and beat FCC in a game where Aura Guardian does some brazy shit and picks wastelanded Siberia 9 and is forced to try to combo it with East China. [FCC] Aura Guardian and TableTrivia of Fifth Column Confederation came in fifth at 1-4, their lone win coming against a Hydra team with an income advantage until two untimely AI replaces. ppface and wakanarai of Hydra round out the field at 0-5, their best chance of winning being the aforementioned FCC game where they were up in income for the majority of the game.

Last, on Volcano Island, first place goes to the undefeated team of Super Smoove and Mirror of WG! WG was dominant on 2v2s, being first in every 2v2 tournament and going 13-2 overall, a whopping 86.6% win rate. The highlight game to watch is probably WG vs Statisticians here; a bizarre game that shows that big income is possible even on a map like Volcano Island. No "upsets" happened here; everyone lost to the teams above them. Statisticians' team of Jackie Treehorn and JuOx came in second with a 4-1 record, including a good win against SNinja that's mostly over after turn 4, where beerisfood is unable to break Jackie's 4 bonus and access the majority of Stats' income. The SNinja team of d-ceo and beerisfood came in after that with a 3-2 record, picking up a win against Hydra where Hunta is unable to break d-ceo and Sebus's income isn't able to be used effectively (also Hunta probably should have used a blockade card at some point, possibly with armies from a Sebus transfer). Next at 2-3 is Hydra's Hunta and Sebus Maximus, winning against FCC, with NanoMidget【𝓒𝓡𝓔𝓦】under committing to deny Alena on turn 2 leading to a bit of a smash war that FCC eventually lost. Next came NanoMidget【𝓒𝓡𝓔𝓦】/ Joi179 and TableTrivia of Fifth Column Confederation with a record of 1-4, with their lone win being after nicely denying Ikillu any and all income. In last place is The Juggernauts Clan's team of Goombella {TJC} / Carlos and Ikillu at 0-5, although one of their closest bouts to victory came in their game against first place WG, with turns like 3 and 6 that are solid turns that ultimately don't pan out into a victory.

Edited 9/11/2018 18:28:29