Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

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While I don't really agree with Vegeta's initial writeup, the way he's explaining it right now makes sense: by shuffling in random cards as opposed to cards of your choice, you are effectively relinquishing your control to lucky pulls from the hand, hoping your opponent doesn't run a lot of draw, etc.

And if you aren't "controlling" the game, then you aren't really conforming to your challenge, are you? Thus, Ambipom=/=control.
 
Guys, Ambipom/Weavile may have done well in tournaments. That is MEANINGLESS in this competition. It's typically never the known deck that wins, or even the best deck. The winner is and always will be the deck that best fits the challenge, has consistancy for what their challenge is calling for, creativity, and card use. Card use means every card serves a purpose, everything is accounted for.

This ambipom/weavile deck just doesnt achieve the goal of "hand control."

To Gowk/Darkwalker, both decks were tested and Gowk's deck worked VERY efficently.
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I'm kinda wondering what the difference was, in your mind, between my deck and Shino's. We both used basically the same build, basing it around the Ross.Dek outline, and then maxxing the healing. Mine worked around a card not yet associated with the Ross engine. His just increased the count of Ross's major healing source.
 
Bullados, I have gone over everyone's scores. Only you and Shino have I contemplated changing. Give me a few minutes and ill break it down in a PM to you. I'm on my phone so I can't do a very accurate job.
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Well Bullados, your list uses an additional stage 2 line, while mine is slightly more consistant due to using a stage 1 in place of that. Not sure how that isnt the obvious point differentiation.

That being said, i dont understand why we havent moved on to the next round. Doesnt everyone want their list to win? Thats the idea. Letting everyone appeal to have a higher score doesnt make any sense to me. If the 1 point difference between Bullados and I had been reversed i would've congratulated him and have been on my merry way.
 
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I'm big on explanations, Shino. If he would have given me 7/4/4 instead of 8/3/4, I would have been quite fine with it. It's that he gave me the same Consistency score, but a lower Creativity score. That's the basis of my question, really...
 
After really looking into this matchup between Shino and Bullados, I really feel I messed it up. I even think Bullados deserves a score change, I admit I was wrong on this one, people make mistakes.
Bullados, I felt your consistancy was uncanny and deserves a better score as does your creativity. I feel that Serperior early on was just to "obvious" but it really wasn't. It is pretty creative yet efficent.
Your revised score is as follows 9/10 4/5 4/5=17

Bullados vs Shino Bug Master-Revised winner is Bullados.

Between Gowk and Darkwalker, my judgement is the same. I feel Gowk's list deserved what he got, as did Darkwalker. Darkwalker, your list wasn't as consistant, it was hard to setup. The creativity wasn't big because the deck you chose to use has been played by many. Gowk's definitly has NOT been played by many. It is creative and efficent.

Judgment is as follows, Gowk is the winner.
 
Uhm... can you please explain why Golden Swablu's deck got the same consistancy score as mine? Sure, if I only run 4 draw supporters, I've more spots to be creative, but as you said before, the deck should be able to win against the metagame. Sure, it's a nice and really creative idea in theory, but Legends are clumsy and w/o Indigo Plateau (which should be an obvious card in his deck) they can't win any prize trade even if the opponent doesn't hit for weakness. (And there isn't even switch in the deck, how should that work?)
 
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Guys, as much as much as I agree with some of your points, it's Vegeta's decision that counts, not what you think your score should be. If it was based on what you thought, then everybody would get a 20...

Just accept your scored and get on with it.
 
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Guys, as much as much as I agree with some of your points, it's Vegeta's decision that counts, not what you think your score should be. If it was based on what you thought, then everybody would get a 20...

Just accept your scored and get on with it.
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^This.

Win or lose, the judge gets the final say. You knew that when you signed up for the contest.
 
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Creativity is NOT defined by consistancy.
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That wasn't my point.
It was that the goal for four corners was to beat the meta decks. I'm almost 100% sure that Golden Swablu's deck can't because there are too many problems and flaws in his strategy.

If it's just about beeing creative, well, I can ignore any draw cards and put funny stuff in my deck etc. But then why give more points for consistancy/strenght then for creativity in first place?
 
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