As a lengthier response, I thought I was dealt the (slightly) more powerful amalgam combo, but there were also some tricky spots to maneuver with the Aegis shield and counters to Phil's tactics. So I knew it would be close.
I really only knew Jakita and Storm going in...I knew next to nothing about Phil's entire team, and was learning about Aegis as it went along. That made it difficult but also fun; the random drafts made us think on our feet more, so to speak, instead of going with characters we already knew really well. But it did cause a handful of strategic stumbles for me that I never recovered from, and that I knew would be weaknesses even as the fight was happening. After writeups, I even lamented to Leo that I knew I left a huge gap by not learning more about Thunder in time for the fight, and Phil smartly punished me for it. Capitalizing on that and a couple other miscues was more than enough, and that was that.
I knew the battle would be fought over Aegis, and not Storm/Crystal, so I tried to insist on that as much as I could. Digi's initial tactic further helped me in that regard, since it played to my strengths and I didn't have to spent time countering specific abilities, allowing me to frame the discussion as him staying on the defensive behind a shield that has a number of caveats, and it would be only a matter of time before the opening would pop-up.
I started reading about Aegis halfway through my opening post, and I was going "dammit, not this, too" with every showing. My initial plan was to go underground and fight him from there, but I realized it would give him too much time to change tactics in case his initial ones don't work out, with the shield being too formidable to attack him with the environment, so I re-did it, focusing on specific attacks and not broad possibilities, as to forcing him to counter things that I knew he wouldn't be able to.
Good fight, and Digi's debating + combo was certainly a headache to get around.
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so phil vs moi in the finals. gonna start next week--prolly tues? will be hitting up a couple judges to do the finals. if any of you are particularly interested, and think you can get it judged within a couple days of it finishing, please hit me up with a pm. otherwise, i'll be forced to hunt you down.
Gender: Male Location: Planning to take over the WORLD!
(a) it's been postponed indefinitely. timing just wasn't great. we all ended up having times where we were away and stuff then it ran too close to the start of school for me. phil and i will try and finish at some point when we both have some time, but no plans for when. i WILL finish though.
(b) i have a pm from last year where i asked you to participate and you refused. snobs who live in snobby houses shouldn't throw big pieces of snob.
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