Turn 103

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:54 pm

Will Turn 103 be the turn that Gentleben has Ben waiting on? I hope so, I am not even going to make a prediction save one...

Unholy Knights will fight 5 guys (sorry Terminator you don't understand that, warriors) this turn

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:27 am

No predictions but a few questions perhaps won't kill me:

Will Stik finally arrive in Shadowspire? He did say he had a team ready to drop in, we shall see...

How many times will Terminator challenge the Unholy Knights? And, how many of those will be down challenges, he does have the chance to DC 3 of the Knights...

Will Mr. Elephants appearance mean will get some muscle cars for Christmas? One can only hope...and hope I shall...I think I will ask for a red one...

Will the Kid from Charlemagne make it a Three-pete? We shall have to wait and see...ohhhh the crowds on pins and needles....so why would one stand on pins and needles anyway?

La Pentarchie has been looking pretty strong lately, will they hold onto the top team spot or will the rest of the arena rally? Alot of really tough competition for the top spot this week, every one needs to be on the top of their game...

Will there be any new teams this turn? I haven't seen anyone except for Stik mention coming to Shadowspire so we will have to see...

Will there be anyone getting there invites this turn? I guess we could ask the Darque master what his records show but that would be cheating Rolling Eyes

and we don't want to cheat do we? Rolling Eyes

Will anyone make a prediction this turn? Only time will tell and he aint speaking...

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:33 pm

A modest prediction: I'm hoping for a 2-3-0-1, with ol' Chingachgook headed for the DA.

His rollup: 18 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 9. I started him as a burner, 18-10-9-10-16-10-11, Slasher. He was just too slow and rarely got the initiative, and he wasn't learning well. I saw no future for him and at 2-9 I probably gave him more than enough rope with which to hang himself. I retrospect, I should have made him a Wall of Steel or Basher.

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:49 pm

Obregon wrote:

A modest prediction: I'm hoping for a 2-3-0-1, with ol' Chingachgook headed for the DA.

His rollup: 18 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 9. I started him as a burner, 18-10-9-10-16-10-11, Slasher. He was just too slow and rarely got the initiative, and he wasn't learning well. I saw no future for him and at 2-9 I probably gave him more than enough rope with which to hang himself. I retrospect, I should have made him a Wall of Steel or Basher.

I'm lenient with the RUs in Shadowspire, but I'm not that lenient. He would have gone straight to the DA for me.

You gotta do what makes you happy though in this game, so I hope you learned something from him.

If I had to run him, I would have gone: 21-10-9-7-16-10-11 BA. 8 Att and 9 Dec barely makes it passable for me, but he would have Good End and Carry. A WL train for a few skills and a CN train for physicals would have been the the first two fights and then we'd see how he won and learned.

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:59 pm

Darque wrote:

Obregon wrote:

A modest prediction: I'm hoping for a 2-3-0-1, with ol' Chingachgook headed for the DA.

His rollup: 18 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 9. I started him as a burner, 18-10-9-10-16-10-11, Slasher.

I'm lenient with the RUs in Shadowspire, but I'm not that lenient. He would have gone straight to the DA for me.

Well, I know that my lousy record is primarily due to my stubborn insistence that I run all rollups, even weak/questionable rollups like ol' Chingachgook. I've tried to discipline myself to "stick with the plan", and I've been moderately successful of late, but it's difficult. When one KNOWS that there are no hidden FE warriors, one is strongly tempted to throw caution to the winds and experiment, take risks, go boldly forth into the arena. But my stats show that's just not smart. There are too many good managers in Shadowspire to allow that sort of "shoot from the hip" managerial style to be successful. That's been my experience, anyway.

As far as predictions go... I predict that Archaic Chaos will return to the top ten this turn. I predict that we will have at least one more kill to our credit, possibly two. I predict that Hippodaemia will successfully fend off her bloodfeudin' foe, much to the Consortium's chagrin. I predict the gnashing of teeth and general pandemonium when the fight results are read. (She'll either win or get killed, basically -- somebody's not going to be happy, that's for certain!)

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:55 am

Obregon wrote:

A modest prediction: I'm hoping for a 2-3-0-1, with ol' Chingachgook headed for the DA.

His rollup: 18 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 9. I started him as a burner, 18-10-9-10-16-10-11, Slasher. He was just too slow and rarely got the initiative, and he wasn't learning well. I saw no future for him and at 2-9 I probably gave him more than enough rope with which to hang himself. I retrospect, I should have made him a Wall of Steel or Basher.

We run 'em all, too, and this guy would have won some as a
20-16-9-4-16-10-9 TP for us.

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:04 am

Obregon wrote:

A modest prediction: I'm hoping for a 2-3-0-1, with ol' Chingachgook headed for the DA.

His rollup: 18 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 10 - 10 - 9. I started him as a burner, 18-10-9-10-16-10-11, Slasher. He was just too slow and rarely got the initiative, and he wasn't learning well. I saw no future for him and at 2-9 I probably gave him more than enough rope with which to hang himself. I retrospect, I should have made him a Wall of Steel or Basher.

The Dark Arena manager and I have been on speed dial for the past few months so much so that I think I am on his Christmas card list Laughing

Here's hoping that Santa is generous to me and brings my turns early (a winning turn would be nice to Santa Wink

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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:15 pm

KidArcane wrote:

Well, I know that my lousy record is primarily due to my stubborn insistence that I run all rollups, even weak/questionable rollups like ol' Chingachgook. I've tried to discipline myself to "stick with the plan", and I've been moderately successful of late, but it's difficult. When one KNOWS that there are no hidden FE warriors, one is strongly tempted to throw caution to the winds and experiment, take risks, go boldly forth into the arena. But my stats show that's just not smart. There are too many good managers in Shadowspire to allow that sort of "shoot from the hip" managerial style to be successful. That's been my experience, anyway.

I run everything I get too, it is just with some I prefer to run them straight to a night fight. Wink

I do have one team that I run everything I get--just to see how well I can do. I've certainly had a few clunkers that couldn't die fast enough--and I've had some surprises. I get some enjoyment out of it for that particular team. I have different goals with each team that I run, usually determined before the team fights their first fights--some of these goals are nearing a decade in age at the moment, but I still run and design the teams around those original goals until they are met. The DA is merely a tool for accomplishing those goals in many instances, except for the aforementioned team.

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Mar 10, 2008 Posts: 2031

I am the DA mack daddy and it still hasn't helped me in this arena! At least I am above .500 now (barely).

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:50 pm

Tripwire wrote:

I am the DA mack daddy and it still hasn't helped me in this arena! At least I am above .500 now (barely).

Rub it in, I am probably going to transfer this team out and start with a new one after the Duchess grads (or dies)

No turns for me today, didn't expect them but I had hope

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Mar 10, 2008 Posts: 2031

gentleben wrote:

Tripwire wrote:

I am the DA mack daddy and it still hasn't helped me in this arena! At least I am above .500 now (barely).

Rub it in, I am probably going to transfer this team out and start with a new one after the Duchess grads (or dies)

No turns for me today, didn't expect them but I had hope

I still find transferring teams out because you did badly to start as being totally against what this type of arena is all about. Its just a personal opinion, but to me its a copout instead of trying to work your way back up.

At one point I was low 43% which would put me in the bottom 5 of the arena. I wouldn't care if I was at 10% I would still take it as a matter of pride to work myself out of it instead of just quitting.

I personally could never take my new team record seriously as it wasn't a true indication of how a person did from the start of the arena to the finish.

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:26 pm

Tripwire wrote:

gentleben wrote:

Tripwire wrote:

I am the DA mack daddy and it still hasn't helped me in this arena! At least I am above .500 now (barely).

Rub it in, I am probably going to transfer this team out and start with a new one after the Duchess grads (or dies)

I still find transferring teams out because you did badly to start as being totally against what this type of arena is all about. Its just a personal opinion, but to me its a copout instead of trying to work your way back up....I wouldn't care if I was at 10% I would still take it as a matter of pride to work myself out of it instead of just quitting.

I agree with Tripwire. Suck it up, Gentleben!

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:23 am

It "sucks" when the electronic newsletters do not appera as normal! No turns posted as of 5:25AM EST today. Pshaw!

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Mar 10, 2008 Posts: 2031

Agreed, I always get up "early" before work and peruse the NL's while drinking coffee.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:28 am

The Consortium wrote:

It "sucks" when the electronic newsletters do not appera as normal! No turns posted as of 5:25AM EST today. Pshaw!

grrr i also hate this! do you suspect it means it won't post today? i should still be sleeping peacefully next to the g/f on a cool saturday mornng... but nooooo- i'm up looking at NL online. i'm derranged.