04-19-2021, 09:38 PM
[Note that this set of summaries combined days 13 and 14 of the tournament]
Hello again players and fans! Cannoli and BaronAlbatross here with the news and reviews! We hope you all had a great weekend! After publishing Saturday the Dai Li met us outside and took us out for tea! We must have been out all night with them because we woke up at the edge of town A WHOLE DAY LATER! What fun! Anyway we apologize that our good times put us behind, but we have some great matches to look at here so let's check it out!
WINNERS BRACKET ROUND 4
Cannoli and BaronAlbatross tried to kill each other for around 30-45 minutes. They both started off with a nice 4-5 opening, then after some planting of flowers, Baron had the upper hand. Though Baron had the upper hand, his pizza order was delayed and Baron saw this as a bad omen. This was a wonderful match because I got to watch Cannoli suffer. The Italian pastry for once was having trouble to fight back. As Baron threatened Cannoli with vicious harmony rings, Cannoli kept throwing his own tiles to disrupt the harmony. On move 16H, both orchids were on the board and whoever got their lotus out first would be able to feast on any flowers in sight. But no one took their lotus out so I’m happy. After this moment I walked outside of my house for the first time in two weeks…I then went to a flower shop and bought some orchids for myself. THEN I BURNT THOSE ORCHIDS LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING. Back to the game that I left. At this point, Baron had an amazing move and was gonna win…until he realized that Cannoli’s ultimate rock would prevent him from doing so. After seeing that his only winning move was blocked by Cannoli’s demonic orchid and rock, Baron cried to himself. Crying to himself proved to be a wrong decision because his eyes became blurry, that caused him to miss Cannoli’s winning move. Italian pastry man’s rose had been hiding in plain sight and on the final turn, Cannoli moved his rose to form a harmony and used his harmony bonus to push his white jade into place using a boat. Congrats to Cannoli for moving onto the next round. Good try Baron, but let’s discuss what Baron could have done better. It is clear that Baron’s pizza delivery man was the reason Baron lost, so I recommend getting the pizza at TacoBell. The pizza at TacoBell tastes very nice and also, after eating the pizza, you can have a good time playing pai sho on the toilet! - Written by tree
ZxTinyJ vs Samurai_Appa was an exciting and hard fought match! Appa opened with his favorite 3-5 opener, moving his rhododendron directly out after his first two plants. Zx followed suit, though instead of attempting to mimic Appa’s ring attempt, they instead opted to go for an opposite gate vertical ring. Appa was able to reach his ring threat first, and Zx relied on accent tiles and basic blocks as they tried to catch up. Finally, after being drained of every accent tile but his wheel, Zx was able to make a ring threat, but by then it was too late, and Samurai_Appa used a wheel finish to win the game on turn 11.
Sirstotes and Liam_Keaggy13 played a wonderful match! Liam_Keaggy13 began with a 3-5 opener, opting for Gyatso’s 5 out strategy for his first ring threat. Stotes responded with another classic 3-5 opener, moving his rose down and out to a dynamic position. Liam got to his ring threat first, and though Stotes quickly blocked it with a knotweed, Liam used his boat to remove this block. Stocked up on boats himself, Stotes used one of his to further push Liam out of position, though it left him with only 3 flower tiles on the board. Nevertheless, this boat block, combined with Stotes’ basic blocks, was enough to persuade Liam to begin working from another angle, giving Stotes enough time to get the proper flower tiles out. Liam brought out his lotus, which Stotes promptly began using to try to create a ring, an attempt that Liam foiled with a well placed rock and smart movement. With both players slowed down once again, both Liam and Stotes brought out their wild orchids to begin breaking down each others’ formations. Stotes quickly captured Liam’s lotus, preventing a capturing rampage, yet by then Liam had made enough progress to open an opportunity to win, which he took on turn 21!
LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 4
Megajotb vs Adder blew the lid off the record for the longest match of the tournament so far weighing in at a whopping 43 turns. Really it started out like a game that was going to take too long. The first threat to win did not occur until Megajotb got his pieces together on turn 11, you will note a lot of games in this tournament ended at or before turn 11. Really things got out of hand when adder blocked with his rock. By turn 22 there were 15 flowers in play NOT including those that had already been captured and there was no obvious path to victory for either player. By turn 28 there were 21 flowers on the board, and despite adders elaborate network of harmonies, it was hard to tell what the players were going after. Megajotb used his last accent tile on turn 29, adder holding out with a wheel for the time. Well flowers flew out capturing and shifting around until on the 42nd turrn adder finally used that wheel, breaking up a linchpin in Megajotb's harmony network. On turn 43 adder planted his last flower and won on the alternate condition with 3 cross center harmonies to Megajotb's two. Wow.
PaiShoAce and Cpt_Seabear shared a quick yet intriguing game. Cpt_Seabear began with a classic 3-5 strategy, which PaiShoAce disrupted by planting a jade behind Seabear’s rose, threatening an easy block that might slow them down. The Captain calmly continued constructing their ring, though PaiShoAce was able to pull ahead with their dynamic tile placement. Seabear successfully slowed down their adversary using their orchid to trap PaiShoAce’s white jade. The obstacle was only temporary, however, and on turn 9, PaiShoAce wheeled the orchid out of the way, forming a harmony ring and advancing to the next round!
Resu532 vs tree was a short and sweet match, both players opening with a 5-4 planting. Resu began working toward a 5 point ring while tree set up a 4 point, holding a gate and threatening to win on turn 6, using a knotweed at the same time to hold Resu532 back from making a harmony. Resu532 found a way around it and in two turns dropped his knotweed and rock as tree scrambled to adapt. Resu failed to block at the end of turn 9 and tree used a boat to walk into a ring.
Dallin and Minkey’s game was a quick one, finishing in only 10 turns! Minkey began with a 4-5 opener, and Dallin mirrored this, with both players using the classic 4-5 fast ring to work on their first threats. Minkey played a slower, more controlled approach, planting a W3 in the West gate without moving out his R5, while Dallin played by chaining harmonies, occupying at most one gate at a time in a more direct rush to his ring. Indeed, Dallin was the first to make a ring threat, though Minkey used their extra harmony options to slow Dallin down with a knotweed. Dallin brought out an orchid to possibly slow Minkey down, and used a rock on another harmony bonus to block one of Minkey’s win opportunities, still staying not too far from an offensive threat himself. On turn 10, however, Minkey was able to circumvent Dallin’s defenses, and used a wheel finish to form a harmony ring!
TheRealMomo and JeffreyMunro played a spectacular match! Munro began the game with a 4-5 opener, moving his red 5 out of the East gate as soon as he could. Momo, repeating her 4-5 response from her game with Cannoli, chose to move her chrysanthemum down from the Northern gate, keeping the West blocked with her rhododendron. JeffreyMunro planted a jasmine up top, and Momo took the East gate in response, leaving both players with control of opposite pairs of gates. From there the two worked quickly to their first ring threats, and while Munro was quick to move out of the North, Momo instead chained out her lotus on harmony bonus, making up for the two gates she had control of. From there, Momo used a knotweed as she brought her lotus out of the East gate, soft-locking his lotus in the Southern gate and forcing him onto defense. Undeterred, JeffreyMunro defended cleverly, and though Momo brought out her orchid to chip at Munro’s defenses, he sacrificed his own orchid to capture her lotus. From there, JeffreyMunro began to rebuild his offensive ring, but his accent tiles had been almost fully depleted, and Momo hadn’t left him with many basic flowers to defend with. Over the next few turns, Momo pushed past Munro’s defenses, and on turn 21, she secured the win, and her place in the next round, completing her harmony ring with an excellent boat finish!
Shader17 unfortunately will be leaving the tournament, and indeed the pai sho community for an important life event, though he is certain he’ll be back in a couple of years! We will miss him, and we wish him the best in this next stage in his life! Because of Shader17’s departure, Demilocke will now advance to the next round by default.
Ntturner vs Obscuris began with a choking gate control scheme on the part of ntturner. Obscuris was not idle at all, however and managed to bloom out a wide spectrum of flowers by the time ntturner threatened to win on turn 9. Obscuris put a damper on his aspirations with a well planted rock and turned things around bringing together 3 parts of a ring. Just before he could make a legitimate threat however ntturner made a brilliant move and used wheel to take the win.
Lalalandikki and TwoTheSecond played an interesting game together! TwoTheSecond began with her now signature 4-5 opener, using the North gate to plant her fourth tile, a rose, and the South and West gates to get the other three out. Lalalandikki played partially for gate control, planting a third tile before moving anything out, though she soon shifted focus to getting out tiles on harmony bonuses, moving out of each gate. Both players defended preemptively, blocking one another’s possible rings, with Lalalandikki using a rock, and TwoTheSecond using basic flower tiles to get the job done. One benefit of TwoTheSecond’s method of blocking was that she was able to move her tiles into place without relying on harmony bonuses to slow down her opponent, which allowed her to skirt around Lalalandikki’s defenses and win the game on a fantastic boat finish!
Written by Cannoli and BaronAlbatross with special guest reporter, the beloved and venerable tree.
Hello again players and fans! Cannoli and BaronAlbatross here with the news and reviews! We hope you all had a great weekend! After publishing Saturday the Dai Li met us outside and took us out for tea! We must have been out all night with them because we woke up at the edge of town A WHOLE DAY LATER! What fun! Anyway we apologize that our good times put us behind, but we have some great matches to look at here so let's check it out!
WINNERS BRACKET ROUND 4
Cannoli and BaronAlbatross tried to kill each other for around 30-45 minutes. They both started off with a nice 4-5 opening, then after some planting of flowers, Baron had the upper hand. Though Baron had the upper hand, his pizza order was delayed and Baron saw this as a bad omen. This was a wonderful match because I got to watch Cannoli suffer. The Italian pastry for once was having trouble to fight back. As Baron threatened Cannoli with vicious harmony rings, Cannoli kept throwing his own tiles to disrupt the harmony. On move 16H, both orchids were on the board and whoever got their lotus out first would be able to feast on any flowers in sight. But no one took their lotus out so I’m happy. After this moment I walked outside of my house for the first time in two weeks…I then went to a flower shop and bought some orchids for myself. THEN I BURNT THOSE ORCHIDS LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING. Back to the game that I left. At this point, Baron had an amazing move and was gonna win…until he realized that Cannoli’s ultimate rock would prevent him from doing so. After seeing that his only winning move was blocked by Cannoli’s demonic orchid and rock, Baron cried to himself. Crying to himself proved to be a wrong decision because his eyes became blurry, that caused him to miss Cannoli’s winning move. Italian pastry man’s rose had been hiding in plain sight and on the final turn, Cannoli moved his rose to form a harmony and used his harmony bonus to push his white jade into place using a boat. Congrats to Cannoli for moving onto the next round. Good try Baron, but let’s discuss what Baron could have done better. It is clear that Baron’s pizza delivery man was the reason Baron lost, so I recommend getting the pizza at TacoBell. The pizza at TacoBell tastes very nice and also, after eating the pizza, you can have a good time playing pai sho on the toilet! - Written by tree
ZxTinyJ vs Samurai_Appa was an exciting and hard fought match! Appa opened with his favorite 3-5 opener, moving his rhododendron directly out after his first two plants. Zx followed suit, though instead of attempting to mimic Appa’s ring attempt, they instead opted to go for an opposite gate vertical ring. Appa was able to reach his ring threat first, and Zx relied on accent tiles and basic blocks as they tried to catch up. Finally, after being drained of every accent tile but his wheel, Zx was able to make a ring threat, but by then it was too late, and Samurai_Appa used a wheel finish to win the game on turn 11.
Sirstotes and Liam_Keaggy13 played a wonderful match! Liam_Keaggy13 began with a 3-5 opener, opting for Gyatso’s 5 out strategy for his first ring threat. Stotes responded with another classic 3-5 opener, moving his rose down and out to a dynamic position. Liam got to his ring threat first, and though Stotes quickly blocked it with a knotweed, Liam used his boat to remove this block. Stocked up on boats himself, Stotes used one of his to further push Liam out of position, though it left him with only 3 flower tiles on the board. Nevertheless, this boat block, combined with Stotes’ basic blocks, was enough to persuade Liam to begin working from another angle, giving Stotes enough time to get the proper flower tiles out. Liam brought out his lotus, which Stotes promptly began using to try to create a ring, an attempt that Liam foiled with a well placed rock and smart movement. With both players slowed down once again, both Liam and Stotes brought out their wild orchids to begin breaking down each others’ formations. Stotes quickly captured Liam’s lotus, preventing a capturing rampage, yet by then Liam had made enough progress to open an opportunity to win, which he took on turn 21!
LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 4
Megajotb vs Adder blew the lid off the record for the longest match of the tournament so far weighing in at a whopping 43 turns. Really it started out like a game that was going to take too long. The first threat to win did not occur until Megajotb got his pieces together on turn 11, you will note a lot of games in this tournament ended at or before turn 11. Really things got out of hand when adder blocked with his rock. By turn 22 there were 15 flowers in play NOT including those that had already been captured and there was no obvious path to victory for either player. By turn 28 there were 21 flowers on the board, and despite adders elaborate network of harmonies, it was hard to tell what the players were going after. Megajotb used his last accent tile on turn 29, adder holding out with a wheel for the time. Well flowers flew out capturing and shifting around until on the 42nd turrn adder finally used that wheel, breaking up a linchpin in Megajotb's harmony network. On turn 43 adder planted his last flower and won on the alternate condition with 3 cross center harmonies to Megajotb's two. Wow.
PaiShoAce and Cpt_Seabear shared a quick yet intriguing game. Cpt_Seabear began with a classic 3-5 strategy, which PaiShoAce disrupted by planting a jade behind Seabear’s rose, threatening an easy block that might slow them down. The Captain calmly continued constructing their ring, though PaiShoAce was able to pull ahead with their dynamic tile placement. Seabear successfully slowed down their adversary using their orchid to trap PaiShoAce’s white jade. The obstacle was only temporary, however, and on turn 9, PaiShoAce wheeled the orchid out of the way, forming a harmony ring and advancing to the next round!
Resu532 vs tree was a short and sweet match, both players opening with a 5-4 planting. Resu began working toward a 5 point ring while tree set up a 4 point, holding a gate and threatening to win on turn 6, using a knotweed at the same time to hold Resu532 back from making a harmony. Resu532 found a way around it and in two turns dropped his knotweed and rock as tree scrambled to adapt. Resu failed to block at the end of turn 9 and tree used a boat to walk into a ring.
Dallin and Minkey’s game was a quick one, finishing in only 10 turns! Minkey began with a 4-5 opener, and Dallin mirrored this, with both players using the classic 4-5 fast ring to work on their first threats. Minkey played a slower, more controlled approach, planting a W3 in the West gate without moving out his R5, while Dallin played by chaining harmonies, occupying at most one gate at a time in a more direct rush to his ring. Indeed, Dallin was the first to make a ring threat, though Minkey used their extra harmony options to slow Dallin down with a knotweed. Dallin brought out an orchid to possibly slow Minkey down, and used a rock on another harmony bonus to block one of Minkey’s win opportunities, still staying not too far from an offensive threat himself. On turn 10, however, Minkey was able to circumvent Dallin’s defenses, and used a wheel finish to form a harmony ring!
TheRealMomo and JeffreyMunro played a spectacular match! Munro began the game with a 4-5 opener, moving his red 5 out of the East gate as soon as he could. Momo, repeating her 4-5 response from her game with Cannoli, chose to move her chrysanthemum down from the Northern gate, keeping the West blocked with her rhododendron. JeffreyMunro planted a jasmine up top, and Momo took the East gate in response, leaving both players with control of opposite pairs of gates. From there the two worked quickly to their first ring threats, and while Munro was quick to move out of the North, Momo instead chained out her lotus on harmony bonus, making up for the two gates she had control of. From there, Momo used a knotweed as she brought her lotus out of the East gate, soft-locking his lotus in the Southern gate and forcing him onto defense. Undeterred, JeffreyMunro defended cleverly, and though Momo brought out her orchid to chip at Munro’s defenses, he sacrificed his own orchid to capture her lotus. From there, JeffreyMunro began to rebuild his offensive ring, but his accent tiles had been almost fully depleted, and Momo hadn’t left him with many basic flowers to defend with. Over the next few turns, Momo pushed past Munro’s defenses, and on turn 21, she secured the win, and her place in the next round, completing her harmony ring with an excellent boat finish!
Shader17 unfortunately will be leaving the tournament, and indeed the pai sho community for an important life event, though he is certain he’ll be back in a couple of years! We will miss him, and we wish him the best in this next stage in his life! Because of Shader17’s departure, Demilocke will now advance to the next round by default.
Ntturner vs Obscuris began with a choking gate control scheme on the part of ntturner. Obscuris was not idle at all, however and managed to bloom out a wide spectrum of flowers by the time ntturner threatened to win on turn 9. Obscuris put a damper on his aspirations with a well planted rock and turned things around bringing together 3 parts of a ring. Just before he could make a legitimate threat however ntturner made a brilliant move and used wheel to take the win.
Lalalandikki and TwoTheSecond played an interesting game together! TwoTheSecond began with her now signature 4-5 opener, using the North gate to plant her fourth tile, a rose, and the South and West gates to get the other three out. Lalalandikki played partially for gate control, planting a third tile before moving anything out, though she soon shifted focus to getting out tiles on harmony bonuses, moving out of each gate. Both players defended preemptively, blocking one another’s possible rings, with Lalalandikki using a rock, and TwoTheSecond using basic flower tiles to get the job done. One benefit of TwoTheSecond’s method of blocking was that she was able to move her tiles into place without relying on harmony bonuses to slow down her opponent, which allowed her to skirt around Lalalandikki’s defenses and win the game on a fantastic boat finish!
Written by Cannoli and BaronAlbatross with special guest reporter, the beloved and venerable tree.
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