Round 28 - Revision history

Mriswith at 13:04, 17 April 2022

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			== Top 100 Results ==

	~~'''~~Round 28 - Realm #5 Win Story~~'''~~		[[Round 28 Top 100 Finishers\|Round 28 top 100]]

			== Round 28 - Realm #5 Win Story ==

	Hey folks, your friendly neighbourhood blopper Rush here.		Hey folks, your friendly neighbourhood blopper Rush here.

217.42.76.215 at 12:03, 17 April 2022

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	'''Fett said:''' ''“Shit got crazy. A bunch of smaller guys started sending and Hasselfroth hit Thunder Gun, but left himself open to my suicide. We calced a bunch of different ways and decided that I should do it to soften him up for Bobbo. Green Mountain would hit me, but Joe could potentially r/r on him and soften him up too. So we both went for it.''		'''Fett said:''' ''“Shit got crazy. A bunch of smaller guys started sending and Hasselfroth hit Thunder Gun, but left himself open to my suicide. We calced a bunch of different ways and decided that I should do it to soften him up for Bobbo. Green Mountain would hit me, but Joe could potentially r/r on him and soften him up too. So we both went for it.''

	“Joe ended up getting hit out of nowhere by #1 WE even though I was much larger. I got hit four times in total. Both gnomes ended up in range with #1 WE and #2 WE (with a land bonus) coming later. #7 declared mutual war on us, but it was too late to make a difference. Bobbo hit Green Mountain pretty safely and would be home before mutual became active.”		''“Joe ended up getting hit out of nowhere by #1 WE even though I was much larger. I got hit four times in total. Both gnomes ended up in range with #1 WE and #2 WE (with a land bonus) coming later. #7 declared mutual war on us, but it was too late to make a difference. Bobbo hit Green Mountain pretty safely and would be home before mutual became active.”''

	Victorious on the battlefield, Marsellus Wallace (#5) conquered 331 land from David Hasselfroth (#7).		Victorious on the battlefield, Marsellus Wallace (#5) conquered 331 land from David Hasselfroth (#7).

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	Victorious on the battlefield, Calvin Candie (#5) conquered 188 land from Squee (#1).		Victorious on the battlefield, Calvin Candie (#5) conquered 188 land from Squee (#1).

	Then, Iron Man (Ivetza) came along.		Then, Iron Man (Ivetza) came along with a suicide.

	Iron Man (#3) invaded fellow dominion Calvin Candie (#5) and captured 249 land.		Iron Man (#3) invaded fellow dominion Calvin Candie (#5) and captured 249 land.

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	I randomed.		I randomed.

	I landed in realm #5 with Bobbo, Merf, InternetFett, ~~Bobbo~~ and Toothy in one pack, themed to Tarantino villains, and Joe, Poe, Moe and Toe in another pack - 'the eeny meenies', or as I like to call them, 'the blops hydra'.		I landed in realm #5 with Bobbo, Merf, InternetFett, and Toothy in one pack, themed to Tarantino villains, and Joe, Poe, Moe and Toe in another pack - 'the eeny meenies', or as I like to call them, 'the blops hydra'.

	Cool realm right off the bat. With bad motherfuckers and seasoned veterans like Merf, Fett and Toothy on-side, together with the blops hydra, we had a recipe for a very dangerous realm.		Cool realm right off the bat. With bad motherfuckers and seasoned veterans like Merf, Fett, Bobbo and Toothy on-side, together with the blops hydra, we had a recipe for a very dangerous realm.

	Thraynden was the other rando along with me, and we both joined the Tarantino theme. I was Gogo Yubari.		Thraynden was the other rando along with me, and we both joined the Tarantino theme. I was Gogo Yubari.

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	I randomed.		I randomed.

	I landed in realm #5 with Bobbo, Merf, InternetFett and Toothy in one pack, themed to Tarantino villains, and Joe, Poe, Moe and Toe in another pack - 'the eeny meenies', or as I like to call them, 'the blops hydra'.		I landed in realm #5 with Bobbo, Merf, InternetFett, Bobbo and Toothy in one pack, themed to Tarantino villains, and Joe, Poe, Moe and Toe in another pack - 'the eeny meenies', or as I like to call them, 'the blops hydra'.

	Cool realm right off the bat. With bad motherfuckers and seasoned veterans like Merf, Fett and Toothy on-side, together with the blops hydra, we had a recipe for a very dangerous realm.		Cool realm right off the bat. With bad motherfuckers and seasoned veterans like Merf, Fett and Toothy on-side, together with the blops hydra, we had a recipe for a very dangerous realm.

Rush at 11:02, 17 April 2022

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	- Strong early dominance by Bobbo and Fett		- Strong early dominance by Bobbo and Fett

	- Great strategy from Merf		- Great strategy from Merf

	- Active supporting blops hydra Poe, Toe, Moe and Thraynden		- Active supporting blops hydra Poe, Toe, Moe and Thraynden

	- Massive threat from converter Joe that worried the playerbase enough to spark a three-way war		- Massive threat from converter Joe that worried the playerbase enough to spark a three-way war

	- Toothy the Adventurous. Nuff said.		- Toothy the Adventurous. Nuff said.

	- Picking up the Halls of Knowledge early, and;		- Picking up the Halls of Knowledge early, and;

	- I’m sure I added something to the mix too. Call it charisma. Guile. Pep. I galvanised this team.		- I’m sure I added something to the mix too. Call it charisma. Guile. Pep. I galvanised this team.

Rush at 10:50, 17 April 2022

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	My late game goal was just to overtake the Firewalker Shinzou wo Sasageyo (Slater) in #3 and try to secure third place when the round ended. As it happened, this proved to be a lot easier than I expected. My economy was just in much better shape and I was teched up to the eyeballs thanks to the Halls of Knowledge.		My late game goal was just to overtake the Firewalker Shinzou wo Sasageyo (Slater) in #3 and try to secure third place when the round ended. As it happened, this proved to be a lot easier than I expected. My economy was just in much better shape and I was teched up to the eyeballs thanks to the Halls of Knowledge.

	By the time the round ended, I was sitting on over 7k acres and in third place. Better than any finish I've ever had by an enormous margin. There were a lot of factors that tied this ~~round0~~ together, not just in terms of my own personal performance but #5 as a whole. I think our main advantages were:		By the time the round ended, I was sitting on over 7k acres and in third place. Better than any finish I've ever had by an enormous margin. There were a lot of factors that tied this round together, not just in terms of my own personal performance but #5 as a whole. I think our main advantages were:

	- Strong early dominance by Bobbo and Fett		- Strong early dominance by Bobbo and Fett

Rush at 10:48, 17 April 2022

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	At this point in the game, Merf seemed to think I was on course for a 6k finish, but I remained skeptical, since I'd never even broken 5k before. I was in the top ten players for land size though! Who saw that coming? No one! Not even Oment*. Merf said it was because I was in the presence of greatness. He clearly hasn't heard of Rushism, but I forgive him for his heresy.		At this point in the game, Merf seemed to think I was on course for a 6k finish, but I remained skeptical, since I'd never even broken 5k before. I was in the top ten players for land size though! Who saw that coming? No one! Not even Oment*. Merf said it was because I was in the presence of greatness. He clearly hasn't heard of Rushism, but I forgive him for his heresy.

	''(*Fun fact: Oment pinpoints my exact location every round with disturbing accuracy. But this round, he mistakenly identified me as one of the blops hydra heads, so for now we can rule out the widespread conspiracy theory that he’s a psychic alien from the future.)		''(*Fun fact: Oment pinpoints my exact location every round with disturbing accuracy. But this round, he mistakenly identified me as one of the blops hydra heads, so for now we can rule out the widespread conspiracy theory that he’s a psychic alien from the future.)''

	(…Unless that’s what he wants us to think?)''		''(…Unless that’s what he wants us to think?)''

	After the initial wave of fireballs on the icer, and literally just as we were discussing a snare to bring down his blizzard before he re-cast it early, he abandoned.		After the initial wave of fireballs on the icer, and literally just as we were discussing a snare to bring down his blizzard before he re-cast it early, he abandoned.

Rush at 10:43, 17 April 2022

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Rush at 10:41, 17 April 2022

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	We initiated by declaring war with #15 to disrupt the gnome, Beta (jboy) with lightning bolts and sabotage. The bolts did a nice amount of damage, but we didn't think we were going to be able to sink him, especially after he brought in some docks. Even with the collective might of our blops hydra unleashing hell, plus my substantial blops capability, and Toothy's, and most of the Tarantino pack, it's really difficult to sink a target if they have taken even the lightest of precautions.		We initiated by declaring war with #15 to disrupt the gnome, Beta (jboy) with lightning bolts and sabotage. The bolts did a nice amount of damage, but we didn't think we were going to be able to sink him, especially after he brought in some docks. Even with the collective might of our blops hydra unleashing hell, plus my substantial blops capability, and Toothy's, and most of the Tarantino pack, it's really difficult to sink a target if they have taken even the lightest of precautions.

	#7 decided they were going to try and take us down a few pegs and declared war on us, and immediately set fire to the main head (or at least, the most talkative head) of our blops hydra, Joe (Peabrain), who was in the middle of converting. They absolutely hammered him. #6 then dog-piled on us by declaring war shortly after. Joe took the overwhelming brunt of it, but Merf and Fett also caught some heat.		Realm #7 decided they were going to try and take us down a few pegs and declared war on us, and immediately set fire to the main head (or at least, the most talkative head) of our blops hydra, Joe (Peabrain), who was in the middle of converting. They absolutely hammered him. #6 then dog-piled on us by declaring war shortly after. Joe took the overwhelming brunt of it, but Merf and Fett also caught some heat.

	'''Peabrain said:''' “Aw MAN! This killed my VIBE, dude. I was doing my thing, you know, like I always do, and like, these other guys were like, man, Peabrain, dude, you can’t be doing your thing, you know? It was harsh. Totally unreasonable. So I tried to, like, get into a better place - a better head space, you know? And just like, vibe my way through it. But man. It was gnarly. Like, for real. My peas were on fire. It was biblical. Like, when Moses was setting fire to those bushes, you know? And he had that conversation with God? And God was like, Moses - and I’m Moses in this scenario - so really, God was like, “Peabrain. God here. Peabrain, carve this onto a stone tablet: “Thou shalt not allow others to kill thine vibe.” And I’d be like, “yo God do you not just like, have a pen and paper? Gotta be askin’ me to CARVE shit onto rocks? For real bro?” But long story short, I whiteknuckled it. I parted the dead sea of converting and it was WILD, man. These guys are ANIMALS. I loved it.”		'''Peabrain said:''' “Aw MAN! This killed my VIBE, dude. I was doing my thing, you know, like I always do, and like, these other guys were like, man, Peabrain, dude, you can’t be doing your thing, you know? It was harsh. Totally unreasonable. So I tried to, like, get into a better place - a better head space, you know? And just like, vibe my way through it. But man. It was gnarly. Like, for real. My peas were on fire. It was biblical. Like, when Moses was setting fire to those bushes, you know? And he had that conversation with God? And God was like, Moses - and I’m Moses in this scenario - so really, God was like, “Peabrain. God here. Peabrain, carve this onto a stone tablet: “Thou shalt not allow others to kill thine vibe.” And I’d be like, “yo God do you not just like, have a pen and paper? Gotta be askin’ me to CARVE shit onto rocks? For real bro?” But long story short, I whiteknuckled it. I parted the dead sea of converting and it was WILD, man. These guys are ANIMALS. I loved it.”
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	By now, most of us were teched up to the eyeballs thanks to the Halls, and I certainly felt it was nearing the end of its useful life to me, so #15 taking pot shots at it was beneath my concern.		By now, most of us were teched up to the eyeballs thanks to the Halls, and I certainly felt it was nearing the end of its useful life to me, so #15 taking pot shots at it was beneath my concern.

	#7's role in the war ended quite badly for them, and the wider community, with an unwise hit on our realmie:		Realm #7's role in the war ended quite badly for them, and the wider community, with an unwise hit on our realmie:

	Green Mountain Boys (#7) invaded fellow dominion Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe (#5) and captured 213 land.		Green Mountain Boys (#7) invaded fellow dominion Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe (#5) and captured 213 land.
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	Victorious on the battlefield, Calvin Candie (#5) conquered 229 land from Green Mountain Boys (#7).		Victorious on the battlefield, Calvin Candie (#5) conquered 229 land from Green Mountain Boys (#7).

	#7 weren't able to take the Wonder down before the war ended, but they helped line it up for #6 ninja it in the space of a few minutes:		Realm #7 weren't able to take the Wonder down before the war ended, but they helped line it up for #6 ninja it in the space of a few minutes:

	The Halls of Knowledge has been destroyed by Ezekiel 25:17 (#6)!		The Halls of Knowledge has been destroyed by Ezekiel 25:17 (#6)!

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	At this point in the game, Merf seemed to think I was on course for a 6k finish, but I remained skeptical, since I'd never even broken 5k before. I was in the top ten players for land size though! Who saw that coming? No one! Not even Oment*. Merf said it was because I was in the presence of greatness. He clearly hasn't heard of Rushism, but I forgive him for his heresy.		At this point in the game, Merf seemed to think I was on course for a 6k finish, but I remained skeptical, since I'd never even broken 5k before. I was in the top ten players for land size though! Who saw that coming? No one! Not even Oment*. Merf said it was because I was in the presence of greatness. He clearly hasn't heard of Rushism, but I forgive him for his heresy.

	(*Fun fact: Oment pinpoints my exact location every round with disturbing accuracy. But this round, he mistakenly identified me as one of the blops hydra heads, so for now we can rule out the widespread conspiracy theory that he’s a psychic alien from the future.)		''(*Fun fact: Oment pinpoints my exact location every round with disturbing accuracy. But this round, he mistakenly identified me as one of the blops hydra heads, so for now we can rule out the widespread conspiracy theory that he’s a psychic alien from the future.)

	(…Unless that’s what he wants us to think?)		(…Unless that’s what he wants us to think?)''

	After the initial wave of fireballs on the icer, and literally just as we were discussing a snare to bring down his blizzard before he re-cast it early, he abandoned.		After the initial wave of fireballs on the icer, and literally just as we were discussing a snare to bring down his blizzard before he re-cast it early, he abandoned.
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	Realm #7 decided they were going to try and take us down a few pegs and declared war on us, and immediately set fire to the main head (or at least, the most talkative head) of our blops hydra, Joe (Peabrain), who was in the middle of converting. They absolutely hammered him. #6 then dog-piled on us by declaring war shortly after. Joe took the overwhelming brunt of it, but Merf and Fett also caught some heat.		Realm #7 decided they were going to try and take us down a few pegs and declared war on us, and immediately set fire to the main head (or at least, the most talkative head) of our blops hydra, Joe (Peabrain), who was in the middle of converting. They absolutely hammered him. #6 then dog-piled on us by declaring war shortly after. Joe took the overwhelming brunt of it, but Merf and Fett also caught some heat.

	'''Peabrain said:''' “Aw MAN! This killed my VIBE, dude. I was doing my thing, you know, like I always do, and like, these other guys were like, man, Peabrain, dude, you can’t be doing your thing, you know? It was harsh. Totally unreasonable. So I tried to, like, get into a better place - a better head space, you know? And just like, vibe my way through it. But man. It was gnarly. Like, for real. My peas were on fire. It was biblical. Like, when Moses was setting fire to those bushes, you know? And he had that conversation with God? And God was like, Moses - and I’m Moses in this scenario - so really, God was like, “Peabrain. God here. Peabrain, carve this onto a stone tablet: “Thou shalt not allow others to kill thine vibe.” And I’d be like, “yo God do you not just like, have a pen and paper? Gotta be askin’ me to CARVE shit onto rocks? For real bro?” But long story short, I whiteknuckled it. I parted the dead sea of converting and it was WILD, man. These guys are ANIMALS. I loved it.”		'''Peabrain said:''' ''“Aw MAN! This killed my VIBE, dude. I was doing my thing, you know, like I always do, and like, these other guys were like, man, Peabrain, dude, you can’t be doing your thing, you know? It was harsh. Totally unreasonable. So I tried to, like, get into a better place - a better head space, you know? And just like, vibe my way through it. But man. It was gnarly. Like, for real. My peas were on fire. It was biblical. Like, when Moses was setting fire to those bushes, you know? And he had that conversation with God? And God was like, Moses - and I’m Moses in this scenario - so really, God was like, “Peabrain. God here. Peabrain, carve this onto a stone tablet: “Thou shalt not allow others to kill thine vibe.” And I’d be like, “yo God do you not just like, have a pen and paper? Gotta be askin’ me to CARVE shit onto rocks? For real bro?” But long story short, I whiteknuckled it. I parted the dead sea of converting and it was WILD, man. These guys are ANIMALS. I loved it.”''

	We thank you for your insight Peabrain.		We thank you for your insight Peabrain.
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	The op spike put Green Mountain in the position to hit THREE of us quite comfortably - Fett was clearly the best target for him in terms of land gain and taking down an attacker threat, but I was also next in the firing line if Fett did anything outlandish (like a mass release) to prevent it. Toothy was also a potential target, but he had less appealing land types than me (no one wants your crappy forests Toothy!) No matter what we did, one of us was locked into getting railed by this inevitable freight train. Gnomes are crazy.		The op spike put Green Mountain in the position to hit THREE of us quite comfortably - Fett was clearly the best target for him in terms of land gain and taking down an attacker threat, but I was also next in the firing line if Fett did anything outlandish (like a mass release) to prevent it. Toothy was also a potential target, but he had less appealing land types than me (no one wants your crappy forests Toothy!) No matter what we did, one of us was locked into getting railed by this inevitable freight train. Gnomes are crazy.

	'''Fett said:''' “The day was never going to end well. Green Mountain dropped 7500 suicide squads and could bonus into my range. Hasselfroth was following suit and even though I was training rats throughout the night, I would not be able to stop them from hitting me. I could release but Rush would get hit instead, and I wouldn’t have any OP. I’m not sure there was anything we could do here. Both of their OPs went up ~45-50k in just 24 hours - insanity.”		'''Fett said:''' ''“The day was never going to end well. Green Mountain dropped 7500 suicide squads and could bonus into my range. Hasselfroth was following suit and even though I was training rats throughout the night, I would not be able to stop them from hitting me. I could release but Rush would get hit instead, and I wouldn’t have any OP. I’m not sure there was anything we could do here. Both of their OPs went up ~45-50k in just 24 hours - insanity.”''

	So we grit our teeth and waited.		So we grit our teeth and waited.
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	I was asleep when most of the carnage happened.		I was asleep when most of the carnage happened.

	'''Fett said:''' “Shit got crazy. A bunch of smaller guys started sending and Hasselfroth hit Thunder Gun, but left himself open to my suicide. We calced a bunch of different ways and decided that I should do it to soften him up for Bobbo. Green Mountain would hit me, but Joe could potentially r/r on him and soften him up too. So we both went for it.		'''Fett said:''' ''“Shit got crazy. A bunch of smaller guys started sending and Hasselfroth hit Thunder Gun, but left himself open to my suicide. We calced a bunch of different ways and decided that I should do it to soften him up for Bobbo. Green Mountain would hit me, but Joe could potentially r/r on him and soften him up too. So we both went for it.''

	“Joe ended up getting hit out of nowhere by #1 WE even though I was much larger. I got hit four times in total. Both gnomes ended up in range with #1 WE and #2 WE (with a land bonus) coming later. #7 declared mutual war on us, but it was too late to make a difference. Bobbo hit Green Mountain pretty safely and would be home before mutual became active.”		“Joe ended up getting hit out of nowhere by #1 WE even though I was much larger. I got hit four times in total. Both gnomes ended up in range with #1 WE and #2 WE (with a land bonus) coming later. #7 declared mutual war on us, but it was too late to make a difference. Bobbo hit Green Mountain pretty safely and would be home before mutual became active.”
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	Of course, it wouldn’t be a complete roundwin story if we didn’t hear from the actual roundwinner, Bobbo, so we asked him for his input as well.		Of course, it wouldn’t be a complete roundwin story if we didn’t hear from the actual roundwinner, Bobbo, so we asked him for his input as well.

	'''Bobbo said:''' “I am Bobbo and I approve this message.”		'''Bobbo said:''' ''“I am Bobbo and I approve this message.”''

	Thanks for reading!		Thanks for reading!
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