Dormammu - Recruiting Now!

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Stupid actual life events...

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Subbing in for Beast while he is away at school. Might be more permanent down the road while he is at sea, who knows?

Earth's Mightiest is complete and we finished in 12th place out of 27308 alliances with a score of 17,690, yet another top 25 finish! That is 283 points from 10th people. We were rewarded with Mohawk Storm , 3000 , and 100 . Individual stats to follow:

Edit: 12th is our best finish yet!

Jim1200 - 1331 (Could have sworn I saw somewhere that you said you were taking it easy because of work? If this is easy...)
Kuangster - 1327
Morak - 1314 (First date and being super impressive. Just Saying.)
entrailbucket - 1211
Felux - 1174
Beast1970 - 1011
Jameson2014 - 919
Bobby Digi - 816
Velaic22 - 812
IronMan123 - 808
Proximity - 800
White1 - 798
Neilorax - 772
solesoulsorrow - 772
blacklist47 - 754
Spanntastic12 - 684
PorkBelly - 653
Ratfink845 - 616
FOAD - 573
pbrownusmc - 545

Nice work y'all.

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

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How do you all add those banners to the bottom?

Beast1970

Are you talking about the sig graphics? You need to have it hosted online somewhere, I use imgur for free. Then go to the user control panel, you will find an option for sigs. Here is where imgur helps, when you view a graphic there that you uploaded, on the right hand side of the screen they have links in various formats to cut and paste. One option is for forums, copy that and paste into the sig entry in the user control panel.

If you are asking about something else, um, I don't know.

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Deadpool Vs. MPQ is finally over and we finished in 62nd place out of 27817 alliances with a score of 617,149. We were rewarded with Punisher , 1000 , and 50 . Individual stats to follow:

Bobby Digi - 52,781 (3rd in my bracket! also top 2 and top 10 for the subs. 1 more green to finish off Punisher for best build.)
Velaic22 - 52,559 (so close to first in the alliance)
Kuangster - 42,171
Jim1200 - 41,396
Beast1970 - 36,998
blacklist47 - 34,735
Morak - 33,409
solesoulsorrow - 29,152
White1 - 28,879
Felux - 28,729
Ratfink845 - 27,212
Spanntastic12 - 25,668
Neilorax - 25,643
Jameson2014 - 25,422
entrailbucket - 24,104
pbrownusmc - 23,393
PorkBelly - 21,938
IronMan123 - 21,583
FOAD - 21,211
Proximity - 20,166

Now to finish up Children of the Atom in 24 hours. Also good work for everyone for getting the Colossus .

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

Beast1970

First off, I think they switched the game server and the forum server, this site is slow as all get out nowadays.

Season VI has begun. Alliance reward is X-Force green, which is actually worth something now that his buff is in effect. We should decide what our goal is as an alliance, as we have done in the last few seasons. If we vote to take it easy this season and slack off, I'm more than fine with that, as last time we started a season with that goal, we finished in 16th place.

Season IV: (27th place season finish)

PorkBelly wrote:

<snip>
So I wanted to pose a proposition - don't worry so much about the Season rewards.

I would like to be able to pick and choose which PvPs we want to go hard for and which we can slack on.
<snip>.

Season V: (16th place season finish)

PorkBelly wrote:

X-Force yellow is arguably worse than IW yellow.

So I vote to take this season on a PvP by PvP basis again.
<snip>.

If this is our trend, I vote we all stop playing this season and see if we hit top 5!

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I think this works, because no pressure makes us want to play as opposed to having to, imo.

Love this alliance!

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Children of the Atom is done with and it's time for all of us to decide where we want to place this season. We were 14th out of 26,648 alliances with 19,969 points, earning us Colossus , 3000 , and 100 . This is our highest combined alliance score yet. Here's to more like it in the future. And another top 25 finish continuing our strong production from last season! Individual stats to follow:

Kuangster - 1367
Jim1200 - 1360
Beast1970 - 1350
FOAD - 1340
Jameson2014 - 1323 (Congrats on the new high score!)
entrailbucket - 1304
Morak - 1301
Congrats to the above for burning more than a hummer burns gas, oh and for getting all the progression rewards and placing top 5.
solesoulsorrow - 1134
Felux - 1065
blacklist47 - 1011
Ratfink845 - 958
Proximity - 903
Bobby Digi - 845 (Two in a row getting the 800 progression 50 reward! Say what! Hopefully a sign that I am back in this! Top 10, somehow I hung on.)
PorkBelly - 819 (Level up that X-Force and you will make the X-Men tremble at the sight of you again, keep the faith.)
White1 - 748
Spanntastic12 - 744
Velaic22 - 732
Neilorax - 603
pbrownusmc - 543
IronMan123 - 519

Next up is Real Steel, in which the reward is The Hulk, Incredible of course. This is the first event of the season so decide what you need to do depending on the season reward you are pushing for. Don't forget that Shield training is available to get some extra points if needed to help bump you to that next reward bracket or to tank until the final week.

Also do not forget about The Gaunlet: Villains and Heroes PvE.

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

PorkBelly

fsentell wrote:

Don't forget that Shield training is available to get some extra points if needed to help bump you to that next reward bracket or to tank until the final week.

Seriously.

It is really nice to be able to cruise to 600 points w/o seeing 3* teams especially if you are going to push in your bracket or go for a 1100 or 1300 progression award.

In between PvPs I usually push up 100 or so points in the sim & then tank down about 50. Keeps MMR manageable.

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I use the sim for intense mmr management throughout the season. It really helps overall.

Beast1970

As an FYI for the alliance, IronMan123 will probably be short on points in the Colossus PVP, and Ratfink might be short all this week. I may be light on points myself this week.

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Real Steel(can they get sued for using this since it is a name of a movie with Hugh Jackman?) is rusted out and we were 21st out of 25,249 alliances with 17,707 points, earning us Hulk , 3000 , and 100 . Another top 25 finish and a good start to this season! Individual stats to follow:

entrailbucket - 1316
Morak - 1314
Jim1200 - 1281
Kuangster - 1162
Beast1970 - 1126
Jameson2014 - 1111
Felux - 1068
solesoulsorrow - 989
PorkBelly - 921
Neilorax - 917
White1 - 854
blacklist47 - 823
Bobby Digi - 810
Spanntastic12 - 771
Proximity - 722
Velaic22 - 676
FOAD - 631
Ratfink845 - 622
pbrownusmc - 395
IronMan123 - 198

Next up is Smash Hit, in which the reward is Iron Man 40 .

Also do not forget about The Gaunlet: Villains, Heroes, and Finale PvE.

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

Edit: Had the wrong Hulk cover listed. Thanks FOAD for the correction.

FOADakaSquirrelBoy

fsentell wrote:

Real Steel(can they get sued for using this since it is a name of a movie with Hugh Jackman?) is rusted out and we were 21st out of 25,249 alliances with 17,707 points, earning us Hulk , 3000 , and 100 . Another top 25 finish and a good start to this season! Individual stats to follow:

Hulk actually! And a good thing too, my is finally specced the way he ought to be.

FOADakaSquirrelBoy

fsentell wrote:

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

Nitpicking alert: I believe red is wrong for Top Gun and missing for Children of the Atom.

Beast1970

Fixed both, I blame Morak. Shifting the sheet around to add new members to the active section messes with formatting where it shouldn't, from here on out I propose to only recruit people based on how their name fits in relation to who they are replacing.

I also discovered today I cannot control conditional formatting with the app, or if I can, I have not figured it out yet. As a result, anyone with 599 points or less will be highlighted until I get back home regardless of whether you notified us or not. Sorry, best I can do while I'm on the road and in school, but I WILL fix it.

FOAD, keep them coming and keep me honest, I don't mind at all!

FOADakaSquirrelBoy

Beast1970 wrote:

FOAD, keep them coming and keep me honest, I don't mind at all!

I point this stuff out because I care! I really do appreciate it is hard to keep this right when one has to deal with **** Google Docs stuff, so props to you.

Some time soon I will astonish and bore the world with my MPQ Excel thingie. You have all been warned!

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Smash Hit is complete and we were 15 out of 26,183 alliances with 17,147 points, earning us Iron Man 40 , 3000 , and 100 . Another top 25 finish for the season! Individual stats to follow:

entrailbucket - 1393
Morak - 1351
Jim1200 - 1334
Felux - 1133
Kuangster - 1123
solesoulsorrow - 911
White1 - 881
Jameson2014 - 841
Ratfink845 - 817
Bobby Digi - 804
Beast1970 - 761
Spanntastic12 - 747
blacklist47 - 726
IronMan123 - 725
Neilorax - 669
FOAD - 660
Proximity - 635
Velaic22 - 633
PorkBelly - 616
pbrownusmc - 387

Next up is Heavy Metal, in which the reward is Daken .

Spreadsheet is updated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... Yk/pubhtml

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New Topic: Synergy

Ok, as Beast mentioned, I am very busy studying for my Medical Boards that are tomorrow. Seeing as I am completely burnt out on studying, FOAD and I got to talking about a new imaginary game mechanic called Synergy (FOAD also wants anti-synergy, now renamed Thorn In My Side). The idea of synergy is to promote roster diversity and less reliance on on the same 2 characters plus PVP loaner.

For example, the PVP is based around Beast. Beast has the Synergy Genius, Hairball, and X-Man.
Other characters with Genius: Iron Man, Doom(?), Spider-Man. Synergy Effect when played together: These geniuses are always coming up with something new. When on the same team, new special tiles are invented every 4 turns (strike, protect, the other one).
Other characters with Hairball: Wolverine. Effect: I dunno, cut me some slack, I just came up with this.
Other characters with X-Man: The X-Men. Effect: through intensive training, these mutants work well together. All AP requirements reduced by 1.
These Synergies might make someone rethink their teams, instead of throwing in Thor, Hulk, Sentry, or Hood. Maybe even more bonuses is all three team members belong to the same Synergy.

Other Synergies:
Symbiotic: Venom, Spidey. Every 5 turns a web tile is created.
Hell Hath No Fury: Storm, BP. Marriage is great, until it's not. 10% boost to match strength for first 15 turns, followed by -20% match strength for remainder of fight.
Gods Among Us: Thor, Sentry, Storm. Your enemies are ants to you. Crush them under your thumb. Every 8 turns, hit them all for 600 hp. Because you can.

Thorn In My Side:
None invented yet. But, for example, Daken & Wolvie, Doc Ock & Spider, Punisher & Everyone, cuz he's an ****.

Also, FOAD wants Squirrel Girl in the game. So:
Talks to animals: Squirrel Girl, Falcon. Squeek-Cacaw! I have no idea what the effect is, but the animation is squirrels flying in on the backs of birds, and it is GLORIOUS! Then, when they introduce Ant-Man, the game breaks because of the AWESOMENESS of the team-up.

So, that's my idea. What do you guys think. Add your Synergies and Thorn In My Sides below. When I quit medicine, I will pitch the idea to D3, get hired, and maybe your idea can make it into the game.

Time to go back to studying,
Joshua

FOADakaSquirrelBoy

Ratfink845 wrote:

New Topic: Synergy

Ok, as Beast mentioned, I am very busy studying for my Medical Boards that are tomorrow. Seeing as I am completely burnt out on studying, FOAD and I got to talking about a new imaginary game mechanic called Synergy (FOAD also wants anti-synergy, now renamed Thorn In My Side). The idea of synergy is to promote roster diversity and less reliance on on the same 2 characters plus PVP loaner.

I really do like the notion of synergy/TIMS. As stated in the chat I would prefer if it were based on the lore rather than "accidentally" shared characteristics like brains or claws, but it could work both ways I suppose. Lorewise obvious examples would be characters who are on the same team (of course with Wolverine that would be like everyone...) and people who just traditionally work really well together (say Cap + Falcon; Colossus + Wolvie could have an amazingly improved Fastball Special).

For example, the PVP is based around Beast. Beast has the Synergy Genius, Hairball, and X-Man.
Other characters with Genius: Iron Man, Doom(?), Spider-Man. Synergy Effect when played together: These geniuses are always coming up with something new. When on the same team, new special tiles are invented every 4 turns (strike, protect, the other one).
Other characters with Hairball: Wolverine. Effect: I dunno, cut me some slack, I just came up with this.
Other characters with X-Man: The X-Men. Effect: through intensive training, these mutants work well together. All AP requirements reduced by 1.
These Synergies might make someone rethink their teams, instead of throwing in Thor, Hulk, Sentry, or Hood. Maybe even more bonuses is all three team members belong to the same Synergy.

Other Synergies:
Symbiotic: Venom, Spidey. Every 5 turns a web tile is created.
Hell Hath No Fury: Storm, BP. Marriage is great, until it's not. 10% boost to match strength for first 15 turns, followed by -20% match strength for remainder of fight.
Gods Among Us: Thor, Sentry, Storm. Your enemies are ants to you. Crush them under your thumb. Every 8 turns, hit them all for 600 hp. Because you can.

So basically you'd tag the characters with some characteristics, and when you have more than one character on the team with that characteristic, you get a bonus. It's a nice way of doing it. Beast and Wolvie have both been X-Men and Avengers. Two Synergies?

Thorn In My Side:
None invented yet. But, for example, Daken & Wolvie, Doc Ock & Spider, Punisher & Everyone, cuz he's an ****.

Then this'd require explicitly mismatching tags. Or maybe just stuff like "really_hates_Wolverine"?

Also, FOAD wants Squirrel Girl in the game.

Yes. Yes, I do. 5* character.

So:
Talks to animals: Squirrel Girl, Falcon. Squeek-Cacaw! I have no idea what the effect is, but the animation is squirrels flying in on the backs of birds, and it is GLORIOUS! Then, when they introduce Ant-Man, the game breaks because of the AWESOMENESS of the team-up.

Sheer. Bliss.

Ratfink845 wrote:

So, that's my idea. What do you guys think. Add your Synergies and Thorn In My Sides below. When I quit medicine, I will pitch the idea to D3, get hired, and maybe your idea can make it into the game.

Do it!

Time to go back to studying,
Joshua

Good luck!

Beast1970

Well, apparently I've found out how this school will affect my scores. Glad we stayed in top 25 range. On a strange note, even finishing with only 761 points, I stayed in the top 10, and have no idea how or why that was possible other than the luckiest easiest bracket I have been in for months.

Speaking of scores, congrats to pbrown for landing a new job! Now that all that is done, his scores should return to normal. As I mentioned before, the red badge of shame in the spreadsheet comes from conditional formatting and I have been unable to have any effect on that via my iPad app, so I will remove those for the affected when I return home. As of this typing those would be Pbrown and ironman.