it counts all the resources in the card pool that match your character.

if you play with a character's support that matches all 3, and play 3 attacks, on the third, the E will add +9.

(corrected the enhance - has a commit cost.)

GouHadou said:

OMG ::drools:: the R for me is iffy since i dont have hold of any of those resource cards even though i can think of some fun things to do with it, like use siegfried's stuff with other people.I personally just want it for tira, play her multiple and then the last one gets plus 9 so its 5speed high 14 damage. Or my teammate could really use this.. he has this deck where he plays lunar slash like 3 times a turn. its a fun deck but this will make it alot more angry since he would only need just to draw one lunar now. Oh crap.. Omar is going to want an arm and a leg for it i swear lol

Can we ban Jon herr from tournies yet?

tannerface said:

Done.

Ryken said:

I'm giving the same regard to Scuba that I would be given in this exact same situation. Wait, no, I've given him far more respect.

Just a minor correction, there were two 5 hand size characters in top 8. I was playing the new promo Rock Howard tri-symbol. and he is 5 HS.

It was a blast of an event, nice to see everyone out there. Now I just hope they find my Luggage..... stupid airlines....... 12 hour delays...... lost luggage.....

but yeah the event was great the new tournament building was nice, MN is strange. Heaven forbid I try and get fast food at 11pm.

Anyway, I'm still tired from getting in at 2am this morning, and I'm at work so I should probably get to some of that.

Umigame

PS all the top eight got the PATH OF THE MASTER life counter. Same counter as the regional kits got, but the top reads path of the master on it.

Hey Umi, I'm at work to - what is this world coming to? (was the Alex player who played you in round 5)

Yes, 'two' 5 handers in top 8 is good news.

Re: the Scuba vs. Grave story I was at the event all day both days and didn't hear heads or tails of this; however, it is regrettable but as others have said, between two individuals to sort out.

I guess you could say the tournie was kinda weird. There was a Chun-li, and two guys siding into Chun-li in top 8 (sided from Mignon and Tira)...

Of the two siders I beat the Tira (first round - he went on to win 4 and tie 1 to top 8 - very well played Alberto), and lost to the Mignon/Chunster in game 3 when he tossed 45+ damage at me - very good game ^^.

Look for my full report, but off the top of my head we had this:

Top 8 ---

Zei Mei - really sorry I can't recall his name (didn't get the honor to play against him)

Chun-li - John

Hilde - Olexa

Rock - Craig

Jeremy - Seung Mina (lost to this in third round, us both with 2-0 records, he is SUCH a strong player)

Mignon (chun side) - Kirk Polka

Tira (chun side) - Alberto

Jon Herr - Jon Herr (class act all the way and great player to boot!)

- dut

Protoaddict said:

One day you'll have to just accept she is good. Oh yeah Craig Roberts rocked 5 handsizer too, crazy talk right?

I was the swiss champ and I never lost a match till top cuts, as Seong-Mina. If Jon Herr Hadn't pulled out a Brilliant and Exceptional(lly lame) tactic to beat me in the finals, he was also in a LOT of trouble, and he only beat me 2-1, I did not get rolled.

Shes top cut'ed in like 4 regionals, swiss champed in the TWO BIGGEST REGIONALS TO DATE.

Face the facts man, she's good.

While im here I'll give my best recollection of top 8 and results.

Swiss Resutls

1 - Jeremy Ray -Order Seong Mina(5-0-1)Michigan

2- John Macek - Air/Water(mostly air)Chun-Li(5-0-1)New York

3- Jon Herr - Evil Jon Herr(4-0-2)Ohio

4-Kirk Polka- Air Mignon(4-1-1)Michigan

5-Levi something-Evil Zi Mei(4-1-1)Min? Or Wis?

6-Craig Roberts-Order Rock Howard(4-1-1)Virginia

7-Andrew Olexa-Fire Hilde(4-1-1)Michigan

8-Al Crocker-Air Tira(4-1-1) Michigan

Matt Kohl was also 4-1-1 but was cut on diversity as he was playing chun li.

Dani Carpenter finished in 9th at 4-2 with Astrid also of interest.

Jeremy Ray Beats Al Crocker (2-1)

John Macek Beats Andrew Olexa(2-0)

Jon Herr Beats Craig Roberts(Dont know, I believe 2-0 tho)

Kirk Polka Beats Levi(Don't know, longest match in top 8 tho with two aggro decks)

Jeremy Ray Beats Kirk Polka(2-1)

Jon Herr Beats Jon Macek(2-1)

Jon Herr Beats Jeremy Ray(2-1)

So there ya go, moderately more detailed results. Pre Finals Me and Jon Herr agreed to split the POTM promo, since we buddyfriends. And Yes, Our team got both our assets this weekend, Al Crocker used one of them in his Tira deck, our other decks were not really in a position to play them unofrunately. Watch for a Announcement on abilities/Symbols ect on both in a thread From Andrew at some point, he was excited to spill the beans. There is more innovation in that top 8 then at first glance. The Tira Was a fairly straightforward Air Deck, and Jon Herr and Levil were both fairly straightforward Evil Decks. My deck is not new, but isn't cookie cutter order either. Kirk Polkas Air Deck was something else that can only be seen in action to be described, Andrews Hilde deck may have the biggest splash on the meat in the long run, Maceks Chun-li was constructed in a unique way that won him a lot of games, and Craigs Rock Howard was a very clever Order Defender loop taking advantage of rocks nearly unstoppable ability to see a ton of cards.

All in All great times were had for sure, and I feel like a Learned a LOT about my deck and how to prevent what happened to me in the finals from happening again down the road.

I'm shocked. Jeremy not using an Alex deck? BLASPHEMY! UNHEARD OF! =p. I kid, of course. Congrats to you sir...You're almost there! Next big event is a win for sure. =p

I'm quite happy with Jon Herr's character. I remember last year at Worlds when asking him what it was going to do, the original idea was to bring back Impetous (if i butchered that, the 4/5 foundation with Yoshitora on it that, for the cost of destroying one of your foundations, lets you destroy one of your opponent's foundations when they play the ability printed on the card) or something along those lines. I love the abilities he ended up with. INCREDIBLY simple. INCREDIBLY effective.

I agree with the incredibly's HDC. It is just as mentioned on the podcast, a character that supports the 'entire game' (or most of it), and one that is used often - i.e. not just situational use like some characters.

His character card is the oil in the well oiled machine.

- dut

ps. didn't know Jeremy was failed2k (shoulda asked your forum name when playing you this weekend). Grats again on a great showing and face to forum name is a pleasant surprise ^^

dutpotd said:

Yeah, I'm a little sneaky on the forums by choice. But its always nice to put names to faces of the players I meet for sure. Thanks for the kind words also!

I want to say is that was nice to see old friends and meet some new ones. I really need to head to more events. I housed Scuba over the weekend and heard his side, but I will refrain to comment on the sitution because I think it is stupid.

Major Props to Jdub for the patches to allow us to play in an event that is in our backyard. We are now trying to get some tourneys going in FFG's backyard.

Thanks to everyone for the great weekend and games of UFS, Street Fighter 4, and soul caliber 4.

failed2k said:

This is true.

POTM Regional 5-0-1 Jeremy Ray (Seong Mina)
NOVA Regional 4-0-1 Shane Duckworth (Seong Mina)

NOTE:
Both draws in swiss were to the overall champs (POTM Jon Herr and NOVA Chubbs).
Both losses in top 8 were to the overall champs (POTM Jon Herr and NOVA Chubbs).

Seong Mina is one of the best decks around, but it requires a top player to pilot. She's not as inconsistent as you would think. With a 59 card arsenal, the ability to double your handsize on any given turn, and bunches of tech, you do the math.

I don't think we're gonna persuade Fred. It's gonna take him consistently losing to the Mina to realize that she is top stuff.

Shaneth said:

I still need to be convinced too. I know the deck can be strong, but seriously, I don't see why Seong Mi-Na heading the deck makes it better than any other Order character.

Homme Chapeau said:

If I told you why she was better then any other order char, it would just spoil all my tricks, not that most of them are all that fancy, but she is a deceptive deck, and can adapt to MOST situations effectively.

She has some super obvious abuses, then some not as obvious but extremely clever abuses, figure them out and you have something for nearly everything.

No other Order character can play, pick up, and play again any given card.

C'mon, that alone is obviously top tier material. I'm glad she's not a 6HS.

The only reason people overlook her is because they see 5HS and think "Yeah, she's not good. Her ability is good, but in theory it's inconsistent."

Jeremy got shafted really bad in game 3 against Jon Herr. From my memory, he went to BRT Jon's foundation on turn 1, and Jon revealed and drew one of his few attacks in the deck and passed the check. Jeremy was also constantly 1 card behind in the control war. On his kill turn, he went to pick up an attack, Jon Tag Along'd which was no prob, and Jeremy went to play another attack for the kill and botched the check.

Jeremy didn't get steamrolled, just got shafted real bad. Doesn't matter tho, it happens. Jon Herr is a beast. No shame losing to the top ranked player.

So is evil's new attack base Reverse Flayer->Midnight Launcher->Knight Breaker then?

Oh, by the way Shane, count me in as a converted believer in Seong Mina. It's not coincidence that she goes so deep in a tournament piloted by two top players. I just can't ignore her viability.

Jeremy-I love the mystery. Can't wait to actually see the deck. Any chance you guys are coming to ECR at the end of May? If not, I'll just have to wait until Worlds.

HolyDragonCloud said:

That's a standard Evil lineup. You may not even need Knight Breaker. I know all Evil decks should play Ichi no Tachi for winning control wars and defending against multiple attacks. Oh, HDC, I need your number. PM it to me.

Shaneth, you said "few"... was he not running 4 of each, or what?

Vagabond Aeon said:

I'm really not sure.

I think someone told me that Jon's deck was 65+ cards, so it wasn't too easy to get the stuff, but then again Jon can see the top card of his deck and draw it with BRT if he needs it.

Shane, did they ever put in a PM function for the boards? If so...where the heck is it? >.> I'll happily send it to you.

I could definitely see Ichi, Flayer, and Launcher as more effective. Flayer and Launcher alone provide enough damage, and Launcher more or less can't be Rejection'ed.

Click your name and and hit "My Friends" on the left taskbar scroll to me and hit "Send Private Message."

It goes through email addresses, but once I get your number I can call you from there.

Why is nobody discussing Mignon? =/

The mignon is very good, free momentum and makes spike easy to play. air is a really nasty symbol atm. and kirk ran some crazy tech cards in the deck and tons of 6 checks. very cool deck. but it also sided into chun li after i almost got mignon with alex game one, so close

i only lost to him and jeremy ray. i went 4-2 and got 11th, dani got 10th with astrid, matt kohls got 9th with chun li b/c of diversity, he was 4th after swiss i believe.

Drew: gief couldn't win, he could just draw at best. he was super annoying though lol Alex is too sexy i almost made top 8 with all in this sick disguisting meta, maybe i can get better and top at a major that isn't teams or legacy one day. 11th is so close but so fail lol.

as far as the scuba stuff goes. is it not possible both of them didn't keep up with life, enhances etc? sounds like both of them had a brain fart, so who knows. have you guys never made a mistake in ufs before? and since scuba had finished his turn, how can you go back and reset the game state? stuff happens in tournaments and sometimes it's very unfortunate and i'm sorry that that happened to you gravelord.

i'll post up a report later with hot pics, the swag here at potm was so freaking epic. i got so much amazing stuff, it was so worth the 30 ish hours of drving and the event center was so freaking cool and amazing.

also my report will have quite possibly the most broken quote of all time, from none other than steve horvath himself, so look forward to some usual scott scott gaines gaines jank.

"LOOK AT ALL THESE HATS!"

Shaneth said:

Someone can start be beating me ONCE with her and not losing horribly from the get go like every mina deck I have ever played against ever. Yes Yes I know shes very good once she gets going, I've yet to see her get to that point before i locked her down and killed her dead directly because of her 5 HS.

I'm going to be at some of the next major events, including the 2 east coast regionals in NY and NJ and Gencon of course. Wanted to be at POTM but family health issues came up. Please someone prove to me shes anything but crap.