Special Steemmonsters Challenge. Are You Up For It?

Always wanted to join a Steemmonsters tournament, but couldn't, because you didn't have the cards for it? Now is your chance!
We are gonna shake things up and give everyone a chance to play his ace and win!

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Steemmonsters Tournament Troubles

These last couple of weeks, I've been playing a lot of @steemmonsters tournaments. I did win a couple, but most of the time I get kicked out before the semi-finals.

I'm the first to admit that I lack some basic skills. But in most cases, that is not the reason I lose...

When I send or receive a challenge and the window with the battle rules appears, I just sit there and stare at it.

^SourceWhile precious seconds are ticking away, my mind is in overdrive, scanning my memories in search for the splinter that would work best with those specific rules.

By the time I start setting up my team, I have already lost 10 to 20 seconds. I lose another 20 seconds clicking each summoner and scanning the monsters before I have made up my mind... sort of...

40 seconds left on the timer... and I start doubting my choice...

I lost count of how many times I decided to switch to a different splinter with only 30 seconds left.

As a result, I see the time run out while I'm still lining up my cards... 3 seconds, 2 seconds... I have to submit, even though I haven't had a chance to put the cards in the right spot.

And so I lose... One battle after another...

 

It took me a while before I had figured out why I was always so indecisive, even though it's actually crystal clear. Outside of the Steemmonsters tournaments, I only play daily quests. I never have to decide which splinter would work best; the game tells me which one to use.

 

 

Playing Favorites

Just like every single one of you, there are splinters I like to play, and splinters I don't like to play.

Before the Sacred Unicorn was introduced, I literally never played the Life splinter. When I had to complete a DQ with the white guys, I simply requested a different quest.

But then the evil version of 'My Little Pony' was added to the game. I liked it from the moment I first saw it.

And I knew that if I wanted to play it, I had no other choice than to learn how to go to battle with the Life splinter.

I'm still not very good with them compared to, for example, the Earth splinter.

 

In spite of the Sacred Unicorn, the Life splinter will never be my favorite. There are other splinters I like more. If I get a DQ in which my required splinter is not available, I always go back to one of my two favorite splinters. As a result, I play them more often, and I'm more familiar with the monsters and their abilities...

 

 

What If...?

I assume everyone has a favorite splinter. It is probably the one you know best, the one you play most and the one you win battles with. Perhaps even the one that is leveled up higher than the other ones...

If you check all the regular Steemmonsters tournament rankings, no matter what league is set, you see the same names in the top 5 over and over again. Because they have the skill, yes. But also because they are not indecisive, like I am. They have enough experience to know which splinter fits a certain rule- and mana-set best. And of course, they have every card of the deck.

What if I told you there was a way that might level the playing field a bit? A chance for everyone to show off his skills with that one, favorite splinter?

 

 

Single Splinter Tournaments

This weekend, @davemccoy is hosting the very first 2 'Single Splinter Tournaments'.

As you can tell from the name, the basic idea is that all warriors choose 1 splinter they will use for the entire tournament, no matter what the battle rules are.

^SourceI'm not saying this will be easy, because we all know it will be not. But it will be equally difficult for everyone.

Of course, these types of tournaments will require quite some skill:

Being allowed to use only 1 splinter for all rules, you will have to be creative and flexible. You will have to know your monsters, their abilities and their strengths and weaknesses through and through.

But knowing your own splinter won't be enough...

Because everyone chooses his splinter upfront, you will know which splinter your opponent will be playing. You will have to come up with a strategy that could be effective against that other splinter.

 

^Source 

I can almost hear you wonder why someone would want to make the game even more difficult than it already is.

Let me tell you that there are plenty of reasons.

The main one is that it can level the playing field a bit, because you don't need a complete high-level deck to stand a chance.

There are plenty of people who have decks in which one splinter is more complete or leveled up higher than the other ones. In regular tournaments, this might be a disadvantage, because you need to be equally strong in every battle.

In a single splinter tournament, skill becomes more valuable than having a complete, high-level deck.

Or as @davemccoy puts it in his first post about the idea:

By elevating “skill” to win an entire tourney, a player can replace his knowledge for the requirement to have the absolute highest level of cards. As anyone who has played in a diamond tourney has discovered, you currently have no chance if you aren't at or very near max level cards. With the new format a player can “shock” his opponent by correctly understanding the likely cards to be played and put up countermeasures for more effectiveness. Think using magic reflect/void/silence against an anticipated Magic onslaught. Or beefing up the shields if you know your opponent plans to hit you with a Selenia air assault.

 

You can find his entire argumentation in that same post.

 

Truth Or Dare

Personally, I think this will be an interesting experiment.

Will some unknown talents with only one stronger deck arise and overpower the 'all-round' players?

Will the 'all-round' players accept this challenge to show they have both the deck ánd the skill?

I'm curious to find out how this will turn out.

Meanwhile, if you need me, I'll be training my skills with my favorite deck...

 

The Tournaments

There will be two tournaments to start with. Both will be played next weekend.

 

 

Saturday, Feb 16th at 10 am EST/ 3 pm GMT

REGISTER HERE
 

 

Saturday, Feb 16th at 10 pm EST/ Sunday, Feb 17th at 3 am GMT
REGISTER HERE
 

You can find more information about the rules and prize pools (to which more will be added) in @davemccoy's tournaments announcement posts.

 

I'll be there. Will you?

 

 

 

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