Deadman

Hello speedrunning and community map enthusiasts,
Since the ingame speedrunning rankings only track official campaign maps and rPvE map of the month, @Emmaerzeh and I decided to create a forum post to track the speedrunning records for community maps as well. Since there are a lot of community maps out there, of which some are not suited for speedrunning or have other issues, we picked a few maps which we deemed worthy of a ranking. This list might be expanded in the future.
Have fun speedrunning! 🙂
The Rankings
1-Player maps
Icedessert
1. 10:01.6 - Metagross31
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King's Ridge v.0.8
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Nyxia
1. 9:50.2 - Wanky
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Rogans Schatz
1. 26:00.1 - Wanky
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Warrior on the mountain
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City of Tears
1. 11:13.3 - Metagross31
2. 14:45.1 - Wanky
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Aeglos Fortress
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2-Player maps
Army of Darkness
1. 32:03.4 - Bini Inibitor, Metagross31
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The Conquest
1. 21:22.6 - Kapo, Metagross31
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Simple Land
4-Player maps
The mortals 2020
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Twisted Legends - 1.00 Final Release
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How to get your time listed
In order to get your time listed in the rankings, you first have to make sure that your run follows all the rules (see below). In order to get your time verified, you have to send a replay of the run to me either via Discord (Metagross31#1103) or via DM in the forums (@Metagross31). I will not share any replays for the rankings without explicit permission of the runners.
You may also feel free to also post your times publicly as responses to this post to share them with everyone else. However, the rankings will only be updated once I verified that the time is legit.
Rules
Every run for the rankings has to be performed on expert difficulty. Whenever there are multiple versions of a map available, you have to use the one that explicitly matches the name in the rankings. If the version of a map is updated, the rankings for that map might be reset. There are no restrictions on deck building and gameplay, other than those employed by the maps themselves. If a replay is not watchable or desyncs when watched on the same patch the run was performed on, the replay is not valid. Any modifications to maps or replay files are strictly prohibited.

Why not 😀

That example lol, "rpve 1 is practically never played", me who has done multiple rpve 1, oh no. 
I am thinking about an idea with Maulers, but i'm even worse at creating new stuff then playing the game lol

That example lol, "rpve 1 is practically never played", me who has done multiple rpve 1, oh no. 
I am thinking about an idea with Maulers, but i'm even worse at creating new stuff then playing the game lol

Hello Skylords, Skyladies and other Skybeings; and welcome to CCC #7 – the seventh Crappy Community Contest!
 
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
To see the winners, CLICK HERE. If you are just here to grab the booster code, there you go:  CCC7-IDEA-SWEL-COME
 
What are “Crappy Community Contests”?
CCC's are meant to be small-scale contests with weird challenges, hopefully luring you away from well-trodden paths. They are small-scale on the organizers side too: there will be no stream, video or event announcing the winners. What's special about these contests is a participation price for the whole Skylords community.
 
What, when, where, how?

Every once in a while, a non-gameplay event appears... this is one of them:
Contest-ception

Skylords Reborn has loads of places to see, and so much we could do.
Only our imagination is the limit.

This challenge is to submit an idea for
a contest using the given template.
While, of course, people that want to do a contest can always come up with some new ideas themselves, I am sure that there are a multitude of cool ideas out there that just don't get the chance to be discussed or considered - so I’m hoping to bundle that into a contest. You are allowed to enter with up to three different ideas.
The only limitation placed on the ideas is that it must be a GAMEPLAY contest - so something like CCC#3 (Screenshot contest) is not permitted. Your entry must use the following template to be an eligible submission:
You may provide additional material (e.g. screenshots), but you don't have to. This is a search for ideas, not for fully polished content. By entering, you are giving permission to use your idea by everybody who wants to use it, be it as an official or community contest. Your entries will be judged by a three-person jury that will select Gold and Silver Tier entries. If you submit multiple times, you will receive only the highest tier prize.
The contest has started with the release of this post – submit your entry through Discord (DM to Kapo#0116) or the Skylords Forum (DM to @Kapo) until 05.08.2022 23:59 CEST  (= 9 days time total). As already said, you may submit up to three entries.
 
Inspiration and tips
Some information about previous contests and experience:
 
 
What's the price pool?
Since this is not just a Crappy Contest, but a Crappy Community Contest, you may help with your participation to earn a price for the whole Community. If we reach more than 20 participants (unique players, not entries), we will unlock a Mini-Booster code for the entire Skylords Community. So tell your fellow Skylords to submit and idea – it's an occasion to contribute to future events, and it raises our chances to hand out a code for everybody. 
Of course, the best ideas will get prices too, split up into Gold and Silver tier winners.
Gold Tier                          2 Boosters (limited to a maximum of 10 Gold tier winners)
Silver Tier                        1 Booster (limited to a maximum of 15 Silver tier winners)

Secret Special Price                Mana Wing Promo
Weird Special Price                Juice Tank (x5)
For participation, there is a random chance to win one of the following cards:
Random Draws          Lyrish Knight Promo, Avatar of Frost, Abyssal Warder (R), Gravity Surge (B), Santa Claus (x2), Easter Egg, Disenchant (P), Inferno (x4), Wildfire (x3), Frenetic Assault (G) (x4), Hurricane (x3), Parasite (x3), Revenge (x3), Embalmers Shrine (x5)
Also, to spread some love towards beginners, there will be a Newcomer Card Pool again. By participating, players of Bronze or Silver Rank will automatically receive an assortment of card(s) sponsored by @Lightbarrier. Of course, you may also win other random draws additionally if you are lucky. The Newbie Card Pool contains the following cards:
 

Depending on the number of entries, you may receive one or more of those cards, since Lightbarrier gave multiple copies of each of the named cards.
 
Sponsors
If one or more mighty Skylord(s) decides to sponsor this event, please contact me. I would be more than happy to beef up or expand the prize pool beyond the 10th place, add additional random draws, special bounties or any other upgrades to the prize pool. 
The following prices have been sponsored so far:
Skylords Team          General Boosters (up to x35), Community Booster Code
@Kapo                Mana Wing Promo
@Lightbarrier       Newcomer Card Pool, Disenchant (P), Inferno (x4), Wildfire (x3), Frenetic Assault (G) (x4), Hurricane (x3), Parasite (x3), Revenge (x3), Embalmers Shrine (x5)
@Donaar             Avatar of Frost, Abyssal Warder (R), Gravity Surge (B), Juice Tank (x5)
@gam3over         Lyrish Knight Promo, Santa Claus (x2), Easter Egg
@Sucks                   Sunderer, Lyrish Knight, Werebeast, Twilight Hag, Offering, Unity, Root Nexus
@DanTheMan      Rogan Kayle Promo
 

Conclusion
Skylords Reborn is a community project, so we as a community should be involved in the way we can - this is an opportunity for it. Related unpopular opinion: if you do not contribute, you lose the right to complain about future contests.
Good luck, I hope you enjoy spinning some ideas, and I'm hyped for what our hive mind will come up with!
Kapo
     
Future Events - get involved!
If you are interested in helping with these (or better) kinds of events for the community, or want to host one yourself, don't be afraid and simply reach out! Contact our beloved Event Managers @Minashigo Hiko and/or @Metagross31 on the forums or discord. They are happy to assist you with upcoming events and with sponsoring your prize pool!
If you especially like this small-scale-format, and you have an idea for it, you may also contact me directly to discuss your idea and host your own Crappy Community Contest.

Why not 😀

A legend, now am I?

I just sent out all remaining prizes.

This concludes all business concerning the Crappy Community Contest #6.

Wow, I got destroyed, really am thinking that these CCC people be trying just a bit too hard, congrats anyway everyone. 

Wow, I got destroyed, really am thinking that these CCC people be trying just a bit too hard, congrats anyway everyone. 

Hello again Skylords, Skyladies and other Skybeings; it's time to announce the winners!  
First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for making the Crappy Community Contest #6 happen – no matter in what way: developing the idea, making and helping with the map, participation, sponsoring prizes, spreading the word or helping me to organize it. 
In total, we reached a total number of 120 participants – thanks to the Skylords Team for sponsoring the code: CCC6-TUTO-RIAL-DECK
 
Here are the Tutorial Speedrunners of the CCC #6
1st place      07:51       RadicalX
2th place       08:24       Wanky         
3nd place      08:33       Trando        
4rd place       08:34       Hiroo  
5th place       08:46       Donaar        
6th place       09:11       Dutchy
7th place       09:19       -Xar-
8th place       09:31       MephistoRoss
9th place       09:46       Yuah
10th place     09:47       Brand         
Runner-ups: 11. Prajoss, 12. SylarXXI, 13. Zizizi, 14. Carofex, 15. Metagross31, 16. Vornskr

Congratulations to the winners! If you are interested, see below for the top 3 replays and some information about how the fastest times were achieved.
Winners of the Random Draws
The dice gods have determined the fate of the following cards:
Draw 1                       Ironclad (R)                    Infinity
Draw 2                       Dreadnought                 Saranche
Draw 3                       Wheel of Gifts                Mormegil
Draw 4                       Core Dredge (R)             Gandalf444
Draw 5                       Church of Negation       SiryDawill91
Draw 6                       Moloch                          xsissel
Draw 7                       Timeshifter Spirit            2022
Draw 8                       QueekQueek                 Ghostrider
Draw 9                       Disenchant (P)               hauclir
Draw 10                      Backlash                       itap
Draw 11                      Disenchant (P)              Dave666
Draw 12                      Gravity Surge (P)           oOBEANOo
Draw 13                      Oracle Mask (G)            SoulLord
Draw 14                      Shrine of War                Hirooo
Draw 15                      Infect                            Sucks
Draw 16                      Enlightenment              Ankastra
Draw 17                      Abyssal Warder(R)         Donaar

Draws 18-22, one General Booster each: Metauriel, xxBerzerk, Lokiman, Jest, shiniryu.

I will send you all prizes as soon as possible through in-game mail. 

Newbie Card Pool
Of the 120 participants, 39 were of Silver or Bronze rank, so I added 24 rare cards to the card pool. Who gets which card has been determined by the roll of the dice. The following cards have already been sent out:

Total list of achieved times

In case you want to know how you stacked up, here is the total list of submitted times:
 
Replays and how it was won

Here are the Replays of the Top 3 Runs: CCC6_07.51.4_RadicalX.pmv CCC6_8.24.4_Wanky.pmv CCC6_08.33.4_Trando.pmv

Behind the spoiler, you find a written description of how the top time was achieved:

In conclusion
First and foremost, I'd like to thank again all those who helped with this event, especially @LEBOVIN for putting so many hours into the map. It has been the biggest CCC so far, and spiraled out of control in terms of size more and more and more. Hopefully I made no mistake in taking entries in, entering times, checking and sorting, sending out prizes... CCC#7 is scheduled in a few days and will be much smaller.

Of course, I'd like to thank the generous sponsors for all the prizes they gave: @TheBigWet, @Metagross31, @Donaar, @Trando, @Sylar, @Kemek, @Prajoss, @Vysnia and the Skylords Reborn Team. This is also the last contest that the immense collection of @Simplifying has sponsored, and I hope he fares well in his life outside the game.

If you have a crappy idea for future CCC's you may share and discuss that with me, maybe I host your idea, or you can host your own Crappy Contest! Feel free to contact me anytime. If you want to discuss or host a non-crappy contest, contact our Event Managers @Minashigo Hiko and/or @Metagross31. They are super supportive and will help you to organize your event!

This legend is back 

I am happy, that is all.

Due to the nature of so many entries, I will wait a day until I sent out the prices to make sure I got everything right, just in case I made more than one mistake. 
If you find your time missing in the top times, just drop me a DM 😃

Of course it will be posted here too, the result post will go online during the stream, containing all information.

I'm super hyped that Prajoss makes a reveal stream, but it would be weird to force that upon everybody 🙂

Should be here, I'm assuming that atleast 20 people did the CCC and maybe even 35 for actual Booster 

What's stopping you from just not building them though? 👀
 
With unity and nature support its perfectly fine for anything really.

Try Mauler

I get it Dutchy, I will remove it, but now you need give me an idea of a new card to add to my Twilight deck. 

I'll take last, 500 bfp sounds nice 

I'll take last, 500 bfp sounds nice 

Just add Mauler for WoG.

First off, play whatever is fun for you. 
If you only want a replacement for WoG, I would recommend Thunderstorm. Since the deck is already very unit heavy, Thunderstorm might be a nice addition. 
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If you want advice for the whole deck, please continue reading. If you don't want further advice, ignore the part below 🙂 
So a disclaimer, this is my opinion and based on what is fun for me and on what I saw other people play. This does not necessarily mean the best options.
Tier 1:

- Shaman bounds power and he isn't really the brightest in the room, so opting to leave him out of your deck could be a great idea. Whenever you need a heal, Surge of Light is always there when you need it, and also scales excellently into the higher tiers, which Shaman does not. Since you already have Surge of Light, a direct replacement could be Dryad B.
- Can't go wrong with Windweavers.
- Can't go wrong with Surge of Light.
- Ensnaring Roots could be replaced with Hurricane in some maps, but that is mainly up to your own preference.
 
Tier 2:
- Fire Stalker, amazing card. I have used this card A LOT and still do. Very reliable and can be very helpful in almost every campaign map. Less efficient in rpve though and would not recommend him there.
- Vileblood can be your "tank" when engaging a camp in rpve or in a campaign map. Very good option, especially if you can keep it alive long enough to use its transformation ability in Tier 4. 
- Rogan Kayle seems a bit odd to me in this deck. I do get the idea that Rogan can stay with your Fire Stalkers to allow them to do more damage. He can use his ability henever units get too close. However, I would prefer a Lava Field over a Rogan any day of the week since a Lava field does not bound power, and can knock back enemies and heavily damage them, if not kill them.
- Curse of Oink, one of, if not THE best card in the game.
- Breeding grounds is Breeding Grounds, I would leave home without it if I run a Nature orb in Tier 1 or Tier 2. Just a very efficient card. Just don't forget to destroy it after you summon your army to gain some void back. Its no shame to rebuild it if for whatever reason you lose your army, or want Tier 3/4 units later on.
 
Tier 3:
- Wheel of Gifts, see commend above, I would replace it with Thunderstorm.
- Twilight Bombard. I have personally never used this card. However, its main function is to defend from a long range, which does not have many application in most campaign maps, and has really no place in rpve. Since I will be cutting your only t4 ground unit, I will replace Twilight Bombard with Abomination. Its stats are just insane and it over-performs every time I play it in a deck. 
- Amii Monument. A game breaking card. Its up to you if you want to run this card. No shame if you do of course, but if you have such a good Tier 3, see explanation at Deepcoil Worm, it would be sad to just skip all that awesomeness. If you wish to replace Amii Monument, I would consider Twilight Pestilence. 50% less damage on your Twilight units + damaging your opponents (and Giant Wyrm), great deal 😄
- Thornbark. This card seems very out of place for me, especially after the changes it got 2 patches ago to function more as a battery unit. Since you do not need 2 Nature orbs anymore as you replaced the WoG, I would recommend to replace Thornbark with Unity B. You do not need the green one as your deck already has enough heals. 
- Deepcoil Worm. I love worms, I would keep it in for the fun factor. However, an army of stone hurlers + Unity + Thunderstorm, nothing can stop that. Deepcoil Worm will collect dust in this deck. You could think about replacing it with Shrine or War since you run way more spells now.
- Equilibrium G, good option, no comment on this. 
 
Tier 4:
- Primeval Watcher, I have a special place in my heart for this card. He is just so cool. Recommend 100% to play him for the fun factor. However, just like Deepcoil Worm I would replace it in a serious deck. You lack a "clean up " spell on Tier 4. I hate it to wait for my units to kill every S and M unit in every camp, that is why I recommend Cluster Explosion R. It does everything you would want from a fire Tier 4 card.
- Skycatcher is a great card and often overshadowed by Giant Wyrm. Good card and fits the theme of the deck, keep it in.
_ Giant Wyrm, great card.
- Regrowth, best aoe heal spell, no further comment. 
 
Hopefully this was helpful. If not, it was fun to take your deck apart one card at the time 😛 

Don't be too harsh on the deck 

Don't be too harsh on the deck