Editor: Anthony Macali. Saturday 7th May 2005.
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Editor: Anthony Macali. Saturday 7th May 2005.
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Bbzzzzztttt!!!! “Who want’s to MamboooooBBZZzzztttt!!!! “Don’ break my heart my achy-BBZZZZZTTTT!!!! “-oday scientists who are working with this “holographic model” claim that it will be a boon not only to the study of memory but to quantum mechanics and other disciplines as well, this may be a model that completely changes the way we understand life its-Bbzzzzztttt!!!! “-ere we agree to disagree again Terhi! Yer nuts N.V.T.S., nuts! If you fire Mags from the build you are losing a big part of Curve Sentinels, period.” Terhi: “I still say that Mr. Sinister makes you Betrayal-proof-” Rich: “Not too mention Magneto free.” Terhi: “and Sinisters cost isn’t as bad as it looks if you were taking five getting stunned anyway! It certainly doesn’t matter in today’s matchup: the divine brotherhood of ouch, VS. the order (of chaos), both are fairly new teams and the order is looking to end a three game winning streak by the divine...." Rich: "Starting off it looks like the order rolled a 10, the divine brotherhood? 4. So in true "initiative" style low roll picks and the divine brotherhood wants even initiative so the order will start the match. There's the initial draw and it brings no mulligan on either side, the order will place a resource and it looks like they have their one cost in the form of Vulture * Adrian Toomes and they'll play him in position J and pa-" Terhi: "Uh Rich? I don't think the "AL" method is standard here...." Rich: "Hmm? Oh. Heh-heh sorry bout' that Terhi, gettin' ahead of myself, well, right then. The order play Vulture in the front row and pass." Terhi: "The divine brotherhood has a response on turn one however as they drop a resource and play Thornn * Feral Hunter then flip up War On Humanity." "It is however, the orders prerogative to attack first and they do, so both characters will stun, gaining the order 1 endurance point that they will just lose during the recovery phase to War on Humanity as both teams characters recover so after 1 it's the order: 48 the divine brotherhood of ouch: 48 the brotherhood recieve the initiative and we move to turn 2. Rich: "After drawing the divine apparently have no 2 cost recruit so instead attach a Supercycle to Thornn!?!? Which to my knowledge will do absolutely nothing to affect the game." Terhi: "Yet." "it's probably best to get the Supercycle out now while they have the resource points to spend, although it does telegraph quite a bit the team that is probably being used here. the brotherhood of ouch pass to the order and we see Beetle * Abner Jenkins fall in behind Vulture who can't help but chuckle as he watches a hapless Thornn attempt to figure out how the hell a Supercycle works!"
will she press the button? The shiny candy like button… Rich: "Thornn doesn't appreciate the mirth and jumps Vulture as the combat step begins. and both stun again, both teams taking 1 point of endurance loss. Both still tied now at 47-47 but the order will take the lead as the brotherhood pass with no defenders and Beetle will sweep in for an easy two from the support row making it 45-47 in the orders favor. as the recovery phase is moved into Thornn and Vulture recover, and initiative is passed back to the order for turn 3. Terhi: "The order draws, plays a resource again face down, and follows a promising curve with Boomerang * Fred Myers who is placed in the support row in the E pos-er, I mean to the right of Beetle. the brotherhood of ouch places a resource, and again will not have a recruit and Thornn still can't quite se' habla "Pedal on the left." so the Supercycle will remain inert. We enter the combat phase and The orders combat step and Boomerang will declare an attack on Thornn but Thornn will use her ability and Quicksilver * Speed Demon is discarded to the KO'ed pile giving her a +2 ATT and with only a pass from the order allowing her to stun back her assailant. The order loses 3, but the divine loses 4 and now the way is clear to at least a loss of 4 more endurance from Vulture and Beetle-Ouch!" Rich: "Which is exactly what the order does as successive direct attacks are called with both Beetle and Vulture the attack with Vulture of course netting a nice 2 endurance for the order. As we move into turn four it's the divine brotherhood of ouch - 37, the order - 46. Terhi: "And turn 4 will see the divine brotherhood of ouch begin with the initiative- Rich: "Hey maybe somebody should tell them that having a recruit is important in VS.?" Terhi "They begin with the initiative and apparently have no use for your little reminder Rich as they place a resource and recruit Izaya * Highfather and place him behind Thornn as he checks the Supercycle post Thornn's delicate mechanical manipulations and lucky him - it still works and will now be giving the Highf-Oh! Correction! Royal Decree is flipped from the resource row and the divine brotherhood of ouch names Brotherhood and New Gods forming the divine brotherhood of ouch! Meaning that Thornn will also get the +1ATT/+1DEF and flight bonus that it provides to New Gods characters as well as Izaya. Also, since they named a New Gods character they get to draw as well, we'll be sharing that draw with you as we've had many requests to reveal the "extra card" because people want to see just how much card advantage it provides. The card in this case is: "Thornn * Feral Hunter" Not bad. Good power up or discard for her +2 ATT bonus. Rich: "The devine brotherhood passed to the order who play a resource and recruit Scorpia * Elaine Colis and she is recruited to the hidden area since she has the concealed characteristic. This characteristic means she can't be attacked but can't defend a direct attack either, also she cannot be equipped other than with concealed equipment. She is not considered adjacent to any "visible" characters but can still team attack." She is placed in the front row. Good thinking since she has no range and whenever she stuns a character of recruit cost 3 or less, they get KO'ed. The direct opposite of OK...." Terhi: "Quite. The order leaves their formation as is plus the new recruit in the hidden area and we move to the combat phase. Izaya attacks Boomerang to the right of Beetle in the support row and Beetle wisely reinforces making the order only lose 3. Thornn declares on Vulture and there is a discard for her +2ATT again, this time it's Thornn! Interesting play here. The divine brotherhood of ouch seemingly intentionally stunning Thornn since had the Thornn card been used for a power up there would have been no stun back, I believe to keep her from being KOed by Scorpia!" Rich: "That also saves the ouch brothers some breakthrough as well since Izaya is exhausted and there would have been no one to reinforce Thornn." Terhi: "Exactly. So Vulture and Thornn both stun and the divine take 1 but the order take 4 and now have only Scorpia to attack with and she isn't looking like she's ready to throw her 6 ATT/7 DEF frame up against Izaya's larger 8 ATT/9 DEF so we move to recovery, War on Humanity triggers for the second time doing only one point for the unstunned Izaya, and the order must choose between Boomerang or Vulture to KO while the divine simply recover Thornn. The order picks Vulture to go away, initiative is passed to them and we bound into turn 5! The score being: the divine brotherhood of ouch - 36, the order - 38. Rich: "A resource is placed and Morbius * Dr. Michael Morbius hits the field in front of Beetle where Vulture used to be. The order seem happy with that formation and pass. They have really got a nice curve going here not having missed a recruit yet! Divine brotherhood having missed two recruits, their 2 and 3, now they draw, flip Avalon Space Station and activate it discarding Scarlet Witch * Eldritch Enchantress and getting back both Thornn and Quicksilver. A resource is played and they recruit Metron * Time Traveler, Thornn moves to the support row with Metron in front of her and Izaya to her left. The order considers for a moment and then declares a team attack from Morbius and Boomerang to Metron they stun him during attack resolution but he stuns back Morbius. The brotherhood takes an endurance loss of 5 while the order takes 5 from the stun back of Morbius but gets it right back as Morbius gains the cost in endurance of any character he stuns and the cost of Izaya? 5. Scorpia's way is finally clear to attack Thornn and she does so Izaya reinforces taking only 1 endurance loss but due to Scorpia's effect Thornn is KO'ed and the Supercycle with her.": Terhi: "Uh-oh, it's even worse for the divine brotherhood of ouch as the order flips Inside Job from their resource row which KO's a target stunned character as long as the order has three non-stunned Sinister Syndicate characters which they do, and they pick Metron as their target which leaves a lone Izaya, exhausted, no less, on the field for the divine. Beetle being only a 2 ATT/5 DEF at this point declines to attack and Izaya is exhausted so we move to recovery where the order will take another point from War On Humanity and all characters ready as we head to turn six with the score being the divine brotherhood of ouch - 30. the order - 37. Rich: "The divine brotherhood has the initiative this turn and must figure it's way out from under a 4-1 character disadvantage thanks to Inside Job, Scorpia and a less-than-ideal curve. Speaking of which, as i see Quicksilver * Speed Demon jump in front of Izaya looking none-too-pleased, I do believe that they have missed their curve again. Still a 5 cost recruit instead of a 6 is better than nothing. The brotherhood passes and the order plays a resource and No Way!! After beautifully curving out their first five turns the order is only recruiting Vulture * Adrian Toomes again and placing a Goblin Glider on Morbius! Vulture forms in front of Boomerang and to the right of Morbius. Terhi: "The teams are formed and Quicksilver goes for Toomes throat, Boomerang reinforces Vulture and the order takes one as Avalon becomes activated again on the divine's side and Mystique * Raven Darkholme is discarded for Metron and Scarlet Witch, on that same chain the order flips face up two rejuvenations exhausting Morbius and Scorpia for the cost-probably realizing that the brotherhoods KOed pile will remain mostly empty-and gains six endurance from the play as the divine discard Metron again to ready Quicksilver. Something is being flipped from the resource row by the divine brotherhood of ouch.....Yes!! Izaya cries Havoc and releases the Dogs of War givi-" Rich: "But I thought Havok was an X-Man?" (Terhi just looks at Rich blankly.....) Rich: "What?!?!" Terhi: "Um....Shakespeare?" Rich "Awww I always thought he was too dark and depressing (Terhi blinks) Terhi: "Forgive me for my heart is in complement with Rich and i must pause lest it come back to me....." "At any rate the divine brotherhood of ouch flip Dogs Of War which will give all their characters +1/+1 for the rest of the turn. Izaya declares an attack on Morbius and Dogs Of War brings him up to an 8 ATT which is just barely enough to stun the vampire if the order has no defensive pumps which it doesn't so both characters stun and once again the divine will take 4, while the order take 5 but get back 4 for stunning Izaya so they only lose 1 endurance. Quicksilver now attacks Beetle who is now a 2 ATT/ 6 DEF and Beetle stuns with no reinforcement available so the order takes a total of 5 endurance loss from the 9 ATT/9 DEF speedster. Boomerang and Scorpia have no return attack as they are exhausted. Moving into recovery the order are dealt another 1 point of endurance loss by War On Humanity and the divine brotherhood of ouch recovers Izaya and the order has no problem choosing to keep the Goblin Glider empowered Morbius over Vulture or Beetle who are both sent to the KO pile. Bearing into turn 7 the score oddly, is the divine brotherhood of ouch - 26 the order - 35. Rich: "Turn 7 is the orders initiative and they drop a resource and recruit The Green Goblin * Alter Ego and place him behind Morbius with Boomerang to his right and the order passes. The divine brotherhood of ouch play a resource and recruit Lightray * Solis placing him in front of Izaya with Quicksilver moving to the support row to the right of Izaya. The brotherhood passes and the order declares a team attack on Lightray with Morbius and Boomerang. Lightray activates to cause 7 endurance loss to the order but will be stunned afterward, the divine taking 7 and stunning back Morbius for 5 but Morbius' power kicks in some more and the order actually gain 2 from the exchange of stuns. Next, Green Goblin goes after Quicksilver, Izaya reinforces and the divine brotherhood of ouch takes another 5 endurance loss! Now the order flips up Inside Job from the resource row once more and this time pick Lightray as their target. Lightray is KOed as Scorpia again refuses to attack her fellow 4 recruit cost Izaya and we move into the recovery phase! The order recovers Morbius and the divine recover Izaya that choice having already been basically made for them by Inside Job. Terhi: “Almost no consolation at all is the one endurance point that the order will again lose to War On Humanity. As we go to turn 8 the endurance totals are the divine brotherhood of ouch - 14 the order - 29. Terhi: "Now at turn 8 the divine brotherhood has the initiative but they currently suffer from a 2-1 deficit in both board presence and endurance totals. If they can pull it out this will be a tough win for the team which is currently 3-0. They drop a resource and recruit Magneto * Lord Magnus, in a response that seems a little reactionary, the order immediately exhausts Green Goblin causing both teams to lose 13 endurance. The divine now with only 1 endurance remaining while the order has 16. Magneto is formed in the support row to the right of Izaya who is behind Quicksilver as the divine brotherhood of ouch pass. Now with Magneto however it looks as if they could actually pull it out! Since Magneto exhausts everybody on the opponents side at the start of his attack step there will be no reinforcement - period. Even whoever the order recruits this turn will be sideways so it's the best opportunity! The divine brotherhood of ouch's winning streak will remain intact! Rich: "Uh, unless the order recruits another Green Goblin and immediately activate him too." Terhi: "Oh." Rich: "Which they uh, just did. It's the divine brotherhood of ouch at -12 and the order at 3 endurance. Green Goblin was re-recruited into the same formation as on turn 7 behind Morbius and with Boomerang to his right and a Goblin Glider is attached to Boomerang as well bringing his 4 ATT to an 8 ATT. The order passes and at the start of the divine's combat step all of the orders characters are exhausted. Magneto charges Boomerang who still has a defense of only 3 aaaand That's game! Magneto's 18 ATT minus Boomerang's 3 DEF = 15 plus Boomerangs cost of 3 is 18 endurance loss bringing the order to minus 15. compared to the divine brotherhood of ouch's minus 12. No further attacks are declared and as we move to the recovery phase for the last time endurance totals are compared and the divine brotherhood of ouch wins the match! By three points!! So much for War On Humanity being "No consolation whatsoever" eh Miss Judged? Without it the divine brotherhood of ouch would have lost." Terhi: "Whew, it takes a strong heart to play this game...." Rich: "No kidding. Defribulators, anyone?" Terhi: "Thanks. I'm good." Rich: "No, i meant do you have any?" Terhi: "That's all we've got for this one so-" Rich: "So until UDE corrects that horrible mistake with Savage Beat-" Terhi: "Say goodnight Miss Allen." Rich: "Goodnight Miss All-" Bbzzzzztttt!!!! "-ntertainment insiders revealed that Britney Spears and Madonna will apparently be doing a new movi-" Bbzzzzztttt!!!! "-erican President George Bush today reiterated that all he does he does for pea-CLICK.  Unbelieveably, Too little…. |
