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Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
In the blue corner, making time fly like a whole volley of arrows, it's Tollymain as Welsie Acktern!

In the red corner, target locked and ready to roll, it's Dire Wombat as Ottavia Six!

:ducksiren: This battle will use Special Actions. :ducksiren:

Commentary/heckling welcome!





Can Welsie relegate Ottavia to the past tense, or will Ottavia show why you don't bring a bow to a gunfight?

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Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Beat 1

Welsie Acktern
20 Life
Discard 1: Parallax | Arc
Discard 2: Anomalous | Grasp
Finisher: Grand Tapestry


Ottavia Six
20 Life
Discard 1: Anti-Personnel | Shot
Discard 2: Cybernetic | Dash
Finisher: Double Barrel




-- Ottavia antes a Target Lock of 5.
-- Welsie antes a Decision Card.







-- Welsie places Temporal Burst in her Discard 2.
-- Ottavia has Priority 5. Welsie has Priority -5. Ottavia is Active Player!


-- Ottavia advances 2 spaces.

-- Demolition Drive has Range 1. Welsie is at Range 1. Ottavia hits!
-- Welsie is stunned.
-- Krrbonk! Welsie takes 3 damage.
-- Ottavia advances 4 spaces.




-- Welsie is stunned.

Wol fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Jun 8, 2015

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.
Looking forward to stomping all over Welsie for a second time.

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
big words for a marsupial

Rosalie_A
Oct 30, 2011
I'm bored, so why not.

Pregame matchup analysis:

Welsie:

what?

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
welsie's take on manipulating time is slightly more convoluted than luc's

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: いざ尋常に...ACTION!

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i will never get tired of the word wizardnetic

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
so how are we handling first ante? ottavia can respond to my ante, but does it matter? who knowwwws

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.

Tollymain posted:

so how are we handling first ante? ottavia can respond to my ante, but does it matter? who knowwwws

Yeah, you can change your attack pair after seeing what priority value I ante, or go for the bluff and pretend to change it. That's a better answer to Ottavia than most fast characters can boast. There's no reason for you to ante before you see my number, so I should probably just ante first every beat. Ottavia has a whole bunch of minimum ranges too, so I can't just ram up in Welsie's face every beat like I did as Thessala. It's a way better matchup for showing off Welsie's stuff, for sure.

Dire Wombat fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Jun 6, 2015

ActingPower
Jun 4, 2013

But... her UA specifically says she can change her number in response to an ante. (Otherwise characters like Shekhtur could just ante and ruin her bid.)

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
First ante is traditionally a coinflip, which... *fwup* *smack* Ottavia "wins" and goes first. Also Welsie's ante is face down so Ottavia can change her ante in response to Welsie's I guess but she's working with no more information than before.

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.

Wol posted:

First ante is traditionally a coinflip, which... *fwup* *smack* Ottavia "wins" and goes first. Also Welsie's ante is face down so Ottavia can change her ante in response to Welsie's I guess but she's working with no more information than before.

Yeah, I already submitted my ante with my attack pair, since seeing Welsie's ante tells me nothing. Welsie's UA is weird; it's much weaker against an opponent that doesn't ante, and it's also really feast-or-famine, since Welsie can only recur successful attacks. Last time I played Welsie never got to use it, but I suspect Tollymain will find more opportunities.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Oh, so you did.

:ducksiren: Ottavia antes Target Lock: 5

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i ante a card

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
*the audience gasps in unison*

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Ottavia, you now have the chance to respond to Welsie's ante. Yep, we'll be playing ante out in full.

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.

Wol posted:

:ducksiren: Ottavia, you now have the chance to respond to Welsie's ante. Yep, we'll be playing ante out in full.

I don't change my ante.

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
ahahaha

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Ottavia, where will you move before and after activating?

gutterdaughter
Oct 21, 2010

keep yr head up, problem girl
Wait, if Welsie activated Past, shouldn't she be using Parallax Arc? Present would activate Anomalous Grasp, Future would activate (actual pair).

NEVERMIND, READING COMPREHENSION.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK

Gutter Owl posted:

Wait, if Welsie activated Past, shouldn't she be using Parallax Arc? Present would activate Anomalous Grasp, Future would activate (actual pair).

NEVERMIND, READING COMPREHENSION.

The exact same thought went through my head. I don't think it's hyperbole to call Welsie the hardest character in the game!

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i out-clevered myself

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.

Wol posted:

:ducksiren: Ottavia, where will you move before and after activating?

Advance 2, then advance 4.

I really wasn't expecting Tolly to use a pair when I had target locked it. Welsie's ability to choose her attack pair at ante also means that I can control her choice of pair with my choice of priority value. I can pick a priority number on a pair in Welsie's discard, let Tollymain lock in his choice, then switch to a different number to hit whatever I think is his actual pair, and Tolly can only call my bluff by choosing a pair that he knows will be ruined by my UA. I didn't expect him to expect me to jump to that level of I know you know on beat 1 though, and it seemed like it would probably only work once, so I was thinking I could spring that trick on him later in the match. Instead I got to see him box a shadow and get punched in the face by a cyborg.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Beat 2

Welsie Acktern
17 Life
Discard 1: Anomalous | Grasp
Discard 2: Parallax | Arc
Finisher: Grand Tapestry


Ottavia Six
20 Life
Discard 1: Demolition | Drive
Discard 2: Anti-Personnel | Shot
Finisher: Double Barrel




-- Ottavia antes Target Lock: 5
-- Welsie declines to ante.







-- Welsie has Priority 7. Ottavia has Priority -1. Welsie is Active Player.


-- Welsie advances 1 space.

-- Quandary Drive has Range 2~3. Ottavia is at Range 3. Welsie hits!
-- Welsie spends x1 from Discard 2 for +1 Power.
-- Pfunk! Ottavia takes 2 damage after Soak!
-- Ottavia's Stun Guard 3 holds.




-- Cover Shooter has Range 2~6. Welsie is at Range 3. Ottavia hits!
-- CHOOOM! Welsie takes 5 damage.
-- Welsie is stunned.



-- Welsie adds to Discard 1.

Wol fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jun 9, 2015

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Welsie, are you going a little ham or a lot ham?

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
medium ham, really

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
advance 1

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Beat 3

Welsie Acktern
12 Life
Discard 1: Quandary | Drive
Discard 2: Anomalous | Grasp
Finisher: Grand Tapestry


Ottavia Six
18 Life
Discard 1: Cover | Shooter
Discard 2: Demolition | Drive
Finisher: Double Barrel




-- Welsie declines to ante.
-- Ottavia antes Target Lock: 7
-- Welsie antes a Decision Card.







-- Welsie places Temporal Shot in her Discard 1.
-- Ottavia has Priority 5. Welsie has Priority -3. Ottavia is Active Player!



-- Snapback Grasp has Range 2~4. Welsie is at Range 3. Ottavia hits!
-- Ottavia pulls Welsie 1 space.
-- Fwzzzz! Welsie takes 2 damage!
-- Welsie is stunned.
-- Ottavia has nowhere to retreat.




-- Welsie is stunned.


-- Welsie adds to Discard 2.

Wol fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jun 9, 2015

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Welsie, ante?

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Ottavia, ante?

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.

Wol posted:

:ducksiren: Ottavia, ante?

No thanks. I'll stick to my guns.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Ottavia, which way you graspin'?

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i'm owning myself pretty hard this match

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.
Holy poo poo Welsie walked right into my attack again. Tolly barely needs help to lose this matchup.

Wol posted:

:ducksiren: Ottavia, which way you graspin'?

I'll pull Welsie towards me.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Beat 4

Welsie Acktern
10 Life
Discard 1: Quandary | Drive
Discard 2: Temporal | Shot
Finisher: Grand Tapestry


Ottavia Six
18 Life
Discard 1: Snapback | Grasp
Discard 2: Cover | Shooter
Finisher: Double Barrel




-- Ottavia antes Target Lock: 4
-- Welsie declines ante.







-- Ottavia has Priority 3. Welsie has Priority 1. Ottavia is Active Player!


-- Welsie retreats 2 spaces.




-- Demolition Shot has Range 1~4. Welsie is at Range 4. Ottavia hits!
-- Welsie is stunned.
-- Kcht-kcht-kcht! Welsie takes 3 damage!
-- Ottavia advances 3 spaces.




-- Welsie is stunned.

Wol fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Jun 10, 2015

Dire Wombat
Oct 29, 2011

In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth doesn't exist anywhere.
Temporal Shot can't have a Recursor Counter.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Ahahaha. Right you are.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
:ducksiren: Welsie, what is your Decision?

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gutterdaughter
Oct 21, 2010

keep yr head up, problem girl
Her decision is Irrelevant is what it is. No recursor counters means all three cards do nothing.

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