|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 8,432
|
Set vs Set Squadbuilding Contest Inspired by the "mono set" question, here's a squadbuilding contest. Urbanjedi has agreed to provide a prize to the winner, and credit goes to him for the idea. Not sure what the prize will be, though. Rules for Sign-up and Squadbuilding:For each set, one person will build a squad using pieces only from that set. Squads must follow normal squadbuilding rules (i.e. choose a faction). When you sign up, choose an available set. Post a squad that contains only pieces from that set. Just post here in this thread. Paste in your squad and provide a link to it. Please take discussion about squads to the respective squad pages to keep clutter out of this thread. Sign up is first-come, first-served. Once a person posts a squad for a set, no one else can use that set. No reservations... if you have your squad "almost built" and someone else posts a squad for that set, choose a new set. Players signing up earlier have the advantage of choosing the stronger sets. Players signing up later have the advantage of seeing the squads of potential opponents in order to build "hate squads" against them. After 3 days, players who have signed up for one set may sign up for a additional sets if they wish, following the same rules as above. Players who post a 2nd squad must wait 24 hours to post a 3rd, then another 24 hours for a 4th, etc. Players continue posting squads until all sets are claimed. Running the Contest:All squads will be placed into a single-elimination bracket. For a "game", instead of an actual game, both players will make their case for why their squad would win against the other. The community will vote. Winner (based on community vote) advances. List of sets:There are a total of 26 slots, so a maximum of 26 contestants. Though I'm kind of expecting about 10-12 entrants, with most people taking 2 or 3 sets. As people claim their sets, I will mark it here. Rebel Storm - gholli69Clone Strike - CaedusRevenge of the Sith - EmporerDragonUniverse - donnyridesChampions of the Force - EmporerDragonBounty Hunters - CaedusAlliance and Empire - urbanjediThe Force Unleashed + Battle of Hoth - spryguy1981Legacy of the Force - GeneralGrievousKnights of the Old Republic - MandoThe Clone Wars + Starter Set + Clone Wars Battles - jakImperial Entanglements - TheHuttsJedi Academy - CorellianComedianGalaxy at War + the 3 Clone Wars Map Packs - DeathsBaineThe Dark Times - CorellianComedianMasters of the Force - FlyingArrowDestiny of the Force - ChewbaccaBigfootRenegades & Rogues + Battle of Theed - Starkiller97Vengeance + Cantina Brawl - urbanjediScum and Villainy + Jedi vs Sith - spryguyGalactic Heroes + The Old Republic - jerjerrod4Command of the Galaxy + Vehicles of War - General_GrievousArmed and Operational + Invasion - juice_manShadows + Undying - TheHuttsWarfare and Subterfuge + Diplomacy - jerjerrod4Evasive Action + Rebels - UrbanShmi(Scenarios, etc. are paired with a related release. Sets that are only reprints are not included. Epics, BHC, and AT-AT excluded.) At 3:00pm EST on December 6, players may start claiming more than 1 set, but you must wait 24 hours between claiming sets. The BracketHere is the bracket. Seeds were assigned randomly (with no distinction between Vset and WotC). There are 26 sets, which is not a power of 2, so 6 sets received byes into the 2nd round. http://challonge.com/SWM_SetVsSet
|
|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 8,432
|
Reserved.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 6/23/2010 Posts: 3,562 Location: The Hutt, New Zealand
|
I feel bad taking this, as you could make a really good Rebel squad out of Imperial Entanglements as well. There's obviously some sub-optimal synergies - Thrawn and Dash aren't that great together, you're reliant on Mice for Swap, activations are low, and Vader and Arica aren't that great together either. But most of these pieces are individually pretty good, and you get override. The later WOTC sets that focus on two factions are rich pickings - kind of regretting not taking Clone Wars. Also regret not looking at the brackets before choosing - second round matchup against Galaxy at War isn't ideal.
--Imperial Imperial Entanglements-- 71 Darth Vader, Legacy of the Force 32 Thrawn (Mitth'raw'nuruodo) 31 Arica 28 Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler 15 Lobot, Computer Liaison Officer 5 Imperial Dignitary 5 Stormtrooper 12 Mouse Droid x4
(199pts. 11 activations)
|
|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 8,432
|
I want to put in an entry, too, but I'll take one of the least popular sets around: --Set vs Set: Masters of the Force-- 65 Master Windu 42 Kit Fisto, Jedi Master 80 Chiss Trooper x5 13 Gamorrean Bodyguard
(200pts. 8 activations)
Not a lot to pick from there. Two melee beatsticks with some mediocre shooters. Hopefully the bodyguard can keep Windu alive long enough to be useful. No door control at all.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 2/16/2009 Posts: 1,490
|
I'll take Scum and Villany
44 Zam-BH 42 General G, HoH 28 Shada Dukal 16 BX Spotter 45 BX Sniper x3 15 Veteran Ugnaught 10 Squib Trader
General Grevious runs melee interference, you have the Spotter to provide shielding to your pieces with Shada to sponge some of the damage that the Shield or the Snipers end up taking. Zam with Auto-Damage and 70 potential is scary good. Veteran Uggie can shatterbeam doors and repair the BX's and the General.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 1/8/2010 Posts: 3,623
|
Darn spry beat me too it haha I was going to rock that exact squad. Even had it written up but I guess I will go with:
Command of the Galaxy + Vehicles of War
--Separatist Movement-- 63 Grievous on Tsmeu-6 Wheel Bike 56 Durge on Speeder 35 Asajj Ventress, Nightsister 32 Talon Karrde, Information Broker 13 Todo 360
(199pts. 5 activations)
Durge and Grievous strafe everything with melee or ranged, can dismount against buzz droids. Talon gives his disruptive bubble, Asajj is a deep strike commander killer and Todo handles the doors
|
|
Rank: Wookiee Hunter AT-ST Groups: Member
Joined: 12/21/2009 Posts: 55
|
Galactic Heroes + Old Republic
54 Caedus-Sith Lord 49 Juggernaut 40 Imperial Agent 31 Kaliyo Djannis 26 Khem Val
So Caedus can move everyone around, the Juggernaut can Draw Fire/Take Damage from Caedus, The Agent is a dangerous shooter and with Kaliyo along with him she becomes nasty and shuts down your CE's. Khem Val simply beats stuff up.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 10/14/2008 Posts: 1,414 Location: Chokio, MN
|
I'll go for a unused older set that most of the pieces have seen some competitive play. And it has the most annoying piece in the history of the game so......good luck with that. Here is my Knights of the Old Republic set squad: --Its a Ciesta in every single byte!-- 23 Captain Panaka 20 Captain Tarpals 36 Gungan Shieldbearer x2 18 Jar Jar Binks 17 T3-M4 77 Gungan Artillerist x7 9 Gungan Soldier (200pts. 14 activations) A bit of a play on words for the title of the squad. It came from a old radio commercial jingle in the early 90's that I remember down to this day for some kind of mexican food. "Its a Siesta in every single bite" was how it went. Anywho........down to the frijoles of this here bamba squad shall we? Tarpals gives double Cestas and double Atatls to the gungans and it makes for some decent crowd control, preventing people from grouping together, and in some maps it might not be so easy to avoid being so close. Long distance double cesta's are still competitive, and with the prevelance of shooters, Gungan Shield Bearers are quite good still. Jar Jar is annoying as ever, drawing fire from accurate shooters and melee and making them hit themselves or other allies with bombad Gungan. Panaka is mostly there for his 70HP and Bodguard to protect the Shield Bearers and T3 (and yes even Jar Jar), but his swap CE could still be a little nice as a small movement breaker. It has a lot of activations and can take care of other peoples swarms and droid squads. Door control via T3 for override and his Flamethrower could come in handy also.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 12/17/2012 Posts: 61
|
--Destiny of the Force-- 62 Darth Revan, Sith Lord 38 Jodo Kast 27 Darth Bandon 24 Sith Inquisitor 21 Han Solo, Gambler 14 Exar Kun, Dark Force Spirit 8 Nikto Pirate 5 Salacious Crumb (199pts. 8 activations) Kind of a jumble, but I wanted Revan. Two decent shooters and a decent beatstick to go with Revan as well as the possibility of taking over enemy characters with the Sith Inquisitor. http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/165354/destiny-of-the-force
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 2,097
|
I'll take Alliance and Empire
--squad contest-- 47 Luke's Landspeeder 27 Han Solo on Tauntaun 20 Princess Leia 18 C-3PO and R2-D2 18 Lando Calrissian, Dashing Scoundrel 42 Wookiee Freedom Fighter x3 8 Wicket 20 Mon Calamari Tech Specialist x5
(200pts. 14 activations)
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 4/20/2015 Posts: 1,248
|
I chose Bounty Hunters.
--Bounty Hunters-- 44 IG-88, Bounty Hunter 32 E522 Assassin Droid 31 Chewbacca with C-3PO 28 Luke Skywalker of Dagobah 23 Nikto Gunner on Desert Skiff 19 Princess Leia, Hoth Commander 12 Garindan 11 BoShek
(200pts. 8 activations)
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 5/31/2010 Posts: 1,628
|
http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/165371/kenobis-commandosKenobis commandos Galaxy at War 66 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi General 29 Captain Argyus 60 Senate Commando x3 18 Elite Senate Guard 11 ARF Trooper 16 R7 Astromech Droid x2 (200pts. 9 activations)
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 2/16/2009 Posts: 1,490
|
Nice Death's that was a squad I had told myself would be a fun one to use.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 10/17/2010 Posts: 3,682 Location: Beggers Canyon Tatooine
|
-clone wars-- 57 General Grievous, Droid Army Commander 30 IG Lancer Droid 25 Chameleon Droid 18 Super Battle Droid Commander 32 IG-86 Assassin Droid x2 12 Gha Nachkt 18 Battle Droid Sniper x2 5 Rocket Battle Droid 3 Battle Droid
(200pts. 11 activations)
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 6/23/2010 Posts: 3,562 Location: The Hutt, New Zealand
|
Clone Wars and Shadows are still available, right? They both have a few amazing squads available - ERCs, GGDAC with IG86 and Lancer, GOWK/Yobuck/Rex, KBSV swarm.
Edit: jak got in while I was typing.
|
|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 2/17/2009 Posts: 1,449
|
I'll get in on this. Evasive Action http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/165374/evasive-action30 Mandalorian Squadron Leader 26 Vornskr Alpha 50 Nightsister Hunter x2 22 Zakarisz Ghent 51 Mandalorian Pilot x3 12 Kubaz Spy 8 Ugor Droid Scrapper (199pts. 10 activations)
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 7/6/2011 Posts: 67
|
I'll take Renegades and Rogues: http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/165375/sos 65 Master Kavar 36 Atton "Jaq" Rand 28 Brianna 25 Admiral Saul Karath 23 Elite Gunner 23 Elite Gunner (200pts. 6 activations) Atton gives me door control. Kavar is a Swiss blade + CE gives my Gunners bonuses. Admiral gives them more bonuses. Brianna is another greater mobile shooter along with Atton.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member Groups: Member
Joined: 1/5/2009 Posts: 2,240 Location: Akron Ohio, just south of dantooine.
|
Armed and Operational + Invasion http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/165376/keep-em-busy--while-i-work-em-over-63 Darth Bane, Sith'ari 23 Elbee 21 Zann Consortium Droideka 18 Gloom Walker Sniper 17 Sorcerer Acolyte 14 Young Anakin Skywalker 12 LIN Demolitionmech 22 Givin Black Sun Slicer x2 10 Owen and Beru Lars (200pts. 10 activations) WOW! Get a good idea and before you can post, someone beats you to it. Should be a new category - speed squad building.
|
|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 8,432
|
UrbanShmi wrote:I'll get in on this. Evasive Action.
30 Mandalorian Squadron Leader 26 Vornskr Alpha 50 Nightsister Hunter x2 22 Zakarisz Ghent 51 Mandalorian Pilot x3 12 Kubaz Spy 8 Ugor Droid Scrapper
(199pts. 10 activations) The contest is part squadbuilding and part sales. Convince people that your squad is better than your opponent's squad. One way to do that would be to actually play a game and see what the result is. You could do a solo playthrough or actually play your opponent. You can just report the results as a datapoint and let people vote, or if both players agree then you can have the game winner advance in the bracket. I didn't want to see the contest grind to a halt, though, if people don't find time to coordinate schedules and play the games. That's why just describing how you think the game would play out would suffice. I just saw that UrbanShmi and urbanjedi are facing each other in the first round. Since they live together, the chances of seeing that game actually played goes up considerably. Not a requirement, but it would be awesome to see.
|
|
Rank: Moderator Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 8,432
|
We're now at 14 entries, so not everyone will get a 2nd set. Still possible that we get 26 different contestants so nobody gets a 2nd entry.
|
|
Guest |