Zappyx

www.youtube.com/user/zappyxyt
This year I decided to share my knowledge about playing Nature T1 and several T2's in PVP. I also make game replays and analysis from interesting games and put them on my channel. Once I get enough subscribers I might get into streaming a bit more

www.youtube.com/user/zappyxyt
This year I decided to share my knowledge about playing Nature T1 and several T2's in PVP. I also make game replays and analysis from interesting games and put them on my channel. Once I get enough subscribers I might get into streaming a bit more

Oh that’s super interesting. Do you do anything with those replays as of yet? Like can people browse this replay database to watch replays? Or track stats from it?
Since I’m pvp player I’m super interested in getting statistics like winrates for factions or even certain cards. And if you have all the matchdata available in the replay format, it would be very easy to generate those statistics.

I certainly recognize this, although Shadow going quick T2 isn't the worst outcome as I think they do have a slight edge in the T1 matchup. Like you said, on Elyon it's pretty hard to get map control as Shadow will always be faster there. But I don't really recognize why Fire & Shadow don't want to go in dazed fights with Nature, as their eruption and nasty spells kill of dazed units quite effectively. The problem lies more that when Nature spawns a second unit to get ready for the T1 fight they can turn around and claim some advantage due to Nature T1 bounded units and Nature can't really punish the quick T2.
Also, there is quite some fear that losing the T1 fight against Nature means losing the game (only on small maps imo).  The other way around is if Nature loses the T1 fight the game is often also over  (--> Different tangent: maybe looter has a place in Nature vs Fire T1, if Fire loses the fight but still was able to loot some power the game is definitely not over)
I addressed to the PVP balancing team (on the discord server) of also looking to buff Nature where they can play an extended T1, where it's possible to defend for a certain amount of time against a quick T2 with a plus one well advantage (which some of the other factions already can do) by buffing certain cards. Think of Envenom/Mumbo Jumbo/Amazon's ability/Mana Wing with M dmg for Burrowers/Cliffdancers. This way the decision of going T2 should be carefully taken as Nature would be able to gain an advantage by staying in T1 a bit longer.
However at the moment their balancing priorities lies elsewhere (they shared some of their priorities on the balancing discord server). AFAIK they consider the T1 changes succesfull but will continue to look at this over a longer period of time. 
So, yes, I agree that going quick T2 feels like skipping a part of the game. On the other hand there are some valid strategic plays and I don't want to undermine that. That's why I argue to be able to play an extended T1. Making Scorched Earth a neutral card sounds like a gift from god, however it would change the dynamic of the whole game. 

And we are done! (crits are more than welcome)
Let me know if you guys have any preference on which model i should try to paint next (this time ill probably do few concepts before)
 
 
 
and here as a card next to other cards, might need some minor color adjustments and maybe some details in the left part of the background
 
 

Thanks for organising such a great tournament!
With such a massive amount of players this felt amazing. Glad to see so many players wanting to play competitively. 
Perhaps in order to continue with such a large amount of players we can divide the tourney in two sections: the open and the newbie friendly. In the open everyone can participate and in the newbie friendly we can match players of similar strength to each other. This way we can cover both the high level PvP and the promising PvP starters even later in the tourney. 

Hello fellow Skylords and Skyladies,
Change is coming and before we move to the full release...Let us battle it out on the Testserver to try these changes!
To get to the testserver, get the data (~10mb) in the official Skylords Discord under channel "#dev-updates-test-server" in Technical and Test Section. Please confirm its working and build your decks before the tournament. Direct link to #dev-updates-test-server
Also here is a link to the balance changes already done: LINK
 
Format?
It will be a 1vs1 double elimination best of 3 tournament, the grand final will be best of 5 (one match, no reset). Winner and losers finals will be played on stream.
 
Prize Pool! (The more people participate, the bigger it will get, of course rewards are for the normal server)
1st place  - 5000 BFP
2nd place - 4000 BFP
3rd place - 3000 BFP
4th place - 2000 BFP
5th-last place - 300 BFP
+1 Booster for every participant (with games) after the reset!
 
 
 
When?
On 10.10.20  starting on 2pm CEST(Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
 
Organisation?
The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Please use your in game account name to make communication and finding your enemy easier.
=>LINK TO CHALLONGE<=
The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv .
In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord, Battleforge or in the stream.
 
 
Rules!
-No bugabuse, cheating or insulting the other players. Penalties may vary from a warning to default loss.
-Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
-Not showing up to your match with after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
-After your match go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
-The Map Pool is: Haladur, Simai, Wazhai, Elyon, Lajesh, Uro and Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on Haladur, then it is losers choice. Second round will start with Simai, third one... you get the drill.
-The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
-Since we play on the TESTSERVER, no cards are banned.
 
 
Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later.
I would love to see this community grow again and the competitive scene develop aswell so before this game goes into the full release.... test those changes!
 
 
Best regards,
DasToggy

Hello fellow Skylords and Skyladies,
It has been too long, soooo...... Who will win the Stress Test Open#13?
 
Format?
It will be a 1vs1 Double Elimination best of 3 tournament, the grand final will be best of 5 (one match, no reset). Winner and losers finals will be all played on stream.
 
Prize Pool! (The more people participate, the bigger it will get)
1st place  - 4000 BFP + 3 boosterpacks
2nd place - 3000 BFP + 3 boosterpacks
3rd place - 2000 BFP + 3 boosterpacks
4th place - 1000 BFP + 3 boosterpacks
5th-last place - 100 BFP + 3 boosterpacks
 
UPDATE: After a generous donation from the devs we will have a LOT more BFP and 3 boosters for EVERYONE participating!
 
When?
On 19.09.20  starting on 4pm CEST(Berlin time), the stream will start about 30 minutes in advance.
 
Organisation?
The tournament brackets will be on Challonge, so register and join the tournament there. Please use your in game account name to make communication and finding your enemy easier.
=>LINK TO CHALLONGE<=
The streaming channel that will be covering the tournament is DasToggy on twitch.tv .
In case of problems contact me or one of my mods via Discord or Battleforge.
 
 
Rules!
-No bugabuse, cheating or insulting the other players. Penalties may vary from a warning to default loss.
-Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree it is possible to have a remake.
-Not showing up to your match with after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
-After your match go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats . The brackets will be updated automatically.
-The Map Pool is: Haladur, Simai, Wazhai, Elyon, Lajesh, Uro and Yrmia (same pool as in ranked duel). The first match of the round will be played on Haladur, then it is losers choice. Second round will start with Simai, third one... you get the drill.
-The brackets for the tournament will be shuffled before the tournament starts.
-As an experiment, no T1 Towers will be allowed in this tournament (Mortar, Phase, Ice shield, Primal Defender). Other supportive stuctures (like Ice barrier) are free to use.
 
 
Reply in this thread if you have questions, I will check it out later.
I would love to see this community grow again and the competitive scene develop aswell so before this game goes full release.... more tournaments!
 
Best regards,
DasToggy

The last time I played a Battleforge tournament I finished second and lost in the finals against Avire. Finally, I can show now I am the best.

The last time I played a Battleforge tournament I finished second and lost in the finals against Avire. Finally, I can show now I am the best.

That is not the point of my post, so I'll edit it because it seems triggering