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GeekNights Februrary 2014 Nidhogg Tournament
in Video Games
This will be a double elimination tournament. Rounds must be scheduled at a reasonable time agreeable to both opponents in a round. Rym is the sole arbiter of what is reasonable. Rym will arbitrarily resolve all disputes. If you experience lag and cannot agreeably resolve it with your current opponent, Rym will arbitrarily decide how to handle the situation.
We're in no rush. If it takes all month, whatever. I want the best person to win. I expect that I will win.
Good luck.
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We're in no rush. If it takes all month, whatever. I want the best person to win. I expect that I will win.
Good luck.
Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b_Q08tMYUFvmVX1QFzmK0okzoktTfaR2e0AoWd5_y-o/viewform
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Andrew did beat me twice in all of those games. I'm very disappointed in myself for that.
Also if you lag against your opponent you can sometimes phase right through them and keep running or kill them.
It seems because your leg sticks out, a low thrust will always win.
I scared off all the players online wtf is this, these guys were only marginally better than the AI and easier to predict.
I guess the downside of these types of games is that people feel that they don't have any other options and give up rather than work out what they can improve on. It must be similar situation to high level Street Fighter where everyone knows the moves and combos but its more about working out how your opponent plays and how to take advantage.
Damn I'd love to play but I doubt my 240+ ping would let me be anything but fodder.
Oh yeah I also found out as soon as your enemy goes into high stance and their isn't a sword coming at them they're pretty much dead, either roll, cartwheel or dive kick can kill them.
I will say that I haven't had much luck divekicking into an opponent with high stance. I often wind up diving just a bit too soon and go right into the high sword. My key is to be unpredictable though, sometimes rolling under, sometimes fake-jumping backwards after a dash, and sometimes saying fuck it and going for the divekick anyway on the high sword.
However, I have now discovered how badly lag affects high level play. The techniques I developed using the joystick are almost impossibly to use if there's lag.
I need to experiment more. But for the tournament, I will probably use my regular level tactics.
It is super annoying that no one is playing this anymore on the servers in Australia (or I'm searching at the wrong time). You can change the angle of your dive kick depending on the jump. You can get a more acute angle and divekick under the sword and onto the opponent's foot.
Seriously, it'll be fun. I'll have a dumb prize. Double elimination! No real time limit to finish once we start, but you have to be signed up BEFORE we start.
I see this a lot at Netrunner tournaments. People who are completely new and bought one box don't want to play in the tournament that they will almost definitely lose. Why not? It's swiss. You get to play a ton of Netrunner. You know you aren't going to win, so you won't even feel disappointed when you lose. Just show up and have a ball.