7 minutes ago, svelok said:

there must always be one

he faces nothing but nantexes so that others might face none

his sacrifice in the salt mines will be remembered

21 minutes ago, MasterShake2 said:

A friend who top 16ed last Worlds is playing in the LCQ. He's played a combined 6 Nantexes in only 3 rounds.

I'm kinda happy to hear this, actually.

I hope there's a whole bunch at worlds, because with all the hype, I want to know if it really IS the best ship in the game.

27 minutes ago, Bucknife said:

I'm kinda happy to hear this, actually.

I hope there's a whole bunch at worlds, because with all the hype, I want to know if it really IS the best ship in the game.

It’s not. It’s just the least fun to play against.

I actually quite enjoyed playing against it.

It's a puzzle.

Rather face multiple and few than Sun and many droids.

2 hours ago, LagJanson said:

It’s not. It’s just the least fun to play against.

Nantex > Swarm > Aces > Mid-range (Resistance) > Nantex?

1 hour ago, Bucknife said:

Nantex > Swarm > Aces > Mid-range (Resistance) > Nantex?

Don’t really believe that’s how it works at all.

LCQ results, anyone?

6 hours ago, Bucknife said:

LCQ results, anyone?

Shout-out to whoever took this photo: https://i.imgur.com/1UcBU3v.jpg

1 hour ago, doweaver said:

Shout-out to whoever took this photo: https://i.imgur.com/1UcBU3v.jpg

Can you actually read anything useful in that?

4 minutes ago, PaulRuddSays said:

Can you actually read anything useful in that?

100% Imperial...Empire OP PLZ NERF!

1 hour ago, PaulRuddSays said:

Can you actually read anything useful in that?

I can read it if I zoom in, but I know sometimes imgur gets wonky and tries to helpfully compress images on mobile etc, so YMMV.

16 minutes ago, doweaver said:

I can read it if I zoom in, but I know sometimes imgur gets wonky and tries to helpfully compress images on mobile etc, so YMMV.

I could read enough to see names below the cut which surprise the **** out of me.

44 minutes ago, doweaver said:

I can read it if I zoom in, but I know sometimes imgur gets wonky and tries to helpfully compress images on mobile etc, so YMMV.

Ah, I’m on mobile, that might be the issue. All of the lists were complete blurs, so I’ll have to check it out on laptop later.

28 minutes ago, gennataos said:

I could read enough to see names below the cut which surprise the **** out of me.

Like who?

Just now, PaulRuddSays said:

Like who?

Stephen Ford, @Tlfj200, one of my locals.

36 minutes ago, gennataos said:

Stephen Ford, @Tlfj200, one of my locals.

I unironically thought I saw Travis’ name in the middle of the list that made it. On the one hand, sad, on the other hand, my betting line looks better...?

24 minutes ago, PaulRuddSays said:

I unironically thought I saw Travis’ name in the middle of the list that made it. On the one hand, sad, on the other hand, my betting line looks better...?

There was a Travis “A Johnson” Johnson at 2-4, can not confirm if it was a Travis “The Johnson” Johnson.

5 hours ago, doweaver said:

Shout-out to whoever took this photo: https://i.imgur.com/1UcBU3v.jpg

wait, are you tell me that the LCQ cut is 128 people so you could qualify for worlds by doing 3-3?

lol what a joke

EDIT: there's even a poor soul that didn't make it because strenght of schedule....

16 hours ago, Cuz05 said:

It's a puzzle.

"Interesting puzzle" is what they call lists that are not fun for most players. I'd rather continue with the rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock game than have it boiled down to a puzzle/solution meta.

They'll let it exist just long enough to sell most of their Nantex stock then we'll see it shoved out of the way for the next really fun and incredibly engaging puzzle.

2 hours ago, gennataos said:

Stephen Ford, @Tlfj200, one of my locals.

I heard Stephen had some unfortunate games

15 minutes ago, Sunitsa said:

wait, are you tell me that the LCQ cut is 128 people so you could qualify for worlds by doing 3-3?

lol what a joke

EDIT: there's even a poor soul that didn't make it because strenght of schedule....

In the context that people had to qualify at other events, yeah, it's kind of dumb. To be fair, though, some trials were ridiculously small. I know of one person who won two games in swiss and made top table in two different tiny trials.

In the context of previous years where pretty much anyone could show up and play at worlds, it's actually an improvement on "having to earn their way".

Just now, MasterShake2 said:

I heard Stephen had some unfortunate games

My local had some dreadfully unfortunate games, as if years of bad variance dumped on him at once.

11 minutes ago, ConspiracyTheorist said:

"Interesting puzzle" is what they call lists that are not fun for most players. I'd rather continue with the rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock game than have it boiled down to a puzzle/solution meta.

Don't kid yourself. There were plenty of lists deemed "interesting puzzles" before too.

14 minutes ago, LagJanson said:

Don't kid yourself. There were plenty of lists deemed "interesting puzzles" before too.

Yeah, trip ups was one of them. Super interesting and fun 😒

15 minutes ago, ConspiracyTheorist said:

Yeah, trip ups was one of them. Super interesting and fun 😒

I was referring to say... FSR? Ghost/Fenn? 1.0 days had plenty of interesting puzzles and nuanced lists...