Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Grades (Division Five)

Scizor said:
This is the last thing I'm going to post regarding this contest. I'm out now, so it doesn't matter what I say, but I think there needs to be some re-examining for the future.

I think this contest has gotten to a point where there are too many matches where there are two legitimate players going head to head. Is that bad? No, it's great! The problem is, it is coming down to one person's vote. You have your own way of looking at things, Kettler, just like I would or any other skilled deckbuilder. I don't think I got a fair shot with only two judge decisions. I have shown this thread to a lot of people and they seem to have some big issues with what people paired Medicham ex with, particularly Gliscor.

I would assume my list got a 7 because it is "inconsistent" by your terms. I explained in my write up that I ran Pokedex instead of something like Oak's Visit because it would have created way too many Supporters. Now, you have said before that this contest isn't about how the decks perform, but then you go ahead and mark down because of that? That isn't really right. I mean, anyone who has played enough games with our current format knows that too many Supporters clog your hand and make things inconsistent. Pokedex also gets me to Medicham ex faster than another Supporter would, considering I can't even use two in a turn. I believe I can also legitimately argue that adding another Stage 1 to the deck makes it less focused and inconsistent. The object with Medicham ex should always be to get a Turn 2 Cham. My deck does that and then it sets up its other things.

In comparison between your brother and I, I don't really understand how I got the same score in card use. I think you really overrated Gliscor. In order for his deck to fire off what it wants, he needs both out. Like, the problem to me here is that his object is to get out Gliscor LV.X and keep doing 60 and bringing Medicham ex up. So, his idea is to not even attack with Medicham ex? Sure, he has the option, but that has to be taking away from the card's use. My deck abused everything about the card: Its Body, Pure Power, it being an ex, it having one retreat, etc. I am getting the vibe that I didn't get a 5 in card use because I didn't use Devoluter and he got a 4 because he used it. That seems flawed to me. Devoluter is cute, except my build doesn't have room for it and his is aiming to attack with Gliscor, not Medicham. Since he isn't even using Pure Power, Devoluter acutally makes less sense in his build than it would mine.

Now, if he would have ran Stark Mountain, he could Pure Power without even attaching Energy to Cham. That would have been solid and I think deserves to be considered in the score. Just because his list may look more consistent, doesn't mean that should be the entire score for list. He's missing Stark Mountain, and I think it is at worse debatable that it should run Uxie, considering you can't run Claydol and he's just as reliant on Gliscor as he is Cham. I also think Azelf LV.X is too good to not play. It goes with the theme of Pure Power (even though his build doesn't seem like it concentrates on that), and he's running Devoluter.

One thing I think people may be missing about Cham is that it doesn't need Night Maintenance in any build, either. Even your brother's. It's a waste of space. I am sure the logic for NM in his build is that he wants to get back Gliscor right away? When 3 Chams die, you lose the game anyways and he runs 16 Supporters, he shouldn't have a problem getting them back. If that was a problem, TSD is a superior play, but if it wasn't, NM is showing that he is concentrating on Gliscor, which should lower his score more than it did.

I hope that I at least may have pointed out something that you didn't see, good luck to everyone else in the contest.
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Woah dude.... did you seriously take time to write all that? I mean come on, you are making a big deal out of something that is only a contest.... a POKEMON CONTEST! Sour Grape much?

It amuses me so.. some people take a kids card game too seriously!
 
TM TS-2 is too slow IMO. It would take at least 3 turns to get a knock out on a stage 1 or a rare candied stage 2.

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And Uxies are only good T1, when Medicham isn't active, the other times Wise Aura makes it pretty much useless.
 
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Cyrus said:
Funny you say that, because my rules of consistency have remained extremely stable throughout the whole contest - which is a reason why only one person out of hundreds of entries has been able to receive a 10 on score.

Also, I'd be more than happy to hear your reasoning for what [insert "27 pokemon, and horrendous trainer list" here] was, and why it didn't deserve a 9. If you're going to critique my judging, then at least give me some citations, or it's useless.

As I've stated elsewhere, the reason why there is only one judge in charge of the early rounds is that I have done the "let's have more judges" game, and it has failed. Having to wait on other people to help run your contest leads to inactivity in said contest for a _month_.

However, I like diversity of opinion, and I admit that I'm human. Top 32 will be pleased to hear that my voter override system (mentioned at the start of the contest) is going to be in place in some form. Now that the field is much more limited, this is actually possible to do.
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I like diversity-Its an old old wooden ship used during the civil war era right?(anchorman)
Pmed!


@Acutin, ur silly dude!
Everything is a competition, if it wasn't, then why would there be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place?

I do realize he is going through a lot of tim constraint, but he knew going in the time and effort so thats no excuse IMHO. I like the guy a lot, I think he is one of the best deck builders out their, very smart guy, with dreamy eyes:)tongue:)!
lol

This is my 1st Iron Chef, so I am just pointing out the flaws, don't worry, many others will do it once they are out of the tournament, I prolly should of waited a bit to bring this up anyways...*forecasts a 7.2/2.1/3.5 on next entry:frown:

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god knows we don't need "Tim" constraining us!!!!
 
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You're both right Veg:

On one hand, it IS a competition. Be competitive! I ENCOURAGE competitiveness...Otherwise I wouldn't have made that bracketmaker bracket public.

On the other, it is a FUN competition. Don't get yourselves worked up.


"don't worry, many others will do it once they are out of the tournament"

This comment worries me, because I feel pretty confidently that, bar the technical limitations of this section of the forum, I have allowed for an environment where people can say what they think about the contest. I've handled numerous things over PM, numerous things over AIM, and numerous things over the board itself. In my opinion, anyone who hasn't said anything due to fear of grading backlash simply doesn't get it. I never judge on favoritism, or lack thereof.
 
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