A Scum and Villainy Podcast league!

Last December KelvanTiberius had the idea of putting together a collection of 12 strong Vassal players to play a round robin league online. The league was tracked in Challonge , the awesome guys at Outer Rim Smugglers did a whole bunch of videos , and in the end World Champion elect Morgan Reid took the prize.

On behalf on KelvanTiberius (his color commentary below), I'm happy to present ....

TEAM COVENANT ACES: SEASON TWO, ROUND 1

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Match 1

Ouch. Accuracy Corrector really slaps around Sensor Jammer. I love the 21 point tank Advanced. it’s a very steady ship. On paper this looks like StarSlinger72 will have an upward hill to climb. That being said as usual all Soontir is the King of the Mountain, if Starslinger gets him early It’s possible that Carnor can win the game by himself.

Ricky’s Prediction: Morgan

Lyle’s Prediction: Yeah, I’m gonna have to go and disagree with you there … I like Tyler’s chances here!

Match 2

Once again we see the solid tank tempest rolled out along with Vader built to take out PS 9. Blair has a very solid 5 ship rebel list with some control and a backbone of 2 B wings. The B wings along with the Y wing can kill Vader, especially if the A wing gets a good tackle in. That being said Sozin will be firing first and those Tempests will chew pretty quickly through AGI 1. I’m not sure the extra ship will be enough to overcome the efficiency of Sozin’s ships. (Did I just say that about an Tie Advanceds, WHAT WORLD AM I IN!!?!?)

Ricky’s prediction: Sozin

Lyle’s prediction: No comment!

Match 3

Commentary: TLT vs BFG. A thousand paper cuts vs a hammer. Pheaver is brining more guns and a gun that really doesn’t hit much less hard that Chewbacca. Theorist is going to have to do his best to manage his hit points to get to an end game of IG 88 vs Chewbacca. I know that seems nuts but as IG -88 is sans turret it’s the best option to avoid damage by not being shot.

Prediction: Pheaver

Match 4

Commentary: SideSlip. You never put a Wookie and Bossk on the same ship. its dangerous. The Hound’s Tooth is a very strong and tough ship that will hit hard. I still don’t love the new K fighter for Scum. It’s still inefficient. That being said when ignored 3 attack dice can do some work. If the YV-666 can take the initial brunt of damage SideSlip can kill a ship a turn. Hothie is relying on guile and Kavil being hyper accurate to whittle down a target. I don’t think the burst damage will be fast enough to bring victory.

Prediction: SideSlip

Match 5

Commentary: This is actually a very fun match. 29 v 28 hp. Lots of firepower from both lists. Lots of survivability from both lists. Dom has the PS while Kelvan has more shots and superior tacklers. . Had the other pilot v Dom not been me I’d say this was the closest match on paper. But I am the other guy soo...

Prediction: Dom stomp.

Match 6

Commentary: 4 y wings… that’s some sweet stuff right there. The Ion bomb is especially terrifying. There was mention in our email chat regarding KO’s list being a really good indication of how well the elite pilots can do in a world of frightening double attack turrets. How good are autothrusters really? In the end I think we’re looking at how well soontir and carnor can do vs losts of paper cuts and HP. I can’t see it happening but I’m cheering for KO the entire time.

Prediction: Matt-Shadowlord

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How come I wasn't invited?

J/k. I fancy hothie to take this one! Go Doug!

Easily done! If you want a chance to play in season 3, you just have to be in the top 2 of the X-Wing elo challenge board , and then win a small elimination tournament where you, the other top 2 person, and the bottom two players in this season's league play for the season 3 seats!

Any way to find specified times for the matches so we can watch if we so desire?

Thanks for running this again Ricky, it is a privilege to be able to play in a League with not only a great group of people but also some of the worlds top X-Wing players!

There was never an easy game last season and every week was akin to playing your toughest opposition in a tournament. It was challenging, relentless but highly enjoyable and rewarding.

My favourite part of this league is seeing how everyone designs and then employs their squad, I never failed to be impressed with the different builds and tactics people use.

A quick shout out to Dallas who couldn't play this season and I suspect there were a few (quiet) sighs of relief that his Imperial dominance has given us a reprieve..

Back on topic: I'm particularly looking forward to watching Matt vs Kinetic and the TLT vs Autothrusters duel, it should be a cracker!

Easily done! If you want a chance to play in season 3, you just have to be in the top 2 of the X-Wing elo challenge board , and then win a small elimination tournament where you, the other top 2 person, and the bottom two players in this season's league play for the season 3 seats!

That thing is still going on? Wow, I gave up on it like 6 months ago.

Easily done! If you want a chance to play in season 3, you just have to be in the top 2 of the X-Wing elo challenge board , and then win a small elimination tournament where you, the other top 2 person, and the bottom two players in this season's league play for the season 3 seats!

That thing is still going on? Wow, I gave up on it like 6 months ago.

It has been dead but what Sozin says is true so those of you wanting a shot at the relegation games get those ELO matches in!

Easily done! If you want a chance to play in season 3, you just have to be in the top 2 of the X-Wing elo challenge board , and then win a small elimination tournament where you, the other top 2 person, and the bottom two players in this season's league play for the season 3 seats!

I was just kidding. I have no pretense whatsoever :-)

And I still need to learn how to play in Vassal.

No K-Wings.

What's the name of that Xizor list? It's basically the Scum version of the Alabaster Hippo Ballet, but with 180-degree firing arcs.

"Xizor and the Muscles"

Makes sense given that Dom (IIRC) authored the Alabaster Hippo Ballet as well

Any way to find specified times for the matches so we can watch if we so desire?

Generally people post when they are playing over on the Team Covenant thread .

Some great first round list choices gentleman! I look forward to catching these matches.

Looking forward to seeing how /if people counter TLT or if it's the new meta.

Match 2

BlairBunke :

Prototype Pilot + Chardaan Refit

Blue Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System

Blue Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System

Gold Squadron Pilot + Ion Cannon Turret + R3-A2 + BTL-A4 Y-Wing

Bandit Squadron Pilot

(100)

Cool list! Just brilliant how did you came up with that!?

J/K Hope you do well!

Will the log files of these matches be made available on Team Covenant? Because I'm not sure I'll be able to catch many of them, but most (if not all) look like they could be some seriously interesting match ups...

the log files will be posted the next week when available.

Match 6

Matt-Shadowlord :

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + Bomb Loadout + Ion Bombs

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + R3-A2

(100)

versus KineticOperator :

Soontir Fel + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Stealth Device + Royal Guard TIE

Carnor Jax + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Shield Upgrade + Royal Guard TIE

Turr Phennir + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Royal Guard TIE

(100)

Commentary: 4 y wings… that’s some sweet stuff right there. The Ion bomb is especially terrifying. There was mention in our email chat regarding KO’s list being a really good indication of how well the elite pilots can do in a world of frightening double attack turrets. How good are autothrusters really? In the end I think we’re looking at how well soontir and carnor can do vs losts of paper cuts and HP. I can’t see it happening but I’m cheering for KO the entire time.

Prediction: Matt-Shadowlord

Matt happened to catch me on vassal so we test-played this match, myself playing as the triple interceptors. I'm super-rusty with triple aces, not having played with them for at least a year now. My initial three-pronged attack angle seemed to go well, except that on the combat round I guessed wrong and Jax was at range 3, and Turr was taking a beating instead. I managed to kill one Y-wing and then called it with only Jax left, I think at 3 HP. I'm sure Aaron will do better, but four TLTs is just absolutely brutal against a 10HP squad. From my separate and (still unpublished) math analysis, this matchup should strongly favor the TLTs over the AGI3 ships.

Game done. 100-0, Royal Flush beats 4 of a Kind.

Jax ended at 1 hull, Turr at 2, Soontir undamaged.

The dice look "even" on Ladyluck, but timing is everything. Interceptors got clutch shots and evades when they needed them most. Well played on Matt's part, IMO he deserved much better results than he got.

Game done. 100-0, Royal Flush beats 4 of a Kind.

Jax ended at 1 hull, Turr at 2, Soontir undamaged.

The dice look "even" on Ladyluck, but timing is everything. Interceptors got clutch shots and evades when they needed them most. Well played on Matt's part, IMO he deserved much better results than he got.

Awesome, very much looking forward to watching that replay!

Yeah, Matt threw a LOT of dice at those interceptors, 118 i think, and to do a total of 4 damage for the game is just unreal. Autothrusters was just huge for Aaron, getting exactly the right amount of evades every time, even without tokens. It was a very interesting game indeed.

Yeah, Matt threw a LOT of dice at those interceptors, 118 i think, and to do a total of 4 damage for the game is just unreal. Autothrusters was just huge for Aaron, getting exactly the right amount of evades every time, even without tokens. It was a very interesting game indeed.

Yikes! The game tape will provide a case study for TLT vs autothrusters interceptors, where I'll be able to run the numbers for each round and see the actual damage breakdown of actual vs expected. Lady Luck is WAY too coarse to really see what is going on especially with thrusters interactions.

Yeah, Matt threw a LOT of dice at those interceptors, 118 i think, and to do a total of 4 damage for the game is just unreal. Autothrusters was just huge for Aaron, getting exactly the right amount of evades every time, even without tokens. It was a very interesting game indeed.

Yikes! The game tape will provide a case study for TLT vs autothrusters interceptors, where I'll be able to run the numbers for each round and see the actual damage breakdown of actual vs expected. Lady Luck is WAY too coarse to really see what is going on especially with thrusters interactions.

I'd be interested to see the results MJ - I had a look at the tape last night and at a glance I thought the TLTs should have got a lot more damage through.

Is the game log available yet?

I have a script to calculate multi ship attack damage on the same target, but not using TLT. I will need to add that.