Lightning Rounds

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Same as last couple weeks. Just started.

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Go forth my Bag-Man!

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ewww hood.

MaTThZero

still 200% buff .. guess its gonna be another 2 days of lightning rounds i cannot compete in .. ppl that already have the buffed characters are soooooooo out of my league its not even funny. 3x 10k hp chars that can destroy you in simply 3x matching .. no skills need to be used.

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Zathrus wrote:

Same as last couple weeks. Just started.

Thanks for notice!

Misguided wrote:

Go forth my Bag-Man!

Killed him mercilessly

DumDumDugn wrote:

ewww hood.

Yay Hood!

MaTThZero wrote:

still 200% buff .. guess its gonna be another 2 days of lightning rounds i cannot compete in .. ppl that already have the buffed characters are soooooooo out of my league its not even funny. 3x 10k hp chars that can destroy you in simply 3x matching .. no skills need to be used.

Sorry to hear that. In first I buffed I was able to compete quite well, because there weren't that many high level characters, but then I had to spent 2 weeks slowly building my team and hope to do well this week.

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I see people are relentlessly beating up on my BagMan too. Why so much hatred for the bag?

And note that since there's been no patch of any kind the tournament really is the exact same -- Hood's scoring is still messed up, 200% buffs, etc. Expect it to run for 48 hours again as well.

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MaTThZero wrote:

still 200% buff .. guess its gonna be another 2 days of lightning rounds i cannot compete in .. ppl that already have the buffed characters are soooooooo out of my league its not even funny. 3x 10k hp chars that can destroy you in simply 3x matching .. no skills need to be used.

i suggest you try. alot of the higher end teams are finishing up their squads and won't be competing in most tournaments.

I believe polkio and i will however battle to the death for loki. cuz we're weird.

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Hopefully I can snag a few more Doom covers this go round.

Also, still looking for my first Rag (been playing since Day 1). I won't hold my breath on that.

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only ones i'll compete is one hood, 2 loki tournaments and...random tournaments when i'm bored.

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Zathrus wrote:

I see people are relentlessly beating up on my BagMan too. Why so much hatred for the bag?

And note that since there's been no patch of any kind the tournament really is the exact same -- Hood's scoring is still messed up, 200% buffs, etc. Expect it to run for 48 hours again as well.

You tanking your record to get into a lesser bracket? What happens if everyone does that?

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at the beginning it worked perfectly but then its become a fad and everyone is getting spread out into lower brackets and meeting up with other people doing the same.

look at the brackets and waiting to get into a better one philosophy. i didn't even join the red iso tournament til long time in (thanksgiving weekend purposes, i had no chance to play), and even then i had names in my bracket that i recognized from the forum who clearly play as much as me.

the 'strats' to get better placements etc are becoming more and more widespread and the advantage of using this strat is becoming lesser.

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Zathrus wrote:

I see people are relentlessly beating up on my BagMan too. Why so much hatred for the bag?

And note that since there's been no patch of any kind the tournament really is the exact same -- Hood's scoring is still messed up, 200% buffs, etc. Expect it to run for 48 hours again as well.

Well, he has a "kick me" sign on his back, which is why I am promoting him as the universal sign for "attack me please".

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MaTThZero wrote:

still 200% buff .. guess its gonna be another 2 days of lightning rounds i cannot compete in .. ppl that already have the buffed characters are soooooooo out of my league its not even funny. 3x 10k hp chars that can destroy you in simply 3x matching .. no skills need to be used.

It's quite easy to get to the 100 point progression reward and that's a lot of ISO relative to effort. Definitely worth playing in the lightning rounds just for the ISO alone.

A bit more of a stretch but still do-able is to get the Heroic tokens. Might not always get it but if your team is weak, think of the heroic token as your goal rather than top 10 finish. Finishing in top 100 usually also means you get the 250 point progression reward so that's more chances at better covers/ISO.

Once you get a top 50 finish and get a diabolical token, you're pretty much set. I don't really aim for higher than that since it's more about luck to me. If strong people are playing at the time, I have no chance. If they aren't, it's quite do-able. Most of the time I'm happy settling for the diabolical token though.

In short, be realistic about your goals and work your way up.

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forgrim wrote:

at the beginning it worked perfectly but then its become a fad and everyone is getting spread out into lower brackets and meeting up with other people doing the same.

look at the brackets and waiting to get into a better one philosophy. i didn't even join the red iso tournament til long time in (thanksgiving weekend purposes, i had no chance to play), and even then i had names in my bracket that i recognized from the forum who clearly play as much as me.

the 'strats' to get better placements etc are becoming more and more widespread and the advantage of using this strat is becoming lesser.

Yes, but if it winds up forcing them to tweak matchmaking to something better (perhaps based on total cover strength? Or average human played cover strength?) then I'm all for that too.

I've managed to get brackets with nobody I recognize for the last three tournaments. I'm sure my pseudo strategy on this will fail sometime soon as well (honestly, having NOBODY for three tourneys is more sheer luck than anything IMO), but as long as there are brackets I think it'll work out reasonably well the majority of the time. I'd expect to see a few high level peeps in every bracket, but that's better than all of them in one.

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sps-puzzlequest wrote:

Once you get a top 50 finish and get a diabolical token, you're pretty much set. I don't really aim for higher than that since it's more about luck to me. If strong people are playing at the time, I have no chance. If they aren't, it's quite do-able. Most of the time I'm happy settling for the diabolical token though.

In short, be realistic about your goals and work your way up.

And then you can pull a Loki from the Diabolical Token! Woo!

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Misguided wrote:

Zathrus wrote:

I see people are relentlessly beating up on my BagMan too. Why so much hatred for the bag?

And note that since there's been no patch of any kind the tournament really is the exact same -- Hood's scoring is still messed up, 200% buffs, etc. Expect it to run for 48 hours again as well.

Well, he has a "kick me" sign on his back, which is why I am promoting him as the universal sign for "attack me please".

how does the game put bagman on your team...does it use your last team used or something? i always wondered how the game sets which character the people are beating me with

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Too Easy wrote:

how does the game put bagman on your team...does it use your last team used or something? i always wondered how the game sets which character the people are beating me with

It is determined by what the last team was that you used in that particular tournament.

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Misguided wrote:

Too Easy wrote:

how does the game put bagman on your team...does it use your last team used or something? i always wondered how the game sets which character the people are beating me with

It is determined by what the last team was that you used in that particular tournament.

ah ok, so it doesnt help when i chose the wrong buffed character on my last match before i take a break then lol

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Misguided wrote:

Zathrus wrote:

I see people are relentlessly beating up on my BagMan too. Why so much hatred for the bag?

Well, he has a "kick me" sign on his back, which is why I am promoting him as the universal sign for "attack me please".

awww... I sold off all my Bagman covers. Never thought he'd be useful for anything...
I guess lightning rounds are where he really has a chance to shine... As a (punching)bag man!

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I am looking forwards to the lightning rounds the week of Christmas and the week of New Year's. That said, watch there be no lightning rounds due to the holidays. I'll finally be off work for these things and they won't happen.

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sitting at 19 for 25-50 then baam..

#168 at last second. again

edit: just recognized i was top 250. i thought 50 hood, 85 thor and wolvie would scare some c.storms