Round 1 was against the Last Minute Jedi. Rebel Beef, 2x Jedi 2x Torrents, and Imp Aces with Ion Nu Squadrons were the choices. We won the bid and had Jedi vs. Jedi. The Aces didn’t want me due to lack of bid so I was taking on a nice steak. Could have done better in the opening with the first launched bomb only tapping Cassian, but the rest of the game went in my favour by slowly picking at the formation until it fragmented. Chris claimed victory with his Kraken swarm and Louis came up short, giving us our first match point.

Round 2 was against the Moldy Crows. Louis was eager to get matched with a Dreadlok list, and god speed to him the mad bastard. Chris had to take on… something? and I got served up a juicy steak. My first opening went a little better with a proton splash but the subsequent turns went down the drain as I got bumped and lost my aces way too quickly. Louis won his game and Chris Lost his, bringing us to 1–1.

Round 3 was against the 3POOs (bit of an in joke on that name). Resistance 5’s ish, Jedi+Torrents, and …something? were up next. They had the bid so off they went for a group huddle. As was becoming a recurring theme at the event, no one wanted to fight Deathrain. He(I) have become the boogeyman in stories you tell your kids so they’ll behave. Very close games all round but we just pushed through making it 2–1.

Round 4 was against Eagle Squadron led by everyone’s favourite person on the planet, Simran the Conquerer. I got paired up with Boba Guri which is the dream matchup. Only problem is the player behind it was no slouch and I knew going in it would be tough. That led to me embarrassing myself trying to predict moves that never happened and putting my ships in the most bizarre places. We all took a beating and brought the score to 2–2.

Round 5 was against Zombie Squadron. Chis wanted to size up against Resistance 5s. Louis really wanted to face Whisper, Echo, Sigma as those are his favourite ships. Which left me with, yes you guessed it, a succulent rib eye steak. Was a little more patient with my approach and it paid off. We were tied with the last game still going. Time was called and Wat Tambor was being chased by half health T-70 and A-Wing. They looked at the board state and figured well that’s game. It wasn’t until points were added that they found out Wat was ahead by 3 points MOV. So they played out the last round to score points on Wat. Wat lived.

3–2, 19th out of 40. Couldn’t ask for more really. We all had a good time playing some stiff competition. The matchmaking aspect was a nice touch adding another layer of strategy. Head on over to https://www.twitch.tv/cloudcityrtv and show them some love. Catch ya next time. Deathrain out.