(Continuous) Siege on A1 - Extremely difficult!

[Preybird]

Nice writeup Atom!

Awall, commiserations. I'm sure they were epic games.

[Awall!!!]

The first game was great!! The second was terrible. I had 3 shadow knights 2 conversions and oggy in my hand at beggining. Lol

[Preybird]

It sucks when that happens.

Unfortunately sometimes there's nothing that can be done but die gracefully.

Just remember, you are going up against guys who are tournament winners and long time players. Most of them have been highly successful with other TCG's and live and breathe this game.

While my first game against iClipse I almost had him (had he not stolen that Nova.....), the other two I barely got him below half life. He had the measure of my deck almost immediately, and while I knew what was coming and could predict his moves, there was little I could do to stop the onslaught

As soon as I'm able, I'm giving this another go. And if I do.....

Wtzky, can I please request iClipse is my first opponent

[Awall!!!]

Me to. I would like to give the challenge another go as well please. Put me at back of queue. I don't mind who I play.

[KAKAMONG]

Hey everyone,

We've been wanting to do something like this for quite some time. With the success of the troll tournament, and some of the other diverse styles of tournaments, we would like to introduce the "Challenge A1" ongoing challenge.

I realise there is the TJ Gauntlet, and I don't want to diminish from that, so we will be doing something slightly different here. Please read on for more details!

After much discussion we have gone for a compromise on our original rule set. We want this to be hard. The best players who attempt this can beat it, but it won't be a walk in the park! The point of the siege will be to combine tactics, mind games and deck crafting to maximise each round. There are some great and diverse strategies a challenger can take to complete this, and we fully believe that it IS doable by somebody who takes the time to analyse each stage to come up with the best plan of attack. To maximise your chance of completing the siege will need careful planning, cunning and your best skills.

Are you up to the task?

What is the Siege on A1?

Siege on A1 is a 7 round challenge, broken down into three stages.

Challengers will need to bring 3 decks to this challenge, and participants are not allowed to change any cards in their decks for the whole challenge. Participants will be allowed to choose which deck they want to use in each round however, and will get a choice in their opponents decks (read on).

Challengers must nominate two decks to use in Stage 1 and they can only use these two decks. After completion of Stage 1, Challengers may swap one of their original two decks for a new deck . Once chosen, the decks are final and no cards can be swapped or changed, and the deck can not be added to. Challengers will have to nominate in advance which two heroes they are picking for Stage 1 and which deck they want to change once you reach stage 2.

Each stage will have a prize attached to it, and participants can drop out at any time and still claim their stage prize. Be warned however, should you choose to drop out and claim an early prize, you will need to change your signature for a designated timeframe depending on when you have dropped out.

PLEASE NOTE that should you LOSE at any stage, you are NOT required to change your signature. Should you complete the siege, you are also NOT required to change your signature.

Participants are ONLY required to change their signature SHOULD THEY WISH TO DROP OUT EARLY and take a consolidation early exit prize

The following should clarify what I mean by stages/rounds:

Stage 1:

Consist of three rounds. That is, participants must beat 3 separate A1 members to proceed to Stage 2. Before starting Stage 1, participants MUST nominate two heroes they will use for this stage.

In Stage 1, the participant will be allowed to choose which faction the A1 member they must face uses.
The participant does not have to specify which deck they themselves will use, only nominate either human or shadow faction for their A1 opponent.

After winning the first round (ie. beating the first A1 opponent), the challenger can opt to take their prize and run at any stage.

Should the challenger take their prize and run, they must display the following in their signature for 72 hours before their prize is awarded: "I ran as fast as I could from the Siege on A1!" in size 3 font (or larger should they wish).

The Stage 1 Prize is 500 crystals (hey, we can't make it too easy!)

Stage 2:

Consists of another three rounds. That is, participants have to beat a further 3 separate A1 members for a total of 6 members beaten to progress through this round.

In this stage, participants are allowed to swap one of their decks for a new one, should they so wish. If they chose to do so, they must nominate before the start of stage 2 which of their stage 1 decks they are no longer using, and which new hero they wish to use.

In Stage 2, each A1 Champion will nominate 2 heroes. The challenger will then nominate which of the two heroes that A1 member is required to use for their match. The challenger does not have to specify which deck they will use, only nominate their opponents hero.

Challengers may opt to take their Stage 2 prize at any stage after beating their first Stage 2 opponent (ie. they must have beaten a total of 4 A1 members before they can opt out for a Stage 2 prize) and leave the challenge.

Should the challenger take their prize and run, they must display the following in their signature for one week before their prize is awarded: "The A1 Siege was too difficult - I retreated quickly!" in size 3 font (or larger should they wish).

The Stage 2 prize is 2,500 crystals

Stage 3 - The Final:

Should a challenger get to this stage, they can opt out and run with their Stage 3 prize without having to play the final.

Should the challenger take their prize and run, they must display the following in their signature for three weeks before their prize is awarded: "I tried to complete the Siege on A1 but ran away before the final battle!" in size 3 font (or larger should they wish).

The Stage 3 prize is 5,000 crystals

In the Final match, the challenger will be pitted against an unknown opponent (ie. not announced before match day) who is allowed to choose any hero they wish to use. The challenger does not have to nominate which of their two Stage 2 decks they will use before this match.

The grand prize for winning all 7 matches, and defeating all 3 rounds is 10,000 crystals. To up the ante, should anyone complete this challenge, I will also display in my signature, in size 3 font "Challenger X destroyed A1 in the Siege on A1" for three weeks. We will also be having random prize bonuses at certain times.

Rules:

1. All matches will be best of three. Alternate who goes first in games 1 and 2. Game 3 will be decided randomly.
2. A challenger is allowed to bring 3 decks only to the Siege on A1. Two decks will be used for Stage 1 and should the challenger wish they can swap one deck after completion of Stage 1 for the remaining Challenge. These subsequent two decks are the only two decks to be used. No card changes are allowed once the decks are decided on. The heroes the challenger will use must be nominated before the start of the challenge for each stage. Deck lists do not have to be submitted, but random checks will occur. Anyone caught cheating and changing cards will be banned from all future A1 events for life.
3. The use of any hero is allowed. No heroes are banned.
4. A challenger may swap between his/her two decks in between each round (not in between games in a match) in each subsequent stage
5. If there is a sync/freeze error or draw, game will be replayed. If there is a disconnect, the person who disconnected will lose that particular game.
6. If a challenger cannot complete a match within a week, they may be disqualified from the challenge.
7. A1 reserves the right to select who participants/competes in this challenge.
8. Crystal prizes for opting out of each round will only be credited to the challenger's account after the challenger who opted out has changed their signature for the required length of time.
9. Should a player lose in any round, they are not required to add anything to their signature. The signature addition is only if a player wishes to leave and claim an early prize
10. Unless otherwise specified, standard tournament rules apply for everything else.
11. C7 RNB RULES v1.5 will apply for notification of any new bugs (please see BlueJet's excellent tournament rules in any of his tournaments under organized play for further clarification)
12. A1 reserves the right to change the rules in between challengers should they wish.


Are you brave enough to complete the Siege on A1?

If so, please post here and we will choose a participant!

I want in

[Caitlyn0]

we are going to share some of the write up duties. i didnt realize how tough it would be and time consuming but i have written up preybirds battles, hope you like them

[Caitlyn0]

A1 Finneri vs preybird


A Falcon was Soaring above the forest not far from the Great City. it touched down on large boulder atop a hill within the forest. its Extremely Tough Claws digging into the rock.

the large falcon was hungry for the great cities livestock but it knew, it would never penetrate the city. men with flying sticks have killed all birds of prey seeking food above their city. so the falcon made a dark pact with a dead thing. the dead thing would enter the city and deal with the city's guardians for the falcon. the dead thing was even now making its way through the forest.

there was movement in the sky which caught the falcon's attention. the green ribbon of light over the city was slowly streaming towards the forest. the falcon's heart beat faster but was strangely fixated on the flowing river of green light in the sky. but it wasnt moving towards him, it was flowing further over the forest. it "seemed" to be seeking something out.

there was a long snap as the ribbon darted downward follow by a hard boom that shook the large boulder the falcon was resting on. the ribbon was no longer in the sky but on the ground. the green light shown through the trees.

the falcon took flight to better see what was going on. in the forest was a glowing green hammer held by a man standing in the way of the dead thing. the man simply said, "begin"

there was a flash of shadow in the darkness. the falcon could not make it out. but the dead thing reacted. it summoned its allies and shot lightning and flame through the forest. gargoyles tore through the trees looking for the shadow. flashes of lightning from the dead things minions failed to connect with the shadow and trees exploded.

then the mage minion just vanished. a gargoyle vanished. and now other gargoyles where fighting the dead things minions. and the shadow was still not to be seen. now a mage appeared and was attacking the dead things minions as well.

the dead thing summoned its greatest minion... a huge towering thing that could grab the falcon out of the sky. energy sparkled around it, shot from it and exploded. then the towering thing stopped and was silent. the dead thing summoned its arcane energy and the world exploded around it, killing everything but the dead thing... and the shadow, who was still unseen in the rubble of this part of the forest. the dead thing waved its bony hand and the towering thing reformed and started its rain of sparkly energy on the forest again.

the ground, not far from the dead thing and the towering thing grew hot and red. a figure rose from the red hot ground, flames dancing around it. nearby trees exploded just from the heat.

the dead thing summoned its energy again and the world exploded again. killing everything but the dead thing and the shadow. and again, the dead thing brought the sparkly giant back to rain its energy on the forest.

there were fewer places to hide for the shadow now. the falcon could almost make it out. a large wolf. the dead thing, who had been patient, because dead things were patient, finally saw the wolf. the sparkly giant rained energy down on the wolf. the dead thing cast his lightning on the wolf. but the wolf still moved, still fought back. the dead thing then summoned a large ball of fire and cast that at the wolf. the falcon watched as the fire nearly consumed the wolf. it lay there, smouldering and not moving.

there was a low boom as the man with the glowing green hammer slammed it into the ground. he and the wolf dissappeared in the green light and shot upward. a loud snap and the ribbon moved off towards the city.

the dead thing watched if for a moment and then started walking once more towards the great city.

[Caitlyn0]

here is iclipse vs preybird:


the falcon landed back on the large boulder to watch as the dead thing approached the great city.

the dead thing stopped, starting at the moat around the city's walls. something was wrong in the water... there was a reflection that didnt make sense to the dead thing. it looked up and saw... the outline of a man? little pinpoints of light were slowly swirling within the outline of the man. growing bright and then dimming. he stood on the wall above the drawbridge.

the twilight man spoke, "this is as far as you go".

and with that, another figure appeared next to the twilight man. they were in contrast, dark, seemingly eating the light... and very bright, full of crackling energy. Zaladar has been called again to defend the city.

as the falcon watched, small streams of fire poured off the walls and across the bridge. the dead thing summoned his minions. gargoyles took flight, mages shot lighting. gargoyles from the city landed near zaladar who infused them with some of his energy. they flew down and with the streams of fire, engaged the dead things minions.

Zaladar decided to enter the fight as well. summoning a sword with crackling red energy, he faught the dead thing and his minions. the sword struck... and things changed. one of the dead things gargoyles started attacking the wrong minions. the sword struck again and other things changed. zaladar's energy infused one of the dead things minions.

the dead thing pulled out a book and looked through it. trying to find anything that would help. he summoned the sparkly giant and zaladar focused his energy at it. the sparkyle giant attacked the dead thing and died. he summoned another one and yet again, zaladar forced it to attack the dead thing and die.
then the sword struck yet again changed.

the falcon landed back on the large boulder to watch as the dead thing approached the great city.

the dead thing stopped, starting at the moat around the city's walls. something was wrong in the water... there was a reflection that didnt make sense to the dead thing. it looked up and saw... the outline of a man? little pinpoints of light were slowly swirling within the outline of the man. growing bright and then dimming. he stood on the wall above the drawbridge.

the twilight man spoke, "this is as far as you go".

and with that, another figure appeared next to the twilight man. they were in contrast, dark, seemingly eating the light... and very bright, full of crackling energy. Zaladar has been called again to defend the city.

as the falcon watched, small streams of fire poured off the walls and across the bridge. the dead thing summoned his minions. gargoyles took flight, mages shot lighting. gargoyles from the city landed near zaladar who infused them with some of his energy. they flew down and with the streams of fire, engaged the dead things minions.

Zaladar decided to enter the fight as well. summoning a sword with crackling red energy, he faught the dead thing and his minions. the sword struck... and things changed. lightning flew from zaladar. one of zaladar's gargoyles turned and fought the wrong minions.

the dead thing cast lightning and fireball... the sword struck again and thing changed. a mage turned and attacked the dead thing. more lightning and fire sprang from the dead thing. the sword struck again and things changed.

the falcon landed back on the large boulder to watch as the dead thing approached the great city.

the dead thing stopped, starting at the moat around the city's walls. something was wrong in the water... there was a reflection that didnt make sense to the dead thing. it looked up and saw... the outline of a man? little pinpoints of light were slowly swirling within the outline of the man. growing bright and then dimming. he stood on the wall above the drawbridge.

the twilight man spoke, "this is as far as you go".

and with that, another figure appeared next to the twilight man. they were in contrast, dark, seemingly eating the light... and very bright, full of crackling energy. Zaladar has been called again to defend the city.

as the falcon watched, small streams of fire poured off the walls and across the bridge. the dead thing summoned his minions. gargoyles took flight, mages shot lighting. gargoyles from the city landed near zaladar who infused them with some of his energy. they flew down and with the streams of fire, engaged the dead things minions.

Zaladar decided to enter the fight as well. summoning a sword with crackling red energy, he faught the dead thing and his minions. the sword struck... and things changed.

a gargoyle turned and attack the dead thing. the sword struck again and other things changed. a stream of fire started to attack zaladar.
the dead thing started to summon his sparly giant and hesitated... then summoned him. zaladar forced the giant to attack the dead thing and die. the dead thing summoned another and zaladar forced it to attack and die. and the sword struck again and things changed.

one of the dead things gargoyles became infused with zaladars energy. the dead thing cast fire over and over and still zaladar swung his sowrd and things changed. then zaladar, moved in on the dead thing. the dead thing cast lightning but zaladar kept approaching.

the dead thing focused his attack on zaladar lightning and fire, nothing seemed to stop zaladar... then the dead thing felt his spine snap and get ripped apart by claws. as his always lifeless body fell... the dead thing noticed his own gargoyle ripping him apart.

the falcon screamed and swooped in and grabbed the dead thing away from the now dying gargoyle. the last remnants of the dead things tattered clothes floated off into the night sky as the falcon took flight with the dead thing in its claws.

the falcon looked back at the wall as he flew away. the twilgiht man was triumphant but there was something else... further to the left... a much smaller figure was on the wall.

little dark had been watching. her legs swinging off the side of the wall... and she was giggling.

[Strawberry milk]

may i enrol 0_0?

[Wtzky]

@Kakamong and strawberry_milk, you two have been added to the challengers list.

@Awal!!! and Preybird; thank you for participating. You both gave us some great battles, but our defenses were too strong this time around. I've added you both on to the list for when we get around to people having a second go

@Rayzie and SamuelJ; you two are next up to attempt the Siege on A1. Get your siege weapons ready, this won't be an easy task!

@Rayzie; your first opponent will be.. Atomzed! He has taken a brief break from writing tasks to ensure our perimeter is properly defended and will do his best to prevent your attack. Please nominated your two heroes and which faction you would like him to play.

@SamuelJ; your first opponent will be... Hairyskinback! Our newest member, keen to show the world why he was promoted from Acolytes into A1. Please nominate your two heroes and which faction you would like him to play.

Good luck to our current two contestants.

I would also like to announce a special April bonus. Our first two challengers chosen in April will be chosen at random from the pool of challengers listed on page one. These two challengers will be competing for DOUBLE the prizes. That's right; double the opt out prizes and double the grand total prize (opt out conditions still apply). So get your entries in and (yes, I just saw the Hunger Games ) may the odds be forever in your favor!