Built on Hope

REGIONAL PREP!

In this episode, I'm joined by my brothers Drew and Grant from Southern California to talk about regional prep, especially in the context of Utah's regional tournament transpiring on January 5 (tomorrow). We talk about why Drew has lost faith in the Empire, why Grant thinks he should be more aggressive with Spectre, and what we guess will surprise us the most on Saturday.

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GOOD LUCK

BATTLE REPORT / STRATEGY DISCUSSION!

Jason Brege and Collin Hambrick join me to talk about the Kentucky Regional and their experiences playing Spectre and vs. Spectre. It is awesome. Jason does not run Tools for the Job (I KNOW) but he is a genius and has very solid reasons justifying his decision. Let's see if he convinces you. In the tournament, there  were eight players, swiss rounds only, with three players with 3-1 schedule and Collin being crowned the champion on strength of schedule.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are going to have the best New Year of your life! Thank you!

BATTLE REPORTS(S) AND STRATEGY DISCUSSION!

We held our regionals prep tournament today at our local store in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ten players showed up, two of whom were running Spectre, and we had four rounds of swiss. It was a great tournament.

I was able to talk with some of the participants in the tournament. Listeners will recognize Scott, Sam Sweeten, and Robert, and I led off with a discussion with Josh Weight on his Jedi list that he built to take on Spectre. Scott was running VPT, Sam was running Spectre, and Robert was running Scum Pointers. Each of our discussions in couched in the context of matchups; for example, Scott talks about why he thinks that he needs to start running Spectre over Vader.

Thank you all and Happy Holidays!

FRENCH NATIONALS REPORT!

Alfonso is the French Nationals Champion! And what a champion! Alfonso joined me on the podcast to give a summary of his rise to the top of a very competitive field with Han Rangers. He gives great breakdowns of his matches, as well as turning points and tips for study and discussion. He's a genius and it shows.

Check the Regionals schedule! Join the Slack! Register for events! Have many happy holy days! Pray for world peace! In that order! (Unless you've already done them, then skip onto the next!)

Thank you all!

Our days have passed as if it were a dream. Somehow we find ourselves having made it to a full year. I can't believe it. In this episode, JK and I discuss the top eight lists from French Nationals (and I'll have Alfonso, the French Nationals champion, on next week to give a report). We give some general thoughts on the meta, but try to keep it focused on current competitive play.

Thank you all for your support. I honestly can't believe we made a year. You are all incredible.

If you're not on the Slack, well, I don't know what to tell you.

God bless you all, and good luck to those of you who are starting Regionals this weekend.

STRATEGY DISCUSSION.

We have been grinding in our local community and on Vassal to get Spectre figured out. On this night, JK and I played three games back to back to back on Lothal. The first was Fluctuations, the second and third were Blitz. The first match was non-specter (Ahsoka Rangers vs. Vader), but we quickly got down to brass tacks and ground out some games with JK playing Spectre on Blitz.

We share our thoughts on what Spectre players and their opponents need to think about on Lothal, particularly regarding early game positioning and what Rebels can do in order to gain an advantage vs. Spectre Cell.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for listening!

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STRATEGY DISCUSSION.

Scott and I played back-to-back games on Lothal Wastes (Fluctuations). Scott threw VPT vs. Spectre in game one and I took the Box into action vs. Spectre in game two. Spectre won both games. Scott gives his initial impressions of the map (I have played it several times previously), and we talk about general strategies both for and against Spectre players.

Let me know if you get word about a regional!

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PART TWO!

In this second part of our two-part series with Ryan Janway, he gives a report on how he did at Nationals (amazing) and what his thoughts are for the current meta. Ryan is the best and you are going to really enjoy his insights.

Here is the OP Google Doc. The Regionals are listed one tab to the right.

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TOURNAMENT PREP AND LISTBUILDING!

In this episode, which is the first of a two-part series with Ryan Janway, Ryan discusses the process that led to the creation of the "Carolina Swarm," an unholy monstrosity of armor and stun batons that wrecked many a dream at US Nationals.

Seriously. Ryan ran a list with two sets of eRiots, four sets of rRiots, and two sets of rOfficers. With reinforcements, this list is clocking in at around eighty-five hit points, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE DING DANG ARMOR TOKENS. Seriously, who came up with this list?

You're going to really enjoy this, and as soon as it's over, hop on over to Episode 075 to hear how he did at Nationals.

Here is the OP Google Doc. The Regionals are listed one tab to the right.

Join the Slack so you can get in on Wave 3 of our Vassal League. We are going to be starting soon. Send and email to [email protected].

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STRATEGY DISCUSSION.

I this episode, I am joined by Robert and Aaron to talk about Spectre Cell. We have been trying to play it pretty frequently in our testing and I wanted to get the brothers on to share their particular musings regarding the meta and how to crack Spectre.

Watch Brett's awesome game here. He edited a two hour, very competitive game to 25 minutes and it is amazing.

Here is the OP Google Doc. The Regionals are listed one tab to the right.

Join the Slack so you can get in on Wave 3 of our Vassal League. We are going to be starting soon. Send and email to [email protected].

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