Earth Rumble VII Skud Pai Sho Tournament

[Cannoli]

Hello Rumblers, and welcome to the last few hours of this round! Yesterday only saw one more game completed, and we’ve still got two left to go before the round ends, so get to playing! First, though, let’s take a look at the excellent match that was completed in the previous day!

LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 5

Adder vs Ntturner was a fast paced, engaging match, and it was wonderful from start to finish! ntturner went right off making a 5-point monochrome pattern and adder a 5-3, neither significantly impeding the other until turn 7 when ntturner issued a threat to win. adder blocked with knotweed and leveled his own threat on turn 8 and 9. ntturner increased the complexity of the top left quarter by adding a second knotweed to the mix to block adder, and then a rock just across the centerline on the right. From turns 9-11 each player was issuing and blocking eachother's threats, but afterward they both saw a need to reconfigure. adder was quicker to get an threat together again, as both players bloomed more flowers to grasp at an upper hand. ntturner found himself on the back foot, unable to get lines of harmony out to the top right corner, and on turn 17 adder slipped past the defenses and made a long ring to win the game and advance one more time!

Written by BaronAlbatross and Cannoli